Delbarton Today Spring 2016

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Seeing America Slowly Author Rinker Buck ’69 on the Oregon Trail

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By Malcolm Sutherland-Foggio ’16

28 Global Delbarton Traveler

By Harry MacCormack

30 Seeing America Slowly: Rinker Buck ’69 on the Oregon Trail

By Jessica Fiddes

38 Around Delbarton 64 Sports Shorts

By Harry MacCormack

78 Abbey Notes

By Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, OSB ’82

81 Abbey Church and Monastery Celebrate Fifty Years

By Fr. Benet Caffrey, OSB

84 Alumni News 110 Delbarton Yesterday | The Ever-Adaptable Trinity Hall

By Fr. Benet Caffrey, OSB Cover: Author Rinker Buck ’69 on the Oregon Trail.

All photographs in this issue of Delbarton Today were taken by Jessica Fiddes or J. Craig Paris unless otherwise indicated.

Cover Photographer: Vince Holtz Rt. Rev. Richard Cronin, OSB, Abbot, St. Mary’s Abbey President, Delbarton School Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, Headmaster Rev. Rembert F. Reilly, OSB, Vice President for Development J. Craig Paris ’82, Director of Development Jessica Vermylen Fiddes, Director of Communications The views expressed in Delbarton Today are solely those of the editors, authors and contributors to this magazine and do not necessarily represent those of the Order of St. Benedict of New Jersey, Inc., St. Mary’s Abbey and/or Delbarton School Design: Sahlman Art Studio, Charlotte, NC Printing: Digital Color Concepts, Mountainside, NJ

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From the Headmaster Dear Members of the Delbarton Community, I was a big fan of the PBS crime series Wallander that aired a few years ago. Each episode was based on one of the books of Swedish author Henning Mankell. The chief character, Kurt Wallender, is a brooding, dark and difficult person – but he’s also a very fine detective. At the end of one episode, having solved a particularly vicious murder, Wallender’s young sergeant turns to him and asks, “When did we become like this?” and Wallender replies, “When we stopped darning our socks”. He gives no explanation; and I imagine most viewers, like me, were left puzzled. But that answer stayed with me. It even brought back childhood memories. I could see my mother sitting in our living room with a basket that contained the different colored threads, needles and the shiny wooden darning egg that would she would use to repair the holes in my father’s socks. Then one day the basket was put away and never reappeared. That was the day when the conclusion was reached that it was no longer worth the effort to mend socks, when you could just buy new. The old were just thrown away. We had entered the age of consumption.

In his recent encyclical letter, Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home, Pope Francis uses the term ‘throwaway culture’ to describe what, I think, Wallender was talking about. He writes “These problems are closely linked to a throwaway culture which affects the excluded just as it quickly reduces things to rubbish...

A serious consideration of this issue would be one way of counteracting the throwaway culture which affects the entire planet, but it must be said that only limited progress has been made in this regard.” The Pope sees the effects of this attitude as having a negative impact not just on material creation but on human existence as well. “Human beings too are creatures of this world, enjoying a right to life and happiness, and endowed with unique dignity. So we cannot fail to consider the effects on people’s lives of environmental deterioration, current models of development and the throwaway culture.”

Like Wallender’s response to his sergeant, the Pope’s encyclical not only leaves us with much to ponder, but also challenges us to be open to new ways of thinking.

As an educational institution run by Benedictine monks, we need to take Pope Francis’ challenge seriously. He writes specifically about the role of education in shaping “new habits”. “An awareness of the gravity of today’s cultural and ecological crisis must be translated into new habits. Many people know that our current progress and the mere amassing of things and pleasures are not

enough to give meaning and joy to the human heart, yet they feel unable to give up what the market sets before them. In those countries which should be making the greatest changes in consumer habits, young people have a new ecological sensitivity and a generous spirit, and some of them are making admirable efforts to protect the environment. At the same time, they have grown up in a milieu of extreme consumerism and affluence which makes it difficult to develop other habits. We are faced with an educational challenge... “The challenge is to come up with a broader model of ecological education that goes beyond just science. The Pope sees it this way.

“Environmental education should facilitate making the leap towards the transcendent which gives ecological ethics its deepest meaning. It needs educators capable of developing an ethics of ecology, and helping people, through effective pedagogy, to grow in solidarity, responsibility and compassionate care.” Delbarton has willingly accepted this challenge by adopting a commitment to stewardship as one of our goals for accreditation over the course of the next seven years.

Speaking of reusing and recycling... As you read this issue of Delbarton Today, work has begun on the longawaited renovations to Trinity Hall. This is both exciting and daunting venture. Exciting, because we are breathing new life into this venerable structure. The renovations will produce a healthier and more energy efficient space for learning to happen. It will also give us the opportunity to reconfigure the space in ways that will make it more conducive to 21st century learning and more responsive to our students’ needs. It is daunting, because it is a very time-constrained project and everything needs to happen right on schedule. As challenging as this may be, we know that when the Delbarton community comes together, we can get it done. Inspired by God’s many blessings and the good work we have done together in the past, we look confidently to the future.

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Delbarton parents outdid themselves in the food tents.

From left, Stacy Waldis P’13, ’17, Abbot Richard Cronin, OSB, and Fiona Dolan P’17.

From the class of 2008, Jack Bartlett, Christian Mattia, Taylor Doherty and Dan Miggins.

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Sandy and Frank Visceglia ’85, P’18.

This adorable puppy attracted a lot of attention.

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Members of the Class of 1990 presented Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny with a $500,000 check representing a class gift in celebration of their 25th reunion year.

Class of 2015 took a break from college.

From left, Bill Murray (William & Mary), PJ Burke (Fordham), Patrick Bray (Vanderbilt) and James Wroblewski (Villanova).

Dan Lacz ’95 brought his personal fan zone to Homecoming 2015.

Mindy Papetti P’13,’14,’17 demonstrates how to make her famous Frito Pie. Husband AJ Papetti ’82 stands by for the assist.

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The Class of 1995 planted a tree in the memory of three classmates.

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Justin Garris ’07 and family enjoyed Homecoming Day at Delbarton.

Lorraine Petrolino, Fr. Andrew Smith, OSB, and Heidi Williamson.

Atom Tan rocks the crowd in the Garden. Mike O’Connell ’85, Chris McCumber ’85, and Ken Collins ’85, along with guest bass player Randy Staley, subbing for Brandan Romans ’85, reunited to perform at Homecoming 2015 and the 30th reunion for the Class of 1985. They’re already booked for Homecoming 2020 to celebrate their 35th reunion!

To celebrate his 40th reunion, Jim Ferrante ’75 and his band played us out of Homecoming 2015 in style.

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Forty-eight golfers teed off on October 15, 2015 for the Homecoming Golf Outing at New Jersey National Golf Club in Basking Ridge, NJ…

Top golfer Bob Murphy ’87 wearing the signature green blazer with Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB.

John Traynor ’79, Tom McFadden ’80 and Keith Kulper ’70

Class of 1990 (with Athletic Director Dan Whalen, standing third from left): Brendan Maher, Galen Criqui, Dan Whalen, Josh Smith, Sean Barrett, Brian McGinty; Kneeling: Dave Aromando and Mark Paske.

The Darche family with Br. Paul: RJ ’07, Matt ’11, Br. Paul, Rich ’72 and Mike ’10.

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The 1965 golf team is reunited: Peter Keller ’65, John Werring ’65, Dave McBride ’65 and Dennis Williamson ’65.

On October 16, the Alumni Association hosted the 2015 Hall of Honor Dinner in the Fine Arts Center and inducted three new members, Wayne Gardiner, Derek J. Maguire ’90 and Frank D. Visceglia ’85, into the Delbarton Hall of Honor...

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DEREK J. MAGUIRE ’90 HALL OF HONOR MEMBERS 1984 Jules G. Spada ’48 1985 Frank D. Visceglia ’60† 1986 Lee S. Trumbull ’58 1987 Rev. Manus Duffy, OSB ’60† Joseph K. Pagano ’63 W. Norman Scott ’64 1988 Edward F. Broderick ’50 D. Peter Keller ’65 1989 Edward J. Dwyer ’64 John F. Sanfacon ’57 Louis P. Thebault

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Derek Maguire is a 1990 graduate of Delbarton where he was a three sport varsity athlete in soccer, hockey and lacrosse. In his senior soccer season he co-captained the team to a state championship earning all-conference and all-state honorable mention. In hockey, he was a two-time captain, an all-state selection for 3 years, won 4 Mennen Cups and is the highest scoring defenseman in state history with 242 points: 110 goals, 132 assists.

In June 1990, he was selected in the 9th round of the NHL entry draft by the Montreal Canadiens. In 2010, Maguire was an inaugural induction into the NJ High School Hockey Hall of Fame. He was also a proud participant in “Frozen Flashback: The Greatest Game Never Played” in 2010 when alumni players from Delbarton and St. Joe’s faced off , twenty-one years after their state finals game was cancelled due to a measles outbreak.

Post Delbarton, Maguire attended Harvard University where he lettered in hockey (4yrs) and lacrosse (2yrs). During his four seasons, he was an All-ECAC Rookie Team Selection, A 2-time All ECAC Team Selection, and a Second Team All American. After graduation, he signed a 3 year contract with the Montreal Canadiens.

Derek currently serves as the President of the Delbarton Alumni Club of Boston and is Vice President, Co-Chair of the Friends of Harvard Hockey. He has worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch for 18 years, and is Director of Global Rates Derivatives in Boston, MA. Derek lives in Hingham , MA with his wife of 19 years, Megan Maguire, and their children: Quinn (15), Declan (14), Ryan (11) and Terrence (9) .

He and his wife can be seen throughout the Northeast driving their four children from lacrosse tournaments to hockey games.

1990 Daniel Foley ’50† Carmine J.Galdieri II ’57 Robert C. O’Mara ’60

Wayne Gardiner and Delbarton colleagues.

1991 James M. Corroon ’57 Frank A. Delaney Rev. Giles P. Hayes, OSB ’56 1992 Rev. Stephen. W. Findlay, OSB† William F. Sittmann ’67 Joseph R. McDonough ’68† 1993 Robert B. Collins ’56 William O. Regan† 1994 Brian T. Fitzgibbon ’74† Rev. Kenneth H. Mayer, OSB† William J. McFadden ’59

WAYNE M. GARDINER It’s probably not surprising that a teacher of mathematics would have a curriculum vita loaded with numbers. But when it comes to Wayne Gardiner, it’s the quality rather than quantity that gets our attention.

Gardiner has been teaching at Delbarton for 41 years, and for 20 of those years he chaired the math department.

A 1974 graduate of Bowdoin College, Gardiner first worked in his alma mater’s admissions office for a year. He joined the Delbarton faculty the following year as a teacher of mathematics and as assistant to the renowned Anthony “Tony” Passarelli, coach of Green Wave crosscountry and track and field.

assignment, to be sure, but again the numbers show us that the Green Wave running legacy was in fine hands.

Delbarton teams went on to win 3 NJSIAA state championships, 5 Morris County championships, and 14 Northern Hills championships.

Coach Gardiner has also led his peers as president of the Catholic Track Conference and the Morris County Track Coaches Association, which in 2006

1995 Edward J. Butera ’56 Harvey C. Jones, Jr. ’70 Skip Livera ’63† 1996 Kary W. Antholis ’80 Rev. Adrian McLaughlin, OSB† 1997 Daniel T. Scott ’62 James E. Nugent ’69† W. Michael Murphy, Jr. ’67

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As soon as the fall of 1979, Gardiner was asked to assume leadership of the program with the sad passing to cancer of Coach Passarelli. A formidable

His former runners celebrate Wayne Gardiner’s Hall of Honor induction.

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1998 Kevin T. Kenny ’78 Robert E. Mulcahy III Boyd A. Sands ’55

renamed the Holiday Relays at Drew University in his honor as the Gardiner Holiday Relays.

1999 Elizabeth T. & John G. Gilfillan III† Anthony M. Nugent ’74 Peter L. O’Neill ’59

He has been elected to the NJSIAA Coaching Hall of Fame, and was also named New Jersey Track Coach of the Year. He is a 5-time Morris County Coach of the Year and a12-time Northern Hills Coach of the Year.

2000 E. Pat Brady ’70 David F. McBride ’65 Rev. Peter J. Meaney, OSB†

As an educator, Gardiner also holds a MA degree in math education from Rutgers University. He has served as a reader for

2001 C. Sean Closkey ’85 Donald L. Criqui Robert L. Sheridan ’81 2002 Lawrence H. McLernon ’57 J. Craig Paris ’82 2003 John F. Conner ’53 Hilda Maloney† Bill Smith ’63 2004 Abbot Brian H. Clarke, OSB Eugene “Doc” Doherty ’54† J. Brian Thebault ’69 2005 Right Reverend Thomas J. Confroy, OSB† Ronald P. Mealey ’50 William J. Waldron III ’65 2006 Brian E. Fleury† John P. “JP” Flynn ’86† Richard L. Wade ’61

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The Walsh family salutes their dear friend, Hall of Honor inductee Wayne Gardiner, center left.

Hall of Honor inductee Derek Maguire ’90, center, is greeted by several teammates, Brendan Collins ’90, and Chris Bury ’91.

AP math exams, as Delbarton Dean of Studies, and was a long-time member of the Delbarton admissions committee. For this distinguished career, Gardiner was recognized with the Delbarton Lay Board of Trustees Award in 2007.

So the numbers add up - honors, awards, championships. But perhaps a finer reward for such a long and distinguished career as a teacher and coach is teaching and coaching many of the sons of his former students and athletes. Now that’s a legacy.

FRANK D. VISCEGLIA JR. ’85 Frank has dedicated his life to family, the family business, and to community through Delbarton School.

Frank is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. After graduation, Frank began working for Federal Business Centers (FBC) a full-service industrial developer. FBC was founded in 1938 by Frank’s grandfather as a moving and storage business which was gradually transformed into a real estate company.

In 1965, the company purchased the former Raritan Arsenal and has focused on building Raritan Center, a masterplanned, mixed-use business park. The company now owns and operates 60 buildings on 1,200 acres serving over 180 companies. These companies include FedEx Express, United Parcel Service, and

FedEx Ground which maintain regional shipping centers in Raritan Center.

FBC and Raritan Center have won many awards including both the national 2014 Building of the Year Award from the Builders Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) and the 2014 BOMA NJ Building Energy Reduction Award.

Over the years, Frank has worked in customer service, financial services and, most notably, operations. Frank has also served on the board and as treasurer of the NJ Chapter of NAIOP and on the Board of Trustees for the Middlesex Country College Foundation.

Frank works diligently to grow the family business in a changing business environment, partnering with his uncle Peter Visceglia ’76 and his sister Nicole.

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2007 Patrick Henry ’57 Richard W. Herbst George H. Miller, Jr. ’52 2008 Michael A. Ferguson ’88 John E. Luke, Jr. ’78 2009 James J. McGough ’49† John C. Traynor ’79 Andrew W. Verhalen ’74 2010 James A. Ferrante, Jr. ’75 Keith D. Kulper ’70 Rev. Bruno A. Ugliano, OSB† 2011 Kurt W. Krauss ’81 Peter Pizzi ’71 Anthony Passarelli† 2012 Thomas A. Caputo ’57 Thomas J. Luby ’72 James G. Petrucci ’82

modernizing and repurposing dozens of buildings, and Raritan Center has become a major rail hub for central New Jersey.

Frank is particularly proud of FBC’s service systems and the way FBC’s coworkers helped the company and its customers weather the challenge of Superstorm Sandy.

He credits his father Frank Visceglia ’60 and father-in-law Carmine Galdieri ’57, both Delbarton Hall of Honor members, for motivating him to serve Delbarton.

After beginning as a class representative, Frank joined the Alumni Board where he served for a decade with a focus on growing the alumni community. His mission was to make Delbarton more accessible and to encourage more alumni to “Be a part of it”. In 2008, Frank and former Alumni President Lee Esposito ’74 launched Career Day, which invites alumni back on campus to speak with the Delbarton senior class about their

careers. This event reconnects alumni with the school and showcases the Delbarton network in action.

Frank and his wife Sandra live in Short Hills with their three children. Their first date was at the 1991 Hall of Honor dinner where Frank knew immediately she was a special person. Their daughter Patricia is traveling in Europe after graduating from Oak Knoll School. Son James is a sophomore at Delbarton, and son Nicholas is a freshman at Morristown Beard School.

Frank takes great satisfaction in being part what Delbarton has become and believes the future is even brighter. “For me, it is all about doing whatever I can to help Delbarton help the students. I am fortunate to be part of this great community where students are happy, successful, and never seem to want to leave campus. As Abbott Giles likes to say, ‘the culture is working’.”

2013 Martin S. Flaherty ’77 Dr. Roy Horton† Jon Krawczyk ’88 2014 Fr. Beatus Lucey, OSB Taylor Price ’04 Michael J. Slattery ’59 2015 Wayne Gardiner Derek J. Maguire '90 Frank D. Visceglia '8

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Director of Alumni & Development J. Craig Paris ’82, right, greets his old friend Peter Visceglia ’76.

Ed Weinlein ’65 with Barbara and Michael Vaughn ’65.

Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB uses cymbals to summon guests into the FAC theater for the Hall of Honor induction ceremony.

Former Alumni Association President Terrence Rouse ’86 serves as master of ceremony.

Alumni Association President Jerry Jabbour ’92 welcomes guests.

Hall of Honor inductee Frank Visceglia ’85 speaks about his family’s close association with Delbarton.

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A Succisa Virescit Story

By Malcolm Sutherland-Foggio ’16

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w a s “c u t d o w n” w h e n I was ten-years-old.

Cancer is one of the most terrifying things a person can face. Cancer is scary.

Cancer kills. In December 2008, I faced very slim odds of survival.

I had Pelvic Ewing’s Sarcoma, a bone tumor typically measured in millimeters.

Mine enveloped my right ilium with tendrils extending into my right femur. I was called to war on December 7, 2008, drafted into a battle where children fight as soldiers and the weapons are prescribed by doctors.

Doctors told us that someone with pelvic Ewing’s had a 50% chance of surviving five years, but my massive tumor reduced the odds. Assuming I survived, a quarter of my body would be amputated, my right side from the bottom of my rib cage down. I would undergo six rounds of chemotherapy followed by surgery to remove the tumor and effected tissue, then radiation, and another eight rounds of chemo. Hearing this at age ten should have scared me; it didn’t. I was driven to fight my cancer. Our family motto Sans Peur means “without fear.” Every moment I lived was an opportunity to fight for my life. Every moment was a gift.

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It took a week for my hair to start falling out. Chemo was aggressive because I had a higher metabolic rate than adult, so my cancer had a high metabolic rate too.

I received double the adult dosage of chemo. Thankfully, chemo drugs shrank my tumor to my right ilium, allowing my surgeon to only remove my hip. Surgery took my entire right hip; my femur now uses scar tissue as a pseudo hip socket.

Following surgery, in addition to the next eight rounds of week-long chemo, I was immobilized for fourteen weeks in a body cast and, later, a body brace. I endured intense physical therapy due to muscle atrophy (I’m still not 100%) and I finished my cancer treatments on July 14, 2009: Bastille Day. During treatment I noticed some alarming trends. The pediatric cancer floor overflowed with children.

Childhood cancer incidence rates are higher than people suspect, about two classrooms of children each day in the US, and the number grows 6% each year.

Children are 100% of our future, yet children’s cancers receive less than 3% of cancer research dollars. Only 1 in every 10 children diagnosed lives “happily-everafter.” Two die in under five years, another dies in under ten years, seven survive, but six have long-term health

and disability concerns as a result of their cancer treatments, which often shorten their adult lives and impact its quality.

I saw little kids around me fighting for their lives, but nobody was stepping up to change the landscape for childhood cancer. As an optimistic naive 10-yearold, I thought maybe I could do something. After my first round of chemo, I started selling rubber wristbands for three dollars to support research. I raised $13,000 within several months and wondered if that’s what I can do without trying, what can I do if I really try?

Weeks after my surgery, I was hospitalized getting a week of chemo. It was Sunday night, around eleven o’ clock, and the hospital was very quiet.

Suddenly, we heard a scream and crash

Last summer, while touring with his National Angel Quilt, Malcolm delivered a research donation to his friend, Dr. Susan Blaney, Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Texas Children’s Cancer Center in Houston..

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from two doors down. It was a mother’s helpless cry. We knew that cry could only mean one thing. Cancer is the #1 disease killer in our children.

Michael was three. He would never grow up. He would never graduate high school, get married, have children, or any other thing that his mother had hoped for him. Worst of all, is that no one really knew. The world did not stop to remember Michael.

Unlike other childhood tragedies, Michael’s death did not make the news.

Michael’s death, however, outraged me. I told my mother, “Someone really needs to make some noise about this!” I decided to incorporate a non-profit for kids’ cancer research. I laid out a business plan, explained that I wanted to fund research for all children’s cancers. If

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people knew the reality of childhood cancer, they would care and we could raise funds to accelerate cure research. I wanted to get onto the national talk circuit, develop marketing plans, and have headlining musicians doing benefits for children’s cancer research. I couldn’t sleep that night until she bought the domain name to our website makenoise4kids.org.

Following treatment, on September 24, 2009 we incorporated Make Some Noise: Cure Kids Cancer. With lots of help from my mother, and the generosity of supporters, I have raised nearly two million dollars for children’s cancer research and awareness.

We fund critical translational research for all pediatric cancers at institutions across the United States. Last summer I even

interned at Seattle Children’s to gain some first-hand research experience. We are founding members of a childhood cancer coalition that unites stakeholders to help advance the cause for childhood cancer.

We are at the dawn of the revolution of modern medicine. I have helped, but there still is so much more to do. Today, I have friends on hospice. I have buried many friends. I have a traveling display called The National Angel Quilt, an evergrowing tribute quilt memorializing the kids we are losing. Many kids do survive 5 -10 years, but a price is paid by using today’s conventional treatments. We can do better for our children. We will do better – sooner rather than later.

grow. My backyard has a bush that grows six more branches for every one you cut.

If you are a branch and get pruned, are you going to leave it at that, or strive to come back?

Malcolm Sutherland-Foggio ’16, in blue vest, with friends from the Class of 2016 at the annual Make Some Noise 4 Kids Gala on February 27.

During my treatment, my mother said “Life throws things at you, and it’s what you do with them that counts.” Despite being cut down, I was determined to grow back stronger and create this foundation to make a meaningful impact on children’s cancer. I made a pact with myself as a ten year old cancer patient: if I survive, my mission is to create change to help kids behind me live long healthy lives. My job is to ensure that no young comrade is left behind, and to shed a national spotlight on this secret battlefield.

“Cut Down” is all about perspective.

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In Micronesia with Joe Lenz ’11

By Harry MacCormack

Recently, we discovered that one of our Alumni Facebook friends had an IP address in Micronesia. Meet Joe Lenz ’11…

The Federated States of Micronesia is a remote constellation of islands in the Pacific Ocean. Within that constellation is the state of Chuuk, another series of islands amounting to roughly 50 square miles of dry land, inhabited by just over 48,000 souls. Among those 48,000 souls is a Delbarton alumnus, Joseph Lenz.

Following his tenure at Delbarton, Lenz attended Villanova, where in time he embraced the world of volunteering and service work.

Joe Lenz ’11 teaches students at Xavier High School in Chuuk, one of the Federated States of Micronesia.

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“Heading into college and my first two years as an undergrad, I was sure I wanted to go into banking like so many of my friends were. After a series of immersion

service trips during my junior and senior years, though, I knew I wanted to change my path. “ So with the assistance of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, he did just that. The Jesuits sent Joe half way around the world to work and teach in Micronesia.

As one might expect, life on a remote island chain in the Pacific comes with its fair share of challenges. With few exploitable resources, and its remoteness discouraging tourism, developing any kind of sustainable industry has proven difficult, its remoteness also means most goods need to be imported as well. Many modern conveniences are out of reach as

well. Basic infrastructure like paved roads and utilities like electricity and running water are typically absent outside the few urban areas.

Joe has been living and working in Micronesia for the last year with the Jesuits, and in that time, Joe has become a teacher, a college counselor, a coach, and a choir conductor for the students of Xavier High School, an independent Catholic school run by the Jesuit order there. According to Joe, college counseling is his main focus; important work in a place where obtaining a four year degree means leaving the country and traveling hundreds or even thousands of miles across the ocean. All but one of the 40 graduating students at Xavier went to college last year, 18 of which went to the United States to do so.

“Our school places a great emphasis on our students going to college,” Joe said, “which I think is a great thing because so many students at the public schools on island don’t think about that as an option or have that opportunity.”

Facilitating and fostering success for people living in the developing world is not only Joe’s current day job, it’s his goal

for the foreseeable future, and a goal that has its roots in lessons learned at Delbarton.

“Delbarton gave us the chance to embrace that Succisa Virescit mindset, the perspective that once cut down, you can grow back stronger. Yet while we are given that power and support, millions of people around the world are struggling to survive let alone have confidence in themselves. Realizing all of this moved me to use that blessing for those that aren’t so fortunate, and I hope to do so not just for my two years with JVC, but for the rest of my life.”

Once his time in Micronesia is up, Joe plans to return to the states and pursue a Master’s degree in International Development. He is unsure of where he’ll end up, an idea he’s grown very comfortable with.

Remnants of typhoon destruction linger long after a tropical storm departs.

Chuuk is roughly 50 square miles of dry land. This is one of the island’s better roads.

“If there is anything that I’ve learned since being here, it’s that things change, peoples’ desires change, and circumstances change… we really try to embrace being in the moment around here.”

On a remote Pacific island where most goods are imported, shipping containers deliver products critical for everyday life.

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Seeing America Slowly: Rinker Buck ’69 on the Oregon Trail

By Jessica Fiddes

the fourth of eleven children of the late Mary Patricia and Thomas Francis Buck, and his five brothers and five sisters were raised on an old dairy-turned-horse-farm in New Vernon, NJ.

rights, lobbying on behalf of political friends and raising money for the AA clinic he co-founded. He was dynamic, eccentric, often broke and always determined to instill the ‘pioneer spirit’ in his offspring.

Their father Tom, an airman who trained British pilots for the Battle of Britain, lost his left leg in an air crash after the war. A high school dropout, Tom parlayed his charismatic personality into the associate publisher job at Look Magazine where he ran the bi-weekly while pushing for civil

In summer 1958, he loaded the older children onto a horse-drawn covered wagon and set off for a 400 mile adventure to Valley Forge, PA and Amish country. In those days, large swaths of New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania were wide open and the family camped

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“When I strike the open plains, something happens. I’m home. I breathe differently. That love of great places, of rolling open country like the sea, it’s the great passion of my life.” –Willa Cather

at dairies and state parks along the way.

As official scouts, Rinker and older brother Kern ’66 took turns riding ahead to find a good spot to spend the night.

Back home, surrounded by family and animals, Rinker escaped into books: favorites included The Hardy Boys mysteries, Jack London stories, and the We Were There tales of American history.

At Delbarton, he admired monks like Fr. Gerard Lair, Fr. Giles Hayes and Fr. Benet Caffrey for their can do spirit, teaching boys on a shoestring, and never using

money as an excuse to fail. “I learned from the monks that it’s your personal drive and not your resources that makes the difference,” says Rinker. “Delbarton taught me that unconventional behavior is okay.

Significant achievement is derived from unconventional behavior.” On summer vacations, he read books and sent essays to Fr. Gerard who graded them in a sort of private tutorial. In fact, Rinker took the last English class of his life during junior year at Delbarton. (continued on page 32)

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Descending a steep hill near Farewell Bend OR.

The First Great Adventure In 1966, fifteen year old Rinker and seventeen year old Kern rebuilt a fabriccovered 1946 Piper Cub and that summer Kern, a licensed pilot, and Rinker took off from Somerset Hills Airport in Basking Ridge. The little plane had no lights or radio and Rinker, Kern’s navigator, plotted the course with an old compass and outdated airmen’s charts. During a partic-

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ularly violent storm over Pittsburgh, he used smokestacks as visual clues, a trick his barnstorming father had taught him.

The pair landed at thirty small airfields across America where they refueled, refilled water canteens and replenished their stock of Hershey bars. Six days later, they set down at Capistrano Airport in San Juan Capistrano, CA, then turned around and flew home.

Author Rinker Buck ’69 and a monument marking the meandering 2,000 mile route of the Oregon Trail.

The Buck brothers had become the youngest aviators ever to fly coast-tocoast (twice) and even appeared on the TV panel show To Tell The Truth where Kern stumped judges Betty White (yes, that Betty White) and Orson Bean.

Rinker’s book about the trip Flight of Passage, written over thirty years later in 1997, remains a classic in the annals of boyhood adventures.

After graduating from Bowdoin College in 1973, Rinker began his career writing for the Berkshire Eagle, a breeding ground for New York journalism. The nomadic life of a reporter perfectly suited his wanderlust ways and, for almost forty years, he was on assignment for national magazines and newspapers, breaking stories, writing features and serving as a war correspondent. He married, had two

Rinker Buck dedicated The Oregon Trail to his younger brother Nick, “who got us there with rare gumption and skill”. In this picture, Nick cradles their other traveling companion, his intrepid, corgi-proof Jack Russell terrier Olive Oyl.

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“Husbands and wives died and were buried on the trail; their widows and widowers remarried and conceived babies who became America’s youngest pioneers.”

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daughters and was arrested in five – or was it six – foreign countries.

By 2008, changes in the newspaper industry had started to negatively impact his staff job at The Hartford Courant.

Feature articles on health fads, celebrities or car wrecks (preferably a scoop on all three) were in demand and he had become, in his words, “that familiar subspecies of the North American male, the divorced boozehound with a bad driving record and emerging symptoms of low self-esteem. I knew that I had to escape again”. But to where? Reporting from Manhattan, Kansas, he happened upon a granite monument marking wheel ruts disappearing across the plains, and his obsession with the Oregon Trail was born.

Chiseled into the midsection of America from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast, the Oregon Trail was once the most important land route in North America. The trail meanders for 2,000 miles across the plains of northeastern Kansas and southeastern Nebraska where it meets the majesty of Idaho, Wyoming and Oregon. Between 1836 and 1869, 400,000 pioneers in 60,000 canvastopped wagons traveled west on its shifting network of trails and cutoffs and helped to double the country’s population.

By the 1860s, as railroads and later automobiles replaced wagons and stagecoaches, the deep channels cut by rolling wagon wheels fell into disuse. The last American to undertake a documented journey on the trail was Ezra Meeker traveling by ox-drawn wagon in 1909. Fearing that the trail was disappearing, he placed wooden posts where he failed to convince locals to erect granite monuments. After the dust from Meeker’s wagon settled, the Oregon Trail lay dormant for over 100 years.

Rinker Buck’s first instinct was to hitch a wagon and travel the trail alone, but reading pioneer diaries that described the many hazards convinced him that he needed help. Luckily for him, younger brother Nick Buck volunteered for duty.

Even today, more than 600 miles of original Oregon Trail wagon ruts remain to mark the route across America.

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A big, brash Coast Guard veteran, Nick is the Renaissance man of the Buck family, a master craftsman capable of repairing anything. Unlike the cautious, college-

educated Rinker, Nick’s recipe for success is one part instinct, one part commonsense with a generous pinch of daring-do. He is exactly the man you want beside you on a trip by covered wagon across America. Nick was recovering from a bad fall off a Maine neighbor’s roof, so a punishing trip on an unforgiving wagon bench seemed ideal.

Conveniently, Nick was also an experienced horseman with a nearsavant knowledge of old wagons. To establish the chain of command he insisted on calling Rinker ‘Boss’; Nick answered to ‘Trail Hand’.

Rinker had invested $25,000 on a restored 19th century Schuttler prairie schooner, the minivan of the west (Conestoga was the 18-wheeler), and bought a team of three mules from the Amish in Missouri.

For extra storage he towed a twowheeled ‘trail pup’ behind the wagon.

They hoisted the American flag and Nick attached the original ‘See America Slowly’ sign that their father had hung from the family’s covered wagon in 1958. The brothers, as different as different can be,

would navigate the trail sitting side-byside on the wagon bench, pulled by their mules Jake, Bete and Bute and accompanied by Nick’s Jack Russell terrier Olive Oyl. Never has there been a more perfect canine sidekick.

The Maharaja and a Ghost The “maharaja of mules”, Virginia planter George Washington, first introduced the American mule after the Revolution by breeding Mammoth Jack donkeys from Spain and France. Mules need less water than horses, move faster than oxen and earn their reputation for stubbornness by balking at the slightest whiff of danger.

They are also downright terrified of bridges, an unfortunate phobia on a trip across a continent that is bisected by rivers.

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“I found the soul of my country” Nick is an eminently skilled team driver, but planning and mastery were trumped again and again by happenstance on the trail.

One early, courageous traveler on the Oregon Trail was Narcissa Whitman, who kept a detailed diary as she and her husband Marcus led a small group of missionary Presbyterians from New York to Oregon in 1836.

Thunderstorms in Nebraska, poisonous snakes, ‘hitch runaways’ that sent the mules gamboling across the Wyoming plains, forced marches for water, rotten wheels and a disastrous trail pup accident all conspired to end their great saga, but when times got tough, the Buck brothers got tougher. Losing their bearings and running low on water at Burnt Ranch in Wyoming, they met the only grouchy rancher in America who insisted on giving them a hard time while his ferocious corgi latched onto Olive Oyl’s hind quarters. Instinctively, the Buck brothers dug deeper and, yet again, rescued wagon, mules, dog and each other.

Occasionally, the ghost of their father Tom would rise up to haunt Rinker,

causing him to second guess himself and to lose faith. In those moments Nick would instinctively step in to verbally knock some sense into his older brother, usually attributing Rinker’s annoying habit of over-thinking to his completewaste-of-time college education.

The Bucks made friends and enjoyed the hospitality of ‘trail families’ along the way.

They camped on abandoned farms and in dozens of small town municipal parks and public corrals where strangers welcomed them with open arms. “I found the soul of my country,” Rinker writes of the people they met. In August, when they finally reached Oregon, Rinker sold the mules and wagon to a family of Idaho ranchers, then bought a truck and drove the same route home, interviewing the people he had met along the way.

Telling the Story A history junkie, Rinker had always been fascinated by how books teach American history to children. How do you separate complex truths from the simple fiction of myth? The Oregon Trail corrects some historical inaccuracies, using a cinematic cast of characters to tell the story of regular people thrown in with evangelizing missionaries, miscreant Calvary officers, Mormons, heroes and crooks. The book burnishes the reputation of American Indians who served as friendly guides and boatmen in the early days of the trail, and tells of frontier entrepreneurs who made money off travelers’ follies. Outfitters talked inexperienced pioneers into buying supplies too heavy to carry, then hid in the hills and retrieved abandoned gear to resell to the next bunch of rubes. People reported that they didn’t need a map to go west – they just followed the debris path.

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diary as she and her husband Marcus led a small group of missionary Presbyterians from New York to Oregon in 1836.

Pioneers, traveling in wagon trains for protection, shared tips, traded with other trains and became lifelong friends.

Cholera, floods, drought and, in later years, Indian raids ended lives on the trail, and people left their mark by chiseling their names into rocks. Sometimes, emotions led to trail slayings. The murderer would be tried and convicted on the spot, then hung from a tree or wagon pole, and victim and killer would spend eternity side-by-side in the shallow trailside grave. Husbands and wives died and were buried on the trail; their widows and widowers remarried and conceived babies who became America’s youngest pioneers.

Published last fall, Rinker Buck’s book The Oregon Trail quickly attracted glowing reviews. The New York Times calls it a “shaggy pilgrimage” full of “transcendent moments and near disasters”.

Amazon.com named it the best nonfiction book of 2015 and The Oregon Trail recently won the PEN New England

Award for non-fiction. In June, the book comes out in paperback and sales are expected to be brisk for a book that so entertainingly blends memoir, adventure and history.

Prior to the Buck brothers, the last American to undertake a documented journey on the trail was Ezra Meeker traveling by ox-drawn wagon in 1909.

The Oregon Trail is more than the history of the trail or the story of the intrepid Buck brothers’ determination to cross it. It is an archetypal tale of uncertainty and triumph, a parable of risk taking, perseverance and the pioneer spirit that created America.

What’s next for Rinker Buck? He spent this spring in Tennessee building a wooden flatboat and researching the history of the simple keel-less vessel that drove American inland trade from 1781 through the 1840s. This summer he will experience life as an American flatboatman, floating downriver from Pennsylvania to New Orleans and doubtless meeting all sorts of characters along the way. Another book is sure to follow.

Rinker Buck’s other books are Shane Comes Home (2006), First Job: A Memoir of Growing Up at Work (2002), If We Had Wings: The Enduring Dream of Flight (2001), and Flight of Passage (1997).

Tom Buck would be proud.

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English teacher Angela Brown publishes fairly regularly in both national and regional magazines and newspapers (New York Times, and various food publications) and recently wrote the cover story for the (April 2016) issue of New Jersey Monthly.

History teacher Chris Cocozello, a candidate for a Master of Arts in History degree at Southern New Hampshire University, was selected as the Outstanding Student in the Master of Arts in History program and received the award at the May 14 Graduate Academic Awards Ceremony.

On March 19, Dean of Admissions Dr. David Donovan was the man in charge when Delbarton hosted over 500 New Jersey students and parents for an educational forum in collaboration with Scholar Search Associates, an organization which puts together educational events for families nationwide.

After several months of training, in November Chris Connors ’16 ran a 10 mile Tough Mudder obstacle course in Liberty State Park appropriately attired in a Delbarton t-shirt.

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Last fall, Spanish teacher Jaime Paris completed all his coursework toward a PhD in Spanish Literature at Rutgers. He is currently preparing for the comprehensive exams, and has also begun working with professor Yeon-Soo Kim on a dissertation topic concerning the return of the immigrant in the literature of Spain. Paris will be presenting a prospectus on the topic next spring.

Science teacher Brian Theroux was accepted into the Masters of Science in Science Education (MSSE) program at Montana State University. He begins courses this summer, with a targeted degree completion of summer 2019. (continued on page 39)

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Drones were officially banned from all NJ high school athletic events this year, but on October 16, prior to a school-wide Homecoming Pep Rally, a drone snapped an aerial all-school WAVE photo on the football field. Student Body President Dan Cimaglia ’16 and Senior Council leaders organized the troops, and the massive photo shoot went off without a hitch.

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Wave Football’s Little Brothers On October 18, Delbarton football players hosted the Big Brothers Kick-Off BBQ. Players ran drills and played games with the boys, while parent boosters grilled hot dogs and hamburgers to feed the hungry young athletes.

Former Faculty Member Rik Dugan Installed as Princeton Academy Headmaster On November 14, Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart celebrated the installation of Headmaster Alfred F. (Rik) Dugan III. Mass was officiated by Abbot Brian Clarke, OSB of St. Mary’s Abbey, pictured here with Dugan who taught English at Delbarton for nine years and coached football and lacrosse. After Delbarton, he served as director of the Upper School and secondary school counseling at Far Hills Country Day School.

(continued from page 38) His summer courses include Biology of Riparian Zones and Wetlands and Inquiry through Science and Engineering Practices.

In April, Science teacher Dan Szelingowski completed the NJAIS Leadership Institute, a year-long professional development program. Dan was nominated by Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny for this biennial program. Participants attend five sessions designed to develop understanding of leadership in independent education and build management skills.

Tidings Angela Brown and her husband Jay welcomed their daughter Hadley Grace Brown into the world on February 20, 2016.

Mike Carr ’01 and his wife Chelsey welcomed their second child and second son, Nathan Meek Carr, on March 11, 2016.

Religious Studies teacher Jesse Mazzola and Katrine Lygren were married on April 2, 2016. n

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Food Drive Exceeds All Expectations

This year’s Thanksgiving Food Drive surmounted several obstacles, including an off-site collection location. Nevertheless, Delbarton families donated 54,305 pounds of food and crushed the lofty 50,000 pound goal. In doing so, Delbarton restocked the Community Soup Kitchen (CSK) for another year, and Lois Nichols, CSK Director of Operations, later emailed the School: “I am absolutely speechless and overwhelmed! On behalf of the staff and volunteers of the Community Soup Kitchen and Outreach Center, but most especially our guests, thank you!”

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On December 22, Delbarton celebrated the season with Lessons & Carols in the Abbey Church. Afterwards, we snapped a quick group photo with the Delbarton flag of boys dressed for the season.

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Delbarton Delivers The 2015 Christmas Gift Drive had an ambitious goal and a new plan: Gather 1200 gifts, 2-apiece for 600 Paterson children, in one morning.

On December 11, students used the 36-deanery system to collect and organize the gifts, then filled the18wheeled trailer in the bus loop.

Families donated 1,000 more toys than targeted, and Student Body President Dan Cimaglia ’16 later emailed, “What other school in the country does this?” On December 13, Delbarton fathers and boys distributed the gifts to Paterson families.

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Middle School Wins County Basketball Title Middle School Basketball won the Middle School Morris County Basketball title on February 7. Our indefatigable young athletes defeated Rockaway Valley Middle School 66-52 to claim the title and later celebrated with their new hardware.

Delbarton Honored by Interfaith Food Pantry On April 8, Delbarton School was honored with the “Neighbors Helping Neighbors” award at the Interfaith Food Pantry’s 17th Annual Spring Gala at the Birchwood Manor in Whippany, NJ. Over the years, Delbarton students, faculty and parents have donated nearly 500 hours of volunteer service to the Pantry, food drives and other fundraising activities. The School’s annual Hunger Walks have raised nearly $28,000 to support the Pantry and we have collected more than 9 tons of food which has been distributed to local families. Delbarton proudly partners with the Interfaith Food Pantry to serve provide emergency and supplemental food for Morris County residents in need.

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Nick Hahn ’18 Receives 2016 Cerasia Award On January 22, Nick Hahn ’18 received the Michael Cerasia Award from Robert Cerasia P’94 (third from left) at a Delbarton convocation. The award recognizes freshman year perseverance and is dedicated to the memory of the late Michael C. Cerasia ’94.

Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB told students that Hahn faced unusual freshman year hurdles. An avid hockey player, in fall 2015 he shattered his femur playing the sport. Missing school, navigating campus in a wheelchair, then crutches, fitting in doctors’ appointments and therapy sessions all conspired to make his freshman year a bust. Instead, Nick showed unusual

grace and dignity as he met the challenges and ultimately overcame them. Nick’s parents Nick and Mary Beth Hahn P’18, on right, witnessed the presentation with family and friends.

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Admissions Launches New Campaign and Digital View Book Last fall, Delbarton launched a new ad campaign and its first digital view book. The “Prepare Yourself” campaign filters through the online view book, which includes links to web stories, photo albums and videos. Admissions Dean Dr. David Donovan reports that the view book will be updated each year with fresh photos and stories.

Shawn Ohazuruike ’16 Wins Princeton Prize in Race Relations On April 19, Shawn Ohazuruike ’16 was awarded the Princeton Prize in Race Relations, presented each year by Princeton University to winners in 26 regions around the country; Shawn won the prize for Northern New Jersey. Winners receive a $1,000 cash award and attend a two-day symposium on race hosted by Princeton which brings together young people from around the country who have demonstrated passion and commitment to improve racial harmony in their communities.

“Shawn has done just that for us at Delbarton through his passionate participation and leadership,” says faculty member and Diversity Among Peers (DAP) moderator Jenna Nourie. Ohazuruike credits Nourie and her fellow DAP moderator Tony Negrin as mentors who encouraged him to apply for the Princeton Prize.

Ohazuruike is also a Morris County record-holding hurdler and will study and run hurdles at Dartmouth College this fall.

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Victorian Society of New York Visits Old Main On March 12, the Victorian Society of New York came calling at Old Main, the circa-1883 summer home of the Luther Kountze family.

Old Main was the last stop on a Society’s Education Saves Magnificent Mansions tour which also included Felician University’s Ivisvold Castle and Fairleigh Dickinson University’s 100-room mansion Florham.

Fr. Benet Caffrey, OSB, St. Mary’s Abbey Archivist, greeted the tour with Kountze family photo slide show. Guests walked through the restored ground floor rooms, then exited into the Senior Garden. Hilda Regier of the Victorian Society later wrote, “The grounds are amazing. I had a hard time getting people out of the Italian garden and back to the bus...Thank you for making it possible to see such treasures.”

Jai Amin ’16 and Ryan Hosler ’16 are Debate Champions A state soccer title, a big football playoff win, and two new debate champions...what a weekend Delbarton had on November 13-14. At the 12th Scarsdale Invitational tournament, after 11 rounds of debate in a field of 52 teams from the New York metro area, Jai Amin ’16 and Ryan Hosler ’16 emerged as the 2015 tournament Public Forum Debate champions.

Their Forensic Society teammates also brought home a collection of awards from the tourney.

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Thank You Thank you to the Delbarton families who graciously opened their homes to guests from other countries this fall and winter.

Ireland

On a suitably drizzly December 1, five students arrived from Glenstal Abbey School, our Benedictine brother school in Limerick, Ireland which inspired last year’s infamous Ice Bucket Challenge. The first step at Delbarton was to raise the Irish tri-color. Trips to NYC and Washington were on the agenda during the boys’ busy and eventfilled visit.

Australia On January 7, after a fifteen hour flight from Sydney via Dallas, two visitors arrived from Rosebank College, our partner school in Sydney, Australia. Jonah Bechara, left, and Luca Petrelli, right, were hosted for a month by the families of Ian Feeley ’16 and Jack Chambers ’17, center.

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Arabic Language Virtual Exchange

In January, Delbarton launched a new virtual exchange program connecting Arabic II language students with students at Pioneers Baccalaureate School on the West Bank of Palestine. Teacher Zack Tabor (here with his class) conducted the exchange organized by Level Up Village, which last fall helped teacher Caroline Chamberlain’s 8th Grade Science students build 3-D projects in a virtual exchange with students in Uganda.

Global Delbarton hosts more than a dozen trips and exchanges over five continents, and uses technology to broaden the reach via virtual exchanges. Director of Global Exchanges Dan Pieraccini says, “Even when students and families can’t budget time or resources for a homestay, community service, or other experience abroad, we can still bring these opportunities into Delbarton classrooms.”

Los Chicos from Spain A group of fifteen young students from Torrevelo School in Santander, Spain arrived on campus for two weeks in January to live with Delbarton families while they attended classes and saw the sights. Los chicos got more excitement than they planned for when their return flight was delayed by the near-record-breaking blizzard that closed all three New York area airports. On January 20, they visited Jaime Paris’ AP Spanish class to drill advanced language

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students in Spanish in an exercise that resembled the equivalent of language/ culture speed dating. Here, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB bids adios to the boys as they show off their keepsake Delbarton sweatshirts.

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Midsummer Night’s Dream

On October 30, 31 and November 1, Abbey Players presented a dramatic production of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream performed to great reviews by a cast of students and visiting thespians in the Fine Arts Center theater.

On The Road with Schola Cantorum Schola Cantorum directed by David Blazier had busy fall and winter seasons. The choral group performed in concert at Delbarton on November 6, in the Christmas Concert on December 20 and even performed carols at Tiffany’s over the holiday season. On January 28, the boys harmonized with Morristown Beard and the Ranney School at Morristown Beard’s performing arts center as part of a choral consortium, and on January 30 they were on stage again, singing with choirs from Bergen Catholic, St. Peter’s Prep, and Seton Hall Prep, along with the Rutgers Glee Club during the Men’s Choral Festival hosted by Bergen Catholic.

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Music Ensembles in Performance

Delbarton’s music ensembles including, pictured here, the Jazz Ensemble directed by Greg Devine, hosted concerts in November and March. Our talented musicians and vocalists also perform throughout the school year during church services and at school events.

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Making Art at The Met

Art Department’s annual field trip to The Metropolitan Museum in Manhattan on September 30 is a tradition. This year’s trip included all forty juniors and seniors in Delbarton’s 2-year AP Art program.

Photographer Grant Brewster ’17 created his own art at The Met and his pictures were later posted on the Delbarton website.

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Christmas Concert

On December 20, the Christmas Concert entertained a standing room only crowd of appreciative music lovers.

All Delbarton musicians and vocalists performed on stage together at this annual Christmas tradition.

AP Art Exhibit Opens 2016 AP Art Exhibit debuted on January 27 with an opening reception attended by friends, faculty and families.

Pianist John Paciga ’18 and guitarist Peter Toronto ’16 supplied background music.

AP artists from the Class of 2016 are Joseph Esposito, Brandon Gaceta, Joseph Gambetta, Nicholas Anselmi, Christopher Crowley, Ian Feeley, Tyler Kobryn, Joseph O’Reilly, Angelo Rafael-Liu and Malcolm SutherlandFoggio who worked for a year and a half developing portfolios as part of Delbarton’s challenging AP Art program.

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Nice Work, Abbey Players The Abbey Players’ winter musical production of Nice Work If You Can Get It filled the FAC stage with three brilliant performances on February 5, 6 and 7. The show featured a dynamic ‘trunk show’ playbill of previously published songs by George and Ira Gershwin. Three performances earned standing ovations from sold-out audiences.

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learning outside On Wall Street with AP Macro On November 18, fortyfour Delbarton seniors in teacher Tom Brady’s AP Macroeconomics course toured the Financial District where they visited the New York Stock Exchange floor to meet market professionals.

After a photo op at the iconic Charging Bull, boys attended a service in Trinity Church and concluded the day with somber reflection at the World Trade Center Memorial.

Eighth Graders Tour Gettysburg On November 18, the Class of 2020 toured the battlefields of Gettysburg in an annual Delbarton 8th grade rite of passage. Middle School President Matt Pfundstein ’20 read Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address to the group, another Delbarton tradition.

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Delbarton Shares Blood Drive Helpful Hints October 29, five members of Delbarton’s Blood Drive service team presented Delbarton successful blood drive tips to other high schoolers at a Johnson & Johnson symposium at company headquarters in New Brunswick.

Their tip list included recruit parent volunteers, tap into the school community, serve great food, and hand out your own version of our “I Bleed Green for Delbarton” buttons. Cancer survivor Malcolm Sutherland-Foggio ’16 spoke about his experience and the need for multiple blood donations during treatment. Pictured here are Malcolm Sutherland-Foggio ’16, Amaan Chaudhry ’17, Alec Barone ’17, William Douglas ’17, Michael Sangimino ’17 and Daniel Mc Master ’16.

John Sanfacon ’57 Talks Money

On October 28, Frank Gannon ’86, Co-Chief Investment Officer, Managing Director at The Royce Funds, spoke to Economics Club members about how Royce acquires small-cap companies to create mutual fund investment opportunities. Gannon described his circuitous route to finance: After Delbarton, he earned a dual degree in English and Economics and a Masters in English Literature from Boston College; He makes the case that a humanities degree taught him that “every good business has a good story.” After the Economics Club meeting, he was greeted by (from left) nephews Luke ’19, Andrew ’17 and Liam Gannon ’16, sons of his older brother Bill Gannon ’84.

For 25 years, longtime faculty member John Sanfacon ’57 has collected currency from every nation, including bills that outlived the countries that printed them. In January, Sanfacon displayed his currency collection in Valentine Library, and discussed the rotating exhibits with students and colleagues. From the world’s smallest coin to a one-sided US $20 bill Sanfacon had it all, and augmented his collection with pieces loaned by teachers and student collectors (at night, all bills and coins were locked in the school vault). Sanfacon also shared his collection with Tom Brady’s AP Economics class where he lectured on the evolution of money from ancient coins to Bitcoin.

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Social Justice Retreat In late January, fifteen Delbarton students spent a long weekend at Romero Center in Camden, NJ with teachers Tony Negrin, Jenna Nourie, Zack Tabor and Tom Bennett, to participate in the second annual Urban Challenge. The four day retreat focused on social justice

and students participated in many workshops and intensive service projects at local school, soup kitchens and shelters. Sean Closkey ’85, president of a non-profit support corporation, spoke to the group about his work providing affordable housing for low income families.

Templeton Prize Winner Jean Vanier Addresses Delbarton Jean Vanier, the Catholic humanitarian and winner of the 2015 Templeton Prize, appeared in a video visit on January 13 at the annual Respect for Life Convocation.

Fifty years ago, Vanier founded the L’Arche movement which assists people with mental and physical disabilities. He still lives in the original L’Arche community in Franc. At age 87, he no longer travels so he recorded a special video for Delbarton about his life, spirituality, humanity and tolerance. In 2015, Vanier received the Templeton Prize, the second largest annual financial prize award for philanthropy, in acknowledgement of his life’s work of affirming spirituality through practical works.

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learning outside Anglers Club Gets Fly On January 13, the Angler’s Club hosted a special guest to teach Delbarton anglers (like Cam Flinn ’17, pictured here with his catch in 2015 off Cape Cod) the art of making the eponymous fly, custom-designed for fly fishing. Will Lillard, founder of Lillard Fly Fishing Expeditions, armed Delbarton’s anglers with the proper techniques to craft a woolybugger, a fly well suited for fishing this time of year. Made of hook, string, feathers and other materials, flies mimic the appearance and movement of insects typically eaten by fish the angler is hoping to land.

Freshman History at The Met On December 1, Father Michael Tidd’s freshman Ancient and Medieval History classes toured the Greek and Roman Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The visit capped several weeks studying the Greco-Roman world, with particular emphasis on the artistic achievements of the Greeks and Romans. Boys took a

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close look at one of the world’s most impressive collections of Greco-Roman artifacts from the Museum collection which includes more than seventeen thousand works ranging in date from the Neolithic period (ca. 4500 B.C.) to the time of the Roman emperor Constantine’s conversion to Christianity in A.D. 312.

learning outside AP Bio Students Witness Live-Streamed Kidney Transplant Surgery Fran Bonalsky

On March 8, at Liberty Science Center, students in teacher Fran Bonalsky’s AP Biology course witnessed a live-donor transplant performed by Dr. Stuart Geffner, Director of Transplant Surgery at St. Barnabas.

The session was one from the Center’s ongoing Live from Surgery Program. The organ harvest was done by laparoscopy, and the transplant was accomplished via open surgery. Prototypes of the instruments and sutures used during the surgery were passed around for the invited students, who came from a variety of area high schools, to examine.

Olympic Rower Chris Duffy ’89 When Chris Duffy ’89 graduated from Delbarton he was 5’8” tall and weighed 130 pounds soaking wet.

A growth spurt in college and the fledgling Fairfield University rowing program led to a career as an Olympic rower. Duffy was on the U.S. National Team, and between 1997 and 2001 his team won six national competitions, several World Cup medals and the Henley Regatta. He was also represented the United States as a member of the US team at the Sydney Olympics.

Last summer, every student and teacher read The Boys in the Boat, a gripping tale about the American rowing team at the Nazi-era 1936 Olympics. In a March 3 Morning Meeting, Duffy described his rowing career and Olympic experience and how Delbarton gave him the tools to succeed. Today, Duffy is Vice President of Interconnected Operations at The Home Depot, responsible for integrating online experiences and selling to multichannel process & systems. Chris joined Home Depot in 2000 as a sales associate as part of the Olympic Job Opportunities Program.

“Do you still row?” one boy asked from the audience. Duffy explained that family and job put rowing on the back burner. “But you never know.” he said. “Maybe one day...”

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9th Graders Tackle Climate Change in Freshman Workshop On March 11, 2016, as part of the Social Justice Workshop program, Delbarton freshmen took a break from classes for a climate change workshop. Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, talked about the importance of global climate change. Next, upperclassmen led small group presentations on why climate change hurts the poor

most, what people are doing to change it, attitudes and opinions of climate change deniers, and the economic and political effects of climate change. The final time slot was reserved for an open paideia discussion on climate change issues.

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DAP Hosts Social for Area Schools On March 4, Diversity Among Peers (DAP) hosted sixty-plus students from Delbarton, Kent Place School, Newark Academy, Villa Walsh Academy, and Oak Knoll at a Friday night social in Old Main. Students enjoyed music, poetry, art, refreshments and just getting to know each other. A lip synch contest ended the evening on a fun note.

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Fathers & Friends DINNER DANCE

F&F President Kevin Lamb P’15,’18, second from right, and his committee present a check to Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, representing proceeds from last year’s F&F events, including the May 2015 Golf Open.

On November 21, the Delbarton Fathers & Friends organization hosted its annual Dinner Dance at the Madison Hotel. Proceeds supported the Rod & Regina Keller Scholarship Fund…

Director of Guidance Dr. Matt D’Urso ’96 and wife Anita and Faculty Dean Anne Leckie and husband David.

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Bob and Maggie Murphy ’87, P’19 with Fathers & Friends President Kevin Lamb P’15,’18.

Lucia and Rick Diana P’16.

Jane and Pat Collins ’81, P’19 (Director of the Capital Campaign) with Frank and Justin Gialanella ’20.

Tom and Marylyn McLaughlin P’09,’11,’14,’19, each respectively a former head of the Fathers & Friends and Delbarton Mothers’ Guild organizations.

Delbarton alumnus Reegy Laloi ’06, here with Director of Alumni & Development Craig Paris ’82, was the special guest speaker.

Lynn and Jeff Grayzel P’19 with Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB.

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The Sixteenth Annual DPGA Jazz Concert took place in Old Main on December 9, 2015. For the second year, singer Ann Hampton Callaway and pianist Ted Rosenthal entertained Delbarton parents in style…

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Mark and Dalila Hastings P’11, Kim Speedy P’14 and Mary and Rich Hamilton P’14.

Tina Monaghan P’15 reconnects with a fellow alumna from New Trier High School — Ann Hampton Callaway!

Dan and June Meehan P’07 with Sue and Jerry Ballanco P’09,’11.

Kevin and Eileen McCann P’02, Abbot Richard, Carol and Bob Gillespie P’02.

Diane Dinklage P’85, ’87, Ann Hampton Callaway and DPGA organizer Valerie Conroy P’87,’90,’98, GP ’15.

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Abbot Richard Cronin, OSB, Mary Alice Lawless P’03, Edward Breen P’02,’06, Diane and Michael Semeraro P’07, and Fred Lawless P’03.

Carla and Eliza Cricco-Lizza, Event CoChairs Drs. Roberta and Eli Cricco-Lizza P’07, Marcello Cricco-Lizza ’07 and his wife Laura Cricco-Lizza.

DPGA Palm Sunday Brunch On March 20, Delbarton Parents of Graduates (DPGA) members and their families celebrated Palm Sunday with Mass in the Abbey Church followed by brunch in Estabrook Dining Hall…

Norma Mortimer P’87, ’80, Halina and Stephen Kowalski P’10 and James Conroy P’87,’90,’98, GP ’15.

Kody Onyiuke ’09, on left, with his mother ChiChi Onyiuke P’09 and members of the Onyiuke family.

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Linda Hodge P’98, Mary Ellen and Ron Nicola P’98,’00 and Ken Hodge P’98.

Palm Sunday altar server Shane Metro ’19 and his grandmother.

Timothy and Kim Speedy P’14, Sheila Mulcahy P’83 and Rich and Christina LaRaia P’14.

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Shop ’Til You Drop The Delbarton Mothers’ Guild hosted its annual Shop Till You Drop holiday boutique at the Olde Mill Inn in Basking Ridge from December 1 to December 3…

Among the many retailers was Suzanne Van Fossan P’10,’13 selling her line of Snoluxe fleece-lined neck warmers.

Delbarton Mothers’ Guild moderator Abbot Richard Cronin, OSB with Shop Till You Drop chairs Kathleen Smith P’17, ’21, left, and Christina Murphy P’16.

Another Delbarton entrepreneur: Alex White ’08 selling WOLACO, his line of athletic compression sportswear.

It takes an army of DMG volunteers to produce this annual shopping event. Kathleen Samuelson P’17, Mary Pat Paris P’12,’15,’19, Neeta Khubani P’19,’21 and Sara Verrone P’19 helped at cash out.

Abbot Richard with, from left, DMG Treasurer Ellen Wasik P’16,’19, DMG President Teresa Maguire P’10,’11,’12,’14’17 and STYD Chair Jen Millar P’19,’21.

Peggy Banko P’19 and Rosemary Braniff P’16.

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Class of 1981 classmates and wives, from left: John and Amy McHugh P’10,’13, Tony and Joanna Heaton P’11, ’13, John and Siobhan Gilfillan P’14 and Liz and Ken Villano P’13.

Parents of Recent Alumni Celebrate the Season Once a Delbarton parent, always a Delbarton parent. On December 13, a DMG-sponsored Parent Social for moms and dads from the Classes of 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 was a popular event in Old Main…

Bob Maguire P’06, ’13 with Suzanne and Craig Schisler P’13.

Kathy and David Welch P’14, Bill and Ulla Shuler P’15, Kevin and Cindy Feeley P’09,’12,’16.

Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, with Pat Rogers P’12 and Christina and Perry Neilson P’13.

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Valerie Wujciak P’08, ’10, ’12, ’15, Abbot Richard Cronin, OSB, and Diana Price P’15,’18.

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From left, DMG President Teresa Maguire P’10,’11,’12,’14,’17, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, Event Chairs Erin Manahan P’19 and Laurie Georgen P’20, DMG Moderator Abbot Richard Cronin, OSB and DMG VP Stephanie Hadley P’17.

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Members of the Class of 2016 strode down the runway garbed in fashions by Saks Fifth Avenue.

DMG Fashion Show On March 15, 2016, the Delbarton Mothers’ Guild hosted its annual Fashion Show and Dinner at Birchwood Manor in Whippany, NJ. This year’s Triple Crown theme was a crowd-pleaser…

Rosemary Braniff P’16 wore an appropriately fetching hat for the equestrian evening.

Maria Harper P’18, Cathy Riegler P’16, Stacey Waldis ’17, Stephanie Hadley P’17, Diana Price ’18 and Pam Kapsimalis P’17.

The hard working fashion show committee took the Triple Crown theme and galloped with it.

The evening’s Auctions were filled with tempting options, and online bidders were invited to bid on Silent Auction prizes.

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Soccer

By Harry MacCormack

Varsity soccer coached by David Donovan completed another championship season capped by winning the “quadruple crown”. After training in the United Kingdom and Scotland, in regular season play the team notched shutout victories in their first 10 contests, including winning the Delbarton Invitational.

After victories in the first two rounds of the Morris County Tournament, Morristown knocked the Green Wave from the ranks of unbeaten. A dramatic OT winner against unbeaten Mt. Olive got the boys rolling and they defeated Mendham

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2-1 in the MCT semi-finals. A 2-0 victory against Chatham captured the NJAC championship, and the team won the MCT title with a 4-1 win against Randolph. In state tournament play, the boys ran the gauntlet of Paramus Catholic, Seton Hall Prep, Don Bosco Prep, and finally CBA. In the rain against Seton Hall Prep with hundreds of cheering fans in attendance, the boys prevailed with a 3-2 nail biter which led to a rematch with Don Bosco and a 2-1 win. In the state finals against CBA, two goals in the first 16 minutes and valiant 2nd half defending propelled

the squad to their last piece of silverware, the NJSIAA Non-Public “A” State Championship. Jack Kielty ’16 was selected as the NJ.com Boys Soccer Player of the Year and Delbarton was the 2015 NJ.com Boys Soccer Team of the Year. The team created history in taking home all four trophies for the first time in a single season, and teammates created memories and bonds that will last well beyond their playing days.

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Cross Country

The Green Wave Cross Country team coached by Dave Sulley concluded its fall season with some notable successes thanks to the efforts of Joey DeFeo ’17, Anthony Kearns ’17, James Smart ’17, Cameron Ketchum ’16, Danny Jones ’16, Ian Feeley ’16, and Liam Gannon ’16. At the Non Public A State Group Championships, the varsity placed 4th, an improvement on last year’s 9th place showing. Individually, DeFeo placed 7th in the NPA meet and qualified for the Meet of Champions at Holmdel Park. Varsity took 4th place at the Catholic Track Conference Championships, 5th at the Morris County Championships, and 5th in the combined NJAC Large Schools Championships. Runners twice ran a team average of 17:00 at Greystone, the third best in the past six years that the course has hosted local championship races.

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Football

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Varsity Football coached by Brian Bowers began the season with losses against Saint Anthony and Morris Knolls. Players got their fire back for the game at West Morris that ended in a 26-0 shutout victory, followed by wins against Mount Olive (37-0), Randolph (40-20), and Mendham on Homecoming Day (38-3). Next came Delbarton vs. an undefeated Roxbury which ended with a 40-7 victory and gave the Green Wave a shot at its 5th consecutive conference championship. The final NJAC home game against Morristown was a 63-24 statement win.

On Senior Day against Poly Prep, Delbarton trailed 21-7 in the fourth quarter. A fourth quarter touchdown pass to Sam Johnson ’16 with 2:25 left cut Poly’s lead to 21-14.

QB Matt Zebrowski ’16 led a drive that included Johnson’s Sports Center Top 10 catch on a critical 3rd down, and ended with a touchdown pass to Kevin Hartley ’16. A two-point conversion sealed the legendary upset victory. The team’s playoff run ended earlier than players hoped, but the 2015 Delbarton Football team forged a brotherhood to last a lifetime.

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Green Wave Basketball coached by Dan Whalen went 11-15 and conducted an admirable season in the face of stiff competition. Stephen Clapp ’16 had 20 points to go before the game against Voorhees on February 25, and scored in the fourth quarter on a fast break layup to give him 1,000 points for his career. He is the first Delbarton player to achieve the goal since Dean Brierley ’11 in 2011. Also in February, the Green Wave had a rousing win over Roxbury, where Clapp scored 20 of Delbarton’s 52 points, including two dunks. Dan Cimaglia ’16 also sank three backto-back three pointers during the game. As our senior leadership departs for college, the team looks forward to rebuilding and coming back strong in 2017.

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Delbarton Bowling coached by Rob Auletti went 6-9 this year, had a few narrow losses by 15 pins of less and a couple of big upset victories during the season. Three bowlers were honored by the NJAC for their outstanding performances and averages: Paulo Frazao ’16 received NJAC Honorable Mention honors with a 169 average and a high game of 229, Andrew White ’17 was honored with Second-Team All-NJAC for his 190 average and high game of 276, and team captain Tim Gearty’16 was also selected for Second-Team All-NJAC for his 186 average and Delbarton Record 279 high game. These bowlers and their teammates on the Delbarton squad had a great season.

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by Bruce Shatel once again displayed the formidable skill and determination the program is known for. Following its loss to CBA in last year’s State Championship finals, the team steeled its resolve for this season. The Green Wave team found itself on the ice for not one but two more exciting games against CBA. Although CBA took the Gordon Cup in February in a 3-1 win, Delbarton players returned with a vengeance in March for the Non-Public-A State Final, where they beat CBA 3-1, taking the championship title for an unprecedented 11th time. The success of the team and this year’s players is a testament to their humility and resilience in the face of defeat. “Tremendous leadership, and it all starts with the seniors. I love these kids,” Coach Bruce Shatel told an nj.com reporter after the state title win. Senior players formed the rock solid core of this memorable team, and their younger teammates inherit a legacy to inspire them next winter.

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Delbarton Indoor Track and Field coached by Dave Sulley conducted an exciting season this year, taking a number of medals and breaking several records along the way. The team got off to a strong start, taking several golds and silvers in the first meet of the season, the Jack O’Leary

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Lid Lifter at Drew University on December 17. By February, Peter Chan ’16, Shawn Ohazuruike ’16, and Joey DeFeo ’17 had taken individual titles for Delbarton at the Morris County Championships.

Chan, pictured here, was also the Non-Public A State Pole Vault

Champion, Ohazuruike was the Morris County hurdle champion, and broke several event and Delbarton School hurdle records. Long jumper Joey Gambetta ’16 also claimed the Morris County title in his event.

The team finished 4th overall at the Non-Public A State Championships.

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Swimming

Delbarton Swimming coached by John Romagna had a strong 9-2 season, enjoying an undefeated record for much of it and concluded the season ranked 17 in the Top 20.

One memorable high point was the team’s major win on January 5 over St. Peter’s Prep, a victory NJ.com later described as “… one of the biggest upsets of the season to this point…”

The team placed second at the

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Morris County Tournament and also defied seeding expectations in numerous races at the NJISSA Meet of Champions, a state-wide meet that attracts the best swimmers from across New Jersey where swimmers Jade Rice ’16, Tim Sienko ’16, Peter Shepanzyk ’17, Max Alexy ’19, Jonathan Hua ’18, Nick Mathus ’19 and Thomas Shepanzyk ’19 represented Delbarton.

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Squash The young Green Wave Squash team (6-12) experienced a rebuilding season in 2016. Led by four year varsity player Claude Smith ’16, the team had several strong victories over the Hill School, the Canterbury School, and Malvern Prep. Juniors Jim Seiber ’17, Reed Gregory ’17, Nick Castagna ’17, at 2, 3, and 8 spots, provided strong play.

Sophomores Matt Hopper ’18, Tom MacCowatt ’18, Matt Campbell ’18, along with senior Dylan Montgomery ’16 rounded out the top 7 players. At the High School Nationals Delbarton placed 8th in their division and finished 72 out of 103 teams nationwide.

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It was an unusually mild winter this year, which of course makes for a challenging ski season in New Jersey. After some scheduling issues early in the season, Green Wave skiers coached by Kevin Malkin finally took to the slopes and claimed Mountain Creek as their own.

Delbarton’s skiers won an impressive 94% of the events in its conference for the season. The school was also represented on the national stage, making up a quarter of the New Jersey state team represented by Andrew Badenhausen ’17, Cameron Erdman ’16, and Malcom Mead ’16. The team finished out its season claiming second place in the NJISRA State Championship.

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Wrestling

Green Wave Wrestling coached by Bryan Stoll enjoyed a banner season, both for the team and for our individual wrestlers. The team claimed its eighth Morris County title, setting a new record for consecutive wins. Delbarton’s individual county champions included Pat Glory ’18, Ty Agaisse ’16, Nick Farro ’16 and Val Miele ’16. Agaisse claimed his fourth consecutive Morris County

title and took second at the State Championship in Atlantic City. Glory also earned second place in his weight class on the Boardwalk, and Farro fought tenaciously to earn third place in one of the state’s most competitive weight classes.

LJ Castellano ’17 took eighth in state competition and, earlier in the season, was instrumental in securing the team’s big victory over Don

Bosco. In addition to titles, the team and its wrestlers received accolades from the local press, NJ.com and the Daily Record which designated it Team of the Year. The successful 2016 season contributed to Green Wave Wrestling’s powerful legacy.

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In November, Nick Farro ’16, front right, signed on to the Wrestling program at Lehigh University, Troy Higgins ’16, front left, committed to play Lacrosse for Providence College next year, Jack Kielty ’16, back right, signed on to play Lacrosse for the University of Notre Dame and Andrew Petrillo ’16, back left, will play Hockey for the University of Vermont.

Class of 2016 Recruited Athletes

Also in November, Green Wave swimmer Jade Rice ’16 signed an NCAA Letter of Intent to compete for Division I Villanova University next year.

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In February, Green Wave quarterback Matt Zebrowski ’16 signed an NCAA letter of intent to play Division I football at Georgetown University next year.

In late May, look for a group photo on the School website that includes, in addition to these Letter-of-Intent signers, all Delbarton recruits for Ivy League schools, NESCAC schools, and other NCAA Division I and Division III programs that do not require signing national letters of intent.

G R E E N W AV E At a dinner banquet on January 17, football player Sam Johnson ’16, pictured here with, on left, assistant football coaches Gerry Gallagher and Dennis Mikula and head coach Brian Bowers on right, was recognized by the prestigious Maxwell Football Club as one of fifty “Mini-Max” award recipients across the state of New Jersey. The criteria for this award are Excellence in Football, Academic Achievement and Community Service. San was recruited to play for Princeton next fall.

Football Players Win Awards

On March 1, Andrew Sanders ’16 was honored as a top Scholar-Athlete by the Greater Morris County Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame.

Andrew led the team in rushing yards over the past two seasons and continues his football career at Tufts University next fall. He is pictured here with assistant football coaches Gerry Gallagher, Zack Tabor and head coach Brian Bowers.

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By Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, OSB

In February, Abbot Richard Cronin, O.S.B. attended a meeting at St. Joseph Abbey, St. Benedict, LA, with the abbots of North America, accompanied by Fr. Elias Lorenzo, O.S.B.

In February, Abbot Richard Cronin, O.S.B. attended a meeting St. St. Joseph Abbey, St. Benedict, LA, with the abbots of North America. Fr. Elias Lorenzo, O.S.B. returned from Rome twice during the winter, in the course of one month. His first transatlantic trek was in mid-January to attend the Praesidium board meeting in Dallas, TX for the revision of the standards of accreditation which will be presented at the August assembly of CMSM. His second trek was to accompany Abbot Richard to St. Joseph Abbey for the abbots’ the meeting at which he explained the new discernment and election procedures for the Congress of Abbots, to be held September 6-16, 2016 at Sant’ Anselmo. During the course of the Congress, Abbot Richard will

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participate in the election of new abbot primate.

Monday of Holy Week, Abbot Richard and Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, O.S.B. concelebrated the Chrism Mass with the Bishop of Paterson, the Most Rev. Arthur J. Serratelli and the diocesan and religious priest, along with many

of the religious and faithful of the diocese. Abbot Richard also celebrated all of the Triduum liturgies at the Abbey.

On Sunday, 10 April 2016 at St. Philip Church, Clifton, NJ, Abbot Richard, Fr. Hilary O’Leary, O.S.B. and Fr. Edward Seton attended Vespers In April, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, O.S.B. presented a workshop at the 2016 BeNet (Benedictine Educators Network) Conference in Rome, Italy. Here he is, in the front row left, with the other participants from the United States.

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with Bishop Serratelli and representatives of the 43 congregations of consecrated men and women living and working in the diocese. The bishop also conferred upon Sr. Mary Edward Spohrer, S.C.C. the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal on behalf of Pope Francis. Sr. Mary Edward served for 10 years as diocesan chancellor and delegate for religious, and is now the provincial superior of the Sisters of Christian Charity at Mallinckrodt Convent, Mendham, where the monks have served as chaplains for more than 80 years.

The papal honor was established by Pope Leo XIII in 1888, and is conferred on men and women, laity and clergy alike, for distinguished service in the church. St. Mary’s Abbey joins in the celebration for this

honor conferred upon a most worthy woman, Sr. Mary Edward, who is loved and cherished by the monks.

Often a regular and most interesting contributor to this column, Fr. Gabriel Coless, O.S.B., after a nasty fall during the Christmas holidays, and time away from the Abbey to recuperate, has begun to make marked improvement since his return to the Abbey with all its sights and sounds.

As usual Fr. Beatus Lucey, O.S.B. keeps busy, taking seriously St. Benedict’s warning in the Rule: “Idleness is the enemy of the soul.”

He reports: “No big changes in my schedule: still reading with the book group at Christ the King (Barry Unsworth’s Pascali’s Island; Penelope

Fitzgerald’s The Bookshop. The Friday morning bible study group there continues to take a close look at the Sunday readings with excellent discussion (and refreshments).” He adds: “As an act of civic virtue, [I] no longer drive because,” he reports, he is unable to apply the brakes quickly enough. While he admits it’s just another level of dependency in his old age, monks and friends are happy to drive him, as he’s good company in the car. With Fr. Gerard he enjoyed a mini reunion with Burke Stinson ’60, a.k.a. Dick Burke, and Steve Block ’71 and their spouses at the Red Dog Tavern. “Great stories, and our lips are sealed!” he quips. Fr. Beatus admits he is waiting for Julian Fellowes’ TV drama based on Trollope’s Dr. North to replace

On Sunday, April 10 at St. Philip Church, Clifton, NJ, several monks from St. Mary’s Abbey attended Vespers with Bishop Serratelli and representatives of the 43 consecrated congregations living and working in the diocese. Pictured here in the back row are, from left, Fr. Hilary, Abbot Richard, Fr. Edward Seton, Br. Luke (Newton) & Abbot Joel (Newton).

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Downton Abbey, an Abbey favorite and now sadly concluded. “Check your local listings,” he reminds readers of Delbarton Today and fans of Trollope!

Retired Abbot Giles Hayes, O.S.B. reports that, despite poor health, he continues to keep busy as much as he can. Fr. Giles met with Holy Week retreatants and vocation enquirers about monastic life and the Triduum.

As a member of the Abbey’s vocation committee, he doesn’t hesitate to ask: “Pray for vocations.” Fr. Giles authored a short article in the April edition of Give Us This Day, published

by Liturgical Press, and he expects to have another published in the fall.

He does his best to keep in touch with many alumni and friends.

In April, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, O.S.B. presented a workshop at the 2016 BeNet (Benedictine Educators Network) Conference in Rome, Italy.

At the conference there were 170 participants from 21 countries and 71 schools. The workshop was called “Send in Senpectae: An Approach to School Discipline Based on the Rule of St. Benedict.” Drawing on the model of fraternal correction found in the Rule, the workshop aimed to

show how school discipline might be structured to reflect the same values found there. Br. Paul illustrated this approach using the model currently in place at Delbarton School. While not attending conference events Br. Paul spent some time revisiting his old haunts in Rome and exploring some new ones. Fr. Elias, as president of the International Commission for Benedictine Education, was one of the chief organizers of this conference.

Let Us Remember Gary Andrasko, President of Delbarton Parents of Graduates and father of Joseph Andrasko ’00 Lucy Burns, step-grandmother of Jake Williams ’97 Gary Buser, father of former DMG President Marylyn McLaughlin P’09,’11,’14,’19, grandfather of Tom McLaughlin ’09, Kyle McLaughlin ’11, Sean McLaughlin ’14 and Aidan McLaughlin ’19

Lynn Guerriero, wife of Jack ’63, mother of Jay Guerriero ’87, sister-in-law of Michael Guerriero ’64 and Steve Guerriero ’68, aunt of Michael Guerriero ’93 Robert Gula ’60, father of Bob Gula ’83 and Roger Gula ’86

Guy Muoio, father of Thomas Muoio ’81 Kathleen Nish, mother of Ryan Nish ’95 Daniel R. Paris, father of Director of Alumni & Development J. Craig Paris ’82, grandfather of Liam Paris ’13, James Paris ’15 and Regan Paris ’19.

Charles Harris ’59

William Regan Jr., father-in-law of Director of Alumni & Development Craig Paris ’82, grandfather of Liam Paris ’13, James Paris ’15 and Regan Paris ’19

Arjun Dhirmalani, father of Rajesh Dhirmalani ’90, Anand Dhirmalani ’93 and Neeta Khubani P ’21, ’19; grandfather of Dylan Khubani ’21 and Jaedon Khubani ’19

Robert H. Lansdell III ’59, brother of Mark Lansdell ’65 and Carroll Lansdell ‘68

Robert C. Roessler, former Delbarton Financial Controller

Ann Lopez, mother of Art Department Chair Diane Lopez

Frederick von Zuben, father of Chris von Zuben ’88 and Max von Zuben ’93

Paul Ferguson ’53, grandfather of Patrick Ferguson ’11

Patrick E. Loftus, brother-in-law of Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB

John Alan ’Jack’ Weinlein ’72, brother of Bill Weinlein ’62 and Edward Weinlein ’65†

Joanne Diveny Garifo, sister of Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB

William E. Marfuggi Jr., father of William E. Marfuggi, III ’98

Barbara Whalen, mother of David Whalen ’97

David Connelly, father of Dave Connelly ’77 and Jon (JC) Connelly ’83

Thomas Francis Guthrie III, brother of Anthony P. Guthrie ’76

Michele McNany, mother of Dennis McNany, Jr. ’95, Ryan McNany ’91 and Scott McNany ’91 Joseph L. McMenaman ’50, brother of John D. McMenaman, Sr. ’52

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Kathleen Woodford, grandmother of Chris Woodford ’07 and John Luby ‘18

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Abbey Church and Monastery Celebrate Fifty Years

Preparing the church floor.

By Fr. Benet Caffrey, OSB, St. Mary’s Abbey Archivist “The Abbey Is a ‘Happening,’” headlined an article in the Advocate, and the abbey community planned to make the blessing of the new monastery and church on July 16, 1966 a memorable happening, not only for the St. Mary’s community but for the Benedictine Order, the church, and the local community.

The Advisory Board for the Abbey Dedication, under the leadership of Father Stephen Findlay, OSB, left no detail to chance.

monastery to the entrance of the church where Archbishop Boland of Newark presided at the laying of the cornerstone accompanied by Abbot Patrick, Bishop Casey of Paterson, the architect, Victor Christ-Janer, and the contractor, Joseph Bryan. The Archbishop then circled the exterior of the church, blessing it as he went.

Entering the church, the Archbishop circled and blessed the periphery while the choir chanted the Litany of the Saints.

The Church floor progresses.

On Friday, July 15, at 4:30 PM the massive central altar, with a three ton block of Mankato Minnesota marble, was consecrated by Abbot Benno Gut, OSB, Abbot Primate of the worldwide Benedictine Order who traveled from Rome.

Early the next morning, Fr. Gerald McCarthy, OSB, abbot of St. Anselm in New Hampshire, the daughter abbey of St. Mary’s, solemnly blessed the monastery buildings.

A great procession wound its way from the main entrance of the St. Mary's Abbey Archives

The Church roof is installed girder by girder.

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Abbot Richard Cronin, OSB, celebrates the first Mass of the 2015-16 school year in the Abbey Church.

Installation of the bells that peal to signify Abbey services throughout the day.

The Pieta, made of sheet bronze, in its original Lady Chapel location.

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The entrance procession on July 16, 1966.

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Other guests included seven bishops, twenty-one abbots and priors, twenty-five monsignors, fifty priests, and fourteen clergy and wives of other religious groups. Many hundreds of lay friends of the Abbey filled the nave of the Church.

And what a church it is. Visitors encounter a fortress-like red brick exterior and a multicolored interior with the stark grey of the concrete block walls contrasting with the deep blue of the girdered ceiling. A white wall with multiple arches give access to the worship area from the peripheral ambulatory. The monks’ choir stalls and the pews of the nave are dark brown.

The Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament is located on the east side of the sanctuary and on the west side, behind the organ, is the Unity Chapel, originally the Lady Chapel.

The sheet bronze statue of Our Lady cradling her crucified Son now stands near the main entrance. In that entrance stands an enormous block of Mankato marble, surmounted by a large pool for blessed water.

community’s common room, as well as the Chapter Room, the place of formal meetings of the monastic community.

Archbishop Boland and Abbot Patrick lay the Abbey Church cornerstone.

Following the Mass of blessing, a formal dinner for two-hundred members of the clergy and hierarchy was served in the St. Joseph Gymnasium, while an elegant buffet luncheon was provided to the hundreds of other guests in a large tent set up on the field south of the monastery. Tours of the new buildings were offered all afternoon.

A number of open houses followed for religious of the state, members of Benedictine parishes, and for the neighbors of the abbey.

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Bishop Lawrence Casey, recently appointed Bishop of Paterson, was principal celebrant, accompanied by twelve vested concelebrants, abbots and priests who had some significant relationship with St. Mary’s Abbey and its history. Archbishop Boland offered the homily.

Derek Speedy ’14 took this dramatic photo of the Church interior.

The main entrance to the Abbey Church.

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Alumni News

Green Wave Varsity Soccer Coach David Donovan with Matt Bazin ’05, Jack Badenhausen ’15 and Sean McAloon ’15.

Alumni Soccer Game Alumni met on Ryan Family Field on Homecoming morning October 17 for a spirited game on a beautiful fall day…

The fan zone was well populated at the Alumni Soccer game.

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Alumni News

Connor Bilby ’12, Riley Kete ’13, Alex Heaton ’13 and Chris Tozzi ’13.

Derek Maguire ’90 and Alumni Association President Jerry Jabbour ’92.

Br. Paul with Bart Morrison ’80.

At lunch in Providence, RI are Jack Hanifin ’14, Connor McGrath ’14, Br. Paul Diveny, OSB and Eric Benz ’12.

Matt Naturman ’10, Fernando Limbo ’08 and Peter Chambers ’11.

Steve Conine ’91 and his wife Alexi with Br. Paul Diveny, OSB.

Boston After lunch with young alumni in Providence, RI, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, and the Delbarton Alumni Association hosted a reception at the Harvard Club in Boston on October 29…

Director of Alumni & Development Craig Paris ’82 with Art Rawding ’78.

Reegy Laloi ’06 and Michael Semeraro ’07.

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Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny thanks hosts Elizabeth and Peter Shoemaker ’82 for welcoming Delbarton alumni into their home.

On November 10, alumni and friends enjoyed a reception the home of Elizabeth and Peter Shoemaker '82…

Craig Paris ’82 with Frank Stynes ’69.

Classmates Michael Bloom ’82, Director of Alumni & Development Craig Paris ’82 and Peter Shoemaker ’82.

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Classmates Kary Antholis ’80, Brian Wry ’80 and Director of Senior Counseling Mike Rosenhaus ’80.

Andre Rodriguez ’15, Kyle McLaughlin ’11 and Connor Moran ’15.

Classmates Brendan Murphy ’03, left with Joe Grano ’03 and two friends of Delbarton.

George Zaloom ’78, Br. Paul and Brian Wry ’80.

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Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny with Andy Verhalen ’74.

Chuck Adams ’65, Br. Paul and Wade Morgan ’11.

Palo Alto On November 11, Delbarton headed south to Palo Alto and The Wine Room for an alumni reception with friends in the area…

Classmates Linc Jepson ’92, Alumni Association President Jerry Jabbour ’92, Vince Rolleri ’92, Drew Hudacek ’92 and Tod Rose ’92.

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Jerry Jabbour ’92, Linc Jepson ’92 , Director of Alumni & Development Craig Paris ’82 and Craig Bridwell ’92.

Ben Herila ’07, left, and Brennan McCormick ’09.

On November 12, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB hosted a reception at the Olympic Club in San Francisco…

A squash reunion on the Olympic Club courts: Colin Donovan ’01, Ben Herila ’07, Mike Henry ’94, Craig Bridwell ’92 and Varsity Squash Head Coach Craig Paris ’82.

Harold ‘H’ Ehrmann ’87, Br. Paul and Guy Trerotola ’85.

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Erik Geiger ’04, Mike Rosenhaus ’80 and Lenneal Gardiner ’96.

Kitt Ridley ’00 and friend with Alumni Association President Jerry Jabbour ’92.

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At the Jersey Shore On December 3 alumni celebrated Christmas at Rella’s Italian Tavern in Brielle, NJ…

In Hoboken A great group of young Delbarton alumni and friends arrived bearing gifts for Delbarton’s Christmas Gift Drive at Hoboken’s Pilsener Haus on December 10…

Len Gorson ’70, Matt Wolenski ’96, Perry Beneduce ’74, Brian Hanlon ’87, Jack Duva ’74 and Jay Terzis ’65.

Peter Fittin ’75 and Chris Fittin ’72.

RT Thomas ’97 and Director of Alumni & Development Craig Paris ’82.

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Alumni Basketball On January 16, Green Wave alumni basketball players gathered to watch a Varsity basketball game -- a close win versus Whippany Park – and to play a fast-paced game of their own…

Members of the 1968 State Championship Basketball Team: Franky Stynes ’69, John Grennan ’70 and Rick Kentz ’70, along with Bill and Brian Regan, there on behalf of their late brother Stephen ’68, Joan Brennan, wife of the late Coach Bernie Brennan, and Bob Farrell ’64.

Photos by Harry MacCormack

Nashville On March 15, Director of Alumni & Development J. Craig Paris '82 and Director of Senior Guidance Mike Rosenhaus '80 visited alumni at Vanderbilt University. The group gathered at Desano Pizza Bakery in Nashville, TN.

From left are Alex Reed ’15, Sean Morris ’14, Craig Paris ’82, Brendan Feeley ’09, Mike Rosenhaus ’80, Ryan Murphy ’15, John Voetsch ’12, Thomas Salovitch ’14 and Bob Rouse ’79.

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Alumni Wrestling On February 8, at the match against Seton Hall Prep, a mini reunion took place for former Green Wave wrestlers.

With Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB are, from left, Bob McGovern ’69, Rich Traynor ’90, Greg Saunders ’89 and John Hanlon ’81 with Varsity Wrestling Head Coach Bryan Stoll. Delbarton won the match 56 -22.

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Robert Lynyak sends greetings to Delbarton from his home in Chatham, MA where he lives with his wife Barbara.

Their three children and seven grandchildren are all doing well.

Rob Spawn has joined J.P. Morgan Securities with responsibilities for the San Francisco and Seattle markets.

1964 In July, Dr. Andrew Breuder retired after almost fifteen years as Chief of Staff of the Manchester VA Medical Center. He and his wife Elizabeth live in Bedford, NH.

1977 David Potterveld and wife Beth are the proud parents of a daughter, Sophia, born in April, 2015.

1979 Dr. Lawrence Gorzelnik is upgrading his Madison, NJ with a cone beam CT scanner and continues to provide facial trauma surgery services at Morristown Medical Center and University Hospital in Newark.

1981 On November 14, Bob Sheridan — with the assistance of Harriet Donnelly P’12 — helped organize the first Annual Kyle Kirst Coaches Clinic at GoodSports in Wall, NJ which was attended by over 100 youth and high

school lacrosse coaches.

Sheridan is the Past President of the NJ Lacrosse Foundation. Kyle Kirst P’15, father of Connor Kirst ’15, was the long-time Assistant Varsity Lacrosse Coach for the Summit HS Lacrosse Program who passed away suddenly in June 2015. Proceeds from the event were donated to the Kirst Family Educational Foundation.

1989 After seven years with the Clark Museum in Williamstown, MA, in February Tom Loughman took over as the new Director and CEO of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, CT.

1990 Jon Ponosuk and wife Emily welcomed their daughter Gemma Greenfield Ponosuk into the world on January 26, 2016.

1995 Leonardo Salese is a private practice gastroenterologist in the Philadelphia area.

1996 Ray Bernaz is banker living with his wife and three children in Basking Ridge, NJ.

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Winter Reps Dinner The Winter Class Reps Dinner took place at the Madison Hotel on January 26…

We had a great turnout from the Class of 1979 at the Winter Reps Dinner!

Harry MacCormack

Bill Waldron ’65, Rich Darche ’72, Steve Block ’71 and Tom Luby ’72.

From left, Liam Villano ’16, Andrew Sanders ’16, Student Body President Dan Cimaglia ’16 and Patrick Agnew ’16.

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Board members Joe Colangelo ’03 and John Ferramosca ’05 with Tyler Hudson-Crimi ’08.

Matt Gilfillan ’86, Terry Rouse ’86 and Peter Lazor ’87.

Mindy and AJ Papetti ’82, P’13,’14,’18 received the Joseph McDonough ’68 Award, which they share with Tess and Dave Lewis ’78, P’03,’13,who were not in attendance. From left are Alumni Association President Jerry Jabbour ’92, Mindy Papetti, Headmaster Br. Paul Divery, OSB, AJ Papetti ’82 and Alumni Association Vice President John Tonzola ’95.

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graduating from Princeton in 2001, Swope earned a Master’s degree from MIT in Systems Engineering and Management and works for a high tech consulting firm. Dana is a lawyer employed by Tufts University.

1998 On January 23, 2016 former NBA player Troy Murphy was inducted into the Notre Dame Circle of Honor.

1999 Tim Coughlin and wife Nicole welcomed baby Catherine Jane Coughlin on November 8, 2015.

Cate joins big brothers Charlie (4) and James (3).

The family lives in Madison, NJ. Sloan Kulper is in his third year of PhD studies at the University of Hong Kong. His thesis is focused on the fracture mechanics of osteoporotic bone and he is working on the design of new bone implants and instruments for orthopedic surgery.

2000 Gerald Vuolo is currently deployed on an aircraft carrier where he is flying in a French squadron as part of a French-US military exchange.

2001 Steven Bernaz lives in Chicago where works as a mechanical/design engineer.

2003 Wade Anthony and his wife Alissa greeted their daughter Campbell Jane Anthony on January 25, 2016.

Eric Wittleder and Kaitlin Morley were married in Roxbury, NY on August 29, 2015 with plenty of Delbarton friends in attendance. (See Wedding Album)

2004 Robert McCormack and Tania O’Brien were married in Boulder Colorado last fall. (See Wedding Album)

2005 Kenneth Lopian and Aly Carter were married at St. Mary’s Abbey on October

24, 2015 with large contingents from Delbarton and Oak Knoll School, the couple’s high school alma maters. (See Wedding Album)

2013

Mark Van Orden and Stephanie Johnson were married on June 27, 2015 in Annapolis, Maryland at the United States Naval Academy Chapel with a reception at Chartwell Golf and Country Club.

(See Wedding Album)

Mike Pesce recently chosen to be Chief Information Officer & Chairman of the Board of the Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union (GUASFCU), the largest student-run financial institution in the country, with over 4,00 members and $16 million in assets. Mike has been involved in the Credit Union since freshman year starting as a teller.

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Mark Snyder graduated from Seton Hall Law School and in July passed both the New Jersey and New York Bar exams.

2011 James Ferrando received a BS in Accounting from Providence College, is studying for the CPA exam and will remain at Providence to earn an MBA degree.

Former Green Wave Squash player Colin O’Dowd ’15, now a freshman at Hamilton College, was NESCAC Men’s Squash Player of the Week in mid-January.

At the end of the season, he made the Second Team All-NESCAC.

John Hastings graduated from Davidson College last May with a B.A. in Classics. He currently teaches at Gilman School in Baltimore, MD.

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Friendly faces at sign-in: Lorraine Petrolino from the Main Office, Development Assistant Heidi Williamson and Delbarton Fund Director Maria Van Kirk.

Fred Krom ’03 and Alumni Association President Jerry Jabbour ’92.

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From left Greg Pasciucco ’03, John Soden ’03, John Fiddes ’03, Mark Hammitt ’03, Bryan Gunderson ’02 and Director of Senior Counseling Mike Rosenhaus ’79.

Classmates Kevin Doyle ’92, Frank Zupa ’92, Juan Uribe ’92 and Devin Gallagher ’92.

Jon Ponosuk ’91, Chris Bury ’91 and Mark Paski ’91.

Alumni News Chris Rodriguez ’95 and Joe Colangelo ’03.

Brett Hanlon ’11with his uncle Tim Hanlon ’84, and his dad John Hanlon ’81, P’11, ’15.

Christian McCormack ’05, Demian von Poelnitz ’04, Ken Lopian ’05 and Nick Stefans ’05.

Paul Maguire ’86, Sean Maguire ’12, Dennis Maguire ’11, Fr. Edward Seton Fittin ’82, Jimmy Maguire ’10, Jim Maguire ’79, P’10, ’11, ’12, ’14, ’17 and Mike Maguire ’82, P’14, ’17,’18.

Vinod Kurian ’96, Andy Grabis ’95 and Joe Ferraro ’95.

Matt Campbell ’08 and Terry White ’08.

NYC Reception On February 18, 2016 alumni gathered at New York Athletic Club for a reception hosted by the Alumni Association…

Paul Maguire ’86, Frank Gannon ’86, Don Healy ’83 and Rob Reilly ’86.

Peter Ramsey ’90, Director of Alumni & Development J. Craig Paris ’82, ’13, ’15, ’19, Peter Hofbauer P’15, Dave Lewis ’78 and wife Tess Lewis P’03, ’13.

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Alumni Hockey Showcase & Celebration On February 25, the Delbarton Hockey program was feted at the First Annual Alumni Hockey Showcase & Celebration at Essex Hunt Club in Peapack, NJ. Abbot Giles Hayes, OSB ‘56, former Green Wave Hockey Coach John 'Mags' Magadini and the 1984 Delbarton Hockey Team were honored...

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Members of the 1984 Delbarton team with their fellow honorees Abbot Giles Hayes, OSB ‘56, former Green Wave Hockey Coach John Magadini.

As organizers Peter Ramsey ’90 and Peter Lazor ’87 look on, Patrick Ramsey ’86 pays tribute to his former hockey coach John Magadini, seated with fellow honoree Abbot Giles Hayes, OSB ’56.

Alumni News Matt Durney ’92, Kevin Mahoney ’92 (who flew in from California for the game) and his brother Tim Mahoney ’85.

Steve Block ’71, P’12

Green Wave Varsity Hockey Coach Bruce Shatel drops the puck for Mike Lonergan ’84, left, and Tim Mahoney ’85.

Joe Fodero ’85 is joined by his sons after the game.

2 Steve Block ’71, P’1

Just like old times: former Green Wave Hockey Coach ‘Mags’ Magadini gives his players their marching orders.

Thirty former Green Wave players from 1984 through 2011 hit the ice on the Hunt Club’s outdoor rink in an alumni hockey showcase.

Final score: 5-5, no injuries.

Steve Block ’71, P’12

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Alumni News Director of Alumni & Development J. Craig Paris ’82 with former Green Wave Tennis Coach Steve Diamond.

Terry Pigott P’06,’11, Valerie and Clair Flinn P’83,GP’17 and Prudence Pigott P’06,’11.

Daniel Green ’91 and his wife Susana.

Heidi Williamson

Ricki and Jay Terzis ’65, P’00, ’02, ’03, left, with Ray and Eileen Connolly GP’18.

Naples On March 2, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, and the Alumni Association hosted at reception at the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club…

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John Hanlon P’81, ’84, ’87, GP ’11, ’15 and Mike Rosenhaus ’80.

Bill Ebben Jr. with his parents Diane and Bill Ebben Sr. P’88, ’90.

Daniel Korb ’89 and Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB.

Clair and Valerie Flinn P’83,GP’17 with Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB.

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Patrick Henry ’57 and wife Heather with Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB.

Director of Alumni & Development J. Craig Paris ’82, David and Gretchen Callahan ’67 and Jerry Jabbour ’92, Alumni Association President.

Palm Beach On March 3, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB and the Alumni association hosted a reception at The Breakers in Palm Beach

Mary Anne and Bob Mountford ’63 with Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB.

Br. Paul with Jim and Diane Maguire P’79, ’82, ’86, GP’10,’11,’12, ’14, ’17, ’18.

Mort and Elaine Erenstein P’80, GP’07, with Stephanie and Dave D’Alessandro ’57 and Gretchen Callahan.

Jake Huff ’10 with Director of Senior Guidance Mike Rosenhaus ’80 and Tom D’Alia ’50, GP’08.

Carl and Stephanie DiLella ’93 with Maryanne and Alec DiLella P’93.

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Robert McCormack ’04 and Tania O’Brien were married in Boulder Colorado last fall. Pictured here are Demien Von Polnitz ’04, Jack Reilly ’04, Bennett Haynes ’04, Tania O’Brien, Robert McCormack ’04, Christian McCormack ’05, Ryan Quick ’04 and Nolan Harte ’02.

Kenneth Lopian ’05 and Aly Carter were married at St. Mary’s Abbey on October 24, 2015 with large contingents from Delbarton and Oak Knoll School, the couple’s high school alma maters.

Representing Delbarton with the bride and groom were, from left, Reade Seligmann ’04, Alex Cocoziello ’05, Will Gano ’05 , Christian McCcormack ’05, Phil Thebault ’05, Eric Bicknese ’06, Nick Stefans ’05, Jack McBride ’07, Dan Cocoziello ’04. (Not pictured: Chris Desimone ’05 and Donnie Marinari ’06)

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Mark Van Orden ’06 and Stephanie Johnson were married on June 27, 2015 in Annapolis, Maryland at the United States Naval Academy Chapel with a reception at Chartwell Golf and Country Club. From left are James Ferrante, Jr. ’75, Michael McGuire ’06, Matthew Van Orden ’08, Thomas McCarthy ’06, Mark Van Orden, Jr. ’06, Stephanie Van Orden, David Weinstein ’06, Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, Fr. Hilary O’Leary, OSB, Stephen Popper ’06, and Glenn Hanley ’75 (the bride’s uncle). (Not pictured: Michael Campbell ’06)

Eric Wittleder ’03 and Kaitlin Morley were married in Roxbury, NY on August 29, 2015 with plenty of Delbarton friends in attendance. Pictured here are, from left, Brian Sateja ’03, Tim McLaughlin ’03, Paul Schifano ’03, Patrick Sullivan ’03, Kaitlin Wittleder, Eric Wittleder ’03, Patrick Featherston ’03 and Patrick Donnelly ’03.

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On October 27, #Money2020, a financialtech conference at The Venetian Las Vegas, brought together five alumni.

Pictured here are, from left, Joe Colangelo ’03, Alex Maffeo ’03, Ryan Maresca ’02, and Jack Kiernan ’01.

(Missing: Matt Popper ’04).

Delbarton Flag at Hirsau Abbey

Wave Soccer Alums at Washington & Lee In November, Kevin Molnar ’14, left, and Dylan Stroud ’13 with their Washington & Lee teammates won the Old Dominion Athletic Conference championship, the first conference soccer title for Washington & Lee in over 20 years.

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Last fall, Katie and Charlie Boyer ’89, P’19 traveled to Germany to celebrate their 20th anniversary where they took this photo with the Delbarton flag at the Benedictine Hirsau Abbey in Hirsau, Germany.

Homeland Security Alumni Network On November 3, NJ Director of Homeland Security Dr. Chris Rodriguez ’95, on right, offered testimony on New Jersey’s cybersecurity before the House Cybersecurity Caucus, where he was accompanied by NJ Cybersecurity expert Dave Weinstein ’06, left. Taylor Price ’04, based in DC, also attended the Caucus representing the Department of Homeland Security. All three men also participated in Movember, a month-long drive when moustaches and beards transform wearers into a billboard advocates for men’s health.

Class of 1959 Christmas Reunion The Class of 1959 hosted its annual Christmas luncheon on December 9 at Delicious Heights Restaurant Bedminster NJ. From left are Jack McNamara. Steve Pribula, Bill Moran, Barry Murphy, Mike Slattery, Bill McFadden, Chaz Harris and their good friend Fr. Andrew Smith OSB who received an official Proclamation designating him an Honorary member of the Delbarton Class of 1959. The decree was the brainchild of Barry Murphy and produced by Mike Slattery’s wife Kay.

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Basketball Teammates Reunite

Squash at University of Virginia

On January 4, 2016 former Green Wave basketball teammates and Class of 2004 classmates Matt Goldsmith and John McFayden met on the court at Fairleigh Dickenson University in Madison, NJ after The College of New Jersey team, coached by Goldsmith, fought back from an 18-point halftime deficit to defeat FDU. Goldsmith’s parents and Delbarton Basketball Coach Dan Whalen were also there to cheer for the TCNJ team.

On November 22, two former Green Wave Squash players met up at a University of Virginia tournament. Rick McRae ’15, left, competed for University of Richmond, and Charles Niebanck ’14 played for Duke.

Troy Murphy ’98 Inducted into Notre Dame Hoops Ring of Honor Delbarton/Colgate Alums Meet in Nashville In January, two Delbarton/Colgate grads, Bob Rouse ’79 and Sean Maguire ’12, met up at a Colgate event in Nashville where the Colgate 13 a cappella group performed. Maguire leads the vocal group which was on its January Tour, traveling roughly 4,000 miles that month.

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One of two players in the 110-year history of the University of Notre Dame men’s basketball program to score more than 2,000 points and grab 900 rebounds, Troy Murphy ’98 cemented his mark as one of the most prolific all-around players to wear the Fighting Irish uniform during his three-year playing career. A two-time first team All-American and two-time recipient of BIG EAST Player of the Year honors, Murphy was the eighth inductee into the Notre Dame Basketball Ring of Honor on January 23 during halftime at the Notre Dame-Boston College game.

Class of 1974 Holiday Lunch Members of the Class of 1974 enjoyed their annual holiday lunch in NYC on a Tony Di Napoli’s Restaurant on December 14. Present were, seated, Steve Cullum, Ralph Yearwood, Rob Feakins with Jim Sullivan, Perry Beneduce, Tony Nugent and Andrew Kentz.

Class of ’81 Enjoys Post-Christmas Lunch On December 26, the Class of 1981 enjoyed minireunion at Morristown’s Dublin Pub in honor of classmate Tom Pace’s Christmas visit from Chicago. Standing from left are Chuck Apelian, Chris Connors, Ken Villano, Tom Pace, Bob Burke, Paul Benz and Dan Chambers; Seated from left are Tony Heaton, Pat Collins and Tony Watt, all proud members of the Class of ’81.

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Jon Krawczyk ’88 Unveils Tribute to Martin Brodeur Janet Flinn P'17

On February 8, on center ice at the Prudential Center, sculptor Jon Krawczyk’88 unveiled The Salute, a bronze tribute to Devils goalie Martin Brodeur. The statue later will be installed on the corner of Newark’s Lafayette and Mulberry Streets, not far from Krawczyk’s first Devils commission, a 6,000 pound stainless steel hockey player.

Krawczyk sculpted and cast The Salute at his Malibu studio, then drove it across country prior to the big reveal.

On the following evening, Krawczyk and Delbarton fans were at The Rock to witness the official retirement of Brodeur’s jersey. Pictured here are Cameron Flinn ’17, Joe Longo ’80, P’10,’16,’19, Matt Gelnaw ’10, Michael Longo ’10, David Lewis ’78, P’03, ’13, Andrew Longo ’16 (with brother Matt Longo ’19 in front), Jon Krawczyk ’88 and Craig Flinn ’83, P’17.

Mike Nichols ’89 on LPGA Tour Mike Nichols ’89 is on the executive leadership team at the LPGA Tour. Nichols is Chief Business Officer of the Symetra Tour, the “Road to the LPGA” for the top professional golfers in the US and around the world. Each year, the top ten money earners on the Symetra Tour’s Volvik Race for the Card graduate to the LPGA. Since Mike took charge in 2013, the Tour has grown from 15 to 23 events and plays for the highest total purse ($3.150 million) in the Tour’s 36-year history. Colleagues report that Mike has improved Tour courses and geographic flow, and increased purses to attract even more qualified competitors.

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Wave Alums Play College Club Ruby Michael Somerville ’90 Opens Homecoming 2015 What better way to warm up the Homecoming Pep Rally crowd on October 16 than with a standup routine from comedian Michael Somerville ’90. Senior class organizers rightly guessed that Somerville’s smart, savvy humor, as seen on Late Night with Dave Letterman, would get the Homecoming party off to a stellar start.

On Saturday, February 21, the Georgetown and Loyola Rugby clubs faced off with three Delbarton alumni in the scrum: Augie Atencio ’14 (G), Kyle Higgins ’15 (L) and Tom Lenz ’14 (G). Loyola pulled away after a close match to earn a 27-13 win. A salute to Tom Lenz ’14 for sending us this great picture.

Ironman Steve Cozine ’86 in South Africa

Bora Bora Reunion On April 10, Steve Cozine ’86 raced Ironman South Africa and took along a Delbarton flag. A salute to Ironman Steve Cozine for his athletic achievement and impeccable packing skills.

In February, three Delbarton friends shared a sailing/diving adventure in French Polynesia where they took a picture with the Delbarton flag on Bora Bora. Here are Michael Murphy ’67, Brian O’Keefe ’67 and Jim Huebner ’66 displaying the Green Wave colors.

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Wrestler Jorge Lopez ’12 Is Four Time NCAA All-American Williams College wrestler Jorge Lopez ’12 was named an All-American wrestler, making it his fourth consecutive All-American title in his collegiate wrestling career, a first in Williams College history.

Agostino on the Ice for the Flames Former Green Wave hockey player and Yale Hockey alum Kenny Agostino ’10 is currently a professional hockey player competing as a left wing for the NHL Calgary Flames.

Alumni Association Has New Chapter On March 17, Hoboken-based alumni gathered to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and March Madness, and to admire the new Delbarton Alumni Association Hoboken Chapter banner. From left are Heema Khedr ’11, Mark Hammitt ’03, Paul Butler ’05, John Ferramosca ’05, Jermaine Pugh ’00, Matt Campbell ’08, Derek Ruebling ’10 and Geoff Steinemann ’93.

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Runner Morgan Pearson ’11 is ThreeTime NCAA All-American In March, Morgan Pearson ’11 was named an NCAA AllAmerican runner at Colorado University for the third time.

At Delbarton, Pearson earned four varsity letters and was the New Jersey state champion in the 3,200 during his senior season, earned All-American honors in the outdoor two-mile run and won the Penn Relays 3,000-meter run.

Squash Alumni at NCAAs On February 20, there was a Green Wave alumni squash matchup on at the College Squash Association Championship at University of California at Berkeley.

Facing off on court were Charlie Niebanck ’14 for Duke and Sid Balaji ’14 for UC Berkeley. Duke ended up taking first in its division.

Villanova Visit On March 22, Charles Allen ’17, right, and his good friend Matt Christou ’17, second from right, visited Villanova on a spring break college tour where they ran into their classmate Cameron Flinn ’17.

Tour guide James Wrobleski ’15, left, recognized the boys’ Delbarton gear and took them and their mothers on a private tour of Villanova.

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By Fr. Benet Caffrey OSB

Left to right: Prior to Trinity Hall, mechanical drawing classes took place in Old Main basement and, one year, on the landing of the front staircase.

Crowded classrooms were the norm before Trinity Hall in 1959. A new Science Pavilion in 1995 took some of the pressure off the need for space as enrollment increased from 300 to 560 students.

Above right: Delbarton’s first library was housed on the third floor of Old Main.

The EverAdaptable Trinity Hall

Delbarton School without Trinity Hall? Hard to imagine. It was indeed a different place in its twenty preTrinity years. Facilities were cramped: small classrooms next to overcrowded dorm rooms in Old Main and the Brothers House. The three classrooms cleverly tacked onto the east side of the St. Joseph Gym in 1956 helped. (They have since become the weight room.)

on the fourth floor of Old Main, Chemistry in the Kountze “Jockey Hollow Dairy” at the south end of the campus. (Father Lucien Donnelly delivered his budding chemists in an old bus.) The Physics lab was in a frame building in the Brothers House complex. Headmaster Father Stephen Findlay and his Benedictine colleagues made it all work, but dreamed of a new Delbarton.

Every available nook was used.

Father Clement Bloomfield taught Mechanical Drawing in the basement of Old Main and, one year, on the landing of the front staircase.

That dream was fulfilled in the fall of 1959 when Trinity Hall transformed Delbarton with proper classrooms, a large library, state-of-the-art science labs, music and art studios, offices, and departmental conference rooms, and all under one roof.

Science labs were scattered: Biology

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The building had been designed for a student body of 300, but this number was quickly reached, and as quickly exceeded. In a few years the number reached 400, necessitating the first of the several adaptations Trinity has experienced. Departmental conference rooms became small classrooms, and a new locker system was installed.

The new dining facilities in 1966 opened space in Old Main for expanded Music and Art Departments. The former studios in Trinity were divided into needed classrooms.

In the 1990s the new West Gate entrance, road, and parking areas were developed. The original west façade of Trinity, designed to be seen only by deer and groundhogs, was transformed, with a new façade and entrance where the Faculty Conference room had been. The screen bearing the school seal was removed and the foyer completely opened through the building. A new double staircase to the second floor was created, and at its landing now stand the statues of Darius and Alexander the Great, who formerly had guarded the west entrance to the Italian Garden.

Along the way, the student publications office adjacent to the library, home of the Courier, Archway and Delta, evolved first into a campus ministry center, and later into the headmaster’s office.

The addition of the Father Stephen Findlay Science Pavilion in 1995, with a third generation of science labs, occasioned the next major changes in Trinity. The third floor second generation labs could now be subdivided into classrooms.

And now, Trinity Hall, nearing its 60th year at the core of Delbarton, is once again poised to experience a major facelift and modernization.

Left to right: Today, Valentine Library offers a traditional study space; A proposed Student Commons and Learning Center may soon transform Delbarton campus yet again.

As it has since 1959, Trinity Hall remains the busy academic hub of Delbarton campus.

In the 90s, a double staircase to the second floor was created, and its landing displays the statues of Darius and Alexander the Great, who formerly stood guard at the west entrance to the Senior Garden.

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