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Staying Connected: Bill ’72 and Maureen ’75 Bay 8

Charitable Gift Annuities at Monmouth 12

Reality TV 14

Going to the Dogs...and Loving It 26

New Jersey’s Franklin Murphy: The Billy Yank Governer 30

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On Campus 2Alumni News 34

Class Notes 36

VOL. XXII, NO. 2 SPRING 2002

Rebecca StaffordPresident

Dennis C. MacroVice President for

Institutional Advancement

Marilynn W. PerryDirector of Alumni Affairs

Catherine L. PadillaEditor

Lisa Marino-DeLuciaKristina Ientile

Frank Di Rocco, Jr.Denielle Starr ’02Georgina West

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NEW DIRECTOR OF CONFERENCE AND PROGRAM SERVICES

Marsha Peles ofSomerset, is thenew director of

conference and programservices. Peles brings morethan eight years of eventplanning and communityrelations experience toMonmouth University. Asdirector, she will marketthe University’s servicesand facilities for use bycommunity organizationsand businesses for the pur-pose of workshops, meet-ings, conferences and youthsummer camps.

Prior to joining Monmouth University, Peles served as direc-tor of special events at NJN Public Television in Trenton, NewJersey. While there she received national recognition as the 2001PBS Award for Excellence winner in Special Fundraising Eventsfor her planning of NJN’s annual gala. Before working for NJN,she was director of public relations and marketing at a healthcarefacility in Middlesex County, New Jersey.

Peles is a past board member of the Chamber of Commerce ofOld Bridge, Sayreville and South Amboy and a volunteer mem-ber of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Ocean County. She earned abachelor’s of arts in liberal studies from the Richard StocktonCollege of New Jersey and is pursuing her master’s of businessadministration at Monmouth University.

SENATOR JOHN BENNETT AND ASSEMBLYMAN LOUIS GREENWALD AT MONMOUTH

Senator John Bennett was honored at a reception on 2/26 as MU’s first Public

Servant in Residence in the Political Science Department. From L to R: Saliba

Sarsar, Tom Pearson, Rebecca Stafford, Senator Bennett, Rekha Datta

From L to R: Yesemia Sarabia-Peiker ’02 (also Sen. Bennett’s Director of

Communication), Senator Bennett, Dana Pfeuffer ’01

From L to R: President Stafford, Assemblyman Louis Greenwald and Trustee

Alfred Schiavetti duing the assemblyman’s tour of campus

Assemblyman Louis greenwald (6th District) holds an MU sweatshirt with

SGA president Lauren Csentari during a tour of the campus on 2/27/02.

Be inspirational on a daily basis.

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NEW SENIOR DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

Lucille Flynn of Howell Township has been named a newsenior development officer in the Division of InstitutionalAdvancement. Flynn has more than 12 years of fundrais-

ing experience. She will be responsible for developing activitiesthat enable the University to generate capital funds.

Prior to joining Monmouth University, Flynn was director ofdevelopment at Ramapo College where she served for nine years.Before working at Ramapo, Flynn was director of annual givingand alumni affairs at the College of Insurance in New York. Sheis a graduate of Seton Hall University where she earned a BS ineducation and English.

ASSOCIATE VICE PRES. FOR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

Dr. Arlene O’Leary ofWayside, is the new asso-ciate vice president for

Instructional Technology Services.Dr. O’Leary brings more than 25years of experience in collaboratingwith faculty and staff to MonmouthUniversity. She will help to developstrategies and practices in the use ofinstructional technology resources.

Prior to joining MonmouthUniversity, Dr. O’Leary served as

dean of the School of Information Technology at HarcourtLearning Direct in Boston, Massachusetts.

Before working at Harcourt Learning Direct, Dr. O’Learyserved as associate dean for Distance Learning and MediaServices at William Rainey Harper College in Illinois and priorto that was director of professional development/user ser-vices/instructional resources at Dowling College in New York.

Dr. O’Leary is a member of the American Association ofCurriculum and Development, the Society of Training andDevelopment and the American Association of Higher Education.

Dr. O’Leary earned a doctorate of education in administra-tion and policy studies from Hofstra University and a master’sof science in social studies from Queens College.

CHARITY DANCE MARATHON

Monmouth University hosted an eight-hour dancemarathon on April 6. Proceeds from the event bene-fited the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

to help fund research for children living with HIV/AIDS. Eric Nies from MTV’s “The Real World: New York” served

as the host. Kelley Scott from “The Real World: NewOrleans”also made an appearance. The dance marathon began atfour PM and ended at midnight. The evening was filled withmusic and dancing, food, carnival games and much more


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Nursing Education, and Forensic Nursing

Post-Master’s Certificates in Adult Nurse Practitioner, Family

Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Administrator, and Nursing Education

Graduate Certificates in School Nursing,

Substance Awareness Coordinator, and Forensic Nursing

MONMOUTH VOLUNTEERS LEND A HAND AT “THE BIG EVENT”

More than 130 Monmouth University studentsand administrators volunteered their time andeffort during “The Big Event,” a one-day service

project designed to give back to the local community, onSaturday, March 23.

The Big Event was sponsored by MonmouthUniversity’s Student Government Association (SGA).According to SGA president, Lauren Csenteri, studentschose to take part in The Big Event as a way to give backto the local community and express their gratitude.

Monmouth University volunteers worked at over adozen different locations in surrounding towns. At theWest Long Branch Board of Education, University presi-dent, Rebecca Stafford, her cabinet members and severalstudents planted flowers, cleared brush and stained fencesat the reading garden. The Long Branch Police dispatchedstudents to different areas to remove trash along Broadway.Students repainted murals at several Long Branch elemen-tary schools. All of the volunteers met to remove debrisalong the beaches of Long Branch near the end of the day.

Csenteri was very pleased with the results and the waythat her fellow students interacted with members of thecommunity. She believes that The Big Event will become anannual tradition that will be carried on for years to come.

The Big Event began in 1982 when six students atTexas A&M University joined together to clean a localcemetery as a way to thank the Bryan/College Station com-munity for all of its years of support to the students. Sincethen, it has evolved into the largest single-day, student-run, service project in the nation. At last count 24 othercolleges and universities across the United States havetaken part in the project, with most of these schools usingthe same name.

NEW WEBSITE RECEIVES AWARDS

Monmouth University was chosen to receive two awards forits new website from the Council for Advancement andSupport of Education® (CASE). CASE is the professional

organization for advancement professionals who work in alumni rela-tions, communications and development.

Monmouth University’s website (located at www.monmouth.edu)offers a variety of user-friendly, interactive features not often found inother higher-education websites. Users can take advantage of theinformation and communication capabilities of the site, including anonline application, real-time application status, electronic postcardsand online giving opportunities. Prospective students and alumnihave the ability to “personalize” their experience so that theUniversity can provide current information based on their interests.

Monmouth University was chosen to receive a bronze medal forits entire website based on its depth, “very well thought-out naviga-tion” and “distinctive look.” It was also selected because of its abilityto fit current news and numerous links into its home page while stillmanaging to have a “lot of breathing room and subtle design.”

The University received a silver medal for its alumni portion ofthe website. The judges appreciated the delicate design and ease ofnavigability and were even more impressed with its visual aspectssuch as pictures of the campus and a searchable photo gallery.

Monmouth University’s website underwent a redesign last fallunder the direction of Miriam King, vice president for EnrollmentManagement. Designed in partnership with LiquidMatrix of Buffalo,New York, Monmouth University’s website is specifically designedwith special audiences in mind, such as prospective and current stu-dents, alumni, parents and the local community, as well as friends ofthe University.

The awards are part of CASE’s district II annual Accolades AwardsProgram for Alumni Relations, Communications and Philanthropy.They were presented during its district II annual conference, heldFebruary 9 to 12 at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Canada.SCHOLARSHIP BALL KICK-OFF PARTY

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MASTER’S DEGREE IN FORENSIC NURSING…FIRST IN STATE

Monmouth University will begin offering a master’sof science in nursing (MSN) with a concentrationin forensic nursing and a graduate certificate in

forensic nursing in fall 2002. Monmouth University willbecome the first institution in New Jersey and one of a veryfew others in the world to offer this concentration.

Forensic nursing is an emerging field where healthcareproviders work with law enforcement officials to applynursing science to public and legal proceedings. Theselicensed, registered nurses provide direct services to indi-viduals and consultation to healthcare and law-relatedagencies. They investigate and treat victims and perpetra-tors of abuse, violence, criminal activity, sexual assault andtraumatic events. This can include identifying injuries andtheir causes, collecting evidence, documenting findings,teaching risk reduction strategies, referring for appropriatefollow-up and testifying in court.

Monmouth University’s forensic nursing programincludes the study of interpersonal violence, forensic evi-dence, nursing ethics and legal issues. The program will prepare graduates to work in a variety of areas includingchild/elder abuse assessment and evaluation; domestic vio-lence intervention; sexual assault examination; mass disasterresponse and death investigation.

The MSN in forensic nursing is being offered through theUniversity’s Marjorie K. Unterberg School of Nursing andHealth Studies, which is accredited by the Commission onCollegiate Nursing Education. The program was developedby Sharon Stark, assistant professor at Monmouth Universityand Eileen Allen, coordinator of the sexual assault nurseexaminer (SANE) program for Monmouth County. Ms. Allenis currently pursuing her MSN at Monmouth University.

The emergence of forensic nursing in New Jersey is anoutgrowth of a 1996 legislative mandate led byAssemblyman Joseph Azzolina (District 13), which estab-lished a SANE program in the Monmouth County

Prosecutor’s Office. The program utilized specially trained,registered nurses who provided care to and collected foren-sic evidence from victims of sexual assault. Strongly supported by Monmouth County Prosecutor John Kaye, itwas permanently instituted in cooperation with theWomen’s Center of Monmouth County, under the directionof the New Jersey State Attorney General’s Office ofVictim/Witness Advocacy. Other counties followed theMonmouth County model and in 2001, new legislation byAssemblyman Azzolina was passed that established a sexu-al assault nurse examiner program in every CountyProsecutor’s Office in the State.

The forensic nursing concentration is part of MonmouthUniversity’s ongoing effort to increase and contribute to thehealthcare profession in Monmouth County and the sur-rounding areas. According to Stark, there is a serious need fornurses and nurse educators and as a result, MonmouthUniversity’s MSN is one of its fastest-growing programs.After polling her students, she found that there was a definiteinterest in a forensic nursing concentration and she workedwith Allen to develop a curriculum that would best preparegraduates for careers in the field.

The Monmouth University MSN program is designed toprepare nurses through advanced professional learning andactivity in the following areas: adult nurse practitioner, fami-ly nurse practitioner, nurse administrator and school nurse.Starting in fall 2002 Monmouth University will add nurseeducator and school nurse programs. These programs aredesigned to develop expertise in a defined body of knowledgearrived at through the study of scientific research and clinicalpractice in a selected area. MSN students are provided withopportunities to work in primary care or relevant settings tointeract with people in their environment through indepen-dent nursing assessment, diagnosis and treatment or referralto another practitioner when necessary.



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Is your career ready?TOLERANCE LIBRARY TO BE ESTABLISHED

Alibrary of tolerance-related books will be established forthe Partners in Learning (PAL) mentoring program atMonmouth University. The library is the result of a lead

donation from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company based in NewYork City, with additional support from WindMill GourmetFast Foods and C & M Auto Repairs of Long Branch.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Facilities and Engineering Group,based in Hopewell, New Jersey, provided the Power ofStorytelling Project with a $300 donation, which was givento the PAL after school program. The donation from the BMSFacilities & Engineering Group was matched by their parentcompany, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, for a total of $600.

The PAL afterschool program is held weekly at MonmouthUniversity. The goal of the program is to provide one-to-onefriendship and support, as well as academic help, between aMonmouth University student and children between the ages7 and 16 from local communities.

The Power of Storytelling is more than just reading tochildren. It entails acting out stories and is often followed byinteractive demonstrations of what lessons the youngstershave learned. Young students may draw pictures representinga part of the story that made a particular impact on them ordiscuss what they learned or felt in general about the story.The children are also encouraged to share stories and experi-ences of their own that represent examples of tolerance andrespect for diversity.

Part of the goal for this storytelling project is to utilizestorytelling as the vehicle for the development of diversemulticultural and multidimensional learning activities inorder to promote tolerance and the inherent value of diversi-ty in our community as well as among the students.

Professors Kim Cuny and Claire Johnson of theCommunication Department at Monmouth University spear-headed the program. It is part of the larger initiativeCommunication Common Ground, a cooperative effortbetween the National Communication Association, theSouthern Poverty Law Center, Campus Compact, and theAmerican Association for Higher Education.

IN MEMORIAMThe campus community mourns the loss of:

C. "Walt" Withey died on January 12, 2002 in Vermont just two weeks shy ofhis 98th birthday. Formerly of Oceanport, he was born in New York City andwas married for sixty years to Mary Withey, who predeceased him in 1987.He had a full and active life and career, culminating as Vice President ofBusiness Affairs at Monmouth University. His pioneering efforts on campus wererecognized by the dedication of the Withey Chapel and C. Walt Withey Hall.

Patricia A. McCluskey ’88 died on February 15, 2002. McCluskey served asan office coordinator at Monmouth University for eight years before retir-ing a week before her death. She was a freelance writer for The Monitorand the Asbury Park Press. She received a BA in English, graduating summacum laude in 1988. She was a member of Star of the Sea Roman CatholicChurch where she was a lector and an extraordinary minister.

“Each year we take trips with friends,sometimes friends from Monmouth,”says Bill. “Sometimes, the innkeepersdon’t look exactly pleased when we allpull up on motorcycles. Apparentlythey think we’re the rowdy type.” He

thinks about that for a moment andadds, “Well, we were a little rowdy inthe early years.”

After realizing communicating on theback of a motorcycle was nearly impossible,Maureen decided she needed her own bike.The love grew and now the couple ownsfour, including a limited edition which Billbought Maureen for her birthday.

The couple met as students atMonmouth during the seventies. Whileshopping at the Monmouth Mall,Maureen and her roommate met a manwho later began dating Maureen’s room-mate and insisted on fixing Maureen upwith his friend.

Maureen Bay ’75, owns Gem of An IdeaJewelery Store in Fair Haven. An art majorat Monmouth, she took some jewelrydesign courses as an undergraduate andbegan the business in her basement. Shecontinued her education at the GemologicalInstitute of America where she graduated asa certified gemologist. Her store featuresmany of her own designs.

Originally a student at the MassachusettsCollege of Art, Maureen came to New Jerseywhen her parents relocated to the area. Afterapplying to several schools, Maureenchose Monmouth. “I wanted to pursueart and my second love of English. I sawMonmouth as an intimate setting. I

“Sometimes, the innkeepers don’t look exactly

pleased when we all pull up on motorcycles.

Apparently they think we’re the rowdy type.”

He thinks about that for a moment and adds,

“Well, we were a little rowdy in the early years.”


lumni everywhere can credit Bill ’72 and

Maureen ’75 Bay with forever shattering the

myth of the stuffy alumni. Both are tremendously

successful with a history of volunteer work with

the university, yet somehow find the time for trips

with friends on the backs of two of their motorcy-

cles from their collection of Harley Davidsons.

ABY MOLLY E. MCCLUSKEY ’99 ’02

STAYINGCONNECTED

BILL ’72 AND MAUREEN ’75 BAY

Maureen is the first to admit, however,that in order to get an education, thesocialization must be a second priority.After her first semester, she was on aca-demic probation with a 1.73 GPA and indanger of losing her scholarships. Whenher parents were called into the Dean’soffice for a meeting, she knew it was timeto reevaluate. “I had to make a decision.Did I want to party or did I want to getan education?” Ultimately, she graduatedtenth in her class.

They continue to be a part ofMonmouth because it’s a comfort. “Thiswas a place where we grew, spent time,made friends and learned so much aboutourselves. Imagine if it wasn’t there any-more,” says Maureen.

As for the memories Monmouth pro-vides, the Bays stay involved with theMonmouth community and have enjoyedwatching the university grow. “When Ifirst came to Monmouth,” recalls Bill, “themansions were originally overgrown withivy and set back from the street. Since it’sbecome a university, the landscaping looksgreat, and the academics are growing interms of what’s being offered. When wewere there, it was an intimate atmosphere.Pride, a sense of community, cultural pro-grams… there is so much offered, it makesyou want to be involved.”

Maureen adds, “It doesn’t take long torealize that education is a chance to betteryour life, and that it’s the most importantthing we can do for young people. Thiscountry is too wealthy not to ensure thateach person has the opportunity for aquality education.”

The Bays are also a reminder that theMonmouth University community,especially the alumni, are not centralizedto the campus. “When looking for some-one to do business with, or a new doctor,or anything like that, we always give ourbusiness to any Monmouth alums in thearea first.”

“Monmouth offered me a starter kitfor life,” says Maureen. “It gave me expo-sure to people and ideas that I neverwould have had on my own. I’m gratefulfor that.” MU


loved Wilson Hall, would gear my class-es around being in Wilson.” She creditsthe small class sizes for much of her edu-cational experiences at Monmouth.

“Interacting in a small class waswonderful, the culture between thesmall class and the instructors wasincredible. Some of the professors wehad remain friends to this day.” Aftergraduating, she and Bill built a homeand a business in the local area. A busi-ness major, Bill Bay ’72 now runs aninvestigative team for the StateTreasury.

Despite their schedules, they contin-ue to remain active at Monmouth. Bill, abrother of the Delta Sigma Pi businessfraternity, began to help plan theAlumni Greek Dances. For Maureen, itwas only a matter of time before she gotinvolved as well, and ultimately wasvoted Volunteer of the Year in 1999.“For me, it was just a matter of raising

my hand and saying what can I do?There’s so much to be done, whethermaking phone calls or helping out atevents. Every facet of campus needssomething. But more than anything, Ilove helping to raise money for scholar-ships and giving the opportunity foreducation to others.”

When thinking back to herMonmouth experience, Maureen smiles.“The politically correct thing would beto say the best part of Monmouth was

the academics. The real answer is thesocializing. It was the experience of dis-covering people I never would have metotherwise.”

Bill agrees. Originally from the PineBarrens, he recalls, “I had never hadpizza before I came to Monmouth. Iwent to Friendly’s with two guys fromJersey City and ordered pizza and a glassof milk.” He laughs, “You should haveseen their faces when they told me youdon’t drink milk with pizza.”


“Interacting in a small class was wonderful, the

culture between the small class and the instruc-

tors was incredible. Some of the professors we

had remain friends to this day.”

As for the memories Monmouth provides, the

Bays stay involved with the Monmouth communi-

ty and have enjoyed watching the university

grow. “When I first came to Monmouth,” recalls

Bill, “the mansions were originally overgrown

with ivy and set back from the street. Since it’s

become a university, the landscaping looks great,

and the academics are growing in terms of

what’s being offered. When we were there, it

was an intimate atmosphere. Pride, a sense of

community, cultural programs… there is so

much offered, it makes you want to be involved.”


the remainder of their lives. Then theiroriginal gift and the earnings it generat-ed pass to the University. Donors receivea tax deduction when the annuity isestablished, but if they used securities tofund the annuity, they also may be able toreduce capital gains taxes that would beowed if they sold the securities them-selves. Over the years that they receiveincome from the University, a portion oftheir earnings will be exempt from feder-al income tax.

For individuals, with valuable assetsthat produce minimal income, charitablegift annuities can increase cash flow andassure a set income for the remainder ofthe annuitant’s life. Then the remainingprincipal and earnings will be availablefor the University to use for purposesdetermined by the donor and Universitywhen the annuity is established.

Charitable gift annuities are new atMonmouth, but annuities have been usedas a means of making charitable gifts formore than a century. Most nonprofitswith planned giving programs offer gift

annuities as an alternative to bequests ortrusts. Creating a gift annuity can beaccomplished quickly and easily.Monmouth requires a minimum gift of$5,000 to establish a charitable giftannuity, but a donor who is committed tohaving a gift annuity agreement withMonmouth University can see it becomea reality in just a few hours.

New Jersey, the state where more than80% of Monmouth alumni reside, is one

of the most stringently regulated statesin the country for charitable gift annu-ities. It requires nonprofits to have a per-mit and to submit regular reportsregarding reserve accounts. Samples ofthe agreements used by the Universityare on file with the Department ofBanking and Insurance. Charities thathave not submitted the required docu-mentation and received a special permitmay not legally enter into gift annuityagreements with New Jersey residents.The permit process is tedious withnumerous “I s” to dot and “T s” to cross,but this requirement also serves as a safe-guard for individual donors.

New Jersey requires nonprofits thatoffer charitable gift annuities to establisha segregated fund with a minimum bal-ance of $100,000 or 10 percent of thevalue of the gift annuities in the nonprof-it’s portfolio (whichever is higher).Annually, the nonprofit is responsible forfiling a report verifying that the fundmeets the state’s requirements in terms ofreserves and investments. Fiduciary Trust

manages Monmouth’s Segregated Fund ofCharitable Gift Annuities and serves ascustodian of the segregated fund.

New Jersey statutes regulate the issueof charitable gift annuities, but the sim-ple and critical issue for donors to consid-er is the non-profit’s bottom line. All ofthe assets of the nonprofit, NOT just theassets in the segregated fund, secure eachindividual gift annuity agreemententered into.

Charitable gift annuities can be set upfor immediate or deferred payments.Those delayed until retirement, are anexcellent supplement to retirement plans.The amount of each payment is deter-mined by the age of the annuitants whenthe first payment is scheduled to bereceived. An individual can establish agift annuity for herself and/or someoneelse. In general, payments are maximizedwhen the first payment does not occuruntil annuitants are age 65 or older. TheAmerican Council on Gift Annuities, towhose rate schedule Monmouth sub-scribes, recommends a 6.7 percent pay-ment rate for an individual age 65 years.The recommended rate for someone age55 years is 6 percent, and it jumps to 8percent for a donor age 76 years old. MU

Monmouth

University signed

its first charitable

gift annuity agreement with

the start of the New Year

when Trustee Norman B.

Buckman, first vice presi-

dent, investments with

Prudential Securities,

selected a deferred gift

annuity as the most appro-

priate way for him to make

a gift for the university’s

endowment.Trustees and

members of the Institu-

tional Advancement staff

have high hopes for this

newest giving option avail-

able to alumni and friends

of the University. Not only

are gift annuities beneficial

to Monmouth, they also

provide income and other

advantages for donors.Charitable gift annuities truly are a

“win-win” means of contributing. Forexample, a couple transfers $25,000 incash to the University in exchange for agift annuity. Depending on their ageswhen the payments begin, they willreceive specified payments annually for

C h a r i t a b l e G i f t A n n u i t i e s a t M o n m o u t h

Gift annuities are a good choice because:

• a portion of annual income is tax free for the life expectancy of the beneficiaries

• a portion of the long-term capital gain is never taxed and the remain-der of the capital gain is spread out over the beneficiaries’‚ life expectancies

Gift annuities are a particularlygood way to contribute

if the donor:

• wants an assured fixed income

• wants to provide income for a par-ent, grandparent, older sibling, or someone else while qualifying for an immediate charitable deduction on income taxes

• wants to increase current income without incurring long-term capital gains taxes

or individuals, with valuable assets that

produce minimal income, charitable gift

annuities can increase cash flow and

assure a set income for the remainder of the

annuitant’s life.

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That’s only the beginning. FromTemptation Island to Big Brother, FearFactor to Survivor and The Real World toThe Chamber, reality TV is all over thetube these days—and millions of view-ers can’t resist the urge to tune in.Beyond the television, reality TV hasalso invaded the entire consumer mar-ketplace with books, CDs, t-shirts andplenty of other merchandise related tothe shows, along with Websites, fanclubs and more. And in actuality, whilereality TV may seem like a new trend toAmericans, these types of shows havebeen incredibly popular in Europe andAsia for years—in fact, many of theAmerican shows are based on their for-eign counterparts.

Try as you might to avoid it, realityTV still has a solid grip on television rat-ings these days. Critics may point outthat some shows have outlasted theirwelcome, while others have been can-celled or have gone down in ratings.Nevertheless, the phenomenon won’t goaway. Survivor: Marquesas, the fourthinstallment of the series, recently debut-ed and trounced on other shows thataired that night, coming in second onlyto Friends in ratings, according toNielsen Media Research.

So what’s the secret of reality TV—why are so many viewers compelled tostop flipping channels when they comeupon a reality-based show? And whatabout its future: Is it here to stay, or isit, as some speculate, a trend that’s onits way out?

“Reality TV is unique and is notsomething you would have expected 10to 15 years ago,” says Don Swanson,chair of Monmouth’s Department ofCommunication. “Television has evolvedand changed, and now there are so manymore choices of what to view.

“It’s attractive to viewers because peo-ple are always interested in other people’slives,” he says. “Also, something likeSurvivor is trying to tell a story.” And it’sthat storytelling, says Swanson, thatmakes all the difference in terms ofattracting and maintaining a large view-

ing audience. The story pattern is crucial,he insists, and enables a show to become“a drama, but a realistic drama.”

“Many of the shows use all the devicesof a soap opera: identification, strongand varied personalities, interpersonalcommunication and a cliffhanger end-ing,” adds Donna Dolphin, associateprofessor in Monmouth’s Department ofCommunication. “A show like The RealWorld definitely has staying power; it’slike a soap opera with a looser script.”

Plus, she continues, the different char-acters draw viewers in and keep themcoming back for more. “We get to knowthe people on the shows and then feelvery protective of them. There’s alwayssomeone you can identify with, someoneyou’ll hate and everyone in between.” A

blend of personalities is necessary for areality-TV show’s success—as is conflict,she points out.

And anyone who is familiar with reali-ty-TV shows has certainly seen his or hershare of conflict. It’s easy to infer from theway today’s reality-TV shows are con-structed that producers and networks havelittle interest in creating a reality-basedshow in which everyone gets along andthere isn’t any competition. That wouldbe, well, boring. So enter the constantconflict: Remember the never-endingbickering between Puck, the feisty bikemessenger, and the rest of the cast of TheReal World: San Francisco? Another bit ofturmoil that still hasn’t been forgotten isthe finale of the first season of CBS’Survivor. When, during the last tribal


“Seven strangers are picked

to live in a house and find out

what happens when people

stop being nice and start

being real.” Or so goes the slogan for

MTV’s The Real World. If that doesn’t interest you, how

about 16 adventurous people being dropped off on a

tropical island without any food or water and then having

to conquer physical challenges and their backstabbing co-

stars in order to be named the “Sole Survivor”? Maybe

you’d rather tune in to four supposedly devoted couples

who have chosen to test their relationships by vacation-

ing on an island where plenty of beautiful women and

handsome men await to tempt each couple to cheat?

Reality TV

¾“[Reality TV] shows are very quick, with fast

edits, and that keeps people watching. Viewers

are trying to see what ‘regular’ people would

do and how far they’d go.”

Reality TVBY: CATHERINE LEIDEMER

council, Susan told Kelly, “If I found youthirsty by the side of the road I wouldn’tgive you water. I’d let the vultures getyou,” jaws dropped open all across thecountry. (Rumor has it, though, thatKelly and Susan have since made up andare on somewhat friendly terms.)

The Real World is obviously nostranger to conflict, or to competition—to a certain extent. MTV’s hit realityshow is now in its 11th season, and thenetwork manages to keep each seasoninteresting by choosing cast mates whoare bound to butt heads, and who will,at some point, compete — most often forthe attention of another cast member orfor the overall spotlight once the showairs. There is no cash prize here — theshow simply ends after a few months,and the roommates move out of theirlush accommodations. Other shows,including Survivor and Big Brother, offercash prizes to the last person who hasmanaged to avoid being voted off by therest of the cast.

But some viewers— and partici-pants — prefer competition involvingsomething more dangerous than beingstranded on an island for a month. A fewshows really push the envelope — takeNBC’s Fear Factor, for example. This showuses the gross-out factor to corner the“extreme” reality-TV market. Contestantsbravely attempt to endure stunts alongthe lines of eating animal brains, bobbingfor apples in a container filled with 50snakes and retrieving flags strategically

placed on a car dangling 150 feet abovewater. Understandably, contestants mustsign a 30-page contract, go through anextensive, two-week background checkand pass medical and psychological examsbefore being allowed to participate. Whowould do such a thing? Well, aMonmouth alumnus, for one. In fact, atleast five Monmouth alumni have partici-pated in some sort of reality-based pro-gram to date.

Kim Johnson ’66, may be Monmouth’smost high-profile reality-TV contestant.Johnson outlasted her competitors onSurvivor: Africa until the final vote, whichresulted in a second-place finish for theformer elementary-school teacher. A mem-ber of Pi Beta Pi Sorority, the now-retiredJohnson also served as the league/tourna-ment coordinator for an indoor tennis cluband was the owner of a sportswear-clothingboutique and now makes her home inOyster Bay, New York.

Not to be outdone, John Piechnik ’94,’96 made quite a splash on a January2002 episode of Fear Factor.

A communication major, Piechnikstayed at Monmouth after graduation,earning a master’s degree in student per-sonnel administration and working inResidence Life and as a hall director. Nowa Web project manager at the New JerseyInstitute of Technology, Piechnik couldn’tresist the temptation to give this extremereality-TV show a shot. It took him awhile to actually go through with it,though. “I had a beach house in PointPleasant for the summer, and I saw an adto apply to be a contestant,” he remem-bers. “I printed out the application fromthe Web, and figured I would do it oneday.” On the last possible day to submit anentry, Piechnik hurriedly filled out theapplication, made a quick, humorousvideo profile of himself and barely man-aged to get the submission in the mailbefore the post office closed. Only a fewdays later, he received a call from the net-work to come in for a callback.

After traveling to New York for aninterview, Piechnik waited a month beforelearning that he had made the cut. After

passing an intense psychological exam andmedical tests, he found himself inBurbank, California, awaiting the first dayof filming. On the first day of shooting,Piechnik and the five other contestantswere loaded into a van and then blind-folded, all the while enduring taunts fromproducers who did their best to make thecontestants nervous. “When we arrived,they took a group photo of us and thentook us to meet (host) Joe Rogan,” he says.And then the first stunt began. “Two jetboats came flying out of a cove, goingabout 40 miles per hour, and we had tojump from one to the other,” he says. Thecontestants were nervous, and Piechnikwas no exception—”Everyone else wasabout 24 or 25 years old, and I was 29,” hesays. But he still outlasted a handful of thecompetitors, being one of only three tomake the jump successfully. Three othercontestants who failed the show exitedwith bumps and bruises, and, according toPiechnik, at least one left with a dislocat-ed shoulder. “At that point, I thought, ‘Icould actually win this,’” he remembers.

The next day, Piechnik and the tworemaining contestants arrived, blindfold-ed again, at the site of stunt number two.“We knew we were on a lake or in an areawith boats; we could really smell the deadfish,” he says. Along with his two femalecounterparts, he then prepared to tacklethe grotesque challenge of diving into atank of water at a temperature of 30degrees to make their way through nearly10,000 pounds of dead, putrid squid toretrieve as many five-pound weights aspossible. He and one of the other contes-tants both came up with eight weights,earning them a spot in the final round.

With a call time of 9 PM the follow-ing night—only 11 hours before he wassupposed to fly back to the East Coast—Piechnik managed to find a few hours toenjoy sunny California on the last day offilming. But shortly thereafter, he and hiscompetitor were being shuttled to thelast stunt site—a street in Los Angelesthat had been shut down specifically forthe show. “They had us go up to the 20thfloor of a building, and then we learned

that we had to make our way out to theend of a 25-foot horizontal flagpole andgrab a flag,” he says. “I watched Alexa(the other final contestant) go out there.It was really cold and windy, and the polewas shaking—she was scared.” But shefinished the challenge in a time of fourminutes and 20 seconds.

When Piechnik’s turn came, he wast-ed no time. “I almost fell twice,” hesays, “but I just didn’t look down. I fin-


¾Another bit of turmoil that still hasn’t been

forgotten is the finale of the first season of

CBS’ Survivor. When, during the last tribal

council, Susan told Kelly, “If I found you

thirsty by the side of the road I wouldn’t

give you water. I’d let the vultures get you,”

jaws dropped open all across the country.

A few shows really push the enve-

lope —take NBC’s Fear Factor, for

example. This show uses the gross-

out factor to corner the “extreme”

reality-TV market.

The participants didn’t get paid any-thing for the experience, but, asCatherine notes, it was “good exposure.”

So after having been a part of the latestTV phenomenon, what do these reality-TV veterans have to say about the latestcraze? “Americans like to see other peopleand watch how they react to certain situa-tions,” Piechnik says. “We’re nosy.”

“Television is really hurting thesedays,” says Catherine Taormina. “There’sa lack of creative talent as far as writing,and these shows are very quick, with fastedits, and that keeps people watching.Viewers are trying to see what ‘regular’people would do and how far they’d go.”

“It’s formula,” says Nick Musica. “Atone point, it was original. Reality TV alsotook a hit after Sept. 11,” he notes, refer-ring to many viewers’ understandableresistance to watch what is commonlycalled “reality TV” when the very real-lifetragedy of Sept. 11 was on nearly everychannel.

While these Monmouth alumni allhad favorable experiences with realityTV— albeit on vastly different types ofshows, but none were scripted— therestill remains one basic but controversialissue that is often discussed when thesubject of reality TV is broached: How“real” is reality TV?

Not very much so, experts say.“It isn’t as real as a lot of people

think,” Swanson says. “Reality TVinvolves a skillful approach based on theproducers’ or editors’ ability to cut thehours of tape down to what’s interesting.They can spin the show any way theywant in order to establish a consistentnarrative.

“[The shows] would be vastly differ-ent if the contestants had cameras intheir faces for 24 hours and viewers wereable to see the whole thing,” he says.“There’s a big difference when it’s editeddown to an hour.”

“These shows are very carefully cast,”Dolphin adds. “After all, if you onlyhave cooperative people left, how do youend up with a winner?” But could theproducers go as far as actually “rigging”

the shows in terms of who is voted offand who ultimately wins or loses, assome critics suggest? “I’d speculate that,from a casting perspective, it would cer-tainly make sense,” she continues. “Idon’t have any evidence of that, but itwouldn’t surprise me. It could easily beset up in terms of who is going to makeit [to the end] and who isn’t.”

As more and more secrets of realityTV are exposed, it isn’t a far stretch toquestion the future of these types ofshows. Not surprisingly, opinions vary.

“It’s evolving and becoming moreextreme,” Dolphin says. She predictsthat it will “eventually evolve to a pointwhere it’s no longer recognizable in itsoriginal form.

“The extreme stunts will burn outmore quickly,” she adds. “They will onlygo so far, and, unfortunately, I could seesomeone being seriously hurt —somesort of tragedy will hit one of theextreme shows. Survivor might have a bitlonger to go, though.”

“On reality TV shows, everyone wantstheir 15 minutes of fame,” says VivianTaormina. “I think these shows will stickaround because it gives the average con-sumer a chance to be on TV. Reality TVis like a talk show — it’s real peopledoing real things. Plus, it inspires peopleto break outside the box, to be somebody,and to take a chance.” MU


ished in one minute and 58 seconds,even though I’m more uncoordinatedand I don’t like heights. I knew I had tokeep going.” And he suddenly foundhimself $50,000 richer as he claimedthe title of Fear Factor champion for thatweek’s episode. To top it off, Piechnikand other winners were recently invitedto participate in an all-star Fear Factorcompetition.

Three other Monmouth alumni tapedtheir own segment, which appeared aspart of the Oxygen Network’s The RealMen We Love. Vivian (’99) and Catherine(’94) Taormina joined their boyfriends,Nick Musica (’96) and Nick Addeo (aRutgers alumnus), respectively, in creat-ing a short clip of the men painting theirgirlfriends’ toenails.

Catherine, an actress, found an adrequesting submissions of clips featur-ing women with husbands or boyfriendswho do romantic things. The groupthought that, between the two sisterslooking alike and both havingboyfriends named Nick, their chances ofmaking the cut were better than aver-age. And since Vivian and Nick werecommunication majors, Catherine was atheater/psychology major, and both sis-ters as well as Nick Addeo are experi-enced actors, improvising in front of acamera wasn’t exactly a problem.

Vivian, a television producer, explainsthe filming process: “My sister and Iwere constantly in creative battle,” sheremembers. “But we were able to getsome really good stuff for the tape. Itwas fairly simple because we have a lot ofexperience.”

“We taped our segment on Thanks-giving Day,” adds Catherine. “We did acouple of takes, and then edited some-thing together for the network. Wewere playing ourselves, doing some-thing that was very natural, and [thenetwork] really liked it.”

“It was fun to sit there and just go forit,” says Nick Musica, a Web designer.“We filmed maybe three minutes, andthe network edited it down to about 30seconds.” (As it turned out, the showfeatured brief clips of numerous cou-ples—but Catherine, Vivian and thetwo Nicks were one of the first clips tobe shown.)

Catherine, who was able to view theedited version before it aired, points outthat the clips used by the network were“quick, but action-packed.” Theycould’ve used a little more, but theirediting made sense and was concise.”


We get to know the people on the shows and

then feel very protective of them. There’s

always someone you can identify with, some-

one you’ll hate and everyone in between.”

There still remains one basic but contro-

versial issue that is often discussed when

the subject of reality TV is broached: How

“real” is reality TV?

eneral Hospital fans wouldrecognize the above as a

summary of an episode of the show dur-ing the height of the Luke and Laura day-time frenzy. Daytime serials, commonlyknown as “soap operas” because of deter-gent and soap manufacturers’ history assponsors of this television phenomenon,are one of the oldest forms ofentertainment on television. Butin 1981, television and daytimeserial history were made withthe wedding of Luke and Laura,the pinnacle of years of ground-breaking episodes. Drawing 16million viewers, their union wasthe most watched daytime serialepisode ever. But how did ashow, once slumping in ratings,become the most popular soapopera ever? Simple…Gloria andNorma Monty.

Gloria Monty O’Byrne wontwo Emmys for her work onGeneral Hospital, which was neardeath by low ratings until sheresuscitated it with snappier dia-logue than it had ever knownand updated situations. Startingin 1978, she breathed new lifeinto the show by developing thecharacters Luke and Laura. Withsister Norma as head writer, sheplunged them and others intoplots that intrigued viewers,turning each day’s episode into amini-movie. Every afternoonwhile the kids were in schooland hubby pushed paper at theoffice, housewives across thecountry dropped their containersof Ajax the Foaming Cleanser tokeep abreast of the GeneralHospital cast’s doings. Unlike theformer format of daytime serialsthat held exciting cliffhangersfor Friday episodes, somethingexciting was happening every-day at 3 PM…making viewers

tune in each and every day and the ratingsclimb through the roof. Gloria Montyhelped to invent the TV soap opera, shecreated the legendary characters of Lukeand Laura, the Quartermaines, andScorpio, and she even managed to lureElizabeth Taylor and Joan Crawford todaytime.

The two sisters’ early career includedteaching acting and speech to the likesof Marlon Brando (“I taught himspeech,” said Gloria, “a nice youngman”), Tony Curtis (“Who was then stillBernie Schwartz,” she said, “with a hintof a New York accent and eager tolearn”), and Demi Moore (“She studied

acting with me — a lovelylady”). Now they’re propo-nents of the CommunicationDepartment of MonmouthUniversity. For the last threeyears, they’ve taught and spo-ken to students about how theystarted and how to get startedin the entertainment business.Who knows what “reincarna-tions” of Brando take classes atMonmouth as we breathe? Isthere a promising new DemiMoore in this student bodysomewhere? Perhaps theMontys give testimony to theconcept of “six degrees of sep-aration”— that as distant asMonmouth University andHollywood seem from eachother, the links may be fewerthan we know.

“I’m very enthusiastic aboutwhat the University has donewith the new communicationsbuilding,” said Gloria, “and I’mwilling to help in any way I can.It’s astonishing, something tobe applauded, and a greatopportunity for all studentsinterested in the arts.”

Although Gloria said she’dnever tell who were her best andworst students, she did say hermost interesting encounterswere as a director, working withstars including Elizabeth Taylorand Joan Crawford. Other per-formers the sisters mentionedworking with are Bea Arthur,Elaine Stritch, John Considine,


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Luke tells Laura Alex framed her but he took care of it.

Scorpio calls Luke and tells him the Cassadines are planning on

sailing tonight and asks them to come over so he can finally

tell them the truth. Scorpio tells Luke and Laura he is an agent for the World

Security Bureau (WSB) and that the formula in the diamond could be manu-

factured as a weapon that could endanger the world. He believes that Alex

doesn’t know what the formula can really do but the Cassadines have the answer.

The Cassadine’s game isn’t money, its power. They want to control nations and

that’s what makes them so dangerous. Lesley goes to Laura’s and the landlady

tells her about all the people in and out of the apartment at all hours of the night.

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High School North, and after that asEnglish supervisor for secondary schoolsin Edison.

Both women are fonts of knowledge ofthe television and film industry. Namedone of the most interesting people in theworld by People Magazine, Gloria is amember of the New Jersey MotionPicture and TV Commission. Her twoEmmy awards and a Producers Award forthe most successful show in the history oftelevision are among many accolades. Shealso produced a CBS made-for-TV movie,Remember Me, written by novelist MaryHiggins Clark.

Maintaining the philosophy of “free-dom with discipline” for communicationstudents, the Monty sisters serve as mem-bers of the Monmouth University CCITAdvisory Board. Said Gloria: “We believein being creative while knowing every-thing you can about the precepts andstructure of drama. You have to haveknowledge and the discipline to use itwell. Knowledge gives you a certainamount of background that can allow youto be free, although acting is not a one-man show—it’s a collaboration with ascript. There are some rules in structureyou just don’t break.”

Except when it comes to dialogue.“Of course, we’d write a long, evolved

story,” said Norma, “but we didn’t workthat hard on dialogue because sometimesthe actors would change it. They mighthave a better idea of what their characterwould really say.” Et voila! Freedom withdiscipline. If the director didn’t go for thechange, the actor would hear about it,however. Rapport with the actors provedto be a key element of a show’s success.

Sitting at a table with the Montys con-jures up the feeling of being with mem-bers of the ancient Florentine de Medici

family, great patrons of the arts, peoplewho have it in their bloodstream not tothrow gladiators to the lions, but to bootonstage generations of actors capable oftransporting audiences to places they’dnever be able to go themselves. That isthe central intelligence, the essence, oftheater. It seems to be the essence of whatthese two great ladies have held most dearsince they were little girls.

Their family name was shortenedfrom Montemuro to Monty—along the


James Broderick, Martin Balsam, andWalter Matthau.

“Gloria is really a genius,” saidNorma, who holds a master’s degree inEnglish and comparative literature fromColumbia University. “She has unbeliev-able knowledge as an artist.”

This shared penchant for the dramatic,they both said, began with their parents,Joseph and Concetta Montemuro. Josephwas born in Italy “somewhere,” saidNorma, “between Rome and Naples. Myfather was a self-made man. He came tothe United States with an older sister whohad just gotten married. He stayed at a

rooming house for $12 a week while earn-ing $13 a week as a laborer with abuilder, Rinaldi Contracting company inHudson County, New Jersey. He tookEnglish lessons and music lessons—played the cornet— and then went toCooper Union in New York City to learncontracting and building plans.” Josephmet Concetta in the United States. Shewas born on Pearl Street on New York’sEast Side.

Norma said her maternal grandmoth-er, Mariangela, was the daughter of ajudge in Rome, and her maternal grand-father was a devotee of the opera, “a very

creative person,” she said, “who lovedmovies and theater. It was my father whodecided, after getting the ‘black hand,’we were not going to live in New York.So he acquired land, almost all of thePalisades in New Jersey, and I rememberwe moved there surreptitiously one day at4 AM. To my mother, New Jersey lookedlike farmland. I was born in NorthBergen, and Gloria was born in UnionHill, both predominantly German com-munities.”

The girls attended the Academy ofHoly Angels in Fort Lee, and took danc-ing and elocution lessons from the time

they were two years old (“We called herBaby Gloria Marie,” Norma said).

“When I was a child and was askedwhat I wanted to be when I grew up,”Gloria said with a wry smile, “my answerwas ‘primadonna.’ ”

“And I, who went to sleep on thedancing school mat, used to say I wantedto be a mother,” said Norma, whosescripts helped make General Hospital thenumber one serial. She had also worked asan advertising copywriter in New York.Later as an educator, she enjoyed morethan 15 years as head of the EnglishDepartment of Middletown Township


MarlonBrando

Tony Curtis Demi Moore Bea

Arthur Elaine Stritch John

ConsidineJames

BroderickMartin BalsamWalter

Matthau

“When I was a child and was asked what I wanted

to be when I grew up,” Gloria said with a wry smile,

“my answer was ‘primadonna .’ ”

“And I, who went to sleep on the dancing school mat,

used to say I wanted to be a mother,” said Norma, whose scripts

helped make General Hospital the number one serial.

“We believe in being creative while knowing everything you can

about the precepts and structure of drama. You have to have

knowledge and the discipline to use it well. Knowledge gives you a

certain amount of background that can allow you to be free, although

acting is not a one-man show — it’s a collaboration with a script.

There are some rules in structure you just don’t break.”

NORMA

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could end the show on their own terms.She agreed, but insisted on completeauthority. During that four-week period,General Hospital achieved a completeturn-around, and so did the ratings.

“There (NBC) I directed daytime tele-vision serials, including Bright Promise,starring Dana Andrews. By the time Itook over direction of General Hospital(ABC), which was on its last legs, I real-ized what was wrong. We needed to raisethe level of daytime serials to that ofevening shows, which were enormouslypopular. So we started right in with cre-ating new characters and writing better,highly evolved drama. We used the loca-tion, Port Charles in Buffalo, New York,to full advantage, too. I went throughtraining by the best in the business, so Iwanted to impart the same. I believed inform, structure, pace, the French scene(going from one theme to another).”

“We wrote ‘page-turners,’ ” saidNorma, “and teasers for the next shows.We needed hooks to get people to watchepisode after episode. We had to get themto identify with the characters, to careabout them. There were strict broadcaststandards of practice in those days, but we

managed to bring in an anti-hero, Luke,and spice things up tastefully with strate-gic music and lighting.”

“Before we got there,” said Gloria,“the staff was doing things the way theydid in 1915! I needed complete authorityto bring the daytime show up to evening-show quality, and it worked beautifully.One of the most enjoyable things wasgetting to know the Buffalo officials andhaving free reign in the city. When wewere doing Secret Storm, we began flirtingwith the taboo, and we wrote a showabout someone taking dope and actuallyshowed ‘dope’ on the air. The local nar-cotics department called to tell me thatwhat we showed would have been worth acouple of million dollars. After that, inthe interest of authenticity, I asked theofficer to bring in an addict so we couldfind out how to portray this type of situ-ation more realistically.”

The authenticity of General Hospital nodoubt contributed to its top ratings thatcontinue today. The movie Tootsie, star-ring Dustin Hoffman, took its roots fromGeneral Hospital, and Hoffman, saidGloria, hung around the TV set to absorbideas for the movie.

“I was very grateful for having theexperience of doing General Hospital andseveral evening specials, and I was grate-ful for quitting when I did in 1993,”Gloria said. “I got a call from ABC to doevening shows and worked like a dog onthem, but I went on to do other things,including location work. Always I wasgoing for better drama.”

Despite that the Montys are nowinvolved in other causes, including theOpera Guild, KidsBridge, and theirhome in Rancho Mirage, California, theyremain true to their word on the topic ofbetter drama. They said they’ve alwaysadmired legendary directors Frank Capraand Alfred Hitchcock and looked to theirtechniques for inspiration. A moderndirector of note?

“Ron Howard has an extraordinarytouch,” said Gloria, referring particularlyto the latest film that won Howard twoAcademy Awards, A Beautiful Mind.

Monmouth University’s continuingsearch for mentors has been strengthenedby the extraordinary touch of Gloria andNorma Monty. Will their golden tapresult in one of Monmouth’s own eventu-ally stepping up to the stage in responseto “and the winner is…”? Viewers, don’tmiss the next dramatic slice-of-life oncampus. At best, it could change yourwhole perspective. At very least, it couldsuck you into a really hot story. MU


Hollywood lines of Norma Jean Bakermetamorphosing into Marilyn Monroe.Gloria characterized the sisters’ happychildhood as their being “the gay pre-tenders,” born into a primary group thatloved their creativity. After starting as apre-med major and getting as far asutterly distasteful dissection, Gloriaswitched her major to speech anddrama. She earned her bachelor’s degreefrom New York University and a mas-ter’s from Columbia. Thereafter she wasoffered a job teaching speech at the New

School, where she encountered Brandoand a host of other young people des-tined for stardom.

And, as Thespis would have it, thereshe met Robert O’Byrne, a sports editorfor Sports and Field magazine who alsotaught law students. According to a 1997newspaper article (which appeared sixyears after O’Byrne’s death), Gloria andRobert started a school of drama togeth-er—The Abbe Theatre School in NewYork—and did a new play each monthoff-Broadway and in summer stock,

encouraging new playwrights. Robertwas also director of travel for New YorkState, and writer of the “Wide World ofEntertainment.”

“My husband became friends with allthe top drama critics of the day— GeorgeG. Nathan, Dick Watts, BrooksAtkinson,” said Gloria, who has childrenand grandchildren, “and we had summerstock companies in Smithtown, LongIsland, and in Westhampton. Eventually,we went broke, and I got a job at CBS.They called me to direct on staff, whichwas a wonderful training ground…”

“The best thing that happened,” saidNorma.

Although everything about the medi-um was new to her, and she was well awarethat broadcast production was a maledominated profession, she agreed to takethe job and tackle television. She was soconfident in her abilities that she insistedon the same salary as an associate director.

“…and I got to direct a show calledThe Secret Storm. I could have retired at 30from doing that show, but then I went toNBC and then to Hollywood.”

Gloria’s unique approach, whichincluded distinct camera shots and a thor-ough study of editing increased her valueas a network television director, and hercareer at CBS lasted from 1956 to 1972.She then moved to NBC, and after twoyears, ABC. At ABC she directed 25primetime 90-minute shows beforebecoming Executive Producer of GeneralHospital in 1977. Fred Silverman, then atABC, called and asked Gloria to producethe last four weeks of General Hospital.The show was about to be cancelled, andhe wanted the ratings to rise so they


GLORIAMonmouth University’s

continuing search for

mentors has been

strengthened by the

extraordinary touch

of Gloria and

Norma Monty.

Despite that the Montys are now involved in other causes,

including the Opera Guild, KidsBridge,

and their home in Rancho Mirage, California,

they remain true to their word on the topic of better drama.

They said they’ve always admired legendary directors

Frank Capra and Alfred Hitchcock

and looked to their techniques for inspiration.

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wholesale, I worked for many differentpeople, and I always had an interest ofcoming up with something that I coulddo on my own,” said Jeff. “In a sense, Ihad a fierce streak of individuality thatkind of propelled me in the direction ofsomeday being an entrepreneur. Theautonomy, and the making your ownmoves and creating something out ofnothing, there’s something excitingabout that.”

Could the health of his dog be thedoorway through which his dream couldbe achieved?

“I was researching to move into a dif-ferent career … and I had come across alot of different things, and this otherthing was happening with Duffy, and Istarted doing some research, and I said,maybe this is really working well forDuffy, and maybe it would work well forother dogs.”

But first, Jeff knew more research wasneeded. “I consulted canine nutritionbooks. I got every veterinary text. I musthave had like a $2,000 bill fromAmazon.com. I talked to vets, I talkedto breeders, I contacted veterinariansthat were in human nutrition or home-made diets for dogs. I contacted a lot ofdifferent people and we came upon theseformulations.”

Once their recipes were completed, itwas time for a taste testing. Jeff and Kerrystarted by giving the food to friends andneighbors near their Rumson home.

One of those neighbors was JillWitchtel, a retired social worker who livesin Rumson. Even though she was already

cooking food herself for her four goldenretrievers, she decided to try Jeff’s food.

The result? A rousing success.“I thought it was great,” said

Witchtel. “I just use his. I don’t buy anyother dog food.”

Kerry said they also turned familymembers into believers: “My brother hastwo dogs, and before he started on thefood, one was 20 pounds overweight andone was 10. They’ve lost the weight andtheir coats are so shiny. And they hadthese scabby rashes on their stomachsthat are gone.”

With approval from family andfriends, the entrepreneurial buzzgrew even louder for Jeff Pedone. “Wecame upon the formulations, started giv-ing the food out to a number of peoplewe knew, our dog was doing real well,they experienced the same great resultson it, and then it came in with theentrepreneurial thing where I saidhey, there could be a business here,there could be something. I reallyenjoy dogs, I really enjoyed what Iresearched.”

The first step was incorpo-rating their business, whichthey named Good Dog Foods,Inc. Pledging healthy, human-grade complete nutrition, theymade Duffy their company mascot.

“When we initially began in1999, we were a very local busi-ness. It was just in MonmouthCounty, we started just doingan at-home delivery ser-

vice,” said Jeff. “We would make our foodin our little facility and we would actual-ly drive it out to various peoples’ homeswho wanted the food. It then grew fromthere to when we started getting a lotof press.”

Word of mouth was one thing, butgetting noticed by the media was key.Television spots and newspaper storiesbrought more attention — and more customers.

Mitchell Newman read one of thosenewspaper articles. Newman is the ownerof 1-800-PETFOODS, a pet food home-

delivery business based in Manhattan. After

meeting with Jeff,Newman started

offering GoodDog Foods


Monmouth University graduates Jeff’93 and Kerry MAT ’96 Pedone were peo-ple like that. After adopting a purebredgolden retriever puppy they namedDuffy, they tried feeding him the regular,average dog food recommended by theirveterinarian.

“When we began to raise Duffy, he wasgrowing, he seemed to be healthy, but hejust wouldn’t eat the dog food we weregiving him,” said Jeff. “We would go tothe veterinarian, and it was … he had

some gastrointestinal problems.”The Pedones were saddened by the

health of their dog, and wanted to be thebest parents to Duffy they could be.

“We said this is a healthy dog, he’s apurebred dog,” said Jeff. “Why wouldthis occur? Kerry started doing someresearch, found some books that hadinformation about feeding your dog alter-natives to the regular pet food, meaningfeeding him human food. She gave that tome and we started doing it a little bit

with Duffy, and he responded to it andstarted getting a lot better.”

At the same time, Jeff, who worked asa teacher at Forrestdale Middle School inRumson, where Kerry taught special edu-cation, was discovering that his path inlife might lie along a different track thanthe classroom.

“I was always interested in business. Ihad always studied the stock market,worked for many different businesses inthe past. I worked in retail, I worked in

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W ould you eat something with poultry byproducts, citrus pectin, guar gum, sodium tripolyphos-

phate, and carrageenan in it? Well, if you have a dog and you are feeding it one of the leading

pet foods on the market, then that is some of what your dog is eating.

Could the health of his dog bethe doorway through which

his dream could be achieved?GoingDogs

tothe

. . . And Loving It

warmed up. After the ingredients aregathered, said Pedone, “You then have toprocess these ingredients in a way thatyou’re not going to rob all of the vita-mins, the minerals, and the good nutri-tion out of the food. There’s protein infood, there’s fat, carbohydrates, so youwant to make sure that you’re not pro-cessing it so much that you’re turning itinto a very commercially processed prod-uct.”

They accomplish this by cooking theirfood at a USDA-certified facility, theCenter for Advanced Food Technology(CAFT) at Rutgers University inPiscataway. At the lab, instead of theextruders and mass mixers used by thecommercial pet food industry, CAFT usesa microbatching operation, where thefood is mixed in smaller batches. “We’reusing just mixers, gently mixing theproduct together in the right propor-tion,” said Jeff.

Also, the Good Dog Foods product iscooked differently. “We’re not cooking …everything out of them. Our food iscooked, but it’s only cooked to the USDAstandard,” said Jeff. “We’re not cooking itto 700 degrees. For some meats, I think150-200 degrees is the standard.”

The concept of cooking human-gradefood is also one that meets the standardsof veterinary experts. Amy Chalfon ofManayunk, PA, is a veterinary technicianwho specializes in emergency medicine atthe Animal Emergency and Critical CareService in Langhorne, PA. She believesthat human-grade food is the way to go

for dogs. “The food that is good for you isgood for your dog… hundreds of yearsago they (dogs) ate with us. If you’recooking for your pet, that’s fantastic.”

She adds that the lack of a governmen-tal regulatory agency like the USDA forthe commercial pet food industry allowsthose companies to add animal byprod-ucts, like bone meal, to their food.

The packaging of Good Dog Foodsmixes differs from the commercial petfood industry in that their product is notshelf-stable or canned. Instead, it is vacu-um-packed and blast frozen. The food isgood for six months as long as it is storedin a freezer. After initial opening, it isgood for five days as long as the packagestays refrigerated. Jeff said the food ispackaged this way to “make sure that it’sgoing to stay in its fresh condition to thepoint that it gets to the consumer.”

And those consumers have had nocomplaints. According to Pedone, GoodDog Foods’ business has grown 10-15percent per month since 2000. In addi-tion, he said he would like to expand thecompany’s reach into the metropolitanNew York market, as well as increasetheir customer base in the Carolinas andFlorida. He would also like to see GoodDog Foods take a shot at expanding west,into California. He also mentionedreceiving phone calls from as far as Japanand Australia. Kerry would like to seetheir product make it to Europe, wherehome cooking for dogs is more popular.

But, said Jeff, expanding so far fromtheir base area that quickly is not as easy

as it sounds. “It’s a situation where youhave to get it to them. And you have toget it to them economically so that you’renot going to bump the cost so much thatyou’re going to price yourself out. It’strying to keep your product as good asit is, but at the same time not make it soexpensive that your customer base can’tbuy it.”

Added Kerry, “People have said to us,well, you can use the broccoli … get it ata discount or that looks bad and ischeaper, get scraps of food so it’s cheaper.”

But Jeff says that just won’t happen.“People have said, you can get the lower-grade stuff, but we use Grade-A every-thing. “Yes, it’s going to be expensive touse those raw materials, but then again,we’re talking about the health of yourcompanion animal. And just as you feedyourself well and your family well … youshould be feeding them (dogs) just aswell. So that plays into the price. Youeither get it or you don’t.”

In the end, Jeff and Kerry Pedone getit. They are in business solely for thehealth of their dog, Duffy, and also dogseverywhere. They enjoy eating healthy asmuch as they do feeding their doghealthy food. Said Jeff: “You would ratherhave fresh vegetables than canned vegeta-bles. If you’re eating meat, you’d ratherhave a meat source that hasn’t beeninjected with hormones. I think ourproducts do a lot of those things.” MU

products to his customers. “We’re alwayslooking for new products, and his productsounded terrific, and it is a terrific prod-uct,” said Newman.

Heather Pindar, a manager for 1-800-PETFOODS, decided to try Good DogFoods for her own two Italian grey-hounds.

“I rescued both my dogs,” she said.“Their coats were in really bad shape,dandruff, very flaky. The little female hada lot of upset stomachs. She would vomitand have diarrhea.”

Pindar, who had been home-cookingfor her dogs, decided to try Good DogFoods. The effect? “It’s awesome. Once Iput her on that food she got better. Shelikes it. She wants to eat all the time.

They’re very, very picky … until Ifound the Good Dog Foods they wouldn’teat anything. It’s working out great forthem.” Pindar added that 1-800-PET-FOODS’ customers are equally satisfiedwith the food, which has, in just about ayear, become one of the company’s mostpopular products. “We do some promo-tions where we send a freeunit to anybodyinterested. Peopleafter taking thatfree unit startswitching and usingthat one product. Ihaven’t heard anyonecomplain, haven’t hadany issues with anyof our customers.”

So what makes the food so good?What is so different about Good DogFoods’ turkey, beef or chicken mix?Why should the average consumerspend $5.95 a day to feed their dog,

instead of going to the supermarketand spending a fifth of that on theaverage pet food?

Explained Jeff: “The large com-mercial pet companies make a productthat is traditionally a highly processedproduct. And they don’t always use thebest raw materials, although some areusing better ingredients currently,but traditionally, they didn’t. Thenthey take their ingredients, or what-ever they’re using, and they cookthese ingredients to a very high tem-perature so they’re basically robbingthe food of its enzymes and its nutri-tional value. And then all of theseproducts are normally shelf-stableproducts, which means they don’tget stale, they’re put in a can,which really they have to preservesomeway, they have to make it intoa product that is going to stay for along time, and whenever you goabout doing that, you’re changingthe chemical bonds, the chemicalmakeup of food.”

But Good Dog Foods does things a lit-tle differently. Their pledge is healthy,all-natural foods, and their productionand ingredients bear that out. Said Jeff:“Number one, we get the freshest ingre-dients, and they’re from the humansupply chain, so the same ingredientsthat are going into the human foodindustry, to restaurants — are going intoour food product. I get these itemsthrough companies that distribute foodto the food industry. My meat producerand my vegetables and my grains and allof that are the people that are buying forthe large restaurants.”

And that list of ingredients is veryshort. Starting with either chicken,turkey or beef, the only other ingredientsare broccoli, carrots, garlic, and oil. Anadditional nutritional powder is made ofnutritional yeast, lecithin (a fatty sub-stance found in egg yolks) granules, kelppowder and calcium powder. This pow-der is sprinkled onto the food after it is

The food that is good for you isgood for your dog. If you’re cook-

ing for your pet, that’s fantastic.


Helen Kinney and her beautiful DistantShore. It was not until forty years later andafter the death of Helen’s last survivingdaughter, that destiny renewed my con-tact with the family. I had in the mean-time pursued a career teaching history andhad published Upon The Tented Field, aCivil War history of New Jersey soldierswho participated in that struggle.

In the subsequent settlement of theKinney estate, the property went to agranddaughter who, familiar with myresearch, contacted me and asked me toexamine an attic full of old family trea-sures that had never been shown to any-one. As I started to examine this long-hidden collection, I immediately felt adefinite spiritual connection to the pastspread out before me. Here was a literaltreasure trove of nineteenth-centurymemorabilia centering, in large part, onthe papers of Kinney’s father, FranklinMurphy. There were his diaries he hadkept during the last months of the CivilWar when he participated in Sherman’s

final campaigns; another journal writtenwhen he was Governor of New Jersey;and two composed after he had retiredfrom the State House. The latter give avivid picture of the values of an earlyprogressive Republican whose views spanthe chasm from promoting workers’fringe benefits and controlling the grow-ing pollution of the Passaic River, topensions for the Grand Army of theRepublic, tariff and money issues, andimmigration problems.

There were photographs of him withWoodrow Wilson at Princeton, TeddyRoosevelt at Sea Girt, and a group pictureof a number of prominent public figureswith William Howard Taft at Murphy’shome. In addition, there were copies ofhis speeches commemorating and analyz-ing the significance of special anniversaryevents with titles such as “The Battle ofMonmouth,” “Antietam,” and “NewJersey Day at Saint Louis,” to cite just afew. What I found particularly fascinat-ing and indicative of his keen analytical

skill was “An Assessment of the Costs ofthe Civil War.”

All of the above and much more pre-sented a wonderful opportunity to tell thestory of a man who was “right for thetimes,” a man who believed that his coun-try was “the fairest land the sun evershone upon,” and its flag the “unsulliedemblem of human freedom.”

Franklin Murphy was born on January3, 1846 in Jersey City, New Jersey into aprominent family that traced its lineageto the Royal House of Leinster. WhenFranklin was ten years old, his fathermoved the family to Newark and started asuccessful shoe manufacturing business.He lived at 285 Mulbury Street and wasenrolled in the Newark Academy. Hefondly remembered those days when hewrote, “…there was a time that I knewnearly everyone in Newark…it was aGod-fearing and self-respecting commu-nity.” Fired with a patriotic desire to pre-serve the Union, Murphy ran away fromhome, lied about his age and enlisted in

Through my mother, a registerednurse who cared for Kinney, I had occa-sion to visit Distant Shore quite often.The home is a wonderful throwback toVictorian times. The house had been, forthe most part, preserved by this matri-arch of a prominent family that traced itslineage back to colonial times. I remem-ber entering the front vestibule made ofbeautiful Italian marble and seeing thegrand circular stairway that ascended tothe heavens. Each landing was embel-lished with stuffed wild animals andintricate tapestries typical of wealthyhomes of the period. The library was aliterary treasure of priceless collectionsshelved in magnificent bookcases madeof Indonesian teak. The dining room wasequally palatial, its closets filled withchina and crystal from the Hapsburgsand Hohenzollerns-all this the legacy ofa most remarkable man. I found manysimilarities to Monmouth’s GuggenheimLibrary and Woodrow Wilson Hall.

The years passed, and with them

BY BERNARD A. OLSEN ’69 ’73

When I was an undergraduate history/educa-

tion major at Monmouth College I had the

pleasure of meeting Helen Kinney, an

elderly lady who lived in a beautiful home

on the Navesink River near New Jersey’s Atlantic Highlands.

The house was appropriately called “Distant Shore” and is now

the home of artist Jon Bon Jovi HN ’01. Kinney was the daughter

of Franklin Murphy, a prominent New Jersey citizen who had

distinguished himself in the Civil War who then started the

Murphy Varnish Company in Newark. Murphy was ultimately

elected Governor of New Jersey at the turn of the century. Back

then, in the 1960s, I had no idea that one day I would take the

rich history of that home and the people who lived there and

tell their story in a book called A Billy Yank Governor: The Life

& Times Of New Jersey’s Franklin Murphy.

Franklin MurphyNew Jersey’s

The Billy Yank Governor


and grace. Franklin Jr. was born in 1873and Helen in 1877.

Franklin Murphy turned his attentionto public service shortly after achievingsuccess in business. He stood right ofcenter in the post Civil War Grand OldParty, which was the activist politicalparty of the times. He was exactly rightfor his times, a conservative whobelieved in party structure, soundmoney, and tariff protection. These wereorthodox values of the Republican Partyat the close of the nineteenth century.Yet Murphy was sensitive to theinequities of the time and believed thatprogress was only possible through theexisting institutions. He held numerousoffices. He served on Newark’s Common

Council, the House Assembly, Chairmanof the State Republican Committee, andmember of the Republican NationalCommittee before being electedGovernor in 1901. He was the first busi-nessman and non-lawyer to becomeGovernor of New Jersey in fifty yearswith the single exception of GeneralGeorge B. McClellan 1878-1881. Hedeveloped a strong sense of “noblesseoblige.” He believed that the citizenryhad a responsibility to public service. Heexpressed it this way: “The question tobe asked us in the day of final account isnot what you believe, but what have youdone; and the same law will hold at thelast day as at the first-By their fruitsshall ye know them.”

In the foreword to A Billy YankGovernor, Pulitzer prizewinning histori-an James M. McPherson writes,“…After the war, Murphy became oneof the more responsible as well as suc-cessful entrepreneurs of the GildedAge…Entering local and then state pol-itics, Murphy won election as governorin 1901, the same year that TheodoreRoosevelt became President. Murphyturned New Jersey into a smaller versionof T.R.’s Square Deal. He cleaned up thepolluted Passaic River, cracked down onviolations of New Jersey’s child laborlaws, enforced progressive tenementhouse codes, instituted primary electionsand ballot reforms that democratizedstate politics, supported public health

measures to attack the scourge of tuber-culosis, and launched a road buildingand improvement program that madeNew Jersey’s roads among the nation’sbest in the early twentieth century. In asense, Murphy’s tenure as governorbrought him full circle from his youth-ful days as a soldier: as he had fought fora more progressive nation in the 1860’s,he worked for a more progressive stateforty years later.”

Franklin Murphy lived out his twi-light years traveling and enjoying artisticpursuits. He remained active in publiclife and friendly with many of the nation’sprominent citizens. While on a visit tothe Royal Poinciana, his favorite resort inPalm Beach, Florida, he was stricken with

severe abdominal distress from which henever recovered. He died on February24th, 1920, at the age of seventy-four. Henow belonged, as Secretary of War EdwinStanton had said of Lincoln, “to the ages.”He was brought back to Newark and laidto rest in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Thusended the life of a man who, likeTheodore Roosevelt, was “exactly rightfor his times,” always living life to itsfullest. He left a legacy filled with patri-otism, of honesty, of decency, and integri-ty. He believed in public service, freedentrepreneurial capitalism and what alater president would call, “rugged indi-vidualism.” He always tempered thesevalues with a gentle eye for those less for-tunate. Above all, he believed in tradi-

tional family values; of fidelity and loyal-ty and morality. These all combined to setan example for future generations ofAmericans, to those who may study hislife and perhaps, wish to follow in hisfootsteps “in the fairest land the sun everyshone upon.” In November 1925 a statuewas dedicated to the memory of FranklinMurphy at Weequahic Park, New Jersey.The following inscription appears there-on:

“A friend of humanity endowedwith a rare civil zeal and executiveforesight; an organizer and leaderamong men. Governor of this State1902-1905.” MU

the 13th New Jersey Volunteers inAugust, 1862. He was only sixteen yearsold when he experienced the horrors ofwar. Sent to Antietam the next month,he experienced his baptism of fire. Asbullets tore through his cap he miracu-lously escaped injury as he watched hiscomrades fall wounded and dead, mensuch as Private Isaac Crawford andCaptain H.C. Irish. He recalled, “We had

never had a battalion drill; some of usdidn’t even know what a line of battle wasand they sent us into that fight against alot of rebels who were protected by a nat-ural breastwork formed by a ledge ofrocks.” This was the beginning of threelong years of war which brought him face

to face with death at Chancellorsville andGettysburg in 1863. Family lore recallsthat during the skirmishing leading up tothe major engagement of Gettysburgthree Confederate prisoners were broughtinto Union lines. Murphy was detailedto escort the Southerners to the provostmarshal whose location was some distancefrom his position. It took him seventy-two hours without sleep to successfully

complete his mis-s i o n . A s t h eConfederate prison-ers were turned overfor interrogation theexhausted Murphycrawled under athicket and wentf a s t a s l e e p . H ereturned to his regi-ment and took hisposition in line atCulp’s Hill as theBattle of Gettysburgreached its climax.In late September,1863 Murphy andhis comrades in the13th NJ Volunteerswere detached fromthe Army of thePotomac and sentf o r s e r v i c e i nTennessee . Theyb e c a m e p a r t o fGeneral Sherman’sarmy and partici-pated in all theengagements before

Atlanta and the famous march to the sea.His diary entries provide a vivid portraitof the campaigns through the Carolinas.The war finally came to a close with thesurrender of Confederate General JosephJohnston. Murphy wrote, “As long as thenation endures the story of personal

prowess and thrilling incident…will betold to interest the coming generations.No war engaged so many men, in nonewere the battles so numerous, in nonewere the issues more important…(we)remember those days, remember incidentafter incident of individual bravery, notless than those examples of regimentalcourage whose record makes immortalthe history of so many of our battlefields.”He marched to Washington, D.C. andparticipated in the Grand Review beforereturning home to New Jersey.

After a short trip with his brothertouring the nation that he had fought sohard to preserve, he came home oneevening and told his father he could buya 50 percent share of a small varnishindustry. He recalled, “I didn’t knowvarnish from molasses.” His fatherbacked him and his business career wasoff and running. He had a natural talentfor business and became a fabulouslysuccessful captain of industry duringwhat Mark Twain called the Gilded Age.The Murphy Varnish Company hadplants in numerous American and for-eign cities He was a progressiveemployer ahead of his time initiating lifeinsurance, pension, and profit-sharingplans for his employees.

Almost three years to the day afterreturning home from the Civil War,Franklin Murphy married Janet Colwell.She was a beautiful brunet, the daughterof Israel Day and Cathrine Cox Gale(Hoghland). He was twenty-two yearsold; she was twenty-six. The weddingtook place on June 24th, 1868, at SaintPaul’s Methodist Episcopal Church inNewark, New Jersey. It was in Newarkthat she met the young erstwhile Unionlieutenant turned entrepreneur. Theywere a handsome couple. He exuded theself-confidence and polish of educationand experience, and she radiated dignity

As long as the nation endures the story of personal prowess and thrilling incident…

will be told to interest the coming generations. No war engaged so many men, in none were

the battles so numerous, in none were the issues more important…(we) remember those days,

remember incident after incident of individual bravery, not less than those examples of

regimental courage whose record makes immortal the history of so many of our battlefields.


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September 14: Sacred HeartOctober 12:Stony BrookOctober 19:HomecomingCentral ConnecticutNovember 2: TowsonNovember 9: St. Francis

ITALIAN WINES AND WILSONHALL – A PERFECT PAIRING

Close to 200 alumniand friends weretransported to Italy

for a couple of fun-filled hoursat the annual wine tasting onMarch 2. Red and whitechecked tablecloths andItalian music created a festivemood. Twelve wines weresampled, accompanied byantipasto selections andItalian music. The biggestattraction though was thealumni themselves, who stoodshoulder to shoulder and rep-resented graduating classesfrom the most recent year allthe way back to the 50s.Everyone had a great timetasting wine, seeing oldfriends, and enjoying the spe-cial ambiance of Wilson Hall.

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SAVE THE DATEYoung Alumni Annual

Summer PartyTradewinds, Sea BrightAugust 3

CLASS OF 1954DOUGLAS M. MYRAH died. His wifeRose survives him.

CLASS OF 1966DR. SALLY ANN ORR MS ED ’71 is a retiredschool principal. She lives in Smyrna, DE.

CLASS OF 1967JEFFREY H. KARGER MA ’69 is a schooladministrator for the New York City Board ofEducation P.S. # 246. He lives in Nanuet, NY.

DR. JAN VANDEVER is a Professor ofMathematics and Statistics for South DakotaState University. He lives in Brookings, SD.

CLASS OF 1968WILLIAM ROBERT BRUCE SR. died. He resided in West Allenhurst, OceanTownship. The Eatontown Board ofEducation employed him for 33 years as a social studies teacher and chairman of that department at Memorial School inEatontown. While there he also coached basketball and track teams to numerouschampionships. His wife, of 23 years, JanBretz Bruce, a son and daughter, WilliamRobert Bruce Jr. and Bonnie ChristineBruce, survive him.

CHARLES L. FISCHER is a supervising fed-eral probation officer for the United StatesDistrict Court. He lives in Cranbury.

CLASS OF 1969NATALIE WALDMAN SILVER is a readingteacher for Long Beach Public Schools. Shelives in Jericho, NY.

CLASS OF 1971MAUREEN WISHART BAGWELL is ahigh school science teacher for ColliervilleHigh School in Collierville, TN.

CLASS OF 1972ROCCO J. CAVALUZZI, JR. is a policesergeant for the Howell Township PoliceDepartment. He lives in Belmar.

CLASS OF 1973STEVEN SCHREIBMAN is a computer programmer/analyst for SchreibmanMarketing Inc.

CLASS OF 1976GLENN W. LeBOEUF is vice president ofinvestments for Salomon Smith Barney.

LAWRENCE D. RAGER died. He residedin Jackson since 1978. He was a postal clerkat the Spring Lake Post Office for the past22 years. He was a sergeant in the Armyserving in Vietnam. His wife, Joyce Rager, abrother, Marcus Rager, his mother FrancesRager survive him.

JOSEPH F. SCHIBELL received an electri-cian certification from MAECOM. He is aretired teacher from Ranney School. He livesin Ocean Grove.

CLASS OF 1978WILLIAM FOWLER works in furnituresales for Boscov’s Department stores. He isstarting a foundation for families who lostloved ones in the September 11th tragedies.

CLASS OF 1979DONALD DAVIS held a group paintingshow at the 800 Gallery at Monmouth enti-

tled The Sacred and Profane. He lives inPaxinos, PA.

SUE A. HUMMEL-GOBLE died. She resid-ed in Point Pleasant and was a teacher at G.Harold Antrim School, Point Pleasant for 21years. She is survived by her husband, Larry;one son and daughter-in-law, John andMarien Hummel, a daughter, StacyHummel, step-son Trevor Goble, step-daughter and son-in-law, Greta and KeithMcGregor, brother J. Lewis Clifton, sisterMary M. Dwyer, and five grandchildren.

CLASS OF 1980DEBORAH HENDERSON LUTZ receivedthe Sentara Healthcare Key Care Award andthe CEO’s Award. She is a healthcare admin-istrator-manager of women’s imaging forSentara Healthcare. She lives in VirginiaBeach, VA.

ELIZABETH A. WALLING has been pro-moted from assistant vice president ofShrewsbury State Bank to vice president,compliance and security officer. She has beenwith Shrewsbury State Bank since 1975. Sheresides in Red Bank.

CLASS OF 1981ROBERT A. LOMICKY JR. is an executiveeditor for Taconic Press.

DANITA L. MELTON is a correctional pro-gram specialist for the Anne Arundel CountyDetention Facilities. She resides inBaltimore, MD.

CLASS OF 1982ROBERT J. ABATE has been promoted tosenior vice president and CTO of ICICI InfotechInc. He also announces the birth of his son,Robert Christopher born January 30, 2002.

VICTORIA SPILIOTIS is a recruitment specialist for MCI and recently relocated toColorado due to a promotion. She enjoysspending time with her 2 and 4-year-oldnephews. She lives in Highlands Ranch, CO.

CLASS OF 1983KENNETH J. HALLGRING MS ’96 is asenior software engineer for Telos.

ROBIN (Salisbury) HALLGRING MS ’85 isa software manager for Telos.

CLASS OF 1984CHRIS LIEBENBERG along with his wifeJamie announce the birth of their daughterHolly Christina born November 5, 2001.She joins their two other children, Heidi, 5and Haley, 3. The family resides in NewMilford, CT.

CLASS OF 1985

MARGARET BENNETT MSN ’98 held thedistinction of being the First Lady of theState of New Jersey as her husband SenatorBennett, President of the Senate, was actingGovernor. She resides in Little Silver.

GREGORY McLAUGHLIN is a cardiologyaccount manager for GE Medical Systems.He lives in Maplewood.

CLASS OF 1986LINDA MAXWELL is a schoolteacher forthe Neptune Township Board of Education.She lives in Neptune City.

CLASS OF 1987MARY LOU CICCONE-HILLER alongwith her husband Harold announces thebirth of their daughter Haley Marilu bornNovember 13, 2001. Mary Lou is a veteri-narian for the Laurelton Veterinary Hospital.

CLASS OF 1988JAN ROSENBLUM KLEIN along with herhusband and son Harrison announce thebirth of her daughter Nicole Hannah bornAugust 18, 2001. The family resides in New City, NY.

BARBARA S. SIMON retired from publicschool teaching after 26 years. She is now thesupervisor of student teaching for Monmouthand Georgian Court College.

CLASS OF 1989LOWELL P. KATZ is a banker forMerchants National Bank. He lives inEaston, PA.

CLASS OF 1990JUSTINA BLACKWILL announces thebirth of her daughter Alexandria Rose bornApril 24, 2001. She joins her two olderbrothers Matthew and Michael. The familyresides in San Clemente, CA.

HECTOR J. CASTILLO has been promotedto associate and shareholder for the SDMConsulting Engineers, Inc. firm. He is in charge of the Miami InternationalAirport/American Airlines North TerminalDevelopment Project. He resides in Miami, FL.

CHARMAINE KELLY COLINO works inAdministration for Mount Holyoke College.She is starting on her Master’s in Psychologyand enjoys the New England seasons withher husband, two dogs and a cat after livingin Southern California and Tucson Arizona.

CHERYL FOXMAN-KASPER married herhusband Bill in 1994. Together the couplehas two children, Kyle, 4 and Jake, 1. Cherylis a social worker for the Lakewood PublicSchools Child Study Team. The familyresides in Toms River.

LAURA PICCININNI along with her hus-band, Frank, have two children, Isabella, 2and Sophia, 6 months. Laura is a part-timecustomer solutions analyst at Chubb Groupof Insurance.

JOHN SPIRKO obtained a position withGucci Inc. as the director of loss prevention,audit and store operations. He is responsiblefor all Gucci Divisions in North America.

STACY GOLDSTEIN-SPIVACK is an artistand designer of custom greeting cards, birthand wedding announcements. She resides inCherry Hill.

WILLIAM NEMEC is a computer projectmanager for Datatek Applications, Inc. Heresides in Milford.

CLASS OF 1991MICHELE ACREE DAMIANO is marriedto Paul and together they have two children,Lyla 3, and Kylee 1.

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MARK DZIEKONSKI is vice president ofPrecision #1 Contractors Inc. He is marriedand has one son, Matthew, 6.

STEPHEN B. FENTON works for UPSLogistics as a tractor-trailer driver. He andhis wife, Kathy, will celebrate their 30thwedding anniversary this year, as well as his12th year of retirement from the Army.Together the couple has two children, Brian,25 and Amber, 21.

DIANE L. GIANGROSSI works for BakerHill Corporation; an Indiana based developerof business banking software, as a documen-tation specialist. She resides in Noblesville, IN.

SCOTT GOLL works for Business Wire as anewsroom specialist. He is married toCaroline and they live in West Harrison, NY.

DR. MICHELLE R. GONZALEZ is self-employed by Florosa Family Dental, P.A.,her own dental practice in which she startedin 1999. She and her husband of 15 years,George, reside in Mary Esther, FL.

JOHN P. HENDRICKS is vice president ofMerill Lynch. He is married to KELLYMcCAFFREY HENDRICKS ’00 and togeth-er they have a daughter Anna Josephine bornMarch 14, 2001. The couple recently movedfrom Pittsburgh to Boston. Kelly is a stay-at-home mom and president of the QuincyMothers Association. John is currently train-ing for the Boston Marathon, April 2002.

STEPHANIE (Marone) PERRINE works forChurch & Devight Inc. as a Senior FinancialAnalyst. She and her husband Jonathan areexpecting their first child due in May. Shereceived her CPA and is part of the AICPA,NJCPA, and IIA Societies. She is also a cer-tified fitness instructor and works part-timeas an aerobic instructor in Ocean Township.

ROBERTA A. O’CONNOR married RonaldL. Rydell on October 20, 2001. The wed-ding took place in Seaside Park. MonmouthAlumni in attendance was LORI WOOD-INGTON ’91, maid of honor. Roberta is aprofessor at William Paterson University.

KIM OVERSEN has been married to WayneVan Lew since 1993. Together the couple hasthree children, Jacklyn, 4, Kaitlin, 3 andMatthew, 4 months. Kim works forBrookdale Community College as a coordina-tor of materiel services.

CYNTHIA RAISER works for MichaelRaiser Associates, Inc. as a consultant manager.

ARIEL M. SEPE works for TargetCorporation as an assets protection teamleader. He and his wife, Mercy, reside inManassas, VA.

JEANMARIE SMITH works for AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals as a RespiratoryPharmaceutica Specialist. She is married toPatrick and they have one child, Ryan.

JILL WAMBACH is the director for theChild Development Homes Program for theNaval Weapons Station Earle Quality of LifeDepartment. She lives in Toms River.

JODI COHEN WRUBLIK and Tom areproud parents of Bennett Avery born inAugust 2001. Jodi is an account executivewith Hilb, Rogal & Hamilton Insurance.The family resides in Germantown, MD.

CLASS OF 1992CHARLES CARUSO along with his wifeDawn reside in Beachwood with their two chil-dren, Charles, Jr., 3, and Daniel, 15 months.

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DENISE DeSANE along with her husbandDavid and son Ryan announce the birth ofAnna Elizabeth born March 29, 2001.Denise is a teacher for the Keansburg Boardof Education. The family resides in Ocean.

GLEN D. FISHER lost his battle withCancer. He resided in Eatontown and workedfor the Shrewsbury State Bank and part-timeat Spirits Liquors, Red Bank. His mother,Barbara, a stepfather and large stepfamilysurvive him.

ERIC SOLOMON works for The GeorgeWashington University as a media relation’sspecialist. He is married to Rachel andtogether they have two boys, Isaac, 3 andJared 8 months. The family lives inColumbia, MD.

ALAN ZWERLING married his wife Jamieon June 9, 2001. Monmouth Alumni inattendance were ED BOND ’92, JAYDERUGGIERO ’92, CHRISSY MILLER’92, and CHRIS IPPOLITO ’93. Alan is aninspector for NJ Compensation RatingInspection Bureau. He owns his own busi-ness, Green Planet Productions LLC.

CLASS OF 1993SANJIV S. KOTTOMTHARAYIL alongwith his wife, Sindhu, and son, Nayanannounce the arrival of a new member of thefamily, Nikita was born on July 27, 2001.Sanjiv is a Senior Engineer for TelcordiaTechnologies Inc.

CLASS OF 1994JOAN BREARLEY had a champagne recep-tion held for her at Brookdale CommunityCollege as a way to display her needlepoint art.

CLASS OF 1996LOU BOSMANS was a member of selectteams that set up a medical service area atGround Zero and provided triage and carefor volunteers. She wrote a feature storyabout her experience for Monmouth’s studentrun newspaper The Outlook.

DENISE K. REHRER married James L.Harper IV on April 7, 2001. MonmouthAlumni in attendance included bridesmaidLISA CYMBALUK-GALLO ’95. Denise is ateacher of the handicapped for the NewProvidence School District. The coupleresides in Scotch Plains.

CLASS OF 1997STEPHANIE JUMPER is a fifth gradeteacher for Southwood Elementary School.She lives in Eatontown.

DINA MARIE KOZIOI along with her hus-band, Chris, announce the birth of their firstchild, Dominique Marie born July 2, 2001.


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Dina is a Monmouth County employee forthe Division of Mental Health. The familyresides in Howell.

ROBERT MILLER was promoted to seniorinvestigator at Radian Guaranty inPhiladelphia and currently resides inAudubon with his wife Melissa and their son Jonathan.

CLASS OF 1998KYLE BOND is a TV/Radio Productionteacher for Monmouth County at the newCommunications High School. He lives inBradley Beach.

SHANNON KOLAGE married RONALDPOLAKOWSKI on April 7, 2001 at St.Veronica’s Church in Howell. MonmouthAlumni in attendance included: CHRIS-

TINE SPOTO ’98, JAMIE KUHNE ’98,MELISSA FOX ’98, ANTHONY HUNT’98, DANNY RULAND ’98, DAVIDIRVINE ’99, JENNIFER LoPRIMO ’99,KRISTEN JAMISON ’99, WENDI (Peace)YOCUM ’96. Shannon is a Special Educationteacher at Manchester Township MiddleSchool. She is also a soccer and track coachfor the school. Ron is a History teacher atColts Neck High School. He is also a foot-ball and golf coach for the school. The cou-ple resides in Brick.

MICHAEL LUNA works fulltime at WarnerBros. as an employee service counselor. He isalso working towards a Master of Science incollege counseling/student services atCalifornia State University. He resides inBurbank, CA.

TONI MARINO married Scott Ryan on July14, 2001. The couple also welcomed theirson Tyler Michael born October 18, 2001.Toni is a special education teacher forCarteret Board of Education.

NANCY SHAFER-WINTER received theJanice M. Marchetti Leadership award fromthe Lambda Delta Chapter of Sigma ThetaTau International Honor Society of Nursingon June 3, 2001. She lives in Deal.

CLASS OF 1999CAROLINE HUZAR is a marketing assis-tant for Topdeq Corporation. She lives inManalapan.

CANDEE SCOGNAMILLO MSW ’01 is aSchool Social Worker for Middlesex PublicSchools. She lives in Morris Plains.

CLASS OF 2000JILL C. DOBROWANSKY accepted a posi-tion for basic skills teaching in Brick School

District. She is also pursuing a Master’sDegree in the Art of Teaching at Monmouth.She lives in Lanoka Harbor.

MARY GAULD announces the birth of herson Peter Andrew born January 3, 2002.She is currently enrolled in the SchoolNursing Program at Monmouth. She lives in Middletown.

CARRIE HUZAR is a marketing specialistfor Topdeq Corporation. She lives inManalapan.

STACY TRIUMPH is a social worker for thePhiladelphia Corporation of Aging. She livesin Mt. Holly.

CLASS OF 2001NICOLE FLECHAS is a childcare worker forChildren Aid and Family Services. She livesin Elizabeth.

YOLANDA KABOURAKIS is a third gradeteacher for the Holy Family School. She isenjoying educating and affecting the lives ofchildren on a daily basis. She lives in Hazlet.

REBECCA NICHOLS WILLIAMS is adirect care provider for Youth Beacon GroupHomes. She recently got married and movedto California, where she resides in San Diego.

IN MEMORIAM

WILLIAM ROBERT BRUCE SR. ’68GLEN D. FISHER ’92SUE A. HUMMEL-GOBLE ’79DOUGLAS M. MYRAH ’54LAWRENCE D. RAGER ’76


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