Saint Joseph's University Magazine - Spring 2006

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Saint Joseph’s acquisition of Episcopal Academy’s Merion campus is still years away, yet thetransformation of the University has already begun. Over the last several months, there have beenmany important and encouraging developments that remind all of us what a remarkable time it isfor Saint Joseph’s University:

• Response to the naming of the new campus for Jim ’58 and Frannie Maguire has beenoverwhelmingly positive. Not only is it a fitting tribute to Jim and his family for their leadershipand loyalty, but it has also galvanized our internal efforts as we begin the lengthy transition tooccupy the most significant new property for Saint Joseph’s since the College moved to CityAvenue nearly 80 years ago. We invite you to follow our progress at a new Web site —www.sju.edu/maguirecampus — that will be updated frequently throughout the process.

• In late February, we were overwhelmed once again as Brian ’69 and Nancy Duperreault matchedthe Maguire family gift with a $10 million commitment in support of the Maguire campus. You willbe reading more about Brian in this and future issues, but it goes without saying that these two gifts —the largest alumni donations in our history — are critical for us both in financial terms as well as inraising the bar for the kind of private support required for SJU to fulfill its vision of recognizedpreeminence. I truly believe that one day we will look back upon these two commitments as watershedmoments in the history of the University and, if possible, be even more grateful than we are today.

• It was an unusually happy St. Patrick’s Day when the University was notified of a unanimousdecision by the Zoning Hearing Board of Lower Merion Township in support of Saint Joseph’s E.A.purchase. Specifically, the decision grants the University a special exception to use the propertyas an educational institution effective when Episcopal Academy vacates the campus and moves toNewtown Square, expected sometime in 2008 or 2009. We are grateful to the officials of LowerMerion Township for their support. I would also like to offer a public acknowledgement to theMerion Civic Association and other community leaders for the important partnership that hasevolved between SJU and our Merion neighbors. We look forward to continued collaboration onLatches Lane and beyond in the years to come.

Ultimately, I believe the support for this acquisition — both political and financial — is a resultof Saint Joseph’s educational mission. We have made it clear to all parties that our expansion plansare not so much about a bigger university as they are a better one. We want the best facilities possibleso that our students benefit from an increasingly challenging and comfortable campus experience.

This is especially relevant when one considers the vast potential of our current students. In aone-week span in late March, three individual SJU students were awarded Fulbright, Goldwater,and Truman Scholarships for advanced study. Please join me in congratulating Fulbright scholarJessica Litts ’05 (Downingtown, Pa.), Goldwater scholar Brittany Fasy ’06 (Lafayette Hill, Pa.), andTruman scholar Jose Gonzalez ’06 (San Juan, P.R.) for their exceptional achievements as well as inthanking them for the national and international recognition they have garnered for Saint Joseph’s.

These are indeed extraordinary times at Saint Joseph’s University. We thank you for being apart of them.

God’s blessings,

Timothy R. Lannon, S.J.President

F R O M T H E P R E S I D E N T

S P I R I T • I N T E L L E C T • P U R P O S E

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Saint Joseph’s University Magazine:Volume XX, Number Three, Spring2006; published four times annually bySaint Joseph’s University, 5600 CityAvenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131-1395;distributed free to alumni, parents,friends and faculty/staff of SaintJoseph’s University (circulation 54,000).Online: www.sju.edu/ucomm/magazine.

POSTMASTER: Please send change-of-address correspondence toAlumni and Parent Programs, c/oAlumni House, Saint Joseph’sUniversity, 5600 City Avenue,Philadelphia, PA 19131-1395. Addresseditorial correspondence to UniversityCommunications, Saint Joseph’sUniversity, 5600 City Avenue,Philadelphia, PA 19131-1395.

Saint Joseph’s University is committedto a policy of equal opportunity inevery aspect of its operations. TheUniversity values diversity and seekstalented students, faculty and staff froma variety of backgrounds. Accordingly,the University does not discriminateon the basis of race, color, gender,sexual orientation, religion, national orethnic origin, age, marital status ordisability in the administration of itsadmissions, educational, financial aid,employment, athletic or recreationalpolicies and programs.

Questions or concerns regarding theUniversity’s equal opportunity/affirmativeaction policies and programs or servicesand accommodations for disabled personsshould be directed to the AffirmativeAction Officer at 610-660-1290.

D E PA RT M E N T S

ON THE COVER: Against the backdrop of a picturesque spring day on campus, the official flags of SaintJoseph’s and the United States soar next to those representing the University’s areas of internationalpartnership (right, front to back): China, India, and Chile. Photography by Laird Bindrim

SAINT JOSEPH’S

2 From the Editor

2 On the Calendar

3 NewsScholarshipSpotlight on Students, FacultyPeopleServiceOn CampusAthletics

26 AdvancingThe Saint Joseph’s Fund Chapter ChatReunion Weekend 2006

30 Alum NotesIn Memory

John P. McNulty ’74 (B.S.)William C. Toomey

Alumni ProfilesEdward Moneypenny ’64 (B.S.)Jack McKinney ’57 (B.S.)Anita (Luff) Smith ’80 (B.A.)

39 ViewpointBy Jeffrey Hyson, Ph.D.

40 EndPointBy Phil Martelli

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12 An International Campus:Academic Partnerships Bring SJU Transcontinental RecognitionBy Kristen A. GrahamPartnerships with universities across the globeare creating unprecedented opportunities forSaint Joseph’s University.

18 The Invincible Vince Papale ’68By Tom McCarthyAlumnus Vince Papale hasn’t let anything stand in the way of his dreams. Now he’s the subject ofa full-length Hollywood film.

22 Talkin’ ’bout My GenerationBy Jeffrey Martin ’04 (B.A.), ’05 (M.A.)As the celebrated “Baby Boomer” generationturns 60 this year, alumna Kathy Casey-Kirschling ’89 (M.S.) is at the front of the pack.

C O V E R S T O RY

UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATIONPresident

Timothy R. Lannon, S.J.Assistant Vice President forUniversity Communications

Joseph M. Lunardi ’82 (B.A.)

UNIVERSITY MAGAZINEEditor

Molly Crossan HartyAssociate Editor

Thomas W. Durso ’91 (B.A.), ’02 (M.B.A.)Director, University Communications

News Section EditorKelly Schramm ’05 (M.A.)Associate Director, University Communications

Advancing Section EditorTrish (Puhl) Shea ’81 (B.A.)Director, Development and Alumni Communications

Alum Notes EditorsMarisa Fulton ’03 (B.A.)Assistant Director, University CommunicationsSafiya J. SimmonsGraduate Assistant, University Communications

Art DirectorCarmen R. Croce ’71 (B.A.)Director, University Press

DesignersJames B. BrackBrooke M. CanaleJonathan B. DartJon KostesichCarol McLaughlin ’80 (B.A.)Daniel Walsh

PhotographyLaird Bindrim

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FROM THE EDITOR

Limits and boundaries are everywhere. One weface every day is the speed limit. Every back road,street, and thoroughfare has it — 65 or 55 mphon the highway; 15 mph in a school zone;something else in a construction area.

Most often we obey these limits, but sometimeswe step out of the comfort zone and try to pushthem. Yet when testing the speed limit, don’t weconstantly peek in the rear-view mirror, hopingnot to get caught? That’s because even whenspeed is of the essence, we question the wisdomof tempting fate. But there are other times whenthe limits set for us are simply barriers toachieving greatness. Sometimes a burst of speedor a brave attempt at an unprecedented idea isactually a shrewd decision.

In this issue of Saint Joseph’s UniversityMagazine, you’ll read about those whosedecisions to push the limits have paid off. TheInvincible and effervescent Vince Papale ’68literally sprinted past the limits placed on him as ayoung man to become a professional footballplayer. The same determination that got him to theNFL also helped him conquer cancer.

Some may say that “Baby Boomers” grew upwithout limits. They saw a man walk on the moonand believed anything was possible. They pushedvirtually every boundary, breaking new ground intechnology, health care, and women’s rights. Now,as Boomers reach the age of 60, we take a lookback at the achievements of the children of the“Greatest Generation,” through the eyes of the firstrecorded Boomer, an SJU alumna, and others oncampus.

Saint Joseph’s University is also pushing limitsand geographical boundaries by successfullydeveloping academic partnerships on twodifferent continents. In this way, the University ischarting a new path for education — reachingbeyond traditional borders — and creatingextraordinary opportunities for students andfaculty, both here and abroad.

As you read this issue, perhaps you’ll be inspiredto push the limits a little. But please remember todrive 15 mph in a school zone.

— Molly Crossan [email protected]

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ACADEMIC CALENDAR Final exams, Mon., May 1-Sat., May 6.• Traditional day classes begin, Mon., Aug. 28.

Commencement• Graduate students, Sat., May 13 (9 a.m.).• Undergraduate students, Sat., May 13 (3 p.m.).• Baccalaureate Mass, Sun., May 14 (11 a.m.).Online: www.sju.edu/sju/academic_calendars.html.

ACADEMIC EVENTSHaub School of Business Cooperative Education Program:

summer term, May 15-July 7; fall term, mid-Aug.through Dec. Enrolled students alternate time inclassroom with learning on the job to gain valuableindustry experience, earn respectable wages, and stillgraduate in four years. Interested companies shouldcontact Patricia Bazrod at 610-660-1103 or visitwww.sju.edu/hsb/coop.

Two-Week High School Foreign Language ImmersionProgram offered by University College and theDepartment of Foreign Languages, June 19-30.

Online:http://www.sju.edu/uc/pages/summer_lang_camp.html.

ADMISSIONSGraduate Programs in the College of Arts and Sciencesand in the Erivan K. Haub School of BusinessTo learn more about the programs in the Haub School of

Business and the College of Arts & Sciences, attend aGraduate Information Session or schedule a campusvisit. Contact the Office of Graduate Admissions at1-888-SJU-GRAD or via e-mail to [email protected].

Online: www.sju.edu/sju/graduate_programs.html orhttp://www.sju.edu/sju/infosession.html.

Undergraduate Programs Discover SJU Days, Mon., Fri., and selected Sats. (1 p.m.)Campus tours, Tues., Wed., and Thu. (10 a.m., 1 p.m.,

and 3 p.m.). Online registration and information:

www.sju.edu/admissions.

University CollegeOpen Houses, July 18-20 and Aug. 15-17. For more

information or to schedule an advising appointment,call 877-NITE-SJU or e-mail [email protected].

Online: www.sju.edu/uc.

ALUMNI

FRF

Alumni Reception, Food Marketing Institute’s Super-market Industry Convention, Mon., May 8, LoyolaUniversity’s student center, Chicago, Ill. (6-8 p.m.).

Magis Day, Philadelphia Art Museum, Wed., May 10.Hogan and Ignatius Awards, Fri., May 19, Chapel of

St. Joseph-Michael J. Smith, S.J., Memorial. Mass(5 p.m.), awards ceremony (6 p.m.), reception anddinner (7 p.m.).

18th Annual Hawk Hoop Club Golf Outing, Mon., June 5,Rolling Green Golf Club (12:30 p.m., shotgun start).

25th Annual Alumni Golf Outing, Mon., June 19,Waynesborough Country Club, Paoli, Pa. (11 a.m.).

Alumni Appalachia trip to Phelps, Ky., Sat., July 8-Sat.,July 15.

Young Alumni Cruise, Sat., July 22, leaving from AtlanticCity Marina aboard Cruisin’ 1 (9 p.m. departure).

Executive Golf and Tennis Classic for Executive M.B.A.and Executive Pharmaceutical Marketing M.B.A.Programs, Tuesday, Aug. 8, ACE Club, Lafayette Hill,Pa. Formats offered: Individual golfer (shotgun startwith a best-ball format), golf clinic and lunch, tennisand lunch, lunch only.

President’s Cup Invitational, Mon., Oct. 2, ApplebrookGolf Club, Malvern, Pa. (11 a.m.).

Shield of Loyola Gala, Fri., Nov. 3, Park Hyatt Philadelphiaat the Bellevue. Honoree: John R. Post ’60

For all events, contact: Alumni and Parent Programs,610-660-3205 or 888-SJU-ALUM, [email protected].

Online: alumni.sju.edu.

ATHLETICSPhil Martelli’s Boys Basketball Camp (ages 8-17)• Day camp, Mon., June 19-Fri., June 23. Cost: $240.• Offensive skills camp, Mon., June 26-Fri., June 30.

Cost: $240.• Overnight camp, Sun., July 30-Thu., August 3.

Cost: $425. • Team camp, Fri., Aug. 4-Sun., Aug. 6. Cost: $175.Contact: 610-660-1706.

Cindy Griffin’s Girls Basketball Camp (ages 5-17) Session I, Wed., July 5-Sat., July 8. • Day camp, cost: $195 • Overnight camp, cost: $385Session II, Mon., July10-Fri., July14. • Day camp, cost, $195• Junior Hawks camp cost: $110 Contact: 610-660-1707.

Finegan Sports Camp (Field Hockey)• Session I, Residential/Commuter (grades 6-12), Sun.,

July 16-Wed., July 19. • Session II, Residential Only (grades 8-12), Thu., July 20-

Sun., July 23.• Costs: residential, $425 (before May 1, $395); commuter,

$295; group rate (7 or more), $395; team rate (14-16),$375.

Online: www.sjuhawks.com.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTERHire a Hawk! Alumni can post jobs or internships for

students for free. For more information about all Career Development

Center activities, visit www.sju.edu/careers or call 610-660-3100.

MINISTRY, FAITH AND SERVICEThe summer schedule for the Liturgy of the Word

and Eucharist in the Chapel of St. Joseph is Sundays at11 a.m., beginning May 7.

Pre-Cana Weekends, Erivan K. Haub Executive Center,McShain Hall: Nov. 2-5 and Mar. 23-25, 2007. Cost:$100. Space is limited. Register early and online:www.sju.edu/campus_ministry/Pre-Cana.html.Contact: Vincent Genovesi, S.J., at 610-660-1404.

STUDENT LIFENew student orientation, July 24-31.Online: www.sju.edu/orientation.

UNIVERSITY GALLERY• Student Art Exhibition, Apr. 28-May 5, Mon.-Fri.

10 a.m.-4 p.m. Reception, Fri., Apr. 28 (1-4 p.m.).• Gallery closed for summer break, May 6-Aug. 27.

REUNION 2006!Classes of 1961, 1966, 1971,1976, 1981, 1986, 1991,

1996, and 2001Fri., May 19-Sun., May 21

Class of 1956 — 50th ReunionFri., May 12-Sun., May 14

Golden Hawks ReunionWed., May 17

See inside back cover for more information.

alumni.sju.edu/reunion

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DUPERREAULT MAKES $10 MILLION

GIFT TOWARD PURCHASE OFEPISCOPAL ACADEMY CAMPUS

Saint Joseph’s alumnus and trustee Brian Duperreault ’69 (B.S.), the chairman of Bermuda-basedinsurer ACE Limited, has donated $10 million to his alma mater to help fund the purchase ofEpiscopal Academy’s Merion campus.Saint Joseph’s and EA agreed to terms on the sale of the property last summer. The University will take

possession after Episcopal Academy constructs and occupies its new campus in Newtown Square, Pa.Duperreault’s gift matches the $10 million donation made by James J. Maguire ’58 (B.S.) last

September, also for the Episcopal property, which will be renamed the Maguire Campus once theUniversity occupies it. They are the largest individual gifts in Saint Joseph’s history.The University will honor Duperreault’s gift with a future naming opportunity. He compared the

Episcopal acquisition to a “Louisiana Purchase” for Saint Joseph’s, saying, “It’s an incredibleimprovement in the infrastructure of the school. I had an obligation to help.”“The leadership shown by Brian Duperreault and Jim Maguire is a vivid illustration of the

Jesuit concept of magis— ever striving for the more,” said University President Timothy R. Lannon,S.J. “The University is both fortunate and blessed to enjoy this level of passion and support from its alumni.”Duperreault is a member of Saint Joseph’s Board of Trustees and graduated from the institution

with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 1969. He was named ACE Limited’s chairman, president, and chief executive officer in October 1994. In May 2004 he presided over a successfulmanagement transition plan, permitting him to focus on his role as chairman of the board, namely toprovide leadership and to represent ACE in key areas such as strategy and government relations. In2004 ACE endowed a chair in risk management and insurance in Duperreault’s name at Saint Joseph’s.

NEWS

CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES’EXHIBIT SHOWN ON CAMPUSSaint Joseph’s served as the only Philadelphia site of an

exhibit commissioned by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) toraise awareness of children across the globe who areorphaned due to HIV/AIDS. The interactive exhibit, “TheChildren Left Behind: AIDS Orphans Around the World,”was on display in the Chapel of St. Joseph-Michael J. Smith,S.J., Memorial last fall. The 1,200-square-foot exhibit presented life through the

eyes of orphans and other children left vulnerable byHIV/AIDS.

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SJU COLLABORATES WITHHOMELAND SECURITYPaul DeVito, Ph.D., and Thomas Tavantzis, Ed.D., of the

University’s Early Responders Distance Learning Center (ERDLC), arehelping to develop best practices for communication to the public inthe event of a threat to the nation’s food supply.The National Center for Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD), a

university-based center established by the U.S. Department ofHomeland Security, has named Saint Joseph’s a collaboratinginstitution. NCFPD, a Homeland Security Center of Excellence, is anational consortium of academic, public sector, and industry partnersled by the University of Minnesota. The center’s mission is to advancethe security and safety of the nation’s food supply through research,education, and outreach. Drs. DeVito and Tavantzis serve on theNCFPD’s risk communication team.“It’s a tremendous honor to be part of such an important and

national effort,” said Dr. DeVito, executive director of the ERDLC.“The fact that Saint Joseph’s was chosen to be part of a group thatincludes Cornell and Harvard University is a testament to the quality ofour programs and our Center for Food Marketing.”Last fall Saint Joseph’s co-sponsored a curriculum development

meeting on campus for the Risk Communication Project. The projectaims to prepare the nation to respond to a terrorist attack on the foodsupply by developing effective approaches for risk communication tomultiple audiences prior to, during, and after bioterrorism incidents.


S C H O L A R S H I Pnews

NEW POSITION SEEKS TOINCREASE DIVERSITY ON CAMPUSSaint Joseph’s seeks to take a major step forward in diversity

initiatives with the hiring of its first director of institutionaldiversity, Valerie Dudley. A higher education veteran withexperience in diversity programming and education as well ashuman resource development, Dudley has worked at several areacolleges and universities — Pennsylvania State University, TempleUniversity, West Chester University, Cheyney University, andCommunity College of Philadelphia — to help create more diverse,civil, and just campus communities.“This is a significant moment for Saint Joseph’s University,” said

Gerard J. McGlone, S.J., vice president for mission, to whom Dudleywill report. “I’m tremendously pleased to welcome Valerie into ourcommunity to continue the important work we’ve already started.”Dudley, who recently earned her Ph.D. in learning and

performance systems at Penn State, will work to promote the activeengagement of the University community in achieving its diversitygoals. Additionally, she will chair SJU’s Commission on Diversityand serve as program director of the Ignatian College Connection,through which SJU representatives reach out to talented minorityhigh school students in the area.

Dudley and McGlone

BUSINESS MINOR GIVES GRADS A COMPETITIVE EDGEA recent study by Gartner, an international provider of research and analysis about the global information technology industry,

projected that large companies around the world will need three times as many business intelligence personnel in 2008 as they did in2004. Anticipating the increasing demand for those in the field, the Erivan K. Haub School of Business has established a businessintelligence minor to give graduates a competitive edge in the workplace. It is the only such program in the area.“Already,” says Richard Herschel, Ph.D., chair of decision and system sciences, “there are at least 100 business intelligence job

postings in the Philadelphia metropolitan area alone every day.” Dr. Herschel and his colleagues designed the program to better preparestudents for today’s business environment, where technological savvy and data-translating expertise are highly valued by industry. Students with a minor in business intelligence learn through an interactive process of analyzing data and information to discover

trends and patterns influencing a company’s bottom line. Six courses are required to earn the minor, and graduates have careeropportunities in almost any field of business.

News Contributors:

Alexa Bonnadonna ’06; Tom Durso ’91 (B.A.), ’02 (M.B.A.); Marisa Fulton ’03 (B.A.); Megan Halferty ’06; Jeffrey Martin ’04 (B.A.), ’05 (M.A.);

Maura G. Sabatos ’01 (B.A.); Kelly Schramm ’05 (M.A.), news section editor; Safiya J. Simmons; Carolyn Steigleman; Marie Wozniak.

FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONFUNDS PROGRAM TO FIGHTCHILDHOOD OBESITYArmed with a $700,000 appropriation from the fiscal year

2005 Federal Labor, Health and Human Services, EducationBill, faculty in both the College of Arts and Sciences and theErivan K. Haub School of Business are hard at work on aprogram to reduce obesity among metropolitan youth. Themoney was distributed to the Centers for Disease Control(CDC) and earmarked for Saint Joseph’s. According to Sally Black, Ph.D., assistant professor of health

services and one of the leading faculty members on the project,“Twenty-four to 31 percent of kids in Philadelphia alone areobese. They are at risk for a number of health complications.The emotional risks are high, too. The problem is multifaceted,and in looking to solve it, we must approach it from a variety ofdifferent angles.”Neighboring Gompers Elementary School serves as the main

site for educational initiatives and some of the research.Education and science faculty have worked with fourth andsixth grade teachers at the school to develop lessons onnutrition and critical media awareness to help students besavvier consumers. An SJU sociologist also administered asurvey at the school to access students’ understanding ofnutrition and their eating habits.As part of the grant, faculty in the Haub School of Business

are working on a number of research projects related to obesity,including an examination of food retailers and advertising,consumer-buying habits, Wall Street reaction to regulationpolicies, and areas of the country with high percentages of obesity. An important component of the project is the construction

of a new playground at Gompers, for which $100,000 of thegrant has been set aside. The playground is termed a“community build,” meaning supplies will be bought andcommunity members will build the playground themselvesunder the supervision of engineers. The School District ofPhiladelphia has offered its assistance, naming the Gompersplayground as part of its Campus Park Initiative, whose goal isto create green spaces at select city schools.

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S C H O L A R S H I Pnews

In an effort to promoteeducation about socially respons-ible business practices and tofoster a new generation of ethicalbusiness leaders, Saint Joseph’shas created a chapter of NetImpact. This international studentgroup comprises M.B.A. students

committed to using the power of business to improve theworld. Begun in 1993 as “Students for Social Responsibility,”the organization now boasts 11,000 members dispersed over100 chapters worldwide.Founding member and president Bill Conway, a Saint

Joseph’s M.B.A. student and assistant to the dean of theCollege of Arts and Sciences, explained, “The SaintJoseph’s Net Impact chapter will have a particular focus oncreating a forum for the discussion of socially responsiblebusiness practices and a network where students withsimilar interests can come together.”The chapter will also enable students to participate in

and possibly influence an important global subject as theybecome business leaders in the 21st century. “The formationof a Net Impact chapter on campus fits naturally with the Jesuitmission emphasizing a focus on others,” Conway added.

Online: www.sju.edu/net_impact/

CONTINUING STUDIESOFFERS NEW LEGAL ANDLEADERSHIP PROGRAMSSaint Joseph’s University College, the division of under-

graduate continuing studies, has created two new programs. The Center for Non-Credit Programming now offers

Leadership in the 21st Century, a new leadership seminarseries, to help management professionals deal withorganizational change. Over a nine-month period,participants are guided through modules on leadership,change management, and team development. The modulesare designed to help business professionals build a solid foundation of knowledge about the critical factorsaffecting the successful planning and execution of change intheir organizations. A new Legal Administrative Assistant Certificate

Program, designed in conjunction with the Association of Legal Administrators, aims to satisfy the growing need for well-educated legal assistants. The program allowsworking adults, individuals in career transition, and recenthigh school graduates to develop the skills and get thetraining necessary to work as a legal secretary. Students cancomplete the program by taking two classes each semesterfor one year.

Online: www.sju.edu/uc/pages/corporateoutreach1.html,www.sju.edu/uc/pages/legalassistantprogram.htm

NEW BOOK ILLUSTRATES JESUITS’CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ARTSA new book from Saint Joseph’s

University Press marks the first survey ofthe global artistic efforts of the Society ofJesus in Europe, Asia, and the Americasfrom its founding to its suppression in thelate 18th century.The Jesuits and the Arts: 1540-1773

includes nearly 500 full-color, high-resolution images of Jesuit buildings,paintings, sculpture, theatrical sets, andmusic from around the world, manypublished for the first time. Edited byJohn W. O’Malley, S.J., of Weston JesuitSchool of Theology, and ClarkUniversity’s Gauvin Alexander Bailey,the book supplements its rich archive ofimages with 12 essays written by leadingspecialists from Italy, Germany, Austria,France, Spain, Argentina, and the United States.“No other book dealing with this aspect of the Jesuits’ activities is as

comprehensive or as profusely illustrated,” said Carmen Croce ’71(B.A.), director of the University Press. “In this work the Jesuits’extraordinary commitment to the arts, which is the subject of agroundswell of recent scholarly work, comes spectacularly alive.”

Online: www.sju.edu/sjupress/pages/sjuptitles.html#JesuitArt.jpg

The Department of Phil-osophy hosted an internationalconference in November markingthe 50th anniversary of philosopherHerbert Marcuse’s influentialwork Eros and Civilization, APhilosophical Inquiry into Freud.

The conference, “Reading Marcuse’s Eros and Civilization After 50Years,” brought numerous Marcuse scholars to campus for four days oflectures and discussions, including Paul Guyer, Ph.D., the MurrayProfessor in the Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania.“This conference marked the first time an institution brought

together that many Marcuse scholars from around the world,” said Arnold Farr, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy andconference chair.Marcuse was a member of the Frankfurt School, a group of

German-American scholars who developed a critical theory ofcontemporary society, a social theory based on changing societyas a whole that combined philosophy, social theory, and culturalcriticism. His work was influenced by both Sigmund Freud and Karl Marx. “Marcuse is one of the most important philosophers of the 20th

century, and who especially made a huge impact in the 1960s,” said Dr.Farr. “There has been a recent effort to revisit his work, including amovement to publish some of his unpublished works.”

Online: www.sju.edu/cas/philosophy/marcuse_conference/call_paper.html

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W.W. SMITH TRUST PRIZESGO TO TWO SENIORSMatthew Walsh ’06 (Lansdale, Pa.), an accounting major, and

Jill Stracko ’06 (Nazareth, Pa.), a political science major, receivedthe 2005-2006 W.W. Smith Charitable Trust Prize Award.According to the Trust’s policy, the $10,000 Prize Award representstwo individual grants of $5,000 each and is in addition to the

scholarship funds each studenthas already been awarded through the Trust. Both Walsh and Stracko have impressive academicrecords as well as excellent histories of service to their civic and campus communities. A STAR scholar, Walsh is also a member of the Accounting Society and the men’s rowing team.

After graduation, he plans to work for PricewaterhouseCoopers as a tax associate.Stracko currently holds an internship in the Foreign Relations Committee Office under Senator

Joseph Biden (D-Del.). She is president of the SJU Democrats and the Pennsylvania CollegeDemocrats, as well as director of the College Democrats of America. The W.W. Smith Charitable Trust invites area colleges and universities to submit proposals for

the continuation of their existing W.W. Smith Scholars Program. Selection of students isadministered by grantee institutions without distinction to students’ race, color, creed, religion, orgender. The prize winners must be past W.W. Smith Scholar scholarship recipients who are now intheir senior undergraduate year. At Saint Joseph’s, competing students are interviewed by a three-member faculty review panel

after completing a questionnaire, answering two essay questions,and submitting a letter of recommendation from a member of thefaculty or administration.

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S P O T L I G H T O N S T U D E N T Snews

The Bond Club of Philadelphia chose WilliamSkene ’07 (Paramus, N.J.) to receive its $5,000Wright Scholarship. One student representativefrom each of six schools — the University ofPennsylvania, Temple University, Drexel University,Widener University, and Rutgers University inaddition to Saint Joseph’s — was eligible to competefor the award. Students must be finance majorsentering their junior year, have a cumulativeGPA of 3.0, and have a situation of financialneed as determined by the school.

“The Philadelphia Bond Club Scholar-ship had much more to offer than justmonetary aid,” explained Skene. “I havebeen extended numerous networking andcareer experience opportunities by Bond Clubmembers, which is something that will help

me for years after the money will.”In addition to holding two jobs,Skene is active in student organi-zations such as Saint Joseph’sCollege Democrats and the GreenCow Environmental Club, andis a member of the NationalLabor Committee outside theUniversity. This scholarshipwill help to alleviate his

financial constraints and allowhim to focus more on his studies.

SENIOR HISTORY MAJOR

EARNS AWARDS FOR WORK

WITH NATIONAL ARCHIVESFor the past 15 years, the history department has worked

with the Career Development Center and on its own to“identify opportunities for students to work in agencieswhere they can use and develop historical skills,” accordingto Randall Miller, Ph.D., professor of history. Senior historymajor Elliott Drago (Chester Springs, Pa.) found hisopportunity with the U.S. National Archives and RecordsAdministration (NARA).While working for NARA, which identifies and files

some of the most historically important paperwork in theU.S. government every day — it is the agency responsiblefor the original Declaration of Independence andConstitution — Drago was part of a team that prepared15,000 containers of archived material to be moved fromNARA’s Philadelphia offices to Atlanta and Kansas City.Far more than the stereotypical intern’s filing duties,

Drago and the team needed to compile descriptions of allthe records so that they would be accessible for use. For their work, the team was awarded a Special Act Award bythe administration.“It’s like rummaging through the sands of time,” Drago

said of his experience with NARA. “I came across civil rightscases, bankruptcy filings, and people going up against thegovernment. It gives you a whole new perspective on history.”Drago was also part of a team that garnered NARA’s

2005 Archivist Award for their efforts to reintroduceNational History Day to Philadelphia schools after a nearlytwo-decade absence. This educational program encourageshistorical research and culminates with a competition ofpresentations at the National Constitution Center.

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Predicting people’s behavior and analyzingbusiness processes is complicated. It’s the task ofRonald Klimberg, Ph.D., to teach students how touse math to figure them out.Dr. Klimberg is a professor of decision and system

sciences (DSS), a department the Erivan K. HaubSchool of Business introduced in 2003 to help bridgethe gap between theory and mathematicalapplication. “The 21st century is moving into a newage of numbers; there has never been a better time tobe good at math,” he believes. Dr. Klimberg’s expertise lies in the specific area of

mathematical modeling. Modeling is used globally inareas such as marketing research, finance, operations,engineering, advertising, and national defense. Hecontinues to develop mathematical models for use indiverse arenas of industry. Most notably, the Foodand Drug Administration used the mathematicalmodel Dr. Klimberg developed to conduct more than 10 years ofresearch. He says that, much like an architect, “seeing what I builtbeing put to use is the greatest thrill.”Students of Dr. Klimberg learn how to build mathematical

models to solve real-world problems. One of the biggest chall-enges he faces is the stigma associated with math. To overcomethis “I’m no good at math” mentality, Dr. Klimberg simplifies

formulas and encourages stu-dents to rely on their “sense-making” skills. “I teach studentshow to think,” he said. “I wantthem to graduate and becomethe decision-makers in theirchosen fields.”In a recent Business Week

article, “Math Will Rock YourWorld,” author Stephen Bakerwrote that “the mathematicalmodeling of humanity promisesto be one of the great under-takings of the 21st century.” Ifthis trend continues to be proventrue, Dr. Klimberg’s studentsmight just become the rockstars of corporate America.

Dr. Klimberg received his doctorate in systems analysis andeconomics for public decision making from Johns Hopkins University.He earned his master’s degree in operations research from GeorgeWashington University and his bachelor’s degree in informationsystems/operations research from the University of Maryland.

Online: www.sju.edu/hsb/dss/faculty/klimberg

When students of Katherine A.S. Sibley, Ph.D., enter herclassroom, they have a sneaking suspicion that it won’t be history-as-usual. For nearly 15 years, she has shared her enthusiasm forthe subject with the interested and uninterested student alike.“I continue to hope, undauntedly, that I might get some of my

students excited about history,” said Dr. Sibley, who is thedepartment chair. “Since we have relatively small classes inhistory, it really is possible to make a close connection with ourstudents, thus capturing and cultivating their curiosity.”Dr. Sibley’s own captivation with history began in her early 20s. “After matriculation in several different majors with four

separate institutions of higher learning — but still with no degree— I read a book called Modern Times by the British author PaulJohnson,” she said. Coupled with her own political activity,Johnson’s book impelled Dr. Sibley to more in-depth studiesof history and, eventually, to pen her own books.“Spies intrigued me,” said Dr. Sibley of her inspiration to

write Red Spies in America: Stolen Secrets and the Dawn of theCold War. Published in 2004, the book uncovers the secretlives of lesser known Soviet spies such as PennsylvaniansSteve Nelson and Harry Gold (who took courses at SaintJoseph’s) as well as more notorious agents. After teaching anumber of courses on women’s history at SJU, Dr. Sibley isnow working on a biography of Florence Kling Harding,First Lady in the early 1920s.Dr. Sibley hopes her readers will find some of

history’s characters as interesting as she does. It’sthat same spark of interest she works toignite in her students.

“Teaching history is really fun and interesting, too — tounearth the causes of things and help students to see theconnections,” said Dr. Sibley. “I would love it if they leave withsome greater fascination and respect for the past. I want studentsto know that history matters.”Her affinity for history is evident outside of the classroom as

well. She serves as a book review editor for the journal Intelligenceand National Security; is on the board of editors of the journalAmerican Communist History; sits on the council of the Society forHistorians of American Foreign Relations; and has just joined theU.S. State Department’s Advisory Committee on HistoricalDiplomatic Documentation, which reviews classified government

documents for public access once they are more than 30years old. And Dr. Sibley did complete threeacademic degrees — B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. — fromthe University of California, Santa Barbara.For Dr. Sibley, history is more than just names

and dates. She says her studies have taught herhow unpredictable life can be and remind herof how important it is to just slow down.

“Life is better if you can breathe a littlelonger and deeper,” she said. “I keep myoffice door and my heart open.”

Online:www.sju.edu/history/faculty/sibley.html

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POPE JOHN PAUL II“The pontificate of John Paul II can best be understood

against the background of the Second Vatican Council,”began Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J., when he launched SaintJoseph’s new Catholic Intellectual Series last fall, whichfocuses on the legacy of Pope John Paul II. Dulles argued thatVatican II marked the transition from the Eurocentric Churchto the world Church, and that John Paul II played a key role inthat progression. Cardinal Dulles presented a wide-ranging overview of the

late pontiff ’s social, political, and intellectual contributions inhis lecture, noting that he “devoted his pontificate in great part to the faithfulimplementation of Vatican II.”While John Paul II produced many doctrines and wrote extensively on a variety of

Church teachings, Cardinal Dulles maintained that everything the Pope producedcentered around defending the dignity and rights of the human person.Dulles also pointed to John Paul II’s reverence for culture, which came from his

previous experience as an actor, play-wright, and professor. Author David Gibson gave the second lecture in the series, which shared insights

from his upcoming book Into the Fire: Pope Benedict XVI and His Gamble to Purify theChurch, and his firsthand experience with the late pontiff. Having worked for VaticanRadio, Gibson covered dozens of John Paul II’s overseas trips, including papal visits toSouthern Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the United States.“The pope used to be known as the ‘prisoner of the Vatican,’” Gibson said. “John Paul

II had frequent flier miles.” He noted that John Paul II traveled the equivalent of 31times around the world during his papacy, the second longest chronological pontificate inhistory, not including that of St. Peter. “He was the Cal Ripken of popes; the Iron Man ofpontiffs,” Gibson noted.Gibson said that a portion of John Paul II’s legendary status was “the product of the

magnifying glass of the media,” but that the man himself contributed a much largerportion. Gibson said that John Paul’s willingness to let the Church interact with the restof the world, notably in his being the first pope to visit a mosque and a synagogue, madehim popular far beyond the walls of Vatican City. “If the door opened a crack,” Gibsonsaid, “John Paul made sure to barge through it.”

Online: www.sju.edu/mission/cis.html

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A misconception of modern society is thatleaders are people in charge, Christopher Lowneysaid during his keynote lecture for IgnatianIdentity Week. He spoke about how to lead inthe style of 16th century Jesuits. Lowney, a former Jesuit and renowned author

of Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World (2003),encouraged his audience to think of themselvesas leaders.“The very first person you have to think about

as a leader is yourself,” he said. “Your claim toleadership is who you are and what kind of valuesyou are willing to role model.”Lowney explained that though all of us lead,

most of us do it subconsciously. However, heasserted, “We lead best when we understand whatkind of impact we want to make.” In order for us tobe the very best, he said, we must draw on fourvalues: self-awareness, ingenuity, heroism, and love.Lowney closed his lecture by requesting that

his audience take from the early Jesuits afundamentally different idea about what it meansto be leaders. He paraphrased some famous wordsonce uttered by Ignatius: “Work as if successdepended on your own efforts, but trust as if alldepended on God.”

Online:www.sju.edu/mission/ignaton_identity_week.html


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IGNATIAN IDENTITYWEEK SPEAKEREXAMINES JESUITSAND LEADERSHIP

The Saint Joseph’s community met the face behind last fall’s “SJU Reads”selection, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, AMan Who Would Cure the World. The book had been the buzz on campussince the SJU Reads Selection became required reading for incomingfreshmen for the first time this year.Author Tracy Kidder spoke to a standing-room-only crowd in the

Wolfington Teletorium® about Dr. Farmer and his inspiring work.Kidder hoped his talk would help attendees to find ways toconnect Dr. Farmer’s life with their own. Kidder spoke briefly about Dr. Farmer’s childhood

and the events leading up to his involvement in healthcare. “Curiosity,” like Dr. Farmer’s, “is a great thing; it’swhere all adventures begin,” Kidder said. For Dr.Farmer, Partners in Health, an organization hefounded to provide health-care options for the poor,is one such adventure.

“For most of you, the question of what you’regoing to do with the rest of your lives isunanswered,” Kidder said. He quotedsomething Dr. Farmer had said to a studentwho once e-mailed him. The student statedhe didn’t think he could do what Dr. Farmerhad done. Dr. Farmer responded, “I didn’t sayyou should do what I do, but I’m saying thesethings should be done.” “You’re in college to improve yourself, but if

you do the work for a larger purpose, improvingyourself will come,” Kidder added. “There is noskill that you can acquire that can’t be used tohelp the poor in one way or another.”

Online: www.sju.edu/libraries/drexel/sjureads

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In early January, a team of 14 SaintJoseph’s students and staff memberstraveled to New Orleans to work with theMaryknoll Mission Office to serve thosewho were affected by Hurricane Katrina. “When people think of New Orleans,

they immediately think of Mardi Gras and the jazz festivals,” said MattFullmer, immersion program coordinator in Campus Ministry and staffco-leader of the group. “But New Orleans is also one of the poorest cities inthe country, which wasn’t widely known until after Hurricane Katrina hit.”While in New Orleans, the group kept a weblog detailing their work

each day, which included helping families clear their homes of water-logged and molded belongings, tearing down walls, and pullingup floorboards. “These people had lost months, years, and decades of their lives in

one fell swoop, yet there would be no denying them the decades that lieahead,” wrote philosophy major Michael McDonald ’08 (Waynesboro,Pa.). “Hope in contrast to the despair was really what defined myimpression of the people of New Orleans.”

Online: www.sjuneworleans.blogspot.com

ANNUAL AUCTION AIDS PROJECT MEXICO

Project Mexico — now in its 18th year at Saint Joseph’s — is a 10-dayservice immersion experience that provides students with an outlet forcommunity service, based on hard work and meaningful reflection. This year,17 students and three facilitators will participate in Project Mexico, workingwith the Los Niños program in the impoverished area of Tijuana.The University hosted its 10th annual auction this February to raise funds

for the service experience. Items auctioned included Saint Joseph’s basketballparaphernalia such as autographed basketball gear and ticket packages, andtickets to local sporting events (Eagles, 76ers, and Flyers) and concerts.Donations generated from the auction help pay for food, lodging, travel, andtransportation. Donations also help the group purchase construction materialsthat they will use to help build schools during their stay in Mexico. In addition to raising funds this year, the group, led by seniors Diana

Loiacono (Skillman, N.J.), Anthony Molchany (Catasauqua, Pa.), and KateMcCann (Wayne Heights, Pa.), raised awareness about the Sensenbrenner-King Bill, which focuses on border protection, antiterrorism, and illegalimmigration control. Auction attendees received an up-to-date briefing on thebackground and status of the bill and were given the chance to participate in aletter-writing campaign.

In the midst of a scene ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, volunteer worker Jed Calata ’06

(Mohnton, Pa.) surveys the devastation from atop a home's displaced concrete steps.

STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN 12TH ANNUALPHILADELPHIA CARES DAYOn Saturday, October 22, SJU participated in the 12th annual Philadelphia

Cares Day, a joint service event run by Greater Philadelphia Cares and thePhiladelphia School District. Saint Joseph’s students were among 12,000volunteers who spent the day improving more than 100 schools with fresh coatsof paint, landscaping, restored playground furniture, and refurbished libraries.Representatives from the University Student Senate worked at neighboringGompers Elementary School, where they cleaned and planted flowers.

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Saint Joseph’s Students for Peace andJustice sponsored Sudan Awareness Week lastfall. A refugee tent was set up outside theChapel of St. Joseph-Michael J. Smith, S.J.Memorial, where information on the crisiscould be found. The week also included anumber of presentations by members of theCatholic Relief Services, among others.

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DIVERSITY SERIESFEATURES FORMERNAACP OFFICERSThe Office of Multicultural Life hosted two

former officers of the National Association forthe Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)in the fifth and sixth of seven lectures in its2005-06 Diversity Lecture Series. Myrlie Evers-Williams, one of the most prominent figures ofthe civil rights movement and a former chair of the NAACP, and Kweisi Mfume, formerpresident and CEO of the NAACP, encouraged students to fight for justice.“This is not a perfect nation, and we are not a perfect people,” Mfume said in his

presentation. “But God still calls us to a perfect mission.” This mission includes, heexplained, feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, and providing education tothose being deprived of it.“I hope that my being here and sharing these words with you will make you act,”

Evers-Willams told the crowd gathered to hear her lecture. “We all have a legacythat we can leave. Know who you are and where you have come from. What rolecan you play?”

Online: www.sju.edu/STUDENT_LIFE/multicultural_life/

“If we’re going to manage the carbon dioxidelevels in the atmosphere, we need to let plants helpus,” Bert G. Drake, Ph.D., told a nearly over-flowing crowd in the Science Center during thefifth annual McGroddy Frontiers in ScienceSeminar Series. “We’re not going to stop usingfossil fuels until they’re gone, so we need to knowwhat the biosphere can balance out.”

Dr. Drake, a plant physiologist at the Smithsonian Institution, emphasized theimportance of monitoring atmospheric carbon dioxide levels because of their effectson the global climate, the most significant of which have been felt in the past twodecades, especially in the last few years.Dr. Drake’s research has focused on how much of the excess carbon dioxide

plants can process. “There are possibilities for the biosphere to use up the carbon that we produce,”

Dr. Drake concluded, “but we don’t know to what extent. And as a society, wehaven’t decided that we have a problem with excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.”The McGroddy Frontiers in Science Seminar Series is sponsored by James

McGroddy, Ph.D. ’58 (B.S.).

CAMPUS NEWS BRIEFS• The Department of Food Marketinghosted the “Seeds of Change” conferencefeaturing Russell C. Redding, executivedeputy secretary of the PennsylvaniaDepartment of Agriculture, in October.The Pennsylvania Department ofAgriculture Seeds of Change initiativeprovides a unique opportunity for foodindustry stakeholders to engage in ameaningful discussion regarding thefuture of policy and programming withspecial emphasis to the 2007 Farm Bill.This bill affects the food industry and allstakeholders along the supply chain.

• “Our only hope to stop school violence isto make it safer for kids who see a threatto tell someone about it,” said KatherineS. Newman, Ph.D., during the annualsymposium of the University’s Institutefor Violence Research and Prevention.“Risks are too high for students whocome forward.” Dr. Newman, author ofRampage: The Social Roots of SchoolShootings, is a professor of sociology andpublic affairs at Princeton University.Along with four doctoral candidates, sheled a Congressionally mandated study onlethal school violence. Their researchculminated in Rampage, the first book toexplain possible causes of such violenceand potential preventative measuresagainst future attacks.

• Kenneth L. Pomeranz, Ph.D., chair ofthe Chancellor’s Professor of History atthe University of California, Irvine,presented the annual Phi Beta Kappalecture. He challenged the reasons whypost-1500 Europe industrialized whileChina did not, and discussed the roles ofEast and West in the origins of themodern world economy.

• St. Francis of Assisi was the subject ofthis year’s Raymond Schmandt Lecture.Delivered by Elaine Beretz, Ph.D., thelecture gave a brief biography ofSt. Francis and discussed how his choiceto live in extreme poverty and his beliefthat wealth creates attachment tomaterial things enabled him to changethe social and religious environmentwithin his city. The Schmandt Lecture issponsored annually by Saint Joseph’salumnus Dr. William Lista ’51 (B.S.) inhonor of Dr. Raymond Schmandt,professor emeritus of history and formerdirector of Saint Joseph’s Medieval andRenaissance Studies Program.

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SAINT JOSEPH’S HAWK MASCOT TURNS 50He flaps his wings almost 3,500 times during the course of a game. That’s

more than 100,000 flaps each season. As the Saint Joseph’s Hawk mascotcelebrated his 50th birthday this year, he had easily surpassed five million flaps,and that’s just during basketball games.The Hawk mascot, and the concept for his constant motion, were the

brainchild of Jim Brennan ’58 (B.S.), but the athletic nickname has beenassociated with Saint Joseph’s since 1929. The name was chosen in a studentcontest over “Grenadiers,” because the word “Hawks” evoked the image of thebirds of prey that nested around campus and described the aerial attack of theschool’s football team. Saint Joseph’s hasn’t fielded a team on the gridiron since1939, but the Hawk moniker remains, typifying the fighting spirit of the teamsand their fans.During the 1955-56 men’s basketball season, Brennan, an ex-Marine and

SJU cheerleader, looked to give the team a mascot. The student governmentraised the $120 needed to buy the initial costume, making Brennan SaintJoseph’s first school-sanctioned mascot. (While other students may have worn Hawk costumes in the past, Brennan’s combination of theconstant flapping motion and University recognition make him the first official Hawk.) On January 4, 1956, Brennan appeared as theHawk for the first time, in a 69-56 win over La Salle at the Palestra. Since then, and including this season, a total of 29 SJU studentshave carried on the tradition. Sarah Brennan ’01 (B.S., no relation to Jim Brennan), who wore the costume in the 2000-01 season, has

been the only woman thus far to serve as the Hawk. OnDecember 10, during a men’s basketball game against OhioState, Jim Brennan and several former Hawks werehonored with a birthday cake for the beloved mascot.The Hawk has not missed a men’s basketball game since

that first season, and has also appeared on the sideline atwomen’s games and various team and school functions. Themascot has been tabbed as the nation’s best by sportsoutlets including ESPN, The Sporting News, and SportsIllustrated, and was recognized with a “Best of Philly” awardby Philadelphia Magazine in 2004.Andrew Moral ’06, who serves as the Hawk this year,

said that his time wearing the mascot costume has been anhonor. “It’s humbling,” the North Wales, Pa., native said.“The Hawk is so much more than a mascot; it representsthe hardworking community of Saint Joseph’s, made up ofmen and women with and for others.”

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Men’s basketball head coach Phil Martelli celebrated the 10th anniversary season of his

HawkTalk television show with a special taping of this year’s premiere in the Hawk Rock

on January 3. Joining Martelli was co-host Joe Lunardi ’82 (B.A., left) assistant vice

president of University Communications, The Hawk, and several guests from past seasons

of HawkTalk, which was named the nation’s best coach’s show by The Sporting News in

On December 14, 1955, Saint Joseph’smen’s basketball team tipped off againstVillanova at the University ofPennsylvania’s Palestra. And whilelooking at the score sheet from that

night — the Hawks won, 83-70 — may make the game look like anormal contest between two talented squads, hoops fans inPhiladelphia and around the nation now recognize its importanceas the first round of one of college basketball’s most storiedinstitutions: the Big 5.In the 50 years since the formation of the league, which stands

apart from any conference affiliations that any of the city’s teamsmight have, the Big 5 has made legends of the players, thecoaches, and even the Palestra itself, where most of the CitySeries games are played to this day.The original concept of the series was born out of a plan to

refurbish and expand the Palestra. To help finance the project,

the presidents and athleticdirectors of what would become themember schools — Saint Joseph’s,Villanova, Penn, La Salle, and Temple–— arranged to play each other in around-robin format, often grouped together in double- andtripleheaders. The rivalries have become so deep between theschools that the back-to-back format of the games doesn’t alwayswork anymore; the annual match-up between the Hawks andWildcats, for example, has become a staple of ESPN’s nationallybroadcast “Rivalry Week.”The Big 5 officially celebrated its 50th anniversary with a

banquet on Friday, January 27, and honored players from the cityschools at each game through the 2005-06 season. On February 7,Saint Joseph’s and Villanova met again to cap off the yearlongcelebration of the Big 5-0. Villanova avenged their loss from that first-ever game, defeating the Hawks, 71-58, and taking the city crown.

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It was a very good sign.Despite a labor strike that had crippled Santiago, Chile,

making it difficult for citizens to maneuver around the city, 150 people still managed to make their way to a seminar three Saint Joseph’s University professors presented for workingeducators. The great demand for that seminar — which tookplace in 2002, the first year of the University’s academic partnership with Alberto Hurtado University — is emblematicof the niche Saint Joseph’s has carved out for itself around the world.

Robert Palestini, Ed.D. ’63 (B.S.), ’67 (M.A.), dean of graduate and continuing studies and associate professor of education, was at Alberto Hurtado the day of that first successful seminar. He is one of many helping in theUniversity’s successful efforts to transform Saint Joseph’s into an international campus. “As part of the goal to be the preeminent Catholic university in the Northeast, we were looking for ways our excellence can be recognized,” Dr. Palestini said. “It doesn’t do much good if your light is undera bushel.”

Saint Joseph’s has long offered its students the opportunityto study abroad — the Center for International Programs lists 19 approved programs in 11 different countries, fromEngland to Ghana. These direct experiences get to the heart ofthe Jesuit mission — service to all people, no matter their lifestatus or nationality. “Solidarity is learned through ‘contact’rather than through ‘concepts,’ and when the heart is touched by direct experience, the mind may be challenged tochange,” Rev. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., Superior General of the Society of Jesus, said, addressing “Service of Faith and the Promotion of Justice in American Jesuit HigherEducation” at Santa Clara University in 2000.

Beginning more than a decade ago, Saint Joseph’s began to think even more ambitiously — to form partnershipswith international universities, to send faculty abroad, to spread the Jesuit and Saint Joseph’s missions across continents. Currently the University has partnerships on two continents and in four countries. Degrees are offered in China, Chile, and India, and Saint Joseph’s professors are also working in Bolivia with a Jesuit group that fosters educational goals there. “Part of our mission is social justice,” Dr. Palestini said. “Service to the underserved. That motivates a lot of what we do internationally.”

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SJU in ChinaA STRATEGIC ACADEMIC RELATIONSHIP

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First established were SJU partnerships with Chinese universities in four geographic areas of the world’s most populous country — Nanjing, Macau, Beijing, and Shanghai.

All came on board aboutseven years ago, and JosephDiAngelo, Ed.D. ’70 (B.S.),dean of the Erivan K. HaubSchool of Business, said thatthe choice to explore partnerships in China was a logical decision.“One of the components of our strategic plan is toexpand internationally,” he explained, “and if youexpand internationally, you look to China —China and India are goingto have some of the biggestimpacts in the world.”

Weiping Wang, Ph.D., SJU’s executive director of China programs, agrees. “These initiatives have evolved frommore than 15 years of faculty and administrator involvementin China,” she said. “As a result, the development of a long-term academic relationship with a growing and dynamicChina has become a key strategic focus for the University.” Dr. Wang feels that Saint Joseph’s is helping to developChina’s future leaders and to learn from them. “This goal fitsdirectly with the pluralistic perspective of our University mission,” Dr. Wang noted.

As with most of Saint Joseph’s international efforts, various universities partner with SJU to offer joint master’sdegrees; the Chinese schools all offer some type of businessdegree. Students take the majority of their courses abroad butmost also travel to Philadelphia for a summer to take courses.One program is active at the moment — at DonghuaUniversity in Shanghai, China’s largest city.

Last summer, Saint Joseph’s master’s program at ChinaPharmaceutical University in Nanjing culminated with a capstone course in Germany. Thani Jambulingam, Ph.D., associate professor of pharmaceutical marketing at SJU, taught the course. “It was a natural fit,” he said of extendingthe coursework across continents. “Germany and China havea close relationship, with many bilateral agreements.”

With China just emerging into the global pharmaceutical market, the capstone course gave Dr. Jambulingam’s students an opportunity to learn from two of the four biggestforces in the worldwide market, the United States andGermany. The students were all top-level executives making strategic decisions for their organizations. Severalcame from the State Drug Administration (the Chinese equivalent of the U.S. Food and DrugAdminstration) and were carefully examining the rigorousprocess of drug approval in the U.S.

“The future of the pharmaceutical business is in China andIndia,” attested Dr. Jambulingam, who says significant collaboration with these countries is already taking place. “Alot of the future potential of drugs could come from thesecountries. Traditional medicines have a lot of products that couldpotentially be brought to a major market. A lot of companiesin the U.S. are looking to these countries for relationships.”

This collaboration, which is needed more than ever,according to Dr. Jambulingam, is one of the many mutualadvantages of Saint Joseph’s international partnership programs. He noted that building relationships with studentsat universities abroad has the potential to benefit SJU students in the U.S. by creating the connections that may leadto mutually beneficial economic associations in the future.

Jack Haverty, Ph.D. ’69 (B.S.), associate professor ofaccounting, has taught finance and accounting at NanjingUniversity, Peking University in Beijing, and the Inter-University Institute of Macau. Like Dr. Jambulingam, hehas seen what a Saint Joseph’s degree means to the men andwomen he teaches. “The Western degree has a lot of cachet inChina,” he said — those who emerge with SJU degrees have acompetitive edge over their peers.

Personally, Dr. Haverty has found the experience veryrewarding. “I enjoy it thoroughly,” he said. “The chance tomeet the people and live the culture is phenomenal.”

Saint Joseph’s professors who teach courses most often travelto China in short but concentrated bursts, a few weeks at a time,teaching many hours a day. “Teaching in China is an intenseintellectual experience; it’s an intense physical experience,” Dr.Haverty said. “It’s hard getting there and getting back. But theseare people who are very motivated. You’re teaching for eighthours and they’re picking your brain the whole time; then you goout to dinner and they ask you more questions. You’re completely wrung out, but you’re challenged, too.”

The traditional Chinese teacher is more distant, more formal than the typical Western teacher. Chinese educationemphasizes memorization, so what Saint Joseph’s professorsbring to these students is highly valued. “The Chinese have aphilosophy about their student-teacher relationships — a teacher is a teacher for life,” said Dr. Haverty. “Some of thesepeople from China have been in touch when they come overhere, and I treasure that.”

Christopher Coyne, Ph.D. ’67 (B.S.), associate professor offinance, first began teaching students from Nanjing Universityin the summer of 2000. “The idea is that the students wouldcome here for extended periods of time to take marketing, ethics,finance — all with Saint Joseph’s professors,” Dr. Coyne said. Hemet men and women at the top of their professions who hadgiven up families and careers to come to Philadelphia for course-work; one woman had recently given birth and was spending thewhole summer away from her new baby in order to soak up the Saint Joseph’s experience. “Initially, we were just anotherAmerican university,” stated Dr. Coyne. “Then, they began tounderstand what Saint Joseph’s is. We were fortunate that itworked out so well. They were very, very excited about it.”

The 300 graduates of Saint Joseph’s China programs havedone the school proud, Dr. DiAngelo avowed. He recentlyattended the induction of three SJU graduates from Donghua

Weiping Wang, Ph.D., SJU’s executive directorof China programs, and Joseph DiAngelo,Ed.D. ’70 (B.S.), dean of the Haub Schoolof Business.


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University into Beta Gamma Sigma, an honor society ofAACSB International — the Association to AdvanceCollegiate Schools of Business. They were the first SaintJoseph’s students in mainland China to receive the honor.

AACSB is the premier accrediting agency for bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree programs in business administrationand accounting. Small and selective, “it’s the GoodHousekeeping seal of approval for what we do,” Dr. DiAngelosaid. And it makes sense that Saint Joseph’s belongs — in thepast few years, the Haub School of Business has grown from1,300 students to 2,100. “The individuals in China want to beaffiliated with the most prestigious business schools, and thisreally helps us,” Dr. DiAngelo said of the Haub School’s affiliation with AACSB. These were professionals with prestigiousundergraduate and even previous graduate degrees who told Dr. DiAngelo that until they became affiliated with SaintJoseph’s, their careers did not advance the way they had hoped.

“Once they became involved with us, they were hired by companies as retail managers or received other promotions,” he recalled. Moreover, at the induction ceremony, an officialfrom the Middle States Commission on Higher Education,another accrediting agency, leaned over to Dr. DiAngelo witha smile on her face. “This is the best outcome you could havefor an academic program,” the official said.

Karen Li is a shining example of that. One of the BetaGamma Sigma students, she studied at Donghua with SaintJoseph’s professors for two years. As with most other studentseducated in China, her academic background had been one oflearning through memorization. “From junior school throughuniversity, I always took paper examinations, which were 100percent accountable for course grading,” Li recounted. “Theonly one [verbal] project I did for my university graduation wasan individual project. Never did I give any [group] presentationin school.” She worried that these gaps in her education wouldstymie her in the work world.

“But Saint Joseph’s professors have enlarged my world byexploring my potential, as well as leading me through the wayof exploring the outside world,” Li said. “They are knowledge-able in their fields. Some of them have a rich experience inmultinational companies, so the real cases they provided werepretty convictive. They always invited queries and encouragedus to share our own experiences and ideas.”

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Saint Joseph’s second formal foray into inter-national programs began in 2004, when a partnership with AlbertoHurtado University in Chile was forged. Founded in 1995,Alberto Hurtado is Chile’s only Jesuit university — and one ofthe newest Jesuit universities in the world. Former SaintJoseph’s President Nicholas S. Rashford, S.J., was approachedby Alberto Hurtado officials about joining together to offercourses, and the groundwork was laid at that first seminar, heldon the day of the labor strike in 2002.

The program — a joint master’s degree in education, fivecourses taught by Saint Joseph’s faculty and six by AlbertoHurtado faculty — is about to see its first cohort of 30 studentsgraduate. A second cohort of 35 students began courses this spring. The two schools have also deepened their relationship with a student exchange program — the firstAlberto Hurtado students began taking courses at SJU thisspring, as well.

One of those students is Cristian Infanté, principal of San Francisco Javier School in Santiago, Chile. When heattended the seminar in 2002, he was looking for a program tofortify his educational skills in the areas the Saint Joseph’sdegree emphasizes. And, for him, just as important as the academic program was participating in a master’s program rooted in the Jesuit tradition. “Both universities share a conviction that the human being is at the center of any actionor decision,” he observed,“and faith and justice arethe main elements toenlighten them.”

Infanté became part of the first cohort of stu-dents at Alberto Hurtado.His experience with SaintJoseph’s professors andwhat he calls “Americaneducation” had such aneffect on him he decidedto earn his master’s degree on American soil,through a different aca-demic program. And so,with a scholarship fromthe World Bank in handand a yearlong sabbaticalfrom work arranged,Infanté moved his wife and four children to thePhiladelphia area lastSeptember so he couldtake classes at SaintJoseph’s. He says this has brought anotherdimension to his academicexperience.

Originally a student in SJU’s graduate partnership program with Alberto HurtadoUniversity in Chile, Cristian Infanté decidedto complete his master’s degree on Hawk Hill.

During a three-week trip abroad last winter, University President TimothyR. Lannon, S.J. (right), attended the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Societyinduction ceremony for three SJU graduates of Donghua University inChina. Joseph DiAngelo, Ed.D. ’70 (B.S.), dean of the Erivan K. HaubSchool of Business (left), also joined the students (from second-to-left):Bingjie Lu, Karen Li, and Jianhua Zhang.

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“I am living a very exciting experience of learning about important educational subjects and about Americaneducation,” he said. “I think I will go back to Chile more prepared and with important background to contribute toChilean education.”

Jeanne Brady, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of Saint Joseph’s education department, agrees that theUniversity’s successful and growing emphasis on internationalconnections is a natural fit. “We believe in the educationdepartment that education crosses borders,” Dr. Brady said.“We need to prepare global thinkers. As the global transformation accelerates, educators need to be able to help their students bridge the international knowledgegap.”

Dr. Brady and her department have been on the ground floor in doing just that — assisting particularly in the University’s South Americanefforts. Assistant Professor Terrance Furin,Ph.D., was also part of the group that presented the initial seminar to Alberto Hurtado students on that traffic-choked day in 2002. He was immediatelyimpressed by the new university. “It has now been fully certified in Chile, and this is very unusual — it happened so quickly,” he noted. “They wanted it to be the cutting-edgeuniversity in Chile. They took lots of the top people from the government.” A key to gaining that respect has been the partnership with Saint Joseph’s.

Dr. Furin, who now coordinates the SJU/Alberto Hurtado partnership and teaches some courses, noted that everyone involved is “very pleasedwith the way that it’s going. It’s an important outreach.”

There is evidence that the work he and colleagues are doing is appreciated,too. “They really have a lot of respect for Saint Joseph’s,” Dr. Furin said. “The professors who have gone down there have been well-received.” Last June the chair of the Hurtado education department, Juan Eduardo Garcia-Huidobro, wrote that “after almost a year of having started our joint master’s degree program in educational administrationand leadership, we can only report benefits and satisfaction for ourselves and our students.”

Infanté believes that “the master’s degree partnershipbetween both prominent Jesuit universities represents an important advantage stemming from their internationalcharacter and clarity of focus. The partnership symbolizes the strength of the world Jesuit university network with itsvision and capacities.”

Though Chile is now considered a first world country, Dr. Palestini said, its educational standards are quite different,and Saint Joseph’s is giving Alberto Hurtado quite a leg up in establishing itself. “We’re teaching them what they need toknow to be effective administrators,” he said. In fact, AlbertoHurtado was also recently awarded a grant from the Chileangovernment to study best practices in educational leadership.Chilean professors have spent time at Saint Joseph’s interviewing education faculty and graduates of the school’sdoctoral program in educational leadership, hoping to gaininsight for their goal of setting benchmarks for the trainingand accreditation of Chilean school principals.

SJU’s other academic effort in Latin American occurs inBolivia, where Fe y Alegria provides staffand programs for schools identified by thegovernment. Fe y Alegria — Faith andHappiness — is a Jesuit educational movement that operates throughout LatinAmerica but is particularly active in itspoorest country. At this time, more than1,000 schools are involved. Saint Joseph’shelps to train the technicos, or principals,and offers professional development programs for them. This training is vital,because the men and women plucked forthese crucial education jobs are often government appointees who lack thepreparation traditionally associated witheducational administration. “There is not acertification process in these countries,”explained Dr. Palestini.

Assistant professor and director of graduate education Encarnacion Rodriguez,Ph.D., has traveled to both Bolivia andChile, and her enthusiasm for each program is palpable. “They are both wonderful organizations,” she said. “Thereis a lot of potential there.”

She is also cheered by the demand forher new course at Saint Joseph’s —Education and the Jesuit Mission in LatinAmerica, an education class that also givesstudents the opportunity to explore issuesof history, faith and justice, and LatinAmerican culture. “Such courses on our

campus are just one instance of how the cultural and spiritualresources of both institutions are enriched by these endeav-ors,” noted Brice Wachterhauser, Ph.D., SJU provost.“Because these are true partnerships, both sides benefit.”

Dr. Rodriguez and 13 of her students spent spring break inBolivia, working, learning, and taking computers to peoplewho needed them very much. She sees this kind of course asvital to the Saint Joseph education. “It’s very difficult tounderstand things if you don’t have an international outlook,”she said. “It’s a complicated country. They learned aboutBolivia, but they also learned about themselves.

“We are doing good work,” she believes. “It must go on.”


Robert Palestini, Ed.D. ’63 (B.S.), ’67(M.A.), dean of graduate and continuing studies and associate professor of education.


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SJU in India THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS


Inspiring the Best and Brightest Worldwide


The University’s most recent international effort is brand-new, with courses beginning just this semester. In February2004, University officials formalized an agreement to offer ajoint master of science degree in hospital and health administration with the Kovai Medical Center Research andEducational Trust (KMCRET), an urban medical center inCoimbatore, India. Kovai focuses on education and research,and students in the program will ultimately be prepared formanagerial and administrative positions.

“It is our privilege to be the first Indian institution to beassociated with Saint Joseph’s, one of the United States’ topuniversities,” said Nalla G. Palaniswani, M.D., chairman andmanaging director of KMCRET.

John J. Newhouse, Ed.D., assistant professor of health services, directs the 18-month program, which will bring itsfirst group of 21 students to Saint Joseph’s this summer. Thestudents’ experience varies — some are Indian-trained physicians and dentists who want to be administrators; one is apharmacist. Some work for the government. Some are socialworkers. And, like most developing nations in Asia, India seesU.S. health care as a model — “a complex blend of private andmarket-driven health care, coupled with public-sponsoredhealth care,” Dr. Newhouse noted. “When countries likeChina and India try to move to a market-driven economy, oneof the first questions that comes up is, ‘How can we create ahealth-care industry that is also market driven?’”

The answer is usually: study America. Enter SJU, whosegraduates are placed throughout the region and the country,helping to make important decisions about health care every day. “It’s pretty obvious that we’re a major player in thisfield,” Dr. Newhouse observed. “They recognize we have awell-respected program in graduate health care.”

This summer will be an intense one for the students travelingfrom Coimbature, with four full courses fit into just eightweeks. Students will spend time both in classrooms and outside,traveling to hospitals around the region. “They’re going tohave conversations with key people at Temple, at Penn, and atcommunity hospitals,” said Dr. Newhouse. Students seemexcited, particularly about the opportunity to exploreChildren’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “Here is the leading acute-care pediatric facility in the United States, right in the city,” hesaid. “Listening to the administrators and clinicians at CHOPwill give enormous insight into this complex field, and theycouldn’t have that experience, that insight, in any other city.”

Dr. Newhouse is thrilled by what Saint Joseph’s is able tooffer students. “We’ve designed a curriculum that representsthe best health-administration thinking in India, the besthealth-administration thinking in the United States,” he saidwith certainty. “It acknowledges and respects the culture andthe health-care environment from America and from India.This course wouldn’t have existed a few years ago.” Moreover,it’s laying a foundation for things to come. “We hope that this model is really a template for other institutions in India,” he said.

Inspiring the Best and Brightest Worldwide

In January, Timothy R. Lannon, S.J., completed a three-week, 24,200-mile trip abroad. Saint Joseph’s president wanted to see firsthand what the University is doing overseas, and he was not disappointed, he said. He ventured to Shanghai to speak with students at DonghuaUniversity, then to Nanjing and Macau, to look at programsthere. He went on a recruiting trip in Singapore, helping the University attract the best and brightest international students, and then he took off for SJU’s new program in India.He sat in on classes and met students.

“For me, it was a moment of pride to see Saint Joseph’sUniversity being represented around the world,” Fr. Lannonsaid. “As a University committed to the service of faith and the pursuit of justice, we are increasingly aware that the common good in a global environment truly transcends borders. We’re humbled and inspired by the fact that knowledge, combined with solidarity, has the power to bring us closer together; we work with all our partners in that hope.

“It was inspiring,” Fr. Lannon continued. “Someone said, ‘It really sparked my life.’ It was amazing to see these other Saint Joseph’s students in China and India — even though they’re on different continents, they have the same passion and enthusiasm for the University as students inPhiladelphia do.”

Kristen Graham is a staff writer for The PhiladelphiaInquirer. She last wrote for Saint Joseph’s University Magazineon the Villiger Debating Society in spring 2002.

While in India, SJU Director of Admissions Susan Kassab and President Timothy R. Lannon, S.J., exchanged a memorandum of understanding withVincent Braganza, S.J., vice principal of St. Xavier's College in Ahmedabad,India, and joint JEA secretary of Higher Education, South Asia. Saint Joseph’s ismoving forward on planning academic partnerships with other colleges in India.


It’s only right to start at the beginning. In reality, though,you want to get to the middle of the story, because that’sthe part that seems so unrealistic that it grabs you andleaves you smiling, wanting more and hoping one day youcan be that fortunate. Still, it’s the beginning that gives youthe insight and lays the groundwork about the individualand about how real dreams can be fulfilled, by real people.Vince Papale, whose life will be the subject of the

Disney movie Invincible, which is scheduled to premierethis fall with stars Mark Wahlberg and Greg Kinnear, wasnot that different from many others who grew up in theDelaware Valley.In high school during the early 1960s, his athletic abil-

ity was evident when he would step on the football fieldor wipe down his pole vault in preparation for a meet.


How did an SJU track and field record-setter

who had never played college football secure

a spot on the Philadelphia Eagles’ roster?

Athletic ability, energy, and an indomitable

spirit.

By Tom McCarthy

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The signs were clear in his speed, his toughness, and hishands, and they did not go unnoticed. It was Father’sDay in 1964 when Saint Joseph’s track and field coachLou Nicastro tapped young Vince on the shoulder at ameet at La Salle College. Nicastro offered him a schol-arship to continue his education and his athletic careerat Saint Joseph’s.“I turned to my Dad and said, ‘Happy Father’s Day,’”

Papale recalled. He turned back to Nicastro and acceptedthe scholarship.“I loved that campus and the school,” he said of Hawk

Hill, which he fondly describes as part of thefamily, then and now. “I usedto listen to the basketballgames on the radio all thetime, so I was excited aboutthe opportunity to go there.”He did find his first year

challenging, though. It’s hardto imagine that the outgoingand gregarious Papale says of hiscollege experience, “At first, Iwas intimidated by Saint Joseph’s.I was shy, but started to gain con-fidence as the year went on.”Although freshmen weren’t

allowed to compete, being involvedin varsity sports and a team stillhelped Papale. He adjusted to therigors of college life with the help ofthen-athletic director Jack Ramsay,Ed.D. ’49 (B.S.), and his best friend,David “Duse” Van Dusen ’67 (B.S.).Dr. Ramsay helped Papale get oversome of the academic hurdles thatwent along with being a student atSaint Joseph’s. As for Duse, Papale said itwas the Lower Merion High Schoolgraduate and former captain of the trackand field team who took him under his wing and gavehim the “social confidence” he needed to succeed in college.“All I did was act like any person from St. Joe’s would,”

Van Dusen said of the way he looked out for Papale. “Iwas fortunate that when I was a freshman, I had JimmyLynam [’64] as my mentor. So I acted in the same waywith Vince. I just showed him the ins and the outs ofeveryday situations at Saint Joseph’s.”With his confidence growing, Papale began to ascend

the athletic ladder with Nicastro’s track and field team,launching himself to lofty heights with the pole vault,ultimately setting the school record of 14 feet, 6 inches. “He was a heck of an athlete,” said SJU’s current

women’s track and field coach, Kevin Quinn ’62 (B.A.),who ran track at Saint Joseph’s and then took over forNicastro as the head track and field coach duringPapale’s junior year.“My favorite Vince story was that during his junior or

senior year, there was a meet down in Quantico

[Virginia], and during one of the pole vault events, he fellbetween two foam pads and hurt his ankle,” Quinnrecalled. “We rested him for a week, and during the con-ference championships, it was still bothering him. Hecould lead off the relay team, but he couldn’t pole vault.But he could do the long jump. He won the long jump byjumping off his opposite foot. He was very tough.”That toughness has always been part of Vince’s makeup.

It is what made him a standout football player in highschool, in fact. Despite entering col-lege at 5-foot-8, Papale grew intohis current frame of 6-2 by his jun-ior year at Saint Joseph’s. Whilehe was growing physically, hislove for football was growing aswell. Since the College didn’thave a football team, Papalethrew himself into intramuralfootball. When Quinn wantedhim to give up playing becausehe was concerned about therisk of injury, Papale tried toglide under the radar. But thatproved impossible.“I read about this star intra-mural wide receiver in TheHawk one day — it wasVince,” a laughing Quinnremembered about the stu-dent newspaper articledepicting Papale’s exploits.Finally heeding Quinn’sadvice, Papale stoppedhitting the gridiron andplaced his football

desires on the back burneruntil after graduation.

His love of football stemmed from his playing days atthe Glenolden Boys Club and Interboro High School inProspect Park, Pa. Like a lot of Philadelphians, his love ofthe pigskin grew because he was a huge Eagles fan and aseason ticket holder. He first purchased season tickets in1966, while the Birds were playing at the University ofPennsylvania’s Franklin Field, and then carried them overto the 700 level at Veterans Stadium in 1970. It is a lovethat seeped into his blood and, to this day, has never left.It is the same love and intensity that propelled him

into teaching and then coaching after he graduatedfrom Saint Joseph’s with a marketing degree in 1968.He went back to Interboro, where he taught businessand coached track and field, taking over for his long-time mentor, George Corner. He also assisted Cornerwith football.“I loved it — there was nothing better than coaching

and teaching young kids,” Papale said. “My dad, whothey used to call Kingie, Coach Corner, and DickVermeil were three people who had a tremendousimpact on my life. Coach was cutting back a little and


asked me to help out. There I was, 22 years old, coachingthe track team at my high school alma mater and teachingbusiness. It was great.”That was Vince’s day job, but in between, he was starting

to play football again. It took six or seven years, but hisdesires were fueled on the sandlot fields throughoutPhiladelphia. He would play rough touch football onSunday morning and then take the train, with his bud-dies, to watch the Eagles.His Sunday morning games mushroomed from fields

that were littered with stones and bottles, located behindDelaware County bars like Cannon’s Café in Chester andMaximillian’s Tavern in Prospect Park, to the SeaboardSemi-Pro Football League in Aston.While with the Aston Knights, Papale continued to

excel as a wide receiver. One of his best games cameagainst the Hagerstown Bears, who were coached byHugh Wyatt. Wyatt would later become the personneldirector of the Philadelphia Bell of the World FootballLeague, an alternative to the NFL. He rememberedPapale, as did Bell owner and Interboro resident JohnBosacco, when Papale decided to try out for the team atJFK Stadium. Papale ran a 4.5, 40-yard dash, catchingthe attention of everyone at the tryout.He made the Bell and played for two years, until the

league folded. His individual success opened his ownmind to a chance, so at the ripe age of 30, he took a riskand tried out for his beloved Philadelphia Eagles. It was1976 and the Eagles were coached by a young and ener-getic newcomer named Dick Vermeil, who was lookingto add an outside spark to a team that was growing butstill struggling. “We didn’t have a first-, second-, or third-round draft

choice for two years,” Vermeil said. “So we thought if we

held some open tryouts, we would find someone thatwould help us.”Calling on the toughness and intensity that had guid-

ed him through life, Papale, who had never played a dayof college football and was several years older than mostother rookies, won a spot on his favorite NFL team.Though not an instant star, he worked his way onto theroster, where he remained a wide receiver and became adominant force on special teams. He played three seasonsfor the Birds, and according to the Eagles’ Web site,holds the record as the oldest rookie in NFL history whonever played college football, excluding kickers.“Papale helped us in more ways than one,” remem-

bered Vermeil, who recently retired after his third stint asan NFL head coach. “He helped us establish an energy.He practiced hard and he was always positive. Doneright, I can see how the movie would be an inspiration.”Papale’s energy continues to be an inspiration. It’s not

just because of his football success that he’s sometimescalled Philadelphia’s “Real-life Rocky.”Back in April of 2001 during a normal checkup,

doctors discovered polyps in Papale’s colon. Not anuncommon occurence, they were removed. He and hiswife, Janet, headed off for a relaxing Memorial Day weekendin Newport, R.I., only to come home Tuesday to a heart-stopping call from his doctor — the polyps were cancerous.“Have you ever had something in your life happen and

your whole body just goes flush?” Papale asked. “I am tellingyou, the feeling I had was as if the air had just been suckedout of my body. I said, ‘You have got to be kidding me.’ ”Although overcome with disbelief and self-pity, Papale

snapped out if it with the help of his wife: “She said, ‘Youare supposed to be a role model, you have to get ittogether.’ She was absolutely right.”



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The doctors scheduled surgery to remove 18 inches ofPapale’s colon on June 22. As it turned out, the cancerhad not penetrated the colon wall, and the surgery wassuccessful. Not only that, in the interim the polyps werechecked by six different pathologists, and each gavePapale a clean bill of health. “I get goose bumps every time I tell the story,” he said,

who incorporates his bout with colon cancer in the manymotivational talks he now gives. “When I found outeverything was clean, I almost cried. I am sort of embar-rassed when people call me a hero, but I was such acoward. It is pretty wild.”Papale’s bout with colon cancer has not slowed him

down. Now a national spokesperson for colorectal can-cer prevention, he is a devoted father to his children,Vincent and Gabriella. Papale also balances speakingengagements with his work as senior account executivefor higher education marketing with Sallie Mae andspecial events director for their scholarship arm, theSallie Mae Fund. Through his position there and withthe help of the Walt Disney Company, Papale plans totravel around the country and speak to high school andmiddle school students about the value of education.The program, called “Hold Fast to Dreams” after theLangston Hughes poem (see right) will also give aglimpse into the services and programs available to stu-dents who choose to attend college.In the meantime, Papale has been busy promoting the

planned fall release of Invincible with Wahlberg, whoplays him in the film. The two hit it off from thebeginning and are scheduled to be presenters at theESPY Awards for ESPN this summer.The movie, written by Brad Gann and Mike Rich —

who had a hand in the successful baseball film The Rookie

and also Finding Forrester— is set in Philadelphia in 1976.It stars Kinnear as Vermeil, character actor Kevin Conwayas Papale’s dad, and Elizabeth Banks as Vince’s wife, Janet. “I feel like I have caught the last laugh,” Papale said of

the movie, much of which was filmed in Philadelphia atFranklin Field. “There were so many people who doubtedme. It is extraordinary to be able to share my story witha new generation and to share it with Janet and my kids.There is a new generation that is being introduced to mystory. I don’t pinch myself to see if I am awake, I pinchmyself to see if I am still alive.”

Tom McCarthy is the radio play-by-play announcer forSaint Joseph’s men’s and women’s basketball teams. This springhe also joins the radio team of baseball’s New York Mets.

DREAMS

Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow.

Images below from left to right:

Papale’s official Philadelphia Eagles photo, 1976.

Papale plays an Eagles assistant coach in the movie Invincible.Mark Wahlberg plays Papale.

The Papale family: Vince and Janet with their children, Gabriellaand Vincent.



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When most people celebrate a big birthday, theyonly have to worry about the bad jokes they’ll read incards from friends, or the plastic bovine that theirfamily will prop up on their lawn, lowing, “Holy Cow!Frank is 50!” When Kathy Casey Kirschling ’89reaches a milestone age, she does so as the first of a generation.

Born one second after midnight on January 1,1946, Kirschling, who is married to AssociateProfessor of Food Marketing Patrick Kirschling,Ph.D., is regarded as the nation’s first Baby Boomer,and with every turn of the calendar to a new January,she leads her generation into a new year of life.

The Boomer generation is described as suchbecause, as American soldiers were returning homefrom World War II and settling down to start theirfamilies, birth rates in the United States skyrock-eted; beginning with Kirschling, 3.4 million babieswere born in 1946, surpassing the previous year’stotal by more than half a million. In all, the boomproduced 79 million Americans, more than a quarterof the country’s current population. And whilemillions of the first Boomers turn 60 this year,including such famous names as President George W.Bush, former President Bill Clinton, Donald Trump,and Steven Spielberg, Kirschling has become theface of the generation.

It wasn’t always this way; in fact, Kirschlingnever realized her place in history. “I would hearreports about how the generation started in thebeginning of 1946, and I’d think ‘Hey, that’s when I was born!’ ” she said. She didn’t even realizeit in 1980, when Landon Jones, then managingeditor of Money magazine, used her name andcredited her as being the first Baby Boomer in his book Great Expectations: America and the BabyBoom Generation.

Five years later, when, still unbeknownst to her,Kirschling was about to lead the Boomers into their 40s, Jones tried to contact her for an interview withMoney. “People from the magazine kept calling me,and he sent his correspondents out to talk to me,”

Time marches on for the Baby Boomers, with a Saint Joseph’s alumna leading the way.

she recalled. “I thought they were trying to sell me a subscription.” Eventually, she did talk to Jones,and once the article was published, the media blitzwas on.

Jones became like a birthday reminder forKirschling, throwing her a party at Time magazineheadquarters when she turned 50. As her 60thbirthday approached, Kirschling didn’t evenremember her age — until Jones called. “The greatthing about turning 60 is that you don’t care [aboutyour age],” she said. “I had forgotten about thebirthday, and when the phone rang and he was onthe other end, I knew I was turning 60.”

Now that her generation is beginning to join theranks of the sexagenarians, the publicity push is at anall-time high. Kirschling has interviewed withSmithsonian Magazine — through Jones — thePhiladelphia Inquirer, USA Today, and NBC for the Today Show, to name just a few. She’s alsocoauthored a book with two friends, entitled Morethan a Bathroom Guide to Baby Boomers, which isavailable at www.babyboomerbathroomguide.com.

Kirschling never expected to be asked to speakfor an entire generation. “How do you speak for 79million people?” she said. “I’m just one of them.”

As her generation begins to hand over some ofthe most powerful positions in the world to itschildren, Kirschling sees a mix of challenge andpromise on the horizon. “We’ve used up a lot of thenatural resources, and so future generations are goingto have to develop smarter ways to live,” she said.“We might dry up Social Security, because there areso many of us. But we pushed the ceilings on a lot of things. I’m happy with the openness and thediversity we’ve brought for generations to come.We’ve learned from our mistakes — we’re givingback now. We saw thousands of Boomers go to NewOrleans to help with Katrina relief. We still have thepower and the numbers to change things if wedisagree with them. We’ve learned that if you haveyour values and your morality in balance, you canmake the world better.”

My GenerationTalkin’ ’ bout By Jeffrey Martin ’04 (B.A.), ’05 (M.A.)Talkin’ ’ bout

My GenerationMy Generation


Though Kirschling didn’t come to Saint Joseph’s until the 1980s —for her M.S. in Health Education — her Boomer contemporariessaw a school far different than it is now when they came here in thelate ’60s through the ’70s.

Then known as the College — University statuswas granted in 1978 — Saint Joseph’s was a smallschool, made up mostly of local students. “We werelargely a commuter college,” said James Moore, S.J.,who came to the College as director of admissions in1963. “Most students came from diocesan high schoolsin Philadelphia and the surrounding area.” John Lord,Ph.D. ’71 (B.S.), now department chair and professorof food marketing at the University, recalled that, tomany, “college was just an extension of high school.You would get to school in the morning, take yourclasses, and go home.”

Admissions figures at the beginning of the BabyBoomers’ college experience were almost the exactreverse of what they are now. The College onlyenrolled between 1,400 and 1,700 undergraduate daystudents, but the Evening College program, founded in1943, thrived in the early ’60s. “The night school washuge,” Fr. Moore said. “We had more than 4,000students at the time, many of them veterans back fromWorld War II and the Korean War, trying to finishtheir education. There was even a five-year plan inplace projecting Evening College enrollment toincrease to 5,000 students, but all of a sudden, Templebecame a state school and community colleges startedto sprout up in the suburbs, and enrollment began toget smaller and smaller. Fortunately, numbers in theday school were beginning to grow.”

Part of the reason for the growingadmissions figures was that the BabyBoomers were the first generation tosee women admitted to the College —the first year of coeducation was1970, the same year that the boom inenrollment led to the constructionof the College’s first high-risestudent residence. Now known asLaFarge Hall, it was largely respon-sible for the increase in on-campusliving to 29 percent by 1975.

When they first came to the College, the Boomers weretaught by a faculty who were, liketheir students, largely localized.“There was a certain compactnessto the faculty because of their very

similar backgrounds,” said David Burton, Ph.D.,professor emeritus of history. “We were local, Catholicteachers. But we were a well-qualified faculty in termsof teaching. We weren’t all scholars (ed. note: thetenure system wasn’t completely formalized until1965), but the small size of the school allowed us todedicate up to 15 credit hours per week to teaching.”

Academically, the College was regarded best for its physicscooperative and pre-med programs. “If students were thinking of going to school for pre-med, Saint Joseph’s was the place to

be,” Fr. Moore said. “It wasn’t unusual for a graduating class to send 35 students on to medical degrees. Even today, there are many prominent doctors in thearea who are alums.”

One of those doctors is Joseph Horstmann, M.D. ’68(B.S.), a former biology major. “Biology was probablythe biggest program, with maybe 75 out of 450 studentsin a given class year,” he said. “It was a very competitiveatmosphere, with so many people trying to go on to medical degrees. And because most of us lived athome, a lot of the focus was on coursework.”

The Baby Boomers are knownin part for challenging “the establishment,” especially when it came to the Vietnam War, but Dr. Horstmann noted that theschool’s Jesuit identity helped thestudent body avoid the more wildbreaks against authority. Dr. Lordadded that, for some students, “Our rebellion was sitting in at theadministration’s office, trying to getthem to relax the dress code awayfrom coats and ties.”

Saint Joseph’s wasn’t blind to the progressive movements of the1960s, though, as the Boomer studentswere treated to speeches from some of the most important national figuresof the time right on campus. For threeconsecutive years, senators who hadbeen or eventually would becomepresidential candidates spoke at thecollege: Barry Goldwater in 1968,George McGovern in 1969, and Hubert Humphrey in 1970. In perhaps the biggest lecture on campus todate, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed a packed Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse in 1967. “Thespeakers that came to campus gave us an opportunity to hear from all sorts of different standpoints,” Dr. Horstmann said.

Social life at Saint Joseph’s was active for theBoomers. Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse was not the center for varsity sports at the time, but it was thesocial center of campus. Freshman orientation wouldend with a mixer there between the College men and women from area schools such as Rosemont andChestnut Hill, and several mixers were held during thecourse of the year. The Fieldhouse was also the home ofconcerts from stars such as John Denver (then part of the Chad Mitchell Trio); The Four Tops; Diana Rossand the Supremes; and Peter, Paul, and Mary.

As it seems is often the case at Saint Joseph’s, men’sbasketball was a central part of life on campus. In the


The Boomers Come to Hawk Hill

Rev. James W. Moore, S.J.Director of Admissions,

c. 1970

John Lord, Ph.D.Yearbook photo, 1971

Joseph Horstmann, M.D.Yearbook photo, 1968

David Burton, Ph.D.Professor of HistoryYearbook photo, 1968

The Alumni Hawk, Fall 1974, celebrated the

graduation of the first class of female undergraduate

day students.

Cartoon ridiculing the campus dress code. The Hawk, October 25, 1967.

The Boomers Come to Hawk Hill


The Baby Boomers are turning 60, but don’t expect them toslow down. No, sir, they’ll continue to skydive, write memoirs, runmarathons, start companies, cure diseases, and change the world,man, right up until the day they die. It’s all about Having It All,and no group chants that mantra — or lives it daily — quite aspassionately as Baby Boomers.

Don’t believe me? Just ask your favorite Boomer. She’ll tell you —again, and again, and again. Because if there’s one thing Boomerslove more than living life to the fullest, it’s telling you just howmuch they love living life to the fullest.

No other group of Americans is as, shall we say, self-expressive.Go ahead and Google “Greatest Generation.” You get a shade over1.2 million hits. “Generation X” yields 4.25 million pages, and“Generation Y” offers up not quite 1.1 million.

Now enter “Baby Boomers” into the little window and click“Search.”

Fourteen million, seven hundred thousand hits.So in addition to raising much-needed awareness of such

societal ills as poverty, racism, sexism, environmental destruction,ruinous wars, and the like, the Boomers not only mastered the art of self-promotion, they practically invented it. And all withoutTom Brokaw’s help.

If all of this comes across as sour grapes, well, that’s because it is.I can’t begrudge the Baby Boomers their accomplishments;somebody had to point out that women should be paid as much asmen for the same work, after all. It’s just that, frankly, I’m tired of

hearing about it so often. Every time I pick up my paper, open amagazine, or turn on the television, I’m told how much Boomershave done, which really serves only to remind me of how much Ihaven’t done. No novel bears my name, I’ve never held electedoffice, and I consider it the height of entrepreneurism if I can getmy four-year-old to finish her Cheerios. The last time I stood up fora noble cause was when I sent my steak back to the kitchen atOutback because it was cooked medium-well instead of medium.

And, yes, there’s an undeniably selfish aspect to my griping.Having It All, I’ve found, tends to be a zero-sum game — ifsomeone else Has It All, then I don’t. The Boomers are going tosuck up all the Social Security funds Uncle Sam has been kindenough to remove from my paycheck; they have a chokehold on allthe good jobs; and they’re going to be the politically predominantgeneration for the next 20 years. What’s that leave for me?

Look, I’m as self-centered as the next guy, or the nextgeneration, as the case may be. So, yes, Happy Birthday to theBoomers and all that, but will you please blow out the candles andeat your cake, already? And if you could bring yourself to save therest of us a small slice, we’d be grateful.

— Thomas W. Durso ’91 (B.A.), ’02 (M.B.A.)

Tom Durso, a card-carrying member of Generation X, is director of university communications and blogs frequently on popular culture atwww.shallowcenter.com. Boomers can tell him how wrong he is by e-mailing [email protected].

The Loudest GenerationThe Loudest GenerationThe Loudest Generation

first four years of the Boomers’ collegeexperience, the Hawks amassed a 75-32record, won two Big 5 championships,and were ranked No. 1 in the countrybefore the 1965-66 season. Two Hawksthat played during the Boomers’ firstfour years in college, Clifford Andersonand Billy Oakes, have had their numbersretired from the team. They are the onlytwo teammates to achieve that honor todate. “We were taught early in our

careers that the Hawk will never die,” Dr. Lord remembered. “Allthe home games were played at the Palestra, and the booster clubwould hold marches down to Penn. We’d have dozens of studentswalking down the street, chanting for St. Joe’s.”

Indeed, some trends that the Boomers experienced, such as thepopularity of basketball, continue at Saint Joseph’s. In 1965, adecades-long plan to expand the size of the College was realizedwhen Saint Joseph’s acquired the 10-acre Gest Estate upon thedeath of Margaret Gest. “I remember walking around the wall thatseparated the estate from campus and praying, ‘Please, God, weneed this area to expand,’ ” Fr. Moore said. “We were blessed to beable to add 10 acres right next to the existing campus.” Theaddition allowed the University to expand Campion StudentCenter, add the Science Center, and eventually build the Chapel ofSt. Joseph-Michael J. Smith, S.J., Memorial.

Now that many of the younger Boomers’ children are coming tocollege, Saint Joseph’s again looks to expand, having recently

signed an agreement to add Episcopal Academy’s Merion campus —to be known as the James J. Maguire Campus — by 2010. “The aging Boomers who experienced Saint Joseph’s in the 1960sand have a chance to experience the Saint Joseph’s of the 21stcentury have witnessed an amazing transformation,” Dr. Lord said,“one that promises to continue with the acquisition of the Maguirecampus. We have gone from a small, local commuter school to a comprehensive regional — bordering on national — University.And we have done so, I believe, while staying true to our Jesuitmission and our deep roots as a Catholic institution. Those whofollow us in years to come willexperience a Universitythat is a major force inhigher education.”

Said with theconfidence of atrue Baby Boomer.

Jeff Martin is a graduate assistant in the Office of

UniversityCommunications.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.at Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse,

October 1967.

Booster Clubstudents, c. 1966.


ADVANCING

Dear Fellow Hawks, This past December, elections were held

for executive vice president, vice president,and secretary of the association’s NationalAlumni Board (NAB). This new board

structure is designed to be more relevant, effective, andinvolved.

It is my pleasure to announce the new officers who willjoin me on the board: Dennis Sheehan, Esq. ’85 (B.S.), executive vice president; Gina Mazzulla ’91 (B.S.), vice president; and Jack Ginter ’93 (B.S.), secretary. Sincerethanks goes to the other candidates, Dennis Durkin ’74 (B.S.),Deborah Coughlin ’75 (B.A.), and John Paul Curran, Esq. ’61(B.S.), who will serve as national board members.

Now the real work begins. The officers have already laid out an agenda for the upcoming months. We hope toaccomplish the following objectives:

• Select the National Alumni Board and its committees.• Initiate and make significant progress on a strategic

plan for the association.• Organize and hold the first NAB meeting.

Beyond these initialduties, the board will reviewand organize the entire association through chaptersand programs based uponregion, profession, and special interests, adding amuch broader base to itsmembership. As always, wewill be asking for your feedback and assistance aswe reach out to more andmore of our constituents.

While the board’s workhas just begun, the Office ofDevelopment and Alumni

Relations continues its ongoing campaign to improve communications between fellow alumni and the University.As you read this section of the magazine, please considergetting involved in a regional chapter or activity, coming toa professional chapter event or meeting, or simply attendingSunday Mass on campus.

Finally, I would be remiss if I did not mention the highlightof the Alumni Association’s spring calendar — ReunionWeekend 2006! From Friday, May 19, through Sunday, May21, celebrations will take place for class years ending in “1”and “6.” A full slate of activities is planned. Visit our newreunion Web site at www.alumni.sju.edu/reunion, or feel freeto contact the Office of Development and Alumni Relationsby phone (888-SJU-ALUM) or by e-mail ([email protected]).As always, we look forward to hearing from you.

Forever a Hawk,

Patricia McElwee Mahoney ’76 (B.S.)President, Alumni Association

THE SAINT JOSEPH’S FUND: A MEASURE OF SUCCESS

In the higher education market, a positive perception of colleges and universities by their alumni is a clear measure of success. But how doinstitutions quantify something so intangible? The answer is quite simple: the annual alumni giving participation rate.

Saint Joseph’s University alumni pay tribute to their alma mater byparticipating in The Saint Joseph’s Fund. More than a monetary donation, contributing to The Fund is a way for alumni to say, “Webelieve in and support the mission of Saint Joseph’s.” And while thedonation itself is important, the number of those giving is just as noteworthy and as great a measure of success as the amount given.

Strong alumni support for The Saint Joseph’s Fund aids theUniversity in many ways. High participation levels help the institutionobtain grants from foundations and other outside sources. Additionally,it is one of the most important factors considered by those who gatherdata for national college rankings. The reason for this interest and the logic behind it are basic: if an institution has not maximized funding from alumni, its primary source, how can it expect funding fromother sources?

In a recent poll conducted by outside consultants, Saint Joseph’s alumni were asked about their undergraduate experience. A full 90 percent said they would do it over again. Is 90 percent impressiveenough? This clearly indicates more than just an affinity for SaintJoseph’s; it shows a true devotion and passion for the University. Lastyear’s annual alumni giving participation rate of 20 percent was not atrue reflection of this spirit. It is time to bridge the gap between schoolspirit and giving percentages.

This year’s goal is to increase participation to 25 percent — “a tallorder,” noted Bill Shorts, director of annual giving, “but in the true spirit of what it means to be a Hawk, it can be done.

“The Fund’s momentum is building,” he added. “The participationrate is already up from this time last year. I am confident our alumni willhelp us reach our goal.”

EVERY GIFT MATTERS

Just ask Saint Joseph’s Telefund caller, Stephen Phillips ’08, about theimportance of The Saint Joseph’s Fund. “As a Telefund caller, I understand that without the spiritual and financial support of our alumni, an education from Saint Joseph’s would not be possible for meand many of my fellow classmates.”

The Saint Joseph’s Fund sustains all that is wonderful about SaintJoseph’s: financial aid and scholarships, technology upgrades, the HawkAthletic Fund, faculty support, facilities enhancements, the University’sgreatest needs, and so much more.

Help us reach our goal of 25% participation. Contact the Office ofDevelopment and Alumni Relations bycalling 800-999-HAWK, by visiting onlineat development.sju.edu/annualfund.html,or by filling out and returning the BREinside the cover of this magazine.


NAB Officers (from left): Jack Ginter ’93 (B.S.), secretary;

Patricia McElwee Mahoney ’76 (B.S.),president; Gina Mazzulla ’91 (B.S.),

vice president; and Dennis Sheehan, Esq.’85 (B.S.), executive vice president.

LAW ALUMNI HONOR MCCALL AND SMITH

On November 17, 2005, John J. McCall, Ph.D., and RichardV. Smith, Esq. ’63, (B.S.) were honored at the AlumniAssociation’s annual Law Alumni Awards Dinner. Dr. McCallwas presented with the Brother Bartholomew A. Sheehan, S.J.’27, Award, while Smith received the Honorable Francis X.McClanaghan ’27 Award.

The Sheehan Award was presented to Dr. McCall, interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of philosophy and management, in recognition of his loyalty and dedication to Saint Joseph’s University.

Smith, president of RVS Controls, received the McClanaghanAward in recognition of his loyalty and dedication to both theUniversity and the law profession.

“The Law Alumni Chapter has traditionally been one of the strongest and most active chapters of the Alumni Association,” remarked Timothy R. Lannon, S.J., Saint Joseph’s president. “The chapter has earned this distinction through the commitment, loyalty, and service ofindividuals like John and Dick. Saint Joseph’s is proud to recognize them for their many achievements and for theirdedication to the University.”

LAW ALUMNIThe chapter will recognize the Hon. Jacqueline Carroll Cody ’75

(B.S.) on May 11 with the GEM Award, presented annually to analumnus/a who shows great loyalty and dedication to the Universityand the legal profession.

On March 6, 23 members of the Law Chapter visited the UnitedStates Supreme Court, Washington, D.C. The Honorable StephenMcEwen ’54 (B.A.) presented the group for admittance to the country’s highest court.

MEDICAL ALUMNIThe Medical Alumni Chapter continues its outstanding service

to the University’s pre-medicine and science programs. Throughoutthe course of the spring semester chapter members have spoken topre-med students in their physiology classes. Joseph Abboud, M.D.’94 (B.S.), Peter Kowey, M.D. ’71 (B.S.), Joseph Curci, M.D. ’68(B.S.), Joseph Libby, M.D. ’87 (B.S.), Joseph Smiley, M.D. ’61(B.S.), and Marianne T. Ritchie-Gordon, M.D. ’76 (B.S.) presented topics ranging from muscle physiology to the digestivesystem. The lecture series provided students with real-world insightinto the medical profession and its various areas of study.

On February 28, the annual “Dinner with a Doc” was held in theErivan K. Haub Center in McShain Hall. This program provides anopportunity for current undergraduates to meet members of the medical profession and learn more about their specialties. The program brought together 25 students with 14 physicians.

The chapter donated $5,000 to the 17th Annual Sigma XiConference to help defray the costs of attendance for students and to support the closing gala, held at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

BUSINESS CHAPTERThe M.B.A. Chapter hosted its inaugural meeting on January 6,

featuring a presentation by Joseph Rafter ’98 (M.B.A.), chair.Rafter focused on the chapter’s current programs and future goals,as well as boosting the M.B.A. admission’s program, mentoringopportunities for current students, and partnering with the CareerDevelopment Center to offer career opportunities for recentM.B.A. graduates.

Alumni living in the Chicago area or who are attending theFood Marketing Institute’s Supermarket Industry Convention andEducational Exposition are invited to Saint Joseph’s annual alumni reception held on Monday, May 8, from 6 to 8 p.m. at theLoyola University Student Center, 820 N. Michigan Ave.,Chicago. This is a complimentary event. Please contact the Officeof Development and Alumni Relations at 888-SJU-ALUM or e-mail at [email protected] for additional information.

Chapter Chat

For information on professional and regional chapters, contact the Office of Development and Alumni Relations at [email protected] or 888-SJU-ALUM, or visit www.alumni.sju.edu.

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Dennis Sheehan, Esq. ’85 (B.S., left),

Law Alumni president,and Don DiJuila ’67

(B.S., right), associatevice president and

director of athletics,present the

Sheehan award to Dick Smith,

Esq. ’63 (B.S.).

McCall (center) with other SJU administrators (from left): Don DiJulia ’67 (B.S.), associate vice president and director of athletics; Kathy Gaval ’80 (B.S.), ’85 (M.B.A.), vice president for planning; Linda Lelii, Ph.D., vice president for student life; Brice Wachterhauser, Ph.D.,provost; and Joe DiAngelo Jr., Ed.D. ’70 (B.S.), dean, Haub School of Business.

Scholarships That Make a DifferencePerhaps no gift has more impact on a student’s education than a scholarship. Whether it comes from need,

achievement, or both, scholarships can transform a student’s life. Just ask Frank Hartman, Esq. ’52 (B.S.), whohas been on both sides of a scholarship, first as a recipient and now as a donor.

“I am doubly indebted to the University, not only for my scholarship, but also for my Jesuit education,” saysHartman. “These opportunities changed my life.”

Hartman, a father of eight — four of whom are Saint Joseph’s graduates — laughs when he recalls the turn ofevents that led him to Hawk Hill. “Upon graduation from high school,” he said, “I was surprised to learn I hadreceived a scholarship from Saint Joseph’s. In those days, money was tight so naturally I was grateful to theUniversity for the financial assistance.

“Originally, I wanted to be an engineer, but the University did not have an engineering program. A member ofthe registrar’s office suggested I take liberal arts courses until I decided on a major. Then, in my junior year, the

moderator of the debating society, Ed Stevenson, asked me what I was going to do upon graduation. I guess my uncertainty showed because he immediately said, ‘I think you’d make a great lawyer.’”

From there, Hartman applied and was accepted to the University of Pennsylvania Law School on an academic scholarship. “I was once again indebted to Saint Joseph’s for giving me direction,” he said.

Years later, when initially invited to become a member of the Barbelin Society, Hartman admits he was hesitant. “I told [Saint Joseph’s] as the father of eight children with four in college at the time, I was already making substantialfinancial contributions to higher education,” he remembered. “However, I promised myself and the University that in thefuture, I would give back as much as I could.”

Hartman remained true to his promise. “I have always supported The [Saint Joseph’s] Fund in some way so I hadalready established my tradition of giving,” he explained. “I think it is important to always have a history of giving evenif it is a small amount. As I became more financially sound, I increased my giving level.” Hartman is convinced thatthe tradition of giving is the key.

Hartman believes his scholarship made him who he is today and always hoped to reciprocate this generosity. “I have always felt that Saint Joseph’s did the biggest favor for me, so I thought, ‘This is my chance to give back.’”

For more information on giving opportunities, contact the Office of Development and Alumni Relations at 800-999-HAWK.

SCIENCE CENTER RECEIVES

BEQUEST FROM ALUMNUSThe late Clarence E. Shaffrey, S.J., a physician

and Saint Joseph’s professor of biology, will neverknow the far-reaching impact he made on the life ofone student, Paul T. Carrigan, M.D. ’42 (B.S.). In July 2005, Saint Joseph’s was awarded a bequest

designated to the Science Center initiative from the estate of the late Dr. Carrigan in honor ofan educator he called his “mentor and benefactor.” Carrigan, a pre-med major while at SaintJoseph’s, was often referred to as “a shadow of Fr. Shaffrey.”

“Dr. Carrigan’s gift is a tribute to both a Jesuit educator and the University,” said F. BruceCovington, director of planned giving. “We are extremely grateful for alumni contributionssuch as Dr. Carrigan’s. Such a commitment to the Science Center initiative will help theUniversity further its mission of academic rigor and engagement. Most important, it will contribute to the current renovations, providing students with a high-quality, modern facility.”

Facility upgrades and technology enhancements to the Science Center are already wellunder way. The five-year, multimillion-dollar project includes renovating all laboratories andcommon areas, replacing the roof, and upgrading the fire-protection systems.

As Dr. Carrigan showed through his bequest, planned giving helps enrich the Saint Joseph’slegacy of Spirit | Intellect | Purpose. Those who designate a gift to the University throughtheir will understand the critical need to make a commitment to Saint Joseph’s future. Theirgifts offer an opportunity to pass on a personal legacy to Saint Joseph’s, an institution theybelieve has influenced their lives. In this case, Fr. Shaffrey’s legacy as both an instructor andmentor will always be a part of Saint Joseph’s.

To find out more about planned giving, contact the Office of Development and AlumniRelations at 888-SJU-ALUM.


SAVE THE DATE!

THE SAINT JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITYALUMNI ASSOCIATION

is pleased to award its most prestigious honor

The Shield o� Loyolafor 2006 to

John H. Post ’60Founder and President, Post Precision Castings

Friday, November 3, 2006Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue

�For more information, contact

the Office of Development and Alumni Relations at 888-SJU-ALUM or [email protected].

Carrigan Shaffrey

LOYOLA SOCIETY

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

The Loyola Society of The Saint Joseph’s Fundconsists of current parents who choose to more fullycommit to the mission and future of the University.The Loyola Society Executive Council is a newlyestablished leadership team formed from the societyto help cultivate relationships between the Universityand parents. The following parents comprise the2005-2006 Loyola Society Executive Council.

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas P. ArkinMr. and Mrs. Louis BarricelliMr. and Mrs. Thomas BradshawMr. and Mrs. Robert BushDr. and Mrs. Richard CavanaughMr. and Mrs. Raymond ChevallierDr. and Mrs. James CunninghamMr. and Mrs. Anthony DeaseyMr. and Mrs. Anthony ’81 DeSantisMr. and Mrs. Francois DionotMr. and Mrs. James J. DiOrioMr. and Mrs. A.J. DonelsonMrs. Karen Durkin ’76 and Mr. David TwaddellMr. and Mrs. Lawrence FlanaganMr. and Mrs. Timothy FlynnMr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Gaval (Kathy ’80, Tom ’77)Mr. and Mrs. Robert GazzettaMr. and Mrs. John GillenMr. and Mrs. James GreenwoodMr. Malcolm J. Harkins ’73 and Ms. Maura McDonnellMr. Christopher HayesMr. and Mrs. Francis HenoferMr. and Mrs. Richard D. HuetherMr. Robert Hughes and Dr. Valerie HughesMr. John Hurson and Dr. Susan HursonSenator and Mrs. Bernard KennyMr. and Mrs. John D. Kuester Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Douglas J. LavenburgMr. and Mrs. Joseph LearyMr. and Mrs. Francis Leto (Anita ’80, Frank ’81)Mr. and Mrs. Larry J. Lombardi Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lopez (Chairs)Mr. and Mrs. Gerald ’77 MaginnisMr. and Mrs. G. Daniel McCarthyDr. and Mrs. Carl Minniti (Carl ’82, Irene ’83)Mr. and Mrs. Anthony MinutellaMr. and Mrs. Michael NovinskiMr. and Mrs. Thomas OrofinoMr. and Mrs. Bradley PhilippsMr. and Mrs. James E. QuinnMr. and Mrs. Scott RedaMr. and Mrs. James ScottMr. and Mrs. David SimonMr. James Thornton and Dr. Cheryl LeddyDr. Vincent J. Vaghi and Dr. Jeanne M. BarberaMr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Van TornhoutMr. and Mrs. Thomas Venturella

REUNIONS 2006NEW WEB SITE LAUNCHED

A new Web site has been launchedto keep alumni current about the manyfun-filled events and activities sched-uled for Reunion Weekend 2006. Thededicated site can be accessed directlyat www.alumni.sju.edu/reunion, or byclicking the Reunion 2006 icon on theUniversity’s homepage (www.sju.edu).The site is easy to navigate and givesup-to-the-minute information onReunion Weekend 2006.

Each reunion class has a designatedsite accessible from the main reunionpage. The individual class sites includelists of committee members, class reception attendees, specific events/ programs, and class gift information. A special $10 discount offer is availableto all who register online for the classreceptions. Please visit the site for details.

REUNION WEEKEND 2006 SCHEDULE OF EVENTSThe University welcomes the entire family to Hawk Hill for this special three-

day weekend. Friday evening includes the Hogan and Ignatius Awards ceremoniesand family night at the Phillies versus Red Sox game. Saturday’s schedule is fun-packed with many family-friendly events, including Philadelphia Duck Tours,campus tours (adding the new Maguire Campus), historic Philadelphia tours,Barnes Museum tours, a family barbecue, special service projects, and much more. The evening program begins with a State-of-the-University presentation byUniversity President Timothy R. Lannon, S.J. Immediately following will be theclass receptions.

Sunday begins with the traditional Alumni Mass, followed by campus tours andbrunch for alumni affinity groups. See the inside back cover for contact information.

50TH REUNION CELEBRATIONThree days of celebration are planned for the Class of 1956’s 50th Reunion.

The festivities begin on Friday, May 12, and continue through May 14. Join fellow graduates on May 12 for a day of seminars, tours, lunch, and Mass, followedby an evening banquet at the Hilton Hotel on City Avenue. May 13 eventsinclude a luncheon and special recognition at the University’s Commencementceremonies. The weekend concludes on Sunday, May 14, with the annualBaccalaureate Mass. For more information, contact Carol Farrell at 610-660-1249or [email protected].

GOLDEN HAWKS, CLASSES 1931-1955The Golden Hawks will celebrate their annual reunion with a Mass and a

luncheon on Wednesday, May 17. This day is dedicated to the heart and soul ofSaint Joseph’s and the legacy these special alumni have created. For more information, call 888-SJU-ALUM.

HONOR ROLL CORRECTIONSaint Joseph’s deeply appreciates the generous support of its donors and regretsthat the following individual was incorrectly listed in the 2004-2005 Honor Rollof Donors: Barbelin Society Member, Joseph E. VanKirk ’49.

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Visit www.alumni.sju.edu/reunion for detailsand secure, online registration.

ALUM NOTES


Golden Hawks Reunion!May 17 Classes before 1956

1950

William H. Hemp (B.S.) hosts a 30-minute talk showtitled Let’s Talk About Historic Taos. The author andartist uses his local cable television show to interviewcitizens on Taos culture.

1951William J. Byron, S.J., published A Book of QuietPrayer: For All the Seasons, Stages, Moods, andCircumstances of Life (Paulist Press) in January. Hewrites that “this is a book about praying — special,sometimes privileged conversations and communica-tions with God.” Currently a research professor in theSellinger School of Business at Loyola College inMaryland, Fr. Byron is a former president at bothCatholic University (1982-92) and the University ofScranton (1975-82) as well as a former SJU trustee.

William C. Truskey (B.S.) is president of Truskey, Inc.He resides in Chester Springs, Pa.

1954Brig. Gen. James C. Dever Jr. (B.S.) gave the principaladdress following a parade in Ocean City, N.J., tohonor Vietnam veterans last September. He is a deco-rated pilot and Air Force logistics expert.

1956 50th Reunion! May 12-14

Raymond J. Adamczyk (B.S.) lives in Philadelphia andhas four children — Phyllis, Joseph, Stephen, andMichael — and six grandchildren. A retiree, he helpswith his son’s auto repair business.

Henry J. Aschenbrenner (B.S.) of Mechanicsburg, Pa.,is active in prison ministry and horse race handicap-ping. He also fully enjoys being a grandfather.

Robert C. Baron (B.S.) is president of FulcrumPublishing, a book publishing company, and chairmanof a worldwide environmental organization. He enjoyslearning from authors and his grandchildren, travel-ing, writing books, studying history, supporting envi-ronmental activities, and volunteering.

Donald J. Brown (B.S.) has worked more than 30 yearsfor three companies: Curtis Publishing Co., GeneralElectric, and CoreStates Financial Corp. He alsooperated his own computer consulting company forseven years after retiring. Brown enjoys his grandchil-dren, volunteering, and traveling.

Joseph J. Cirotti, M.D. (B.S.), practices pediatricsthree mornings a week and loves what he does. He isa past chairman of the Abington (Pa.) MemorialHospital Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Cirotti alsoenjoys playing tennis, spending time with his 18grandchildren, going to the theatre, watching movies,and playing golf.

Louis J. Cissone Jr. (B.S.) is retired and serves on theSaint Joseph’s University Board of Trustees.

Joseph E. Collier (B.S.) served on the statewide com-mittee to mark the 50th anniversary of the KoreanWar. He attends the reunion of the 28th DivisionArmy National Guard every September atIndiantown Gap in Lebanon County, Pa.

Pasquale D. Corsaro (B.S., M.B.A. ’81) has 10 grand-children, ages one-and-a-half to 20 years old. He likesto golf, bowl, and read.

Fred G. Cowden (B.A.) is retired. His current interestsinclude painting, music, reading, and history.

Alfonse J. Gabriele (B.S.) has been happily married for42 years to wife Barbara, and has three children andseven grandchildren. He has worked for ArthurAndersen and Johnson Mattaey, as well as in a part-nership with two other companies through whichthey acquired six companies and sold them before heretired. Gabriele serves on four non-profit boards andparticipates in philanthropic efforts. He also travelsand plays golf.

David A. Gandolfo, Ph.D. (B.S.), a retired engineeringmanager for Lockheed Martin, is an adjunct instructorin physics at SJU. He and wife Betty like to spendtime with their five children and 11 grandchildrenand travel when they can.

Joseph M. Gavula (B.S.) retired early from HallmarkCards and is now a retail consultant. He also travelsabroad and spends the summers at his home inAvalon, N.J.

Bernard J. Grimes, M.D. (B.S.), retired three years agoafter practicing endocrinology at Mercy Hospital inPittsburgh, Pa., for 35 years. He now takes classes atCarnegie Mellon, is involved in Bible study classes,teaches physical diagnosis, volunteers to improve firstgrade literacy in city schools, and volunteers for theIRS doing tax returns for those with modest incomes.

Bernard M. Hofmann (B.S.) retired as the CEO ofHofmann Industries in Sinking Spring, Pa., butremains active as chairman. He is also president of theBoyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles and

chairman of Catholic scouting for the Allentown, Pa.,diocese. Hofmann has five children. The oldest of hisnine grandchildren, Amy Hofmann, will graduate fromSJU this May. Hofmann divides his time betweenhomes in Mohnton, Pa., and North Carolina.

Joseph W. Huver (B.S.) and wife Kay have six children,all college graduates, as well as 14 grandchildren andtwo great-grandchildren. He is president of Huver andAssociates, a service business in litigated settlementplanning for parties involved in personal injury, whichhe started in 1976. Huver enjoys time with hisextended family at the beach in New Jersey andFlorida, and also provides part-time volunteer insur-ance and financial advice.

Lawrence J. LaMaina Jr. (B.S.) retired as chairman andCEO of Farmers Bank and Trust in Hanover, Pa., andas a commander in the U.S. Navy. He is rear com-modore for the Ocean City, N.J., Yacht Club and alsoenjoys golf, boating, and his grandchildren.

Francis Liberatori (B.S.) served in 2004-05 as faithfulnavigator (president) of the Father Howard Lesch 4thDegree Assembly in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. TheAssembly received the national Knights ofColumbus’s annual award for having the bestPatriotism Program in the Desoto Province coveringthe southeastern United States.

Leon A. Mankowski, Esq. (B.S.), has practiced lawsince 1960. His current interests include his grand-children, the History Channel, and biographies.

Henry E. Matuszewski (B.S.) has been semi-retired for16 years and works on-call as a consultant in avionicsystems for the U.S. Navy on the V-22 Osprey. Heenjoys lots of worldwide travel on vacation, and hisfavorite activities are bridge and Latin dancing.

Joseph J. McPhillips, Ph.D. (B.S.), retired as directorof clinical research at Boehringer-MannheimPharmaceuticals in 1998. He is now a consultant med-ical writer to the pharmaceutical industry and adocent at the National Gallery of Art in Washington,D.C. McPhillips gives tours to school children.

Joseph P. Melloy Sr. (B.S.) has continued his computerconsulting vocation since retiring from IBM in 1993,concentrating on assisting colleges and universities intechnology use in the classroom and administrativeareas. He also plays competitive tennis three times aweek, draws, and paints, and continues to work on hishouse in the Highlands section of Wilmington, Del.

John T. Mulligan, Esq. (B.S.), and wife Marie live inBerwyn, Pa., and enjoy traveling.

James F. Mumaw (B.S.) and wife Margaret have beenmarried since 1956 and have three daughters and oneson. Mumaw served in the U.S. Air Force from 1956until 1982, achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel,the Master Air Traffic Controllers Badge, and severalother awards and decorations. From 1982 through1992 Mumaw owned his own insurance and invest-ment company in Orlando, Fla., and then retired toHuber Heights, Ohio, where he lives now. He remainsactive in his local Catholic church and is a districtdeputy with the Knights of Columbus.

Joseph J. Neff (B.S.) enjoys traveling and golf.

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Ray R. Noll, Ph.D. (B.A.), has taught theology for 30years in Jesuit schools: Boston College, LoyolaUniversity (New Orleans, La.), John Carroll(Cleveland, Ohio), and the University of SanFrancisco, his current post. He is anticipating retire-ment and serves as a deacon in the Santa Rosa, Calif.,diocese.

Thomas E. O’Malley Sr. (B.S.) and wife Maripat havebeen married for 48 years. They have three daughters,two sons, and 10 grandchildren. O’Malley has beenactive in community theatre, especially musicals, forthe past 25 years.

Patricia (Knight) Papaneri (B.A.) and husband Tony(B.S. ’53), a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, taught at

Christ the King School in Bossier City, La. Both haveretired from teaching and now enjoy traveling and vis-iting with their children and grandchildren aroundthe country.

John A. Pergolin Sr. (B.S., M.A. ’63) is a retired direc-tor of financial aid at SJU and currently works asdirector of education at J. Wood Platt CaddieScholarship Trust. Along with being a grandparent,he enjoys golf, Hawk basketball, and church, social,and athletic activities.

Paul E. Poppert (B.S.) has been happily retired for 10years. He spends time visiting his children and grand-children in California, Michigan, and Massachusetts.Poppert also enjoys playing golf with friends, reading,

painting, exercising, and attending concerts and thetheatre.

Robert C. Reagan (B.S.) is retired. His current activi-ties include golfing, traveling, and spending time withhis grandchildren.

Richard H. Schreck (B.S.) enjoys tennis and the beachin Sanibel, Fla., where he resides.

John J. Sheehan (B.S.) and wife Ellen have been mar-ried for 42 years. They have three children and sixgrandchildren. Sheehan is a retired CPA and was alector at St. Bridget Parish for more than 30 years.

Countless Americans rely on 7-Eleven to start their day on theright foot, stopping into one of its 6,000 stores nationwide for aquick cup of coffee or to grab the day’s latest headlines. The largestconvenience store chain in existence, 7-Eleven has about 30,000stores located throughout the world. In the U.S. and Canada, it hasrevenues of $13 billion and 35,000 employees.

Saint Joseph’s alumnus and former 7-Eleven senior executiveEdward Moneypenny ’64 (B.S.) is one of a key group of executiveslargely credited with much of the company’s success over the lastfour years. As senior vice president and chief financial officer from2002 through last year, Moneypenny was responsible for strategicplanning, business development, treasury, accounting, internalaudit, tax, investor relations, and financial services. During histenure, the 7-Eleven management team raised the company’s stockprice from about $9.45 to $37.50 per share, its highest in more than10 years.

Yet Moneypenny was not always at the top of his game. As afreshman entering Saint Joseph’s College in 1960, he describes him-self as “the guy who was dropped off by the turnip truck.

“I came from an Irish-Catholic, working-class family, had neverbeen anywhere, and never learned any study habits while in highschool,” he recalled. “When I started college, it quickly becameclear that I needed to learn how to study.”

The Philadelphia area native — who holds dual citizenshipwith the Irish Republic — enrolled as an accounting major at SaintJoseph’s, despite his limited knowledge of the field. “Good fortuneallowed me to have some outstanding professors in the accountingdepartment, and I ended up loving it,” he said.

Moneypenny found the Jesuit education he received at SaintJoseph’s to be an intellectually stimulating and a positive influence.“The Jesuit experience provides a good framework on how to thinkabout things and problem solve in the broadest sense,” heexplained. “It pushed me to be curious about the world we live in.”

After graduating from Saint Joseph’s in 1964, Moneypennywent on to earn his master’s degree in accounting science from theUniversity of Illinois. From there, he worked for several energycompanies including Sunoco, Sun Exploration & Production, OryxEnergy, Florida Progress Corporation, and Covanta EnergyCompany, before going to 7-Eleven. Moneypenny is also a graduateof the U.S. Army’s Infantry Officer Candidate School and servedfor more than two years as an officer in the Intelligence Corps.

In addition to having the luck of good genes, a solid workethic, and strong educational background, Moneypenny credits partof his business success to having a keen interest in his own career.He explained, “You can’t leave your career to others — you need toactively manage it yourself. With the notion of ’lifetime employ-ment’ gone forever, you should always consider, ’What will this par-ticular job do for my career? For my marketability?’”

Although retired, Moneypenny remains active in the corporateworld by serving on the Board of Directors for Timberland and NewYork and Company. He is an executive committee member and for-mer chairman of the Dean’s Business Council at the University ofIllinois College of Business. An avid skier, he also enjoys time withhis wife of 40 years, Connie, sons Matt, Jon, and Chris, daughter-in-law Isa, and his first grandchild, Dillon Edward.

—Marisa Fulton ’03 (B.A.)

EDWARD MONEYPENNY ’64One Terrif ic Tenure


Michael F. Smith, Esq. (B.S.), is an attorney with JenkinsSiergiej and Smith in Ambler, Pa. He has been practicing lawfor the past 48 years.

Joseph D. Standeven (B.S.) and Joanne, his wife of 48 years,have four children and 10 grandchildren. He retired to NorthCarolina after a 39-year career with various Philco compa-nies, the last 22 years as president of Philco International Co.Standeven now travels, golfs, plays softball and bridge, andtutors in math.

Charles J. Sweeney (B.S.) retired in 2004 after working for 23years as an aerospace engineer/operations research analyst onvarious radars, torpedoes, cruise missiles, and satelliteimagery programs. Before that, he was as a commander andpilot in the U.S. Navy for 22 years. Sweeney earned threeDistinguished Flying Crosses and 19 Air Medals during 200missions over Vietnam. He now enjoys a relaxed life with hisfour children and six grandchildren, as well as breeding andshowing Maine Coon cats.

Michael H. Treston Sr. (B.S.) retired in 1998 after 39 yearswith the Exide Corporation. He is a volunteer “Meals on


Joseph A. Maloney, husband of Kathleen,SJU Pharmaceutical Marketing EMBAassistant

Peter Segal, husband of Concha Alborg,Ph.D., professor of foreign languages andliteratures

Howard I. Forman, Esq., Ph.D. ’37John J. McLaughlin ’40Rose R. Carroll, wife of George L. ’42Richard J. Restrepo ’43, professor emeritusof foreign languages and literatures, andfather of John R. ’85

John J. Sheehan ’43Edwin Wittorf ’49Rita McCreesh, wife of Thomas P. ’50James A. Bryan ’52Francis X. Hughes ’54Thomas F. Robinson ’60, brother ofMichael J. ’54

Rev. Joseph Ayd, S.J. ’62Nora M. Booth, mother of Harry J. ’62Lorraine Bowdler, mother of James A. Jr. ’66Louis DeVlieger Sr., father of Louis F. ’73,Patrice Maro ’80, and Pierre J.’85

Hugh Blisard, father of John ’78Edward M. Gilliland, Ph.D. ’79Joseph J. Marra, Esq. ’79, husband ofDebra (Echley) ’79

John L. Donahue, father of Kathleen Gaval’81, ’85, SJU vice president for planning

Helene Duncan, mother of George ’84, SJU visiting instructor of Spanish

Richard G. Haggerty, father of Mary KrisMalloy ’86 and Kathleen MacKenzie ’88

Tahani (Salama) Ibrahim ’91Rita Doyle ’99John J. Sabatos, father of Maura ’01McKenzie Travis, sister of Dana ’04Andrew J. Fraser, brother of Caitlin ’06Ardyce Jones, daughter of Andrea Harris’06

John C. Segraves, father of Joelleen ’06Jason Crawford ’07Richard “Drew” Panettieri ’09

In Memory

Saint Joseph’s Mourns the Loss ofTwo Influential Members of theUniversity Community

John P. McNulty ’74John P. McNulty ’74 (B.S.), family man, distinguished

businessman, and philanthropist, passed away on November 19,2005, at the age of 52. As a former Saint Joseph’s trustee and chairof the Board of Truestees’ finance committee, McNulty was a ded-icated alumnus whose sudden passing was mourned throughout theUniversity community.Special Assistant to the President Maureen Cullen remem-

bered McNulty for his varying interests and relentless advocacy of education and thearts, none of which were pursued without the partnership of his wife, Anne. “Familymeant everything to John,” Cullen reflected. They had three children, John, Brynne,and Kevin.McNulty was also a respected businessman, retiring in 2001 as senior director at

Goldman Sachs after a successful 22-year career there. Under his leadership, GoldmanSachs built a global investment management business yielding remarkable assets.McNulty joined the Board of Trustees during the presidency of Nicholas S.

Rashford, S.J. After his board term ended, he continued to lend his expertise to theUniversity and the board’s finance committee. Most recently, McNulty served as hon-orary chair of Saint Joseph’s New York Executive Committee, an endeavor that seeksto improve relationships between Saint Joseph’s graduates and successful companies inNew York City. “John was really such a tremendous help to both Father Rashford andFather Lannon,” said Cullen of his many years of service under both presidents’ lead-ership.In addition to his work with Saint Joseph’s, McNulty also served on the Board of

Trustees at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, where heearned his M.B.A. in 1979, and was an advisory director at the Metropolitan Opera, atrustee of The Aspen Institute, and on the board of the Carnival Corporation & PLC.

— Carolyn Steigleman

William C. ToomeyWilliam C. Toomey, Ph.D., founder of Saint Joseph’s Criminal

Justice Program, died October 10, 2005. Dr. Toomey’s 30 years of service to Saint Joseph’s began in

1956. He had worked in the personnel areas of several corpora-tions for 15 years when he decided to become a professor and con-tinue his education. He began teaching management in what wasthen called the business department.

Already armed with a bachelor’s degree in business from St. John’s University anda master’s degree in education from Seton Hall University, he embarked on a doctoralprogram in sociology at New York University — while teaching full-time at SaintJoseph’s.He soon moved from business to the sociology department, where he started to teach

social problems and his first love, criminology. He received his doctorate in 1967 andpublished Management and Training in Criminal Justice: Concepts and Concerns in 1974.Known for his wry sense of humor, Dr. Toomey tirelessly pursued the administration

for the addition of criminal justice to the curriculum. He saw it initially added as a con-centration, then eventually a graduate program, and, finally, an undergraduate major.He retired in 1987.Dr. Toomey is survived by his daughter Janet Penot, four grandchildren, and five

great-grandchildren.— Nicholas John Robak, Ph.D.

Professor of Management and Information Systems


Wheels” driver at Middletown Township Senior Center anda Eucharistic minister at Queen of the Universe Parish andSt. Mary’s Hospital. Treston and wife Marjorie celebratedtheir 50th wedding anniversary last June.

Vincent I. Vizzard (B.S.) and wife Margaret have been mar-ried since 1958. They have nine children and 27 grandchil-dren. Vizzard retired in 2003 after 45 years selling forklifttrucks. He now enjoys fishing, reading, gardening, traveling,working out at the gym, and attending Saint Joseph’sUniversity basketball games and his grandchildren’s sportingevents.

Joel M. Ziff (B.S.) retired as a partner with Arthur Andersenin 1988 and is presently director of finance for the Sisters ofMercy. He has served on several boards, including CatholicHealth East, Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, St. IgnatiusNursing Home (current chair), Gwynedd-Mercy College,Principle Equity Market Fund (current chair), West CatholicHigh School, and La Salle College High School. Ziff is a per-manent deacon assigned to St. Titus parish in East Norriton,Pa. He and wife Tookie enjoy traveling and spending timewith their children and 12 grandchildren.

1957Edward I. Metz (B.S.) appears nationwide as composer,arranger, and pianist with the Bob Crosby Bob Cats. He isalso leads the Bob Crosby Orchestra. Metz retired from hiscomputer industry and investment banking positions, butmaintains his role as president of the Lenape ManagementAssociation, a consulting firm in Buck Hills Falls, Pa.

1961 Reunion Year! May 19-21

Senator Michael A. O’Pake (A.B.), Senate Democratic Whipand Chair of the Senate Agriculture and Rural AffairsCommittee, was recognized by Governor Edward G. Rendellat the annual Pennsylvania Farm Show Dinner in January.O’Pake received the Investing in Our Future Award for hiscommitment and leadership in securing the passage of legis-lation helpful to agriculture and business in Pennsylvania.

1962Joseph Lannon (B.S.) was appointed technical director ofPicatinny Arsenal last September. He was presented with thePresidential Meritorious Bank Award in May 2005 by FrancisHarvey, Secretary of the Army.

David A. Miron, Ed.D. (B.S.), was appointed to a three-yearterm on the Board of Trustees of the Centro Internacional deAgricultura Tropical in Cali, Colombia.

Ronald M. Repice M.D. (B.S.), co-creator of the Wristracdevice for treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome, works in hisson’s chiropractic neurology office. He is also enjoying hisgrandchildren.

1963Bill Ott (B.S.) received the 2004 Physical Sciences Awardfrom the Washington Academy of Sciences for leadership ofthe Physics Laboratory of the National Institute of Standardsand Technology in Gaithersburg, Md. He has been deputydirector of the Physics Laboratory since 1990.

1964James J. Mayrides (B.S.) was elected as a commissionerin Caln Township, Pa. He and wife Elayne live inThorndale, Pa.

Donato A. Montanaro (B.A.) retired last September. Hemoved to Dumfries, Va., to be closer to his children andgrandchildren.

1965Mike Duffy, Ed.D. (B.S.), retired from public school admin-istration after 35 years. He currently teaches part-time forSt. Martin’s University and is working with a group to estab-lish a Catholic high school in Olympia, Wash.

Menilo L. Pechora, Ed.D. (M.A.), teaches part-time atValencia College in Valencia City, Phillipines. He enjoysteaching advanced English and thesis writing for thegraduate program.

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There are those for whom college is a distant memory. Theyenroll in classes, settle in with a group of friends, becomeinvolved in an activity or two, graduate, and move on to otherthings.

And then there are those who do not.For some — perhaps many in the case of Saint Joseph’s

University — graduation only intensifies the bond formed duringthe previous four years. The colors of crimson and gray embla-zoned on the school’s flag, the mesmerizing effect of the constantflapping of the Hawk’s wings, the excitement of intense collegerivalries, and the majestic outline of the institution’s landmarkbuilding evoke powerful feelings of belonging and attachmentfor these devoted individuals.

Jack McKinney ’57 (B.S.) is one of them.A standout on both the basketball and track teams as a

Saint Joseph’s undergraduate, McKinney was part of the firstsquad for legendary coach Jack Ramsay, Ph.D. ’49 (B.A.), whichwon the inaugural Philadelphia Big 5 title and earned theschool’s first-ever post-season berth.

McKinney would later spend eight seasons as theUniversity’s athletic director and head basketball coach (1966-74). He guided SJU to five postseason appearances, includingfour trips to the NCAA Tournament, while posting a careerrecord of 144-77. The Chester, Pa., native then went on to asuccessful coaching career in the NBA, winning a title with theLos Angeles Lakers in 1980 and capturing the league’s Coach ofthe Year Award with Indiana in 1981.

He now lives in Naples, Fl., with his wife Claire (also anSJU graduate, Class of 1975) and still can’t get enough of HawkHill. As he was inducted into the SJU Athletics Hall of Fame

two years ago, he said, “When all of us came to Saint Joseph’s foran education, we were certainly not disappointed. We receiveda superior education and excelled in our particular sports.We came, we participated, and we enjoyed.”

McKinney has now penned an account of the history ofmen’s basketball at SJU, Tales from Saint Joseph’s Hardwood: TheHawk Will Never Die. Bob Gordon co-authored the book andcurrent coach Phil Martelli wrote the foreword.

According to the book jacket, Tales “recounts the storiedhistory of St. Joe’s basketball through the eyes and ears of itsgreat coaches. … Jack McKinney studs the fast-moving accountwith poignant and humorous anecdotes. Jack and author BobGordon interview hundreds of former and current players,coaches, Hawk mascots, and fans who add a trove of zippy Hawklore.”

And if McKinney has anything to do with it, these are thededicated alumni who will never doubt SJU’s mantra, The HawkWill Never Die … — Molly Crossan Harty

JACK MCKINNEY ’57Tales from the Hardwood



Andrew Timothy Nulty (B.S.) of New Oxford, Pa., won abronze medal in volleyball at the National Senior Olympics2005, which was held at the University of Pittsburgh, Pa.

1969John M. Hartman, Ed.D. (B.S., M.A. ’71), relocated toAvondale, Pa., from Park City, Utah. He is assistant dean inthe College of Education at West Chester (Pa.) University.


Michael J. Gallagher (B.A.) was promoted to director ofbusiness development at Beneficial Savings Bank inPhiladelphia. He is a member of the Greater NortheastPhiladelphia Chamber of Commerce, the Union Leagueof Philadelphia, St. Matthew’s Parish pastoral council and

finance committee, and the St. Joseph’s Preparatory SchoolAlumni Board of Governors, for which he is a past president.Gallagher lives in Philadelphia.

R. Michael Gallagher, D.O. (B.A.), dean at the University ofMedicine and Dentistry of New Jersey — School ofOsteopathic Medicine, published three texts last year:“Primary Headache Disorders,” a chapter in the textbookWeiner’s Pain Management; “Headache in Medical Education:Medical Schools, Neurology and Family PracticeResidencies” in the Journal of Headache; and “HeadachePain” in the Journal American Osteopathic Association.

John P. Lubicky, M.D. (B.S.), joined the Indiana UniversitySchool of Medicine and Riley Hospital for Children as a pro-fessor of orthopaedic surgery.

1972Brig. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap Jr. (B.A.) of the U.S. Air Forcepublished “The Limits of 4th Generation Warfare” in theMarine Corps Gazette (July 2005). His article “Learning fromAbu Ghraib: The Joint Commander and Force Discipline,”which appeared in the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings(September 2005), won second place in the Armed ForcesJoint Warfighting Essay Contest.

Carlos Garcia-Valentie (B.S.) has partnered with publicadministration student Adam Batchelor ’08 (Havertown,Pa.) to offer low-cost or pro bono services to Delaware Valleynon-profit organizations. Garcia-Valentie is managing part-ner of Gladstone Trading and has done extensive mentoringwork for both Ben Franklin Technology Partners and the

New York City Financial Recovery Fund. Batchelor also hasexperience in working with non-profits, including foundingand organizing an annual fundraising event.

1975Col. Joanne Flanigan (B.A.), who is retired from the U.S. AirForce, assisted with the Quadrennial Defense Review IPT #5(business practices/processes) submitted to Congress lastFebruary. The undersecretary of defense for acquisition, tech-nology and logistics as well as the joint staff director for logis-tics requested her particpation in the project.


Michael F. DeMarco, Esq. (B.A.), joined the firm of Koch andCorboy in Jenkintown, Pa., and continues to practice civiltrial litigation. He, wife Liz (Thomson, B.S. ’76), and theirfour daughters reside in Oreland, Pa. DeMarco is a memberof the 30th Class Reunion Committee and hopes to seeeveryone Reunion Weekend.

Patricia (McElwee) Mahoney (B.S.) owns two gift shopsBrooks Gift Gallery in Drexel Hill and Truly Yours inNewtown Square, Pa., which cater to both personal and cor-porate gift needs. She and husband Joseph Jr. ’76 (B.A.)encourage their classmates to attend Reunion and lookforward to seeing them!

1978Ronald Maniglia (B.S.) is an advanced placement physicsteacher at Rancocas Valley Regional High School in MountHolly, N.J.

1979Eric A. Bower (B.S.) relocated from Millington, Tenn., toPensacola, Fla. He is director of medical services at the NavalHospital Pensacola.

1980Margaret G. Rovinski (B.S.) is a self-employed CPA specializ-ing in tax services. She resides in Springfield, Pa., with hus-band Mark and children Mike, Katie, and Bill.


Bernadette C. Profeta, M.D. (B.S.), joined the surgery depart-ment at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia,and was named assistant professor of surgery, JeffersonMedical College of Thomas Jefferson University. She mostrecently served as a general and laparoscopic surgeon at theFrankford Health System, Philadelphia.

Peter Woolley (B.A.), professor of political science and exec-utive director of Fairleigh Dickinson University’s independ-ent opinion research center, PublicMind, was awarded aPresidential Citation last September. He also authoredGeography and Japan’s Strategic Choices for Potomac Books(November 2005).

1982Richard J. Anthony Jr. (B.S.) joined Marsh, a risk and insur-ance services firm, as managing director for new businessdevelopment and client engagement expansion. He is basedin the Philadelphia and New York City offices. Anthony, wifeRobyn, and their four children reside in Chester Springs, Pa.


Matt Doyle (B.S. ’89) and Anna Taylor Catherine Coll (B.A. ’91) and Mark Schaefer Donna L. Pancari ’92 (B.A.) and KevinParker

Elizabeth Hartman (B.A. ’93, M.S. ’96) andJeffrey Rancan

Kelly Stidham (B.S. ’94) and ChristopherO’Connor

Aubrey Antonuccio (B.A. ’95) and JulioMontes Hernandez

Karen O’Hanlon (B.S. ’97) and KennethMcFadden

Jennifer Palladino (B.S. ’97) and ChristopherQuinn (B.S. ’95)

Emily June (M.B.A. ’99) and Kent Kaufman Casey Sullivan (B.S. ’99) and Mark Lattanzio(B.S. ’99)

Richard Willmunder (B.S. ’99) and CatherineTurner

Jordan Bissell (B.S. ’00) and AndrewHunsecker (B.A. ’00)

Elizabeth Conway (B.S. ’00) and Eric Zeidler

Angela Dwyer (B.S. ’00) and Robert Bach(B.A. ’97)

Heather Halterman (B.S. ’00) and MatthewConville

Melissa Hunger (B.S. ’00) and JosephCavanaugh

Karen Maiorino (B.S. ’00) and MichaelWinters

Allison Mazza (B.S. ’00) and Joe Logue(B.S. ’00)

Andrea Digneo (B.S. ’01, M.S. ’02) andFrank Genzano

Moira McGee (B.S. ’01) and Andrew Scott(B.S. ’00)

Patricia McGreal (B.S. ’01) and MichaelWilkin (B.S. ’00)

Megan Roche (B.S. ’01) and Joseph Britt(B.A. ’00)

Sue Smith (B.A. ’01) and Marcin Kunicki(B.A. ’01)

Jennifer Snyder (B.S. ’01) and Erik Lampi(B.S. ’00)

Danielle Marturano (B.A. ’02) and JosephBerardoni (B.S. ’01)

Brian Mullery (M.S. ’03) and Sarah MitzelMary Richards (B.S. ’03) and William Brady(B.A. ’03)

Stephanie Connors (M.B.A. ’04) and PaulFriel (M.B.A. ’04)

Kathleen Feinour (B.S. ’04) and AlessandroClementelli

Tiffany Hamilton (M.B.A. ’04) and BrianBurke

Alex Olimpo (M.S. ’05) and Jennifer ButlerLinda Torres (B.A. ’05) and Dean Peffley(B.S. ’02)

Sarah Werstein (B.A. ’05) and WilliamBuonocore

Marriages

Gallagher

Profeta

Danielle Marturano (B.A. ’02) and Joseph Berardoni (B.S. ’01)


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1983Kevin W. Buckley (B.S.) was promoted to colonel in the U.S.Air Force. He is director of Ground, Maritime, and AviationTraining Systems at Headquarters, U.S. Special OperationsCommand at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., wherehe and wife Nancy reside.

John J. Fitzpatrick (B.S.) was promoted to senior vice presi-dent of sales for the foodservice division of Saputo CheeseUSA.

Larry Pleis (B.S.) was promoted to colonel in the MarineCorps and serves as a logistics planner with U.S. CentralCommand. When not in the Middle East, he and wife Joanreside in Valrico, Fla.

1984D. S. Buzz McCafferty (B.S.) was elected president of theBoard of Directors for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Atlantic andCape May counties. He is opening Music Together of CapeMay County, a family music program, in April 2006.

1985F. Michael Valocchi (B.S.) joined FTI Consulting in King ofPrussia, Pa., as a senior managing director and leader for theenergy corporate economics practice.


Stuart Galkin (M.S.) became vice president of asset manage-ment at Resource America in March 2005. He manages amultifamily real estate portfolio in excess of 3,000 unitsthroughout the United States.

John Kearns (B.A.) had three plays on stage in Manhattan in2005: The Importance of Loving Shakespeare was held in the 8-Minute Madness Festival; I Knew You’d Say That! was a part ofthe TSI/PlayTime Series; and Designers with Dirty Faces was apart of the Fashion PlayFest. Kearns and wife Daisy live in theMorningside Heights section of Manhattan in New York, N.Y.

Michael T. Prendergast (M.B.A.) is a vice president and com-mercial lender with Hudson United Bank in Philadelphia.He recently earned his CFP designation from The AmericanCollege in Bryn Mawr, Pa. Prendergast and wife Terri (DellaGreca, B.S. ’87) reside in Devon, Pa., with children Juliannaand Rachel.

Andrew J. Rossetti, Esq. (B.S.), and Louis J. DeVoto, Esq.(B.S. ’87), have formed the law firm Rossetti and DeVoto, inCherry Hill, N.J. (rossettidevoto.com). They are certified ascivil trial attorneys by both the New Jersey Supreme Courtand the National Board of Trial Advocacy. A member of theProducts Liability Committee section of the New JerseyState Bar Association, Rossetti also serves on the CivilPractice Committee for the Camden County BarAssociation and is a frequent lecturer on trial strategy andtactics at New Jersey’s Institute of Continuing Education.He and wife Cindy (Chiaravallotti, B.S. ’86) have two chil-dren, Christina and Matthew.

1987James Bradley (B.S.) is a police sergeant in Wildwood Crest,N.J., where he lives with wife Tami and sons James II, Ryan,Aidan, and Brendan.

Louis J. DeVoto, Esq. (B.S.), and Andrew J. Rossetti, Esq.(B.S. ’86), have formed a law firm, Rossetti and DeVoto, inCherry Hill, N.J. (rossettidevoto.com). They are certified ascivil trial attorneys by both the New Jersey Supreme Courtand the National Board of Trial Advocacy. DeVoto serves asvice president of the Trial Attorneys of New Jersey, an organ-ization dedicated to improving and preserving the civil jus-tice system. He is also a frequent lecturer at legal seminars forNew Jersey’s Institute for Continuing Education. DeVoto andwife Anne (Hayes, B.S. ’89) have three children, Thomas,Emily, and Caroline.

Paul Kirsch (B.S.) was named to the USA Track and FieldMountain Ultra Trail Council, the governing body of cham-pionship races and promoting activities within the disci-plines of mountain, ultra, and trail running. He is also presi-dent of his local running club, the White Mountain Milers,in Conway, N.H.

Michael Luckow (B.S.) is vice president and regional accountexecutive at Paragon Life in Hauppauge, N.Y. He and wifeCarolyn live in Huntington, N.Y., with sons Hunter, Luke,and Shane.

Ed Paulsen (B.S.) began a new career as a father-at-homewith the birth of son Davis last April. He and wife Rebeccalive in Stillwater, Minn., with children Kelly, Juneau, andDavis.

1988Linda (Fuhs) Crossley (M.B.A.) and husband Randy moved tosouthern California. She continues to enjoy her job as aproduct manager for MedQuist, where she contributes sub-ject matter expertise to the development of a computer-assisted, remote medical records coding application.

John Dunne (B.A.) is a diplomat working as a political foreignservice officer and liaison for the ambassador at the U.S.Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. His next assignment will be inMumbai, India. Dunne has homes in Fairbanks, Alaska, andJohannesburg, South Africa.

Lisa Johnson-Dent (B.S., M.S. ’99) is president of LLDSystems Corp., which has added insurance recruitment andstaffing services for commercial and personal lines clients andmoved to a new location in Conshohocken, Pa. She and herfamily moved to East Norriton, Pa., from Wyncote, Pa.

Christine (Savage) Kilroy (B.S.) is a mother-at-home. She andhusband Brian live in King of Prussia, Pa., with childrenLauren, Benjamin, and Thomas.

1989Robert D. Boyden, Ph.D. (M.S.), is working on his seconddoctoral degree, in public policy and administration with aspecialization in public safety management, at WaldenUniversity in Minneapolis, Minn. His first Ph.D. is in lawenforcement management. Boyden resides in Aldan, Pa.,where he is owner and consultant with Crime SceneConcepts.

Matt Doyle (B.S.) is an auditor with the accounting firmKPMG. He and wife Anna moved from California to NewYork, N.Y., last December.

David B. Lederach (B.A., M.S. ’98) is the Weis Markets dis-trict manager for New Jersey. He is responsible for strength-ening existing stores and building market share for futuremarket expansion.

1990Mary (Richardson) Graham (B.A.) is development director atCommunity Legal Services in Philadelphia. She and husbandPatrick reside in Philadelphia with daughters Madeleine andLily.


Mark C. Brownlie (B.S.) is an 18-year veteran firefighter forHillsborough (N.J.) Township. He was reappointed foranother three-year term as the township’s emergency man-agement coordinator, a post he’s held for the past five years.Brownlie, wife Shelley, and daughters Kathryn, Meghan, andMackenzie live in Princeton, N.J.

Michael Eagan (M.S.), a special agent with the U.S.Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, is theregional security officer at the American Consulate inLahore, Pakistan. Previously he served in the Philadelphia

Members of the New York Executive Committee returned to campus February 16 tomeet with Saint JosephÕs president, provost, deans, and faculty and tour the campusto better understand the University today.Their visit ended with dinner and a panel discussion titled ÒSo You Want to Work inNew YorkÓ for interestedstudents. Panelists included (from left) Joseph P. Gill Õ92 (B.A.), senior vice presidentand chief marketingofficer, Highland Financial Holding Group; Kenneth E. Dutcher Õ79 (B.A.), executive

SJU’s New York Executive Committee Engages Students


Resident Office and received a special recognition awardfrom the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District ofPennsylvania in 2004. Other prior assignment locations haveincluded Khartoum, Sudan; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; andBeirut, Lebanon.

David Elcock (B.S.) is an assistant vice president and programmanager with Chubb and Son in Warren, N.J., where hedevelops and implements learning programs related to teamand organizational effectiveness. He and his family relocatedfrom Houston, Tex., to Macungie, Pa., last summer.


Marla (Shawaryn) McLaughlin (B.S.) and husband Jason (B.S.’03, M.S. ’04) have purchased a home in Lansdowne, Pa.

Catherine (Coll) Schaefer (B.A.) works for the NationalOceanographic and Atmospheric Administration as aLinux/Unix administrator. She and husband Mark live inGreenbelt, Md.

Christopher G. Torchia (B.A., M.B.A. ’98) and wifeRosemarie (Finn, B.S. ’90) moved to Moorestown, N.J.

Ed Widun (B.S., M.S. ’92) and wife Kristin adopted daughterElizabeth from Chongqing, China, last June. They live inMechanicsville, Va.

Giuliana Cecilia, daughter of Deana(DiAngelo, B.A. ’95, M.S. ’99) and Jim Andrews

Colin Patrick to Colleen and Skip Strain, M.D.(B.S. ’85)

Brendan Chase to Tami and James Bradley(B.S. ’87)

Shane Christopher to Carolyn and MichaelLuckow (B.S. ’87)

Davis Michael to Rebecca and Ed Paulsen(B.S. ’87)

Maya Faith to Dana (DiPaolo, B.S. ’88) andFrank D’Angelo (B.S. ’88)

Grace Marie to Sue (Graham, B.S. ’88,M.S. ’94) and Marty Farrell (B.A. ’88,M.S. ’98)

Elizabeth Catherine and Kristen Elise to Karen(Crenny, B.S. ’89) and Jack Cuskey

Andrew Jackson Carey to Erin MarieDonaldson (B.A. ’89) and Roland Spies

Aidan to Kelly (Kane, B.A. ’89) andAlex Stark

Lily Clementine to Mary (Richardson, B.A.’90) and Patrick Graham

Harrison James to Stephanie andJames Connell (B.A. ’91)

Liam Delano McDonald to Julie (McDonald,B.S. ’91) and Patrick Devine (B.S. ’93,M.B.A. ’98)

Jonathan Michael to Joyce (Moore, B.S. ’91,M.B.A. ’93) and Timothy Stinson(B.S. ’92)

Sean Patrick to Michelle (Renzulli, B.S. ’91)and Bob Higgins (B.A. ’91)

Sophia Renee to Susan (Webb, B.A. ’91) andMatt Mehok

Elizabeth Victoria Xiu to Kristin and EdWidun (B.S. ’91, M.S. ’92)

Morgan Sydney to Kelly and Michael Mangano(B.S. ’92)

Maura Anne to Anne (McGinley, B.A. ’92)and Richard Calladonato

Ava Claire to Jayne (Wills, B.A., ’92) andJeffrey Oyler

Connor John to Lisha (Mulreaney, B.S. ’93)and Joe Stofanak

Kathryne Elizabeth to Elizabeth (Robinson,B.S. ’93) and Brian Schrader

Megan Katherine to Karen (Andrews, B.S.’94) and Pete Myers

William and Katherine to Allison (Campbell,B.S. ’94) and David Wrede

Noah Maslin and Zachary Asher toAnn (Sasinowski, B.A. ’94) and NeilGoldenberg, M.D.

Samuel Robert to Nicole and Rob Viola(M.B.A. ’94)

Ella Grace to Lisa (Williams, B.S. ’94) andMatthew Espenshade (B.S. ’92)

Andrew to Kerry (Connor, B.S. ’95) andJustin Walker

Giuliana Cecilia to Deana (DiAngelo, B.A.’95, M.S. ’99) and Jim Andrews

Julia Marie to Kristen (Driska, B.A. ’95) andKurt Ebner

Matthew James to Lisa (Cucinotta, B.S. ’96,M.S. ’98) and Mark Mrvica

Erik Jason to Melissa (Long, B.S. ’96) andJason Harken (M.B.A. ’04)

Lauren Noel to Lori Sanginiti-Cavallaro (B.S.’96) and Joseph Cavallaro III (B.S. ’96)

Claudia Grace to Kari (Smarz, B.A. ’96) andEric Szentesy

Nicholas Patrick to Marjorie (Fink, B.S. ’97)and Patrick Gunn (B.S. ’98)

Joseph to Lisa (Short, B.A. ’97, M.A. ’98)and Joe LaPella

Braeden William to Kerry (Steinbronn, B.S.’97) and William Black (B.S. ’97)

Ryan Patrick to Melissa and Tim Sweeney(B.A. ’97)

Brennan Michael to Emily (June, M.B.A. ’99)and Kent Kaufmann

Jillian Rae to Jessica and Matthew Ludwig(B.A. ’99)

Grace Rose to Nicole (Epifanio, B.S. ’00) andMichael O’Meara

Jacob Isaac to Lauren (Penn, B.S. ’00,M.B.A. ’02) and Brian Adams (B.S ’00,M.B.A. ’05)

Stephen IV to Lisa Litchko and StephenStunder III (B.A. ’02)

Kendon Dasan to April (Draine, M.S. ’03)and Kenneth Nicholson

Hailey Nicole to Joelle (M.S. ’05) andRichard Lesniak

Births

1992

Eduardo DeLeo (B.S.) owns and manages nearly 500 residen-tial rental units in Philadelphia and South Jersey. He pur-chased all rights to Uno Chicago Bar and Grill for southwestFlorida and opened his first Uno’s in Fort Myers, Fla. DeLeo,wife Teresa, and their four children reside in Lafayette Hill,Pa. They have a second home in Naples, Fla.

Mark Lunardi (B.A.) separated from the U.S. Air Force lastJune after more than nine years with the Office of SpecialInvestigations. He is now a special agent with the U.S.Department of Defense based in Arlington, Va. Lunardi, wifeEileen (B.A. ’93), and children Andrew and Nicole live inSpringfield, Va.

Susan (Grawe) Mangold (B.S.) was named a partner at lawfirm Lamb McErlane in West Chester, Pa. She is a member ofthe firm’s litigation department and of the Women’s ReferralNetwork of Chester Co.

Christine M. Miller (B.S.) was promoted to assistant vice pres-ident at Beneficial Savings Bank in Philadelphia. TheWillow Grove, Pa., resident also continues to serve as a com-mercial loan officer.

Robert P. Olympia, M.D. (B.S.), is a pediatric emergencymedicine physician at the Penn State Milton S. HersheyMedical Center. He and wife Jodi have moved from Queens,N.Y., to central Pennsylvania.

Elizabeth Rubino (M.S.) was promoted to vice president ofhuman resources, operations and services, for QVC. She isresponsible for the recruitment, training and development ofall U.S. locations, including site training at QVC’s call cen-ters and distribution centers. Rubino had previously served asa director of human resources.

1993Patrick W. Devine (B.S., M.B.A. ’98) is in his second year asvisiting instructor of information systems at SJU. He and wifeJulie (McDonald, B.S. ’91) live in Drexel Hill, Pa., with sonsPatrick and Liam.

Anthony Faltin (B.S.) is a CPA and senior accountant atNovo Nordisk in Princeton, N.J. He lives in SouthBrunswick, N.J.

1994

Tim Gleason (B.S.) made his Broadway debut as Raoul in ThePhantom of the Opera at the Majestic Theatre. He had previ-ously played the same role in the national tour of Phantom.

Jennifer (Litka) Chiarcossi (B.S) is manager of finance forDirect Energy in Toronto, Ontario. She, husband Paul, andson Colin have moved to Toronto.

Margaret Manolakis (B.A.), an associate at Stradley Ronon,was named a “2005 Pennsylvania Rising Star” in theDecember issues of Pennsylvania Super Lawyers — RisingStars Edition and Philadelphia Magazine. The annual listingrepresents the “top 2.5 percent of up-and-coming attorneysin Pennsylvania.”

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Chuck Salvo (B.S.) has a new position as senior manager withHealthcare Consulting Services.

Kevin L. Turner, M.D. (B.S.), is a pediatrician. He, wifeKaren, and daughter Amanda live in the western suburbs ofCleveland, Ohio.

1995Thomas MacVaugh (M.S.) was promoted to president andCEO of Strategic Initiatives in Healthcare last September.He joined the firm in November 2004 as a vice president andparticipated in research and development before assumingthe role of interim president in May 2005.

Suzann Ordile (M.S.) opened the Law Offices of SuzannOrdile, a full-service general practice serving clients andtheir families across Essex, Middlesex, and Suffolk Countiesin Massachusetts ([email protected]).


Sharon M. Civa (B.S.) earned her M.B.A. from RegisUniversity last year.

Melissa (Long) Harken (B.S.) and Jason (M.B.A. ’04) residein Spring City, Pa., with children Gretchen and Erik.

Paul Kandavalli (M.S.) is a senior production services analystat J. P. Morgan Chase. He resides in South Jersey with wifeAnne and children Isaac and Joann.

Anita (Luff) Smith ’80 (B.A.) is used to being a leader. Sincegraduating from Saint Joseph’s, she has held managementpositions in several major corporations, culminating with her cur-rent job as president and CEO of Capital BlueCross in 2004. Smithhas been with the $3 billion health insurance organization, whichserves Central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley, since 1986.

She also holds various leadership roles in the company’s sub-sidiaries: president and CEO of Capital Advantage Insurance Co.;chairman of the board and president and CEO of Keystone HealthPlan Central, the largest HMO in the region; president of NCASPennsylvania; president of Consolidated Benefits; and presidentand CEO of both Avalon Health and Avalon Insurance Co.

In acknowledgement of her success in the healthcare industry,Smith was named one of Pennsylvania’s “Best 50 Women inBusiness” by the Office of the Governor in 2003. “Receiving therecognition was a great privilege and honor,” Smith said, “and ahigh point for me because I accepted it with my daughter. I wasable to share with my daughter the excitement of doing some-thing important and giving back to the people around me.

“The healthcare industry is fascinating and dynamic,” sheadded, “and it continues to pose new challenges and offer greatopportunities. During this era when healthcare costs are rapidlyrising, there is a great need for leadership initiatives to find inno-vative solutions to reduce costs — and to help all Americansobtain access to affordable healthcare.”

She believes her strong work ethic and enthusiasm eventu-ally would have led her to her current position; however, sheattributes her managerial style, in large part, to her years onHawk Hill.

“If I could say anythingto current students, I wouldtell them how I draw on myexperiences at SaintJoseph’s every day,” Smithnoted. “While I may havebeen a CEO, I am certain Iwould not have been thesame kind of CEO that I amtoday, if not for my years atSaint Joseph’s.”

An English major onan athletic scholarship for tennis, Smith sought advice and guid-ance from then-dean of the College of Arts and Sciences ThomasS. Acker, S.J. “Father Acker helped me shape my course selec-tions; the University helped shape my life,” she observed. “I don’tthink you can leave Saint Joseph’s without understanding thereis a greater good and purpose that each of us individually serves.”

Smith’s belief in a greater good is clearly evident in heraccomplishments at work. “I am most proud of the work that wehave done at Capital BlueCross over the past two years to trans-form our company into a full service health insurer that is finan-cially strong and is prepared to provide our members with healthsecurity through all the stages of their lives,” she noted. “I chosean organization that I could be passionate about, one that had agreater purpose. At the end of my career, I want to know that Imade a difference.”

— Trish (Puhl) Shea ’81 (B.A.)

associate vice president for university relations and assistantto the president at Regis University in Denver, Col.

Edward J. King (B.S., M.S. ’01) graduated from VillanovaSchool of Law last year at the top of his class, magna cumlaude. He is an associate attorney in the intellectual propertydepartment at Duane Morris.

Thomas C. Gizzi (M.S.) has two daughters, Hannah andLeah.

Marjorie (Fink) Gunn (B.S) resigned from her special educa-tion teaching position with Devereux CARES, a privateschool for autistic children, to stay home with son Nicholas.Husband Michael (B.S. ’98) works for Lockheed Martin andis pursuing an executive master’s degree at the WhartonBusiness School.

Heather (Ruggero) Keleher (B.A., M.A. ’98) teaches specialeducation in Moorestown, N.J. She, husband Chris, and theirson reside in Medford, N.J.

Frank Quinn (B.A.) is director of corporate sales for thePawtucket Red Sox, the AAA affiliate of the Boston RedSox. Wife Amy (Martin, B.A. ’98) is New England publicrelations manager for Cox Communications in WestWarwick, R.I.

Megann (Walsh) Czekalski (B.S.) opened her own business,Partners in ABA (www.partnersinaba.com), which providesindividual behavior and education consultation. She andhusband Andrew reside in Haddon Township, N.J.

ANITA (LUFF) SMITH ’80“Best in Business”

1997

Jessica Hertik Allen (B.S.) was promoted to corporal andsupervisor of the Forensic Services Division of the Annapolis(Md.) Police Department.

Timothy Brady (B.S.) completed the 2005 New YorkMarathon, his third marathon. He finished in a time of3:49:19.

Chris Conroy (M.B.A.) is regional sales and marketing man-ager for OmPay (www.ompay.com), the company responsiblefor “Smart Cards,” which can be used in place of coins to payfor Philadelphia parking meters. The company is workingwith the Philadelphia Parking Aurhority to extend its trans-portation payment system to parking garages and taxis.Conroy, wife Francesca, and children Isabella and Nicolaslive in North Wales, Pa.

Thomas B. Curran, O.S.F.S. (M.B.A.), was appointed presi-dent of Rockhurst University, a Jesuit Catholic institution inKansas City, Mo. Beginning in June, Fr. Curran will serve asthe University’s first non-Jesuit president. He is currently

Curran


1998Brandy Daly-Meyers (B.A.) completed her master’s degree increative arts in therapy from Drexel University.

Christine (Lipski) Mackintosh (B.A.) joined Grant andEisenhofer in Wilmington, Del., and represents institutionalinvestors in corporate and securities litigation matters. Sheand husband Mike reside in Philadelphia.

1999Caroline Bohl (B.S.) received a master’s degree in nutritionscience from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.She works as a clinical dietician at Columbia UniversityMedical Center in Manhattan and does nutrition consultingfor healthcare facilities. Bohl recently became a nationallyboard certified diabetes educator. She lives in New York, N.Y.

Emily (June) Kaufmann (M.B.A.) lives in Santa Barbara,Calif., with husband Kent.

Matthew Ludwig (B.A.) earned his M.B.A. from MonmouthUniversity in January.

Emily Reiser (B.A.) earned her master’s degree in special edu-cation and a certification in elementary education fromMercyhurst College in Erie, Pa., in May 2005. She teachesspecial education at Alpharetta (Ga.) High School.

2000Angela (Dwyer) Bach (B.S.) and husband Robert (B.A. ’97)purchased a home in Marlton, N.J.

Melissa (Hunger) Cavanaugh (B.S.) and husband Joseph livein Milwaukee, Wis. She is a kindergarten teacher in an urbanCatholic school.

Kiersten (Tuerff) Hafer (M.S.) joined Trion in King of Prussia,Pa., as director of marketing.

Heather Halterman (B.S.) is assistant director of admissions atDelaware Community College. She and husband MatthewConville live in Aston, Pa.

Rocco A. Simone III (M.S.) is celebrating 13 years as a police offi-cer in Voorhees Township, N.J. He and wife Carilee are con-structing a new home to share with daughters Aubrey and Neely.

Karen (Maiorino) Winters (B.S.) teaches first grade inMontgomery Township, N.J.

Elizabeth (Conway) Zeidler (B.S.) is an oncology nurse at theFox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia.


Andrea (Digneo) Genzano (B.S., M.S. ’02) has been a specialeducation teacher at Gateway Regional High School inWoodbury Heights, N.J., since her SJU graduation. She andhusband Frank live in Philadelphia.

Jennifer (Snyder) Lampi (B.S.) is an elementary schoolteacher in the Gloucester City (N.J.) School District.Husband Erik (B.S. ’00) is an attorney with Delany andO’Brien in Philadelphia.

Michael J. McNevin (B.S.) earned his Ph.D. in chemistry fromthe University of Colorado at Boulder. His dissertationresearch is titled “Bimetallic Complexes Based onPreorganized Binucleating Bis(amidinate) and Bis(ami-doamine) Ligand Systems.”

Patricia (McGreal) Wilkin (B.S.) is associate marketing man-ager for the Campbell Soup Co. She and husband Michael(B.S. ’00) reside in Malvern, Pa.

2002

Teresa Andreani (B.S.) graduated from New Brunswick-Rutgers University with an M.S. in organic chemistry in May2005. She is an assistant scientist at Schering Plough’s DrugDiscovery and Synthesis Department of Chemical Researchin Kenilworth, N.J.

Fred Casadei (M.B.A.) of Havertown, Pa., was named a newprincipal at Turner Investment Partners. He joined the firmin 2002 and serves as operations manager, managed accounts.

Giuseppina Galloro (B.A.) graduated from the DickinsonSchool of Law in May 2005. She is an associate with McNeesWallace and Nurick, in Harrisburg, Pa., where she also resides.

Jim O’Connor (B.A.) was hired as Georgetown University’shead men’s and women’s lightweight crew coach. He was afour-year varsity member of Saint Joseph’s rowing team andcaptained in his senior campaign. Before joiningGeorgetown, O’Connor was the freshman lightweight coachat George Washington University.

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Anna R. Schoenthal (B.S.) was promoted to consultant atHealth Strategies and Solutions, a Philadelphia-based healthcare management consulting firm, where she will assist instrategic and clinical program planning, demand forecasting,and master facility planning engagements. She has anM.B.A./M.S. in health-care management/health-care finan-cial management from Temple University and is a member ofthe American College of Healthcare Executives, the GreaterPhiladelphia Health Assembly, and the Healthcare Planningand Marketing Society of New Jersey.

Stephen J. Stunder III (B.A.) graduated from RosemontCollege last August with a master’s degree in counseling psy-chology. He is a therapist at Woods Services in Langhorne,Pa. Stunder also coaches roller hockey for Drexel University.

2003Jennifer Broomell (B.S.) enjoys working abroad and has trav-eled to Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, France, Spain, and Italyin the past two years.

Kathryn Kulbicki (B.A.) earned master’s degrees in regionalplanning (2004) and geography (2005) from West Chester(Pa.) University. She is a geographical information systemsspecialist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of PublicHealth in Baltimore, Md. Her first project was to serve on aresearch team in New Orleans and other points ravaged byHurricane Katrina.

2004Kathleen (Feinour) Clementelli (B.S.) teaches at GreenwoodGardens International School in Rome, Italy. She and hus-band Alessandro, an Italian citizen she met during her junior-year semester abroad, reside in Rome.

Ashley Milspaw (B.S.) is pursuing a Psy.D. degree at ChestnutHill College in Philadelphia.

2005

Matt Hartman (B.A.) is serving at the House of Charity inSpokane, Wash., as part of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. He’sresponsible for helping to provide emergency services forSpokane’s homeless, transient, and unemployed.

Gerald Katen (B.S.) and friends started an online business, theBlack Tai Salt Co. (www.blacktaisaltco.com), importingexotic salts from places such as the Dead Sea, the HimalayanMountains, and Namibia. It has locations in Chicago, NewYork, and Beverly Hills, Calif., where Katen is based. A por-tion of online purchases benefit the Breast CancerPrevention Project and a program of the Traditional ChineseMedicine World Foundation.

Steve Konsin (B.S.) of Roswell, Ga., launched the AtlantaTelephone Booth Co. (www.AtlantaPhoneBooths.com),which aims to eliminate mobile phone rudeness and increasemobile phone courtesy. Its primary product offering is thephone booth-like privacy enclosure called Refuge.

Kevin McGrann (B.S.), a four-year NCAA athletic scholar-ship recipient when he played SJU lacrosse, was named to theItalian national lacrosse team. His mother and maternalgrandparents are Italian citizens. The team toured Italy inJanuary to prepare for the 2006 World LacrosseChampionships in London, Canada, July 13-22. McGrannlives in Royal Oak, Mich., where he is in the marketing man-agement training program with E & J Gallo wineries ofModesto, Calif.

Kathleen Walsh (B.S.) is working in Juneau, Alaska, withORCA, a recreation program for people with disabilities, aspart of the Northwest region of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps.She assists in developing, scheduling, and coordinatingORCA’s programs and projects.

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The Pachyderm Problem at American Zoos

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For many American zoos, 2006 will be the Year of theElephant. Across the country, animal-rights activists are pointingto recent illnesses or deaths of zoo elephants as evidence that zooscannot provide the space, care, and social companionship thatthese creatures require. Increasingly, such protests are succeeding:Zoos in Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco, and the Bronx havealready announced plans to phase out their elephant exhibits,and the Philadelphia Zoo, the nation’s oldest, has hinted at a sim-ilar decision to come.

Elephants, of course, aren’t just any zoo animal. To many visitors,they’re an essential zoo animal, one of those marquee attractions(along with big cats, primates, and bears) that collectively define“zoos” in the popular mind. So when zoos start giving up ele-phants, whether voluntarily or underpressure, we’re dealing with more than thewelfare of one particular species. We’regrappling with the very definition of zoosthemselves — their mission, their identity,their practice, their future. Accordingly,then, figuring out what do to with the ele-phants may help us figure out what to dowith the zoo.

The current debate over zoo elephantsis nothing new, and the pachyderms’ com-plicated, ambiguous history in captivitymay shed some light on today’s controver-sies. When the first American zoos wereestablished in the late 19th and early 20thcenturies, no self-respecting park wouldopen its gates without an elephant, oftenpromoting the animals through birthdayparties, naming contests, and prominentdisplays. Indeed, when Philadelphia'selephants received their new exhibit in1941, that facility, now derided as bleakand inadequate, was hailed as a revolutionin zoo design..

Yet alongside moments of celebration and celebrity, concernsoccasionally arose about the welfare of captive elephants. Asearly as the 1890s, a few humanitarian reformers had begun tocomplain about the animals’ lack of space, their limited diet, ortheir treatment at the hands of overly aggressive keepers. In theearly 1900s, both the Bronx Zoo and the Central Park Zooactually put down “bad” elephants after years of dangerouslyunpredictable behavior. An elephant in Chicago’s Lincoln ParkZoo died in 1942 after ingesting pounds of rubbish presumablyoffered to her by malicious (or clueless) visitors. Troubling assuch incidents were, however, they were typically written off asisolated examples of either “bad” elephants or “bad” zoogoers.

Around the 1970s, however, public attitudes about zoo elephantsbegan to shift. The environmentalist movement urged greaterdedication to preserving wildlife and respecting nature, and cru-saders for “animal rights” demanded not merely humane

treatment for captive creatures, but in some cases, the outrightabolition of zoos. Partly in response to these developments, zooshave undergone extraordinary changes over the past generation:larger and more naturalistic enclosures; improved coordination ofcaptive breeding for endangered species; expanded efforts at scien-tific research; even a few attempts at reintroducing zoo animalsinto the wild.

Yet it’s precisely the success of these “new zoos” that makes therecent elephant controversies so compelling and troubling. We’vebeen led to believe that today’s zoos are environmentalist Edens,places where the animals are safe, comfortable, and content. Sowhen a creature falls ill or dies in such an idealized setting, we’resurprised, even outraged. Fundamentally, we begin to lose faith in

the value of the institution itself.So, what should we do with the ele-

phants at the zoo?Keep them there, but with a catch.

Zoo supporters need to recognize that notevery zoo can or should display elephants,and those few that do so must clearlyexplain and justify their decisions abouthusbandry, breeding, and exhibit design.Keeping animals in captivity is anenormous responsibility, and zoos mustdemonstrate that they take that responsi-bility seriously, even if it means giving upa popular species.

At the same time, animal-rights criticsneed to take a step back and ask whatthey’re really fighting for. However well-intentioned, campaigns to removeelephants from zoos point down a slipperyslope toward extinction — the extinctionof zoos themselves. Yet for all their flaws,zoos still give their visitors — over onehundred million Americans annually —an immediate, emotional, “nose-to-nose”

connection to exotic animals that’s otherwise unavailable outsideof the wild. No TV show or documentary film can duplicate thefeeling of standing a few feet away from a full-grown elephant.And if that feeling, in turn, inspires even a handful of visitors tofind out more about wildlife conservation, habitat preservation,or animal science, then perhaps those elephants have done theirjob. We just have to do our job, too.

— Jeffrey Hyson, Ph.D.

Jeffrey Hyson, assistant professor of history and director ofAmerican Studies, is writing a cultural history of American zoos.His commentaries on zoos have appeared in The Washington Postand Newsday and on National Public Radio’s All ThingsConsidered.

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What Jim Boyle Meant to Me

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In 1985 Jim Boyle invitedme to be a member of his staffat Saint Joseph’s University.Having been presented withthe opportunity to fulfill mycareer goal in the area where Igrew up, for the school that Ihad rooted for as a kid, workingthe sidelines that had producedJack Ramsay, Jack McKinney,and Jim Lynam, and to learnfrom Bo — the decision waseasy. But little did I know orsense that it would lead myfamily and me to where we aretoday.

Jim Boyle taught me whatit meant to be a Hawk. He hadthe unique ability to make youthink and question why. Thisprocess certainly involved bas-ketball but more importantly,life. Bo’s willingness to involvehis family, especially his wife,Tess, was a daily lesson for me.Bo was able to love his familywhile loving his school and hisjob. Bo’s preparation was unique. He watched every tape, everygame on TV, in the hope that our team would have an edge. Tothis day, I can’t get enough information about our opponents.

The lesson that a college team is built by players resonates inmy ears every day. Even after Jim Boyle left Saint Joseph’sUniversity, we talked at least every other day — and often everyday — and the discussion would always gravitate to recruitingand players. He “saw” the game and “saw” players’ abilities andliabilities.

Bo was described by Herb Magee, the legendary PhiladelphiaUniversity coach and Bo’s high school teammate, as a great team-mate. This characteristic continued until the day he died. Healways had a word of advice and an encouraging thought for thepresent Hawks. He truly wanted each of them to reach his poten-tial and to embrace being a Hawk.

Jim Boyle will never be replaced in my heart. Jim Boyle willnever be forgotten in my mind.

Jim Boyle was and always will be a HAWK.

— Phil MartelliHead Coach, Men’s Basketball

Saint Joseph’s University

Jim Boyle ’64 (B.S.), one of the most belovedfigures in Saint Joseph’s basketball history, passedaway on December 23, 2005, after a battle withlung cancer. Boyle, 63, served as head coach of theHawks from 1981 to 1989, compiling a 151-114record in nine seasons. “Bo” led the Hawks topost-season play four times, with two trips to theNCAA Tournament and two to the NIT. Boylehad the unique distinction of being a part of Hawkhistory as a player, an assistant coach, and a headcoach. He had a connection with all of the SJUcoaches from the past four decades, including thepresent. Boyle played for Hall of Famer JackRamsay, Ph.D. ’49 (B.A.), and served as anassistant coach on the staffs of Jack McKinney ’57(B.S.), Harry Booth, and Jim Lynam ’63 (B.S.).Boyle also worked with John Griffin ’78 (B.S.)when they were assistants to Lynam. During histenure as head coach, Boyle hired current SJUhead coach Phil Martelli as an assistant coach.

Boyle’s wife Tess, is a 1984 (B.S.) graduateof the University and was the first female to serveas president of the Alumni Association. They hadfour children — Kevin (deceased), Kelly Doyle’85 (B.S., ’89 M.S.), Jim Jr. ’86 (B.A., ’95M.S.), and Tracie Daly ’89 (B.S., ’95 M.S.).

Jack Ramsay, Ph.D., ’49 (B.A.), former Saint Joseph’s Universitybasketball coach, is surrounded by his players including Jim Boyle (40)in 1961.

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Friday, May 19: Alumni Awards Presentations

Saturday, May 20: A day of activities concluding with class reunion

Sunday, May 21: Mass, tours, brunch

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