Delbarton Today Fall/Winter 2013

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Professor of Philosophy Stephen Grimm ’89

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Fa l l / Wi n t e r 2013 Cover: Fordham University Associate Professor of Philosophy Dr. Stephen Grimm ’89.

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| Graduation 2013

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| Jockey Hollow and Delbarton

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| Freshman Projects 2013

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| Entrepreneur of the Spirit: Philosophy Professor Stephen Grimm ’89

By Fr. Benet Caffrey, OSB

By Jessica Fiddes

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| The Art of Seeing: Photographer George Diebold ’71

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By Fr. Benet Caffrey, OSB

is published for the alumni, parents, and friends of Delbarton School, 230 Mendham Road, Morristown, NJ 07960 973/538-3231.

Rt. Rev. Giles P. Hayes, 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, Editor Design Sahlman Art Studio, Charlotte, NC Printing Digital Color Concepts, Mountainside, NJ Delbarton School does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, or national and ethnic origin in any of its practices or policies.

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or the last few months, all of us here at Delbarton have watched with interest as sculptor Mark Mennin transformed blocks of stone from the “Lost City” artifacts into his new sculpture piece, “The Stations”.

Little by little, the stones were moved into place on the east side of the Fine Arts Center. By reshaping and re-combining the old elements with pieces he has sculpted recently, Mark has succeeded in creating something new and wonderful to enhance our campus.

It took the artist’s vision to see the potential for new life in the lifeless marble strewn about the parking lot behind Trinity Hall. This reminds me of St. Benedict’s admonition about the abbot in Chapter 64 of the Rule, in which he writes: The abbot ought, therefore, to be learned in divine law, so that he has a treasury of knowledge, from which he can bring out what is new and what is old. In saying this, St. Benedict is reminding both the abbot and us, that we need to know how to draw on past experiences in order to make decisions about today’s issues. This is especially true of a school like Delbarton, which, though rooted in its traditions, embraces a lively openness to the future. Schools by their very nature must constantly balance the needs of the future with respect for the tried and true of the past. So, just as the stones of La Grange Terrace provided a treasury of material for Mark Mennin to create something new, so Delbarton has to examine its own past to chart a new path into the future.

In his ground-breaking book, Out of Our Minds, Sir Ken Robinson keenly observed the persistence of enlightenment models in modern Western education. He maintains that these models, with their emphasis on mastery of detail, quantification and individual competence, served society well in earlier times. The shift from the medieval world view to the modern world view gave rise to the scientific and technological thinking which made the Industrial Revolution possible. Those same skills seem to be less useful in today’s post-industrial world. He is one of many voices proposing a new paradigm which

stresses creativity, collaboration and the ability to communicate effectively. The education community has embraced these ideas and has dubbed this new model, the 21st Century School. These notions challenge all schools is to re-evaluate their current methods and consider changes. Like the abbot in Benedict’s Rule, however, school leaders today need a healthy dose of wisdom to know what to jettison and what to retain in order to provide the best education for our students. Delbarton, too, despite its reputation for excellence, must never shy away from the task of self-examination.

In this edition of Delbarton Today we encounter two alumni who are engaged in the task of combining the old and the new in exciting ways. Stephen Grimm, a philosopher steeped in the Western tradition, is joining with other thinkers and social scientists to explore the age-old question of how human beings understand the world. George Diebold, a renowned photographer, was trained in traditional still life painting but embraced photography and has never looked back. He has trained his eye on the world around us to reveal images most of us would rarely see. In the case of both these alums, creativity is at work in ways that, I believe, Sir Kenneth Robinson would approve.

As Delbarton approaches its 75th anniversary next year, we have the happy task of looking back at the many good things we have accomplished with God’s help in those years. At the same time, the future summons us to ask “What can we do better?” “What do we need to do in order to insure that Delbarton continues to be a leader in secondary education?” Those questions pose a real challenge to us, but they also speak to us of the potential that is still untapped. What could be more exciting?

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Dear members of the Delbarton community,

“As Delbarton approaches its 75th anniversary next year, we have the happy task of looking back at the many good things we have accomplished with God’s help in those years. At the same time, the future summons us to ask ‘What can we do better?’”

As always,

Br. Paul Diveny, OSB

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Delbarton Graduates its Sixty-Fifth Class ON JUNE 2, 2013

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celebrated its graduation with faculty, family and friends in the Abbey Church. Afterwards Delbarton’s newest alumni enjoyed a reception in the Senior Garden…

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Photos by Jessica Fiddes and J. Craig Paris ’82

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2013 2013 Valedictorian Speech Excerpt

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Delbarton Class of 2013 Valedictorian Tom Hartke ’13.

Hartke, a Presidential Scholar, entered Princeton University this fall.

“The one piece of serious advice that I have for all of us is to sit down at some point over the next few months and figure out who you are, and who you want to be. They may not necessarily be the same person. You have the unique opportunity to change yourself as you head off to college. Take this opportunity to get rid of the things about you that you don’t like and make yourself a better person. Only you know what you should change. So sit down and ask yourself, “How do you define success?” Each person has to find their own way over, under, or around that wall.

Look toward the future now. Take every opportunity you can and create opportunities for yourself. Hit the ground running next year.

Don’t procrastinate. Get a job this summer.

Maybe find something interesting to do with

your time. Above all, find your own self-worth.

If you feel like you could have done so much better these past few years in high school then do it now at college. Do it for yourself. Do everything you do for the rest of your life because you want to, because you value what you are doing.

It doesn’t matter how much or how little you’ve done in the past. No one will know you at college. It is an incomparable opportunity that we each have. Whatever fears you have about your future, you had better also have some pretty impressive dreams.”

Photos by Jessica Fiddes and J. Craig Paris ’82

In 2011 Delbarton School introduced the Brian E. Fleury Award which is given to an outstanding scholarathlete who demonstrates the same passion for scholarship that he does for athletics, a person who combines seriousness of purpose with selfeffacing good humor, a person who is a consummate team player, selfless in all his endeavors, always putting the needs of others before his own.

The 2013 Fleury Award winner was Vancliff Johnson ’13, here with, from left, Claire Johnson, Mary Johnson P’13, Jen and Tim Feury, Van Johnson P’13 and, just behind, Devon Johnson.

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“Take this opportunity to get rid of the things about you that you don’t like and make yourself a better person.”

Tom Hartke ’13 Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, OSB, ’82 directs the honor guard of Delbarton leaders that led graduates into the Abbey Church.

The Peter B. Haas Award, established in memory of a 25 year old Marine pilot killed in Korea, is awarded for distinguished leadership within the School. This year’s winner of the Peter B. Haas Award was JP Campbell ’13 who stands with his proud family including, from left, JP’s grandmother Gloria Hillin and Donna, JP ’13, Mike, Matt ’08, and Christin Campbell.

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2013 Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, greets Delbarton father and graduation speaker John Kowalik P’13, ’16. In July 2013 Kowalik, former Delbarton Assistant Headmaster and Peck School Head, became the new Head of School at The Potomac School in McLean, VA.

Graduation Address Excerpt

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“...I am sure you avoid people who talk too much, though I guarantee, you have never once complained about someone who listens too much!”

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“As kids, you have been conditioned to express yourself as individuals. You are encouraged to post it, to text it, to blog it, to upload it, to tweet it, to inbox it, to share it and to say it…and say it again…In many ways, the art of conversation has been replaced by personal broadcasting. My advice is to think less about saying something interesting and more about listening…

There is an overabundance of “talking heads”, loud, obnoxious voices filling the airwaves screaming about the demise of America, the collapse of the Yankees, or economic ruin without actually adding anything of value to the conversation. To make matters worse, people use all sorts of contemptible speech, cloaking their outlandish accusations or malicious speech in the First Amendment. A fundamental failure is the understanding that Freedom of Speech has inherent responsibilities- - to be informed and

to speak the truth; and to take responsibility for your viewpoint.

This ‘speak loudly’, ‘speak first’, and ‘always speak up’ mantra poisons us. It diminishes trust among people and lessens our ability to listen and understand opposing viewpoints. Even now, I am sure you avoid people who talk too much, though I guarantee, you have never once complained about someone who listens too much!

Choose to be more contemplative, more reflective, and edit yourself. The ability to listen thoughtfully is an act of a respect and empathy. Listening demonstrates consideration for others or as Abbot Giles likes to say, “It puts the other guy first.”

Actively listen- listen with interest, listen with your ears, your eyes, your heart and your soul.

When you actively listen, you learn.”

The James E. Nugent Award, established in memory of a graduate of the class of 1969, is awarded to the Delbarton student who best exemplifies the spirit of giving himself to others.

This year the award was presented by Kitt Nugent, James’ sister, left, to Brian Reilly ’13.

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The Bryan Bennett Award was established to honor the memory of a member of the class of 1994 who died at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. This award is for the “quiet hero”, a student who, like Bryan, has distinguished himself for his day-to-day work ethic, consistent nobility and unfailing kindness to others. This year’s winner of the Bryan Bennett Award was Kevin Neilson ’13.

From left are Director of Alumni & Development J. Craig Paris ’82, who presented the award, with Perry, Kevin ’13, Kristina and Caroline Neilson .

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Corey T. Williams ’91 Award for excellence in Physics went to Tom Hartke ’13, who poses with Corey’s father Earl Williams P’91 and his daughter Amber Williams Field, with her daughter.

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2013 Andrew Higgins ’13 is congratulated by his mother Mary Higgins P’13, ’15.

Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, with 2012-13 Student Body President JP Campbell ’13.

Kevin Lewis ’13 with his family, including fellow alumni, his father Dave Lewis ’78 and older brother Dave Lewis ’03.

AJ Papetti Jr. ’13 and family, including his parents Mindy and AJ Papetti ’82 with Vincent ’14 and Dylan Papetti’17.

Sam Bell ’13 and family after graduation.

The Villano family is proud of its newest Delbarton alumnus Matt Villano’13.

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Will Carlucci ’13 with his parents Alice and Michael Carlucci P’11, ’13.

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Four fathers from the Class of 82 had graduates in the Class of 2013. Front and center is their classmate Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, OSB ’82. In the back row, from left, are Director of Alumni & Development J. Craig Paris ’82, AJ Papetti ’82, Fathers & Friends President Fred Pierce ’82 and Len Crann ’82. Front row, from left, are their sons Liam Paris ’13, AJ Papetti Jr. ’13, Kevin Pierce ’13 and Austin Crann ’13.

Dylan Stroud ’13 with his family.

Kevin Zsitvay ’13 , second from left, and his family, including his parents Zoltan and Kim and older brother Kiel Zsitvay ’07.

John Schisler ’13 with his parents Craig and Suzanne Schisler P’13.

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2013 The Godart family celebrates Kevin Godart ‘13’s Delbarton graduation.

Chris Maguire ’13 and his extended family met in the Senior Garden after graduation.

After Delbarton Graduation family members and friends find a shady spot to relax in the Senior Garden.

The Killian family celebrates graduation with Matt Killian ’13.

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2013 COLLEGES

Jeffrey Anderson....................Rutgers Nicholas Anderson................Virginia Tech Kabbas Azhar ........................Princeton John Baiocco .........................Yale Justin Barnish........................Richmond Sam Bell ................................Wake Forest Peter Bergh............................James Madison Michael Bicknese ..................University of Pennsylvania Zach Blumenkehl..................Hamilton Matthew Bogan.....................Villanova Asad Braswell ........................Santa Clara Garth Burke ..........................Hobart Patrick Caffrey.......................Villanova Joseph Campbell ...................Villanova William Carlucci...................Georgetown William Carroll.....................Vanderbilt Christopher Chen .................Harvard Matthew Chuckran...............Princeton Matthew Clausen..................Haverford Dillon Confalone ..................Lafayette Austin Crann.........................Boston University Ryan Curran..........................Johns Hopkins Michael Dal Lago..................University of Virginia Christopher D’Aliso..............Bucknell William Daney......................Vanderbilt Patrick Darche.......................Notre Dame Matthew Davis......................Ohio State Kevin Delaney.......................Rutgers Steven DeLosa.......................Franklin & Marshall Joseph DeLuca ......................Notre Dame Matthew DiVite....................Bates Jackson Doherty....................Vanderbilt James Downey.......................Princeton Joseph Dugan........................Bucknell Eric Fajardo...........................Fairfield Patrick Finn...........................Virginia Tech Thomas Fowler .....................Williams Patrick Geraghty ...................NJIT Steven Gockel........................Villanova

Kevin Godart ........................Colgate Matthew Grella .....................New York University Ryan Griffin ..........................Colgate Alexander Hagerty ................Williams Thomas Hartke.....................Princeton Alexander Heaton .................Boston College Andrew Higgins ....................Georgetown Robert Higgins......................Richmond Jules Hislop ...........................Dartmouth Nicolo Hroncich...................Miami Brendan Huston....................Villanova William Iannaccone ..............William & Mary Trevor Incledon.....................Wake Forest Nicholas Innocenzi................Fordham Vancliff Johnson....................Harvard Aaron Jung ............................Duke Matthew Kail ........................Penn State Conor Kelly...........................University of Virginia Riley Kete..............................Boston College Matthew Killian ....................Amherst David Kinol ..........................Michigan John Kowalik ........................Notre Dame Kevin Lewis...........................Lafayette Cian Madigan .......................Columbia Lucas Mairo ..........................Boston College Luis Maldonado....................Columbia Francisco Martinez................Princeton John Masella..........................Haverford Michael Masella ....................Oberlin Andrew McGrath..................Middlebury Chris McGuire......................Middlebury Kenneth McHugh.................Notre Dame Matthew McNamara.............Villanova Joshua Melnick......................Princeton Matthew Molnar...................Georgetown Casey Moran.........................Colgate Kevin Neilson........................Dartmouth Patrick Newell .......................New York University James Nugent........................Villanova

Niyi Odewade.......................Amherst Sean O’Dowd........................University of Pennsylvania Arthur Papetti .......................Villanova Liam Paris .............................Fordham Michael Pesce ........................Georgetown Kevin Pierce ..........................Wake Forest John Price..............................Georgetown Anthony Pryor-Calloway ......St. John’s Brian Reilly ...........................Boston College Khairi Reynolds.....................Syracuse William Reynolds..................Princeton Christian Rivera ....................Bucknell Marcos Robertson-Lavalle.....Dartmouth Jacob Roccasecca ...................Stevens Dane Rupprecht....................Richmond Conor Ryan...........................University of Pennsylvania Austin Sayre ..........................Colby John Schisler .........................Hamilton Adam Schreck .......................Villanova Gregory Seifert ......................Princeton Dylan Stroud.........................Washington & Lee Nishwant Swami ...................Yale Frank Szucs ...........................Stevens Robert Thoma.......................Amherst Christopher Tozzi..................Boston College Zachary Ullman ....................Vanderbilt Grant Van Fossan..................Boston College Matthew Villano ...................Holy Cross Andrew Vittorio....................Penn State Chandler Waldis....................Loyola Brian Walsh...........................University of So. California Conor White.........................Providence Edward White.......................William & Mary James White..........................Harvard Patrick White .......................William & Mary Austin Williams.....................Harvard John Youngworth-Wright......Providence Kevin Zsitvay ........................Syracuse

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Neighbors for Eighty

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y Years…

Jockey Hollow and Delbarton

By Fr. Benet Caffrey, OSB

M ARY ’ S M ONASTERY /D ELBARTON found itself with a very large new neighbor when the Morristown National Historical Park was created in 1933. The eightieth anniversary year seems a good occasion to recall some of their interrelationships.

First of all, much of the future Jockey Hollow park lands were once part of the four thousand acre estate amassed by Luther Kountze, and spread over three townships, Morris, Passaic, later renamed Harding, and Mendham. (Google the 1910 Mueller Atlas of Morris County.) Upon Kountze’s death in 1918, the heirs endeavored to sell it, all or in part. An elegant sales prospectus includes photos and descriptions of such present-day National Park landmarks as the Wick House, and the Mill Pond, now known as Leddell Pond, on Tempe Wick Road, some three miles from the Delbarton main house.

In 1925 the Benedictines purchased about four-hundred acres of the northern- eastern portion of the Kountze estate. The parcel presently forming the Jockey Hollow section of

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Far Left: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workers enjoy Christmas dinner at jockey Hollow Park Camp.

From the collections of the North Jersey History Center, The Morristown and Morris Township Library

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J OCKEY H OLLOW Morristown National Historical Park

The entrance to Jockey Hollow Park Camp in 1933.

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the National Park was assembled with the intention of preserving the site of the vast encampment of the Continental Army during the brutal winter of 1779-1780. Morristown was Where the Nation Survived, the title of a documentary DVD available at the National Park offices. On March 2, 1933, in one of the last acts of his presidency, Herbert Hoover signed into existence the nation’s first national historical park in Morristown, which included the large Jockey Hollow tract.

In 1933 the Great Depression gripped the nation, with thirty-seven percent of the nonfarm work force unemployed. Among the programs proposed by the new president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was the Civilian

Conservation Corps, the CCC, established by Congress on March 31, 1933. Its object was to enroll young unemployed men to work in conservation projects, parks and rural roads.

Workers were provided housing, often in tents, board, uniforms, and medical care. The pay was thirty dollars a month, twenty-five of which was sent home to aid their needy families and to “prime the pump” of the nation’s economy.

The new and undeveloped park in Morristown was made to order for the CCC. In June 1933 one-hundred- sixty CCC boys arrived in Jockey Hollow and set up their tent encampment below the ridge where the replicas of the revolutionary soldiers’ huts

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stand today. For the next nine years CCC crews constructed the tour road and the woodland trails, restored the 18the century Wick and Guerin houses, engaged in archeological projects, and acted as guides. In addition, skilled local craftsmen and professionals were employed. For example, our own Father James O’Donnell, OSB recalls visiting the park as a young boy with his uncle, John O’Donnell, an engineer for the park service.

Contacts between the CCC and the monks of the adjacent St. Mary’s Monastery were largely indirect. Park authorities

evidently expressed some concerns, not directly to the Benedictines but to diocesan authorities.

On August 20, 1933, St. Mary’s Abbey Prior Anselm Kienle wrote Monsignor Thomas McLaughlin, secretary to Bishop Wash of Newark, assuring him that the abbey would cooperate fully on every point expressed in the letter McLaughlin had addressed to the abbey.

On November 20, 1933, Father Vincent Amberg, superior at Delbarton, received a letter, again, not from the park, but from the office of Morristown’s Mayor Clyde Potts, forwarding a complaint from the Park Service that “someone is cutting wood on the land

From the collections of the North Jersey History Center, The Morristown and Morris Township Library

CCC workers hard at work building the Jockey Hollow Road.

Residential tents pitched for workers at Jockey Hollow Park Camp.

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The exterior of the Delbarton dairy, located at the present South Gate, from Fr. Ambrose Kelly’s photo album.

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A snapshot of the chapel’s interior during the CCC era, from Fr. Ambrose Kelly’s photo album.

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which you contemplate transferring to the Federal Government as part of Jockey Hollow Park.” Less than a month later, Mayor Potts himself, relayed a request to Father Vincent by the Park Service to make some landscaping improvements on Delbarton property adjoining the park. Father Vincent agreed, but assured the mayor that “the Order of St. Benedict is not contemplating the transfer of any of our property to the Federal Government.”

But Father Vincent spoke too soon, because the Benedictines did exactly that within the year. On November 15, 1934, the Chapter approved the donation to the Federal Government of a four acre tract at the south end of the Delbarton in to property in order to allow the straightening of a portion of the Sugar Loaf Road.

In another gesture of cooperation, the monks at Delbarton apparently furnished a chapel to provide Mass for the CCC boys camped in Jockey Hollow. There’s no hard evidence. It’s just one of those things that everybody seemed to remember. The makeshift chapel was located in the small stone building at the present South Gate which once had served as the “Jockey Hollow Dairy” in the Kountze era. Father James, who, as previously mentioned, had visited Jockey Hollow as a boy, even now refers to that building as “the chapel.” And, more tellingly, the deed delineating the four acres calculates the donated tract starting from “the stone chapel.”

And then there’s the page in Brother Ambrose Kelly’s photo album which contains two photos, one of the exterior of the old stone diary and the other of the interior of a chapel.

Their juxtaposition would seem more than coincidental.

So, in recognition of the eightieth anniversary of the establishment of the Morristown National Historical Park, it seems fitting to honor the park and the CCC boys and to recall the minor role the Benedictines of Delbarton played in the development of Jockey Hollow.

Freshman Projects

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2 013 Freshman/Sophomore class moderators Chris Cocozello, left, and Matt Kovachik, right, managed the Freshman Project process.

Here they are with the students who produced this year’s crop of stellar projects, from left, Dalton Smart, Matt Ungar, Liam Gannon, Austin Stover, Angelo Liu and Ryan Gruby.

Who does the Freshman Project heavy lifting?

You are looking at them.

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Liam Gannon

Liam Gannon: Flynn’s First Day

Author/illustrator Liam Gannon was inspired by the children’s book Knuffle Bunny which combines photography with illustrations.

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For his Freshman Project Liam Gannon ‘16 wrote and illustrated a children’s book about freshman year at Delbarton…

As an exemplary older brother Liam Gannon has read aloud many books to his lucky 8 year old sister, so his recent exposure to children’s books is deep. When he heard about the Freshman Project he had an idea: why not write a children’s book about a Delbarton student’s first year? The main character in Gannon’s book Flynn Fits In takes wearing Delbarton green to a whole new level.

Flynn is a frog.

Unfortunately, he (unlike Gannon himself ) enters Delbarton on a low point. He doesn’t make the cut for soccer, and in his first week he sees a lot of boys making friends while he feels alone. Rather than giving in to his loneliness, he accepts an invitation to join the cross country team, signs up for an art class, and even tries out for the school play (Darn – not Damn – Yankees). A new friend helps him with a challenging science concept and Flynn soon learns the true meaning of Delbarton brotherhood.

Gannon’s perspective on freshman year at Delbarton, authentic and ultimately uplifting as Flynn adapts, tries new activities and makes interesting new friends, including a squirrel, a rabbit, a beaver and a deer.

Our author was inspired by the children’s book Knuffle Bunny, with illustrations that combine photography with drawings, and he used the same technique. He wrote the text and then strolled around Delbarton campus taking pictures. Back at home he used paper and colored pencils to draw characters that fit perfectly into his photos. Next he glued his drawings to the photos and then scanned the composite images. Gannon used Apple’s iPhoto to design his 20 page book, and ordered two copies, one of which he intends to donate to Delbarton.

Our author believes that the children’s book genre is underrated. “Books for children help them develop vocabulary, introduce new themes and teach important lessons.”

Dalton Smart: Green Wave Greens For his Freshman Project Ninth grader Dalton Smart ’16 built a farmstand to sell produce from the Abbey’s organic garden…

Dalton Smart gets quite a bit of practice building things by helping his dad renovate the family’s summer home in Old Lyme, CT. For his Freshman Project he decided to create something functional: he built a vegetable stand for the Abbey’s head gardener, Delbarton Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny.

After soliciting the Headmaster’s approval for his project, Smart asked Br. Paul for his farmstand wish list which included removable baskets, an umbrella and ease of mobility. Br. Paul also requested that the stand be heavy enough to withstand strong wind, yet light enough to be moved by one person, namely the Headmaster.

Smart began the design phase of his project by researching online images of farm stands on Google. He collected his favorite shots then got to work designing the ideal produce

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stand. All-wood construction was deemed too heavy, so Smart designed his prototype using a metal framework, thereby adding welding and soldering to his skill set.

He asked Physics teacher John Cote for advice on dimensions, proportions and how best to position wheels which were purchased from the Amish in Lancaster, PA. The umbrella was also an outside purchase and Smart wisely chose Green Wave green. His freshman project also included a comprehensive Powerpoint presentation illustrating his steps.

What does his Headmaster think of the finished product? “I love it!” Br. Paul exclaims with enthusiasm. In July our favorite organic gardener was looking forward to sharing his produce with Delbarton families at his stand located the South gate entrance.

So…does carpenter Dalton Smart like vegetables? “Uh, yes”, he replies courteously, but we suspect that he enjoys building more than broccoli.

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Dalton and Maureen Smart P'17

Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, was wellpleased with Dalton Smart’s Freshman Project, this professional quality farm stand.

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Austin Stover

Austin Stover built a Foucault Pendulum for his Freshman Project.

Austin Stover: Designing A Foucault Pendulum For his Freshman Project Austin Stover researched and built a model of a Foucault pendulum…

When Austin Stover first walked by Delbarton’s Foucault Pendulum in the Science Pavilion he was intrigued. How did it work?

For his Freshman project he decided to find out, and he ended up building a pendulum of his own.

The Foucault pendulum is named for French physicist Léon Foucault, and is designed to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth. Introduced in 1851, the Foucault pendulum was the first proof of planetary rotation.

Like many young men before him, Austin Stover likes to assemble science kits and has a keen interest in engineering. In fact, as a

Delbarton freshman he helped out with both the First Tech and the Panasonic Design Challenges. Once he started his Freshman Project he quickly realized that the Foucault Pendulum was not simply a construction project, but one that also requires an understanding of electrical forces. He reached out to AP Physics teacher Greg Devine for a tutorial on electricity. Stover’s uncle, owner of a NYC furniture company, shared tools our Pendulum builder lacked, and his dad helped buy materials and make some of the more difficult (read: dangerous) cuts.

An Auto Cad course Stover took during freshman year at Delbarton also came in handy. One of his greatest challenges was understanding the effect of magnetic fields.

“I learned a lot”, he says, and his interest in engineering has been further piqued.

Bernie Roesler '08

French physicist Léon Foucault designed his pendulum in 1851 to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth. This impressive Foucault Pendulum is on display at the Pantheon in Paris.

A close up of the electrical hub.

Meanwhile, in 2008 digital photography student Bernie Roeseler ’08 took this photo of Delbarton’s Foucault Pendulum.

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Ryan Gruby: Learning To Speak Without Words Ryan Gruby had always wanted to learn sign language, so he used his Freshman Project as an excuse to pursue the challenge.

Rather than relying on acoustically conveyed sound patterns, sign language uses manual communication and body language to convey meaning. Prior to the 19th century, sign languages used manual alphabets (fingerspelling systems) to communicate words from a spoken to a signed language.

Gruby began by teaching himself letters, then words, and once he had mastered the basics, he needed to practice. He reports that the process is relatively easy if one is persistent enough and he relied on the website lifeprint.com to launch his project He sought out situations that would force him to use his new skills. After a church service for the hearing impaired he stayed behind to socialize with the congregation. He also practiced with his aunt, a special education director in Virginia who had learned sign language to communicate with her pupils.

Learning sign language gave Gruby an appreciation of the challenges a hearing impaired person struggles with. He learned that people, including Aristotle, often mistake deafness with learning disabilities and says that “sign language is just like speaking in a different language,” but a language which requires intense concentration and eye contact for both participants.

Does he think he will put his signing skills to work in the future? Many organizations and individuals, from the President of the United States down, enlist signers to help communicate with the hearing impaired. “It might make a good summer job,” he said, as he concluded his ninth grade year at Delbarton.

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Ryan Gruby

After a church service for the hearing impaired Ryan Gruby stayed behind to socialize with the congregation

Thomas Gallaudet was the first teacher of the deaf in the United States and brought the French Sign Language system to America in 1815.

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FRESHMAN PROJECTS Photos by Matt Ungar '16

This White Star Line ad proudly promotes the company’s three latest ships, the Olympic Class vessels The Brittanic, Olympic and Titanic.

The front page of the New York Times on April 16, 1912, covering the sinking of the Titanic in the North Atlantic.

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Matt Ungar: Building an Olympic Class Vessels and construction of 8 foot model

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Last December Ungar decided that for his Freshman Project he was going to build a model of the Titanic…

He quickly learned that the Titanic actually had two siblings, the Olympic and Brittanic, so his goal was to learn about the Olympic Class. Each ship had a nickname: Titanic was ‘Unsinkable’, Brittanic was ‘The Forgotten Sister’ and Olympic was ‘Old Reliable’. All three were built between 1908 and 1911 by the Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line and, for their time, epitomized ocean travel.

At 882 feet in length, the 46,000 ton ships were built for size and luxury, not speed; they were designed to cross the Atlantic in less than a week. Expectations for the three most technologically advanced ships were extremely high. Tragically, the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912 after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Although refitted as a British Navy hospital ship, the Brittanic had no defense systems and a weak hull that could not withstand torpedoes or mines. The vessel sank during WW I on November 21, 1916, after hitting a mine laid by a German minelayer

submarine. Only Olympic survived and had a long and illustrious career; she continued to serve until she was laid up and scrapped in 1935.

While research turned up original plans for the Olympic Class, they were so detailed that they were of little use. Ungar relied instead on a time tested technique: He eyeballed it. He decided on the overall size, then drew a rough draft then designed each element to scale.

Using two sheets of plywood he began by creating the ships massive sides, and needed his Dad’s help to bend and nail the pieces together to form the ship’s hull.

Assembly on weekends required much sawing, nailing and sanding and took approximately 75 hours.

Ungar finished the project, which included a comprehensive Powerpoint presentation, on the night before it was due then lugged his model into school via his father’s pick-up truck.

While Ungar had plenty of experience building models from Lego sets, this was the first time he tackled a large scale model from scratch. “I had a lot of fun doing it,” he says, and he became a handy man with tools.

Ungar’s sixty pound model now has a place of honor on a book shelf in his family’s library.

Angelo Liu’s father is a photographer, so shooting pictures is part of the Liu family history. For his freshman project he made a collage that included every one of Class of 2016 classmates...

Liu began by taking of picture of each boy using his smartphone. Next he documented various campus landmarks including Old Main, Trinity, the Fine Arts Center and the gym, and then got to work designing his collage mural. Overlaying the collection of shots is a subtle Delbarton seal in green which took a great deal of effort to create. Liu used Photoshop to crop and edit each student picture to include a strategically placed green

overlay. Piece by piece and picture by picture, he designed the Delbarton school seal. He estimates that each picture-editing session took 15 minutes.

What inspired him to design his labor intensive project? “I wanted to show visually the essence of Delbarton,” he says. His greatest challenge was the time it took to manipulate so many pictures. And what do his classmates think of the finished product? “It’s awesome,” a fellow freshman reported. “We all think so.”

The mural now resides in Liu’s parent’s bedroom, and would make a nifty keepsake poster when Liu’s class graduates in 2016.

Jessica Fiddes

Angelo Liu: Class of 2013 Photo Mural

Angelo Liu

Angelo Lui spent many hours photographing member of his Class of 2016 and campus sights, then cropped and edited the pictures to create his photo collage mural.

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Knowing…

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and Seeing In this issue we profile two Delbarton alumni, philosophy professor Stephen Grimm ’89 and photographer George Diebold ’71. Each pushes the limits of the human experience, one with his intellect and the other with his eyes and camera.

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Entrepreneur

By Jessica Fiddes

Philosophy Professor Stephen Grimm ’89

ne afternoon in senior year Philosophy class, Stephen Grimm ’89 and his Delbarton classmates were discussing values. A question arose about whether moral claims are subjective or objective.

Teacher Jeffrey Bond wrote “There is no truth” on the blackboard.

The class stared at the words. If the statement were true then, logically, it was also false. Claiming that everything is subjective presents the concept as an objective truth. Some things must be

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of the Spirit

Rachael Grimm

What does a professor of Philosophy read?

objectively true, and not just true because of human agreement.

Behold: the moment Stephen Grimm caught the philosophy bug.

Fast forward twenty-five years. In July 2013 Fordham University Associate Professor of Philosophy Stephen Grimm was awarded a $3.85 million dollar grant for ’What is Understanding’, a three year study to inspire original research in philosophy, theology, science and sociology that focuses on how human beings understand the world. How might methods of understanding be improved?

How can they be combined for an integrated understanding of the world?

And is $3.85 million enough?

Stephen Grimm was born in Morristown, NJ in 1971, the youngest of George and Eileen Grimm’s four children.

His father was a bond dealer, his mother was a homemaker and Stephen inherited her passion for reading. Grimm entered Delbarton in ninth grade and spent the next four years immersed in academics, debate team, Delta, Model UN, Squash, Trivia Team and Stock Exchange Club. He and his friends launched an underground newspaper and the rugby club. His closest Delbarton friends remain Peter (Kay) Kwasniewski ’89, now a philosophy professor at Wyoming Catholic College, and Doug Sylva ’89, who earned his doctorate in political theory from Columbia. In addition to running a family business Sylva advises the Vatican on international affairs. Truly, 1989 was a

vintage year for Delbarton intellectuals.

Back in the late 80s, monks like Fr. Gerard Lair were influential and lay teachers including Tim Sherman, Mark Clark, and Jeffrey Bond were intellectual mentors too. Grimm entered Williams College in 1989 and did junior year abroad at Oxford. After graduating from Williams, he volunteered for a year with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps and contemplated becoming a Jesuit. In 1996 while studying for a Masters in Theology at the University of Toronto he met Rachael Manley, a University of Glasgow undergrad on a study abroad program in Toronto. Goodbye Jesuits, hello love.

Studying Theology had taught Grimm was that he was more interested in philosophy than religion. After earning his Masters, he read manuscripts as an

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STEPHEN GRIMM ’89 Photos by Jessica Fiddes

Director of Alumni & Development J. Craig Paris ’82, Stephen Grimm ’89 meet Dave Greco of Mike’s Deli on a lunch break on Arthur Avenue’s Little Italy. Among Greco’s claims to fame is beating chef Bobby Flay in an eggplant Parmesan throw down.

And, yes, the eggplant was superb.

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editorial assistant at Cambridge University Press, and thought about becoming a philosophy professor. He applied for and was accepted into Notre Dame’s highly respected PhD program in Philosophy.

Notre Dame’s Catholic identity makes philosophy one of its flagship programs and the University typically receives over three hundred applications for the eight slots in its doctoral program. Grimm’s professors included some of the world’s leading philosophers and intellectuals.

After the three year program, Grimm stayed at Notre Dame for an extra year as an Edward Sorin Postdoctoral Fellow. In 2006 he landed a teaching position at the University of Montana, a lucky break since Philosophy professors are famously underemployed. The next year he accepted a teaching position at Fordham, happy to be back near family and at a Jesuit university where he shared the ethos.

Grimm’s father always taught him that success requires hard work, a lesson he now applied to his career in academia.

Successful academics teach students, do research, write and present their ideas to colleagues. Funding for research studies comes from various sources, including universities, government and foundations, and navigating the grant process demands a near-entrepreneurial zeal to push from concept to execution.

Grimm was game. He developed a study proposal – first collecting commitments from academics across the country – and applied for a grant from the Templeton Foundation (see box). The objective: to learn more about how human beings understand the world through science, literature, philosophy, and history. Templeton agreed to fund the study, Varieties of Understanding, and additional money was provided the Luce Foundation and Fordham.

Grimm enjoys the many culinary treasures along Arthur Avenue.

By funding philosophers, psychologists, and theologians to research the nature of understanding in their respective fields, his three year study will examine how different types of understanding relate to one another.

Participants will exchange ideas in person and through papers at two conferences, one midway through the process, and the second at its conclusion in June 2016. The

Paris and Grimm debate a lofty question: which cannoli to order.

The winner.

deadline was November 1, and by then Grimm’s email box was flooded with nearly four hundred applications. In fact, The Templeton Foundation was so impressed by the number and quality of the applicants – a who’s who of educators from top universities -- that the study could potentially receive an additional $1 million in funding.

For all of his philosophizing, Grimm

John Templeton Foundation

“How little we know, how eager to learn…”

The late Sir John Templeton, an American-born British entrepreneur and businessman, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1987 for his philanthropy. He created The Templeton Foundation to deepen the world’s study of knowledge and spirituality through rigorous scientific research and related scholarship. The Foundation’s motto: “How little we know, how eager to learn.”

Each year the Foundation distributes over $70 million in research grants and programs and annually awards The Templeton Prize to a person who has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimension through insight, discovery, or practical works. Established in 1972, the Prize aims, in Templeton’s words, to identify “entrepreneurs of the spirit” – outstanding individuals who have devoted their talents to expanding our vision of human purpose and ultimate reality.

Past awardees include Mother Theresa, the Dalai Lama and, in 2013, Reverend Desmond Tutu.

The monetary award of £1,100,000 sterling ($1,754,826) is annually adjusted to exceed that of the Nobel Prize; Templeton wanted his Prize to eclipse the Nobel to address the Nobel committee’s tendency to ignore the topic of spirituality.

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STEPHEN GRIMM ’89

Stephen Grimm and his wife Rachael with their children, from left, Theo, Abby and Tess in August at the Larchmont Arts Festival where Rachael, a watercolorist, was featured artist.

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remains a hardcore realist: He accepts that absolute comprehension of understanding may not occur in time for the summer 2016 deadline. “Someone once described trying to answer philosophical questions as similar to following fireworks as they lift into the sky,” he says. “Just when you think you’ve zeroed in on one, it explodes and becomes much more complex than you ever thought.” He has learned to be humble in the face of this complexity, and believes that asking tough questions is part of what makes us human, “Only human beings can rise above their given beliefs and desires and ask which are good and worth having,” he says. “It is our great gift.”

Pondering difficult questions aside, Stephen Grimm believes he has one of the best jobs in the world.

He has the luxury of designing his own classes and thinking/talking/ writing about ideas that interest him deeply. Work

is flexible: he can prepare his classes or write papers at home, at a coffee shop, at the library, or in his Fordham office. His ranking on the online teacher evaluation site Rate My Professor is off the charts (he never looks at them) and even non-majors seem to appreciate his passion for the subject, his ability to share that excitement, and the compelling fact that he is a fair grader. Much of his research focuses on the nature of understanding and, more recently, on the nature of wisdom. He is interested in what it takes for human beings to understand the world and to become wise and says, with typical self-depreciating humor, ”Fortunately, in my view one does not need to actually be wise to write about wisdom – a good thing!”

Some may question the practicality of studying philosophy. Where, after all, do those difficult, unanswerable questions

lead us? And, parents wonder, is there a paying job at the destination?

Grimm believes that studying philosophy is time well spent: it teaches you how to think. Philosophy majors often excel at taking LSATs and GREs and GMATs, but the benefits to studying philosophy are more profound than increasing test scores. Learning how to think is also the key to rising above cultural priorities that favor status and recognition. Grimm thinks that studying Philosophy helps us to see that there are different, possibly more rewarding, goals to strive for.

Meanwhile, Stephen Grimm keeps busy teaching at Fordham, and traveling around the world giving talks and presenting papers. He has been happily married for fifteen years to the Jesuit’s worst recruiter, his wife Rachael, an accomplished watercolorist who works from a home studio. They live with their children Abby (11), Theo (9), and Tess (6) in Larchmont, NY, a nineteen minute train commute from Fordham’s Rose Hill campus. But these days he is on that train less often: This year alone he will present his ideas at Williams, Middlebury, Holy Cross, and Wake Forest, and at conferences in Russia, Greece, Taiwan, Holland, Belgium, England, Slovenia, and Switzerland.

His now-global career in philosophy takes him straight back to the Delbarton classroom and to the topic of objective truth. In fact, he traces the original impetus for his professional life to the classroom at Delbarton where he was first introduced to Philosophy.

“I have studied at some well-known places over the years – Williams, Oxford, Cambridge, Brown, Notre Dame – but I can say with my hand on my heart that the most intellectually stimulating time of my life was at Delbarton… I also am very grateful for the time I had with the monks at Delbarton.”

Stephen Grimm enjoys looking through a copy of the 1989 Archway in his Fordham University office.

After lunch, Professor Grimm walks to his office through Fordham’s surprisingly lush and green Bronx campus.

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Diebold waits for light in the Bisti Badlands of New Mexico.

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George Diebold

The Art of Seeing

By Jessica Fiddes

Jessica Fiddes

George Diebold ’71

eorge Diebold wants to apologize for his grades in 1971. No, seriously, he really does.

Diebold is the first to admit that he was an indifferent Delbarton scholar. In fact he is certain that given his grades, he would be booted out of Delbarton in 2013. Today George Diebold is a renowned fine art photographer, his images are on display in several museums, and his pictures are in demand with private and corporate collectors around the country. Although his primary studio is in New Jersey he maintains another shooting space in Hawaii and takes month-long solo photo treks throughout the American west.

How did Diebold make the leap from mediocre student to sought-after photographer?

George Diebold was born in Montclair in 1953. His late father owned a precision machine shop and summer jobs at his father’s company helped shape George’s fascination with all things

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mechanical. Another life changing event was a 1964 family vacation in Hawaii; Diebold vowed he would live there one day. In seventh grade he followed his brother to Delbarton where, what he lacked in studiousness, he more than made up for in running, swimming and socializing with friends. Although the late Fr. Germaine Fritz repeatedly kicked Diebold out of music class, he remains grateful to Germaine for sharing his love of music and especially for taking the class to see The Who’s premier of the rock opera Tommy.

His art teacher, Fr. Beatus Lucey, encouraged Diebold to imagine a life beyond books, and it was through Delbarton that he met Carroll Jones, the Life magazine illustrator with whom Diebold eventually studied. In those days the art department was called the ’school attic’ and it was filled with props to engage a boy’s interest. Beatus explains how Delbarton guided Diebold: “Every boy needs a garage or an attic to fiddle in.

We just let George know there were other options for him.”

Photographer George Diebold ’71 points to his Archway senior portrait that shows him in a wetsuit with a surfboard, a reference to his affinity for Hawaii.

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Shifting Sands

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After graduating from Delbarton, George spent two years at Nathaniel Hawthorne College in Antrim, New Hampshire and then graduated from Loretto Heights College, now Regis University in Denver, Colorado. During his early college years George made the switch from painting to photography, and over one of his Christmas breaks he earned enough money working in a factory to buy his first Nikon. In 1975 he graduated with dual degrees in Fine Arts and Photography and launched his photography career.

Returning east, he lived for a short period in Vermont and then came back to New Jersey where he accepted several entry level studio jobs. His first break was working for Bamberger’s department store in Newark (now Macy’s) helping to

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shooting their retail catalogs. In 1978 Diebold opened his first studio on Bloomfield Avenue in Montclair.

After ten years pounding the pavement, Diebold’s commercial career started to take off. By 1988 he was regularly shooting for AT&T, Sony, Engelhard and other New Jersey-based international corporations. With his picture library constantly expanding, he signed with Corbis Images, the world’s leading representative of artists in the stock photography industry. Over the past two decades his career has evolved into a fine art business as he manages the sale of his archival prints. His extremely limited edition pieces are routinely bought by private firms and interior designers working for individual clients.

Requiem for a Sweet Shop

Boardwalk Shadows is one of a study of shadows created by people walking by a retail shop awning. The pictures were taken at the Berkeley Sweet Shop in Seaside Height, NJ which, after surviving Hurricane Sandy, this past September was destroyed by the boardwalk fire. Diebold’s photographic series now serve as a memorial to this classic Jersey Shore business.

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Black Sand

Concrete Jungle

In 2000, on one of the family’s many trips to Hawaii, George fulfilled his dream and together with Lisa, his wife of 31 years, purchased a home on the island of Kauai. After one particularly lucrative image sale, transacted on a Hawaiian balcony wearing only a bathing suit, Diebold realized he could conduct

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business anyplace. By 2004 George and Lisa, along with their son Marshall, moved full time to Hawaii.

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Lonely Gas Station (Alamogordo, New Mexico)

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Smoking Man and Chinatown Green Wall

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Wiper and Frosted Windshield

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renovating the Kauai home, George enrolled at Kean University and graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Interior Design. The Diebolds now have two young grandchildren who live close by in Montclair with their parents Marshall and Johanna.

Nowadays, George likes to take several road trips a year around the country shooting what he calls “Hidden America”.

From Mexico to Canada he pursues his fascination with man-made objects, the ocean and whatever catches his eye.

Typically, by the time he turns in his rental car the odometer is 6,000 to 7,000 miles higher – and he is eternally grateful for flat fee auto insurance coverage.

Diebold acknowledges that digital imagery has changed everything and it is no surprise that he is not a big fan of

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Diebold’s Green Wave looks right at home in this corporate setting.

image manipulation. He believes that electronic sleights of hand take us farther away from the beauty of what is right there in front of us.

He offers advice to young people interested in the arts as a career: “Take your profession as seriously as someone going to medical or law school.” Get formally educated, apprentice with good people and work hard to develop a unique style. He admits that chances of making it are slim, but the reward is doing what you want to do. “I put a lot of time into my work,” he says. “But I never dread getting out of bed and being a photographer.”

Like many high school students then and now, back in 1971 George Diebold worried about his future and what he would become. “I really had no direction or inclination towards any profession,” he says. “When art started to creep into my life I not only found something I could do

George Diebold

but the enormous pressure of not having a goal in life was lifted off my shoulders.”

His parents saved a handful of his dreadful Delbarton report cards and, when he reads them today, he is astonished that he was allowed to remain at Delbarton.

Forty-two years later Diebold says, “Despite my constant frustration with learning and paying attention, the school was actually having a tremendously positive effect on me.”

Fr. Beatus explains it this way, “At Delbarton we talk to kids. Those conversations are the key to the spirit of the School.” They certainly worked for George Diebold ’71, and it is sweet justice that one of his most iconic Hawaiian water images has a catchy title: Green Wave.

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AROUND DELBARTON

U P D AT E In July Communications Director Jessica Fiddes attended Aim High, a two day conference in New Haven, CT designed for education communications.

Former faculty member Thomas Lengel was selected as Head of school at Rosemont School of the Holy Child in Rosemont, PA. Kent Manno has been appointed by NASA/JPL a Solar System Ambassador for 2014.

Faculty member/Track coach Brian Theroux and his wife Mary ran the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington DC on October 26, 2013 and bumped into former Delbarton teachers Matt and Kelsey Hall who were also running the event.

GLAD TIDINGS Faculty member Mike Carr ’01 and his wife Chelsey are the proud parents of Matthew Meek Carr, born on May 3, 2013.

Faculty member Dan DesPlaines and his wife Kate welcomed a daughter, Aubrey Christina, on May 11, 2013.

Faculty member Rob Flynn and his wife Katy welcomed their son Jack into the world on August 22. John Barnicle, also a Delbarton faculty member, is the proud grandfather.

Shelly Levine is 2013 Delbarton Distinguished Educator From left, Dave Reed ’82, P’12,’14, Br. Paul, Shelly Levine, Mike Rosenhaus ’80, Kelly Gleason and Dave Donovan.

On May 29, 2013 Shelly Levine, Delbarton’s Director of Guidance, received the 2013 Delbarton School Distinguished Educator Award. The award recognizes area educators who have “a significant impact on the lives of young people.” Since its inception in 1975 thirty-seven educators have received this distinction.

During the ceremony in the Fine Arts Center two Delbarton alumni Mike Rosenhaus ’80 and Dave Reed ’82, P’12, 14 shared their memories of Levine and their positive experiences at Delbarton. Director of Junior Guidance Kelly Gleason also spoke eloquently of Levine’s influence as a colleague and friend.

Levine graduated cum laude from the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University with a BA in English and a concentration in psychology and art history. She also holds an MA from Hunter College, CUNY, in teacher education. In June she retired from Delbarton after a distinguished thirty-five year career as teacher, mentor and guidance counselor at the School.

From left, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, 2013 Delbarton Distinguished Educator Shelly Levine and Director of Admissions Dr. David Donovan.

Photos by Jessica Fiddes

Debate Duo Takes Fourth in Nationals

Matthew Chuckran ’13, left, and Zachary Ullman ’13, center, took 4th place overall in a field of 83 teams in Public Forum Debate at the National Tournament of Champions at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY on April 29. Teammate Nishwant Swami ’13, who competed in Original Oratory and Impromptu Speaking, is on right.

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Kent Manno and Chuck Ruebling ’79, P’11 Share 2013 Trustee Award Kent Manno and Chuck Ruebling ’79, P’11, whose combined service to Delbarton School totals sixty years, shared the Trustee Award from Lay Board of Trustees member Kurt Krauss ’81 at the Faculty Picnic on September 6, 2013. Several trustees attended including, back row from left, Susan Bosland, Kurt Krauss ’81, John Luke ’78, Jerry Crotty P’00, ’05 and

The Delbarton Experience Dinner

Gerrie McManus P’08, ’10 with Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny and two honorees Kent Manno, front left, and Chuck Ruebling ’79, P’11. Manno and Ruebling were commended for their many years of devoted service as faculty members, administrators and coaches.

Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny OSB recruited seniors, from left, Sam Bell, Matt McNamara, Brian Reilly, Francisco Martinez and Dane Rupprecht to recall their days at Delbarton on May 3, 2013 for a group of current and incoming parents at the Delbarton Experience Dinner. Each senior put a unique and personal spin on his account of life at Delbarton.

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Minority Mentor Program Celebrates Year One Delbarton’s Minority Mentor Program (MMP) celebrated its first year with a wrap-up on April 12 in Old Main. The Program supports minority students in their academic, social, and cultural life at Delbarton. Each month Minority coordinator Alex Guevarez met with twenty-two freshman and sophomore mentees to talk about academic, social and cultural issues. Thirteen seniors and juniors served as

mentors and hosted events for the underclassmen, and several alumni whose efforts led to the creation of MMP attended the April 12th event. At the event Ifiok Inyang ’07 (Williams), Sumorwuo Zaza ’07 (Harvard) and Reegy Laloi ’06 (Georgetown) discussed how they chose Delbarton, what challenges they faced and how Delbarton helped prepare them for college life.

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A Little Rain…

A little rain never hurt anyone. We stumbled on a small piece of boy heaven at 12:32 pm on May 23, 2013: Delbarton 8th graders playing in a heavy downpour.

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Juniors Are Honored At the May 28, 2013 Underclassmen Awards ceremony these juniors were recognized...

For outstanding achievement in mathematics and science the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Medal was awarded to Peter Badenhausen. For outstanding academic achievement and superior intellectual promise in the field of science the Bausch & Lomb Science Award was awarded to Ian Sullivan.

The following juniors were chosen to receive collegiate book awards by the entire Delbarton faculty based on their academic promise, personal character and contributions to the School.

Standing with Junior Guidance Counselor Kelly Gleason, center right, and Director of Guidance Shelly Levine are: Back row, from left, Peter Badenhausen (Columbia); Ian Sullivan (Holy Cross); John Sciales (Dartmouth); Thomas Cusano (Princeton); George Easley

(George Washington University) and Christopher Jagoe (Yale); Front left, Derek Speedy (St. Anselm College); The Saint Michael’s College Book Award for sustained and sincere commitment to community service was awarded to Josef Johnson, front right.

Members of the junior class were also chosen for highly selective summer programs: Christopher Jagoe attended the three week residential summer program The Governor’s School in the Sciences at Drew University. Thomas Cusano participated in the 2013 New Jersey Scholars Program from

June 23 to July 26th at The Lawrenceville School. Juniors August Atencio, Ryan Connors, Timothy Plante, Thomas Salovitch and Enrique Zalamea attended the American Legion New Jersey Boys State at Rider University on June 16-21, 2013.

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Delbarton Wins Panasonic Challenge

Three Delbarton students, from left, Declan Nowak ’14, Tom Hartke ’13, Jake Reigler ’14, here with their moderator Physics teacher Greg Devine, took first place in the Panasonic Creative Design Challenge (CDC) on April 24 at New Jersey Institute of Technology. This year’s Challenge was “Panatown: Creating a Green Future” and teams designed/built robotic ‘Green Machines’ to navigate the town off-the-grid.

Delbarton was the defending champion. Since 1996, when Delbarton first entered CDC competitions, our teams have won the top prize eight times, including five of the past six years.

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Class of 2018 Time Capsule

Dunkin’ Physics In 2002, seniors in Delbarton’s AP Physics C class bet their teacher they all would score perfect fives on both parts of the AP exam: Mechanics and Electricity & Magnetism. Succeed, and they could throw teacher Greg Devine into the Senior Garden fountain. From ’02 to ’12 the annual wager remained uncollected. Until this year.

Throughout 2012-13, Devine’s students worked on material far more advanced than covered on the AP exam. Devine dug deeper for material to keep them challenged. “I knew that my luck might run out this year.” He was right. On a sultry Saturday afternoon in late July the straight-5-on-both-tests 2013 AP students collected on their wager.

The class met at the swimming pool (rain and humidity had turned the fountain into a blooming Petri dish). Four of the five seniors – Matt Chuckran, Conor Ryan, Aaron Jung and Thomas Hartke – dressed for the occasion in jackets, ties…and bathing trunks. Chris Chen was spending the summer in China so he appeared in mask form. After hypothesizing on precisely how to immerse Devine, the boys each grabbed a limb and tossed him into the pool. Devine later described his class as “a great group of scholars and a great group of people” and signed off “Good luck in college, gentlemen. Visit often.”

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puck and a graded assignment (“I don’t want my mom to see this one”). Items that did not make the cut included one squirming 7th grader whose friend tried to cram his classmate into the crate. Another boy’s cell phone was rescued by his friend: “You might need this between now and then.”

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Delbarton seventh graders assembled a time capsule of mementos in April to be opened during their senior year, circa 2018. Class President/time capsule organizer Matthew Donnelly ’18 (with drill) had the honor of sealing the capsule under the watchful eye of Guidance Counselor Rick Cimino. Capsule contents included a mini lacrosse stick, sports team photos, a Delbarton key chain, a hockey

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Global Delbarton

Photos by Jessica Fiddes

A Home Run in Any Language Delbarton’s first annual International Night hosted by the Modern Language Department on April 25, 2013 was a major success. Guests roamed from table to table sampling delicacies from around the world donated by and, in many cases, prepared

by Delbarton students, parents and teachers. The evening even had a builtin sound track of live international musical performances.

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Global Delbarton

Africa

Delbarton’s annual BEADS (Benedictines of East Africa and Delbarton Students) mission visited Tanzania for several weeks in June. The group of eleven included teachers Brian Theroux and Bryan Stoll and students Philip Baumann ’15, Mark Bufanio ’15, Christopher Jagoe ’14, Josef Johnson ’14, Colin McCormick ’14, William Murray ’15, Rushi Patel ’14, Malachy Quinn ’14 and Marquis Woods ’14. They visited schools and orphanages to distribute new books and Delbarton gear, paint murals and connect with African students on the soccer field. At St. Benedict’s Secondary School in Hanga they helped teachers and students make bricks to build a new dormitory: digging red clay, mixing it with water, packing it into molds, trimming the bricks using machetes. At the end of one day they were proud of their 350 bricks, but were astonished to learn that 100,000 bricks were needed to build the residence.

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Global Delbarton

Ireland

Kyle Higgins ’15 and James Paris ’15 spent several weeks in Ireland this June on the School’s annual Glenstal Abbey exchange. Both boys lived with Glenstal families and immersed themselves in Irish culture. This December a group of Glenstal students arrive at Delbarton to live with host families.

Australia In October Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny announced a new exchange program with Rosebank College, a Benedictine school in Sydney, Australia. This January two Rosebank students will be hosted by Delbarton families, and next summer two Delbarton students travel to Australia for the second part of the exchange. Thunderous applause broke out during the October 11, 2013 Morning Meeting when Br. Paul posted a screenshot of Rosebank’s website, showing clearly that the College is co-ed.

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Global Delbarton In August Green Wave Varsity Soccer players, Coach David Donovan and his assistant coaches departed for Spain, currently the world and European champion. They spent the next eight days in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia where they trained hard plus took several breaks for sight-seeing excursions. Assistant Coach Josh Hartle kept the team blog updated with news and photos.

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Abhinav Karale ’14 Receives Op Smile Leadership Award Last April Abhinav Karale ’15 hosted a 4Smiles benefit concert to raise money for Operation Smile that raised $14,000, enough to bring new smiles to the faces of 58 children. Karale, a member of the Delbarton Jazz Ensemble, was inspired by the Leadership Conference he attended in summer 2012. At this summer’s Leadership Conference Karale was proud to receive the organization’s highest student leadership award, The Jennifer Pham Memorial Award. This January he will attend an Operation Smile mission training workshop and expects to join a medical mission to a foreign country later this spring. Karale is already thinking about organizing another fundraising event. “There are so many ways to help others,” he says. “It’s about finding one you have passion for.”

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Delbarton’s Op Smile Chapter Delivers More Smiles Last year was another active one for our dynamic Operation Smile chapter. Delbarton volunteers helped deliver free surgeries around the world to children with cleft lips and palates. Students and adults went on medical missions, attended conferences and found creative ways to raise funds.

Students traveled to India (Brian Reilly ’13), Jordan (John Kenney ’14 and Coles Romaine ’14), Paraguay (Mike Boyle ’14 and Brendan Prior ’14) and the Philippines (Connor McGrath ’14) on Op Smile missions.

In early August, thirteen Delbarton volunteers met in Norfolk, VA with 500 students from 24 countries for Op Smile’s annual 5-day Leadership Conference. Alumnus Taylor Price ’04 was one of three keynote speakers.

Back at Delbarton, on June 6 Delbarton’s Operation Smile chapter hosted An Evening of

Smiles, a reception for students, families and friends in Old Main to promote the group’s mission and celebrate Delbarton’s work with Operation Smile. Cofounders Dr. William and Kathy Magee heard Delbarton students speak about how their Op Smile involvement has transformed lives, including their own.

In Jordan John Kenney ’14 and Coles Romaine ’14 assisted the team of Op Smile volunteer doctors and nurses.

In early August, Delbarton volunteers attended Op Smile’s annual Leadership Conference where Taylor Price ’04, center, was one of three keynote speakers.

Delbarton student volunteers, from left, Coles Romaine’14, Michael Boyle ’14, Connor McGrath ’14, Connor Van Cleef ’14, and John Kenney’14 with Operation Smile co-founder Dr. William Magee at the School’s June 6 An Evening of Smiles fundraiser.

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Delbarton Fund Volunteers Thanked In Last May Delbarton Fund volunteers celebrated a great year at a dinner in their honor hosted by Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, Fr. Rembert Reilly and Delbarton Fund Director Jackie Sullivan, far left.

Thanks to these tireless volunteers, current Delbarton parents raised

Oplinger Family Hosts Afghan Boy For three years Matt Oplinger ’14 and family have hosted a young Afghan boy while he underwent major surgery at St. Barnabas Hospital. Muslam Hagigshah, 10, was born with his bladder outside of his body, and Army Major Glenn Battschinger wanted to help.

Battschinger connected with Healing the Children (HTC), an organization that provides critical medical care for children around the world. HTC called volunteer Missy Oplinger – pictured here with Matt and Muslam – and her family agreed to host Muslam.

Three years later Muslam has completed his last surgery and the Oplingers, plus the St. Barnabas doctors and staff, received the Seven Seals Award from the Department of Defense. CBS News interviewed Missy, Matt and Muslam on campus, and aired the story on October 4, 2013.

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over $1million for the Delbarton Fund. The Delbarton Fund helps to bridge the gap between what tuition covers and the true cost of a Delbarton Education, so this was a well-deserved celebration! on their unique technology-related business concepts.

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NEWS

One Acts Festival 2013

On April 26 and 27 the One Acts Festival 2013, featuring single act productions written, directed and performed by Delbarton students, was on stage in the Fine Arts Center. Actors included students plus faculty members and visiting thespians from area schools. Faculty members Stephanie Almozara and Chris Pillette moderated the Festival.

Mike Benz '14

Photo Contest Winners

The Delbarton Arts Council (DAC) hosted its second annual Photography Contest.

Launched last September, the contest was open to all student photographers. One hundred fifty images were entered and Mike Benz ’14 won first prize winner for this picture taken from the FAC theater catwalk. The annual photo contest reloads this September. Go to photography@delbarton.org for more.

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Diane Lopez

Blackwell Awards

An impressive number of Delbarton students had art selected for exhibit and won awards at the 25th Annual High School Student Show sponsored by the Blackwell Street Center for the Arts. Among the award winners were five first place finishers: Printmaking – 1st Place Tie – Vancliff Johnson ’13 and Khairi Reynolds ’13; Oil Painting/Portraits 1st Place – Jacob Roccasessa ’13 (pictured); Charcoal Drawing – 1st Place – Matt Grella ’13; Mixed Media – 1st Place – Jacob Roccasecca ’13.

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Maggie and Jiggs at The Met

On April 5, 2013 Br. Michael Tidd’s Ancient & Medieval History freshmen visited The Met in New York City where they spotted several Delbarton alumni, two fifteenth century Bernini statues of the Roman deities Priapus and Flora – “Maggie and Jiggs” as Delbarton students knew them in the late 1970s. Maggie is on right, Jiggs on left, and the Bernini in question is the famed sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini’s father, Pietro. Maggie and Jiggs are at home in the magnificence of Gallery 548.

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Delbarton Arts Festival J. Craig Paris ’82

The Festival honored members of the Class of 2013 who were active in the arts.

ON THE EVENING OF MAY 22, 2013 THE DELBARTON ARTS COUNCIL (DAC) held its annual Festival on the Fine Arts Center plaza.

Results from the first annual DAC Photography Contest were announced and Class of 2013 musicians, performers and artists were honored.

Proceeds from the DAC Festival benefit all arts programs at Delbarton.

Joy Jackson P’01 donated her painting ‘At the Met’ to the Festival’s live auction. Artist John Traynor ’79 also shared one of his paintings to raise funds for Delbarton arts.

Photos by Jessica Fiddes

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The Delbarton Jazz Ensemble, directed by Greg Devine, performed at the Festival.

Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, with Guy Adami P’17.

Denise and DAC Festival auctioneer Keith Kulper ’70, P’99 enjoy the live music.

The Delbarton art faculty includes, from left, Department Chair Diane Lopez, Dom Rodi and Carole O’Malley.

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Learning O UTSIDE the Classroom On May 17, 2013 Delbarton Skyped author Jim Yardley to discuss his book Brave Dragons, the School’s 2013 global summer reading selection.

Yardley is The New York Times South Asia Bureau Chief and spoke from New Dehli. The book describes his experiences spending a season traveling with China’s worst professional basketball team, led by former NBA coach Bob Weis, who was hired by the team’s billionaire owner. Tom Cusano ’14, right, ran the Q&A with Yardley. Delbarton students and teachers read the book over the summer and its cross cultural themes are worked into the Delbarton curriculum this year.

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What Do Wicca, Hinduism and Scientology have in common?

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What Do Wicca, Hinduism and Scientology have in common? All have spiritual followers, and all were on stage in the FAC during M Block on May 24th when Stephanie Almozara’s 8th grade Religion students presented their research projects. Teachers and fellow students were invited to fact-check the 8th graders, which doubles as high entertainment at Delbarton. 7th graders seemed particularly adept at grilling their older peers.

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Photos by J. Craig Paris ’82

Palm Sunday Marcello CriccoLizza ’07 and his fiancée Laura Pantley.

Front: Norma Mortimer P’78,’80 and Ursula Duffy P’89. Back: Sheila and John Mulcahy P’83.

On Palm Sunday, March 24, 2013 Delbarton Parents of Graduates (DPGA) hosted its annual Palm Sunday Mass and Brunch. Celebrants attended Mass and enjoyed brunch in the Estebrook Dining Hall.

This year’s honorees were Mary Ellen and Ron Nicola P’98,’00.

From left, Vincent Macri P’03, DPGA Moderator Abbot Brian Clarke, OSB, Diane Macri P’03, Mary Ellen and Ron Nicola P’98,’00 and Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB. The Macris serve as DPGA CoPresidents.

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Photos by J. Craig Paris ’82

Below: Diane and Vin Macri P’03, left and right, with son Vince Macri ’03 and a friend.

Delbarton Parents of Graduates (DPGA) socialized with old friends and tasted wines at Avec des Amis, the annual DPGA Wine Tasting held in Old Main on Saturday, April 20, 2013.

From left, John Cortese P’98, ’08, Abbot Giles Hayes, OSB, Anne Rooke P’08 and Maria Cortese P’98, ’08.

From left, DPGA Moderator Abbot Brian Clarke, OSB, Event Co-Chairs John and Marlene Iaciofano P’99, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB and Event Co-Chairs Mary Alice and Fred Lawless P’03.

Back row: Scott Lenz P’11,’14,’17, Bob Kautzmann P’11,’16, Eric O’Meara P’11, ’15, Bob Noelke P’09, ’11 and Kevin Kelly P’11; Front: Elizabeth Lenz P’11,’14,17, Donna O’Meara P’11,’15, Diane Noelke P’09, ’11 and Bridgette Kelly P’11.

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Fathers & Friends Golf Open Photos by Jessica Fiddes

From left, dinner speaker Guy Adami P’17, Kevin Feeley P’09, ’12 ’16, Fred Pierce ’82,P’13, Rod McCrae P’15, F&F moderator Fr. Rembert Reilly, OSB, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, Golf Open Co-Chairs Mark Van Fossan P’10, ’13, Paul Townsend P ’15, 17 and Tom Killian P ’10, ’13.

Ted Gage, Bob Noelke ’11, ’09 and Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB.

Mike Gilfillan ’82,P’14,’17, Mike Maguire ’82, P’12, ’14, ’17, ’18 John O’Dell P’14, Jim Mongey.

Golf Open Co-Chairs Mark Van Fossan P’10, ’13, left, and Tom Killian P’10, ’13 end their run as hard-working Fathers & Friends volunteers.

Fast Money’s Guy Adami ’17 was the Golf Open dinner speaker.

On May 13, 2013 Delbarton fathers hosted their annual Golf Open at the Ridgewood County Club. Fast Money’s Guy Adami P’17 was the dinner speaker and proceeds from the event support the Green Wave athletic program...

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Photos by Jessica Fiddes

Peter Wallburg Studios

Peter Wallburg Studios

From left, 2012-13 DMG Vice President Jeanne Finn, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, 2012-13 DMG President Patty McCormick, Event CoChair Teresa Maguire, DMG Moderator Fr. Richard Cronin, OSB, and Event Co-Chair Kathy Cree.

NJ First Lady Mary Pat Christie P ’12, ’19 Addresses Delbarton Mothers

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On May 9, 2013 Delbarton Mothers’ Guild, moderated by Fr. Richard Cronin, OSB, held its annual spring luncheon in a tent in the Senior Garden. New Jersey First Lady Mary Pat Christie P’12 was guest speaker. and began by recalling her tenure as Delbarton Mothers’ Guild Treasurer the year her husband became Governor. She credited Delbarton mothers for staying involved with their sons’ lives and supporting the Delbarton Mothers’ Guild, an organization that does so much for the School. From left, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, First Lady Mary Pat Christie P’12, ’19, DMG President Jeanne Finn P ’13, ’16, former DMG President Patty McCormick P ’09, ’14, and DMG Moderator Fr. Richard Cronin, OSB. FALL /W INTER 2013 61

Sport Shorts Jessica Fiddes

Track oach Dave Sulley says that, with 74 members, the Track & Field team had every event covered with a mix of veteran and new performers. The squad finished with a 5-2 record, 8 new school records and won the small school team titles at the Ranger Relays and the Morris County Relays. The hurdle relay teams won gold and silver medals at MCR. They were 5th in the NJAC Large Schools Championships and 7th in the Morris County meet. Season highlight was Delbarton’s 5th place in the Non Public A States. Jules Hislop ’13 won 2 medals at the Meet of Champions was County Champ in the 110H, and set records in both hurdle races. Tommy Rhodes ’14 and Mike Benz ’14 earned state titles at the Non Public meet winning the shot and pole vault respectively and set school records. Other records came in triple and long jump relays, and both hurdle relays. Twenty-one performances were added to the Delbarton All-Time List; Hislop, Rhodes, and Benz earned state honors in Non Public A.

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oach Bruce Shatel reports that the Varsity Baseball team continued its winning tradition by posting a 20-8-1 record during the 2013 season. The team was led by senior captains Jeff Anderson ’13, Billy Carroll ’13 and John Masella ’13. The Green Wave finished the season with a #16 ranking in New Jersey by the Star Ledger. Jeff Anderson and Brian Rapp were both named 2nd team All-State, and Rapp was named Morris County Pitcher of the Year by the Daily Record.

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he 2013 edition of Delbarton Lacrosse came to a close with an overall record of 17 wins and 1 loss. The team captured its first ever Fitch Division title and a record twelfth Morris County Tournament title, including its second in three years. Delbarton outscored its opponents by a combined score of 204 - 77 over 18 games. This team, led by an outstanding duo of captains and a unified senior class, competed with selflessness, discipline and courage and truly embodied Green Wave Lacrosse’s mantra - “NEVER GIVE UP”. Coach Chuck Ruebling says ”Each and every one of us hopes that our collective efforts – on the lacrosse field, in the classroom and in the community – made you proud to be associated with Delbarton Lacrosse in 2013.”

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oach Sean Flanagan says Varsity Golf had another stellar season with a 21-1 record, 14-0 in conference. The one loss, to Bergan Catholic by one stroke, was the first head-to-head loss in 4 years for Green Wave golfers who had amassed an 85 match win streak.

Paced by senior co-captains Kevin Godart ’13 and Frank Szucs ’13, Delbarton had a strong returning lineup with senior Justin Barnish ’13, juniors Ty Zebrowski ’14, Will Pagano ’14 and Austin Gobbo ’14, sophomore Will Voetsch ’15, and freshman Griffin Carroll ’16 earning match time. Each contributed and was rewarded with AllConference and/or All-County awards. Delbarton won the Morris County and Conference Tournament and finished second in the Blue Devil Classic and the Non Public North State Sectionals. The Green Wave was 5th overall at the Tournament of Champions, ranked #3 state-wide in the Star Ledger Top 20. Delbarton was Daily Record Team of the Year.

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Kevin Godart ’13 is Golfer of the Year

Kevin Godart ’13 was All Daily Record Golfer of the Year. His focus and grit helped propel Godart to the top player slot in the County, and Delbarton to the top team.

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arsity tennis had another great season, reports Coach John Thompson. Despite losing five starters, the young Green Wave team’s goal was to have more than just a “rebuilding” season. Delbarton players won the NJAC conference championship and earned the Morris County Championship title for the 12th consecutive year. Unfortunately, injuries hampered the team down the stretch and the Green Wave lost to Don Bosco in the state sectional finals 3-2 in a tight match. Despite the youth and inexperience of the team and the injuries, Delbarton battled to the very end.

First singles player Mike Boyle ’14 moved from first doubles to first singles in 2013 and had a stellar season: he won the Morris County First singles flight on his first try and reached the round of 16 in the state singles tournament, only the fourth Delbarton player to do so in twenty-five years. First Team All-County awards went to Boyle and second singles player George Easley ’14.

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Mike Boyle ’14 is Boys Tennis Athlete of the Year

Last spring Junior Mike Boyle ’14 was named the 2013 All Daily Record Boys Tennis Athlete of the Year. Boyle won the Morris County Tournament first singles title and advanced to Round of 16 at the NJSIAA state singles tournament, finishing his first season at singles with an overall record of 25-6.

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Wave Has Fastest Skier in State

Green Wave Ski Team Coach Jon Gentine reported at the April 10, 2013 Ski Team banquet that Delbarton skiers collected some significant accolades. Jack Badenhausen ’15 won state races in New Jersey and was, officially, the fastest high school racer in the state. Here are Jack Badenhausen ’15, on left, with Coach Gentine and Cameron Erdman ’16 at the Banquet displaying some impressive hardware.

Student Rowers Make Waves

The Green Wave has no formal rowing program, yet this past spring six Delbarton boys, Nick Gockel ’16, Jack Murray ’14, Sean O’Dowd ’13, Riley Kete ’13, Jonathan Davis ’15 and Maxim Zwarycz ’14, contributed to the most successful year in the Mountain Lakes Rowing Club’s history. Murray won the Most Inspirational Novice award and Gockel was honored with the award for Most Improved Novice on a team that attracts rowers from 50 area schools. O’Dowd earned the Most Valuable Player award, having led the club’s Varsity 4+ boat to a 4th place in June at the US Rowing Youth National Championships in Oak Ridge Tennessee. O’Dowd will row for the University of Pennsylvania this year, and Kete will row for Boston College.

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Abbey Notes

By Rev. Edward Seton Fittin, OSB ’82

In August Abbot Giles Hayes joined his extended family of approximately 25 members ages two to ninety-two in Chicago for a family reunion. The family celebrated the arrival in Hoboken of the family from Ireland in 1907 all the way to three generations in Dallas, Texas. Abbot Giles and his family gathered in Chicago from South Carolina, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Virginia, Texas, Illinois, California and more. Abbot Giles adds: “If you go there, do not miss the Shoreline Tour of the Chicago River and the study of the architectural splendor of Chicago. The restaurants are terrific also.”

Abbot Giles and Br. Paul Diveny, headmaster, have been working with a representative committee of all constituents of the abbey and school to investigate the possibility and

Four Monks Celebrate Important Anniversaries On Saturday, 8 June 2013, four monks at St. Mary’s Abbey were honored for their dedication to monastic life. Frs. Rembert Reilly and former Headmaster Fr. Beatus Lucey marked sixty years of profession, and Frs. Edward Seton and Fr. John Hesketh marked twenty-five. After the Jubilee Mass with Abbot Giles Hayes (center) are, from left, Fr. John Hesketh, Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, Fr. Rembert Reilly and Fr. Beatus Lucey. desirability of a reorganization of the governance of St. Mary’s Abbey and Delbarton School.

“Town Hall” meetings have been held on campus and off at which Br. Paul has met with alumni and parents. Parents and alumni

have been grateful to have their thoughts heard.

Both Abbot Giles and Br. Paul attended the General Chapter of the American Cassinese Congregation at St. Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe, Pa.,

June 16-21. At regular intervals all the abbeys of the congregation meet to discuss relevant issues in monasticism. Each community is represented by the abbot and a delegate elected by the monastery chapter.

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The Class of ’82 Honors Fr. Edward Seton Fittin Fr. Edward Seton (center) celebrates 25 years of profession with his Delbarton Class of 1982 classmates in attendance. From right with Fr. Ed are Leonard Crann, Fred Pierce, A.J. Papetti, Michael Maguire and Director of Alumni & Development J. Craig Paris.

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ABBEY NOTES Fr. Gabriel Coless conducted a workshop on liturgical prayer at Carmelite Monastery in Towson, Md. He also attended a conference on early Christian literature at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

This year’s conference focused was the early Gnostic gospels.

Fr. Gabriel conducted a seminar

the Caspersen School. The theme was “Society, Economy, and Leadership in the Twelfth Century: A Medieval Mirror and Modern Reflections.”

Fr. Beatus Lucey reports he continues to do a Bible Study on Friday mornings at the Church of Christ the King, New Vernon as well as a monthly book club

studio where he has managed to pull off a few calligraphy projects, but blames indolence for the lack of water color painting.” The reader can easily infer that Fr. Beatus is doing all right for an octogenarian and not sitting idly by!

Fr. Elias Lorenzo, reporting from Rome, was state-side a few

of the U.S.A.,” “Planning for the Future: Options for Members,” Praesidium Accreditation and CARA Report, 2012 Updates, and ICBE updates and the BENET 2013 Manila Conference. In September 1621, Fr. Elias traveled to Germany for the Synod of Presidents at Beuron Archabbey. There he

Delbarton in London Last summer Fr. Edward Seton Fittin met in London with Delbarton alumni. In the photo at left are, from left, David and Andrea Szott P’17, classmates AJ Papetti ’82, P’13, ’14, ’17 and Fr. Edward Seton Fittin and Mindy Papetti P’13, ’14, ’17. On right is a group of alumni from left, Michael O’Mara ’82, Tom Muoio ’81, Fr. Edward Seton Fittin ’82, Brad Doline ’98, Tim Maloney ’88 and Joe Stefans ’01.

on Dante’s Paradiso at the Caspersen School of Graduate Studies at Drew University, Madison.

He was also on hand to answer questions at the annual fall harvest fair at the herb garden of the Tempe Wick House in the Morristown National Historical Park, adjacent to the abbey property.

Fr. Gabriel was also the convener of a symposium on “The Medieval Mind” sponsored by

there. Colm McCann’s Transatlantic has been the most recent text. Fr. Beatus also enjoyed a “busman’s holiday” at St. Stephen Martyr Church, Washington, D.C., July 19 to August 7. In October he baptized twin grandnieces in Bryn Mawr, Pa. Despite his limited mobility he has checked out the marvelous sculpture project next to the Fine Arts Center, “via his trusty golf cart, which also takes him to his

times earlier this year for an alumni wedding in Washington, D.C., a Praesidium board meeting and the General Chapter in his capacity as the congregation procurator in Rome (the American Cassinese Congregation’s representative to the Holy See). At the General Chapter, also attended by Abbot Giles and Br. Paul, Fr. Elias offered four presentations: “Planning for the Future: the World View and the Uniqueness

gave the annual report on the Collegio Sant’Anselmo and proposal for renovation of the guest wing with financing from Knights of Malta.

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ABBEY NOTES (continued from page 69) living in the diocese of Paterson who have significant anniversaries in 2013. The previous evening, he and Fr. Hilary O’Leary, O.S.B. concelebrated the diaconate ordination liturgy, at which Br. Michael Tidd was ordained deacon with the candidates for the diocese.

In July, Fr. Edward Seton traveled to Ireland as part of the school’s annual exchange program with Glenstal Abbey School. While overseas he made a quick jump over to London to visit several alums living and working in the greater London area. He enjoyed residing at Worth Abbey, West Sussex, and a half hour train ride south of London. One evening he met some alums at a pub for food and fellowship. Another evening he met Iris and Mark Erenstein ’80 for dinner and to catch up.

And as luck would have it his Delbarton classmate, A.J. Papetti

was in London with wife Mindy, and Fr. Edward Seton was the surprise guest at a dinner party with incoming freshman parents, David and Andrea Szott P’17.

At the end of July he attended in Washington, D.C. the annual convention of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians.

Fr. Edward Seton also enjoyed spending time with his cousin, Guy Shanley, who lives in Brighton. They toured Firle Place, East Sussex, the ancestral home of the eight Viscount Nicholas Gage. The Gage family has inhabited this manor since the 15th century. Fr. Edward Seton also enjoyed Evensong at the Benedictine’s ancestral home in London, Westminster Abbey.

He reports the glorious Gothic Abbey has been well kept since its current occupants “acquired it” in the 16th century. In August while visiting his parents in Florida he enjoyed learning

about the flora and fauna on an air boat ride. The dozen or more alligators he saw are always best seen from a secure location above the water! In November he attended in Baltimore a two-day conference: “Participating in the Work of God: A Scholarly Symposium Celebrating 50 Years of Sacrosanctum Concilium.”

Fr. Roman Paur, O.S.B., monk of St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville, Mn. and prior of their dependent priory in Japan, preached at the annual retreat, June 10-12. Fr. Roman spoke thoughtfully on various monastic topics around his central theme: “Behavior Matters.”

The abbey Canonical Visitation, required of every monastery every five year or so, was conducted October 6-11 by the president of the American Cassinese Congregation, Abbot Hugh Anderson, O.S.B., former abbot of St. Procopius Abbey, Lisle, Il., and Fr. Philip Waters,

O.S.B. of Newark Abbey. Fr. Philip spent his novitiate at Delbarton under the tutelage of then Novice Master Fr. Martin Burne, O.S.B. During the visitation each monk is given the opportunity to meet with the visitators. Abbot Hugh and Fr. Philip also met with the abbot, his council and the whole community at the end of the week, when they offered their initial impressions. A formal report was later forwarded to the abbot, which can include recommendations for growth or even mandates for more immediate action. This process is meant to assist a monastery in its monastic observance, and assess spiritual and temporal matters.

LET US REMEMBER • Jacob John Barnish, father of Keith ’74, grandfather of KC ’09 and Justin Barnish ’13 • Charles Beck, father of Jeff ’71 and John Beck ’74 • Willard A. Burns • Vita Capone, mother of Delbarton Administrative Assistant Antoinette Aslanian • William L. Clayton, father of Andrew Clayton, ’71 • Frances Duva, mother of Giacomo ’Jack’ ’74 and Richard Duva ’79 • Lawrence A. Duva, father of Giacomo ’Jack’ ’74 and Richard Duva ’79 • Doris Mayhew Fiddes, grandmother of John ’03, Hugh ’05 and Cameron Fiddes ’08 • John Raeburn Fiddes, grandfather of John ’03, Hugh ’05 and Cameron Fiddes ’08 • George Frees, father of William Frees ’78 • Charles Henderson, grandfather of Charles ’03, Seldon ’05, Crawford ’08 and Jack Clarke ’12.

• Linda Higgins, wife of Thomas Higgins ’80, aunt of Nicholas ’11 and Troy Higgins’16 • Saramarie Kane, mother of Bill Kane ’64 • Zachary Lopian ’09, brother of Kenneth Lopian ’05 • John J. McDonald, Jr., father of Mr. Jerome J. McDon

• Lucille Mosca, sister of Alfred D’Agostino ’69 and Michael D’Agostino ’72 • Robert B. McLane, Jr., father of Kevin McLane ’94 • Thomas McManus, father of Tommy McManus ’15, brother of Delbarton trustee Gerri McManus Hand, uncle of Campbell ’08 and Pat Hand’10 • Georgeanne Pearsall, mother of faculty member Maureen Pearsall • Bruce E. Pereyra, husband of Delbarton School nurse Barbara Pereyra • John T. Poggi ’73, brother of Michael L. Poggi ’76 and father of Kenneth L. Poggi, ’01 • Michael P. Ryan, member of the Delbarton Lay Board of Trustees and father of Christopher ’00, Patrick ’03, Timothy ’05 and Michael Ryan, Jr. ’07 • Gregory Patrick Sullivan ’50 • Dolores (Dorsey) Young Thebault, mother of the late L. Philip Thebault ’67, J. Brian Thebault ’69, Grandmother of Louis Philip (Beau) Thebault ’89 and J. Philip Thebault ’05 • Richard Velten ’56, brother Edwin A. Velten, Jr. ’52, and Robert H. Velten ’54 • Dolores Werring, mother of John Werring ’65, grandmother of John ’89 and Jeff Werring’ 96

“If we believe that Jesus died and rose, God will bring forth with Him from the dead those who also have fallen asleep believing in Him.” 1 Thessalonians 4:14

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Andrew Breuder reports that his son Major Chris Breuder left active duty with the US Army at Ft Drum, NY and joined a medical practice in the Ft. Worth, TX area with a classmate from residency training. He was on active duty for seven years.

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After stints in the Middle East and Vancouver, BC, Garry Papers and his wife Ritsuko Kanaoka are happily settled in Seattle where Garry is DesignReview Architect at the Seattle Planning Department.

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Robert Berns is now partner at Kaufman Dolowich Voluck in Hackensack where he is group leader for professional claims.

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Delbarton Alumni at Bucknell Graduation Five Delbarton alumni graduated from Bucknell University this May. From left are Delbarton/Bucknell alumni Justin Ercole ’09, Andrew Waldele ’09, Sviatoslav Lesko ’09, Bobby Caputo ’09 and Kyle O’Keefe ’08.

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Reverend Geno Sylva, former director of St. Paul’s Inside the Walls and Vicar of Evangelization in the Diocese of Paterson, is completing his first year serving at the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization at the Vatican.

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Edwin Chociey and wife Theresa are the proud parents of a second daughter, Ashley Olivia, born on February 8, 2013. Ashley’s big sister, Isla, who is 2, is very excited to have a little sister.

Jeff Gora and Jaime Socha married on August 24th, 2013 in beautiful outdoor wedding on the shores of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. (See Wedding Album). The family now lives in High Bridge, NJ.

Don Miller ’94 at Meals on Wheels On May 29, 2013 Meals on Wheels CFO Don Miller ’94, second from left, helped ring NASDAQ’s opening bell. Meals on Wheels runs community-based nutrition programs in all 50 states.

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Above: Hugh Fiddes ’05 and Sarah Haydu were married on June 22, 2013 at The Driskill Hotel in Austin, TX with a good group of Delbarton alumni in attendance. From left are Brook Bulcha ’05, Cameron Fiddes ’08, Sarah and Hugh Fiddes ’05, John Fiddes ’03 and Matt Parolie ’05.

Left: Peter Demoreuille ’98 and Jane Yuenkay Ng were wed on August 3, 2013 in Santa Rosa, CA. Right: Jeff Gora ’86 and Jaime Socha married on August 24th, 2013 in beautiful outdoor wedding on the shores of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

Delbarton alumni in attendance included Bob DeMaio ’86 and Jeff ’s brother, Kevin Gora ’90 and Jeff ’s kids Erin and Joseph were both in the wedding party as well.

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Mike Loree ’03 and Kerry Neligan were married on December 22, 2012 in Garden City, NY. In attendance were, from left, Mike Passaro ’08, Pat Donnelly ’03, Jay Losey ’03, Dr. Jay Terzis ’65, Corey Terzis ’03, Kerry and Mike Loree ’03, Bob Loree ’98, Joe Passaro ’03, Eric Napp ’03, Rob McEwan ’03, Tom Scott ’03 and Brian Sateja ’03.

Ted Kingsbery ’05 and Jess Ulrich were married on June 29, 2013 at The Homestead in Hot Springs, VA, near the couple’s alma mater of Washington & Lee. From left are Alec Smith ’’05, Will Lee ’05, Matt Bazin ’05, Ted Kingsbery ’05, Mike Kentz ’05, Bryan Gavin ’05, Pete Courtemanche ’05, Jess Ulrich Kingsbery, Jamie Kingsbery ’02, Fr. Anthony Sargent and Billy Kingsbery ’14. (In attendance but not pictured: Austin Rice ’05, Jamie Kilcullen ’05 and Paul Kingsbery ’03.)

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Chris Boniakowski ’04 and Anna Eliassen were married in Ann Arbor, Michigan on May 18, 2013. There to help the couple celebrate were, from left, Demian von Poelnitz ’04, Justin Collins ’04, Brad Walsh ’04, Chris and Anna Boniakowski, Nick Boniakowski ’02, Jeb Boniakowski ’98, Bobby Mohr ’04, Pat Maguire ’04, Bennett Haynes ’04 and Ryan Quick ’04.

Reza Watts ’98 married Lia Manco on August 3, 2013 at Reserva Conchal Beach Club in the Guanacaste Region of Costa Rica with several of his Delbarton classmates in attendance.

From left are Mark DeLotto ’98, Chris Moore ’98, Rob Shawger ’88, Lia Manco Watts, Reza Watts ’98, Jason Wyatt ’98 and Matt Richartz.

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Brian Hightower ’03 and Merissa Rogers were wed on May 3013 at St. Mary’s Abbey. In attendance were many of Brian’s Delbarton classmates and friends including, from left, JT Keeley ’03, Tim Petrella ’03, Matt Leidl ’03, Matt Byrnes ’03, Ramsey Stephan ’03, Sean Hightower ’01, Art Falgione ’03, Merissa Hightower, Mike Costelloe ’03, Brian Hightower ’03, Ted Lawless ’03, Brian McDonald ’03, Dave Lewis ’03, Rob Cedrone ’03, Wade Anthony ’03 and Andy Cox ’03.

Jeff Krilla ’87 and Melike Yetken were married on June 1, 2013 at the Marriott Ranch in Hume, Virginia.

Jeff ’s Delbarton classmate Timothy Kelly ’87 officiated and his brother Ken Krilla ’90 was also in attendance.

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Brian Sateja and Brix Johnstun were married at the Princeton United Methodist Church on June 29, 2013 with many of Brian’s classmates present. Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, O.S.B. co-officiated with the Reverend Jana Purkis-Brash, senior pastor. From left are Tim McLaughlin ’03, Dave Lewis ’03, Patrick Featherston ’03, Patrick Sullivan ’03, Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, OSB ’82, Brix and Brian Sateja, Donnelly ’03 and Eric Wittleder ’03.

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Join us for the celebration of our 75th Anniversary A year filled with special events, speakers, exhibits and a gala celebration You Can Help…

In anticipation of Delbarton’s 75th anniversary we are in search of

Delbarton Art: Paintings, etchings, drawings and photographs showing Delbarton campus over the years to be used in an exhibition entitled Images of Delbarton. Upload a digital image of your piece for consideration to Photography@delbarton.org. All selected works will be returned to owners.

Delbartonia: Memorabilia from seventy-five years of Delbarton School including clothing, awards, programs, photos, slides, movies etc. With your permission, these items will become property of the School and used to establish an archive of Delbarton history. Send your Delbartonia to J. Craig Paris at Delbarton School, 230 Mendham Road, Morristown, NJ 07960

Stay tuned for more news of our year-long 75th anniversary celebration!

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1st Lt Alex Thew ’07, a former Green Wave football player, is currently deployed in Afghanistan and shared this picture of his platoon with the Delbarton flag. His caption: “The TF Cougar War Pig Platoon says “Go Green Wave!

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Entrepreneur Stephen Bienko ’94 Testifies at House Hearings

In October Stephen Bienko ’94 testified before the House Small Business Subcommittee on Health and Technology about the issue of full-time worker status as defined by the new healthcare bill. Bienko is an owner of College Hunks Hauling Junk and College Hunks Moving franchises in New Jersey, Tennessee, and Ohio. On October 15 he was interviewed on Fox News where he made the case for American small business owners. Bienko is always a hit when he appears at our annual Alumni Career Days where he talks about entrepreneurship and, with his energy and enthusiasm, turns a whole new generation onto the idea that building a business is an exciting career path and an achievable goal.

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Jeff Krilla and Melike Yetken were married on June 1, 2013 at the Marriott Ranch in Hume, Virginia. His Delbarton classmate Timothy Kelly ’87 officiated and his brother, Ken Krilla ’90 was also in attendance.

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Galen Criqui’s wife Ganell (Nellie) opened a women/children’s boutique in Verona, NJ called Nellie & Bean.

Galen just completed his sixth year as assistant varsity basketball coach at Seton Hall Prep.

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Christopher Durang '67 Wins 2013 Tony for Best Play Delbarton salutes alumnus playwright Christopher Durang ‘67 winner of the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play for his comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Durang’s play also received the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play and earned six 2013 Tony Award nominations.

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Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB and the Delbarton Alumni Association hosted a reception in Washington, DC at the Sequoia on April 11, 2013…

Dan Tyrrell ’01, Director of Alumni & Development J. Craig Paris ’82 and Jason

Connie Curnow, Taylor Price ’04 and Tim Fitzsimmons ’95.

Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, and Peter Ventimiglia ’90.

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Tom Kiernan ’03, Daley Kirby, Tom Denning ’02 and Dave Weinstein ’06.

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Ian Musselman ’95 and his family.

Cece Seiffert, John McDonough ’87, Mark Seiffert ’94 and Dave Consolla ’94.

Heather and Matt Tully ’01, Jason Sayanlar ’01 and guest, Tom Denning ’02 and Daley Kirby.

Dave Yampolsky ’00 and Joni Dynes, on left, with Lauren and AJ Kuen ’00.

Director of Alumni & Development/Delbarton Squash Coach J. Craig Paris ’82, right, with his many DC-area Squash-playing alumni.

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The fifth annual Alumni Networking Event was a great success on May 8, 2013 and once again Tiro a Segno (translated “shoot the target”, referring to the shooting range downstairs) offered the perfect setting. Joe Ferraro ’95 served as our hospitable host…

From left, classmates John Fiddes ’03, Cory Terzis ’03 and Wade Anthony ’03.

Above: From left, Ken Lopian ’05, Brian Cargo ’03, Pat Ryan ’03, Andrew Rykowski ’00, Tyler Gaffney ’03, Chuck Stavitski ’99 and Larry Staviski ’95.

Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, with our host at Tiro a Segno Joe Ferraro ’95.

2008 classmates, from left, Mike Infante ’08, Theo Patsalos-Fox ’08 and Chris Pacicco ’08.

Classmates Brian Grancagnolo ’97, Scott Kinum ’97 and Michael Cortese ’97.

Eric Waxman ’73, left, and Greg Brozowski ’95.

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Green Wave Baseball Alums Meet on College Diamond Four Wave Baseball alums met up at the May 5th Williams v. Bates double-header. From left are Kevin Kennedy ’12 and Kevin McGregor ’09 for Bates, Matt Kastner ’10 and Steve Marino ’10 for Williams. Kastner and Marino were both elected captains of the 2014 Williams team.

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Delbarton Alums Participate in Walk for Kids Last spring Dave Henry ’85, Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House, invited his fellow Delbarton Southern California alumni to join in the Walk for Kids on April 7, 2013 in LA. Three alumni walked with Dave to raise funds for Ronald McDonald facility that serves as a home away from home for families of sick children. From left are Delbarton alumni Jim Toto ’97, Brian Lanktree ’99, Dave Henry ’85 and Will Vogt ’94.

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Organist Colin Lynch ’00 Releases Album

Connor Buckley ’11 in Primetime TV Role

Last summer professional organist Colin Lynch ’00 released his debut solo album ’The Organ of Stambaugh Auditorium’ on the Raven Label.

His recording is the first on the recently restored 1926 E. M. Skinner organ, a musical landmark housed in Stambaugh Auditorium, a Youngstown, OH concert hall. Lynch is currently Associate Director of Music and Organist at Trinity Church, Copley Square, in Boston, MA.

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Last summer Will Vogt and a business partner launched 3SC Capital Partners, LLC, a real estate investment firm to invest in multifamily apartment buildings in Southern California.

Alan Enos and his wife Heather welcomed the arrival of their son Alanson T. Enos VI, ‘Tad’ for short. Last summer they enjoyed visits at their home in Boulder, CO. from Mike Vermylen, and in August from Sam, Lauren and Brendan McFerran.

Connor Buckley ’11 is co-star of a new Fox comedy Surviving Jack based on best-selling author Justin Halpern’s autobiographical book, “I Suck at Girls.” Set in 1990s Southern California, Emmy Award nominee Christopher Meloni (Elliott Stabler on Law & Order) stars as a man becoming a dad, as his son (played by Buckley) navigates through adolescence. Buckley is an Abbey Players alumnus who entered NYU in fall 2011, then applied for a leave of absence when his acting career took off.

1995 Joe Ferraro and his wife Kristy proudly announced the birth of their first child, Charles Joseph Ferraro, on April 19, 2013. The Ferraro family resides in Far Hills, NJ.

John Tonzola and wife Christina welcomed their third son, Peter Louis Tonzola, on March 8, 2013. Baby Peter joins his big brothers Jack and Finn.

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Last year Delbarton dad Guy Adami P’17 introduced Taylor Price ’04, his fellow Georgetown alumnus, to Mindy Levine, wife of Yankee owner Randy Levine, who later invited Adami and son Tim Adami ’17, together with Taylor and his father Willy Price P’04, to tour Yankee Stadium and catch the Yankee V. Blue Jays game on August 21, 2013. Mindy Levine was instrumental in making the Stadium one of the most disabilities-friendly sports venues in the world and was proud to show off the Stadium.

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After attending a four day wedding feast in Delhi earlier this year, Richard Burke Stinson ’60 headed south to the smaller Indian city of Aurangabad where he visited a new clinic for mentally challenged children. Stinson, a former Delbarton boarder, donated a fourbed dorm room which will be completed in 2014. “I spent two happy years at the old Brothers House as a freshman and sophomore,” he said.

Thus the new furnished dorm room in India will be named ‘the Del’.

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Dan Moschella ’02 competed on season 5 of the NBC reality show American Ninja Warrior, which aired this summer. Out of a field of 150 athletes, Dan was one of only nine competitors to complete the Baltimore regional course. This earned him a spot in the finals in Las Vegas where the grand prize was $500,000. Dan was eliminated in stage 1 on the “Jumping Spider”, a particularly difficult obstacle which took out 75% of the competitors. None of the 80 athletes to compete in Las Vegas were able to successfully complete all 4 stages. Dan is currently training for next year, and hoping to become the first American Ninja Warrior.

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Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, O.S.B. hosted a reception at Smith & Wollensky’s in Chicago on May 16, 2013…

Classmates Peter Moore ’92, left, and Jerry Jabbour

Former Delbarton faculty member Mike Vermylen ’95, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB and Mart Trerotola ’87.

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From left, Tucker McDermott ’93, Brendan Kaag ’02, Kevin McAnally ’96, John Glynn ’90 and Tim McAnally’99.

From left, Grant Hewit ’02, Brendan Kaag ’02, Tim McAnally ’99 and John Glynn ’90.

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On May 21, 2012 Delbarton seniors joined Delbarton alumni for Senior Orientation Day sponsored by the Delbarton Guidance department and the Delbarton Alumni Association. Bill Conley ’71, Bucknell University VP for Enrollment Management, gave them some tips, followed by college-age alums leading small group discussions.

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Musician Steve Henry ’89 John Persinger '99 Authors His First Thriller

John Persinger ’99 recently had his first thriller published and is already at work on a second book coming out in 2014. The main character in The Saint Joseph Plot is a Catholic law student who chooses to harbor a fugitive priest/ family friend. Persinger is a Harvard College and Notre Dame Law School alumnus, and the book’s action takes place on the campus of Notre Dame.

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Delbarton has classical musicians, jazz and rap artists too – time to add some indie rock to the mix. Placed by The Gideons is the current collection of rock songs penned by Wormburner vocalist/guitarist/lyricist Steve Henry ’89. The collection is available on vinyl, CD and digital download format via the iTunes Music Store and a new Wormburner album is coming in late 2013. Wormburner has toured nationally and regularly plays hometown shows at New York City venues like The Bowery Ballroom and The Mercury Lounge.

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Next was Alumni Career Day on May 22, organized by Frank Visceglia ’85 and Lee Esposito’74. Speakers included entrepreneur Steve Bienko ’94, engineer Frank Banko ’84, Dr. Romeo Caballes ’77, clothing entrepreneur Grant Hewit ’02, technology consultant Carl Mazzanti ’94, sports management business owner Armand Milanesi ’87, metals/automotive entrepreneur and politician Paul Muir ’94, lawyer Mike Mullen ’75 and freelance journalist Brian Sciaretta ’96. After a BBQ lunch, seniors heard about credit and money management from AP Macro Econ teacher Tom Brady.

Bill Conley ’71 with Director of Guidance Shelly Levine.

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Visceglia ’85 Hosts Summer Interns

TJ Sullivan ’10 and Matt Killian ’11 were summer interns at CBRE Inc. where they assisted several commercial broker teams with market research and proposal presentations. As part of the summer program, the intern group was hosted by Frank Visceglia ’85 of Federal Business Centers at his industrial-office park Raritan Center in Edison, NJ. From left are Stacey Weinberg Kierman, Federal Business Center Leasing Manager, TJ Sullivan ’10 and Frank Visceglia ’85.

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The couple resides in San Francisco and plans to honeymoon in Vietnam and Cambodia at year’s end.

Reza Watts married Lia Manco on August 3, 2013 on Costa Rica with several of his Delbarton classmates in attendance. (See Wedding Album)

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Mike Loree and Kerry Neligan were married on December 22, 2012 in Garden City, NY with many Delbarton friends in attendance. (See Wedding Album)

Brian Sateja and Brix Johnstun were married at the Princeton United Methodist Church on June 29, 2013 with many of Brian’s classmates present. (See Wedding Album) Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, O.S.B. coofficiated with the Reverend Jana Purkis-Brash, senior pastor.

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J UNE D INNER M EETING We had a great turnout from Delbarton’s youngest alumni, proud members of the Class of 2013.

Alumni Association President Terrence Rouse ’86 welcomes the crowd.

On a spectacular late spring evening alumni from many generations mingled at the June 5th Dinner Meeting. After cocktail hour and several speeches and awards, the crowd dug into a buffet pig roast with all the fixings...

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Former Alumni Association Presidents join current head Terrence Rouse ’86, fourth from left. From left are Brian Hanlon ’87, Kurt Krauss ’81, Dave Lewis ’78, Lee Esposito ’74, Tom Luby ’72, Bill Waldron ’65 and John Luke ’78.

Will Reynolds’ family congratulates him on winning the 2013 ’Red’ Green Fighting Spirit Award. From left are Ben Reynolds ’11, Steve Reynolds P’09, ’11,’13, Will Reynolds ’13, Julia Reynolds P’09, ’11,’13, Kelly Reynolds and Jack Reynolds ’09.

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Alumni Laxers Still Got Game On Sunday, June 9, 2013 a great group of former Green Wave lacrosse players met on Ryan Field for the annual Alumni Lacrosse game. Classmates Steve Faber ’79 and Delbarton Head Lacrosse coach Chuck Ruebling ’79 shared the award as the game’s most experienced players. Repeating last year’s drill, Dave Harty ’82 drove all the way up from Philly for the game.

From left, Alumni Association President Terrence Rouse ’86, Dave Harty ’82 and Steve Faber ’79.

Former Green Wave lacrosse player John Tonzola ’95 arrives suited for battle with his back-up team.

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The eleventh annual Carter Cup, the Metropolitan Golf Association’s Junior Stroke Play Championship, was held at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, NJ on July 31, 2013. The invitational event honors the late Michael P. Carter ’00, an accomplished junior player and standout member of the Green Wave golf team who died in a car accident in 2002. The Carter Cup features 45 top junior golfers in the metropolitan area playing 36 holes on Baltusrol’s two championship courses. This year Delbarton was represented by golfer Will Voetsch ’15, a member of the 2013 Green Wave Varsity Golf team.

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Ultimate player Charlie Patten ’09 Signs with Professional League

Ultimate disc player Charlie Patten ’09 was signed by the NJ Hammerheads in the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL) one of two professional level ultimate leagues in the United States. Charlie is currently captain of the Georgetown Ultimate Team in addition to playing for Garden State Ultimate, a club team in Princeton. Patten graduated from Georgetown last spring with a dual major in Math and Economics and is getting his masters in Math and Statistics at Georgetown with the goal of becoming an actuary. As a sign of solidarity, Charlie bought and proudly wears a Green Wave Club Ultimate Team jersey.

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In May UPenn played Villanova in the City 6 Rugby 7’s tournament in Philadelphia in a match that included four Green Wave Club Rugby alumni. From left are Ryan Amspacher ’10, Tim Mason ’12, Tyler Amspacher ’12 and John Colavita ’10.

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The ponies were running at the 4th Annual Alumni Day at the Races on July 19th in the Clubhouse Pavilion at Monmouth Park. It was an all-Delbarton weekend – the next night in Belmar we celebrated the 25th Summer Sizzler.

Ben Phillips ’12, who assisted in the Alumni & Development office this summer, and his friend Ellie Truffa greeted guests at the reception table.

The Paris boys on right, Regan ’19, Liam ’13 and James ’15 with Joey, Sophie and Tom Lozowski.

Julien Bonifacio ’95 and his daughters get a prized memento from their Day at the Races: A coveted visit to the Winner’s Circle and a photo with the winning jockey.

Bill Maher ’75 and friend sure know their ponies. Hope to see them back at DATR 2014 so we can match their bets!

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Four members of the Development office take a break. From left Jackie Sullivan, Heidi Williamson, Jessica Fiddes and Ana Martinez.

Dave Cunic ’97 and his friend Holly Dwyer enjoyed a day at the races with Delbarton alumni.

Frank Banko ’84 with wife Margaret and their children.

Director of Alumni & Development J. Craig Paris ’82.

From left Dave Lewis ’78, Brian Hanlon ’87 and Mike Maguire ’82.

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The dinner buffet included some seriously good Manhattan Clam Chowder. Crunchy little oyster crackers too.

Delbarton Alumni, families and friends celebrated the 25th consecutive Summer Sizzler on July 20, 2013 at Belmar Fishing Club.

The weather was suitably steamy and we had a blast. Save the date for next year’s on August 2, 2014!

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From left, Kurt Krauss ’81, Mark Gately ’04 and Jerry Jabbour ’92.

Caroline and Tim Mullen ’01 with Brian Hanlon ’87.

Amy Thomas, wife of RT Thomas ’97, and her children.

From left, Andrew Christie ’12, Jack Rogers ’12 and Brian Paskas ’12.

From left, Steve Block ’71, Gabe Raffey and Brian Kearney ’73.

Matt Goldsmith ’04 and Lorwin Gardner ’03.

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Jim Maguire ’79, center, and sons Dennis ’11, left, and Sean ’12.

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Jay Terzis ’65 and son Cory ’03 in another classic Summer Sizzler family shot.

The Rogers brothers, from left, Ryan ’12, Jack ’12 and Max ’12 (“photoshop my sister in and my mom would have the Christmas card shot”).

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Christopher Villano enjoys the beach at Belmar.

A fishing boat emerges from under the drawbridge and we spot more Delbarton alums waving the School flag.

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On Thursday, September 19, 2013 the Delbarton Alumni Association hosted its 3rd Annual Alumni Golf Classic at Somerset Hills Country Club in Bernardsville…

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From left, Mike Pendy ’89, Delbarton coach Bruce Shatel and James Olsen ’89.

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From left, John Traynor ’79, comedian Michael Somerville ’90 (auctioneer for the night), Alumni Association President Terrence Rouse ’86, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB and Ryan Nish ’95.

From left, Kevin McLane ’94, Chris Bury ’91 and Jon Ponosuk ’91.

Introducing…the new Delbarton Alumni Golf Classic Trophy.

We had a great turnout from the Class of 1990, here posing with Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB with the Frozen Four t-shirt he donated as part of a Yale Hockey silent auction prize.

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Michael Collett returned from deployment in December 2012.

In February, he transferred to the Pentagon, working on the Chief of Naval Operations Staff and in April was selected for the US Navy JAG Law Education Program. In August he began classes at William & Mary Law School in Williamsburg, VA. Hugh Fiddes and Sarah Haydu were married on June 22, 2013 at The Driskill Hotel in Austin, TX with a good group of Delbarton alumni in attendance.

(See Wedding Album). Hugh and Sarah live in Austin.

Ted Kingsbery and Jess Ulrich were married on June 29, 2013 at The Homestead in Hot Springs, VA, near the couple’s alma mater of Washington & Lee (See the Wedding Album).

Ted is the Director of Business Development for Daymond John, one of the stars of ABC’s Shark Tank, at his marketing consulting firm Shark Branding.

Jess is an Account Supervisor at the advertising firm Roberts & Langer DDB. The couple lives in New York City.

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Allen Shih graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College with an A.B. in Chemical and Chemical Biology. He will enter Yale Medical School’s MD program this fall.

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’06 Football Alumni Compete for a Good Cause Two Green Wave Football alumni from the Class of 2006, Tom McCarthy ’06, on left, and Steve Hardin ’06 were competitors at the RBC Decathlon Wall Street on July 28, competing to raise money for pediatric cancer research. McCarthy took 3rd in his age group and 4th overall in the competition and won the football toss event. Hardin was 10th in the football throw and finished 35th out of 110 male competitors. McCarthy is a former captain of the Yale University football team who spent a season in the NFL, and Hardin played linebacker for four years at Middlebury.

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Green Wave Football at Princeton v. Lafayette Game Delbarton football coaches and alumni collegiate players tailgated after the Princeton versus Lafayette game on October 12, 2013 at Princeton Stadium. From left, Coach Dan Szelingowski, Luke Chiarolanzio ’11 (Lafayette), Spenser Huston ’11 (Princeton), Dennis Bencsko ’12(Lafayette), former Wave Coach Sean Gleeson and Head Coach Brian Bowers. Gleeson is currently coaching Princeton running backs.

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Educator John Waldron ’86 Wins Oklahoma Teaching Award

Former Students Bid Farewell to Shelly Levine

Educator John Waldron ’86 is the recipient of an Oklahoma Foundation for Excellent 2013 Oklahoma Medal for Excellence in Secondary Teaching. Waldron instructs in history at Tulsa’s Booker T. Washington High School. Now in his 14th year at the school, Waldron teaches World History and Asian History in the International Baccalaureate Program, and US Government, Medieval and Ancient History and AP Government and Politics. Waldron also founded Washington’s Model UN Program.

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Former Delbarton teacher and guidance counselor Shelly Levine, who retired last spring after a 35 year career at Delbarton, was celebrated by her former students from the Class of 1981 at the June Alumni Dinner Meeting on June 5, 2013. From left are John McHugh ’81, John Gilfillan ’81, Chris Connors ’81 and Ken Villano ’81.

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Weightlifter Rob Kautzmann '11 Places at Collegiate Nationals Parros ’98 Moves to the Montreal Canadiens Last summer George Parros ’98 moved from Florida to the land where ice was invented…Oh, Canada! In July he was traded from the Florida Panthers to the Montreal Canadiens. After an outstanding career at Delbarton and Princeton, Parros was picked up by the Los Angeles Kings’ at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. Prior to joining the Canadiens, Parros played with the Kings, Colorado Avalanche, Anaheim Ducks and Panthers during his NHL career.

Cornell sophomore Rob Kautzmann ’11 took second place in his division (105+) at the 2013 University Nationals and PAC-WORLD Team Trials in Johnson City, TN on April 5-7, 2013.

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Chris McCumber ’85 is President of USA Network

Chris McCumber ’85 was recently named President of USA Network where he oversees strategic direction, programming and operations for the network now in its seventh consecutive year at #1.

McCumber began his career at MTV Networks as associate producer, then joined the on-air promotion team that launched Comedy Central and joined USA Network in 2001 as Senior Vice President of On-Air Promotion Chris has been back to Delbarton several times, including for his 20th and 25th reunions in 2005 and 2010 when he reunited with his band Atom Tan to provide live entertainment in the Garden.

Making Waves

Making Waves

Jeff Krilla ’87 Heads New Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety

Human rights expert and attorney Jeff Krilla ’87 was named President of the The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety, the coalition the represents twenty major North American apparel companies that was organized after the 2013 Savar building collapse. Krilla brings deep foreign policy experience to the job, having spent much of his career traveling around the globe working on trade, development and human rights issues. In his role as an attorney at Dentons US LLP, he co-chaired the firm’s Africa Committee. Previously Krilla was United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor where he launched the Department’s first Office of International Labor Affairs and Corporate Social Responsibility.

Staying Connected

Heidi Williamson, Craig Paris’s right hand person in the Development office, ran into some alumni this past summer. Here she is with ’06 guys Steve Popper, Mike McGuire, Tom McCarthy and Mark Van Orden at the Aug 10 Kenny Chesney concert at the Meadowlands...then she caught Mark’s brother Matt Van Orden ’08 on August 18 acting in the Fringe NYC’s production of ‘Cowboys Don’t Sing.’

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ALUMNI NEWS Making Waves Jim Bruce ’92, 2nd from right, is the director, writer, producer and editor of the new documentary Money for Nothing, narrated by Liev Schreiber, a film that takes a behind the scenes look at the Federal Reserve Bank. On Friday, September 13 a delegation from Delbarton, including Jerry Jabbour ’92, Director of Alumni & Development J. Craig Paris ’82, on left, and Paul Bray ’92, on right, attended a NYC preview of the movie. Bruce is an awardwinning documentary maker and a student of financial markets. In 2006 he launched a newsletter warning about the oncoming financial crisis. In fact, it was his short trades in 2007 and 2008 that helped finance a significant portion of Money for Nothing’s budget.

Jim Bruce '92's Film 'Money for Nothing' Debuts

Anonymous Gift Helps Fund Financial Aid

Abbot Brian Clarke, OSB

Delbarton students dream of getting straight A’s, scoring goals, performing on stage and serving others. Yet for many qualified boys, Delbarton itself is the dream. Their families can’t afford a Delbarton education. In fact, over 15% of Delbarton students receive at least partial tuition assistance.

In 2012 a former student approached Abbot Brian Clarke, OSB, to make a gift in tribute to Abbot Brian, a strong advocate of financial aid. Through a family foundation, the alumnus and Abbot Brian devised a plan that ultimately opens the door to Delbarton for thirty-six qualified boys over the next twelve years. The gift is valued at $1.6 million, and the donor hopes that his family’s donation inspires others to support the School.

We are grateful that over the next twelve years, deserving young men will study, compete and perform at Delbarton thanks to one Delbarton family’s generosity and foresight.

How You Can Help

Each year the support of generous donors like you fully funds Delbarton’s financial aid program. Here is how you can help: • Invest in the Give a Boy a Year program, and pay to send one young man to Delbarton.

• Support the Headmaster’s Scholarship Fund with a donation. Consider making a pledge.

• Include a bequest to Delbarton School in your estate planning.

To discuss ways that you or your family can support Delbarton, contact Director of Development J. Craig Paris ’82 at 973-538-3231 X3050/ CParis@delbarton.org.

Thank you for your support!

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Yesterday Delbarton

By Fr. Benet Caffrey, OSB St. Mary's Abbey/Delbarton School Archives

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The Birth of Delbarton1939-1940

he Benedictines of St. Mary’s Abbey on High Street in Newark purchased the Delbarton estate in 1925 as a “little place in the country” where junior monks might pray and study in tranquility. There is no hint at the time that they had anything else in mind.

But, on 7 May 1932 the monastic Chapter approved the establishment of a “country day school” at Delbarton to open the following September, if possible.

It proved impossible, but not for the reasons one might expect. Somehow, the press got the story on what must have been a slow news day.

Thus it was that Newark’s bishop, Thomas J.

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Walsh, read about this new institution in his diocese over his morning coffee and decreed otherwise. His secretary, Monsignor Thomas McLaughlin, however, did not forget the incident. When McLaughlin became the first bishop of the new Diocese of Paterson in late December of 1937, he encouraged the newly elected abbot, Patrick M. O’Brien, to begin the long contemplated school at Delbarton. On 8 May, 1939 the Chapter of St. Mary’s Abbey approved, “after extensive discussion, the establishment of a residential secondary School at Delbarton.”

Delbarton’s first graduates, the 8th grade class of 1939. Back, left to right: Paul Brahney, Stephan Byrne, Jr., Austin Carroll, William Murphy; Front, left to right: J. Bradley Martin, Alfred Stadler, Joseph Skelly, Jeremiah Egan

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The very first Delbarton community circa 1939: students, monks and families.

Students in 1939 admire the first Delbarton School sign.

The newly appointed first headmaster, Father Augustine Wirth, OSB and his principal collaborator, Father Claude Micik now had four months to assemble a faculty, and, above all, to recruit students.

An advertisement appearing in the Catholic press announced the arrival on the scene of the “Delbarton School for Boys, a select school conducted by the Benedictine Fathers. Last three years of grammar school…fresh vegetables and rich milk from our own farm. Homelike atmosphere ideal for young boys…” Tuition, including room and board, was set at $800.

In a great act of faith on the part of parents, a group of fourteen or fifteen boys entered the untried Delbarton School in September 1939.

The faculty in that first year boasted of three members, Fathers Augustine and Claude, and Brother Aloysius Hutten, OSB. Students and teachers studied, studied, prayed, ate and slept in the one house, today’s Old Main.

A 10 June 1940 New York Times article reported that “eight boys will be graduated from the Delbarton School at the first annual commencement tomorrow in the school chapel.”

All were resident students, four each from New York and New Jersey. Of the eight graduates, six departed while two continued the ninth grade at Delbarton, as the school began to edge its way into the intended secondary grades. This process was only completed with the first secondary school commencement in 1948.

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