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VOL. 11, ISSUE 3
N I V E R S I T Y
SUMMER 2007

Getting Ready:
New Student Orientation • Preparations on Campus • The Class of 2011
Junior Communications major Katie Reece
JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY

President
Robert L. Niehoff, SJ
Vice President for
University Advancement

Getting
Doreen Riley
Director of University
Marketing and Communications
Christine Somosi
Editor
Jerry Pockar
Alumni Journal
Michele McFarland
Advisory Board
Dr. George Bilgere
Dr. Karen Schuele
Dr. Sherri Crahen
Dr. Linda Eisenmann
Ms. Kimyette Finley ’95
Mr. John Marcus ’72
Dr. Paul V. Murphy
Mrs. Barbara Schubert ’62
Ms. Christine Somosi ’81
Mr. Brian Williams
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VOL. 11 ISSUE 3 2007

COVER STORY
16 Getting Ready o Build and Sell a
Better Mousetrap
FEATURES
24 Student Orientation
32 Students
The promise of the Class of 2011

DEPARTMENTS
2 President’s Message
4 Home - News on Campus
9 Advancement
10 Athletics
13 Enrollment
39 Alumni Journal
41 Class Notes
63 In Memoriam
64 My Turn - Patrick Prosser
Inside back Cover
Profile - Brian Mauk

On the Cover:
Junior Communications major Katie Reece
getting new co-eds and parents acclimated
during one of the new student orientation
sessions held this summer

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And so we begin
What follows is an excerpted and edited version of the
Convocation Address, Rev. Robert L. Niehoff, SJ,
the university president, delivered to an assembly of
faculty and staff on the afternoon of August 24
L
ast March, while I was in Florida
(I know – the job of a president
is tough) calling on some of our
friends and supporters, I took an
afternoon to visit with some of our stu-
dents. Our baseball team was there over
spring break, practicing. You may remem-
ber that the Bluffton University baseball
team had just experienced that tragic
accident in which five players were killed.
Then I went on to Immokalee to visit with
our students who had given up their spring
break to work with migrants and their
families. As I think back about that March
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MESSAGE
JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY SUMMER 2007
AGAIN
afternoon, I reflect with pride on the
John Carroll community that I saw. Our
alumni and friends spoke movingly of their
time at John Carroll and about how their
experiences here had shaped their lives.
The young men of our baseball team were
enthusiastic about preparing for the season
and excited to be representatives of John
Carroll. The dedication of the students on
the immersion trip certainly exemplified
the mission and vision that we have for
John Carroll and her students.
I want to share with you the foundation
that is being laid for John Carroll’s future,
so that future students and alums will
continue to talk of having been shaped by
their John Carroll education, will strive to
represent us, and act on our mission and
our vision. The last two years have been
an exciting and challenging time for me
as I have gotten to know John Carroll and
the people who make up our community.
We have now begun a series of initia-
tives that will carry us forward.
Last spring, I engaged in a
series of discussions with fac-
ulty, staff, the board – a wide
range of representation of the
John Carroll community.
From those discussions, we
P R E S I D E N T ’ S
created a series of strategic initiatives which
will be the focus of my time and energies.
On the academic front, we want to
make our curriculum even more attractive
– to both our incoming students and to our
faculty. We want to do everything we can
to infuse our course offerings with additional
measures of vitality and excitement. The
administration and faculty will determine
together what that requires. I am also ex-
cited about conversations among our faculty
for new programs, such as the exploration of
a program in environmental chemistry. As
we go forward, we want our class evaluation
process to help us systematically think about
new programs for the curriculum.
Further steps have also been taken to
address issues of diversity. As many of you
know, one of our initiatives is the scholar-
ship for lower-income students. Those stu-
dents, who are participating in this scholar-
ship program, have higher GPAs and class
rankings than the average of our incoming
freshman class. Advancement tells me that
there is excitement among our supporters
to help underwrite this effort to bring first-
generation college students to John Carroll.
Many see it as a part of the university’s
traditional role of providing an education
to those whose ambition is greater than
their present financial means. The heart of
our commitment as a university is to serve
others by providing the best education
imaginable to those qualified young people
who, in turn, want to go out into the world
to lead and to serve.
We have initiated two other scholar-
ship initiatives that will diversify the student
body in other ways. Our Arrupe Scholars
are students who bring a strong interest in
service to the campus, and our Leadership
Scholars provide us with an opportunity to
recruit students already engaged in leader-
ship activities, something also very much
in keeping with our mission. The service
immersion experiences we offer our students
will lead them to see the diversity of the
world and experience what it means to
be men and women for others. For students
who participate in immersion experiences,
and those numbers are increasing, we have
begun more intensive preparation and de-
briefing experiences to enrich their learning.
Examination of our plant and space
needs is part of another initiative on
which progress has been made. It has
been a most helpful process. Early reports
are that there is good news in that our
master-planners, Sasaki Associates,
believe that we have no current need
for major additional space. We do still
have our perennial parking issue. Sasaki
has offered several alternatives on how
we might alleviate our parking crunch.
Some of the possible ideas intrigue me.
For a temporary measure, we are exploring
off-campus options. A solution to the
parking problem would not only benefit
our relationship with the surrounding
community but would also be a valuable
student recruitment tool. We will look
hard at the options in the near future.
The vitality of our campus culture is
important and a high level of student par-
ticipation in campus life is a key ingredient
to that cultural vitality. We know that after
prospective students have narrowed the
possibilities, parking and the quality of resi-
dential experience become factors in the
final enrollment decision. We need to be
mindful of doing what we can to improve
the quality of our residence halls and en-
hance the vitality of our campus culture.
We were successful in reinstating the
Ohio Choice Grants. As John Carroll
students receive $1.6 million from this
program and as we are the third largest
recipient of these grants in Ohio, it would
have been a major loss if all of the proposed
cuts had been enacted. Approximately
two-thirds of the funding was restored.
Your calls, e-mails and letters to the
governor and members of the legislature
made a difference! Through coordinated
efforts with the Association of Independent
Colleges and Universities of Ohio
(AICUO), we are also working to educate
the legislature and governor regarding the
role of private colleges and universities in
math and science education.
Next week we shall all begin another
chapter of our long running educational
enterprise. It is the 121st year since
we were established by German Jesuit
missionaries on Cleveland’s West Side.
We have done well. I believe we shall do
better. Each academic year is a fresh start,
a beginning that promises to unfold as
a rich adventure in living and learning.
There is undeniably a sacred dimension
to these beginnings. Our students are
engaged in a quest to acquire the tools
that will allow them to become strong
and productive adults, and to discover the
meaning and purpose that will feed their
souls through all the years of their lives.
We are engaged in being present and
caring of them to the furthest extent of our
hearts and minds. And so, we move for-
ward into another academic year, grateful
to those who have prepared our way, sol-
emnly and joyfully dedicated to becoming
the very best Jesuit and Catholic university
we can be.
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La Guardia will step

APPOINTMENTS
v Dr. Lauren L. Bowen, associate

down from AVP role

professor of Political Science has
accepted the offer to become
the first associate academic vice
In late July, Rev. Robert L. Niehoff, the university president, president for Academic
announced that Dr. David La Guardia, the university’s academ- Programs and Faculty
ic vice president (AVP) had announced that following a suc- Diversity. Dr. Bowen
cessful search for his replacement, he was the director of
HOME

will leave his post and return to the the University Core
faculty. La Guardia, a graduate of the Curriculum and has
Class of 1965 and a longtime mem- twice served on the University
ber of the Department of English, has
Core Committee and in 1998-99
been AVP since 2001.
chaired the First-Year Seminar.
Fr. Niehoff said in an e-mail to the
Dr. Bowen has recently been
campus: “I appreciate Dr. La Guardia’s
involved with the connections
willingness to remain and lend
his expertise as we restructure and between liberal education and
enhance the leadership of the office civic engagement.
of the academic vice president and
conduct a national search. I would v Dr. Nicholas Santilli has been
like to thank him for his commitment promoted from direc-
and service to John Carroll over many years. I look forward to tor of Assessment and
David’s continuing contributions as an outstanding member of Planning to associate
the John Carroll faculty.” academic vice presi-
dent for Assessment
and Planning.

Rev. Jim Prehn, SJ, is a member of the

Society of Jesus who grew up in Chicago, did not have
a Jesuit education, but did find his way, while he was at
Oakland University in Michigan, to Ignatian retreats,
which ultimately had the effect of leading him to a
Jesuit life. Fr. Prehn was most recently the principal
of Walsh Jesuit High School in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
He earned a doctorate in educational administration at
the University of San Francisco, and is now translating
that learning and all his gifts into his new role as dean
of student development within the Office of Student
Affairs at John Carroll. Prehn’s primary focus will
be on “finding some new ways of linking students’
academic experience and their residential lives on
campus. We’re trying to integrate and unify all the
varied aspects of their lives as John Carroll students.”

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UNIVERSITY SUMMER 2007
 Human Sudoku-Swarm
Tim Peppard ’68, whose father graduated from mathematics event
John Carroll about the time it stopped being St. Ignatius College By Dr. Dan Palmer
and became John Carroll, was a “day-hop” in the ’60s. He says Mathematics and Computer Science
he didn’t know a lot of people on campus then, but the affable
This past June, the John Carroll
Peppard, whose brother Pat is
University Swarm Research
a Jesuit, is going to make up
Team performed a human swarm
for that. The husband of Mau-
experiment based on the popular
reen and the father of their
puzzle Sudoku. Each of 81 volunteers
four adult children, Peppard
from campus and the community
is the new university chief of
represented a single digit. All correct
campus safety services.
Sudoku solutions contain nine
He comes home to JCU
instances of each digit, arranged in a
after spending virtually
9X9 grid meeting specific constraints.
his entire working career
Each digit can appear only once in
with University Circle
each row, column and 3X3 sub-grid.
Incorporated. For the last
We provided participants with color-
14 years, Peppard was the
coded T-shirts to help them distinguish
chief of the University Circle
between digits from a distance. In front
Police, a trade he learned Officer Matt Goffos (left) with Chief Peppard
of the Dolan Center for Science and
as a military policeman in
Technology the human swarm tried
the Army. Peppard describes himself as a “problem solver” who
to resolve the constraints and find a
enjoys creating programs to deal effectively with security needs.
solution. After only seven minutes, they
He says John Carroll and universities throughout the land are
were within two swaps of success, but
increasingly accepting more responsibility for their own security.
they never quite managed to find the

proper maneuvers. Following spirited

but unsuccessful attempts, a completely
different approach, designated by
a self-selected leader, produced a
complete solution. Through analysis of
the video recordings, we will extract the
effective strategies initially used by the
swarm and recreate their techniques in
Jan Krevh is a nurse and medical educator who most recently was at the computer simulations.
emergency room of Euclid Hospital, a Cleveland Clinic facility. The mother of two Ultimately, we plan to apply these
children in college and two heading in that direction was born in Bay Village, Ohio, Sudoku constraint-resolving techniques
and now lives in the city, Euclid, where she used to work. Krevh said she is delighted to similar constraints faced by swarms
to be at John Carroll and looks forward to meeting the challenge of caring for the of autonomous robots trying to share
unvirsity’s students and designing health and wellness programs that meet the needs of common resources and interdependent
the student population. task responsibilities.
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www.jcu.edu
is new in design and function
Tom Fulton, JCU’s director of web
development, requests that you make a
journey to the John Carroll Web site,
www.jcu.edu so that you may see and
– very likely – appreciate the fruits of a
year’s worth of work by the developer and
a slew of others. The old order tended
to be cluttered and hard to navigate. To
this point, there has been one Web site
home page, which progressively became
festooned with cyberlinks. It became a
little like trying to find something on a
desk adorned with a forest of paper.
Fulton explains: “As the number
of links on a home page gets greater and
greater, it becomes harder and harder to
find information.” The new order uses a
central Web page as a portal to a series of
landing pages that are in fact themselves
home pages for the decentralized Web
worlds of, e.g., the university’s academics,
alumni, athletics, campus life: many home
pages, each sporting a modest number of
links – generally 12-14 – and a cyber ver-
sion of local control.
“We designed it,” says Fulton, “to give
everyone on campus access and control of
his or her own site. They can personalize
the headers, control colors to a consider-
able extent, and there is room for creativ-
ity. We will have a system where everyone
doesn’t have to send requests for changes
through a gatekeeper.”
However, if there will be democracy
at departmental and divisional levels,
there will also be, what Fulton believes,
an effective new system of centralized
discipline. He’s designed a series of
templates that will orchestrate order
by channeling creativity within the
boundaries of the template. Until now,
John Carroll, possessed a Web presence
with, says Fulton, possibly over half a
million electronic pages on its labyrinthine
site, most of them quite dead, and a good
many reflecting an excess of individual
6 JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY SUMMER 2007
creativity. It will take time to remove messages about where to look.”
all that electronic debris, but Fulton Fulton says the look of a Web site is a
is convinced that, going forward, the profound communication and marketing
university Web pages will reflect the instrument for the university. He observes
palette and character of the university’s that the Web is where prospective stu-
Web identity, and that harmony will reign. dents, among others, go when they check
University officials, and its Web out John Carroll. “The Web is
Committee have asked for compliance the front door. If someone
with the order of the templates and Fulton comes in and visits
thinks that will be forthcoming. He says
he and the committee spent (something
like) six months on
“ambassadorship,”
soliciting needs, explaining
intent and “vetting”
the templates.
The last
six months
have been given
to refining the tem-
plates and building
the system’s central
elements. MUCH
WORK. According to
Fulton, “Every individual
site, say Campus Life, has
many pieces: There are
tabs across the top of the
pages and each tab entails
three created graphic
elements. In a single landing page,
there are probably 25 graphic pieces, a page that isn’t up to par, they
and then the colors and the fonts.” will click off and you’ll never know they
What Fulton believes, though, is that were there.”
this new system is more appealing and This kind of comprehensive redesign
easier to navigate. “It has,” says the Web just accomplished is, explains Fulton, what
guy, who is also a long-time professional he wanted to do when he arrived here from
stage actor, “large, nicely done pictures, Case three years ago. “There were good
and an engaging graphic design. You can’t reasons why we were not able to do this un-
separate form and function. A simpler and til now,” he concludes, but the fact that we
more aesthetically pleasing site is simply are doing it now is a great step forward.”
easier to navigate. We also built in search The university Web presence is a
redundancies, so that you can go to your work-in-progress, but the central elements
information destination through a link, a debuted at August’s end. Check it out and
tab or a search engine. We use color blocks tell Fulton – Tfulton@jcu.edu – what you
to engage attention and communicate think.
JP
 Allison Kern ’07 got to ring the
Gerry Weinstein wins Wasmer gong of Hilary Flanagan, director of
Career Services, because May grad

Outstanding Teaching Award Kern just signed on with ARAMARK,

the university’s new food service pro-
vider. Dayton native Kern will manage
ARAMARK’s Einstein Bagel unit on
Dr. Gerry Weinstein, the chair of campus and also engage in marketing
the Department of Accountancy activities. She didn’t get her new post
of the Boler School of Business until after she stopped being a Student
is the recipient of the Wasmer Union senator, the chair of the Student
Outstanding Teaching Award for Dining Committee, and one of the
the academic year which ended people who worked on the ARAMARK
in May. The award, established contract. The company must have liked
in 1992, is given annually to a what they saw. Kern says: “It’s nice to
member of the faculty of the Boler be on the other side and help make the
School. Dr. Weinstein, who has a
changes I wanted to see.”
Ph.D. from Kent State University,
The gong is a tradition Flanagan
first taught at the university in
created. She says, “The ceremony was
1979 and has been on continuous
appointment since 1988. created to celebrate the successes of

our graduating students who accept

Sara Stashower, an
adjunct faculty member of the
Department of Communications
and Theatre Arts, received the Rays
of Light honor “from Suburban
Temple Kol Ami for exemplifying
Jewish values through her efforts
in sacred giving, education,
leadership and the arts.”
job offers or are accepted into gradu-
ate school. Each student who comes
to the ceremony gets to beat the gong
(We tell them not to be dainty – they
worked for it) and receives a T-shirt.
The students enjoy the ceremony and
employers are telling us that they plan
to join us in the future.”

JOHN CARROLL
SUMMER 2007 JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY
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Celebrate! The MARINELLO ONE ACTS

10 Years and running…
By Keith Nagy, Communications and Theatre Arts

Join the Communication and Theatre
Arts Department’s celebration of the tenth
anniversary of The Marinello One Acts from
October 18-21. “10-Years and running” is
the theme of this popular series that started
10 years ago as a result of a change in the
core curriculum. When I first came to
John Carroll, the core was changing.
Students had to devote more time
to new core classes and couldn’t
take the elective credit hours
needed to produce full-
length plays, as in the
past. A new plan
was developed to
produce one-act
plays each semester,
where more
students could get
involved with less of a
time commitment. This
has proven to be a wonderful
success story! When we looked
back over the last decade of
programs we had discovered that close
to 300 people (some multiple times) have
been involved with the one acts.
What better way to celebrate this
achievement than with the latest
installment of Fall One Acts playing
October 18, 19, and 20 at 7:30 p.m. and
Sunday, October 21 at 2 p.m.
Over the past ten years, the One Acts
have included original plays (faculty and
student written), popular plays, sad plays,
and countless funny moments. There have
also been many guest professional directors,
actors, and designers from the Cleveland
area, who have helped enrich the series.
A special performance and pre-show
party are planned for the Saturday, October
20 performance in Marinello Little Theatre,
with a cast party afterwards. To be a part
of this celebration, alumni are invited to
make a $20 donation toward the Marinello
Scholarship Fund. The donation will also
help defray the cost of the parties and the
performance. The theatre faculty is hoping
you can join us for this celebration.
The Fall One Acts include a 10-year
encore of the first one act, Shooting Gallery
directed by me, followed by Sorry Wrong
Number, directed by graduate student
Arthur Funni. The evening will conclude
with Trembling Brides Answer, directed by
Karen Gygli.

Robert Duns
Senior Robert Duns is a successful film maker. His documentary about the emergency
room at Huron Road Hospital in East Cleveland won the Best Documentary Award at the
First Take International Student Film Festival in Toronto. It also took the Director’s Choice
category at that festival. Duns’ 30-minute film was also showcased earlier at the OSN-In-
ternet2 Film Festival in Cleveland.

Duns was at the hospital on weekend nights from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. to capture stories
of young men with gunshot and stabbing wounds. The East Cleveland Juvenile Court
commissioned the documentary to serve as a deterrent to further problematic activity on
the part of children in the court’s system.

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JOHNCARROLL
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UNIVERSITY SUMMER 2007
Good News from Washington

It took nearly a decade, but Congress
finally enacted legislation as part of the
Pension Protection Act of 2006, which
offers charitably-minded individuals a
golden opportunity to make gifts from their
IRAs and exclude the amount of their gifts
from their reported gross income.
William Henkel ’59, a retired vice
president and se-
nior financial con-
sultant for Merrill
Lynch & Co. was
quick to recognize
the advantages of
this new law. He
used the oppor-
tunity to reduce
his tax liability as
well as benefit two
organizations he
has been close to
for most of his life.
Bill used his IRA distribution to endow
a scholarship at John Carroll University,
which will, in turn, provide an educational
pathway for students from his old high
school: St. Vincent-St. Mary in Akron. In
so doing, Bill made the good news from
Washington, great news for JCU and St.
Vincent-St Mary.
Bill graduated from St. Mary High
School in 1954 before it was joined with
St. Vincent High School. Bill worked
every day at Acme (supermarket) in the
produce department to pay for his tuition.
He even sold a favorite electric train to
fund his education. He attended John
Carroll and graduated in 1959 with a BS
in business administration. He worked at
General Tire for eight years as a field audi-
tor and then as a system analyst. He then
joined Merrill Lynch & Co., where he was
vice president and senior financial con-
sultant for 33 years. This background in
financial planning made Henkel quick to
realize the advantages of the new law and
how he could benefit both St. Vincent-St.
Mary and John Carroll.
Bill lives in Fairlawn, Ohio, and has
two daughters, Kristy and Tara. His son,
Mark, is deceased. He is active in the
Akron area community. He is a member
of the St. Vincent-St. Mary Shamrock
Society and the steering committee for
the Share the Vision capital campaign.
He was honorary chairman for the CYO
Partners in Giving Campaign and at JCU
he is member of the President’s Forum and
the Magis Society. His experiences in high
school and college have made Bill Henkel
a strong supporter of Catholic educa-
tion at all levels. Those experiences drive
his support of both schools in providing
financial aid to students.
If you would like to join Bill in
supporting John Carroll University
through this time-limited IRA charitable
gift opportunity, you have until
ADVANCEMENT
By Peter Bernardo ’67
Director of Planned Giving
December 31, 2007. To qualify:
• You must be 70.5 years of age
or older.
• Transfers must go directly from the
IRA to the qualified charities.
• Gifts cannot exceed $100,000
per taxpayer per year.
• Gifts must be outright (transfers
to donor advised funds, supporting
organizations, and charitable
remainder trusts and for charitable
gifts annuities do not qualify).
If you would like to know more
about how you can use your required
IRA distribution to reduce your tax
liability and provide a charitable gift to
John Carroll University, please call Peter
Bernardo, Director of Planned Giving,
at 216-397-4217; e-mail Pbernardo@
jcu.edu; or visit our web site at www.
jcu.edu: click on Give to JCU, then on
Development, and Planned Gifts, and hit
Browse a Planned Giving Guide. You’ll
find an article entitled, Opportunity is
Knocking, Your IRA is the KEY

Raising the bar on Carroll Fund

Even as we still celebrate last year’s $2 million-plus in
Carroll Fund giving from alumni donors – the highest level
since 1999 – we have raised the bar to kick off the new
school year! John Carroll is blessed with alumni who give
back in so many ways. The Carroll Fund helps sustain the
distinctive and dynamic environment that alumni knew
during their John Carroll years.
While we exceeded our goal in 2007, only 13 percent
of JCU undergraduate and graduate alumni made gifts to
the Carroll Fund. In 2008, we hope to receive gifts from 15
percent of our alumni. By contrast, according to the 2008
edition of “America’s Best Colleges” in U.S. News & World
Report, average alumni giving rate at Xavier and Creighton is
27 percent – the highest percentage among Midwest schools
offering a Master’s – and 20 percent at Marquette.
All Carroll Fund gifts are important, regardless of size. With
a gift today, you will provide immediate support to assist stu-
dents, further scholarship, improve and maintain campus infra-
structure, and enhance the student experience. Please use the
envelope enclosed in this magazine to make a gift. If you prefer,
you may make a secure gift online at: www.jcu.edu/givetojcu or
call 800-736-2586. Thank you for making a difference!

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 NEWS ONCAMPUS
ATHLETICS
BLUE STREAK GRIDDERS FOR 2007

Football preview

DEFENSE OFFENSE
In the final five games, the squad went 4-1 and Five starters are back from an offense that
the defense posted three shutouts. Seven starters averaged 24 points per game over its final six
are back on defense from a squad that allowed contests.
just over 200 yards per game.
Coach Regis Scafe: “We lost some im- Watch for:
portant pieces to the defense to graduation, Wide Receivers Peter Spachner, Michael
but we retained a healthy part of the core. Dicillo, Vince Doorhy, Scottie Williams,
There is enough experience that this unit Jacob Ens;
should be able to hit the ground running.” Tight Ends: Tim Cohn, Chuck Sroka,
Nick Spahar
Watch for:
Defensive Linemen: Derrick Bendau, Linemen: David Kaszar, Andy Matusek,
Tony Skrtic, Nadhal Eadeh, Chris Marhofer, Michael Piovesan
Dane Schaffer; Quarterbacks: Mark Petruziello, Rudy
Linebackers: Mike Nettling, Luke Kirbus;
Palmisano and Sean Harmon; Running back is wide open, but Matthew
Safeties: Carlo Melaragno and DBs Matt Harmon should be an asset at fullback.
Siracusa and Matt McDonald. Raishaun Stover could surprise at
tailback.
Coach Scafe: “There are still some po-
Sat., Sept. 1 Wooster Home 1:30 PM sition battles that will be decided in camp,
Sat., Sept. 15 @ Heidelberg Tiffin 7:00 PM
Sat., Sept. 22 @ Ohio Northern Ada 1:30 PM but I feel we are in a much better place
Sat., Sept. 29 Baldwin-Wallace than we were at the same time last year.
(Homecoming) Home 2:00 PM
Sat., Oct. 6 @ Capital Bexley 1:30 PM I really like the potential we have. If we
Sat., Oct. 13 Marietta Home 7:00 PM stay healthy, this could be the best team
Sat., Oct. 20 Muskingum
(Parents Weekend) Home 1:30 PM we’ve had in a number of years.”
Sat., Oct. 27 @ Wilmington Wilmington 1:30 PM
Sat., Nov.
Mary 3
Gilloon Mount Union
(Senior Day) Home 1:30 PM
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Volleyball
Cally Plummer hails from Michigan, but she could
pass for a Southern woman, and she was one in her
four years as an All-Southeastern Conference first
team selection at the University of South Carolina.
Plummer holds the Gamecock’s school record for aces
and she’s looking to lead the Blue Streak squad she
now coaches to the heights. See jcusports.com for the
volleyball schedule.

Cally Plummer

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JCUSports.com will be a big

window onto John Carroll’s athletics
John Carroll athletics programs are about
to enter a new multi-media era. “This,” said
the university’s athletics director (AD),
Laurie Massa, “is going to be a major de-
velopment for us and the university. We are
about to take a huge step forward in being
able to connect our recruit-population, our
alumni, parents, and every other segment
of the extended community with the media
presentation of our athletic contests and
information. We will also make a great
advance in our web site management and
our electronic distribution of John Carroll’s
sports information.”
Massa’s unit has contracted with In-
ternet Consulting Services (ICS) to video
stream as many as 70 athletic contests in
the coming year. Streaming happened to
some extent over the past few years, so
that a former JCU wrestler, for example,
was able to listen to a regular season wres-
tling match on his laptop in Tokyo. Those
previous streaming efforts will be greatly
expanded, and regularized; you will be able
to see as well as hear, and the utilization
of an ICS computer server will allow for
greater efficiency and capacity.
“We also intend to make our presenta-
tions more interactive and to have fea-
tures like coaches’ interviews and preview
programs, “declared an enthusiastic Massa.
“This also represents the future of recruit-
ing for a school like John Carroll. We know
that our prospects are not reading about us
in detail in the local newspapers. They will
now have many opportunities to see us in
action. Other important elements of our
constituency, including parents and alumni,
will be able to watch us from anywhere.”
The portal for this lineup of video
streamed events – all live – will be
JCUsports.com. It will cost $9.95 for a
month of Internet access or $79.95 for a
year. Massa said the university will receive
part of the money, which will be used to
support the venture. Subscriptions can
be ordered through the web site. Massa
also observed that while her department
is heading into uncharted waters for John
Carroll, anecdotal evidence indicates that
former athletes, the families of current
players and dedicated alumni should wel-
come and watch the streaming.
ICS is also expected to create a more
appealing and informative web site, one
with a format harmonious with the new
university web presence (See page 6).
Moreover, the company will facilitate
the dissemination of sports information
to media and interested members of the
university community, and provide Sports
Information Director Chris Wenzler ’90
with the opportunity “to spend time on
what matters most.” Massa said ICS is a
company that serves many smaller univer-
sities and receives good reviews.
The AD is equally excited about the
prospect for television coverage of JCU
sporting events on SportsTime Ohio, which
appears on many designated channels
throughout the state but is on Channel 17
in Cleveland, and is available nation-
ally for Dish and DirectTV subscribers
through a SportsPac. Massa said that in a
contract she expects to sign shortly, she
hopes to gain agreement for the broadcast
of from 15-17 John Carroll sporting events
on the regional cable network. Those
contests, in some cases live-broadcast and
in others tape-delayed, are expected to
involve several football games, a number
of other contests from various sports, and
a good portion of the men’s and women’s
home basketball dates.(See JCUSports.
com for the complete schedule.) Massa
observed that while some of those ar-
rangements are tentative, the network is
seeking the kind of programming John
Carroll sports offer, and that she expects
the partnership will be win-win for the
network and the university.
There is a stream (pun intended) of new
instruments and possibilities for athletics.
Massa related that ICS offers a wide range
of services, more of which may be utilized in
time. She also noted that the broadcasting
students of Communication’s Paul Ditchey
are doing a remarkable job in handling the
production and (some) on-camera work
for the SportsTime Ohio television presenta-
tions. “What they are doing is technically
progressive and amazing to me,” celebrated
Massa. (John Carroll will focus on the work
of Ditchey’s students in our next issue.)

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Behind closed doors, Part 2
Do grades matter?
When I visit high schools or stand behind
a table at a college fair, the question I hear
most often, whether it is asked about John
Carroll or another college, is “What do I
need to get in?” I tend to give two answers:
a GPA range and a test score territory. How-
ever, if admission decisions were altogether
that simple, I would be out of a job because
computers could make the call. An impor-
tant question rarely asked is: What types
of courses should I be taking in high school?
Course selection and class performance are
two of the most important factors of the
John Carroll application process.
In a June 2007 study, University of
California researchers found that high
school grades, not test scores, provided
the best predictive measure of collegiate
success. Those results, and the results
of other studies demonstrate why many
colleges are beginning to de-emphasize
standardized tests in favor of looking
harder at curriculum and grades.
In traditional admission models,
grades and standardized test scores drive
the process. Numbers are checked against
an assessment grid and decisions are
made with little concern for “gray areas.”
Thankfully, this model is not part of the
John Carroll admission philosophy. We
look at a wider variety of criteria that help
us assess if each prospective student will be
a good fit for the school. At times this can
make the “selection” process a little more
ambiguous to the perception of families.
Underlying that ambiguity is the fact that
admission work is not an exact science!
What can you do?
Students and parents should make
sound curriculum decisions early in a
high school career. Does this mean that
students ought to be forced into advanced
placement (AP) courses starting with
their freshman year in high school? Abso-
lutely not. But they should consider their
choices seriously: if it is a choice between
an easy elective and an academically rig-
orous science, statistics or calculus course,
that will make a difference to a prospec-
tive student’s assessor. The bottom line is
that students should challenge themselves
at a level that is appropriate to their abil-
ity and relevant to their potential major.
We would much rather see a “B” in an
AP course than an “A” in a non-college
preparatory course. Seeing these types of
courses on a transcript shows the admis-
sion committee that students are willing
to challenge themselves and are prepared
for the rigor of the John Carroll curricu-
lum. Ours is a human process in which
every student accepted to JCU is not a
4.0 student. There are many students with
lower GPAs whom we think have chal-
lenged themselves enough to be ready to
succeed at John Carroll. There are many
students with higher GPAs whom we con-
clude might not be ready.
One Saturday morning
Figure #1 (on following page) sorts our
freshman class based on their high school
GPA. While standardized test scores are
still part of the JCU admission process,
we know that there are better ways of
predicting success. Four years of hard work
goes much further than a few hours spent
taking standardized tests on a Saturday
morning. In our review process, low test
scores can be offset by a great essay, strong
grades, and a challenging curriculum. We
examine the whole person as part of the
admission process. We would be doing ap-
plicants an incredible disservice if testing
exclusively drove our decisions. Moreover,
many great students would not join our
campus each year.
Following the trends
The academic progress of each student
is distinct from that of each of his or her
classmates. Different trends tell different
stories. An upward GPA trend can show
ENROLLMENT
By Kevin Hatgas ‘02
Assistant Director of Admission
maturity and growth while a downward
GPA trend or one really bad year could
reflect a work-ethic issue. Or maybe not.
That’s the problem with trends: if we do
not have the context of the numbers, we
never have the full story. Students can give
context through their admission essays, and
the recommendation letters that counselors
and teachers write. Every year we see essays
from students detailing a drop in grades due
to the death of a parent or another family
tragedy. These stories can change the out-
come of our review by telling more than a
mere transcript ever can.
Demanding courses
The admission committee reads every
piece of information that is submitted and
treats applicants as individuals. To make
an impression, a transcript should show us
that students are willing to take risks, and
that they are striving to gain knowledge.
We use the word “challenge” a lot when
speaking about high school curriculums
because in choosing John Carroll, you will
be challenged. When scheduling future
high school classes, students should ask
themselves a few questions: Will this course
challenge me? Will I enjoy it? If the answers
are “no,” it’s time to reconsider taking
that class.
Perhaps we will meet at a college fair
this fall (see page 15). Instead of asking
what GPA and test scores are needed to
get into John Carroll, let’s talk about your
favorite classes, your challenging curricu-
lum, and how John Carroll could be the
right college fit. I would rather have that
conversation any day of the week.
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On the Road
Throughout the fall, members of the admission
committee attend fairs, sponsor high school College Fairs:
visits and regional gatherings across the Have your general questions answered and touch base with an admis-
country. Some of the larger programs are listed sion staff member from John Carroll at these larger college fairs held
in a city near you.
here. For the complete listing and updated
travel schedules, please check our GREATER BUFFALO
online calendar at: www.jcu.edu/admission/. 9/24 6:30-8:00 p.m. Daemen College College Fair
9/27 6:30-8:00 p.m. Niagara County Community College College Fair

Freshman class based on their GREATER DETROIT

high school GPA. 10/8 6:30-8:30 p.m. Bloomfield Hills School District College Night
10/10 6:30-8:30 p.m. Grosse Pointe Area College Night
10/16 6:30-8:30 p.m. Rochester Community Schools College Night
37%

27% PENNSYLVANIA
9/16 1-3 p.m. Duquesne University College Fair
9/19 6:30-8:30 p.m. Westmoreland County College Night
15% 16%
9/25 6:30-8:30 p.m. Beaver County College Fair
9/25 7-9 p.m. Mt. Lebanon, Upper St. Clair, Peters
Township College Fair
10/17 6:30-8:30 p.m. Exploring Post Secondary Options Night (Erie)
5%

Below GREATER CHICAGO

3.75 to 4.00 3.50 to 3.74 3.00 to 3.49 2.50 to 2.99 2.5
9/18 7-9 p.m. Loyola Academy College Night
9/19 6-8:30 p.m. College of DuPage College Fair
9/24 7-9 p.m. Brother Rice & Mother McAuley College Night
9/25 7-8:30 p.m. Marist College Information Night

CINCINNATI/DAYTON
10/7 1-4 p.m. NACAC Cincinnati National College Fair
11/7 6:30-8:30 p.m. Greater Dayton Area College Night

NORTHEAST OHIO
10/11 7-8:30 p.m. Cleveland Northeast Suburban College Fair
10/18 6-8 p.m. Lorain County College Fair

MINNEAPOLIS
10/9 9AM-noon NACAC Minneapolis National College Fair
10/9 4:30-8pm NACAC Minneapolis National College Fair
10/10 9 a.m.-noon NACAC Minneapolis National College Fair

ST. LOUIS
10/21 noon-3 p.m. NACAC St. Louis National College Fair

Beyond these programs, a visit to the university is encouraged for all

potential students. Arrangements can be made for group information
sessions, campus tours, you can build your own visit (seniors only) online or
simply call us at 216.397.4294 or 888.335.6800 (toll-free) to start now.
Save the dates: larger open houses will be held October 5,
October 8, and October 17.
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Passing the torch
Every year nearly one-third of our freshman class has a
relative that has attended John Carroll University. We are
blessed to have such family commitment to the value
of John Carroll education. And the Class of 2011 is no
different. This page celebrates parent and grandparent
connections in our class.
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Other relative Parent
Class of 2011 By the numbers
• 730 students (2% larger than Class of 2010)
• 51:49 male:female ratio
• From 38 states, Puerto Rico,
4 foreign countries
• 11.7% students of color
• Is religiously diverse
• 33% have JCU alumni in their family
• Average high school gpa: 3.34
• 22% in top 10% of high school
• 48% in top 25% of high school
The legacy students of John Carroll’s
125th anniversary class of 2011
Alyssa R. Adamo
Carmen Albino
Stephanie Antoon
Robert A. Armagno
Brian P. Benander
Kelsey L. Black
Daniel Blackburn
Amanda L. Bortz
Julia A. Britten
David Y. Carr
Peter Davis
Ryan P. Dougherty
Patrick E. Durkin
Jacob C. Eddingfield
Timothy K. Ertle
Patrick Fay
Christina D. Fedeli
Kathleen F. Fibbi
Marcus J. Gerbic
Michelle L. Gittinger
Jason A. Glausser
Matthew Greene
Hallie E. Gromek
Michelle T. Grossman
Amy E. Gunderman
Megan A. Haglin
Bridget A. Healy
81 Edward W. Hocevar
Joseph Iannucci
Maura F. Jochum
Byron J. Kazek
Kelly N. Kern
Kathleen B. Lavelle
Thomas J. Lavelle
Christopher P. Lewis
Susan E. Lewis
Sean M. Lofgren
Sibling Jillian C. Lowry
Cierra E. Matejka
Brian J. Mendelsohn
William S. Nowel
Marc R. Nowicki
Stephanie M. Pentz
Nicholas V. Petroni
Liam Powers
Joseph M. Rice
Melissa L. Ritchey
Cassandra N. Saluan
Robert Schlegel
Kristina D. Schneider
Thomas C. Schuba
Halle M. Scotese
Matthew D. Seeman
Kevin R. Simon
Vincent Tarantino
Michael J. Telzrow
Carolyn T. Teter
Nick M. Ward
Daniel J. Wojtila
Zachary R. Zielinski
This list is a work in progress
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Child of Anthony Adamo ‘79
Child of Michael Albino ‘83
Child of Rosa Albino ‘84
Child of George Antoon ‘82
Child of Thomas Armagno ‘80
Child of Lorie Armagno ‘82
Grandchild of Carl Opaskar ‘34
Child of Vincent Benander ‘67
Grandchild of Richard Kmiecik ‘51
Child of Kiera Black ‘85
Child of Matthew Black ‘01G
Child of John E. Blackburn ‘78
Child of T. Denver Bortz ‘98G
Child of Charles Britten ‘80
Grandchild of Ronald Carr ‘50
Child of Frederick Davis ‘74
Child of Peter Dougherty ‘76
Child of Kevin Durkin ‘82
Child of Ann Durkin ‘84
Grandchild of Richard Schoen ‘76
Child of Karl Ertle ‘86G
Child of Maureen Rose Fay ‘79
Child of Umberto Fedeli ‘82
Child of Terence Fibbi ‘80
Child of Laura Fallon Fibbi ‘81
Child of Robert Gerbic ‘85
Child of Richard Gittinger ‘80
Child of Ann Glausser ‘75
Child of Gary Glausser ‘75
Child of Joseph Greene ‘88G
Grandchild of Thomas Spackman ‘48
Child of Peter Francel ‘84
Grandchild of Robert Gunderman ‘50
Grandchild of Paul Fetick ‘43
Child of William Healy ‘75
Child of Barbara Hocevar ‘89
Child of Anthony Iannucci Jr. ‘69
Child of Patricia Jochum ‘83
Child of F. Eric Jochum ‘83
Child of Gregory Kazek ‘72G
Child of William Kern ‘76
Child of John Lavelle ‘82
Child of Thomas Lavelle ‘80
Child of Kimberly Lewis ‘80
Child of Lisa Lewis ‘89
Child of Kevin Shea ‘76
Child of Lisa Lowry ‘82
Grandchild of William Matejka ‘60
Child of Elizabeth Mendelsohn ‘81
Child of Thomas Nowel ‘69
Child of Richard Nowicki ‘64
Child of Benjamin Pentz ‘75
Grandchild of Robert DuBrul ‘57
Child of William Powers ‘01
Grandchild of John Rice ‘51
Child of John Rice ‘75
Child of Michael Ritchey ‘84
Child of Patricia Saluan ‘05
Child of Paul Schlegel ‘80
Child of Lynn Schneider ‘81
Child of Christopher Schuba ‘74
Child of Catharine Schuba ‘75
Child of Terry Scotese ‘76
Child of William Seeman ‘82
Child of Philip Simon ‘78
Child of Jane Simon ‘79
Child of Gina Jakse Tarantino ‘75
Child of John Telzrow ‘68
Child of Todd Teter ‘83
Child of Julianna Ward ‘88
Child of Daniel Wojtila ‘76
Child of Richard Zielinski ‘78
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a window of opportunity during which a lot
of work got done, work that would have been
disruptive if it had been scheduled around classes
and bodies. Some of it was apparent – new
asphalt gleams in the parking lots and drives and
coffee is brewed in the library – but much of the
progress was not so obvious. Faculty tweaked
lesson plans and evaluated their performances;
a year’s worth of liturgies were planned; and
new computer servers replaced old. Summer on
campus was a chance to repair and renew.

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President Robert L. Niehoff, SJ criss-crossed
the country this summer, but his most important destinations
were a town in New York too small for most maps and a
Canadian shrine. After Commencement, hosting a conference
of Jesuit colleges and a week of meetings to set a summer agenda
and goals for the school year, Fr. Niehoff went west to celebrate
the 25th anniversary of his ordination into the Society of Jesus.
(John Carroll will celebrate Fr. Niehoff’s 25th anniversary with
a Mass in Saint Francis Chapel on October 9th at 5:15 p.m.)
A member of the Province of Oregon, he attended a province
meeting in Portland, then celebrated his jubilee with family
in Tacoma and at a ceremony in Spokane. The next stop was
Aspen, Colo., for a meeting of the Association of Governing
Boards of Universities and Colleges with new university
directors’ chairman Allyn Adams ’64.
Then it was back to John Carroll for Reunion Weekend, June
22-24, before leaving for Baltimore to officiate at the wedding of
a friend and to Fort Knox, Kentucky, to review ROTC training.
Auriesville, New York, 40 miles west of Albany, was next. It’s
home to the National Shrine of the North American Martyrs, a
tribute to the Jesuit “black robes” who were martyred by Native
Americans in the mid-17th century. It’s also the site of the cem-
etery for the New York Province of the Society of Jesus.
The same Jesuits are honored at the Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland,
Ontario, where Father Niehoff spent five days praying and reflecting
on the example of the missionaries who braved deprivation, torture
and death to bring Christianity to the
Native Americans.” They are re-
ally an inspiration,” he said. “It’s
what the service is about and
what the message is about
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Information Services Jim Burke
(left) and LaMarr Parker.
– and that is the Kingdom.”
Tethered by Blackberry and cell phone, Father Niehoff was
never out of touch with the university, but he kept communica-
tions limited. The time he spent at the Martyrs’ Shrine gave him
time to think and renew himself.
“For me, I need a change of location,” he said. “I find I get
both the psychological rest I need and I think differently.”
Father Niehoff, who worked in San Francisco and in Mon-
tana, was happy to exchange bland Midwestern scenery for
something more dramatic.
“When I can get out and I can see an open horizon . . .
mountains, trees, the ocean . . . that becomes very important to
me. I miss those kind of venues.” Renewed and back on campus
in mid-July, Father Niehoff continued his tradition of visiting
residence halls to greet students as they moved in.
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It’s doubtful students even
finished unpacking before they logged on. It’s hard to imagine
anything more disruptive than a computer system that doesn’t
work or was still under construction. That’s why summer was
so busy for Jim Burke ’91, director of computing systems and
services, and the rest of Information Services, the department
responsible for computers, software, telephones, cable TV,
projectors and multimedia classrooms.
“One of the things we try not to do is change anything dur-
ing semesters,” Burke said. “That leaves us the summer to do
everything.” That meant replacing 140 computers and network
components on a regular schedule, upgrading servers, replacing
the campus’ old WiFi system with an improved one, and check-
ing every residence hall room to make sure the cable TV, phone
line and wireless signal worked.
“Our goal is if we do our jobs as well as we can, you don’t
even know we exist,” Burke said.
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“It always makes me laugh when people
think I don’t work hard during the summer. I work harder during
the summer,” said Heather Losneck, director of residence life.
Approximately 200 students lived on campus for summer school
and incoming freshmen, parents and conference attendees
rotated in and out of residence halls. Losneck and her staff
checked people in and out, made sure the rooms were clean and
billed the guests. When the summer students moved out, football
players and other athletes moved in. Approximately 500 students
were on campus before the official move-in date of August 23.
Losneck also was in charge of pairing roommates, a skill
that can have an enormous influence on a student’s college
career. In previous years, she and her staff did it by hand with
questionnaires that asked students about everything from their
taste in music to how late they sleep. This year, the office used a
computer program based on the questionnaires.
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during the summer and worked out on campus. Others scattered.
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Residence hall rooms take a Head Coach Regis Scafe sent them off in May with a program of
beating during the school year. Scuffs, scrapes and mystery running and weightlifting and hoped they would follow it.
stains attack the walls and, in some cases, If they didn’t, he found out soon enough. Practice began
ceilings. Mike Roeder ’93, manager August 11 and those who took the summer off were easily spot-
of Facility Services, and his student ted at two-a-days. Unlike the players, Scafe and his coaches did
crew check each room, hallway and not take summer vacations. They wanted to build on last year’s
common space during the summer strong finish to a 5-5 season. They watched game tape and re-
to see which ones need beautifying. viewed the playbook with an eye toward fine tuning it for a new
“I hope to get two to three years out squad. “We’re trying to decide what looks good, what doesn’t,
of a paint job, but sometimes it’s only and whether or not to change schemes,” Scafe said. “It’s your last
one,” Roeder said. Facility Services chance to analyze schemes.”
also moves administration and faculty
offices and replaces broken furniture.

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Caffeine has powered many a college student through
all-nighters and papers left to the last minute, so what better
location for a coffee shop than Grasselli Library and Breen Learning
Center? Java City was finished in late August, in time to get
everything brewed before the first late-night cram session. “Libraries
are becoming much more social places so now we can compete with
Barnes & Noble and Borders,” said library director Jeanne Somers.
Java City was not the only summer improvement. Workers
installed a new PC pod that can accommodate several students
working on the same computer. Librarians bought digital ver-
sions of humanities and science journals so they could clear the
shelves of bulky bound volumes of the periodicals.

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staff is on 10-month contracts so director John Scarano had a
particularly busy summer. He planned the Mass and presentation
for each of the nine orientation sessions for freshmen while
looking ahead to the liturgy pieces for the school year. The
office planned service trips to Jamaica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, West
Virginia and Florida as well as advocacy trips to Washington,
D.C.; Columbus, Ohio; Fort Benning, Ga.; and Milwaukee.

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“Summers are complicated. Once

the school year starts, it’s easy,” said Tom Reilley ’99, manager
of auxiliary services. He supervised an outside contractor in
charge of cleaning more than 30 buildings comprising 1.4 million
“cleanable” square feet. And that meant more than dusting
and tidying up. They stripped and waxed the floors, scrubbed
the bathrooms, polished and vacuumed. “It needs to look like a
hotel room,” Reilley
said. Making it harder
was the constant flow
of visitors and guests
here for orientation,
alumni weekend and
conferences.

Left to right sitting on wall

and standing: SSC (Service
Solutions) Bill Johnson,
Jerelene Harris, (JCU Jeanne Somers and
Employees) Andrew Fronczek; Langston Maclin getting
manager of auxiliary services, the library ready.
Rory Hill
Left to right sitting on steps:
Steve Gilsdorf; SSC
operations manager, and Tom
Reilley, director of auxiliary
services.

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For most of the summer, grounds foreman
university, but he could become the most popular administrator Ken Majewski ’01 and his crew simply tried to keep 25 acres of
on campus. He is employed by the food service firm ARAMARK, lawn and more than an acre of plant beds alive in near-drought
which replaced the previous vendor, Parkhurst, in July. “I think conditions. When they weren’t watering and hoping for rain,
everyone will be delighted with the changes,” he said. they repaired damage, planted new flowers and shrubs, and
Those changes include the addition of Java City coffeehouses pruned and trimmed trees. “Summer used to be the lazy, hazy
in the library and the former location of Barista Cafe, the days, but now they keep us busy,” Majewski said.
replacement of the Garden Cafe with an Einstein Bros. Bagels,
the conversion of the food court in the D.J. Lombardo Student
Center to include a pizzeria; Zoca, a build-your-own burrito
place similar to Chipotle; Grillworks, which specializes in
burgers and Philly cheese steaks, and a Boar’s Head Deli.
ARAMARK overhauled dining hall service as well. Food is
cooked in smaller batches to preserve freshness, Flores said.
An expanded salad bar, American-style deli and comfort
foods were added. The menus and nutritional information
are available on touch-screen kiosks in the dining hall. The
various food outlets will be open a combined
90 more hours per week
than last year and,
for the first time,
will take credit
and debit cards.

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For Dean of Students Sherri
Crahen, summer was about introducing people to John Carroll
– over and over again. She led eight orientations for incoming
students that lasted a day-and-a-half (see p. 24), then a ninth
session for students only. Those
visits gave students and their
parents a chance to familiarize
themselves with the campus and
residence halls as well as learn
what would be expected of them
and start meeting fellow members
of the Class of 2011.
“A lot of what we’re doing, it’s
all about prevention and trying to
set the right tone for the next four
years,” she said. Between orienta-
tions, Crahen reviewed the student
code of conduct and discussed a
new alcohol education program.

The Boler School’s Dr. Rick Grenci.
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It’s not only freshmen who needed orientation; so did the new
faculty members who joined the university this fall. Getting
them settled was one of the summer duties of Associate
Academic Vice President Jim Krukones. He also processed
faculty self-evaluation forms and worked with Sasaki Associates,
a Massachusetts firm hired by the university to help with
strategic planning.

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With no classes to teach, summer must have been

all picnics and lemonade for faculty, right? Wrong, if Rick Grenci,
associate professor of marketing, was typical. Grenci is teaching
Marketing Technologies and Internet Marketing this fall. Both
classes deal with e-commerce and the ways people use the Web to
shop and sell, models that are evolving nearly weekly.
“Technology is constantly changing and it’s something you
have to keep abreast of,” he said. In addition to researching the
latest in the field, Grenci got firsthand experience by helping
his wife with her startup company, which sells religious items.
For the second year in a row, he’ll have help in the classroom
from thunder :: tech, a Web design and Internet solutions firm
in Cleveland led by JCU graduate Jason Therrien ’01, The
company will provide Grenci with speakers and contacts with its
business partners.
Jim Krukones

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 The foregoing is an inventory
of but some of the myriad
activities that made campus a
busy place during the summer.
Note: Grenci stands in here
for several hundred faculty
members preparing for the
new academic year. Summer
at your university is lively, but
like rehearsals for a theatrical
production, it’s all pointed
toward a future. That future has
arrived; and so we begin again.

James Sweeney is a deputy features editor of

the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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STUDENT ORIENTATION:
learning the ropes and
creating the connection

T
he summer student orienta-
tion sessions for incoming
freshmen are the impor-
tant introduction to John Carroll
the university provides its new
students. Each of the nine ses-
sions is a major event for a siz-
able segment of the campus staff
and the members of the Class of
2011. The number of prospective
Carroll scholars who participate
in the nine 30-hour orientation
sessions, which occur from the
beginning of June to the end of
August, is not far short of a thou-
sand. The participants include a
goodly number of Bridge Program
students who engage in summer
studies here as a means toward
Katie Reece matriculation, but the soon-to-
matriculate frosh are the primary
focus of the sessions.
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 Orientation season involves an impres- and connecting. The fervent hope is that
sive effort by Student Activities’ Lisa Ramsey the incoming frosh will begin the process of
and her 14-member team. The sessions bonding with the institution and the repre-
require months of preparation by the close- sentatives of its community who take part
knit crew, anyone of whom will, if asked, in the summer process. Ramsey’s team, as
emphatically assert upbeat and ebul-
that they are “fam- lient as your basic
ily.” Many but not national champi-
all students are ac- onship cheerlead-
companied by one ing crew, dedicate
or both parents. themselves to
The students and establishing a
parents show up linkage with the
carrying a strong newcomers and
desire to confirm selling them on the
that this school in wonders of Carroll
University Heights and the wisdom of proclaiming that you
is the best of all conceivable destinations for want to be a part of this place.
a young person intent on learning, blos- Senior Patrick
soming, and equipping her or himself for a Carpenter says: “You
productive and meaningful life. know it’s going well
John Carroll is the choice and all hands when the students share
– incoming students, Ramsey’s team and a that they are comfortable
sizable contingent of university staff – oc- at the school. I think
cupy themselves for a very full day, night another main purpose
and next morning animatedly reviewing ev- of orientation is to make
ery aspect of the university; getting the new sure the parents are
ones registered for classes, and pulling out comfortable with letting go
all the stops to insure that by the time orien- of the students, knowing the
tation is over, the matriculants are psyched students are coming to a school where
to hit the deck running in September with they will be able to grow and experience a
an open mind and an eager heart. lot of things that will open their hearts and
Orientation is about learning the ropes minds. My parents had concerns, and after

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 orientation those concerns were gone.” team building activities and three weeks of
Ramsey, Carpenter, and fellow seniors training in May. Representatives of all the
Greg Lucsko and Beth Wall are the head departments come in and talk to us so we
honchos who, collectively design and have our information straight about the
manage the program. Staffer Ramsey, whom school. We have really high standards and we
Wall says functions in the group not as a look to create a team the way you set up an
mom but as a “crazy aunt,” is surely the first athletic team, with different parts. We look
driver of the orientation bus, but Ramsey for diversity and build a staff that can answer
happily acknowledges that in the main questions in different areas.”
she is a member of a leadership quartet The program is packed, and it runs on
orchestrating the orientation process. two tracks: one for students, another for par-
The four work together in late winter to ents or other family members. After check-
hire the 11 others, and in and a mingling sort
the gang of four plan a of continental break-
rigorous May training fast in and around the
to prepare the rookies Dolan Center, Muldoon
for the new orientation Atrium, students and
season. Carpenter, family members are
Lucsko and Wall all welcomed by several
recorded their third university officials. The
summer of orientations university leaders of-
this year, which gives fer useful information,
them one year of but the emphasis is on
seniority on staffer warm hospitality. The
Ramsey. first separation occurs
Wall, who like when students leave to
Carpenter and Lucsko, take a language place-
seems resolved to never ment exam and parents
let a negative thought stay to hear university
loiter in her head, affirms: “We hire the best counseling director Dr. John Ropar offer an
from the get-go. We hire in February and insightful and witty presentation (see p. 29)
March; then we have a lot of social stuff and on the psychological development issues of

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college students.
Ramsey’s team members each have an
assigned contingent of students, whom, at
noon, they lead to lunch
and work on the connec-
tion. We’ll skip the summa-
ry of the schedule, which
has more moving parts
than some clocks, but the
program includes sessions
with academic advisors
for parents and student;
discussions of the finan-
cial aspects; and a briefing
(JCU Student Life 101) on
the challenges, available
resources and possible
pitfalls, alcohol for ex-
ample, awaiting these fledgling university
scholars. There are chunks of time spent on
service opportunities, a writing proficiency
test, small-group discussions with orienta-
tion team members, a rich opportunity to
strengthen the connection; and dinner for
both tracks with the team of faculty advi-
sors enlisted for each orientation.
There is a richly interactive session
for students after dinner in which they
explore and celebrate the myriad ways
in which they are, irrespective of race or
ethnicity, diverse – an important word on
campus these days. Mathematical Swarm
Theory (see p. 5) is an instrument of
the diversity exercise but you don’t
need grounding in advanced math-
ematics to appreciate
the mostly wide-eyed
eagerness – the impera-
tive to be cool tends to
be discarded during
orientation – with which
this assembly of young
people, who so clearly
want this coming college
adventure to work, apply
themselves to compre-
hending intriguing new
perspectives on just who
they might
be.
The orientation installment
following the diversity exer-
cise involves a series of skits
about John Carroll life. There is
one role-playing team for stu-
dents and another for parents.
On the night John Carroll maga-
zine was in attendance there was
a bit of an issue with the students
performing for the parents “crack-
ing themselves up,” and working
awfully hard to suppress big grins.
Overall, though, the skits, which involve
delicate subjects like sexual assault and
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 alcohol abuse, as well as the rigors of liv-
ing with a roommate and performing well
academically, are played out by the orien-
tation team members – the team leaders
wrote them – with gusto and authenticity.
After the skits,
there is a some-
what sedate parent
social, and a cor-
responding activity
for students that
includes dancing
and a collection of
high-jinks that trav-
els under the label
“social activities”
and may persist until the parents
are safely asleep back in their motels
and residences.”
The much shorter second days fea-
ture Mass, breakfast and, for both tracks,
a concluding discussion session in which
the final touches are put on the connec-
tion. Aside from that, the big purpose of
the second day is the registration for their
fall classes. That takes some time and there
are a few nerves that occasionally surface.
For example, those going through orienta-
tion in late July may find that the classes
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that are still available include more than a
few of the dreaded a.m. variety.
Overall, though, the orientation event
designed and executed – in no small
measure – by Ramsey and her squadron,
seems to work
splendidly, and
the looks on
faces, students
and parents,
suggest that
the connection
usually happens.
It’s only a
beginning, but,
to observers at
least, a good one. One parent declared
somewhere along the way on the night of
the first day: “We’ve been to orientations
at these prestigious universities and this
is by far the best” – a melody to the ears of
Ramsey and crew.
“We’re constantly evaluating and
tinkering with the program, says the
team leader. The evidence suggests it is a
successful and important process as the
recruits begin the process of becoming
firmly connected to the John Carroll
community.”
jp
Advice to the parents
of a freshman
What follows is an excerpt from the talk that Dr. John Ropar ’72, the director of
the University Counseling Center, presents to parents at every student orientation.
This excerpt doesn’t capture the humor of Ropar’s presentation, but it should convey
something of the psychologist’s thoughtful message.
T
“ here is one constant that cuts
across everything I’ve heard
at the Counseling Center in
12 years, one underlying issue
present underneath whatever the students
tell me. The constant is the struggle with
self-esteem, with feeling good about them-
selves. One problem so many students ex-
perience is that they so want to be success-
ful, and they have a tendency to be defined
by their Grade Point Average (G.P.A.) or
whether they are a successful athlete or the
president of a sorority. My own conviction
is that they are awesome the way they are.
“Essentially all the psychological
research in my field indicates that
emerging adults – and we as a society have
created a new life stage commonly called
emerging adulthood – need to make their
own decisions. The separation research is
unequivocal that the more we, as parents,
dictate the choices our students make, the
poorer their psychological adjustment is
going to be. Your children are going through
identity development. It is a process that
contains inherent risks. In the course of
exploring life and trying on different roles,
your beloved emerging adult will test your
limits. They may well do something that you
don’t like. When you experience that, you
may be tempted to take action to restore the
balance of power to be in accord with the
traditional parent-child relationship.
“That response is counter-productive
because you are no longer the parent of a
child; you are now the parent of a young
adult. What becomes necessary is the re-
calibration of the family system so that
it allows for greater changes in behavior
than it did previously. The family system
needs to become more flexible because
your student will almost certainly stretch
the envelope and make choices that
challenge you. My advice is to pick your
battles. Patience and understanding are
called for all the way around, and that in-
cludes patience with yourself as you react
to what they do.
“Because so many of our young people
have been sheltered and shepherded and
may not have had a chance to fall and bruise
themselves and learn that they can survive,
college is likely to provide that chance.
There will be challenges. They will go
through the formation of a new peer group.
Living with a roommate may be a major ad-
justment. Getting up in the morning is often
a big thing. Doing their own laundry is not a
simple matter, if they have never done that.
“They will encounter greater academic
demands, and that may produce stress and
anxiety. Time management will be a test.
Homesickness is common at first. They will
face a dizzying array of choices related to,
among other categories, morality, inter-
personal relations, politics and their future
vocation. We will do our best to help them
make good safe choices, but they may fall
and bruise themselves as they explore.
“I recommend that you discuss with
them, in a non-judgmental way, choices
and consequences, and try not to assume
that they won’t make good choices. You
should learn about the Counseling Center
and the other campus resources available.
If you had a college experience, I recom-
mend that you share with your students
what it was like for you as you moved on
the exploratory path upon which your
sons and daughters are now embarking.
“Please remember that when they
were little, you had the experience of
watching them toddle away from you,
perhaps to a table. Before long they would
toddle back to you. They are very likely
to live that pattern again. They still need
your lap, though it is now a figurative lap.
Trust the parenting you’ve done and are
doing. And maintain your loving support
of your children. I’m delighted to come to
work every day because I get to work with
your wonderful young people.”
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A mother’s thoughts on the
eve of her son’s matriculation
at John Carroll
All parents attending an
orientation were asked to
write a letter to be opened
by their child when he
or she was in place to
begin the new academic
year at the university.
The magazine got its
ink-stained hands on the
one to the right. It’s not
representative – every
mother-child relationship
is profoundly unique-
– but it does capture
something of the power
and passion of the mother
and child connection.
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Dear Son,
The day the world ended started like any other day.
I was up at 5:30 a.m. getting ready for work and packing lunch, gym clothes, dry-cleaning
to drop off, a list of groceries to pick up – everything in order so we could be out the door at
6:50 sharp. You fell out of bed at 6:41, brushed your teeth, wiped your face, and crawled into
the “anti-uniform” that you’d spent your first year and a half of high school perfecting: a broad,
orange polyester tie purchased from the half-off rack at Unique Thrift, regulation khakis with
more wrinkles than a Shar-Pei puppy on a bad fur day, and a formerly-white shirt that I swear
you had somehow trained to become perpetually untucked.
One of the first things you learn as a parent of a teenager is to choose your battles. So I
took a bye on such things as up-to-code school uniforms, healthy breakfasts, and “no NC-
17 video games.” But I felt like I’d won the war of personal efficacy, of social and fiscal
responsibility, of writing thank you notes to grandma, of putting the lid down, and of not
trying to talk yourself out of what you’d behaved yourself into.
(Oh, and do know that Grand Theft Auto: Vice City will never, I repeat, NEVER cross the
threshold of my house, I don’t care how old you are; end of discussion, period.)
So I drove you to school that morning in my usual state of oblivious content – you were
well, we were well, things were going well and my life was undoubtedly better than I deserved.
We chatted about school, politics, and, of course, the always ready of your existence since
receiving a Sega Genesis for your 6th birthday – video games. I was grateful that you still asked
me to play with you on occasion, despite the fact that my technique (repeatedly hitting every
button on the control pad as fast as I possibly could) had not changed in ten years, and that
“playing with me” typically meant having my character hide behind a tree/ retaining wall/
conveniently placed superconductor while you deftly maneuvered through all the enemy
warships/power-hungry aliens/carnivorous zombies in the area. Actually (truth be told) there
were few things I enjoyed doing more.
After dropping you off at school, I flicked on NPR to hear the latest reports from the Middle
East. I thought about the complicated, sad, exquisite, terrible, wonderful world I had brought
you into. How different your childhood was from mine – me and four sisters, a farm in the
country, paying cash, getting the “right” answer. I was not one for mourning the “good old days,”
nor was I ignorant of how I was reaping the rewards of my ’60s feminist sisters. But it did seem
a simpler time, my childhood. And the presence of this war, in particular; these deaths, in
particular, in particular…it angered, saddened, and frightened me. “Not my son,” I thought to
myself, “not my child” – and I simply decided that I would prevent it. With calm purpose and
categorical certitude, I simply decided that I would not lose you, end of possibility, period.
 The moment passed, the day passed, the evening came and I sat down to watch a movie
– I don’t remember the title; something with Nicholas Cage in it, something I’d rented from
Netflix. And then I got the phone call. The phone call that every parent does not dread,
because they cannot even imagine getting it, they cannot even think the thought of getting
it, they simply decide to not think the thought of getting it, the phone call that says, “There’s
been an accident; Michael’s unconscious; they’re taking him to Akron Children’s.”
And the world ended. Time stopped. Eternity collapsed. And nothing existed except me,
and you, and the chasmic vacuum between us.
I don’t remember the ride to the hospital.
I remember your father’s face. I remember the bloody body board. I remember time
starting again…but moving strangely, unspeakably, slowly. And I remember the near-decadent
joy of hearing you say, “Mom, could you please stop singing; my head hurts.”
In the days and weeks and now years that have followed, I have learned a few things.
I have learned that no matter how determined I am to protect you, no matter how much I
“decide” that you will not have to endure certain things, that there is nothing I can do to stop
the randomness of the world. That, indeed, I am quite powerless over much of what happens
to you and to me; that in terms of what our future holds, there is no “end of possibility period.”
And that the end of the world – or at least, the end of the world as I know it, as I trust it to
continue to be – can happen in a moment.
But I have also learned that even though we have no control over what happens to us, we
do have control over how we respond to what happens to us – and that is where character is both
developed and made manifest. That is where we create our own essence. And I hope that if I
have succeeded in teaching you nothing else, that you have learned that one thing from me.
Because, my son, I believe you are equipped to handle whatever life sends your way. I
have watched you over the last eighteen years. Yours has not been an easy life; you have faced
obstacles that would have challenged people twice your age. But you are made of strong stuff.
Resilient stuff. Stuff that will serve you well in the future, in choosing how to respond to
prosperity, poverty, health, disease, uprightness, corruption, times of joy and times of heartache.
For I have seen you choose how to respond in the past. You have shown courage when showing
courage would cost you. You have loved when loving was very, very difficult to do. You have
demonstrated a willingness to learn – even in the company of your own tendency toward
stubbornness. You have been one of my best teachers. And you have grown into a young man
that I am so proud of, somewhat amazed by, and whom I love more than anything on this earth.
And so here you are, on the eve of your entrance into John Carroll University.
Since the day you were born, I do not think there has been a moment in your life more
full of possibility and hope than this moment, right now. Your options seem endless; your
opportunities, boundless. You are possessed with skill and intelligence and generosity and
humor and thoughtfulness and integrity and initiative and compassion. There are so many
things you can do; so many things you can become. I am so tremendously excited for you. But
most of all, although I do not know what your future holds, I know that you hold that part of
your future, that part which chooses how to respond.
And I cannot wait to see what you do with it.

I love you,

mom

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ST U DEN T S 2011
Kevin Henderson
of Solon, Ohio:
one of 2011’s
pretty good
prospects

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 K
evin Henderson isn’t your
typical John Carroll frosh. Our
assumption, of course, is that
all the matriculating freshmen
are and will continue to be wonderful. As
Dr. John Ropar ’72 says a few pages
earlier: “My conviction is that they are all
awesome the way they are.”
Yes! Still, while it is most definitely
early, and it is also undeniably true that
many a C student has gone on to rule the
world, it is nonetheless certain that simply
by the measuring sticks we all, for good and
ill, inevitably apply, the kid from Solon
is a tiny bit more awesome than most.
Which means that he doesn’t quite qualify
for typical. He is also not of the gender of
the slight majority of the matriculating
freshmen, and he doesn’t forcefully
represent the most ethnically and racially
diverse John Carroll class ever.
Be that as it may, Henderson is a
good poster-boy for the students of 2011.
He just – August 31 – got back from El
Salvador with a contingent from his
Catholic parish in Solon. Kevin wants to
be a human rights lawyer, and he says he
was drawn here because: “I felt that JCU
is the most dedicated to social justice
issues, community service and advocacy
Kevin with new friends
in El Salvador.
for the marginalized.” He also likes that
the school’s lower-income initiative is
intended to increase diversity, which he
thinks is “really important for a learning
environment.”
Kevin had “around a 4.1 GPA” at
Solon High School, which is a little tough
to do on a 4.0 GPA system, but there are
advanced placement classes, which can
bump the numbers above the ceiling.
Kevin’s mom, Joann, says “I just hope
he has an outlet to use his gifts. You just
hope your child is successful and happy.”
She also says that Kevin’s acting and
dancing, a big part of his life, energizes her
son and allows him to stay balanced.
Kevin’s dad, Matt, observed: “He’s a
great kid, easygoing, really motivated, one
of the most motivated I’ve ever seen. He
may need to learn to compromise a bit
more, but I just hope he finds a group of
people he can relate to, and stays happy
and motivated.”
Kevin says that El Salvador “made me
supercharged about fighting for peace and
justice, and gave me a better sense of what
it means to be part of the human family.”
Typical or not, Kevin Henderson is
most likely to be a fabulous addition to the
John Carroll branch of the human family.
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ST U DEN T S 2011
The promise of the Class of 2011
‘Now on to the next one.’
If Kevin Henderson on the previous pages
isn’t quite representative of the entering
Class of 2011, Dany Diaz Mejia is really
atypical. Dany is a Honduran citizen, who
came here through the caring auspices of
a group of people in the Cleveland area
– a good many of them connected to John
Carroll’s adjacent parish, Church of the
Gesu – and a remarkable nun named Sister
Rosa Maria Leggoll, whose image adorns a
postage stamp in Honduras. Dany emerged
Dany Diaz Mejia
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from poverty and familial challenge, but he
is a confident, talented and quite magnetic
young man who will unquestionably enrich
his class. Dany will live for at least his first
year here with a Gesu family, the Michael
Koehlers. When the photo was taken, he
was feeling a bit overwhelmed, but after
having talked with him and read the essay
that accompanied his application, one is
moved to conclude that if John Carroll is
very likely to be a blessing in Dany’s life,
the opposite is also a good bet.
Dany’s present status is that of a citi-
zen of another state studying abroad in the
U.S. for an extended period. There are
a number of other members of the 2011
crew who are new immigrants to this land.
Grace Mahfouz is a native of Lebanon
who came to the Cleveland area recently.
She was employed at Slyman’s Restaurant
on St. Clair, Avenue, this summer and
on her first day she met none other than
the President of the United States, who
dropped in for a little politicking and a
taste of Slyman’s celebrated corned beef.
Oksana Kozlovskaya is a native of
Lwiw, Ukraine, who has been here long
enough to do very well in a suburban
Cleveland high school and amass a sizable
number of community college credits,
which will allow this talented student to
make an expeditious passage through John
Carroll.
Raymond Chahoud fairly shouts
American Dream. Six short years ago, Ray-
mond was a citizen of Damascus, Syria. He
does have the mentoring benefit of having
an uncle who is a physician in Cleveland
and an aunt who is a doctor in Syria, but it
is, nonetheless, fairly astonishing to talk to
Raymond, who speaks English with virtu-
ally no accent, announce that he is going
to major in biochemistry at John Carroll;
will also earn an MBA here, and then go
on to become a plastic surgeon. His high
school record was outstanding, and the
preliminary evidence indicates that any-
one doubting Raymond’s ability to follow
through is likely to wind up looking foolish
in about a decade.
Again, these are not typical John Car-
roll students. They are, though, extraor-
dinarily interesting representatives of the

Class of 2011, and they serve to affirm
that John Carroll’s original mission, now
121 years old and counting – to nourish
the educational aspirations of a largely
immigrant population – survives to il-
luminate the lives of a new contingent of
immigrants. The likes of Dany and Grace
and Oksana and Raymond bring new life
to our university and our area, and they
and the 723 other members of their fresh-
Raymond Chahoud
Grace Mahfouz
man class come to us to learn and have
their minds and spirits served.
Brian Williams, the vice president for
enrollment, is certainly delighted with the
presence of the quartet, but the make-up of
the new class offers Williams many other
satisfactions. “This group,” begins the New
England native, “has a great story to tell:
11.7 percent students of color, the largest
percentage in our history; just over 12 per-
cent first generation college students; our
recruitment numbers are up significantly in
New York; we’re not far from 100 percent
up (83) in the mid-Atlantic states; the
biggest contingent we have ever had from
New England – three from Boston College
High School – and the largest class we’ve
had in a long time – 29 – from St. Ignatius
High School in Cleveland.”
Williams continued but we’ll stop
him to observe that the Ignatius group is
almost as numerous as the 37 students who
enrolled in the freshman class on opening
day of St. Ignatius College in 1886. There
seems an extra layer of good news for the
university in the fact that as time passes
there is an increasingly well-traveled
passageway between the two schools.
Williams also observed that a little over
10 percent of the incomers experienced
their secondary educations at Jesuit high
schools, while half, are, like Solon High’s
Kevin Henderson, coming to us from public
institutions. The Enrollment leader seemed
mildly surprised that a significant group, 19,
sprang northward from, Florida, Texas, and
the South combined. There are no plans to
start serving grits in the dining hall – though
the new food service director, Javier Flores,
is from San Antonio, Texas – but for a high-
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er educational center that has for some years
been working to extend its geographical
reach, the September class shows the sprout-
ing seeds of John Carroll’s growing reputa-
tion outside the region. Williams said that
after seeing the make-up of the freshmen,
Enrollment will be traveling in wider circles
this fall, and also trying harder in places like
St. Louis, which, as is the case in some of
the other noted locations, seems to be po-
sitioning its collective antennae to capture
the welcoming signals from the Jesuit school
in University Heights.
Beyond regional diversity, this
class is economically diverse as well. A
renewed commitment to affordability
seems to be a path that will bring many
students to campus that may have ruled
out John Carroll in the past. Students
from lower-income backgrounds now
being served by the university’s heralded
lower-income initiative are up by over 20
percent. Williams commented that while students are, on average, entering with
assumptions may arise in some quarters higher SAT/ACT test scores and GPA than
about race and income, nearly 59 percent our average member of the Class of 2011.
of our lower-income students are white. But of course there is, in just about
“They are,” said the vice president “coming every sense of the word, really no “average”
to us from across the racial and ethnic John Carroll freshman. They are rather 730
spectrum, but a majority are Caucasian and unique individuals, each about to embark on
they represent citizens of 18 counties.” a great educational and human adventure.
Williams also talked about how “the While the majority of campus will be
economic piece of our diversity will add focused on ushering in this Class of 2011,
to our classroom experience. In his core Williams and the enrollment division are
values statement, Fr. Niehoff speaks about already busy thinking about the Classes
the importance of the way we learn, in so of 2012 and 2013. We’ll let Williams
many ways, from others – ‘mutual learn- have the last word. “You’re never satis-
ing’ – and about balance. We’re doing fied in this work; I have learned so much,
a better job of bringing in racial, eco- and after my first year, I feel I understand
nomic and geographic diversity, all the John Carroll story far better, and can
of which works to give us a broader work more efficiently and effectively to
base, and that unquestionably en- tell it to our prospective recruits and their
riches the academic experience.” families. There are many changes this
Williams went on to say that year: increased visits and travel, new print
our present and desired diversity publications, and with Web site changes
is “not along any one dimension. to make our site more interactive and
Some of our new students of color personalized.” So, welcome Class of 2011,
have gone to the best private now on to the next one. “
schools. And our new low-income jp

Avon Lake’s Tori Shelton

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Raishaun Stover:
a promising second chance

R
aishaun Stover is 23 and is getting a second chance
at an education and a football career at John Carroll.
There are, of course, no guarantees, save the
famously cited ones: death and taxes, but at this moment in
time – mid-August 2007 – the graduate of St. Edward High
School is looking good as a student and athletic prospect.
Raishaun says an education is the priority, and that he
hopes to become an entrepreneur after he earns his degree.
He has a bunch of credits that will transfer from Bowling
Green State University. Bowling Green didn’t work out.
Raishaun subsequently labored in a nasty job in a factory
for a couple of years and says that created a profound
motivational force in himself.
In 2002, Stover gained 2,300 yards for St. Edward’s
gridders, racking up 36 touchdowns and gaining 293 yards in
one memorable game against Stow, Ohio’s Walsh Jesuit. He
was third in the voting for Mr. Ohio Football that year.
The people in Enrollment rave about what a nice,
personable young man Stover is. He declares he’s excited
about school and football, and he’s spending a healthy portion
of his energy right now trying to “bulk down” from his present
weight of 217 lbs., to something closer to his high school
playing weight of 195 lbs. Coach Regis Scafe appears to
like Stover as much as does Enrollment. Again, there are no
guarantees, but Stover seems a very appropriate poster-man for
John Carroll given the university’s focus on Cleveland, where
Stover lives, and its renewed commitment to providing second
and more chances for the region’s citizens.

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I’m Doreen Riley

and I arrived about
Reunion time to be
the vice president for
advancement of this
wonderful university.
In subsequent magazine
issues, I will speak to
you in my own voice, but this first time,
I thought it a good idea to give you one
more confirmation of the fact that our
John Carroll is indeed an institution and
community of which we can be deeply
proud. The article above is reprinted
with permission from U.S News & World
Report, which sees and appreciates the
same John Carroll University we do.
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The total attendance was 1138, with
115 of those being children. The
Class of 1957 broke, through the
tireless efforts of Sal Felice and the
committee, the record for a 50-year
gang, drawing 87 of their members.
All of the reunion-goers combined to
give $2,216, 378.76 to the growth
and health of their other mother.
Does that tell the tale? Of course
not. You did have to be there, and the
8s and 3s will have a similar chance
in June of 2008;the 7s and 2s must
wait their turns until June of 2012.

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the Dolan Science Center on Friday, June 22, and
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Carl Giblin then attended a fine reception in the Muldoon
Send your notes to: Atrium of Dolan which is delightfully suited for a
Larry Kelley 1100 Ponce DeLeon Blvd., 401 N
Clearwater, FL 33756 large gathering. We heard Robert L. Niehoff, SJ,
16213 Marquis Ave.
727-518-7961 president of JCU, advise of the status of affairs at
Cleveland, OH 44111
216-941-1795 GIBBI612@aol.com our alma mater. The most important affair being
the caliber of students attracted to the university,
As usual, these gleanings are the result of largely hard-working leadership types who should
John Sweeney’s pursuit of any classmate able to do much for the future success of Carroll. One
ingest and retain solid foods. His diligent work could not help but think about those dreary years
Before I started to write this column, I glanced at
turns to pleasure when the lunch bunch holds a like 1944 when the student body diminished to
my last one, which started the way the last few
meeting. Typical of a solid Jesuit education, the 150+ with the depredations of war-time activity.
columns have — I could get a job as the “obituary
meetings always involve food and beverage. They The late Fr. Edward C. McCue, SJ, then dean,
editor” at The Plain Dealer. This one will start the
visited Jack Brennan who receives around the packed his bags and scoured the offices of
same way – On July 5, I went to the funeral of
clock care after a stroke. They held their July Washington, D.C., for a student body. Fortunately,
Fr. John Rath ’32 at St. Stephen Church on West
meeting at Pizzazz (at Fairmount Circle). Jim after a month of seeking help, he came home with
54th Street. Fr. Rath was the last living member of
Carey, Bud Noetzel, Jim Schlecht and John a U.S. Navy V-12 commitment and JCU was never
his class and of the class of 1928 of St. Ignatius
made a quorum. Lou Sulzer thought the meeting the same. The faculty labored long hours with this
High School. He also was the oldest living priest
was in Chicago and has not been seen since! The new student body. For example, Rev. William F.
of the Youngstown Diocese. He was a classmate
lunch conversations do not indulge in anything Ryan, SJ, history professor, had a heart attack
of my brother Norman at both schools and like
lighter than scriptural analysis. Carey and from attempting to teach too many classes and
him was in the Youngstown area when the
Sweeney are really big with that — no wonder his college teaching career was terminated. From
Youngstown Diocese was formed from the
Lou misses meetings! ... John Kenney reports that day till now, JCU never lacked for a superior
Cleveland Diocese in the late 1930s. The day my
from Williamsburg that he is into gardening. His student body. It might have been otherwise. We
brother stopped in at the Youngstown Chancery to
specialty is poppies, which explains his perpetual are here now with this magnificent school and 65-
congratulate the new bishop he also handed him a
sunny attitude! ... Dick Breiner and his piano need year graduate celebrants, except that only four
letter requesting a transfer back to the Cleveland
some tuning after a recent setback. ... John came to enjoy the beauty of the occasion. The
Diocese. The bishop looked at Norm and told him
Sweeney is planning a reunion of the Coan-Gill Trivisons who, incidentally, had a difficult time
that he only accepted the appointment because of
clan who came from Ireland in the 1880s. They making return flight transfers in Dallas, arrived in
priests like him. Norm was very fortunate to have
had four children who married and the youngest San Diego at 3:30 a.m. He was inspired by the
stayed. Father Otting, SJ, (who taught me ethics
became a nun. Typical of Irish families, they may Reunion but disappointed at our turnout. He (me,
at Carroll) was teaching at Youngstown State, and
struggle with algebra, but they know how to too) expected Al Musci and Nick Barille. We had
kept me informed of Norm’s progress. He was a
multiply! The first four turned into 11 and from hoped that Tony Yonto (now our leader and last
pastor of St. Rose in Girard, OH, when he was 37
them 39. Now, 127 years later there are about 100 surviving class officer) and Helen would come but,
years old. He never would have been that
who will get together for what should be a grand unfortunately, Tony was in a bad siege of back
successful in Cleveland. The only Jesuit on the
party. If I did not live in Florida, I would apply for pain at that time. Bob was happy to renew
altar at Fr. Rath’s funeral was the new Bishop of
the beer concession. ... From deep in the heart of acquaintance with Bob Kraus ’42, our retired
Youngstown, The Most Rev. George V. Murry, SJ.
Texas, comes the periodic communication from Akron architect, and Dick Cachat ’42 who came
... Right at this moment I’m at St. John West
James O’Connell Morgan. He and Mary visited with his cousin, Fran Cachat ’41, and his lovely
Shore Hospital – my wife, Frances, is having
for three weeks with their youngest son and his wife, Peg. Bob and all enjoyed Bruce Thompson
outpatient surgery for removal of a malignant
wife, who have three children with foreign names ’43, whom he described as a gracious person, and
lesion on the side of her nose. With all she has
(Megan, Tara and Kevin). ... Take care of each who arranged for the ’42 contingent to be
been through for the last 12 years, she should go
other, Carl introduced to the other classes sharing the
right up the “golden stairway” when God calls
her. Her only complaint is her diminishing vision. cafeteria where we had our Saturday evening
She can no longer play the piano or organ (can’t meal. Fr. Niehoff made cordial remarks about
read the music), read or sew, and she’s confined having us back and gave his blessing before going
to her wheel chair. ... In June I attended my 75th off to other gatherings, particularly to Sal Felice
Class Reunion from St. Ignatius. I was the lone ’57 and the Big 50 Reunion. Further, Bob said he’d
attendee! I was hoping that Hank Dombrowski like to do it again in 2012 and so would I
would make it. I met his cousin at JCU’s Reunion (optimists). Maybe we’d have a bigger turnout! He
Weekend (can’t remember his name or the year lamented that the names of our deceased were
he graduated from Carroll) and I asked him to try not read at Mass as they were for the other
to persuade Hank to come. But “no dice.” ... I had reunion classes. ... Art
hoped to make a call to Hugh McCaffrey ’37. I
hope he’s still in Fairhope, AL, as that’s the only REUNION YEAR
number I have from the Alumni Directory 2004. ...
Jim and Mary Morgan Send your notes to:
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I still keep in contact with Jack Lavelle’s ’38

widow, Josephine Lavelle, who is now living with Bruce E. Thompson
2207 South Belvoir Blvd.
her daughter, Jerrie, in Marshall, VA. The true
University Hts., OH 44118
story about Major General John D. Lavelle can be Send your notes to: 216-382-4408
1942

found in the Air Force Magazine online at http:// Art Wincek

www.afa.org/magazine/nov2006/1106lavelle.asp 3867 Floral Court
and www.afa.org/magazine/feb2007/0207tapes. Santa Cruz, CA 95062
asp. Get both the Nov. 2006 and Feb. 2007 issues 831-475-1210
for the whole story. They clear the general from atwincek@aol.com
wrongdoing on his own in the activities that led to
Our classmate, Bob Trivison and wife, Susan,
his dismissal in 1972 as the leader of America’s air
came the furthest to the ’42 Reunion; my wife,
force in Vietnam. ... So ‘til next time – keep
Fran, and I were a close second. Bob Kraus came
praying. Just Larry
in from Akron and Dick Cachat from Rocky River.
We started in the beautiful Donahue Auditorium in
The headline up-top says Reunion Year, and so it is
an almost unbelievable 65th which we will
celebrate June 20-22, 2008. Mark your calendar
now. The anticipation of such a gathering stirs the
emotions. But not surprisingly so, for after all this
is where we spent what was probably the most
defining, formative years of our lives. The
expectancy of again being on campus with former

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friends heightens our anxieties. If ever there was
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an occasion to return to your alma mater, this is
the moment. The reasons are apparent and
compelling. Reunions are about memories,
camaraderie, recollections of freshman beanies (I
wonder if anyone other than Joe Sepkoski has
one), climbing three flights to the library, the
mandatory tie to enter Fr. Otting’s ethics class,
sweating out Fritz Graff’s letters course, and Frank
Burke’s chem. labs. Remember “silent” Charles
Cooney whispering through those bank-like bars in
the cashier’s office demanding tardy tuition
payments? Or how about “smiley” Ed McCue’s
piercing gaze as he skewered anyone challenging
him. But through it all, we endured and had
moments of laughter along the way. Following a
reunion several years ago, Ed Hurley succinctly
put our relationship with JCU in perspective, “God
has blessed us all in ways we could never have
foreseen and John Carroll played an enormous
role in that. How fortunate we have been to have
anchored so much of our lives to the cornerstone
of our days in those wonderful classrooms now
long past.” If you haven’t marked your calendar,
do so NOW. Alert your family, relatives etc. to the
obligatory “sanctity” of your June 20-22, 2008
JCU Reunion Weekend. Reunions are people
Don McDonald
3440 South Green Rd.
Beachwood, OH 44122
216-991-9140
Reunion was as great an event as it always has
been every year. Coletta and Jay Ansberry, Dottie
and Harry Badger, and Grace and I had dinner
with Jim Herlihy. Fr. Niehoff was the main
celebrant at Mass at Gesu, which was well
attended. We missed seeing Marty Franey, Tony
Palermo, Tom Whalen, and Bob Mannion. ...
Bob Colopy is still on the mend, I tried calling
several times but the line was always busy. Give
him a call at his home in Painesville —
440.352.3503. ... If anyone knows the
whereabouts of Don Billings, Don Bissonnette,
Joe Ciolek, Bill Dwyer, Bill Ennen or Bob
Fannon, give me a call or drop me a note. We will
cover the rest of the missing in the next issue. ...
Best to all, Don
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1949
Tom Harrison
3980 West Valley Dr.
Fairview Park, OH 44126
440-331-4343
216-881-5832 (fax)
taharrison2001@sbcglobal.net
Tom Gibbons journeyed from Virginia to
participate in the JCU graduation ceremony on
May 20 by wearing a cap and gown and also to
celebrate the event with his granddaughter
Jessica Gibbons ’07. I had the advantage of having
only to drive to participate with my beautiful
graduating granddaughter, Mary Margaret Harrison
’07. Many other “old grads” — 20 or more – who
joined in the ceremony agreed with Tom and me
that our granddaughters were the outstanding
beauties of the class. Despite the weatherman’s
grim uncertainty, the Jesuits’ direct connection to
the Lord provided ideal weather for this beautifully
staged outdoor event. ... While hoping to receive
news from old classmates, I received a call from
an appreciative reader calling from London,
England. Tom Joyce ’72 has lived in Europe for the
past 15 years. He said he looks forward to

receiving John Carroll magazine and enjoys the

gatherings, the more the merrier. We are Ed Cunneen news and reporting of developments at Carroll.
optimistic about our ’43 class attendance. We 22020 Halburton Rd.
His praise of my ’49 news was especially
have about a dozen loyal Clevelanders, plus Beachwood, OH 44122
216-561-1122 generous, which in all honesty, I must admit might
another in Akron and one in Warren who will most
edcunneen@ameritech.net arise from the fact that I’m one of his two
likely attend. Counting spouses that’s about 25 for
surviving uncles and apparently his favorite. ...
starters. Add a few out-of-town loyalists and we’re
For those of you who don’t have e-mail and do not Since retiring from pastoral duties in Orrville Jim
up to 30 or so. And I do hope that some of the
receive John Carroll’s e-News, you might not be Conry has resided at St. Charles Rectory and
widows will join us. I am not asking for your
aware that I am looking for someone to take over participated in non-management priestly duties in
attendance commitment here and now, but it will
the column. I think it’s time to pass the pen to that busy parish. He has unenthusiastically
be most beneficial if you let us know what the
someone who might have a new link to the news undergone some abdominal surgery. Hugh
prospects are of your being on campus for the
for our class. If you are interested in writing four Gallagher ’50 and I visited Jim on July 17. We
reunion. What is your thinking at this early date?
columns a year, give me a call or call Michele were pleased to see that Jim is recovering rapidly
An attendance estimate – I know it’s a guess on
McFarland at the university 216.397.4321 or and was scheduled to return to St. Charles on July
your part – will help me negotiate with the alumni
journal@jcu.edu. God bless and volunteer! Ed 24. ... Send news – good news preferred but all
office for a desirable Saturday dining location. That
reported with reasonable accuracy. Tom
is important early on. So write or e-mail your
intentions or long range plans – Theresa Spada, REUNION YEAR
alumni and special events coordinator – tspada@
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jcu.edu – 800.736.2586. ... Prayers are requested Jack Reilly

Julius Sukys
for Jay, the oldest son of Rosemary and Wally 1371 Dill Rd.
440-449-8768
Schwarz. An electrical engineer, he was in India journal@jcu.edu South Euclid, OH 44121
supervising the installation of a giant industrial 216-291-5762
press when a scaffold he was on collapsed. He
suffered serious and extensive injuries to the
It is always heartening to hear from an alum that This column will replace the quarterly letter that I
head, neck and back. Following hospitalization
we haven’t heard from. Charles Tucker informed have sent out the past few years. As with the
there, he was airlifted with several doctors and
us that he is living in San Diego, CA, and is a letter the purpose of the column is to keep you
nurses in a 29 hour medical flight to the Cleveland
retired teacher of math and computers. He is informed of other classmates. We have about 200
Clinic. He needs your prayers. ... Jim Kipfstuhl ’54
married to Therese (Murphy). They have eight on the 1950 class roster. So please keep me
stopped by the Diemer, Hurley, Thompson table
children, 16 grandchildren and six great informed of your doings — see above for contract
at the Gray Streaks reunion dinner to bring
grandchildren. It’s good to hear from you, Chuck. information. ... Again many thanks to Charlie
greetings from Ed Kipfstuhl, whose wife died
If you care to reach him call 619.282.8714. ... Byrne for his dedication in writing this column.
several months ago following a long illness. Our
Attended the Saturday evening celebration We hope you have a speedy recovery from your
heartfelt condolences, Ed. ... If my opening
Reunion Weekend. There was one other attendee knee replacement surgery. ... Sorry to report the
paragraph sounds familiar, I commend you for
from our class, Francis Hogan and his lovely wife, passing of John A. Burke. John had a very
being so perceptive. Similar thoughts and words
Rosemarie. ... Bill Brugeman has returned from interesting life, before, at and after John Carroll.
appeared in this column five years ago and they
Spain where he viewed the “Lipizzaner Stallions” He got his diploma at an adult high school, served
were well received. I considered them still
and their fabulous show. Bill is into horseflesh! ... in the Navy as a dental technician and worked on
apropos so I dusted them off and offer them again
Until next time – adios, J.P.S. ore freighters as a deck hand and kitchen porter.
for your consideration. Please please please
He also was an accomplished artist, railroad buff
respond per my request. Bruce
and active in the Great Lakes Historical Society,
where he was a board member. He also received
the first Historic Interpretation Award from the
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sympathy to his wife, Anne. ... John McCauley is
still playing bridge five days a week. His wife, Rita,
is recovering from heart surgery. ... John Brattoli
retired 23 years ago from Lorain County
Community College. He said that he was a
professor in the business college. He lives close
to Bob O’Donnell. John asked me about Jose
Berrios and Larry Kiska ’51. If you know anything
about them, let me know and I’ll pass the word
on. ... Went to the Reunion in June (our next one
is 2010 mark it down) and saw’Fred Korey and
Jim Conway. Rev Francis Lihvar, SJ, from our
class, was a concelebrant at the Alumni Mass and
Moment of Remembrance. ... Tom DeMay has
been retired for a number of years from Ohio
Casualty Insurance Co. He and wife, Laureen,
have eight children — four boys first and then four
girls. When the post office opened at JCU in 1946
or ’47, Tom was its first mailman. Tom would like
to know the whereabouts of his old roommate
Bucky O’Connor, also from Conneaut? ... Since my
last “Reflection” letter, our class has lost Dr. Jack
Porter, Jim Calkins, and Bob Nook. Our belated
sympathy to their families. ... George Kmiecik,
who spent 29 years with the Cleveland School
System, is taking care of his son, George ’76.
George’s other two boys went to B-W. Keep
George in your prayers. ... Bob Knotek is still busy
at the Cleveland Playhouse and as a Eucharistic
minister at the Cleveland Clinic. He recently made
his annual trip to Niagara-On-The-Lake. He said he
had a great time. He recently became a great-
grandfather. ... Bill Reagan is in St. Edward
Assisted Living in Fairlawn, OH. Although the first
half of 2007 has not been good to Bill and wife
Louise, they look forward to a much better second
half. ... Talked to Robert Heinz (Cleveland), who
retired from General Motors, Terex Division. Bob
and his wife, Dee, live at the Olympia Senior
Citizens Development Complex. He is active in the
development complex and also the St. Vincent
DePaul Society. Robert and Dee have four children
and send their best wishes to everyone. ... Paul
Kleinhenz (Cleveland) retired from IBM. He and
his wife, Jeanette, live in Parma and have two
sons. Other than a bad knee, his health is good
and he spends his free time gardening. ... Ward
Hill had his second heart operation last fall and is
feeling good. To quote him: “I’m still kicking but
not quite as high.” He and Nancy have been
married for 57 years. They still go to their cottage
in Vermillion. ... Retiring after 30 years with
Allstate Insurance,”Joe Smoltz spends a lot of
time golfing. He also spends some time boating,
but not as much as he would like. He said his wife
died about 30 years ago. ... I would like to hear
from more of you, especially out-of-state
classmates. I can be reached at my address
above. Have a safe and happy summer. Jack
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1951
J. Donald FitzGerald
2872 Lander Rd.
Pepper Pike, OH 44124
216-765-1165
jfitz@papsco.com
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1952
Dorothy Poland
PolandMomdot@aol.com
Well gentlemen, I thought I might have some
news after the latest issue of our magazine
arrived. I did hear from Jerry Miller, but he will
send news later. You missed a good reunion, our
55th, June 22 to June 24. The weather was good
and the students working the events were so
helpful. I had the privilege of reading the names of
our deceased classmates at the Moment of
Remembrance during Mass on Saturday evening.
We have lost another 34 from our class. After
Mass, there was the class picture, then cocktails
and dinner. Ten members of the Class of ’52, and
in some cases their spouses, had a great time
talking over old times. Thomas Dannemiller from
Akron, Mary and Thomas Emling from Bedford
Heights, Jim Harrington and Bob Regan came
from Toledo. Marcia and Andy Kaschalk came
from Willowick and June and Bob McCarthy
came from Mentor. Jo and Jim Previt brought
daughter Renee from Seven Hills, Nancy and Joe
Valencic hopped over from Euclid, Bob Tayek
was here from Sagamore Hills, but he was busy
playing keyboard with the band. And I popped in
from Ravenna. ... The ones who get the prize for
traveling the farthest are Elizabeth and Bill
Kenealy from Virginia. From what Bill said, the
sea is in his blood. Even though he is retired from
the Navy, he and Elizabeth love to cruise. Last fall
they took the Scandinavian tour. This August they
plan on visiting ports in England, Ireland, Scotland
and Normandy. Their oldest son, who works for
the Lord Mayor of London, will join them as a tour
guide. What fun! Bill also made me aware that
Elizabeth may be the only person with ties to John
Carroll who is a survivor of the attack on Pearl
Harbor. ... Stay safe and God bless till next time,
Dorothy
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Jim Myers
315 Chesapeake Cove
Painesville Twp., OH 44077
440-358-0197
cealejim@gmail.com
Hello to all in the class of ’53 and to your family and
friends. ... Our condolences to the family of Gus
Caliguire, who died on July 2. ... Frank Dempsey
retired only about two years ago from his own CPA
firm. The practice continues to be operated by his
family. Frank now spends some of his time
volunteering at Providence House, and as president
of the Brooklyn Kiwanis. Frank lives in Parma, OH,
and his four children and five grandchildren all live in
the area. ... When I talked with Norb Bunsey he
reminded me that although he is a member of the
class of ’53 he graduated later than many of us
because his schooling was interrupted for a tour of
duty in Korea. Norb says he is doing well and
enjoying his retirement. ...Dick Santoro has been a
widower for approximately four years. He has four
daughters, five grandsons, and one granddaughter.
Dick says he is occasionally in contact with John
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Hammer and Jack Platz. ... Fred Fisher, who lives
in Fairview Park, retired from his practice as doctor
of internal medicine approximately 11 years ago. He
and his wife, Evelyn, formerly did quite a bit of
international travel, but not since 9/11. They still do a
lot of traveling in the United States, visiting their
seven children and 20 grandchildren. ... Father Frank
Walsh, who is pastor at St. Luke’s church in
Lakewood, OH, recently celebrated the 50th
anniversary of his ordination. At the reception in his
honor, Tom Dugan, Jim DeChant, Kevin Tobin,
Bob Harter, and their wives shared a table. The
Tobins came in from their home near Pittsburgh, PA,
for the occasion. ... Tom Dugan also reports that he
and his wife, Michalene, visited Roger Sargent at
his luxurious new condo in the Fort Lauderdale area.
Roger’s unit is on the 17th floor looking over the inter-
coastal waterway. Roger had just returned from a
Scandinavian cruise. ... I recently logged onto JCU
Connect just to explore what was there. I suggest
you give it a try also. ... Send in your news for the
next issue. God’s blessing to you all. Jim
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1954
Peter Mahoney
401 Bounty Way, #145
Avon Lake, OH 44012
440-933-2503
peter007@centurytel.net
...I can tell that with the dog days of summer,
many of you have put down your pen and pushed
away your note pad. Little to report for
’54, but with sources and satellites there is some
news ... Dave Nilges (our Rocky Mountain real
estate mogul) is concerned that Denver may be
overbuilt and that the new trend in shopping malls
(Streetscape) may be inappropriate for winter
shopping. Dave and his staff are still very positive
about the area and that a healthy economy cures
most concerns. ... John Heffernan feels that there
may be several openings for referees in the NBA,
so he is jogging and working out on a regular basis.
Jack says that while doing hoops at JCU, he never
met a ref he didn’t like. ... Pat Hynes, still in the Big
Apple and quite a booster for his honor Mayor
Bloomberg. Pat, cutting back on many of his
activities, yet spending a share of his time at the
Outer Banks, says he would be happy to work with
the mayor if he decides to run for prez. ... Bob
Small is mentioned in several legal publications as
part of the legal team that worked with Paris Hilton
and her family. Bob is back home now and has
been encouraged to write a book about the legal
system in California. ... From time to time I rely on
third party sources for news of the ’54s, the
comments may be incomplete, inexact or even
inaccurate but never intended to be offensive ...
mea culpa, mea culpa. Keep the faith, Pete
Send your notes to:
1955
Ray Rhode
1543 Laclede Road
South Euclid, OH 44121
216-381-1996
rrrhode@aol.com
Mary and Dick Waddick visited with Virginia and
Jim Trainor in Savannah, GA, and while there Dick
and Jim finished second in their flight in member-
guest golf. The Trainors were in Denver, CO, for the
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baptism of their 20th grandchild and while there
spent a day with Sunny “Mike” Dunagan. Jim
reports that “Mike” is in pretty good shape for an
old guy. ... Nancy Donatucci is recovering from open
heart and by-pass surgery. Doing well, so far. ...
Benny Barranco survived a heart procedure and is
recovering nicely. ... Harold (Doggie) Ziegler is still
helping to grow the Ziegler Tire & Oil Company that
now operates in several states and still finds time for
volunteering and quietly doing good deeds . ...
Emmett (Bud) Feely and Phil Buchanan are on the
mend but your prayers are needed. ... Jack Martin
is substitute teaching after retiring from operating his
own successful insurance business. He works out
three or four times a week and is said to look the
same as he did in his high school graduation picture.
... A reunion was held in July for outstanding
basketball players from Cleveland high schools
during the early ’50s. Included in the group were
JCU graduates: Rudy Bracale, Tom Burke, Nick
Christopher ’56, Tony Musca, Jim Lawless and
Don Mack ’57. Tom Burke could use our prayers, as
he is not well. ... George Thomey’s family had a big
surprise party for him to celebrate his 75th birthday. A
belated “happy birthday,” George. ... Bob Dolgan
spoke to a group at the Westerly senior citizen
apartments in Lakewood about his latest book,
America’s Polka King: The Real Story of Frankie
Yankovic and His Music. Frankie and Bob’s father
were close friends, so Bob has stories to relate. He
was really surprised when he learned that his
program would be in the Larry Faulhaber
Auditorium! Larry was managing director of the
center for 20 years and the room was named in his
honor in 1998. ... And on the Left Coast, Ed TePas
reports that Leo Cachat visited him and “tried” to
play golf with him. Ed thinks that Leo’s game is
about where his was two years ago and he was
“awful” then. ... Tony Stavole’s son, Bill, is also a
lawyer and partner in a rather large law firm here in
Cleveland. Tony’s granddaughter Kalie was recently
married in Minneapolis. ... Dick Walker is returning
to Vegas for another year of high school football
coaching. He still runs and works out every day. ...
Dave Hauer reports that his daughter and her family
have returned after six years in Australia. Now, both
of his daughters and five grandkids live nearby. Dave
will be going to Hawaii soon. Is there a connection
here? Dave can be reached at davehhauer@gmail.
com. ... Mike Caplice rubbed elbows with Queen
Elizabeth II, in Williamsburg to celebrate the 400th
anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, VA. He
served on several celebration committees. He
reminds that the Jesuits had a mission in what is
now Southern Virginia years before the founding of
Jamestown in 1607. ... Dick Mulac is making a full
recovery from his devastating paralysis. He is now
fully mobile and no longer in therapy. His doctors say
he is the poster boy for the rehab center. ... Stan
Gorski had lunch with Matt Gresko. Matt was
associated with Brentwood Hospital. ... Hal
Feldman is still involved in the family steel
fabricating business. Hal has three children and two
grandchildren. He was part of the famous ROTC
sound off ... Faulhaber - Feely - Feeney - Feldman.
He served in an armor unit in Korea and retired as a
lt. colonel. ... Ben Anthony has retired after 32 years
in locomotive marketing with General Electric. ...
Stay well and remember to pray for the many
classmates who are ill and suffering greatly. Ray
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Send your notes to:
1956
Leo Duffy
1561 Towhee Ln.
Naperville, IL 60565
630.355.2199
January-May
1500 Park Beach Cir. Unit 5G
Punta Gorda, FL 33950
941.505.8394
leomaryduffy@peoplepc.com
To my ’56 classmates ... I have just returned from
a land tour/cruise to our great state of Alaska with
another couple to celebrate both reaching 50
years of marriage. My wife and I are sure milking
this one because our five children with 10 of our
11 grandchildren threw us a party on July 29. We
were joined at the party by none other than our
illustrious class president, Ed Daugherty and his
wife, Joan. We had a great time with many
relatives, friends and a host of nieces and
nephews and their children. I know many of you
are having similar events in your lives. Let us
know what is going on so that all of us can share
in your joys and or sorrows. ... We expect to have
another ’56 mini reunion hosted by John Boler in
mid March 2008 in Fort Myers, FL. Contact me for
more info if you can make it. God Bless, Leo
Send your notes to:
1957
Salvatore R. Felice
3141 W. Pleasant Valley Rd.
Parma, OH 44134
440-842-1553
srfelice@cox.net
The beautiful splash of fall colors remind us that
another school year is about to begin. ...
Vince Panichi, along with four others, received the
John Carroll Alumni Medal at commencement in
May. After earning an MBA, Vince joined the JCU
faculty in 1960 and for 26 years was a full-time
accountancy professor and was granted Professor
Emeritus status in 2001. He founded the Magis
Society and installed planned giving as a significant
development instrument. Vince was a co-founder
of Ciuni & Panichi, an important regional accounting
firm. He has many other accolades along with
having loyalty, love of JCU and strong Christian
values. ... 50-year class members also marching
with the 2007 graduates at the May
commencement were: Dr. Herbert Hanlon,
Robert Horley, Richard Huberty, Phillip Koran,
Rev Mr. Bartholomew Merella, Charles Novak,
John Rae and Salvatore Felice. ... Sally and Tom
Feely celebrated their 44th wedding anniversary in
June, not 50 years as previously reported. They
were disappointed to miss our 50th reunion due to
Sally having major knee surgery. ... Richard Ottes,
planning to attend reunion, had to cancel due to
stomach surgery in June. Dick reminisced on the
great friends and teachers at JCU, plus the Friday
night “bag lunches” with tuna salad and PBJ
sandwiches to avoid the planned menu in the
cafeteria. He also recalls the pinochle games in the
dorm and ROTC summer camp. Upon graduation,
Dick spent nearly 38 years in the U.S. Army
Reserve and reached the rank of colonel. He
obtained the CPCU professional insurance
designation and spent 20 years in the commercial
insurance industry and 18 years as an insurance/
pension specialist with the federal government.
Dick and Virginia reside in the St. Louis, MO, area
and will be married 39 years this year. They have
two children and four grandkids. ... Joseph
Roscelli, due to a hectic travel schedule, was
forced to cancel attending reunion with regrets. He
extends best wishes to Chuck Novak, Tom
Halloran, Tom Kasper, John Myers and
numerous others. Joe and wife, Michele, reside in
Fairfax, VA, and will celebrate 44 years together on
a six-week cruise of Western Europe in September.
Joe stays busy traveling and teaching about federal
contract law. The Roscellis have two daughters and
two granddaughters. ... Chris Orlie should have
been at reunion. He was at the airport in San
Francisco on Thursday, where he was detained for
several days due to a number of misunderstandings
and unfortunate circumstances. At dinner Saturday
evening, it was reported erroneously that Chris had
“heart problems” at the airport and was
hospitalized. Chris is well and disappointed that he
missed being with his “old” friends. ... Reunion
2007, our 50th, is history! As promised, we all had a
great time. Only the perfect weekend passed so
quickly. In addition, a number of milestones were
achieved. Our class broke the “all-time” attendance
record for a 50-year class with 87 members
attending. Also, we exceeded our $350,000
Endowed Scholarship Fund goal with $368,672 of
cash, pledges, projected market value and
expected matching gifts. In addition, our class gift
(money given to all designations of the university)
totaled $323,248. (Note: My photos can be viewed
on the JCU Connect web site). ... I am most
grateful to the class reunion committee, which
worked very hard in making our 50th a truly special
occasion. Special thanks to co-chairman Chuck
Novak, who worked diligently to get class
members to “come back to Carroll.” There were a
number who attended JCU reunion for the first
time. Many thanks to Dick Huberty, Jim Clark,
Tom Moran, Dick Murphy, Jim Gasper and Bill
Comiskey, plus all the other committee and
individuals who helped “make it happen.” I wish to
also acknowledge the JCU staff of Peter Bernardo
’67, Robert Kirschner and especially, Theresa Spada
’04, reunion coordinator, who tolerated the
committee and “put it all together.” To all – THANK
YOU! The only shadow over our 50th year party was
the absence of the 100 deceased class members
who were an integral part of our 50 year experience
– we shall never forget them! God bless, Sal
Rosemarie and Salvatore Felice ’57, Anita Felice
Kazmierczak ’87, and 10 grandchildren at Camp
Carroll ’07.

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Send your notes to:
1958
John E. Clifford
922 Hedgestone Dr.
San Antonio TX 78258-2335
210-497-3427 (w)
1-888-248-3679
JohnEClifford@prodigy.net
Send your notes to:
1959
Jerry Burke
1219 W. Grove St.
Arlington Heights, IL 60005-2217
847-398-4620
gburke987@SBCglobal.net
Mike Campo and Leland Hall both checked in to
see if I was still alive when they discovered no
column in the last Journal. From Mike I got a
letter, e-mail and phone call. He reports that his
son, Chris, was married recently in a somewhat
non-traditional ceremony. The wedding was held
on a farm, with the reception taking place in a
barn, with a bar-b-queue dinner and country
western motif. Chris is also moving to a rural area
and planning to open a bar with a mechanical bull.
Mike and Lynda are still scratching their heads. ...
Leland Hall reports that he is alive and well and
still living in Florida and he is finally retired. This is
his third attempt but he assures me this is real. He
is also a candidate for a hip replacement for his
14-year-old hip replacement. Our sweat face has
paid a price with two new knees for athletic
prowess at JCU. But he has no complaints. As he
said, who would listen? ... Some time ago I
received a visit from Art Granzeier, who happens
to live in my town. My latest visit was from his
wife, who, like Art, is also a retired social worker.
They are both doing well and enjoying their
grandchildren. ... We just returned from our tenth
annual McGann weekend as guests of Louise and
Tom McGann. Also joining us were Donna and
John Breznai, Mary and Ed Paglione, Carolyn
and Joe Ruble, Ann and Bill Marks, Dolores and
Paul Brust, who joined us all the way from
Scottsdale, AZ, and Bill Colson and Philomena
Malizia (Nat’s sister). Philomena also informed us
that Nat’s brother Jerry Malizia ’60 is getting
married in AZ. Our heartiest congratulations to
him! ... We missed Mattie Mathews this year; he
stayed home to teach kids how to fish at a local
Skaneateles Fair. The kids were lucky to have him
but we sure missed Mattie and those delicious
pancakes. Hopefully we will see him this fall at
Cathy and F.X. Walton’s in South Carolina with
Dempsey, Breznais, Marks and McGanns. ... If you
are planning on being in the Tampa Bay area this
winter, be careful. Joe Ruble and Tom McGann are
looking into a franchise for geriatric motor
scooters. I am not sure if the entire state of
Florida is ready for this dynamic duo. ... Finally
readers of the Journal, I am sure you noticed that
Jerry Schweickert recently took over the column
for the class of ’60. When John Veres, who did
an excellent job as our columnist, passed the
baton some years ago, I took over the job.
However, I think the time has come for someone
else to step forward. I would very much
appreciate it, as I am sure would the folks at
Carroll who have had to endure my technological
illiteracy for too long. If you have any interest
contact either me or the school. ... Peace, JB
’59 friends at Jerry Burke’s daughter’s wedding
First Row: Jerry Burke, Bill Beahan, second
row: Ed Paglione, Bob McFaul, Bill Marks;
third row: Leon Matthews, Paul Brust, Tom
McGann, Jim Hill, Marty Dempsey, F.X. Walton,
Roger Risher
Send your notes to:
1960
Jerry Schweickert
14285 Washington Blvd.
University Hts., OH 44118
216-381-0357
bjschweick@sbcglobal.net
We lost a classmate on 24 June. Jack Cregan
passed away and was buried on 28 June. Bob
Fitzgerald, Jim Thailing, Charlie Keane and Joe
Whelan ’65 traveled to Illinois for the service. By
the time you read this we will have held a
memorial Mass for Jack at Saint Francis Chapel on
campus. ... On a lighter note, I heard from Matty
Mahon in reaction to the column ghost written by
The Fly. Matty was reminiscing about the nick-
names of various classmates, as mentioned in the
column. He is also looking forward to our 50-year
reunion in 2010. (Hard to believe isn’t it?) As long
as I’m on the subject, keep in mind how quickly
the years have gone since ’60. It might be a good
time to track down an old roommate and discuss
getting together at our 50th. Needless to say, we
all had an influence on each other and we should
take the time to get together and recognize that
fact. I don’t know about you, but to me the
saddest things in life are words left unsaid and
deeds left undone. How about making a
commitment to yourself to return to the 50th and
celebrate the relationships begun 50 years ago.
Better yet, get in touch with an old roommate and
talk to him about it. ... Speaking of old roommates,
Frank Dempsey recently returned from a white
water rafting trip on the Colorado River. He
handled the cruise like a champ, but was bitten on
the ankle by a spider and required medical
treatment as a result. (There have been reports in
the Cleveland Plain Dealer of someone seen
crawling up and down the Terminal Tower in a
Spiderman costume). ... Dave Nichting is
undergoing physical therapy for a shoulder injury
suffered last winter. We, of course, have been
scrambling to fill out our foursome in his absence.
... Jim Mason appeared recently on the Channel 5
noon news as a spokesman for the United Appeal
and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.
(No he did not sing “Mack the Knife”). ... Since
supposedly, “No news is good news,” I assume
all is well with all of you because no one is
sending any information for me to include in the
column. While I love all the guys I see in
AlumniJournal
Cleveland, I would prefer to hear from some of
you who I don’t get to see very often, if at all.
Please send material so I can include it in my next
column. This is the best I can do on my own. To all
you believers or non-believers out there, dare I
hope that the Cubs will finally get there this year?
(No comments from you, Schayer – your guys are
as bad as the Cubs were last year.) Remember,
call an old roommate. Be well, Schweick
Send your notes to:
1961
Jack T. Hearns
4186 Silsby Rd.
University Heights, OH 44118
216-291-2319
216-291-1560 (fax)
jhearns@sbcglobal.net
Calling all class members to a mini-reunion! The
class of ’61 will attend the September 29 JCU v.
Baldwin-Wallace homecoming football game - a
class dinner will follow. Those interested should
contact Tom Gerst - tom@mrakron.com - or call
330-867-2900. ... After retiring from public
accounting with Moss Adams in 2003, Bruce
Bixler became a shared controller in Spokane,
WA, for Empire Lumber Co. and Felts Field
Aviation. He and his wife, Kathy, a full-time realtor,
have three daughters and a son. The Bixlers are
going on a family cruise in November, from
Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro. ... Barbara and Bill
Tighe have been married for 50 years and have
five children and 12 grandchildren. He retired from
the Diocese of Cleveland after 48 years of service
at Borromeo and St. Mary Seminary, where he is
still providing some part-time assistance in
formation work and athletics. ... Dan Keegan
retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers after 31
years of service. He was a managing partner of an
office and a member of the firm’s multi-national
task force in New York. During his professional
career, he regularly published articles on
management processes. Dan and his wife,
Barbara, live on Lake Erie in Vermilion and have
three children and five grandchildren. Their
hobbies are travel and boating — spring is spent in
Florida and the summer is in Vermilion. The
Keegans are active volunteers with the Meals on
Wheels program. ... Ray Buchanan and his wife,
Judy, reside in Fairport, NY, and have four children
and six grandchildren. Their youngest daughter
graduated in June as a doctor of osteopathy and
has started a four-year residency in general
psychiatry at Beth Israel in Manhattan. Ray was in
attendance when JCU’s basketball team played in
the NCAA basketball tournament at neighboring
St. John Fischer College in NY. ... Bob Witt has
resided in Northfield, IL, for the last 37 years. He
has a son in Dallas, TX, two daughters who are
teachers, and two grandchildren. Bob is semi-
retired and has entered a second career as a
substitute teacher at New Trier High School in
Winnetka. He plays tennis three times a week
year-round and is a “snow bird” for three weeks
at his place in Ft. Myers Beach, FL, over the
Christmas holidays each year. ... Patricia and Jack
Horvath are presently residing in Tucker, GA, and
are involved in a host of volunteer activities,
including the St. Vincent de Paul Society, the USO,
and MedShare International, which receives
medical supplies and equipment from hospitals,
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outpatient centers, and medical manufacturers
and then provide them to hospitals and medical
facilities in the Third World. Jack retired from the
United States Army as a lieutenant colonel after
27 years of service. The Horvaths have two
daughters, one of whom is a major in the Army
and serving in Afghanistan, and one
granddaughter. ... Ed Walsh, free-lance writer and
editor, took part in a tour of Sicily with the JCU
Italian American Studies program. He and his
writing partner had a reading of a play in an off-
Broadway theater recently — two of his daughters
arrived for opening night from Madison, WI, and
Santa Monica, CA. In July, the play was again read
at a second off-Broadway theater. ... Chuck
Nieset and his wife, Carolyn, just returned from a
vacation in Hawaii. He retired last July from
LINSTAR Inc. — a security and identification
systems business in New York state. The Niesets
have moved to Ft. Myers, FL, but return to Buffalo
for summer months and the winter holidays to
visit friends and their six grandchildren. ... Keep us
informed, Jack
Send your notes to:
1962
Bob Andolsen
36100 Maple Dr.
North Ridgeville, OH 44039-3756
440-327-1925
440-327-5629 (fax)
rrandolsen@aol.com
For those of you unable to attend the 45th, you
missed a fantastic time — great food, comfortable
weather, delightful entertainment, and 34 good
looking gentlemen, and their great looking wives,
companions, or significant others. Those attending
included: Bob Andolsen, Jim Brunner, Bob Carles,
Bill Chinnock, Joe Collura, Jim Devine, Robert
Dodd, Paul Dwyer, Mike Evans, Bob Finnessy,
Terry Gallagher, Ken Hovan, Frank Karlik, Doc
Kopfinger, Michael Leonard, John Lewis, Phillip
Marn, Tom McDonough, Joe McGreal, Jim
Mullin, Paul Napoli, Gerald O’Malley, Nick
Prospero, Ron Reuss, Peter Rossi, Bill San
Hamel, Mike Shean, Jerry Stanoch, Mike
Sullivan, Joe Suranni, Ray Turk, and Tony Zeno.
Many of us spent the nights in air conditioned Millor
Hall, where only a few got locked outside of their
rooms during the night while making their frequent
nightly relief visits. A few classmates living close by
stopped in throughout the weekend. After listening
to JCU President Rev. Robert Niehoff’s State of the
University Address on Friday evening, we all had
dinner in the “Big Tent” and then hospitality for the
remainder of the evening. After breakfast on
Saturday, there were classes and events, including
hand writing analysis and caricatures until the Mass
and Moment of Remembrance that evening. The
deceased members of our class were remembered
by Jim Devine. After our class dinner and our class
photo, we all enjoyed good music. Sunday morning
brought breakfast and departure. It was truly a
refreshing and rewarding opportunity to see and talk
with old friends, and discover that apparently they
are the only ones who appear to have aged. The
reunion committee thanks all of you who attended
and extends our appreciation to all JCU staff
members and volunteers who make our weekend
so enjoyable. ... Unfortunately, we have a death to
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report. The Most Rev. Cecil De Sa, a 1962 grad
student passed on October 27, 2006. ... We want to
acknowledge our pride in one of our classmates
being awarded the Alumni Medal. John Lewis, a
business school graduate, was honored for his
entrepreneurship and volunteer work, as well as his
decade long chair of the Cuyahoga County Alcohol
and Drug Addiction Services Board. John and Mary
Carol advised that they recently purchased an
escape home in Horseshoe Bay, TX, to be near their
daughters. ... Bill Chinnock is retired and living in
Boulder, CO. ... Raymond Krulac, also retired, lives
in Solon, OH. ... Since February, George Burke
Smith is residing in Vonore, TN, and Edmond
Heffernan reports he is living in Springfield, IL. ...
Frederick “Bud” Meyers has a new novel in
publication. Check out his web page - www.
ffmeyersjr.com. ... If you have not already registered
with JCU Connect, I urge you to do so. It provides
an avenue to you to let me know what is happening
in your life, to keep in touch with other classmates,
to keep track of what is happening at JCU, and to
find lost classmates. Try using this means to stay in
touch with the class of 1962! There is detailed
information in the previous issue giving instruction
on how to log on. If you don’t have a computer by
now, maybe this is the time to get one and join the
electronic age. ... A final comment about reunions:
Many have expressed reluctance to attend reunions
because of the possible competitive nature of
conversations, the perceived notion that you may
not have done as well as the next guy, or old
negative feelings that have not diminished over the
years. At this stage of our lives, it really doesn’t
matter anymore. I did not encounter anything but
friendship and goodwill between and among
attendees at our reunion. We all hope that you
decide now to attend the next Class of 1962s 50th
reunion in 2112, when many of us will be in our 70s.
Stay tuned. ... In the meanwhile, stay healthy, safe
and in touch, Bob
L to R: Four ’62ers: Doc Kopfinger, Paul Dwyer,
Mike Shean, Jerry Stanoch
REUNION YEAR
Send your notes to:
1963
Pete Mykytyn
3015 Alveria Drive
Carbondale, IL 62901
618-549-1946
618-453-7885 (w)
mykytyn@cba.siu.edu
Greetings from Germany! That’s right. I’m in
Germany. I’m on sabbatical this fall from my
faculty position at Southern Illinois University. This
is a great opportunity to continue with some of
the research I’ve been involved with the last few
years dealing with information systems,
intellectual property, and electronic commerce.
My wife, Kathy, who is also a lecturer at SIU,
became interested in information systems and the
legal environment about 20 years ago, and her
interest has rubbed off onto me. In fact, we have
conducted a number of research projects
together. We are talking with German firms that
have obtained software patents from the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office. Hopefully, the
project will be beneficial. ... My mailbox is quite
empty this time. Jeanne D. Lese - jlese@earthlink.
net - whose name while she was at Carroll was
Daugherty, received an MA degree in 1963. She
resides in San Rafael, CA, with her husband,
Henri. Jeanne and Henri have two children, Karen
and David. Jeanne is co-director of Lariam Action
USA, an information and support group. She has
co-directed “Taken As Directed,” a new
documentary film exposing the adverse affects of
the anti-malaria drug Lariam (mefloquine). A web
site, www.takenasdirected.com, relates to this
documentary. The site was current as of July 13,
2007. ... John Dix - dix.3@osu.edu - continues to
remain busy with management consulting and
strategic planning. Along with being president of
Business Development Index, Ltd. in Columbus,
John serves on a number of boards. His most
recent appointment is with Kenra, LLC, an
Indianapolis-based manufacturer and marketer of
professional hair care products for the salon
industry. The company was founded in 1929 and
markets products under a number of brand
names. In his spare time (LOL), John is also co-
director of The Center for Operational Excellence
at Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State
University. ... Hopefully, you will do better next
time and overflow my inbox with news and
updates! Until next time, Pete
Send your notes to:
1964
Frank Kelley
20 County Knoll Dr.
Binghamton, NY 13901-6109
607-648-5947
fkelley@stny.rr.com
It’s September and back to school. Here’s a pop
quiz: What do Bob Arber and Peter Carey have in
common? One Hint: “They Tried But They Died!”
That’s right. On page 214 of the ’64 yearbook,
there are the lads, both sporting nice shiners,
playing for the ill-fated JCU Hockey Club. The boys
of winter were good. Forget the Stanley Cup, how
about the Buckeye Cup: JCU 14-Ohio State 4. Roll
over Woody Hayes. Let’s catch up with both these
great guys ... After graduation, Bob Arber served
two years in the Navy Nuclear Sub Service and
earned two master’s degrees. He’s been married
to wife Valerie 34 years, and they have one son,
Amos, who is in his third year of grad school for
landscape architecture. Valerie is a visual artist
who has had several shows in the U.S., and a year
ago showed in Basel, Switzerland. Bob owns a
printing/publishing company in Marfa, TX, built
inside an old movie theater, and has published
many well-known contemporary artists, including
Donald Judd. Bob keeps a collection of 13
motorcycles – 12 old British and one new Italian
job with a Ferrari engine. Arber into fine art and

speedy vehicles; who woulda thought? Contact
Bob at arbermarfa@yahoo.com or visit
www.30x30cmproject.com. ... Peter Carey retired
in ’05 after 40 years with Connecticut/Mass
Mutual Life. He and wife Patty spend winters in
the Rockies skiing. They enjoy travel and golf.
Peter remains active on several non-profit entities
in the Hartford area. They have four kids (“all off
the payroll”) and seven grandkids. Their oldest
son, a West Point graduate, volunteered for a turn
in Iraq after being out of the service for six years.
Thankfully, he returned safely in May 2006. Their
second son is a ’92 JCU grad; the 4th generation of
Careys to graduate from JCU. That’s gotta be the
record. Peter names retirement a “great
invention” and says he’s really looking forward to
the 45th reunion in 2009. ... Joe Stevens,
successfully recovering from triple bypass surgery
in December 2006, says he feels like a new man.
He and wife Serena recently vacationed with their
entire family of 12, including six grandkids under
the age of nine, at Emerald Isle, NC, where they
have a beach house. Joe owns and operates four
funeral homes in and around Altoona, with son
Joel picking up much of the day-to-day routine. He
recently served a stint as international president of
Selected Independent Funeral Directors and made
friends all over the world. Now, rather than lose
money at golf, he and Serena travel the globe
visiting and exchanging industry views. Their
entire family remains in Altoona, so they’re able to
stay active with all their grandkids. Contact them
at jstevens7814@atlanticbb.net. ... Tony Petricca
writes that wife Tish is well on her way to bionic
woman status, having undergone left elbow
replacement and upper cervical vertebrae fusion
this year. She is recovering well. Tony also alerts
us that he and Tish, Jim Capparelli, and Marie
and Tad Walters will be visiting Kathleen and Tom
Nash at Nash’s in Geneva, WI, in July. We’ll be
watching for any unusual seismic activity with
interest. ... With the start of football season, I
have to ask: Am I the only one who is reminded of
Jim Heavey’s runback prowess and style every
time Devin Hester of the Chicago Bears takes off?
Heave, Heave, Heave! ... And, oh, yeah, don’t call
Mike Herald unless you want to listen ad
infinitum about the Indy Super Colts. ... That’s all
for now. Thanks for all the input. Until next time,
God bless all Streaks! Frank
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1965
Dick Conoboy
165 South 46th St.
Bellingham, WA 98229
riton@comcast.net
News for the Class of ’65 is in short supply. Sadly,
though, I note the recent death of Dr. Lucien
Aubé, who was my French teacher for many of
my French courses while at JCU. I maintained
contact with him throughout the last four decades,
often returning to campus where he would have
me speak to his classes (in French, of course)
about the utility of foreign languages in the
workforce. He and I would talk for hours in his
office. At the 40th reunion dinner, I was fortunate
to have him accept an invitation to join the class in
Rodman Hall, where he, his wife, Dolores, and I
reminisced at the same table. Later I kept in touch
with him through e-mail. I will miss him and his
elfin humor. ... As planned, my wife and I traveled
to French Guyana, where she gave a paper at a
conference of the Conseil International d’Etudes
Francophones. The trip was interesting but not
one that I would care to repeat. Although it is
officially part of France, most inhabitants are
extremely poor and the sanitary conditions can be
a problem. The heat is overwhelming. As usual
during all our travels, we saw traces of the Jesuit
footprint in the region. Their presence began
around the mid-eighteenth century in Cayenne,
where they built a monastery. It is now used as
the regional prefecture. They must have suffered
greatly from the heat and disease. ... Take care
and send news! Dick
Dick Conoboy in front the old (XVIII Century)
Jesuit monastery in Cayenne -- nothing like
Rodman Hall.
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1966
Dave Griffin
1347 Solitaire Pl.
Holiday, FL 34690 6454
727-944-5229
dgriffin53@tampabay.rr.com
Joe Frederick sent me this press release — sure
sounds nice to be retired. John Morris, retired
FBI agent living in Simi Valley, CA, and Dr. Joe
Frederick, retired educational superintendent from
around Bowling Green, OH, recently met up at the
PGA Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village
Golf Club in Dublin, OH, on June 3. John is a
security agent ably protecting the best golfers in
the world. Kathy Frederick won tickets to the PGA
at the 2006 JCU reunion courtesy of John. Joe
took time off from working on a book about his life
and people and happenings in his life to attend the
tournament. Also in attendance were his sons Joe
II and Mark. Another get together at the event is
being planned for next year. ... Jane and I went to
a wedding in Cleveland in the spring and were
able to spend some time with Rob Searson and
his wife, Weezie. All is well and his business is
getting stronger but he is not thinking about
retiring just yet. ... Jim Adair called. We had a
good talk about his eight children and all his
travels. Jim’s company provides Catholic tours and
pilgrimages to Fatima and other holy locations. He
saw the last issue and the note about Peter
Kassay-Farkas. They have known each other
since before attending JCU. He asked for Pete’s
contact info so they could renew the friendship.
Now that is one of the things this column is all
AlumniJournal
about. ... At a conference in Dallas in May, I had a
chance to visit with Jack McLain and his wife,
Penny. Jack is enjoying his retirement from Delta.
Penny is a senior flight attendant on Delta’s
international flights to Europe and still enjoys
flying. ... That’s it for this edition. Keep those calls,
cards and e-mails coming. Would like to hear what
you are up to these days. Take care everyone,
Dave
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1967
Peter French
27955 Forestwood Pkwy.
North Olmsted, OH 44070
216-881-7882
216-881-7896 (fax)
peter2play@yahoo.com
Oh, what a day, or should I say ... a couple of days
as that is what our 40th reunion was all about. We
had perfect weather and a perfect weekend for
the reunion. First, thanks to my fellow committee
members for all of their time and assistance: Pete
Bernardo, Robert Boharic; Mark DeLong, Bob
McFarland, Thomas Murphy, William Ryan;
Gerald Uranker. The committee spent about six
months in the planning of the reunion. Oh, the
memories we shared in June. We had over 30
alumni in attendance and raised a total of
$162,172 for JCU. That is a tremendous
accomplishment and represents 25% of our class.
... Bill Ryan from New Orleans called the week of
the reunion to advise that he was unable to attend
due to business concerns. Bill donated his reunion
money as his class gift. He really looked forward
to seeing all of his friends. ... John Forhan called
to state that he could not attend due to his new
semester beginning. He teaches a class in sports
law and is able to combine his two loves, the law
and sports, at Antioch University in Santa Barbara,
CA. ... John Gibbons was unable to attend due to
his football schedule at Bedford High School. ... I’d
like to extend thanks to Pete Bernardo, who is our
special connection to JCU. He coordinated our
class tree planting ceremony on Saturday
afternoon. We gathered behind Dolan Science
Center and said a few prayers for our deceased
alumni — 57 have passed away. There is a class
of ’67 plaque under the tree, so next time you’re
on campus, look for it. Bob Boharic read the
names of class members we have lost since the
last reunion at the Mass and Moment of
Remembrance at Gesu. ... Lou Shainker reported
at the reunion that he has been the president of
the Holy Name Society at Holy Name Church for
three years. It was great to catch up with Tim
David. He resides in Denver and is in
management. Tim stated that he will return to
Carroll for the next reunion. This was Tim’s first
time back to the campus. Michael Kowalski
attended from Washington, D.C., where he
practices law. Mike Grady also returned to the
campus from Charlotte, NC, where he is in
marketing. Mike attends every reunion and
provided entertainment with his stories. We all
enjoyed once again the wit and humor of Charlie
McCarthy from Chicago – lots of stories about the
boat he keeps in Chicago. All alumni are invited for
a ride whenever they are in Chicago! We were
able to spend time with–Jack Winchester and
Mark DeLong. Jack came in from Atlanta. He is in
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management with the QUIKRETE Companies,
which he owns with his brothers. Jack related that
he was actually married at Gesu Church. Jim
Hughes had some great stories. He manages two
museums in Waterloo, NY. Tim Mertz and his
wife, Diane, attended from Munster, IN. We were
all part of the group at the wine tasting on
campus. Rudy Rehm and his wife attended from
San Diego, CA. ... I know I missed some alumni.
In my next column, I will get caught up with other
alumni news that I have received. I want to also
thank the wonderful staff at JCU for all of their
assistance, Michele McFarland, Patricia Callahan,
and Theresa Spada ’04. Keep in touch, Peter
Reunion 2007
REUNION YEAR
Send your notes to:
1968
Ray Burchyns
P.O. Box 771
White River Jct., VT 05001
802.234.9780
ptbrcb@earthlink.net
Send your notes to:
1969
Gerry Grim
ggrim@christchurchschool.org
804-758-2306 x136
Larry King Live, Peace Corps, a hole-in-one and a
trip around the United States highlight this issue’s
column. Thanks to a deep cover source in the
class who must remain in deep cover, I can bring
you the following little note. Classmate’Tim
Lucas, native son of Erie, PA, and attorney at law,
may have become our first class member to
appear on Larry King Live, where he discussed the
story from 2003 of the man who attempted to rob
an Erie bank with a bomb wired around his neck.
This bomb went off and killed the bank robber. I
can tell you from a review of the show’s transcript
that Tim did an excellent job during the discussion.
Unfortunately Tim was not able to work JCU or
my name into the discussion. Nice job, Tim. If
anyone in the class has cause to dispute, my deep
cover source claims about Tim being the first
classmate on Larry King Live, please send me the
information. ... Had a great note from one of the
truly nice people in our class Sandy Cervenak
McHale. Sandy has sold her home in Las Cruces,
NM, so she can start traveling around the country.
No destination, no time frame just pure adventure.
Sandy, have a wonderful trip and please sends us
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notes from the road. ... Mike Hardy checked in to
let me know he got a hole-in-one on a recent
golfing trip to Georgia. Congratulations. This news
from Mike, who I started playing golf with in 1971,
amplifies even more the fact that I still don’t have
one of those special moments in golf. ... Talked
with David “Doc” Aggers recently. David, an
attorney in Cleveland, is keeping busy with law
practice, racing his much loved Corvette (I think he
is on his seventh one since the early ’70s) and
playing golf at a high level. But the thing David
wanted to talk about was his daughter’s recent
two year stint with the Peace Corps in Africa.
David who got over to visit Meredith once was
noticeably proud of Meredith’s commitment to
help the people in her area. David was especially
proud of a project of Meredith’s own creation to
help with the issue of water for the local area. ... I
found out on Father’s Day that Dorothy ’85G and I
were going to be grandparents. It was a huge
surprise and finding out on Father’s Day made it
extra special. I know from so many of you telling
me how proud and happy it made you feel to
become a grandfather, but until it happened, I was
a slight doubter, but the joy it does give and also
puts a little extra bounce in these 60-year legs. ...
Please send more news. News about yourself,
your work, your family or your grandchildren.
Grimmer
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1970
Ted Heutsche
2137 East Howe Road
Dewitt, MI 48820
517-669-4005
tedh@midwestairfil.com
Rich Harkey - richardcharkey@aol.com - left the
arid Salt Lake Valley, which currently has a great
deal of smoke from forest fires, to return to
Cleveland for some clean air to be the best man at
his son, Richard’s wedding. Rich and Richard
managed to play endless rounds of golf in the
humid golf capital of the nation before the
ceremony. Classmate Terry Wichmann, who was
Rich’s best man way back when Rich and his wife,
Pam, were married, also attended the event with
his wife, Marylou. Following his dad’s footsteps,
Richard is a young CPA with the same Big 4 firm
that his dad worked for. Rich also reported that
niece Kristen Harkey ’07 graduated with honors in
May, with more Harkey alumni to follow. ... Ed
Sandrick e-mailed: “First, the Lord is good to us.
We are healthy and enjoying a very fast-paced
summer. We graduated three this spring. Mark,
from grammar school to Marmion Military
Academy, where he’ll play golf, basketball and
lacrosse, while working on his “position of
attention” and hand salute. Tom and Andy are off
to begin their college years at Marquette and
Butler, respectively. What more can I say, they are
going to college, remember? Ed Sandrick III,
graduated from Miami of Ohio with a degree in
political science. Katie will begin her junior year at
Creighton in nursing, just coming off spending
spring semester at the University of Limerick in
Ireland. Michael will be a junior at Benet Academy.
Marcia and I are doing our best to keep up with
them. Otherwise, nothing to report.” How’s that
last sentence in terms of the “classic
understatement.” Ed is director of Group
Medicare for Humana MarketPOINT in Oak Brook,
IL - e.sandrick@humana.com. Ed, I am still waiting
for you to come back to Lansing, MI, on one of
your return sales calls. In light of your tuition bills, I
will even pick up the tab for lunch. ... JCU Connect
is now up and running on the university’s web
site. I logged on, and verified all the information in
my profile. I found it most easy to use. No sooner
had I completed my “Connection” than I received
an e-mail from Rick Gibson - jrickeygibson@
compuserve.com – saying that he had also done
so, and that we were both among the first 10
classmates from our class to do so. Check out the
new–JCU Connect today under the “Alumni” tab
at www.jcu.edu. ... Richard Fridrich - rjfridrich@
aol.com - updated his profile online just recently,
and sent some news that the alumni office
forwarded. Richard retired from General Motors
last year after 27 years. After graduating from
JCU, he received his MS in acoustics from Penn
State in 1978. He is staying active in the field of
noise and vibration by participating in the
standards writing activities. Rich and his wife,
Ann, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary by
taking a cruise to Alaska in June. They are the
parents of four children: Johanna, John, Kara and
Brian. While at JCU, Richard was in the JCU band.
In the alternative, e-mail me your news directly, or
send it via “snail mail” right to my home address.
... Finally, on a sad note, the Alumni Office e-mailed
me that our classmate James Koch passed away
on May 18. Please pray for the peaceful repose of
his soul. Ted
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1971
Tom and Rosemary Costello
716 West Vermont Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801-4827
217-344-2076
tcostello@cumtd.com
Greetings from America’s heartland where the
corn is as high as an elephant’s eye. Champaign-
Urbana is certainly tranquil right now but as the U
of I school year begins our streets will be more
crowded than the “L” in rush hour. Toledo’s
foremost Irish barrister, Cormac Delaney, is
offering revisionist history in trying to convince us
that he graduated with a 4.0 just like Bob Gugino.
Everyone knows that Bob’s summa cum laude
was earned the old fashioned way. All three
Delaney children attended Xavier U. Daughter
Megan just graduated with a genuine 4.0. Cormac
is very proud of course. He should be thanking
wife Judy for passing on the intellectual genes. A
tip of the duffer to Corky (which is what we knew
him as before he practiced law) for being inducted
into the St. Francis de Sales High School Hall of
Fame. ... Matt Thometz - MJTJr@aol.com - a
fellow Ignatius alum is living in Phoenix with wife
Judy. Matt is working for the same company he
has been with since graduation. Perhaps his
longevity can be attributed to the fact that he has
owned the company for the past 14 years. While
difficult to believe, he is a scuba instructor. How
deep can the water be in the Arizona desert?
Matt’s daughter has been in the Air Force for the
past eight years and after a stint in Iraq is
stationed with her husband at Nellis AFB. ... We
enjoyed hearing from Mike Walsdorf - walsdorf@
adventsystems.com. Mike is still working for a

living as he heads up his own company “Advent
Systems.” He is also working on his golf game.
Son Mick is an architect in New York and youngest
son Brian is a year away from a master’s in
architecture from Tulane. Meanwhile daughter
Leigh is getting married in September and son
Mick and wife are expecting in October, making
Mike a grandpa and his wife someone who
married an older man. Thanks to Mike we also
have a Mike Faems update. Both Mikes are into
auto racing and I mean racing, not watching. You
will find them both in Daytona in October. Retired
Mike is building his dream home along with wife
Nancy ’73 in Jackson, WY. I still remember Mike
longing for his own Alfa Romeo. This was at the
same time Cormac DeLaney and I were traveling
on a used beat up motorcycle wearing football
helmets for protection. ... Paul Pojman, semi-
retired librarian, is working on becoming “green,”
making homemade dandelion wine, driving less,
and finishing the last Harry Potter book. ... Late
breaking news: John Byers - jbyerscdr@aol.com -
is now the security operations manager for Walt
Disney Resorts. ... Mike Crabill - oseolacrabill@
comcast.net - has started his own financial
consulting firm in South Bend. He is working with
foundations and endowments. It must be nice to
have folks not calling every day to discuss market
volatility. Mike’s son, Brian, received his master’s
in nutrition from Indiana University and is heading
to University of Iowa Hospitals in the fall. ... We
want to remind you that if you have not gotten an
e-mail from me recently I may not have a good e-
mail address for you. So send us news or at least
your address - tcostello@cumtd.com or tcostell@
uiuc.edu. Stay healthy, enjoy life and prosper, Tom
and Rosemary
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1972
John M. Marcus
5707 Trafton Pl.
Bethesda, MD 20817-3738
202-296-0901
jmarcus887@aol.com
“The best hidden secret in Michigan City,
Indiana” is no longer a hidden secret. The word is
out – Bergy’s Center Street Bar and Grill is open
for business and causing a stir. Bergy was honing
his restaurateur skills at the reunion – he hosted a
– ’72 get-together at Moxie’s restaurant and
welcomed a list that included: Craig Roach, Paul
Lehman, Neil Conway, Bill Reidy, Jim Hughes,
Mike “Hilly” Hill, Doug Webber, John Hudec, A.
J. Cianflocco, Mouse, Bob Bensur, Jack
Bertges, Mark Pacelli, Pat Hogan, Tom Ryan,
Ray Connaughton, Donna Brown, Don Fisher,
John Ropar, Frank Maggio, John Collins, Bill
Doyle, Tim Franzinger, Joe Pearl, Cliff Radie
and hundreds more wives and friends. It was a
great time. Doyle flew in from Chicago, where he
is a very well-known attorney at Winston &
Strawn. He was dapper as usual – white suit with
taupe pin-stripes, Rolex watch, gold cuff links and
silk tie and matching kerchief. – Paul “Mouse”
Magnotto sees him and says, “Bill“– I had a suit
like that in ’68. Wore it in Guys and Dolls.” The
“Governor” smiled that smile. Across the room,
Reidy and Maggio were in discussion – saw them
profiled, face-to-face. Both are short. Both are
bald. And both have graying goatees. From a
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distance they looked like Lenin and Trotsky (and REUNION YEAR
I’m sure if it were a political discussion that’s not
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1973
looked like those guys on the box of Smith Gerry O. Patno
Brothers cough drops. Jimmy Hughes made it 13421 Merl Ave.
Lakewood, OH 44107-2707
back for the first time. I mentioned that it was a
216-410-0129
coincidence, because Tim Russert missed for the g.patno@att.net
first time. You connect the dots. Roach is living in
D.C. and running Boston Pacific and helping kids
The timing could not have been better. One week
with scholarships. Bensur retired after flying P-3s
after I get my DVD of a l983 Beta movie showing
in the Navy and now lives in Lancaster, PA, and
15 minutes of Carroll guys playing volleyball and
drives a horse-pulled buggy with a big caution sign
drinking beer at one of our classic “farm” parties, I
on the back. Ryan has two more daughters getting
actually get an e-mail from one of ‘em. There they
married and his last daughter finished at U of
were in all their scraggly hair, short-shorts glory:
Michigan. (Note to the Financial Office – Ryan’s
Ennio “Patsy” Mastroianni, Mark Devlin and
done paying for college. Hit him hard.) Bertges
Mary (Greene) ’75 Devlin, Paul Argentieri, Jerry
MC’d the class dinner and gave a case of wine to
Argentieri, Paul Hoza, Dennis Senneway,
the earliest respondent to Reunion Weekend –
brother Bob Patno and me, and the infamous Jim
Ralph Meachum – who is still in Pittsburgh and is
“The Frog” Friedman. Such memories ... such
making people rich as a financial planner. Kudos to
exceptional volleyball skills ... such ugly shorts!
Cliff Radie who set up a great golf outing at Bob
Then to get an e-mail from none other than (drum
Quart’s home club – Silver Lakes Surf and
roll, please) Paul Hoza, who writes from Louisville,
Country Club. They had a lot of prizes after the
KY, that he and his beautiful bride, Sherry, are
golf, but Bergy’s son (a two handicap) won them
soon to celebrate their 30th anniversary by taking
all. I was placed in the 9% body fat foursome – it
advantage of the joys of being empty nesters.
was Ropar (who just ran a 35-mile ultra-marathon,
Sherry is a speech pathologist in the city school
Quart, who my daughter describes a Ken (as in
system and Paul continues as an EHS manager for
Ken and Barbie) and Radie, who STILL wrestles
GE. Daughter Emilie and son Jeff are both
against the high-schoolers he coaches. Pacelli
University of Kentucky graduates, and Daniel is in
handed out great JCU ’72 baseball hats. Mark was
his fourth year at the University of Louisville.
humbled that the university officially changed the
When Paul’s not floating on a raft in his back-yard
name of “Pacelli Hall” to “Mark Pacelli Hall,” after
pool, beer in hand, he can be found playing 3B in a
Mark promised to fund a 30-story addition.
local men’s hardball league, or, as Sherry calls it,
Franzinger is still coaching at Rhodes and St.
“seniors little league.” ... Then, right on cue, I
Ignatius and his son graduated from OSU, where
receive a nice note from Joe Duffin, Jr. of
he played on the Buckeyes’ national football
Moorestown, NJ, who wants to thank all the
championship team. Joe Pearl has two sporting
original “Dolan Gorillas,” who have not left him in
goods shops in Battle Creek, and he still eats cereal
all these years. Joe is a high school English
every morning, “just doing my job to support the
teacher, runs a few rooming houses and a
local economy.” His son Jonathan has been posted
Laundromat, and has ... wow! ... 11 kids! Can
two blocks from my house at Bethesda Naval
anybody out there in ’73 alumni land top that? ...
Hospital as a surgeon. Neil Conway has a second
And if all that’s not enough, this was Reunion
child playing hockey in Canada. Son Neil, like his
Weekend month at Carroll. Not our class year
sister Seanna, is a goalie and is playing in Owen
(next year is, so start gearing up right now), but
Sound, Ontario. I believe Neil’s kids have chosen
when has that ever stopped me from gathering a
hockey as their sport of choice as a direct result of
few tidbits. Under the strong leadership of Joe
Neil’s gene-altering multiple concussions on the
Virostek ’74, two Cleveland-area alumni hosted a
rugby pitch. Fisher is still a librarian in Fort Wayne.
couple of wonderful “min-reunions” for brothers
Not to be outdone in gift-giving to his alma mater
of the defunct Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity.
by Pacelli, Don is donating 31 stories to Grasselli
Bev and Albert Altieri ’74 hosted a pre-reunion
Library. Connaughton is still fixing pipes in
bash in their Bay Village home of almost 30 years,
Cincinnati and Marty Schreiber, I’m told by A.J.
featuring the long-awaited return from England of
and Hudec, is still fixing pipes at the Cleveland
Bob Fanning ’70; as well as John ’71 and Frank
Clinic. Others sighted during the weekend: Judge
’74 Palermo; James Day, Jr. ’70; Bill Freeman and
Anne Conway, Thomas Czech, Elizabeth
Jeff Janca, both ’72; ’73s your class columnist and
Dabrowski, Louis Drotos, Andrea Wasdovich,
Bob Larocca (we have not been able to confirm
Mark Fildes, Steve Horvat, Thomas McGarril,
the brief appearance of the elusive Mike
Robert Patterson, William Petrovic, Frank and
Nienstedt); additional ’74s Chuck Schultz, Larry
Michele Rambaldo, Beverly Reese, Joyce
Meathe and Rich Bedell; plus Dave Hosea ’76 and
Salisbury, Irene Wander, Eileen Burger White,
Rick Baranski ’76. And just when you thought that
Becky Bode, and Joan Balzarini Crockett. And to
could not be topped, Larry and Marie Meathe
those of you who missed the reunion ... you were
hosted a Saturday party in Solon that arguably did
missed. Note that Bertges is getting a buzz started
just that. In addition to all the aforementioned
about a 60th birthday party for our class in SF. The
reunioneers, additional alumni in attendance were
good news: he’s going to fly us all out on his dime.
a pair of Jims — Casserly ’72 and Friedman and a
The bad news: our pilot and co-pilot will be Danny
couple of Iannuccis — brothers Tony ’69 and Gino
Carroll and Bernie Gesenhues. Take care. JM
’76. So once again, begin planning now for our
own Reunion Weekend next June 20-22, 2008. ...
Editor’s’note: Nathan J. Pallotta, the son of J.
Go Tribe! Gop
Ward Pallotta died suddenly June 26. We offer
our condolences to Ward and his family.
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seated: Robert Fanning ’70, Robert Larocca ’73
second row: Bill Freeman ’72, Gerry Patno ’73,
Al Altieri ’74, Larry Meathe ’74, John Palermo
’71, Jim Hrivnak ’76, Paul Bruggeman,
Rich Bedell ’74
back row: Frank Palermo ’74, Chuck Schultz
’74, Dave Hosea ’76, Joe Virostek ’74,
Jeff Janca ’72, Jim Day ’70
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1974
Dave Robinson
3963 Oakland Hills Dr.
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301
248-642-9615 (h)
800-240-3866 (fax)
DRobby_18@Yahoo.com
Congratulations are in order for two of our
classmates. In June, Mary Lynn (Crowley)
Laughlin was recognized as one of Crain’s
“Women of Note for 2007.” Mary Lynn is one of
two partners in Lakepoint Investment Partners, an
investment advisory firm based in Cleveland. This
past May, Mary Lynn made history as the first
woman to serve as president of the board of
directors of the Union Club of Cleveland since its
founding in 1872. Mary Lynn serves on multiple
boards; she is chairwoman of the AAA, and is on
the Cleveland Zoological Society, the Visiting
Nurse Association, a member of the Catholic
Diocese of Cleveland and the John Carroll
University board of regents. Mary Lynn states,
“We all need to be involved in the community and
I think we all need to use whatever talents we
have.” Mary Lynn and Gary, who is a partner at
Vermillion based Liberty Auto Group, live in Avon
Lake. ... Also in June, Rev. Gene Simon ’74G
celebrated his golden anniversary as a priest.
There were two special Masses for Fr. Gene, one
at St. Regis in Bloomfield Hills, and the second at
Holy Name in Birmingham, MI. I had the pleasure
of attending the Holy Name Mass, which was
stunning. Over 200 parishioners and friends, along
with his brother Gerry, celebrated Mass with Fr.
Gene, which was then followed by a receiving line
and reception. While in line, I had the pleasure of
catching up with Donna ’72 and Don Brown ‘70,
who flew in from Chicago to participate in the
service. Fr. Simon had married Donna and Don in
Detroit 35 years ago. ... Speaking of weddings, our
daughter Kate ‘98 married Jim Bongiorno on June
30. A large contingent of John Carroll alums were
in attendance, including Mary Ann Corrigan-Davis
’75 and her husband Ed; Dr. Jim Myers ’72 and
wife, Kate (Corrigan); from ’98: Dr. Amy Kerner
Vazquez and her husband, David; Lori Szudarek;
Chris Beato; Sarah Cook; Chris and Steve Wolken;
Meg Galligan ’99, Jamie Morris ’97, Sharon ’97
and Sheila ’96 Sullivan, Terry Dwyer and his wife,
50 JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY SUMMER 2007
Gay, and my big brother Jim Robinson ’68. And as
to be expected, the JCU guests stayed and partied
hardy to the very end. ... Molly and I visited Fr. Joe
Schell, now living at Colombiere in Clarkson, MI.
He looks great. We had a great conversation with
him on a variety of topics. He still keeps up with
what’s going on at Carroll, and is especially
impressed with the number of events and
programs the university now has with students,
faculty and alumni volunteering their time back
into their communities and overseas. As he said,
Campus Ministry has come a long way since he
started it back in the ’70s. ... Well that’s it for this
column. I am sure there a few other women and
men of note from the class of ’74. Don’t be
bashful, send me a note and let’s share the good
news. Hope you all had a great summer! Robby
Send your notes to:
1975 Rick Rea
7450 Grant Village Dr., Apt. A
St. Louis, MO 63123
314.843.4703
rick.rea@sbcglobal.net
Hello classmates! I received a couple of notes
from the alumni office. Blaise Roncagli is living in
University Heights with his family and twin eight-
year-old sons, Kyle and Connor. Cary Seidman
’75G received an organization award for Excellence
in Inquiry-Based Science Teaching at the 2007
Annual Conference of the National Science
Teachers Association in St. Louis. The award was
based on the programs he has developed for the
seventh and eighth grades at the Ruffing
Montessori School in Cleveland Heights ... should
have given me a call, Cary, when you were in
town! ... Vic “Doc” Cook and his bride, Debbie
’76, celebrated the wedding of their son, Jeffrey,
in August in Columbus, OH. ... Melissa and I finally
sold our house in Pennsylvania, so we took the
proceeds and did something we always wanted to
do — we took some time off work and made the
Grand Tour of Europe. The capitals of those
countries were spectacular! We especially enjoyed
our audience with Pope Benedict at the Vatican;
he is such an intelligent man, and, like my wife
Melissa, he loves sauerkraut! We have returned to
St. Louis but had to get a smaller apartment (after
spending the money on our trip) and our cats had
to get jobs to help us make the rent. After I took
my vacation, AT&T realized how much they
missed me (and what a valuable employee I have
become) so they made me CEO. ... Mike “Toes”
Riley is the new dean of the School of Law at the
University of Maine ... Charlie Beringer is
awaiting his appointment as the new dean of the
Boler School of Business ... Rick “Rip” Rudnicki
is the president of the Steel Service Center
Institute ... Annette St. John O’Brien will be
running against her brother Chris for Mercer
County (PA) Judge in September ... Sue Calihan is
the new chief of police for the City of Cleveland
and Ed Donnelly is the new CEO of KeyCorp.
Okay, I warned you in my last column — so here’s
the deal; which of the above text is fact or fiction?
Drop me a line or e-mail me your answers and, by
the way, include some real news for my next
column okay? Pray for peace, RR
Send your notes to:
1976
Diane Coolican Gaggin
118 Elm St.
Fayetteville, NY 13066
cools@twcny.rr.com
Hey all, hope you’ve had a busy and fun summer!
This issue we have news from people we haven’t
had in the column before. Terry Burns - tburns@
grnstlouis.com - sends word that he is an
executive recruiter with Global Recruiters Network
in St. Louis. He and wife Linda make their home in
the city and have a daughter, Karen. Thanks for the
information Terry, there will no doubt be several
IXYs that will be pleased to know what you’ve
been up to. ... Happily, I received e-mail from
Steve Tracy - nycsteve@hotmail.com. The
gregarious U-Clubber that dipped under the radar
for an extended period is living in New York City
and writes to say that he wants to reconnect with
his compadres in the Class of ’76. After leaving us,
he headed back East and has become a successful
Broadway producer, with his latest offering Grey
Gardens garnering several Tony awards recently.
He’d appreciate hearing from those he knew from
Carroll, including his former Redwood
housemates. ... The inbox gets messages regularly
from Bob Tullio in Erie and Rick Baranski in
Naples, FL. Love the jokes, guys! ... Meg
McCarthy Waters is sending her daughter off to
college this fall. ... News flash: Joe Barmann
announces the birth of his granddaughter, Maggie!
The proud parents are Joe’s son, Bill ’02, and his
wife, Kara ’96. Gee, will Maggie be class of 2028?
Congrats Joe on becoming a new grandfather and
a new VP of KeyBank. Looks as though it has been
a very good year for the Barmann clan. ... And with
that you have all the updates I have. Now that you
have finished reading about everyone else, send
along news about you! See you next time, Cools
Send your notes to:
1977
Dennis J. Lane
8144 Winding Ross Way
Ellicott City, MD 21043
dlane@ryancom.com
Okay. I missed it. I am speaking of our 30th
reunion. I won’t take up valuable column space
seeking to justify my absence so I’ll just say, “my
bad.” ... Fifty-six members of the Class of
’77 did show up though. Thanks to Brian Henke I
have the list of those who did which I will now
share in alphabetical order: Alan Baldarelli, Len
Barbe, Daniel Baron, Nancy (Cunningham)
Benacci, Kathleen Berry, John Bundy, Gina
Butler, Leslie (Smith) Cade, Dan Conrad ’74 and
Diane Siefert-Conrad, Linda Cuculic, Dave
Cullen, Randy D’Amore, James DiSiena, Carol
Dougherty (KanShin KiJaku), Ida (Reisner)
Doverspike, Michael Downing, Thomas
Englehart, Mary Anne Garvey, Kristine (Kress)
Gehring, Brian Henke, Kevin Hinkel, Doug
Hogan, Jonathan Ivec, Virginia (Beyer) Ivec,
Patty Jamieson, Robert Juhasz, Bob (Bert) Keir,
Kathy (Coffey) Kenny, Bob Kenny, Marianne
Kerr, Demaris (Levitt) LeBlanc, Tim Leddy, Stan
Mambort, Tom Mauerer, Don May, Betsy

(Heben) May, Tony Mazzella, Mark McMullen,
Kathy (Norris) Michael and Joseph Michael ’76,
Mary Morrison, Urban Picard, Nancy Pierce,
Maura (Shields) Powers, Mike Powers, William
Raeder, Michele (Angelotti) Raeder, Ed Rybka,
Tommy Schoen, Val Sgro, Dave South, and Tom
Swanson. ... Curiously, John Rutherford was not
on the list of attendees, but I have photographic
evidence that he was there. This evidence was
also provided by Brian. He sent me a link to a
Snapfish web site that is loaded with pictures from
the gathering. If you drop Brian an e-mail -
BrianHenke@aol.com - he can tell you how to
access them. ... Bill (“White Owl”) Gedeon also
showed up to reconnect with the class of ’77,
even though Bill was actually in the class of ’76.
He always shows up at our reunions because I
think he just liked our class better! ... Even more
curious to me were the listed attendees Diane
Sharp and Jane Zusman. Their names don’t show
up on the official class roster that the alumni
office, provided me but who is to say that they
were not members of our class? At least they
showed up, which is, of course, more than I can
say for myself. ... Kathy Berry was kind enough to
send me one of the Rathskellar shirts that were
made up for our class. I don’t deserve to wear it,
but I probably will. Thanks, Kathy. ... For those
loyal classmates that did attend, please send me
news to share with the rest of the class.
Remember, if you don’t, I will freely exercise my
artistic license and just start making things up.
Dennis
REUNION YEAR
Send your notes to:
1978
Tim Freeman
334 N. Catherine Ave.
LaGrange Park, IL 60526
773-975-6909 (w)
708-579-9075 (h)
tim@jesuits-chi.org
Greetings! Plan to make our 30th reunion June 20-
22, 2008! Here’s the latest: Bernie (Fragle)
DeMartinis and spouse, Raymond, live in Farrell,
PA. Last year, Bernie started working for the Farrell
Area School District in many capacities — with
sixth grade students in reading and math, with
students in grades 3-6 as an advanced academic
focus facilitator in the school’s after-school
program, and as a tutor. Daughter Gabi is moving
to Orlando, FL, to attend school for fashion design
and marketing. Son Michael is in New Zealand
working in the wine industry and husband
Raymond is busy with his landscaping business
and his bocce game! Bernie says hello to Tere
Castro Tomec and Mary McCue. ... Laura and
Jack Blackburn’s son, Dan, is a freshman at JCU.
Jack enjoyed visiting with Fr. Bichl and Dr. Frank
Navratil during Dan’s freshman orientation. ... Pat
(Carson) Larson lives in Bangor, ME, with
husband Aron. Pat is a medical biller for an
ophthalmology group, and Aron is a master
electrician. Son Andy is a flight attendant instructor
for GoJet Airlines in St. Louis. Pat has Iraq Army
veterans as a stepson and stepson-in-law — Byron
is a purple heart recipient from severe injuries
suffered after being hit by an RPG in Iraq; he is a
recruiter and doing well; Chris came home
“relatively unscathed, except for a few scorpion
stings and a much matured attitude.” ... Pete
Sheehan has lived on Long Island for 20 years.
Pete has been married 12 years to Mary, a
registered dietician. They have two sons: Joseph
(10) and Michael (7). Pete is senior reporter for The
Long Island Catholic, the biggest weekly U.S.
Catholic paper; he also does freelance writing,
mostly in the Catholic press. Pete keeps in touch
with classmate Mary Egan and many of his IPT
brothers. He’d like to hear from Jim Gentile, Earl
William Hamlin III, Paul Giba, Kevin Leonard,
Bob Kelsey, Mark Harrington, Nick Potonak,
Pat O’Connor, and Mike May. ... Mark Harrington
is director of human resources and machining
group operations for Sandusky International
(design and machine components for paper
making industry) in Sandusky, OH. Mark has
enjoyed some of the work travel (U.K. and South
Africa), volunteer coaches soccer for Edison High
School, and still plays softball. Mark and spouse,
Kim, (a Bowling Green alumna) have seven
children: five girls (Bridget, Mary, Abby, Kit,
Meghan) and two boys (James and Michael). Mary
graduated from John Carroll in May (another
political science graduate in the family). She is
currently working at Taft Law Firm in Cleveland.
Jimmy is a biology/chemistry major and is a junior
at JCU. He worked last summer as an orderly at
Firelands Regional Medical Center emergency
room. Bridget graduated from Bowling Green
State University last year, and Abby plans to attend
BGSU next year. The Harringtons will wait and see
how the other three sort out their choices for
higher education. ... Jim Gentile is touring college
with daughter Erika. Jim mentioned that colleges
like FSU and UF don’t compare in guidance
counseling to his JCU experience with Casey
Bukala, SJ, ’54. Jim, spouse Karla and kids Erika,
Jimmy and twins Andrea and Gabrielle (10) live in
South Florida. Jim works for Motorola (since 1979)
and entertained classmate Brian Farrell during
this past year’s Super Bowl. Jim keeps in touch
with Judge Bob Belanger ’81 and Anne ’79 and
Tim Bailey. ... Mark McGinley and Cathy
(Monaco) Hogan visited with ’77 in the big tent
on the quad at the June reunion. ... Thanks for
writing! Tim
Send your notes to:
1979
Nancy Agacinski
4009 Washington Blvd., #3
University Heights, OH 44118-3865
216-932-2824
nagacinski@yahoo.com
Hello y’all ... catching up. Read a lovely article in
the Plain Dealer in February about Chris Coburn
and his work as executive director of CCF
Innovations (product commercialization) unit at the
Cleveland Clinic. ... Another update for Mary ’84
and Ed DiVincenzo, who live in Mobile, AL, and
did survive Katrina. They live in a small rural town
in West Mobile just 10 miles from Mississippi and
would love to hear from Steve Carlino, Bill Peters
’80, Pat Healey, Kate Perry (Ruhling), Loren
D’Amore, Lou Gruttadauria. ... I have seen
Kathy Livingston out and about a few times in
recent months in the Cleveland area. ... Ran into
Dr. Robert Bohinski recently and he said to say hi
to all those that he had in class. ... Mary Doyle
Tiryak ’78 - marytiry@netzero.net - wrote to say
that she and her husband, Edmond, live in Wayne,
AlumniJournal
PA. Mary is retired from teaching college English
and performs volunteer work for ABC House in
Radnor and for Main Line Unitarian Church in
Devon, PA, and will work for the New Orleans re-
building efforts for one week in August. She also
participates in the peace work being conducted
throughout the Western suburbs of Philadelphia.
Mary has two children: James Doyle and Jennifer
Taylor and four grandchildren: Matty (4) and Paul
(2) Doyle and Zachary (5) and Alex (3) Taylor. ...
John Baran ’78 has a new e-mail - ntboy7756@
comcast.net. ... Anne Kelly - annekelly@mac.com
- and husband, Chris ’78, live in Geneva, IL, and
have two children: Christopher and Kathleen. Anne
works for RR Donnelley in the photography
department. ... Gary Tarquinio is thrilled that
Michael Allison is his new neighbor in Florida,
and said “the roommates are back together again
after 28 years!” Hoping to hear some good
stories, guys! ... I had several fantastic 50th
birthday celebrations (for about two months!). One
of my events included a weekend down at a cabin
in Mohican State Park with friends Cathy Dinkel
Newell and Beth Maher Rinz. Cathy and Beth
reminisced about the physics canoe trip down
there back in ’79! It brought back lots of good
memories! Hoping your celebrations are many and
fantastic. Don’t forget to write! Nancy
Send your notes to:
1980
Matt Holtz
22487 Laramie Dr.
Rocky River, OH 44116
440-331-1759
mfh2885@sbcglobal.net
Hello class ... you may want to check out
JCU Connect, which is the new online web site for
John Carroll alumni at www.jcu.edu/jcuconnect.
This site will allow you to check the alumni directory
to locate contact information of classmates, post
photos, chat online, get the latest JCU news, do
career networking and much more. It is worth
taking a look. ... Cheryl Kosak Wilson sends
greetings from Bloomfield Hills, MI, with spouse
Bob and sons Stephen and Matthew. Cheryl is
planning a mini-reunion with Shirley Novak,
Debbie Brown ’81, Maureen McCarthy and Chris
Bavola. She is hoping Chris Clauson, Mary Jo
Naples and Kathy Joyce ’81 will join the group for
some old time Murphy Hall fun. Cheryl reports that
Maureen McCarthy lives in New Haven, CT, and is
employed as a social worker. ... George Elum
dropped a line from Massillon, OH, where he is the
president/CEO of the family business, Elum Music
Company. George has been keeping busy as the
past president of the Rotary Club of Massillon and
has been active on the boards of the Massillon Area
Chamber of Commerce and Massillon YMCA.
George met up with classmates, Dan Dodds, Tom
Sassler, and Dan Liska this past February in
Scottsdale, AZ. Dan Dodds lives in Lancaster, OH,
operating the family business, Dodds Modern
Living Center. He has opened a new business, The
Pool People, building residential pools and spas.
Tom Sassler lives in Atlanta, GA, with wife Izzy and
three children. Tom is an executive salesperson in
the medical industry selling to doctors and
hospitals. Dan Liska lives in Riverside, IL, and is an
executive salesperson for North American Paper.
George also keeps in contact with Carl Brunello,
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who resides in Broadview Heights, OH, with
spouse Ann and sons Carl Jr. ’07 and Ross, a
shortstop on Walsh Jesuit High school’s team. ...
Lee Ann Biegacki sends a note that her son,
Dave, is attending JCU and is a member of Class
of 2010. Her other son Matt graduated from St.
Louis University in May 2007. ... Drop a line
anytime. Go Tribe! MFH
Send your notes to:
1981
Julie Sanner Hepfer
406 Hunt Club Dr.
St. Charles, IL 60174
630-586-3367
RPHEPFER@AOL.COM
Send your notes to:
1982
Paul Hulseman
120 Evergreen Ln.
Winnetka, IL 60093
847-867-9322 (c)
PJHulseman@aol.com
Paul.Hulseman@solocup.com
Greetings from Chicago! Wow! Now that was a
reunion to remember! Believe it or not, my kids
had a better time than we did
– 10 of my future Blue Streaks checked into
Camp Carroll on Friday (Minor League baseball
game, bowling, whirly ball, swimming...). Another
son, Patrick ’09ish, worked as a counselor at the
camp – he’s had prior experience chasing 10-year
olds. I knew my little kids would enjoy the camp –
what’s not to like? The high school kids were
moaning before we left. However, they had an
awesome time and met new friends. The one
thing I forgot is how great the JCU college kids
who worked the program as counselors, go-fers,
dorm moms, luggage movers, and lifeguards are!
... Robbi Beni Fazio dropped me a terrific note
after the festivities. She was looking to meet
friends of all ages on Saturday afternoon after the
class lunch. I hope she found them – they may
have gone to the wrong place! But at Carroll,
everybody is a friend, Robbi. ... Rick Kuczmarski
took the opportunity at the Shula Stadium
Saturday afternoon to work on his next generation
of college All-Americans. The Kuczmarski kids
were working on the 3-point stance when I saw
them. ... The brotherhood of Iota Chi Upsilon was
well-represented between golf games. Paul
Olexa and his two kids, Paul II (16) and Allison
(13), dove into the festivities. Paul lives in the
Detroit area and is VP sales and marketing for an
automotive supplier, ZF Group NAO. He and his
old roommate, Bill Bolton, run into each other at
University of Detroit High School functions. ...
Bobby Gentile made a week of it in Cleveland
catching up with relatives and friends. ... Dave
Schmidt and Ed Fay were MIA. I can’t write here
what was said about you two. ... At Sunday’s
brunch on campus, a fellow classmate offered to
guest scribe a few notes as long as I kept her
identity secret. So I’m not going to tell, but I am
reminded of a quote by Shakespeare. “That which
we call a rose by any other name would smell as
sweet.” Here are her comments: Mary Lou
(Petrancosta) Prendergast’s husband, Mike,
presented a talk on his book Don’t Chew Jesus. It
was a “nun”-filled hour of very amusing stories.
He is in the process of writing a new book entitled
52 JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY SUMMER 2007
Jesus Has Issues and So Does My Wife. After
spending the weekend with LuLu, this will be a
multi-volume set ... look out Harry Potter! ... Meg
(Fallon) Mooney is branching out into a new
communications field, Cocktail Party Sign
Language. She is consulting at parties around the
Carolinas. Anyone is invited to accompany her; all
you need is a little black dress and the desire to
learn from the master. ... Dave Holtz returned to
school, literally. He learned that if you take the
“lene” away from Charlene, you get Char! Who
then becomes recognizable as former
classmate”Char (Murawa) Donelan. ... Joe
Basar and Kevin Dougherty attended the How to
Pay for College Seminar. They must have realized
they weren’t as prepared as they thought. They
were seen Saturday evening scalping beer tickets.
... Mary Ann (Moritz) Blatt was in such a hurry to
get to campus Friday night, she had a police
escort! ... Bobby Parrilli is available 24/7 now.
Just text message his son, Matt, and he’ll make
sure Bob gets the message any time day or night.
Unfortunately for Bobby, he has three girls after
his son ... he has no idea what he is in for! ...
Judging by the looks of’Jim Redford, he is doing
well. But you can’t judge a book by its cover. You
should judge for yourself. Care to guess what Jim
is doing now? ... Those words are inspiring,
revealing, and touching. Thanks to our little Miss
Anonymous. ... George Antoon connected to say
his daughter, Stephanie, will be a freshman at JCU
this fall. It’s great to see the legacies continue. Are
there others? Drop me a line and I will include it in
the next column. ...Barb and Chuck Brown were
in Ireland, instead of University Heights, for a
family reunion. Their oldest son, Tom, is studying
there this summer. #2 son, Dan, is starting at
DePaul this fall. Barb is looking forward to getting
back to Chicago for regular visits. She’ll be
catching up with Carol Berg Rolecek, Cathy
Pierce Kelly and Mary Ann Gallagher Stanton.
Scoops to follow! ... Onward on! Paul
REUNION YEAR
Send your notes to:
1983
Tony Pallotta
31507 Drake Dr.
Bay Village, OH 44140
440-892-4766
tpbam@aol.com
Send your notes to:
1984
Don D’Amore
29570 Dorchester Dr.
North Olmsted, OH 44070
440-235-1323
jcuclassof84@yahoo.com
It is a busy time of year so I did not want to bother
you with a long and tedious column to plow
through — i.e. not much news this time. Instead
this will be one of those ticker-tape columns with
some quick news updates from classmates
around the land, leaving you with plenty of time to
spare for other fall fun! ... Larry Jaeger
’83 is a regional sales director for Apple Computer,
Inc. Larry and wife Irina make their home in
Strongsville, OH. ...Richard Loeffler and his
brother, Jim ’91, have been running the company
InTune Business Advisors out of Pittsburgh, PA,
for the past few years. Even their sister, Julie
Loeffler Andrews ’88, does some free lance
marketing work for them. Their web site is www.
getintune.com. Richard is an active member of the
Association for Corporate Growth, the Association
of Certified Fraud Examiners, and SMC Business
Council. Richard and wife Laura have three boys:
Magnus, Gunnar and Barend. ... Heard that
George McGeary is living in Lyndhurst, OH. ...
Mark Perna has been busy with the company he
founded, Tools for Schools, which is a full service
marketing communications firm focused on
delivering a variety of marketing solutions and
printing tools for school systems. He is located
out of Hudson, OH, and the web site is www.
mt4s.com. Mark has two sons: Matthew (20) and
Nicholas (18). ... Erroll Varin Garrett lives in
Baytown, TX. He is a high school principal at La
Marque High. Erroll published an article in 2004,
and he is completing his Ph.D. in educational
leadership. Erroll has two children: Erroll (17) and
Shara (14). ... Classmate (and my life mate)
Michelle (Sciangula) D’Amore and I celebrated
20 years of marriage this past June by re-tracing
some of our steps of our wedding day two
decades later, but this time with our four children
in the limo with us! I know many fellow
classmates are in this same milestone range!
Send me an e-mail with details on your
anniversary celebrations! Don
Send your notes to:
1985
Diane (Nerem) Wendel
629 Quaker Road Rte 120
Chappaqua, NY 10514-1507
914-238-2227
DWendel@Optonline.net
This past June, Beth Randall-Dodd contacted me
with the heart wrenching news that Karen
Schipke, passed on June 4 after a 1 1/2 year battle
with breast cancer. This column is a tribute to
Karen, written by her very dear friend, Cheryl
Glenn Cramer. “One of my very first memories
from my days at John Carroll was moving into
Sutowski Hall fall 1981. As I moved in I met a very
special girl who was to become my neighbor, a
fellow finance major as well as one of my closest
friends. Her name was Karen Schipke. Throughout
our years at John Carroll we supported one
another through the dreaded business statistics
course, as well as through the other challenging
course work. During intermediate accounting, we
heard the phrase “This is heavily tested on the
CPA exam” so often that she actually had bumper
stickers made that said, “I don’t care what is on
the CPA exam.” At the time, as finance majors we
really just wanted to survive intermediate
accounting. Recently, I told Karen that I was sitting
for the exam and the next time I saw her she gave
me one of those bumper stickers that she still had
from all those years ago. Karen was always the
life of the party. She had this sense of humor that
would make you stop and think and then laugh so
hard you’d cry once you got the joke. She loved
John Carroll and as I reflect on her life these may
have truly been the best times of her life. Once
we graduated we remained close. She was a
bridesmaid when I married Bob Cramer a year
after graduation. She played “aunt” as all four of
our children were born. She held us when we lost
our second child to leukemia. While Karen was
busy giving 100% of her love to us throughout the

years, she also managed to give completely of herself
to her other friends, her family and to everyone she
met. She worked for United Way in Dayton. She was
an honorary member of the Eintracht Singing Society,
and she volunteered for Dayton Liederkranz-Turner. A
year and a half ago, Karen was diagnosed with breast
cancer. I can honestly say we became even closer.
She fought courageously and even the last time I saw
her in April she was very forward looking and positive.
She was her usual self in spirit. Karen went home to
be in the Lord’s arms on June 4. In her memory a
group of her friends have started the Karen J. Schipke
Memorial Scholarship. Once the fund reaches
$50,000 the earnings will go first to a direct
descendant from the class of 1985, secondly to a
grandchild and lastly to another relative of the class of
1985. Please consider a gift in Karen’s memory.
Please be sure to specify that your gift is intended to
go to the Karen J. Schipke Memorial Scholarship fund
and send to JCU Attn. Peter Bernardo, 20700 North
Park Boulevard, University Heights, OH 44118. Our
goal is to have the scholarship fully funded by our
next reunion which is — believe it or not — only three
years away. (25 years! Where have they gone?) God
bless, Cheryl Cramer.” Thank you in advance for your
generous donation. Be well, Diane
We hope you have all enjoyed a fun-filled summer
with family and friends. We are assuming it was
Send your notes to:
1986
Gigi Togliatti-Rice
931 Sheirer Rd.
Mansfield, OH 44093
419.529.5530
gigirice@neo.rr.com
Beth (Bonanno) Hausoul
179 S. Kenilworth Ave.
Elmhurst, IL 60126
ehausoul@mac.com
Richard J. Kramer ’86:
Goodyear’s CEO
Rich Kramer, a member of the Class
of 1986, was elevated to a big job: the
chief executive
officer’s position
of Akron, Ohio-
based Goodyear
Corporation.
The news release
said: “Richard J.
Kramer was named
President, North
American Tire for
The Goodyear Tire
& Rubber Company, effective March
13, 2007. He had been Goodyear’s
Executive Vice President & Chief
Financial Officer since June 2, 2004.
Kramer remains Chief Financial Officer
until a replacement is named.
an exceptionally busy one given we have only
heard from a few of you. So, what happens when
we don’t hear from our fellow classmates? We
are forced to talk about our very exciting lives and
speculate on others. Let’s start with Gigi
Togliatti-Rice ... she and her husband, Bob, live in
Mansfield, OH, with their three children, Daniel
(11), Brady (9) and Luci (7). Gigi has worked as a
claims specialist for State Farm Insurance for 18
years. Gigi recently ran into Ellen Titus ’85
poolside in Port Clinton. ...Beth Bonanno
Hausoul lives in Elmhurst, IL, with her husband,
John, and son Andrew (4). She has spent the last
six years working for the Chicago Mercantile
Exchange. Beth ran into Jenny Labuda Prangle
and Howie Collins with their respective families
while spending an afternoon with Karen Judy
Foley and family at the Riverside pool. Howie
mentioned he had lunch with Drue Carney and
agreed to forward more information – maybe next
time, right Howie? We did hear from Drue Carney,
who has lived in McKinney (far north suburb of
Dallas) for 11 years and Dallas a total of 15 years.
His wife’s name is Kelly and they have two
children, a son, A.J. (9), and a daughter, Megan
(7). Drue did confirm dining with “H” in Chicago
and sends his apologies to the other Chicagoans
he did not see. Drue also spent time with Rich
Kramer at the Daytona 500 in February and
recently talked with Bob Conrad, who lives in
Westlake with his wife, Laurel, and two
daughters. Bob shared news that he and the
extended Conrad family are off to Ireland for a
vacation. ... A few more updates: Lisa Geraci
Macauda ’85 and husband Vince live in Pepper
Pike with sons Alex and Matthew. ...Paul Volpe
and Carol Rowand-Volpe live in University
Heights with their children: P.J., Daniel and
Michael. ... Grace Volpe Barber and her husband,
Ron, recently moved back to the East Side after
spending years on the West Side. ... Come on
Class of ’86 – we want to hear from you ... this is
a great venue to share news ... send us pictures,
notes, anything! Your friends, Gigi and Beth
Send your notes to:
1987
Sue Farinacci Grazia
10338 Loreto Ridge Dr.
Willoughby, OH 44094-9547
440-256-0338
jsgrazia@adelphia.net
I want to start off by saying how great it was to see
everyone at our 20th Reunion this past June. John ’86
and I were only able to attend the Saturday festivities
under “The Big Tent” and we had a blast. For the first
time ever, I wanted to stay and he was ready to go
(I’m sure that had to do with the fact that he had a tee
time at 7 a.m.). ... As I think back to Saturday night,
we were all able to witness Missy Gaffney doing
what she did best 20+ years ago, dancing up a storm
on the dance floor (not on the tables) with Margaret
Cornillie and John FitzGerald. You guys have still
got it. ... Also present for the reunion party was Mary
Schaaf, Moira Clark, Sue Anderson, Lorie Sterlini,
Laura D’Amore, Mara Altier Dale, Peggy Nikolai,
Kelly McKee, Mona Saade, Tim ’78 and Mary
Freeman, Greg Breier, Erin Musselman and
husband Tom Nicholas ’85, Karen Welsh, Anita
AlumniJournal
Felice, Theresa Marsh, Alleyne McChesney, Dave
Clifford, John Morrissey, Dennis Casey, Maria and
Fenton Moore, Katherine ’88 and Tommy Collins,
Tom Paulson, Rob Aldave, Mario Becerra, Steve
Imburgia, Chris Valenti, Bob Mayer, Pat Langan,
Joe Semancik, Bob Reaume, Joe Norris, and of
course third floor Millor’s Brigid McNeely and
Colleen Barrett. I was not able to talk to everyone,
and I didn’t bring a note pad with me for those I did
catch-up with, so please everyone send me a
summary of what you have been up to so I can share
with the entire class. And I know there were many,
many more at reunion that I may have not
mentioned, and I’m sorry, so please send me a note
with updates for the next column. ... For all of you
who were unable to attend, please be sure to be at
our 25th. It will be a great time. ... I also want to
congratulate Mark Maslona and wife, Brenda, on the
birth of their twin daughters, Lillian and Madelyn, who
were born May 22. Mark and family are living in
Solon, OH, and Mark has his own company called
Blue Streak Sports, which conducts sports camps for
kids. All of you in the Cleveland area who have
children may want to look into these camps for next
summer. ... Vince Rattini sent a note that he and his
wife, Karen, live in Cary, NC, and just had their first
child, Michael, on January 12 at Duke University
Hospital. ... Along with seeing Tom Paulson at
reunion, he did send me an e-mail saying he and his
wife, Sue, and children Emily (14), Ben (12) and Abby
(9) are residing in Libertyville, IL. Tom is senior vice
president at Morgan Stanley.. ... Mara (Altier) Dale
also sent me a note that she and husband Tom ’89,
and son Mathew (8 1/2 ) are living in Germantown,
TN. ... Bradley Burns MD sent me an update via the
alumni office that he is living in beautiful Perrysburg,
OH, and practicing at X-ray Associates, Inc. ... And
last but not least another doctor, Rob Ondash MD, is
now living and practicing in Austin, TX. Rob can you
please send me a little more about life in Texas? ...
Thank you all for your e-mails and I am really looking
forward to hearing from all of you very soon. God
bless, Sue
REUNION YEAR
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1988
Jamie Jamison
7072 Kildeer Rd.
Canfield, OH 44406
330-702-1965
jjamison@zoominternet.net
Kathy Reali Matthews
28012 W Oviatt Rd.
Cleveland, OH 44140-2145
440-871-7283
bk3matthews@yahoo.com
A short column, but we did hear from a few
classmates. Received a great update from Julie
Loeffler Andrews — yes she is now Julie
Andrews. Chris works for Cummins Bridgeway,
and they live in Pittsburgh with their three
children: Mara (8), Peter (6) and Janie (3). As well
as full-time mom duties, Julie is also doing some
freelance marketing for InTune Business Advisors,
a company run by two of her brothers, who are
also JCU grads: Jim ’91 and Richard ’84 Loeffler.
Julie’s oldest daughter, Mara, was a “micro-
preemie” born at 26 weeks weighing 2 lbs. She is
truly a miracle child, having only mild cerebral
palsy which doesn’t allow her to walk with a very
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Julianna Gulden ’86:
a life in her parents’ Hungarian homeland
Julianna Gulden ’86 is a Hungarian-Ameri-
can who found her place by reversing her
family’s migratory path. She is happily situ-
ated in Szentendre (St. Andrew), Hungary,
a postcard pretty town on the Danube River,
20 minutes from Budapest. Gulden was for a
time the leading public relations (PR) opera-
tive in the formerly communist capital. Not
long after her daughter, Anna, was born in
1999, she chose motherhood over percep-
tion management. Though she now works
part-time, Gulden remains an influential PR
force in her parents’ native land. However,
Anna; husband, George Eotvos; and a fully
dimensional and culturally rich life along
the Danube are now Gulden’s highest priori-
ties. That life includes significant service to
several Jesuit institutions in Hungary.
Gulden’s saga is an example both rep-
resentative and dramatic of the post-World
War II immigrant experience following
upon the cataclysmic conflict. Her father’s
father was a fighter pilot in the Hungarian
air force. That military service and the fact
that her grandparents on both sides were
what Julianna refers to as “capitalists” was
sufficient to drive her maternal and paternal
lines into refugee exile. Her dad’s family suf-
fered six years in a displaced person’s camp
in Germany before arriving on our shores in
1951; her mother’s people were diverted to
Austria before finding their way here.
Her father, eight when he left, started
here as a tool and die worker; earned his ed-
ucation and blossomed as a business owner.
Julianna’s parents met through Cleveland-
area Hungarian Boy and Girl Scout activi-
ties. Their daughter later participated in
those activities, as well as in folk dancing
and Hungarian language school. Hungarian
was the home tongue. Though her fam-
ily viewed America as a profound blessing,
Julianna said, “I always knew as a kid that I
would work overseas.”
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That happened when she was a summer
intern at the American embassy in Budapest
during her happy JCU years. After gradu-
ation in political science, Gulden enjoyed
another internship, this one at 1600 Penn-
sylvania Avenue. Thrilled to be working for
Ronald Reagan, she recalls her Lithuanian-
American boss saying as their car was waved
on into the White House: “This is America
that we, whose parents came here with
nothing, can roll up to the White House.”
Service at the White House led to
working for the election of George Herbert
Walker Bush in 1988, which, led to the
Republican National Committee, and then
service with the State Department as a com-
munications and public affairs advisor in
Refugee Affairs. A nice niche for someone
who had left University Heights scant
years before! However, the Iron Curtain
was crumbling and for people like herself,
possessing language skills and Mitteleuropean
credentials, it was said Gulden, whose name
translates as golden, a “gold rush.”
She found her way to what was “back
home” for her parents and she climbed high
fast. “There was a ton of work,” and for U.S.
companies, Gulden became a bridge to the
Hungarian infrastructure. “When I would
go and visit say, Ford, it was just a different
connection. They were from Detroit, I from
Cleveland, and they liked that I could speak
Hungarian.” She was with the international
PR firm Burson-Marsteller. By ’95 she was
the managing partner, and a couple of years
later she had bought the Budapest franchise,
renaming it Gulden Burson-Marsteller. She
said that for nearly a decade she was #1 in
PR in the ancient city on the Danube.
But George Eotvos appeared when she
hired the genealogist to research her family
tree. They were married at Cleveland’s St.
Emeric’s in 1996, and Anna was born in ’99.
George now works exclusively in finding
heirs to estates and he has three offices in
Europe. His business thrives and so does the
family. Julianna cherry-picks PR clients;
she raises funds for the design center of
American Jesuit architect Terence Curry,
SJ; she assists the development work of a
Hungarian Jesuit high school, and serves on
the board of a local Jesuit college, as well
as with United Way. It is, said Julianna, a
satisfying life.
Of living: in Europe, “There was a 50-
year gap in our nest, but it (being Europe-
ans) is really who we are.” There is a meta-
phorical richness in the fact that George’s
company is titled Family Tree. Gulden had
to return to the land of the Magyars to find
her own extended family tree and to create,
with George and Anna, a new branch.

no other information; please send me more Nina.
... I heard from my freshman-year roommate,
Brian Tierney, who now has his own plastic
surgery practice in Nashville, TN, where he lives
with wife Jennifer and children Kendall (2) and
Brian (5 mos.). Wow, second floor Bernet was a
long time ago wasn’t it Brian?. ... That about
wraps up my news for this quarter; remember if I
don’t hear from you I can’t write about you. Peace
to all and be safe!David
Send your notes to:
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Dan, and their two girls, Nicole and Erin at Yours
Truly in Hudson. They are living in Twinsburg
and Sally is working at Forest City Enterprises. It
was a gorgeous summer day and it was fun
catching up with Sally and Dan – the girls are
adorable! ... If you haven’t already done so,
check out the newest way to keep in touch with
fellow alumni ... JCU Connect - http://www.jcu.
edu/alumni/jcuconnect.htm! The site offers an
alumni directory, class news and notes,
message boards, photo albums! Check it out
and update your record if you haven’t in a while.
... Don’t forget to pass along any updates.

1990
Melissa Wenzler Looking forward to hearing from you, Melissa
Class of 1987 at their 20 Reunion
th
4021 Wandsworth Road
L to R: Kelly McKee Helton, Greg Breier, Send your notes to:

Mara Altier, Mona Saade Baumgartner, Mary
Walsh Freeman, Lorie Sterlini Gumieny,
Peggy Nikolai Kuhlman
strong gait, and some developmental delays.
Because of the whole experience, Julie hopes to
go to nursing school when all the kids are a bit
more grown. ... A short update from Dave
Williams, who moved to Florence, SC. Dave
started a new job in April with SC Cardiovascular
Surgery. South Carolina winters will be a
welcome change to our blustery winters! ... Mike
Donnelly just completed half of his first term as
judge on the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas
bench. He absolutely loves the job. This past
January, he was appointed by The Ohio Supreme
Court to its Commission on Professionalism. The
cases he hears are both criminal and civil and
have been fascinating. His wife, Nancy, is senior
corporate counsel for Steris Corporation. They
have two children, Caroline is in the first grade
and Tim is in preschool. As for extracurricular
activities he is competing in his fourth marathon
this year in Chicago. ... We are always looking for
updates and now it is even easier to stay
connected through JCU Connect. When you
register, send us a note and we will include it in
our next column. ... Hard to believe our 20-year
reunion is next year. Mark your calendars for June
20-22 and we do hope many will plan to attend.
Our kids loved “Camp Carroll.” JCU makes it a
fun weekend for the whole family. ... Cheers to
all, Kathy and Jamie
Send your notes to:
1989
1991
South Euclid, OH 44121
216-691-3759 Molly Coughlin Fanta
WenzJCU90@aol.com 25107 Wildwood Dr.
Westlake, OH 44145
Welcome to autumn ... is everyone ready for back 440-716-1749
to school and football season? I want to take a mfanta4714@wowway.com
moment to brag about someone very important to
me ... my hubby, Chris Wenzler. Last May, Chris Dear Class of 1991, I was excited to hear from
went to Jamaica on an immersion trip with JCU Natalie Villedrouin Handal. She studied in
Campus Ministry. He accompanied about a dozen Spain her senior year and later met her
JCU students to Kingston, Jamaica, for 10 days. husband. She is the mother of four children and
While there, the group worked in a children’s works as a pharmaceutical distributor in a family
hospital, Riverton School, and the Mother Teresa business. ... Jim Loeffler’s sister informed us
Home (hospice of the sick and elderly). Chris that Jim is married to Mimi Williams and runs a
spent much of his time at Riverton – a public business with his brother, Richard ’84, called
elementary school built near the city dump. Public InTune Business Advisors. ...Julie Spinazze-
school in Jamaica is not like public school in the U.
S.–– parents have to pay to send their children to
school. This means that parents have to decide
which child goes to school which day of the
week! As we head into the season of
Thanksgiving, I hope we can all take a moment to
remember how fortunate we are for the
wonderful opportunities we have–– don’t let them
go to waste. ... I got a quick e-mail from Jean
Hetzer Harsar. She and husband Al welcomed
their new daughter, Meghan Marie, on March 28.
Meghan joins big brothers Matthew (8) and
Michael John (4). Congratulations, Jean and Al! ...
Lisa Grisez-Shullick is living in Lorain, OH, with
her husband, Dan, and their two children, Michael
(11) and Tricia (9). Lisa has spent the past five
years working part time at St. Peter School, where Chris Wenzler (upper left - in the back) and
the JCU students who went on the immer-
their children attend. Most recently, Lisa began a
sion trip to Jamaica in May 2007.
new part time job with the Catholic Action
Commission of Lorain. She also is using her 10
Root resides in Illinois. ... For those of you
years of human resource experience to serve as

wondering, Joe Lardie is still Irish dancing. Mike

David Gassman
3996 Astoria Way
Avon, OH 44011
440-934-0366
dgassmktvp@aol.com
Greetings Blue Streaks of ’89. Chris Pelinsky and
wife Jody and their two boys have a new home in
the burbs of New Jersey. Chris continues to do
well in the financial market and rumor has it a
backyard pool is now part of the home; my towel
is ready. ... Brad Gosser, John Fox, Dan Weaver
and Dan Soucie all got together for a shindig in
Vegas in May. I was suppose to attend but had
some complications. ... Big rumor floating out
there that Brian Donovan is engaged, where
was the e-mail Brian? I got no “mighty me” love
from you on this story. Give us some details or
squash the rumor! ... Nina Parikh sent a note
saying she is living in Brooklyn, NY, but provided
an independent trainer in leadership, supervision
and Sue Mangan’s children are great Irish step
and time management – check out www.
dancers. ... I was glad to hear from Nuch
gsmmotivations.com! Lisa recently ventured to
Palazzolo. Nuch lives in Macedonia, OH, with his
Chicago with Sue Zurkovski Swain for a
wife and adopted four-year old son. He works as a
gathering with Holly Monahan, Chris Jamison,
senior accounting manager for a company called
Shannon Place Martin, Becky Lacovic Barnhart,
Lanxess. He writes that Richard Miller ’92 and his
Liz Brent Franz and Karen Teeter Rufer ’89! The
wife have three daughters. Rich owns and
gathering was in celebration of their “39th”
operates a custom molding operation and also
birthdays – sounds like a blast — would love to
Powderhorn Golf Course in Madison, OH. He lives
hear how everyone is doing! ... Rob Taskey took
in Perry Township. ... Andrew Krugh and his
advantage of the new JCU Connect message
wife, Tammy, live in Upper St. Claire outside of
board — Rob and his wife, Cheryl, recently moved
Pittsburgh. They have a son and daughter.
from Kalamazoo to Pittsburgh. They have two
Andrew runs his own computer consulting
children, Austin and Olivia. Rob is a senior
business. ... Bryan Hilke ’92 and Laurie have two
investment officer at National City in the Private
daughters and are expecting a third child. They
Client Group. He manages a group of eight
reside in Brunswick, OH. Bryan works for Parker
portfolio managers. Since being back in
Hannifin in a technical capacity. ... I am excited to
Pittsburgh, he had lunch with Eric Rosenberg. ...
report that I began a new job/career in July. I work
In July, I ran into Sally Ingberg-Lee, her husband,
for The Ohio State Lottery Commission in the

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Kevin Kinross ’97: making a big impact
in Pennsylvania politics
By Jake Oresick ’06
Kevin Kinross ’97, a top aide to
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell,
has turned assisting others into a career.
Since he left Carroll, Kinross has
advised a mayor, a county executive, a
congressman and two U.S. senators.
While his political two cents have
earned him influential ears, he be-
gan advising by dissecting basketball
defenses. Before drawing up plays for
the governor, Kinross was a student-
assistant to the JCU hoop team. “It‘s
strange to find that wisdom in someone
so young,” recalls coach Mike Moran,
“but when he spoke, I listened.”
And they haven’t stopped listening.
Kinross credits the Washington
Center – a DC-based internship
program he participated in as a Carroll Kevin Kinross, left, with Governor Ed Rendell.
student – with whetting his appetite for
government. “I guess you could say I was
hooked after that,” observes Kinross.
The hook became embedded more
deeply at Kinross’s commencement exer-
cises, Tim Russert ’72 reminded the grads
of their obligation to make a difference. “I
was inspired,” Kinross remembers. “Russert
talked about his own experience, working
for Senator [Daniel Patrick] Moynihan.”
Kinross subsequently packed his car,
drove to DC, and eventually earned consecu- remarked Rendell in his election night
tive staff positions under two senators – Herb speech, and it was only the beginning.
Kohl and, appropriately, Moynihan. Kinross
impressed Capitol Hill, but after several
years, returned to his native Pittsburgh.
Once home, he found a niche: chief of
staff to the county executive, Dan Onorato,
whom Kinross served in the exec’s cam-
paign. The placement made Kinross liaison
to the mayor’s office and city and county
councils. The qualities Moran remembers
won Kinross the trust of area officials, and
attention from Harrisburg.
In 2006, politically vulnerable Gov. Ed
56 JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY SUMMER 2007
Rendell tapped Kinross to orchestrate his re-
election effort. Despite trailing in early polls
and facing an articulate, upstart opponent
– Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Famer Lynn
Swann – Kinross helped the governor turn
things around. Rendell soon set fund raising
records and cruised to a second term.
The landslide, was remarkable for its
margin in so politically divided a state. “We
couldn’t have done this without Kevin,”
Four months later, serving as special assis-
tant to the governor, Kinross helped Rendell
work with local officials to win political agree-
ment for a new arena for the National Hockey
League’s Penguins. Without the 11th hour
deal, the team might have flown the coop to
Kansas City. Did Kinross’ lines of connection
to area pols come in handy? “It made things
much easier to have friends in city and county
government,” he affirms with a laugh.
It’s not the perks, such as barbecues with
the Heinz-Kerry clan and parties at base-
ball’s All-Star game, that keep Kinross
going. The purpose-driven politico is
clearly concerned with the effects of
the influence he exerts on others.
“I remember Sunday night Mass at
Carroll, and its sense of community; a
group of people who take care of each
other,” Kinross recalled. Now, in the
alumnus’ Pennsylvania, there is evidence
that citizens are more intent on tak-
ing care of each other. With the recent
enactment of CHIP (Children’s Health
Insurance Program), “every kid in the
state has health insurance,” Kinross
beams. He added that the bill’s passage
was among his proudest moments.
Kinross says his Catholic values are
a guide. He savors being able to help
the poorest through funding public
transit and putting a few extra dollars in
the wallet by boosting minimum wage. “In
Catholic high school, at John Carroll – and
even Duquesne [law] – the message was
helping people,” Kinross says.
“There was never a job too big or small
for Kevin,” Moran reflects, and it’s still true.
Kinross helps his wife, Jennifer, change their
10-month-old, Natalie, and when Jennifer
and Natalie release him to the state, Kinross
tirelessly assists the governor with projects
big and small – like shepherding a $27 billion
budget through the legislature.
When asked about the future, Kinross
speaks, he admits, “like a campaign ad”:
green energy, tax reform, funding biotech
research in the commonwealth. “It’s a little
hard to turn it off,” he says of the rhetoric,
“but the goal is to keep serving others.”
Is Moran surprised at his pupil’s success?
Maybe a little. “He was so hard-working,
so genuine. We thought, ‘He might be too
honest to make a good politician.’”
The early evidence is that this is one time
when the coach’s concerns are groundless.

communications dept. I am the philanthropic
coordinator for the Lottery. The job offers a nice
variety of projects and opportunities. I have eight
regions in Ohio that I am working with. It is
interesting that all of the money from the lottery
goes to education, which, having been a teacher, I
believe is so important. I was an aide last year,
and in February decided to pursue a career that
would include my degree in communications. I am
really enjoying my new endeavor and all it has to
offer. Play the Lottery, “Odds are you’ll have fun!”
... Well, I wish you all the very best. Please write
in about your newest endeavors, good news, or
news of a friend. I would love to share it with our
fellow classmates. Keep praying, encourage those
around you, believe in miracles, and live the life.
Until next time, Go Blue Streaks! Molly
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1992
Jim Sislo
203 Marilyn Ln.
Eastlake, OH 44095-1561
440-269-1245
James@Sislo.net
Look for my reunion 2007 recap in the next
column. Thanks, Jim
REUNION YEAR
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1993 1994
Maureen “Moe” McGuinness
940-566-1361
moe@unt.edu
Send your notes to:
Julie Reardon
12361 Woodridge Dr.
North Royalton, OH 44133
440-877-0939
dereardon@adelphia.net
Lana Caserta Zachlin and her husband, Paul, have
two children, Molly and Stephen, who are students
at Gesu, right across the street from JCU. ...
Leighanne Kramer Hustak and husband Eric
welcomed their third child, Margaret, this past
February. She joins big brothers, Liam and Greagory.
Leighanne is working at The Cleveland Clinic in
pediatric endocrinology and works one day a month
on NIH Research Study with adults with diabetes.
She received her doctorate in nursing in 2003 and
wants to teach in the near future. ... Shelly Kilroy
Rieple and her husband, Ted ’92, have been married
for eleven years. They have three kids, Nicholas,
Nathan and Kennedy. Shelly still talks to Stephanie
Judge Perusek who also has three kids with
husband Aaron: TJ, Carly and Lucas. She also
reports that Laura (Albertone) Musgrave and
husband Dan have two girls. ... Julie Win is a labor
and delivery nurse at Hillcrest Hospital. ... Megan
Marrie Schlickmann wants to hear from Tina
Carline and Shannon Piehuta. Megan is the
director of Lower School admissions at Gilmour
Academy in Gate Mills, OH. ... Another Murphy girl,
Nora Mackin Lally, writes that she has a 10-month
old little girl named Molly. Nora moved to Chicago in
2001, got married to John Lally (Loyola Chicago grad)
in 2005 and had Molly in 2006. She still works for
the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
as a community development specialist. John is a
firefighter. ... Fellow classmate Jodie Palmer
Hayden is an account representative for Odyssey
Printwear. In 2004 she was diagnosed with stage
four breast cancer which she has successfully been
fighting for the past three years. She is doing well
and married to husband Jim and mother to sons Tim
(12) and Dean (10). You can contact Jodie -
jodieodyssey@netlink.net - if you want to send her
good wishes. ... Chickie monkey mouse, Pati
Dargan Kemp had a little boy, Coin Patrick, in
February 2007. He joins big brother Quinn. Burt,
Pati, Coin and Quinn live in Cleveland Heights. She
also filled me in on a bunch of our classmates. Erin
Canada Owen had baby number two in March.
Frances joins big brother Griffin and they live in
Cleveland. ... Katie Niehaus Gerba had a little boy,
Sean. He joins big brother Owen and they live in
Westlake. Katie is a freelance writer for Learning
Horizons. ... Jennifer Kennedy Ontko had a little
girl, Mallory, in March 2006. She joined big brother
John. Jenn is a financial analyst and lives in North
Olmstead. ... Dr. Joanna Jarc Robinson got married
in July 2006 to Keith Robinson. They live in Parma
where Joanna is the editorial manager for Learning
Horizons. ... Janine Rockovich Mortellaro has
three girls: Emma, Sarah and Abbey. Janine and her
husband own a couple of McDonald’s in the
Granville/Newark area of Ohio. ... Christina DeNisco
Sullivan lives with her husband, Mike, in Buffalo.
She teaches Spanish in a Buffalo high school. ... Tim
Staley and his wife, Mary, live in Middletown, MD,
with their two children, Julia and Justin. I hear the
third is on the way! ... Jen Gubba Fisher and
husband Bryan ’92 live in Pittsburgh, PA, with their
two children, Joel and Mary. ... Colleen Kelly is a
real estate agent in Laguna, CA, - www.immelteam.
com. ... Whew! Please continue to send your
information my way ... Luck to you always, Moe
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1995
Annie (Hummer) DePerro
4161 Glenmoor Rd. N.W.
Canton, OH 44718
330-966-8845
anniedeperro@sssnet.com
Ah, Boston. I had the fortunate experience of
reliving a wonderful first anniversary trip, which
was (yikes) six years ago when two of our
classmates reported their news from this fair city,
home of the Boston Marathon, Boston baked
beans, and Click and Clack, those slapstick guys
from the NPR show, Car Talk. Both Michael
Simone and Michelle (Kadelski) Dorgan are
living very different but very interesting lives
there. Michael - simone@jesuits.net - aka Father
Simone, is now officially a Jesuit priest. He was
ordained a Catholic priest for the Detroit Province
of the Society of Jesus on June 9 at Church of the
Gesu in University Heights. Michael graduated
from Weston Jesuit School of Theology,
Cambridge, MA, in May 2007 with a Master of
Divinity. As of May, his plan was to return to the
Boston area for further study at Weston.
Meanwhile, Michelle (Kadelski) Dorgan -
mkadelski@hotmail.com - recently relocated from
Michigan to Massachusetts. Michelle and her
husband, David, are the parents of Paige (18 mos.)
and a dog, Sailor (5). Michelle reports that after
spending 10 years in Ann Arbor, she and her
family moved to Boston. Michelle is the senior
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specialty rep for Merck & Co. In 2001 Michelle
lived in Brazil and traveled South America
including the Amazon and Rio. ... In other news,
Kirk Paille - kirk_paille@yahoo.com - is living in
Oswego, IL, with his wife, Amy (Jobin) Paille. Kirk
works as the assistant director of admissions for
DeVry University Online in Naperville, IL. ... Closer
to the John Carroll campus is the Utrup family.
Brian - theutrups@adelphia.net - and his wife, Cari
(Demharter), are the proud parents for the third
time to son Alec Brian Utrup who arrived on June
26. Big sisters Regan and Brenna love him! Brian
received his MBA from JCU and works for
National City Bank in Cleveland. They recently
moved to Twinsburg in anticipation of their
expanding family. ... New mom, for the second
time, Michelle Cull Lease recently launched
www.thepapercottage.com, a web site for her
growing stationery business. Definitely check it
out for your birth announcement, stationery,
invitation and holiday card needs. Most lines are
discounted 15% off retail pricing. She also carries
great personalized baby and children’s birthday
gifts. Michelle has been busy with the arrival of
Jane Eleanor in September 2006. ... Lastly, here
are some tidbits I’ve not had space to include until
now: Cathy Gallagher - catherinabg@yahoo.com -
is living in New York City. ...Rima (Jesmantas)
Tessman - rimapat@hotmail.com - received her
M.Ed. from CSU in ’99. She and husband Patrick
live in South Euclid with their children, Vija (3) and
Jonas (1 1/2). Rima reports that she has been doing
freelance consulting work in technical writing and
instructional design. Patrick completed his
fellowship in movement disorders (a sub-specialty
of neurology) at University Hospitals of Cleveland
and joined Associates in Neurology, Inc., a private
practice in Willoughby Hills, OH, last summer. ...
Finally, Matt Quinn - mquinn@idcardsystem.com -
lives in Painesville, OH, with his wife, Kellie
(Whelan), and their children, Alexa (5) and Kayla
(2). Matt is the president of ID Card Systems, Inc.
... Have a good fall! Annie
Send your notes to:
1996
Amy Spisich Kogovsek
ASKamy@aol.com
I hope this column finds you all well. I’ll get right
to the news ...Arthur P. Ward Jr. is living in
Walton Hills with his wife, Dawn, and their
children, Trey (4) and Ava (2). He earned an MTax
at Akron in 2006 and is a senior tax manager at
Barnes Wendling CPAs, Inc. in Cleveland. ... Dan
Bansley and his wife, Colleen, are living in
Chicago. ... Kathleen O’Hara is living and working
in Cincinnati, OH. She earned a master’s degree
from Xavier in 1999 and is owner/writer at Sage
North, LLC. She is married to Mike Adams and
they have a son Laine (1). ...Karen Peters is
working for The Sherwin-Williams Company here
in Cleveland. ... Amy Diorio-Shamblen and her
husband, John Shamblen, reside in Broadview
Heights. ... James Conway completed a Ph.D. at
CWRU in 2006 and recently moved to New Jersey
after accepting a position with Merck Research
Laboratories. ... That’s all this time. Keep in mind
that you can send pictures with your updates from
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alumnNews
Fr. Kevin Conroy ’98G: serving Cambodia’s poor
Father Kevin Conroy is a Maryknoll priest
associate doing extraordinary work in
Cambodia. The picture on this page was
recently the cover of Maryknoll magazine.
What follows is part of a letter home in which
the Cleveland native describes his life in the
Southeast Asian land’s capital.
By Fr. Kevin Conroy

I work with approximately 320 HIV positive and orphaned

children in our Little Sprouts program. One thing I do is teach
our fieldworkers basic counseling skills to help develop a fuller
HIV/AIDS outreach to the kids. I am also creating a Teenager
Personal Development Group for our older children. It’s a definite
need so as they reach adulthood the kids are equipped to confront
the challenges of living with AIDS. I spend time visiting children
and their families in their homes. They often speak about their basic
needs. Last week a woman told me a neighbor found out she and her
children were HIV positive and refused to let them use the commu-
nal latrine. They asked me to help build another.
I am developing a master in counseling program at the Royal
University of Phnom Penh (RUPP). Cambodia doesn’t have a
master’s-level program in psychology, counseling or social work.
Next year the RUPP will start an undergraduate program in social
work. Hopefully, we will find a university in the USA who will
want to partner with us so we can get accreditation. I believe there
are only 10 psychologists in the country and a handful of social dump with the St. Vincent de Paul Society from the local church.
workers. On Thursday, I am giving part of a seminar for the RUPP This dump might be the ugliest place I have ever seen in the world.
undergraduate psychology department. The title of my session is It’s a smoking mountain of garbage a mile wide and 50 feet high.
Therapeutic Applications of Positive Psychology and Spiritual- Today we gave 10 pounds of rice to the 70 families who “pick”
ity. I will use my dissertation material to talk about coping skills, garbage at all hours of the day and night. In our brief visit, the doc-
resiliency and storytelling. I will take my dissertation’s interview tor we brought with us did a brief assessment of the physical prob-
questions with Guatemalan immigrants and adapt them for Cambo- lems (mostly skin and fever) of these extremely poor people. They
dia. One question I will ask them is: “What helped you get through are part of the thousands living at or near the dump. At night, I see
the experience of the Killing Fields?” I will try and speak Khmer for people using “miners lamps” so they can see the best garbage. Today,
most of the lecture. This will force me into a conversational mode I talked with a person who hopes to make a dollar a day – even in
since I can’t lecture for two hours in Khmer. Cambodia not a lot of money. One of the touching moments was
I am also on the board of a small nongovernmental organization when one of the little girls sweetly asked the Notre Dame student
(NGO) with two focuses: helping children in a remote village who for a net so the mosquitoes who carry dengue fever won’t bite her.
do not have access to school and helping aging beggars of Phnom She also asked for a tarp for her tiny little house’s roof because it is
Penh with medical and social support. These seem very different the rainy season. The hospitals are filled in Cambodia with children
areas but those are populations most NGO’s don’t assist. A couple who are extremely sick with dengue fever.
from Hong Kong recently donated $32,000 to build a school in the As I think about this visit I see the importance of doing small
remote village. This money will build five classrooms and latrines. things to help poor people and develop relationships. There are
There are about 1,200 children in this village. so many feelings that I have, but I will tell you that it is such an
And, I supervise a couple of students from Notre Dame who awesome and humbling task to serve the poor, and to be a surrogate
arespending their summer serving here. Finally I go to the garbage parent to the children of Little Sprouts.

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get-togethers, weddings, whatever! Until next
time, the Lord bless you and keep you, Amy
Send your notes to:
1997
Brian Sparks
5011 Oakes Rd.
Brecksville, OH 44141
Phone: 440-746-0309
bdsparks@meistermedia.com
Shannon (O’Malley) Corrigan wrote me from an
island off the West Coast of Ireland. She’s been
living in Ireland for seven years and moved from
Dublin to Achill Island where she met her
husband, Declan, about three years ago. She has
packed in her job in social work and psychotherapy
and is a small business owner running a post
office. Shannon and Declan have also become
new parents. Shannon gave birth to a baby girl,
Amelia, in April. ... Susan (Okuley) Paz sent me
an update about herself and other ’97 grads:
Susan and her husband are living in Indianapolis
with their new baby boy, Alex, born in February. ...
Erika Bauer, Ph.D., has been selected for the
prestigious Smithsonian’s National Zoo curatorial
resident program in animal care. Erika will spend
the next two years in Washington, D.C., working
and conducting research at the National Zoo. ...
Monica Dragoman, MD, finished her residency
training in Dallas in ob/gyn and is now living in
New York City completing a family planning
fellowship at Columbia University. ... Meghan
Sweeney, Ph.D., and her life partner, Nicolas
Laudadio, are assistant professors of English at
the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
They’re enjoying a great road trip of the Midwest
and East Coast for the summer. ... Karen
Thompson-Shaheen is working as a consultant at
a community development/strategic planning firm
in Cleveland. ... Nikki (Nicholas) Custy, her
husband and son Sean welcomed new baby
Patrick to the family in March. Even with their two
kids, Nikki and her husband still find time to play
gigs with their Irish band, Pitch the Peat. … Lynn
Rutledge graduated with a master’s in
occupational therapy from Ohio State in 2006. She
is an occupational therapist with the Heinzerling
Foundation, a non profit organization for children
and adults with severe/profound MR/DD. Lynn
and her dog, Buster, are living in Columbus. ...
Aryn Micaletti lives in Seven Fields, PA, and is a
real-time captioner with Southpointe. ... Janelle
Riley is a wealth management-RA with KeyBank
in Cleveland and has three kids: Warren (9),
Serena (6), and Jenine (6). ... Nicole (Radu)
Wilkens is living in Raleigh, NC, and has two
children, Jordan Alyssa (3), and Jacob Thomas (8
mos.) ... Alexander Clarke lives in Bath, OH, and
is president of Brechbuhler Mack in Canton.
Alexander and his wife, Kelly, have two children,
Anna (3) and Grace (1). ... Joseph and Amy
(Campbell) Szyperski live in Toledo and have
three children, Sam (6), Eleanor (3), and Theodore
(2 mos.). ... Heather (Slesinger) O’Donnell ’96 is
living in Concord Township, OH. She and her
husband, John, have two children, Lucille, and
Abigail, both 2. ... Steven G. Voinovich is in
commercial real estate with CB Richard Ellis.
Steve and his wife, Gina ’98, welcomed the birth
of their first child, Steven George Voinovich Jr., on
Thanksgiving Day. Steve is also getting inducted
into the JCU Athletic Hall of Fame in September.
... Elaine (Cirino) Perdion sent me a correction
from the last column I wrote: her daughter, Ella is
one-year old. ... Sheri Kilarsky sent me a note: “I
am living in Westlake, OH, with my fiancé Rick
Terens. We are getting married on August 16,
2008. We just moved back from a nine-month
hiatus in Guam. Rick is a pilot for Continental and
was based there for 18 months. We traveled to
Australia, Japan, Thailand, Philippines, Bali, Palau
and many other places. I moved back in February
and started working at Meaden & Moore as a
senior manager in their Cleveland office.” ... Hope
you made it to Reunion Weekend. Annmarie
Tirpak and I spent time at JCU that weekend, and
Annmarie was honored to read the list of our
deceased classmates at the Mass and Moment of
Remembrance. We ran into Tim and Nikki
(Hewald) Brainard among other folks. It was great
getting back to campus. Drop me a note with news
(and pictures, if you have them)! ... Brian
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Send your notes to:
1998
Cherie Skoczen
216-741-1823
cherieskoczen@ameritech.net
In July, Rita (Kingsbury) ’99 and Tim Burke
relocated to West Palm Beach, FL, where Tim
heads up corporate banking for National City
Bank’s Southeast region. The Burkes and their
sons, Timmy (3) and Jack (2), are excited to be in
Florida. They would enjoy hearing from anyone
traveling to or living in the area - Tburke13@msn.
com. Speaking of traveling, Tim said they recently
went to Buffalo with Mike and Jaime
(Szymanski) Swallow, Nathan and Jenny
(Maloney) ’00 Lambert, and Matthew and Lynda
(Hogan) Carver to witness the marriage of “Big
Shot’’John Eberz and his new bride, Melissa.
Jaime said she and Mike live in Brecksville, OH,
with their children: Natalie (2 1/2) and Michael (3
mos.). They will celebrate their fifth wedding
anniversary with a trip to Miami, where they plan
to have a dinner with Ryan Stumphauzer. Mike
continues to work at CBIZ as a retirement plan
consultant alongside fellow grad Michael
Ziccardi. Michael, his wife, Elissa, and Olivia (2)
live in Brecksville. Nathan and Jenny Lambert live
in University Heights with their two children:
Abigail (2) and Matthew (8 mos.). Nathan is the
chief technology officer for the library at Case
Western Reserve University. ... Susie (Memo) ’02
and Alex Schmitt vacationed in Ireland this
summer. Alex is a senior manager at Ernst &
Young in Cleveland, and Susie is a kindergarten
teacher and basketball coach in Streetsboro, OH.
They live in Hudson, OH. ... Kristina Rus works
for the business management consulting firm
Accenture, LLP. Since 2001 she has been working
in Wilmington, DE, and currently is leading her
client through an SAP implementation. On
weekends, Kristina lives in Rocky River, OH, and
enjoys spending time with family and friends
when she is home in Cleveland. Her work-related
and personal travels have taken her to Boston,
Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris, Denver, and Chicago,
just to name a few. ... Meredith Richardson lives
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in Denver, CO, and is a corporate compliance
manager for DaVita Inc., a provider of renal
dialysis. Mario (‘94) and Jill (Vistein) Valente
were married in October 2004 at JCU’s Saint
Francis Chapel. They both are teachers and have
made their home in Rocky River, OH. They
welcomed their first child, Vincent Rocco, in
February. ...Jennifer (Schwartz) Garcia worked at
American Greetings until June 2002, when she
married Dr. Lou Garcia and moved to Jacksonville,
FL. She worked as a product development
manager for a gift company and was able to travel
to China on several occasions! On December 7,
she gave birth to triplets: Mary, Gabrielle, and
Mateo! This summer the family relocated to
Charlottesville, VA. ... A special thank you to Tim,
Jaime and Jennifer for providing the updates.
Drop me a note - cherieskoczen@ameritech.net.
Until next time, take care. Cherie
Send your notes to:
1999
Mark J. Annichine
216-544-4832
MAnnichine@TheFinancialCenter.com
Hello again. I hope your summer has been
enjoyable and healthy. I’d really like to hear from
you, so please be sure to drop me a line. Notice
my new e-mail address and phone number. I’ve
recently started a new firm and things have been
hectic, but good so far. Also, parenthood is
treating Christie and me very well. Zachary is
coming up on nine months at the time of this
writing. ... Katherine (Kuck) Kick and her
husband, Phillip, live in Florence, MA, and have
two children, Adelaide (2) and Cameron (7 mos.) at
the time of this writing. ... Susie Ann Zkiab is a
kindergarten teacher at Holly Lane Elementary
School in Westlake, OH. She lives in Bay Village.
... Tim Howley lives in Oakland Park, FL, and
works in Fort Lauderdale as a regional director for
SWI Digital, Inc. ... Adrienne Manzo is living in
Grand Island, NY. ... Christopher Ollison is the
director of logistic services for Fast Trac Direct. He
lives in Houston, TX. ... Martha (Keffer)
Polomsky and her husband, Brian ’00, live in La
Grange, IL. Martha received her MSEd from
Northern Illinois University in 2003. They have two
children, Anne (2) and Katherine (4 mos.). ...
William Wetzel and his wife, Kara, are living in
Villa Hills, KY. In 2006, he received his Ph.D. in
chemistry from Indiana University. He is working
as an assistant professor at Thomas More College
in Crestview Hills, KY. ... Emily Berdell is living in
Oakmont, PA — home of the 2007 U.S. Open.
She is the director of events for Constructors
Association of Western PA. ... Alex and Jennifer
(Miller) Bruening reside in Winchester, VA. ...
Rita (Kingsbury) Burke and her husband, Timothy
’98, live in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, with their two
sons, Timmy (3) and Jack (2). Rita received her
MBA from Case Western Reserve in 2003. ...
Michael Chambers is slated to receive his MBA
from Cleveland State in November of this year. He
is a factory sales representative for Serta Mattress
Company. Instead of counting sheep, just call
Mike! ... That’s all I have for this time. Thanks for
sending me your updates. Feel free to send me as
much scoop as you’d like — even if it is about
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somebody else. Thanks for reading and enjoy your
autumn. Mark
2000
Send your notes to:
Lisa Foster
3795 Lowell Rd.
Cleveland Heights, OH 44121
440-339-6572
lisafoster19@gmail.com
Clare Taft
2171 Middlefield Rd.
Cleveland Heights, OH 44106
claretaft@hotmail.com
It’s been seven years since we graduated from JCU,
and the Class of 2000 has accomplished a great deal
in that short time. Our fellow classmates are
successful here and abroad, and many are building
families and careers. Here is the latest news. ...
Congratulations to Mike Scripps and Christina
Johns who were married April 21 in Allentown, PA.
Several JCU alums were in attendance. The
wedding party included Billy Hoffman ’99, Mike
DiNovo ’99, and Ben Hahlen ’01. Wedding guests
included Eric O’Dell ’99 and Gerry Scott ’99. The
couple honeymooned in San Francisco and Kauai’i
and lives in Arlington, VA. ... Congratulations are also
in order for Michelle (Nigon) Andolino and her
husband, Peter ’98, who welcomed their first child,
Gabrielle Marie Andolino, on May 24. Peter is a
dentist and Michelle works in pharmaceutical sales
for Eli Lilly and Co. They live in Philadelphia. ... Susan
Marcellus Ross and her husband, David, are back in
Ohio from Kansas. Susan finished her master’s of
education at the University of Missouri-Columbia this
past May, and on June 25th she gave birth to their
first baby, Ella Elizabeth. ... Jaime (McKay) O’Connor
’03 and her husband, Ryan ’01, live in Cincinnati with
their two children, William (3) and Erin, who arrived
in March of this year. Jaime works for Northern
Kentucky University in the school’s center for
mathematics. ... This fall Eric Meljac will attend
Indiana University of Pennsylvania as a doctoral
student in English literature and criticism. ... Michael
Stang was promoted in January to manager of the
Northeast region for Lexi-Comp Inc. ... Jon Powers
is hot on the campaign trail, planning a run for
Congress in 2008. Jon’s candidacy is for the
Congressional seat in the 26th Congressional District
of New York. Please check out Jon’s campaign web
site - www.powersforcongress.com. ... Be sure to
send us your updates if we haven’t heard from you
in a while, and feel free to include a photo and we’ll
do our best to get it in! Have fun and keep us
informed ... Clare and Lisa
2001
Send your notes to:
Maureen DeMers Fariello
257 Ironbark Court
Bolingbrook, IL 60440
jcualumni2001@yahoo.com
The light and warmth of the sun continues to
welcome us to be outside for hopefully more play
than work. Backyard parties and family picnics are
great occasions to share updates on your life’s
happenings, as is this column and the new alumni
network of JCU Connect - http://www.jcu.edu/
jcuconnect. Here is what’s happening among the
2001 Blue Streaks. ...Beth Loh happily married
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Ella, new baby of
Susan Ross ’00
Caleb James
Martines
works for Baxter Healthcare as a principal
engineer and Jenny works as a product consultant
for Allstate Insurance. ... And finally, a personal
note from me: I’m the JCU “big sister” of two
JCU “little brothers,” Matt Mallin and Eric Schild
’02. As a big sister, June 2, 2007, was a proud day
for me as I was invited to witness Eric receive the
Sacrament of Holy Orders and pledge his life to
God and God’s people. You can read more about
Eric in the 2002 column. So, to Matt and Eric, and
all those in the JCU community who have helped
Mike ’00 and
Christina Scripps me become happier and more faithful, I say thank
you most sincerely. All the best to you today and
always, Maureen
2002
Matt Vukin M.D. in June of 2007. She is Send your notes to:
completing her third year of residency in pediatrics Kristen (Muoio) McVean
9 Warrington Dr.
and will be chief resident at the University of Utah
Fairport, NY 14450
next year. Both are living in Salt Lake City, UT, and
585.259.3955
enjoying the great outdoors! ... Jimmy Martines
jcuclassof2002@gmail.com
has much good news to share, in his own words:
“My wife Samantha and I had a baby boy, Caleb
It’s been five years since graduation, can you
James, on February 16, 2007. We live in Las
believe it? I attended the JCU reunion in June and
Vegas, my home town, and I am a city attorney for
really enjoyed being on campus and catching up
the city of Henderson, NV. I also started my own
with classmates. It was a wonderful experience,
firm, The Law Office of James J. Martines, Ltd.,
and I encourage all of you to participate in our
practicing in the areas of personal injury and civil
reunions in the years to come. JCU knows how to
litigation. I am still writing fiction and poetry like
put on a party! ... Chris Grodek and his wife,
mad and soliciting my 60,000 word manuscript for
Becky, recently graduated from UW-La Crosse
publication. Recently I submitted to the
with a master’s of education - professional
Foundation for Creative Expression, Beat Museum
development. They currently reside in Manitowoc,
2007 Poetry Contest and was named Poet of the
WI, and both teach at Lincoln High School. ...
Month for May. I will have three poems published
Amanda (Jarosz) English and her husband, Brian
in a poetry anthology from The Beat Museum
’00, had their first baby, Joy, on May 11. The
Press that will be available mid 2008 and have been
happy family is living in Streetsboro, OH. Mandy is
nominated for Poet of the Year by the Foundation
an accounting instructor at JCU and Brian works
for Creative Expression. The poem for which I was
as the director of accounting and internal control
named Poet of the Month for May is presently
at RTI Intl. ... Rev. Eric Schild received the
published online - www.thebeatmuseum.org.” ...
Sacrament of Holy Orders on June 2, 2007, from
Sam Calabrese lives in North Olmsted and works
The Most Reverend Leonard P. Blair at Our Lady,
as an IT manager software engineer for Kurtz
Bros. Inc. in Independence. ... Brian Hunley lives Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral in
Toledo, OH. Fr. Eric also earned his Master of
in Parma with his wife, Lisa. Brian works for
Divinity degree in June from the St. Meinrad
Marsh USA, Inc., where he was recently named
School of Theology in Indiana. Fr. Eric will serve
vice president. ... Jenni (McGregor) Haag was
the Diocese of Toledo, and his first assignment is
promoted from children’s librarian to children’s
services supervisor at the Garfield Heights branch as the associate pastor at St. Wendelin Parish in
of the Cuyahoga County Public Library in June Fostoria, OH. On June 3, Fr. Eric celebrated his
first Mass of Thanksgiving at his home parish of
2007. Jenni and her husband, Chris, live in
St. Paul in Norwalk, OH, with twenty-some priests
Middleburg Heights. ... Michael Hill is a clinical
and a church full of family and friends sharing in
sales representative for Nanosphere, a molecular
the celebration. JCU friends in attendance for the
diagnostic company specializing in genetic-based
ordination and/or Fr. Eric’s Mass of Thanksgiving
clinical testing; Michael currently represents the
were Andrew ’03 and Anna ’03 (Gambone)
West Coast and lives in Newport Beach, CA. ...
Skinner, Jill Sberna, Pat Rombalski, Heidi Razavi,
Jenny (Doubrava) Solomon relocated to the
Pete Range ’04, Greg Nichols, Margaret Finucane
Chicago area, where her husband, Alan, now
’80, and Maureen (DeMers) Fariello ’01. Fr. Eric

can be contacted at frschild@gmail.com or Rev.
Eric Schild St. Wendelin Parish P.O. Box 836
Fostoria, OH, 44830. ... Keep the updates coming!
Kristen
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2003
Send your notes to:
Theresa (Jurak) Polachek
4844 Westbourne Rd.
Lyndhurst, OH 44124
jcu2003@hotmail.com
Some people think football is a matter of life and
death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than
that. – Bill Shankly ... Hope everyone had a great
summer! I know mine is going fast, but it’s been
enjoyable! Several people e-mailed news, so
here’s what’s new: Treye Johnson sent an e-mail
to say that he recently received his master’s in
sport administration from the University of
L to R: Andrew Skinner ’03, Anna (Gambone)
Skinner ’03, Greg Nichols ’02, Rev. Eric Schild
’02, Maureen (DeMers) Fariello ’01
Louisville and recently became engaged to Tara
Michalski ’05. They are planning a July 2008
wedding. ... Brian Luc wrote that he and Liz
(Dean) married in Cleveland last July and are now
living in Charlotte, NC. Liz is a first grade teacher
at Indian Trail Elementary and Brian works for LPL
Financial in downtown Charlotte. ... Nick Detore
married Michele (Carney) ’99 this summer and
they live in Stow. ... Christa Adams sent the
following note about what’s going on with her and
husband, Timothy Wintour ’06G. “Tim and I met
while attending JCU for graduate school. I
received my master’s degree in religious studies in
2003, and Tim completed his history master’s in
2006. We were married in July 2005. Recently,
Tim and I were both admitted to doctoral programs
at Kent State University and the University of
Akron, respectively. We will both be pursuing our
Ph.D. in history. We are both grateful for and
nostalgic about our time spent at JCU — we
received a great education and were fortunate
enough to find one another at the same time!” ...
John Hetzel and his wife, Beth (Cosko), are also
in Charlotte. He’s working as a senior analyst,
systems administrator for Bank of America. ... Eric
Bryda received his M.A. in Economics from
George Mason University and is employed as an
economist by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. ...
Joseph Triscaro earned a J.D. from Cleveland-
Marshall and worked for Alliance Financial Group
out of Fort Myers Florida. ... Sarah Gallagher,
after completing an advanced degree at the
University of Rochester, is working at Thompson
Hospital in Canandaigua, NY. ... Melissa (Kuehl)
Lacey wrote to say that she recently completed
the Bachelor’s Plus Program at Ashland University
and earned her Integrated Vocational Business
Teaching License for grades 4-12 in the State of
Ohio. She’s currently looking for a full-time
teaching position and has been a substitute for the
past three years. She and her husband,
Christopher, live in Willard, OH. ... Amanda
Marfise is in Chicago. ... Megan (Toolis) Shiga
finished a D.D.S. at Ohio State on June 10, 2007,
is back in University Heights and she married John
’01 on April 14. ... Br. Anthony J. Marshall has
moved to the Ss. Peter & Paul Rectory in Chicago.
... Brody Day is living in Cleveland. ... Neelam Gill
is in Macedonia and is working as a specialist at
Ben Venue Laboratories. ... That’s it for now! Enjoy
the rest of the summer and football season this
fall. Take care, Theresa
2004
Send your notes to:
Paul Clapp
1681 Rush Rd.
Wickliffe, OH 44092
216.276.3821
pclapp@jcu.edu
Thanks to everyone who has sent in pictures and
updates the last few issues. This is the first column in
a while where I didn’t exceed my allotted space. It’s
great to hear about our class doing all these exciting
things. We’ve got a lot of “movers and shakers.” ...
Sean Mooney and Amanda (Karpus) ’02 had a baby
boy, Ryan Joseph, on February 14. Sean is enjoying
his career as a search consultant in the civil,
environmental and health and safety fields with
Devore Family & Associates (SearchPath International
affiliate) in the Cleveland area. ... Danielle (Saksa)
Holman is working as a social work liaison at the
Cleveland Clinic. ... Jacqueline Szymanski is now
with Whole Health Management as a billing analyst. ...
Kelly Zimmerman has finished her M.A. in education
administration at Carroll and is a third grade teacher at
Kirtland Elementary School. ... Congrats goes out to
L to R: Katie Lentz, Amanda Leonberg, Mark Neimeister, Jessica Dorin, Amanda Cirillo, Emma
(Ghannoum) Ferek, Maureen Joyce, Marty Kobsik, Lauren (Smith) Setter and Craig Setter, Steve
Cieslinski, Ali Smouse, Jennifer Tolhurst and Megan Mahany, all 2005.
AlumniJournal
Alicia Grady who got engaged this past Christmas
and plans to get married August 29, 2008. ... Michelle
Kate Weber was accepted into the Graduate
Theological Union in Berkeley as a Ph.D. student for
their program in liturgical studies. She’ll start this fall.
She’s also excited about being a first-time aunt: her
nephew was born in July. ... Maya Edwards is living/
working in Seville, Spain, where she is one of the
study abroad coordinators at the Texas Tech Seville
Center. Her parents just returned from a two week
visit to Seville where they were able to join the
students on several excursions. Maya is enjoying her
time there and has turned into quite the Spanish
historian. ... That’s it for now. A little lighter than
normal, but hopefully next issue will be back to being
full. Paul
2005
Send your notes to:
Jennifer Tolhurst
jtolhurst04@jcu.edu
Hi everyone. I got to see a few people from our class
at Lauren Smith’s wedding on July 28. She married
Craig Setter, and sadly for their friends in Cleveland,
they’ve decided to live in Lauren’s hometown of
Pittsburgh. Traitors. Anyway, a few updates: Kathleen
Cooke is living in Fort Myers and working at Chico’s
FAS as an E-Marketing consultant. ... Meredith Block
is working on her master’s in education at JCU, and is
set to graduate in 2008. ... Jessica Hackman is also
getting her master’s in education, at Loyola University
Chicago. ... Katie Lentz has decided to abandon her
friends in Cleveland and move to Chicago too. She’ll
be transferring to the Chicago office of Ernst & Young,
and I hear she welcomes visitors to her fabulous new
apartment in the city. ... Taryn Wadsworth-
Tomaszewski married Max on August 26, 2006 and
this past March they moved to Chicago too (I’m
starting to see a pattern here). For any class of ’05ers
still in Cleveland, write and tell me what you’ve been
up to. Can’t wait to hear! Jennifer
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2006 continuing at JCU in the graduate school pursuing Pittsburgh in AE Direct (online.) She is busy doing
Send your notes to:
a master’s of education in middle childhood men’s merchandising there, while at the same
Christine Bohn
language arts and social studies with the school time looking for a place to live. Michelle Dunphy
440.668.8210
based program. ... As for us, I, Christine Bohn, is working at Great Lakes Publishing for Inside
Cbohn06@jcu.edu
am still in Cleveland and working for STERIS as a Business Magazine as a marketing assistant.
chemist and this past year I, Roberta Muoio, David Catalano is working in Beachwood at
Roberta Muoio
have been volunteering for the service program, Penske Logistics. ... As for graduate school news,
4216 N. Paulina Ave.
Amate House, in Chicago. Now I’ve moved to there are quite a few people from our class
Chicago, IL 60613
Chicago to work for the program. We would love working towards becoming doctors. Nate Franley
330.284.7722
to hear what you are up to. Please contact us with is off to the University of Toledo College of
rmuoio06@jcu.edu
any updates. Christine and Roberta Medicine for a four-year MD program. Megan
A year out of JCU and the class of ’06 is Beatty ’06 will be attending The Ohio State
continuing on their way to great careers and lives. University’s College of Dentistry for the next four

Bryan Kunsman is working for Cohen & Co. Ltd in
the tax department as a staff accountant. He is
also obtaining his master’s of accountancy with a
tax focus from Cleveland State University. ... Skip
Kawalek, a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, is
serving as a platoon leader. He will be deployed to
the Middle East in August. Currently, Skip is
stationed at Fort Eustis, VA. Skip, we will keep you
in our thoughts and prayers along with all those
serving in the military. ... Greg Hoener, former
Carroll News writer, is pursuing a writing career as
senior writer for Forest City Enterprises. ...
Beginning in August Amy Allega will be an intern
at South Euclid-Lyndhurst Schools, while
2007
Send your notes to:
Lisa Iafelice
liafelice07@jcu.edu
Brittany Bush
bbush07@jcu.edu
As of the day this column is due, it has been
exactly two months since we graduated. The time
has definitely gone by very quickly! We have
gotten a lot of wonderful news from people, so
keep sending us your new information so
everyone can keep in touch! ... Megan Kimmich
is working at American Eagle Outfitters in
years. Also attending OSU are Jenny Sopkovich
and Alena Neton ’06, who will be going there for
medical school. Krista Corabi will be attending
law school at Duquesne. The person with what is
almost certainly the most interesting new school
is Kelly Kookoothe. Kelly will be attending the
Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in the fall.
... As for us, Brittany Bush recently started as a
project coordinator for SearchPath International in
downtown Cleveland, and Lisa Iafelice is the
circulation director for Northern Ohio Live
magazine, located in Little Italy in Cleveland.
Hopefully we get a lot more great news for the
next issue. Good luck to everyone with their new
activities! Brittany and Lisa

Homecoming
2007
Homecoming 2007 Schedule of Events
Tuesday, September 25
Women’s Volleyball
JCU vs. Case Western 7 p.m. DeCarlo Varsity
Center
Thursday, September 27
Comedian Bob Saget 8 p.m. Kulas Auditorium
Jake’s After Jokes 10 p.m. Jake’s, Fairmount Circle

Friday, September 28
Hall of Fame
Revisit your days at JCU during Homecoming Induction and Dinner 6 p.m. Windows on the River
Saturday, September 29
Weekend, September 27-28. Come back to Women’s Alumni Soccer Game 10 a.m. Don Shula Stadium
campus to see old friends and classmates and Carrollfest Street Fair noon - 2 p.m. South Belvoir Blvd.
Men’s Varsity Football Game
enjoy events with the John Carroll community. JCU vs. Baldwin-Wallace 2 p.m. Don Shula Stadium
Victory Party Post-game Alumni Hospitality Tent
Women’s Soccer
JCU vs. Ohio Northern 7 p.m.
Sunday, September 30
Homecoming Alumni
Mass and 10 a.m. Saint Francis Chapel
Breakfast 11 a.m. Schott Dining Hall

For more information, please contact the Alumni Office or

visit www.jcu.edu/alumni.

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John Rath ’32, priest of the

Moment of
Cleveland, Youngstown dioceses Remembrance
Father John C. Rath, a Cleveland native who “During his “retirement” he returned to Classes of 1942
served in several parishes in the Cleveland
and the Youngstown dioceses, died June
the Cleveland area, and continued to help
out in many parishes on the West Side of
and 1947
30 at the Regina Health Center. He was 96. the city. Bishop Edward Pevec said, ‘Though At the Moment of Remembrance during
Reunion Weekend we remembered the
A funeral Mass was celebrated July 5 at St. he was a man of few words, and sometimes
deceased alums from the Reunion Classes of
Stephen Church, Cleveland. seemed a little gruff around the edges, he 1952-2002. We want to take this opportunity
Born in 1910 in Cleveland, Fr. Rath was truly lived his priestly calling.’” to remember the alums that have passed on
since their last Reunion from the classes of
educated at St. Stephen School, St. Ignatius
1942 and 1947. May they rest in peace.
High School, John Carroll and St. Mary
Seminary. He was ordained to the priesthood 1942
in 1936. He was the oldest living priest in the Anthony Alexander William Jacoby
Youngstown Diocese. Robert Bambrick Robert Keefe
Robert Devlin Edward Manofsky
Fr. Rath’s first assignment was as an assis-
William Driscoll Charles McCarthy
tant at two Cleveland parishes before being Bertrand Gesing Andrew Mulwick
transferred to St. Joseph Church in Canton. Matthew Herttna Eugene O’Grady
When the Youngstown Diocese was estab- Francis Hughes
lished in 1943, encompassing St. Joseph’s,
Fr. Rath became a priest of that diocese,
1947
Thomas Conry Carroll La Vielle
where he served several parishes, including William Dempsey James Nousek
Our Lady of Peace Church, Canton, until Paul Downs Vincent Reichert
Richard Golrick William Samartini
1975.After his retirement, Fr. Rath returned
Robert Kline James Tafelski
to the Cleveland Diocese where he provided Frederick Krizman
weekend assistance to several parishes.
Fr. David Misbrenner wrote after Fr. Rath’s
death, saying: His nickname was “the Rath CORRECTIONS
of God.” When he was appointed to one of Corrections from our last issue,
his parishes, he was quoted as saying “You Vol. 11, Issue 2:
wanted a man of action; here I am.” All the
We omitted mention of Lucien
parishioners could see was a little bald head
Aube’s daughter Yvonne as a survi-
peeking over the pulpit. vor of the retired French professor.

We omitted mention of Fenton

Moore’s daughter Kimberly from

IN MEMORIAM
the obituary of the Biology profes-
sor.

In the How to build a better mouse-

C. M. Scudiere ’31 6/20/07 John P. Cregan ’60 6/24/07 trap story, we failed to mention the
Rev. John C. Rath ’32 6/30/07 William K. McCarter ’60 7/28/07 existence of Ken Boehnlein’s busi-
Kenneth R. McCarthy ’36 7/27/07 Most Rev. Cecil De Sa ’62G 10/27/06 ness partner, Brenda Novak, who
Bernard M. Sallot ’39 6/5/07 Norbert W. Bonfield ’64 7/28/07 invented the device Ken is involved
Rev. Paul J. Clines ’41 5/31/07 Robert M. Didrick ’65G 7/14/07 in marketing; we also suggested
Anthny A. Nicolay ’43 4/8/07 Ted J. Lesiak ’68 6/26/07 that there is a metal plate in the
Donald R. Dockry ’44 6/15/07 C. John Weber III ’68 6/30/07 middle of Good Vibrations, Inc’s
John A. Norris ’44 5/29/07 Stuart Joel Marcus ’69 7/28/07 anti-vibrational rubber device-there
John F. Clair ’45 5/5/07 James S. Koch ’70 5/18/07 is not; we misspoke in suggesting
Thomas E. McCann ’48 6/18/07 Aramenta B. Kirkpatrick ’81 1/19/05 the pad would fit under a dish-
Earl M. Cunningham, Jr. ’50 8/10/07 James R. Pfeil ’82 6/24/07 washer, and in saying the price of
Gene R. Parrino ’50 9/24/06 Karen J. Schipke ’85 6/4/07 the item had been increased.
William T. L’Estrange ’52 6/13/07 Raymond Neary ’91 6/29/07
Cleve W. Patton ’52 7/16/07 Christopher Butler ’97G 6/13/07 Finally, we cited the late Fr. Joseph
Augustine Caliguire ’53 7/2/07 Zandra-Noemi Dragish ’97 7/05/07 Owens’ age as 81, when it fact it
was 91 at the time of the former
This is the deceased list as we know it. We apologize for any omission and ask education professor’s death.
that you please notify Joan Brosius 216.397.4332. SUMMER 2007 JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY 63

The Labre Project:
friendship with the homeless
Until you go out with us on a Friday
night to be with the homeless, as Fr. Bob
Niehoff and nearly 500 others have, it’s
very hard to understand the simple magic
that can exist in “hanging out” with men,
and women who are living outdoors or
are otherwise “homeless.” As Bryan Mauk
points out on the next page, once you
stop moving (usually pretty fast) past the
homeless and settle in and spend a little
time, they stop being “the homeless,” and
start being John, Jean, Rusty: people whose
names we know and who know ours.
In the fall of 2004, eight JCU students
went out in a van, and a little tentatively
handed out sandwiches and engaged in
some “getting to know you” talk with
about 30 homeless people. Almost three
years later, we send out two vans holding
something like 20 students (most weeks
there is a waiting list), and we pass out
food, sometimes things like blankets or
socks, and – more importantly – we visit
with about 120 people whose daily lives
are very challenging.
The “visiting” used to be a little
awkward, and sometimes may still be for
a bit if we’re trying to strike a connection
with someone we haven’t met before. But,
64 JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY SUMMER 2007
MyTurn
By Patrick Prosser, Director of Financial Aid
the homeless are a community, and the
word is out that we’re okay, that we want
to “be nice,” which most of our friends are
not very used to and which we think is a
pretty Christian way to be.
The story on the next page about
Bryan mentions that for him it became
a matter of not serving, but of enjoying
friendship. Again, if you haven’t done
something like Labre does, understanding
may be a bit hard to achieve. If you have
to make generalizations about homeless
people there are kernels of truth in many
of the common generalizations. There is
also rich and memorable humanity in so
many we have gotten to know. Yes, they
have “issues,” but so do we. These people
with whom we visit respond wonderfully
well to even the hint of unconditional
acceptance... sometimes it is love, and I
think most of us do also.
I am moved by my experience with
the homeless. I am equally moved by my
experience of the John Carroll students
opening their hearts to being with our
friends in the homeless category (Some
are long-term residents of shelters, some
now live in apartments). I feel privileged
to be part of what has become a powerful
Rev. Robert L. Niehoff
(left) and friends.
phenomenon at John Carroll . We have
had lots of coverage in the media, though
that isn’t important except insofar as it
draws other people to walk with us.
John Carroll’s Labre is the biggest
homeless outreach program in Greater
Cleveland. We are very much “at the
table” with the area leaders who are trying
to deal constructively and compassionate-
ly with the homeless phenomenon. Labre
has established partnerships with area
churches and social agencies. We now
work with the Department of Education
and Allied Studies to provide tutoring
for our friends, and we are close to an ar-
rangement that will allow us to participate
in spiritual retreats with the homeless at
the Jesuit Retreat House (JRH) in Parma
– an exciting program in place at JRH for
over a year.
I think the biggest thing we do,
though, is to provide our students and
those who are homeless with an authentic
and caring human relationship. We of La-
bre try hard to focus on what we do and to
not congratulate ourselves for the gift we
have been given of being in relationships
with some people who are very much in
need of warm human connection. We are
aware of the Gospel, though, and aware
that there is a long, rich and wonderful
tradition of doing what we try to do.
We have had alumni traveling with us
on our Friday night expeditions. We would
love to have more alumni in our ranks. We
also are in need of donations to buy the
food, clothing, and toiletries we distribute.
If you want to join us, e-mail Bryan at
BMauk08@jcu.edu. He will also get back to
you and tell you where to send donations.
There is magic to the work of Labre,
and that is no longer a secret.
Pat Prosser is the university’s director of
financial aid and the long-time staff advisor to
the Labre Project.
The Labre Project’s
Bryan Mauk ’08 and the homeless
A couple of things to know about Bryan
Mauk. He recently won two pretty big
awards for his leadership in service to
the homeless. Bryan, 21, is a force in the
Labre Project, which began at Cleveland’s
St. Ignatius High, and has become an
important part of John Carroll. That’s
two facts, but it’s not what you should
really know. What you should really
know is that, from the outside, what Bryan
has been doing for about six years now
– high school, college – has been service.
However, while you can’t get inside to
know definitively, it sure seems that what
the thin, easy senior has been doing would
be better termed human relationships,
though that sounds highfalutin.
The difference between service and
relationships can be subtle. You can serve
appropriately while being emotionally
removed from heart-centered caring for
the person served. Service is wonderful
whether or not one’s heart actively
touches another’s. The thing about Bryan,
is that what he does seems to be more
about ... love than service.
PROFILE
Bryan says: “There are a lot of the
homeless that I can honestly say I love
– they have become family.” John, Amy
and Chuck, for example, who call every
Friday from Cincinnati, where they
have work and a place to stay. Or, John,
Bryan’s first homeless friend. John lived
in a cardboard box that was intentionally
burned, causing burns on 60% of his body.
John and Bryan are close.
When Bryan relates that Jean, whom
he characterizes as having lived alone by
a railroad track for years, has found an
apartment, Mauk interrupts his account
to slip in a high-pitched Whee!. The glee
feels totally, boyishly real. That glee,
heralding warm friendship, is what is so
striking about Bryan.
He says that when he met Jean about
five years ago, she took offered food
without disturbing her silence. After
“years,” there was tentative conversation.
Now, there is laughter, play and two-way
street friendship.
Mauk says: “My best happiness of the
month was Jean getting her apartment. That
was a bigger phone call than when I got the
Swearer Award. There is a huge community
of people happy about Jean. It’s great to see
the way she has been transformed.”
Life changed for Bryan when he was
four and his dad suffered a brain tumor.
It proved benign, but it was large and the
convalescence took a couple years. The
event changed the family. Bryan spent ages
four to six at home with his dad while the
elder Mauks “found their spiritual center
and their core. It woke them up and is
the reason they became big on family
vacations.” The concept of “God’s plan”
S T U D
became real and a context was created in
which Bryan grew to be who he is.
Teachers Tim O’Grady and Jim Skerl
affected Bryan deeply at Ignatius – “I was
lit up by those guys,” and the school’s Labre
program was a revelation. Bryan said he used
to be shy, but you can’t be shy when you’re
trying to connect with people living on the
street, so he got over it. Skerl encouraged
Mauk to look at each of the homeless as
“someone’s little boy or girl,” and he does
– “everybody needs unconditional love and
respect, or just to be talked to.”
What Bryan is about, really, is taking
“love your neighbor” real far. He’s a regular
young guy who, when we talked, was next
off to Florida, where he would work on
his uncle’s condo and rack up beach time.
But he says it’s a good bet the homeless
will be his life, “If I feel God wants me
to do something else...” He will. He talks
about “spiritual detachment,” and the
snares of human ego, and how he’s willing
to be, with the Swearer and Ping awards
for his Labre work, the poster boy for the
group, “I’m not big on recognition, but I
think it is important for Labre to be in the
mainstream of John Carroll’s life.”
Sometime the suffering he sees drains
Bryan, and “my parents are there to lift me
up again.” He understands the baggage most
homeless carry. He understands “the B.S.”
they and he and us protect ourselves with.
He was stricken when he encountered the
80-year-old grandmother who was dropped
off on Cleveland’s Public Square by her
family. “There are,” he says “lots of highs
and lows. You see a lot of suffering.”
He also says, “There is a lot of joy,”
and fun and relationships and love.
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