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the athletic staff in 2005 as junior varsity and strength and conditioning coach. He developed the junior varsity’s off-season training to prepare them for the regular season and he also helped to condition student athletes on other Xavier teams. In addition to his son, James, his daughter, Ishe Costa, and a sister, Judy Costa, also survive. His longtime partner, Diane Artura, and her two children, his stepchildren, Jimmy and Alanna William Costa Kowalski, also survive. Rev. John F. Garvey, S.J., passed away on October 19, 2011 at Lenox Hill Hospital. Born in Brooklyn, he entered the New England Province Jesuit novitiate in Lenox, Mass., in 1962. Following philosophy studies at Loyola Seminary in Shrub Oak, he taught at Xavier High School in Truk, Caroline Islands. He returned to New York for theology studies at Woodstock College and transferred to the New York Province in 1970. Fr. Garvey was ordained in 1974, after which he returned John A. Bowden ’36 4/25/2011 George F. Nix ’36 2/28/2008 William P. Mulry, Jr. ’37 6/23/2001 William T. Ratigan ’37 12/31/2010 Timothy V. Smith ’37 9/20/2011 Richard J. Edge ’41 6/26/2011 John P. McCloy, M.D. ’42 5/14/2011 James P. Crotty ’43 3/15/2011 COL John J. Doody, USA (Ret) ’43 7/23/2011 Francis X. Carillo, M.D. ’45 6/6/2011 William R. Cashman ’45 8/15/2011 John J. Cavagnaro, Jr. ’45 6/8/2011 James J. Giger ’45 3/7/2011 Rev. John J. McDonald, S.J. ’45 9/16/2011 Dominic A. Tortorice, Esq. ’46 1/24/2011 Louis P. Bancheri, Jr. ’46 4/17/2011 James R. Jennings ’48 9/24/2010 Harry L. Mulligan ’48 10/1/2011 William J. Bolger ’49 10/8/2009 Michael J. Burke ’49 7/4/2011 Edward J. Fletcher ’49 6/26/2011 Eugene J. Keating ’49 8/5/2011 Robert B. Ware ’49 11/17/2010 Thomas M. Gray ’50 12/9/2002 Philip L. Mulholland, M.D. ’50 4/28/2011 James T. Gahan ’51 5/7/2011
to the Caroline Islands for pastoral ministry until 1978. For the next nine years he was a retreat director, administrator and superior at St. Ignatius Retreat House in Manhasset. The Jesuit arrived at Xavier in 1989 and served as director of campus ministry while joining the school’s religion department. For the next 13 years, he left an indelible impression on students and was a dedicated moderator of the Xavier yearbook. Fr. Garvey joined the New York Jesuits’ publications office in 2006 as publications assistant. In that post he created the New York Province publication A Holy Boldness, the New York and Tri-Province newsletters and was most recently coRev. John F. Garvey, editor for Jesuits magazine, S.J. the magazine of the Maryland, New England and New York provinces. Rev. John J. McDonald, S.J., ’45, headmaster at Xavier from 1962–1969 passed away on September 16, 2011 at Murray-Weigel Hall. Born in West New York, N.J., he entered Emanuel J. Ronzoni ’51 12/22/2007 James M. Rider ’51 4/6/2011 Dr. Gregory T. McAllister, Jr. ’52 5/19/2010 John H. McCord, Esq. ’52 5/18/2011 Richard F. Cioffi, M.D. ’58 9/3/2011 Anthony R. Sorrento ’58 2/17/2011 Kevin B. O’Shea, C.P.A. ’60 7/14/2011 C.P. Connell, Jr. ’61 12/11/2011 Joseph J. Garibaldi III ’62 4/13/1997 Russell M. Warga ’62 5/28/2005 Alfred F. Samenga, Jr. ’62 12/28/2003 Joseph J. Garibaldi III ’62 4/13/1997 J. Michael Marshall ’62 6/21/2011 Michael D. McDonnell ’62 2/19/2010 Vincent M. Lapolla ’63 12/25/2010 Arthur W. McGrath ’63 5/28/2010 Arthur J. Massett, Jr. ’63 9/20/2010 William P. Vanvooren ’64 6/7/1997 Andrew S. Hall, Jr. ’65 5/22/2011 Peter L. Bertacchi, M.D. ’67 9/2/2010 Thomas E. Rohan II, Esq. ’68 7/6/2011 Louis R. Gomez ’69 9/1/2006 Francis W. Hughes ’71 8/2/2011 Michael J. Gilligan ’73 11/4/2011 Francis K. Cuddihy ’79 10/17/1998 Roger S. Muller, Esq. ’81 10/8/2011
the Jesuits at St. Andrew-on-Hudson in Poughkeepsie in 1945 and professed vows in 1947. He studied at Woodstock Rev John J. McDonald, College in Maryland S.J., ’45 and was ordained at Fordham University Church in 1957. Fr. McDonald taught Latin and religion at Fordham Prep in the Bronx from 1960–1962. He also taught at Brooklyn Prep and at McQuaid Jesuit High School in Rochester, where he was superior, rector and president. Following his term as Xavier headmaster, he served as student counselor for three years. He served the Jesuits’ New York Province as vice president for secondary education from 1982-1987, and director of the Jesuit Seminary and Mission Bureau from 19891991. More recently, he was a retreat minister at Loyola Retreat House, and superior of Murray-Weigel Hall and Loyola Hall. To contribute to the Fr. John McDonald, S.J. ’45 Memorial Fund at Xavier, visit www. xavierhsalumni.org/mcdonald John P. Molloy ’84 8/15/2011 Sean Kealy ’84 9/4/2011 Donald P. Brady ’91 1/25/1996 Michael J. Lynch ’03 12/11/2011 Former Faculty Rev. John F. Garvey, S.J. 10/19/2011 Br. Jude Conniff, MM 9/7/2011 Parents Emil Laszlo P’00 8/10/2011 Katherine Fagan P’05 11/29/2011 William Costa P’08 ’02 9/29/2011 Viola Warga P’62 ’66 4/1/2006 Baptist Maruca P’64 12/9/2010 Isabelle Delaney P’66 8/29/2011 Marion Traico P’71 1/22/2011 Edward W. Kulesza P’75 5/14/2011 Marcella G. Hanafin P’77 ’72 7/24/2010 Dr. Charles Scheid, Jr. P’77 5/18/1998 Joseph L. Keefe P’82 ’76 8/28/2009 Lynn Penketh P’82 8/26/2010 Harry J. Morpurgo P’84 12/4/2011 Rita Grady P’88 12/1/2010 Donald M. Grady (Rita) P’88 7/15/1994 Lee Ann Catalano P’95 5/25/1993 Anne M. Shannon 6/13/2011 Xavier Magazine 31. Elaine Larkin 11/30/2009