Loyola University New Orleans Magazine

Fall09Cover:SummerCover 9/21/09 3:04 PM Page 3

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS MAGAZINE

FA L L 2 0 0 9

BRICKS, BOOKS, ANDA WHOLE LOT MORE The J. Edgar and Louise S. Monroe Library Celebrates 10 Years of Excellence

COMMENCEMENT CELEBRATES NEW ALUMNI WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ENDS SUCCESSFUL SEASON

BATEMAN TEAM SCORES BIG WIN JESUIT SUMMER INSTITUTE WELCOMES STUDENTS

Fall09 2-5 9/21/09 3:00 PM Page 2

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS Loyola University New Orleans President

The Rev. Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J. Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Victoria A. Frank Associate Vice President for Major Gifts

Chris Wiseman ’88 Associate Vice President for Marketing

Terrell F. Fisher ’76 Editor

Ray Willhoft ’00 Art Director

Allee Parker Designer

Craig Bloodworth Photographer

Harold Baquet Director of Alumni Relations

Monique Gaudin Gardner Associate Director of Alumni Relations

David Robinson-Morris ’06 Assistant Director of Alumni Relations

Lisa Adams ’82 Director of Public Affairs and External Relations

Meredith M. Hartley Associate Director of Public Affairs

Catherine I. Koppel Communications Coordinator

James Shields Marketing and Public Relations Manager

Sean Snyder Contributors

Art Carpenter Alicia Hansen Ria Newhouse Trish Nugent Brad Petitfils ’01, M.S. ’02 Deborah Poole Malia Willey Photo Contributors

Dan Helfers ’09 Tyler Kaufman ’09 Tracie Morris Schaefer

Fall09 2-5 9/21/09 3:00 PM Page 3

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS M A G A Z I N E FALL 2009

•

VOL.19

•

NO.2

•

WWW.LOYNO.EDU

COVER FOCUS 16

Bricks, Books, and a Whole Lot More

FEATURES 22

All Things New Orleans— A Summer of Learning and Service

26

The Longest Word

30

Why Do We Teach?

32

Loyola in Print

DEPARTMENTS 06 On the Avenue 06 News 13 Students 14 Athletics

34

Tracking the Pack 34 Alumni Events

36

Wolftracks 39 Wolf Pups 50 Memorials

Loyola University New Orleans Magazine is published three times per year by Loyola University New Orleans Office of Marketing and Communications 7214 St. Charles Avenue, Box 909 New Orleans, LA 70118 All correspondence should be sent to: Loyola University New Orleans Magazine Loyola University New Orleans 7214 St. Charles Avenue, Box 909 New Orleans, LA 70118 Loyola University New Orleans has fully supported and fostered in its educational programs, admissions, employment practices, and in the activities it operates the policy of not discriminating on the basis of age, color, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex/gender, or sexual orientation. This policy is in compliance with all applicable federal regulations and guidelines.

The inside of Loyola University New Orleans Magazine is printed on recycled paper using 10 percent postconsumer waste.

Fall09 2-5 9/21/09 3:00 PM Page 4

From the President The beginning of a new academic year marks a renewal. The renewal of Loyola University New Orleans is happening because everyone has worked incredibly hard, in the midst of their own difficult circumstances, to help make this renewal possible. I am deeply grateful to everyone for their work, creativity, and ingenuity in helping Loyola face the challenges of the present and create the university’s future.

As we begin a new academic year, I think it is important to remember, and celebrate, what Loyola accomplished this past year.

We established the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Center for the Study of New Orleans, The Loyola University New Orleans Play Therapy Center, the Walker Percy Center for Creative Writing and Publishing, and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship, as well as renovated the Danna Student Center.

Through the Office of Alumni Relations, Loyola has continued to build life-long relationships with alumni. The 50-year reunion Class of 1959 was inducted into the Golden Wolves Society, and for the first time, participated in commencement processing alongside the Class of 2009. Loyola hosted 118 events for alumni in 17 cities, attended by more than 7,000 alumni, parents, and friends. There are currently 25 active alumni chapters across the country.

We have continued to rebuild our undergraduate enrollment. This fall, we welcomed 789 new first-year students and more than 120 new transfer students. Also, our first-to-second-year retention rate was near 80 percent.

And our work has not gone unnoticed. Loyola was ranked No. 6 among master’s universities in the South in the U.S.News & World Report’s 2010 edition of America’s Best Colleges. This is the 19th year Loyola has ranked in the “Top 10 Southern Region Schools.” Loyola also was ranked second place on the report’s “Great Schools, Great Prices” list of southern master’s colleges.

The Princeton Review cited Loyola on its annual list of The Best 371 Colleges, awarding the university fifth place for “Best College Library,” sixth place for “Easiest Campus to Get Around,” and 11th place for “Best Town-Gown Relations.”

But our work is far from done. The work of the past year provides a road map for the work of the future.

In the year ahead, we will begin implementing Loyola 2012, which has three overarching strategies: 1) enhance Jesuit values; 2) improve student retention; and 3) enhance the reputation and stature of the university. This work will include moving forward with our master facilities plan.

I remind you of something I have said in the past: Renewal is work. To achieve a renewed New Orleans and a renewed Loyola, it will take focus, work, and dedication. But it is work that can be done. Look what we have been able to achieve! We are not simply doing work for the sake of working. We are working to do something lasting and important. We are working to build a renewed and better university and a better New Orleans. I believe it is work worth doing and, if done well, will lead to a better, more humane city and a stronger, better university.

With prayers and best wishes,

Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J., Ph.D., President

4

Loyola University New Orleans Magazine

Fall09 2-5 9/21/09 3:00 PM Page 5

Fall09 6-15 9/21/09 3:05 PM Page 2

Dedicated students become eager alumni Faculty, staff, parents, and alumni celebrated the Class of 2009 at the Unified Commencement Ceremony on May 9, honoring 843 graduates, and the College of Law Commencement Ceremony on May 15, honoring 238 graduates. Many of the graduates were part of the “Katrina Class” who enrolled in the fall of 2005.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal gave the commencement address at the Unified Ceremony, while law graduates heard from Neal Kaytal, who sued former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld over military trials at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station.

Also, at the Unified Ceremony, Herbie Hancock, recognized as a legendary pianist and composer, received an honorary degree from Loyola.

In addition, a slate of accomplished individuals received honorary degrees. Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honoré, a recently retired veteran of the U.S. Army who led military efforts in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina; chef and Dooky Chase Restaurant owner Leah Chase, who is a civic leader and advocate for the arts; and Wardell Quezergue, legendary New Orleans music arranger, producer, and bandleader, all were honored for their extraordinary achievements and service as role models to Loyola graduates.

Provost Ed Kvet and Honorary Degree Recipients Herbie Hancock, Leah Chase, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Russel L. Honoré, and Wardell Quezergue

6

Loyola University New Orleans Magazine

Fall09 6-15 9/21/09 3:05 PM Page 3

Monk Institute graduates first class The first students of The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance since its move to Loyola completed their journey at the Unified Commencement Ceremony on May 9. The graduates include: Gordon Au, Joseph Johnson, Johnaye Kendrick, David Mooney, Vadim Neselovskyi, Jake Saslow, and Colin Stranahan.

In April 2007, the institute announced its “Commitment to New Orleans Initiative,” the largest program in the institute’s 23-year history, which included the relocation of the institute to the campus of Loyola.

The program embodies the institute’s mission of fostering the next generation of jazz greats, educating young people about jazz, and helping to expand and perpetuate jazz.

The institute’s “Commitment to New Orleans Initiative” also includes ongoing school and community

jazz education programs to help strengthen the school system, provide employment for New Orleans musicians, attract displaced musicians living in other areas of the country back to their hometown, and unite the city’s jazz, arts, and cultural communities.

La. governor inspires success, receives honorary degree Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, the first IndianAmerican governor in U.S. history, served as the commencement speaker for the Unified Commencement Ceremony on May 9. Jindal congratulated students for “their endurance and their commitment to our city, our state, and Loyola University,” and told those who were here during the hurricane to wear the “Katrina Class” moniker with distinction. Jindal also encouraged them to keep an open mind, seek the truth, and dream big. During the ceremony, Jindal received an honorary degree from Loyola.

CLASS OF 2013 STATS Students:

789

Ethnic Minority:

39%

Female:

58%

Male:

42%

Average GPA:

3.73

Average SAT:

1230

Average ACT:

26

States Represented:

45

Countries Represented: 24

Fall 2009 www.loyno.edu

7

Fall09 6-15 9/21/09 3:05 PM Page 4

Graduates old and new celebrate Wolfpack pride For the first time, Reunion Weekend, May 8 – 10, was held in conjunction with commencement events, allowing alumni to celebrate their Wolfpack pride alongside graduating seniors. Members of the Golden Wolves also walked for the first time at the Unified Commencement Ceremony.

The weekend of events included the Senior Crawfish Boil, Golden Wolves Induction Ceremony and Lunch, Individual Reunion Class Dinners for the Classes of 1959, 1969, 1974, 1984, 1989, and 2004, the newly established President’s Maroon and Gold Gala, and an Alumni Mass.

The weekend concluded with the Annual Jazz Brunch, which included presentations honoring Samuel S. Dalton, J.D. ’54, the 2009 Adjutor Hominum Award recipient, as well two outstanding alumni volunteers, Leigh M. Thorpe ’03 and Joseph S. Pappalardo ’70, J.D. ’74.

New class inducted into Wolfpack Hall of Fame Three individuals and one team were honored at the Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony on February 28. The honorees included Gerard Brechtel, baseball; Doug Neill, baseball; Margaret Schaefer, volleyball; and the 1961 Loyola baseball team. Team members were: Ken Adolph, Jerry Brady, Walt Case, Bob Delpidio, Sturges Ducoing, Larry Hoyt, Joe McMahon, Jr., Wayne Pietri, Bobby Powell, Mike Rooney, Bill Schonacher (captain), Fred Schwartz, Chuck Staub, Lou Triche, Pete

8

Vollenweider, W.E. “Ed” Wahden, Lloyd George “L.G.” Webre, Bill Werling, and Fred Woessner. Bill Delaney and Frank Carrara, Jr., were team managers.

Longtime equipment and pool technician Herb Roth received the St. Sebastian Award for his continuous support of the intercollegiate athletic program. An employee of Loyola since 1983, Roth has also assisted the Wolfpack in various capacities including part-time photographer, bus driver, and game manager.

Loyola University New Orleans Magazine

Fall09 6-15 9/21/09 3:06 PM Page 5

Benefactors celebrated for their generosity and support In addition, Loyola alumnus and retired Louisiana Loyola celebrated its top benefactors on March 12 for Supreme Court Chief Justice Pascal F. Calogero, Jr., their continued support of the university at the annual J.D. ’54, H’91 received the 2008 Integritas Vitae Benefactors Dinner.

Award, the uniAt the dinner, Stuart H. Smith, J.D. ’86, the Mary versity’s highest Freeman Wisdom Foundation, and the Yvonne & Red honor to an indiAdams Foundation were all inducted into the Society of vidual who exemSt. Ignatius, which recognizes individuals, corporations, plifies a high and foundations with lifetime contributions exceeding moral character $100,000. and selfless service Also, two benefactors who have made lifetime contribuwithout expectations of $1,000,000 or more to Loyola became members tion of material of the University Founders of the Society of St. Ignatius. reward or public The first member, Frederick J. Gisevius, Jr., J.D. ’36, recognition.

H’77, left Loyola a very generous gift after his passing in University President Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J., and the Hon. Pascal F. Calogero, Jr. December 2007. Gisevius, a longtime member of the Loyola community, gave generously of his time and resources to Loyola for many years.

The People of Qatar were also recognized as new members for organizing the Qatar Katrina Fund, which supported 184 students from Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, whose lives were affected by Hurricane Katrina with tuition scholarships.

Dr. Roland Waguespack, Jr., Joan Gisevius Johnson, Carol Gisevius Waguespack, University President Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J., and Jane Gisevius

New Board of Trustees members welcomed The Rev. James M. Bowler, S.J., Ph.L.— facilitator for Catholic and Jesuit Identity and Mission at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Conn.

The Rev. Kevin P. Quinn, S.J., Ph.D.— executive director of the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education and a professor of law at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, Calif.

Chad Shinn—executive officer of the board of the Hornets organization in New Orleans, La.

Fall 2009 www.loyno.edu

The Rev. Peter S. Rogers, S.J., Ph.D.— rector for the Loyola Jesuit community and associate professor at Loyola in New Orleans, La. N. John Simmons, Jr. ’76—CEO of Lifestyle Family Fitness and executive-in-residence for the University of South Florida (USF) School of Accountancy in Tampa, Fla. The Rev. Paul A. Soukup, S.J., Ph.D.—professor of communication at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, Calif.

9

Fall09 6-15 9/21/09 3:06 PM Page 6

Celebrating the legacy of Lindy Boggs Emmy Award-winning journalist and bestselling author Cokie Roberts, H’93, and her daughter, award-winning public radio reporter Rebecca Roberts, visited Loyola University New Orleans during a special tribute to former congresswoman and Ambassador to the Vatican Lindy Boggs on March 10.

The event, Celebrating Lindy Boggs—A Legacy of Change, was held in honor of Women’s History Month. The evening began with a special screening of local filmmaker Bess Carrick’s documentary, Lindy Boggs: Steel and Velvet. After the film, guest host and former television anchor Margaret Dubuisson, along with Boggs’ daughter, Cokie, and granddaughter, Rebecca, discussed Boggs’ impact on social change, particularly as it relates to women.

While Boggs, who received an honorary degree from Loyola in 1977, was not in attenCokie Roberts, Rebecca Roberts, and Margaret Dubuisson dance, her legacy at the university can be seen through the work of the Lindy Boggs National her diligence in finding funding for the program Center for Community Literacy. This center was a through a grant from the U.S. Department of result of Boggs’ commitment to adult literacy and Housing and Urban Development.

University hosts tribute ceremony to Qatar The senior diplomat for Qatar’s embassy in Washington, D.C., Hamad Al-Dosari, visited Loyola on May 6 to meet with students who received scholarships from the $100 million Qatar Katrina Fund, which was established in 2005 to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina. Gifts were committed to healthcare, education, and housing. Loyola received a $1.4 million gift intended for scholarships for students affected by the storm.

Al-Dosari accepted a medal from University President Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J., Ph.D., marking induction into the University Founders of the Society of St. Ignatius, a giving society reserved for donors who contribute $1 million or more to Loyola. Rachel Funel, a mass communication major and a scholarship recipient, spoke on behalf of students who received assistance.

10

Since Loyola started receiving these scholarship funds in 2007, 184 Loyola students impacted by Hurricane Katrina have been awarded scholarships. The university awarded the final installment of scholarships from the fund to students this summer.

Loyola University New Orleans Magazine

Fall09 6-15 9/21/09 3:06 PM Page 7

New administrators prepare to lead Donald Boomgaarden, Ph.D., the new dean for the College of Music and Fine Arts, comes to New Orleans, La., from Loyola College in Maryland, where he was assistant vice president of academic affairs since 2004. Prior to his work with Loyola College, he was professor of music history and literature at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, where he also served as assistant to the provost, and chair of the music department. He also was assistant professor of musicology at Ithaca College in New York.

Boomgaarden completed the Institute for Management and Leadership in Education Program at Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2008.

He earned his doctorate and master’s degree in musicology from Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and graduated summa cum laude from Texas State University with a bachelor of music education degree in 1977.

Sonya Forte Duhé, Ph.D., the new director of the School of Mass Communication within the College of Social Sciences, previously was a faculty member at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C., in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications. She also was an affiliated faculty member in the university’s School of the Environment. Duhé served as the associate vice president for research and health sciences as well as special assistant to the provost for strategic directions and initiatives. She also directed an interdisciplinary campuswide science and health communications initiative.

Duhé earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism at Louisiana State University and A&M in Baton Rouge, La., and master’s and doctorate degrees in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., and the University of Missouri at Columbia, respectively. She also is a former television and radio news reporter and anchor.

Jesuit Center commemorates Lent with “Sacred Music and Sacred Words” The Loyola Jesuit Center and the Alumni Association presented “Sacred Music and Sacred Words,” a series of concerts and lectures in March and April to observe the season of Lent.

Events included: “Living Authentic Lives,” a lecture by the Hon. M.E. “Moon” Landrieu ’52, J.D. ’54, H’77, H’05, former mayor of New Orleans, judge, and secretary of Housing and Urban Development; “Sweet Remembrance,” a jazz concert performed by Tony Dagradi and friends; “Living Authentic Lives,” a lecture by Dr. Norman Francis, J.D. ’52, H’82, president of Xavier University of Louisiana; and “We The Hon. Moon Landrieu Fall 2009 www.loyno.edu

Never Lost Our Praise,” a concert by Shades of Praise: New Orleans Interracial Gospel Choir.

Dr. Norman Francis 11

Fall09 6-15 9/25/09 2:55 PM Page 8

Student conference explores options for global peace The Student Coordinating Committee for World Peace at Loyola University New Orleans hosted the inaugural Student Peace Conference, an interdisciplinary summit dedicated to global peace, March 23 – 27.

In an effort to work toward a peaceful and just world for all, the conference offered students an opportunity to explore the multifaceted meanings of peace and conflict from a variety of perspectives. Along with speakers, community action programs, and cultural events, including a candle vigil, interactive theatre piece, and concert, there was an academic component in which selected students presented a paper or project (in any form: artistic, cultural, or social) on the sub-

ject of peace. The committee’s goal was to provide students with a rich sense of what peace means, the problems that prevent society from getting there, and a call to action.

Senior Class Gift a tribute to compassion In the tradition of Loyola seniors who have given a gift to their alma mater, the 2009 Senior Class Gift, a functional art piece, was unveiled in

12

a ceremony on August 29 in the Loyola Sculpture Garden in the Academic Quad.

Local artist David Borgerding designed and created this artistic memorial to the Class of 2009. The piece is dedicated to the 637 colleges and universities that accepted Loyola students in the semesters following Hurricane Katrina.

By organizing and financing a campus project, Loyola seniors leave behind a bit of their personality and a sign of their times that they may visit year after year. Thanks to all who contributed to this gift and to the legacy of the Class of 2009!

Loyola University New Orleans Magazine

Fall09 6-15 9/21/09 3:06 PM Page 9

Bateman Team wins national PR competition The Loyola Bateman Team was awarded first-place honors in the 2009 Bateman Case Study Competition.

The annual competition, organized by the Public Relations Student Society of America, asks teams from universities to tackle a full-scale public relations campaign for a nonprofit organization. This year, students worked with the Consumer Bankers Association to raise college awareness among public school students.

Janine Sheedy, Heather Miranne, Sarah Mackota, Ashley Sutton, and Vicki Voelker comprised Loyola’s team, whose campaign, “The Bling Starts Here,” focused on showing high school students the correlation between attending college and maximizing earning potential. The team crafted a successful community and media awareness campaign, which included workshops in New Orleans-area public schools, staffed by team members and Loyola instructor Lisa Martin; college funding information sessions for parents at local large employers; and a day of tours and mentoring for high school students on Loyola’s campus. The team garnered much media coverage, including a coveted interview on WWL-TV’s “Eyewitness Morning News,” the highestrated local morning show in the U.S., and segments on ABC26 News and NOLA38.

The Loyola Bateman Team has a history of high honors in this competition, having placed first nationally in 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, and 2008, and second in 2001, 2004, and 2006. Public Relations Professor J. Cathy Rogers, Ph.D., supervises the public relations sequence and advises the Bateman competitors.

Student Successes Law student Michelle Augustine was awarded a Fulbright grant to study in Turkey this past summer.

Law student Tim Kappel was a finalist for the GRAMMY Foundation’s 11th Annual Entertainment Law Initiative Essay Competition.

Law student Alison McCreary received the Louisiana State Bar Association’s 2009 Law Student Pro Bono Award.

Business student Ricardo Rivera was awarded a two-year academic scholarship and paid summer internship by the Richard B. Fisher Scholars Program at Morgan Stanley.

Pre-med biology student Danish Siddiqui received the Martin Luther King, Jr., Community Service Award at the 23rd annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Week for Peace celebration hosted by Loyola, Xavier, Tulane, and Dillard universities.

Loyola’s student newspaper, The Maroon, and magazine, The Wolf, won five major national awards and were nominated for an additional 13 honors at two journalism competitions.

The Loyola University New Orleans College of Law’s Trial Advocacy Team placed second in the regionals of the American Association of Justice National Student Trial Advocacy Competition in Atlanta, Ga. Loyola students Elaine Donaldson, Kristen Lee, Matthew McCabe, and Kevin Welsh were chosen to participate in The Washington Center for Academic Internships and Seminars summer session.

They worked at various agencies in the capital and attended academic classes and leadership seminars.

Fall 2009 www.loyno.edu

13

Fall09 6-15 9/25/09 2:56 PM Page 10

Banner space in the University Sports Complex is becoming limited as first-year head coach Kellie Kennedy led the Wolfpack women’s basketball team to a stellar season in 2008 – 09.

Two new banners will be lifted to the rafters after Kennedy’s squad claimed the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles. It was the third consecutive season that Loyola won the GCAC regular season crown and the second time in three years that the Wolfpack captured the tournament championship.

The team’s success in the GCAC secured another trip to the NAIA National Tournament. The trip to Jackson, Tenn., has become an annual occurrence for the Wolfpack women.

Loyola has appeared in the NAIA’s final 32 four out of the last five years. The maroon and gold fell to Westminster College (Utah) 62-47 in the tournament’s first round. Along the way, the ’Pack won 13 consecutive games, which was the third longest winning streak in Loyola women’s basketball history.

Their final overall record was 23-7.

Trenese Smith broke the all-time scoring record and is only 75 points shy of the 2,000 point plateau. The three-time GCAC player of the year, Smith was also named Outstanding Female Amateur athlete for the

Photo courtesy of The Maroon

Women’s basketball has stellar season

Greater New Orleans area by the Allstate Sugar Bowl.

Trenese’s twin sister, Trenell Smith, was named AllGCAC for the third time and is third on the Loyola career scoring list with 1,684 points.

Kennedy is confident that the winning tradition will continue as the Wolfpack adds eight new players in 2009 – 10. “We return a solid nucleus of seven players with Trenese and Trenell Smith coming back for their final seasons,” comments Kennedy. “We also expect this recruiting class to make an immediate impact. To sustain success, we must be able to attract solid student athletes who will fit our program. We’re confident that this group of first-year players fits that mold.”

Giorlando named Athletics Director of the Year Loyola director of athletics and wellness Dr. Michael Giorlando was named Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Athletics Director of the Year. Under Giorlando’s direction, Loyola has been extremely successful this season, not only in sports, but also in the classroom. All five of Loyola’s teams had a team GPA of 3.0 or higher with 14 students being named DaktronicsNAIA Scholar Athletes. The Wolfpack had 64 athletes achieve a 3.0 GPA or higher in the spring and fall semesters of 14

2008, with nine having a perfect 4.0 GPA. The men’s basketball team, led by Giorlando, had their best season in 50 years, finishing 19-11. The Wolfpack also won a program-best 12 games in the GCAC. For his efforts, Giorlando was recognized as the 2009 Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches Small College Coach of the Year.

The women’s basketball team won the GCAC regular season and tournament championships this season after finishing 23-7 overall and 16-2 in conference.

Head coach Andy Canegitta’s cross country team also had a great season for Loyola. Two athletes were named AllGCAC with one qualifying for the NAIA National Cross Country Championships.

The volleyball team, led by head coach Tommy Harold, won a share of the GCAC regular season title. Loyola finished the season 17-9 and 7-1 in the GCAC. Loyola University New Orleans Magazine

Fall09 6-15 9/21/09 3:07 PM Page 11

Loyola Athletics to honor two legendary coaches James “Big Jim” McCafferty and Louis “Rags” Scheuermann were inducted into Loyola’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1993 and are widely remembered for leading the Maroon and Gold to unprecedented heights during their tenure at the helm of their Wolfpack teams. The university will now embark on an effort to raise $50,000 to honor each coach again through the creation of a scholarship fund in their name.

well as the NCAA Championships.

“Dad loved Loyola and the Jesuit community as well as the city of New Orleans,” says Bridget McCafferty Rogler, daughter of Jim McCafferty.

“What would put the biggest smile on his face is knowing that the scholarship recipients will be first generation student-athletes just as he was. A sincere thanks to those of you who have worked so hard to keep his light burning bright.”

James “Big Jim” McCafferty

Louis “Rags” Scheuermann

After graduating from Loyola, where he was a standout athlete, Jim McCafferty served as assistant basketball coach at the university from 1942 to 1950. He was on the staff for Loyola’s NAIA National Championship Team in 1945.

Later, he was promoted to head men’s basketball coach and athletic director for the Wolfpack. In 1954 and 1957, Loyola was one of only 16 teams selected to the NCAA basketball tournament. It was the first two NCAA post season appearances in Loyola history.

McCafferty also instituted the track and field program and coached Loyola’s track team for 11 years. Under his direction, the Wolfpack track program became highly renowned throughout the collegiate track world. His track squad captured the Gulf States Conference Championship in 1951 and 1 9 5 2 .

M c C a f f e r t y ’s athletes competed in some of the most prestigious track events in the country including the Texas, Drake, Southern, and Florida Relays as James “Big Jim” McCafferty

From 1957 to 1972, Louis “Rags” Scheuermann led the Wolfpack baseball program.

His teams prospered under his leadership, winning 234 games for a winning percentage of .649.

Scheuermann produced 11 winning teams in 15 seasons, and his Wolfpack were considered among the finest squads in the nation each year. His talent for communicating with his players, along with his impeccable knowledge of the game, earned him the title of “Dean of New Orleans baseball.”

“It was always Rags’ goal and dream to provide student-athletes a chance to receive a great education and continue to influence others in the community through Athletics,” notes Scheuermann’s family. “He always said that ‘an athlete’s career might end on the playing field, but you can never take away his education and degrees.’

Hopefully, this will continue our father’s dream.”

For more information or to contribute to these scholarship funds, contact Renny Simno ’98, Major Gifts Officer for Wolfpack Athletics, at (504) 861-5851 or grsimno@loyno.edu

Fall 2009 www.loyno.edu

Louis “Rags” Scheuermann 15

Fall09 16-21 9/21/09 3:07 PM Page 2

Bricks, Books, and a Whole Lot More

By Ray Willhoft ’00

Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, the J. Edgar and Louise S. Monroe Library has continued to evolve into a dynamic center of learning and technology, earning national praise and playing a key role in the education of Loyola students. And though the Monroe Library is home to more than 400,000 printed works, as any Loyola library faculty or staff member will tell you, this library is “more than just books.” As a 21st-century institution, not only is the Monroe Library the information hub of the university, but it also has become the center for collaborative work on campus among students, faculty, and staff.

Fulfilling Dreams

“The library was intended to be a community resource. Our students, as well as our alumni, can locate information in a state-of-the-art facility.”

–Peter Maunoir ’59

Loyola’s need for a new library was first addressed in 1987 with the formation of a faculty, staff, and student task force that provided a blueprint for what was to become the J. Edgar and Louise S. Monroe Library. Under the leadership of then University President James C. Carter, S.J., and then as part of Thresholds: The Campaign for Loyola University New Orleans*, funding soon followed from many friends, alumni, and donors, led by the generosity of J. Edgar Monroe, who pledged $7.5 million. Mr. Monroe is to this day the largest benefactor in the history of Loyola, having also contributed to the building of Monroe Hall and the Communications/Music Complex.

“Though he never attended Loyola, Mr. Monroe was very generous with the university and had a close relationship with Fr. Carter,” says Bill Finegan ’57, who serves on the board of the J. Edgar Monroe Foundation. The foundation has continued J. Edgar Monroe’s philanthropic efforts since his death in 1992.

An immense amount of help and support also came from Loyola Honorary Trustee and New Orleans philanthropist Adelaide Wisdom Benjamin H’08 and New Orleans businessman Michael J. Rapier, who served as general campaign co-chairs for Thresholds. “Our jobs were to open doors, get the word out, and convince others to support Loyola’s initiatives,” noted the co-chairs at the end of the campaign.

“The library was intended to be a community resource. Our students, as well as our alumni, can locate information in a state-of-the-art facility,” explains Peter Maunoir ’59, who served as chair of New Orleans corporate gifts for Thresholds.

Once funding was in place, construction began, and the Monroe Library was officially dedicated on February 19, 1999, ushering the university headfirst into the new millennium. *Thresholds: The Campaign for Loyola University New Orleans was described at the time as Loyola’s first-ever comprehensive campaign. Its successful results utterly changed Loyola’s campus for the better. Now, the university is planning a new campaign that will once again invigorate the campus and begin a new chapter in Loyola’s prestigious history.

16

Loyola University New Orleans Magazine

Fall09 16-21 9/21/09 3:08 PM Page 3

The J. Edgar and Louise S. Monroe Library Celebrates 10 Years of Excellence The Library and Online Learning

By Brad Petitfils ’01, M.S. ’02, Instructional Technologist Over the past three years, the Monroe Library has emerged as the university’s center for the development and support of online course offerings.

Currently, Loyola offers one graduate degree program entirely online (Master of Science in Nursing/Health Care Systems Management), while new online programs are in the planning stages.

The university also offers an increasing number of undergraduate courses available online during summer session. These online courses, taught by Loyola faculty, offer Loyola course credit with the added scheduling flexibility that distance learning provides. In the 2009 summer session, students chose from more than 35 courses, including both Common Curriculum and upper-level major courses from each of the univerAnnual library sity’s colleges. entrance count: The library, in partnership with the Center for Teaching, 876,155 Learning, and Scholarship, has created a faculty development Books, bound seminar that explores best practices and the latest trends in online periodical volumes, and blended learning theories in an effort to recreate the classroom music scores: experience as closely as possible. Classes are delivered via Loyola’s 400,000 Blackboard course management system, and students who enroll in Full-text electronic online courses use other Internet technologies that offer opportujournal and nities to work both independently and with classmates on course newspaper titles: assignments.

36,200 Course design and development for summer classes takes place during the spring semester. Through individual consultation and Annual visits to the group meetings, faculty members are able to take existing syllabi library website: 430,635 and ensure that instructional materials, including streaming media, research articles, and assessments, fit into the online course temAnnual checkouts of plate. Technical support for students is available both from library group study rooms: staff and the university’s Blackboard helpdesk, which can be 9,081 reached 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Alternatively, online classes offer a safeguard for hurricane season.

Special attention is currently being focused on quality issues to ensure that the university’s reputation and standards of excellence are not compromised as online courses continue to be developed.

Quick Facts

Fall 2009 www.loyno.edu

17

Fall09 16-21 9/21/09 3:08 PM Page 4

Information and Collaboration Come Together in the Learning Commons

By Ria Newhouse, Learning Commons Coordinator, Deborah Poole, Associate Dean for Public Services, and Malia Willey, Information Literacy/Learning Commons Librarian

The Learning Commons – A one-stop shop The first floor of the Monroe Library is known as the Learning Commons, a collaborative space where the Loyola community comes together to study, learn, teach, create, and socialize. The Learning Commons desk is the information hub of the library, but the learning commons concept permeates the entire library building and beyond. We provide research assistance, technology support, circulation, and referrals at this active one-stop shop for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and visitors. We also build on existing partnerships with individuals, departments, and centers on campus.

Engaging students and the community In October 2008, we took an important step in the evolution of the Learning Commons with the “Roctober Makeover.” Almost the entire first floor received a complete overhaul. Through generous donations, we were able to create a visionary space that allows for the effective sharing of information and ideas. New, more comfortable (and very mobile) furniture creates an inviting atmosphere that allows for collaboration and group work by encouraging library users to create their own spaces.

If you build it, they will come We learned that the old adage, “if you build it, they will come” is very true.

Within minutes of completing the “Roctober Makeover,” we had students testing out the new furniture and equipment. Students utilize our new whiteboards-onwheels to build study niches and take copious notes ranging from history to quadratic equations. We also see faculty meeting with students both informally and formally, realizing the Learning Commons goal to support student-faculty engagement. As our students dream and share information and ideas, the Learning Commons provides them with the space and the tools to do so.

Awards and Recognition for the Monroe Library • Ranked 5th nationally in The Princeton Review’s 2010 “Best College Library” category, marking the fourth year in a row the Monroe Library has made the top 10 list.

• Appeared on the cover of the June 2006 issue of Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.

• Received the 2004 H.W. Wilson Award for Professional Development for its program, “Support for Organizational-Level Development.”

• Received the 2003 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Excellence in Academic Libraries Award.

• Received the 2000 People’s Choice! Architectural Award sponsored by The Gambit Weekly and the American Institute of Architects New Orleans chapter.

18

Loyola University New Orleans Magazine

Fall09 16-21 9/21/09 3:08 PM Page 5

What you will find in the Learning Commons Facilities: • Commons Grounds Café • Laptop area (very flexible furniture) • The Living Room— a great place for seminars, discussion, and movies • The Porch—a cluster of comfortable couches • The Snowflake—computers in a snowflake configuration ideal for individual and collaborative work • 14 group study rooms available for checkout • 16 lockers available for one-week checkout • Three computing labs • Library Instruction Classroom • New book display

Technology: • Wireless network • Dell and Mac desktop computers • PC and Mac multimedia creation stations and scanners

Equipment for loan: • Digital and still cameras • Mac and PC laptops, chargers, laptop cable locks • Mini laptops • MIDI keyboards • Headphones • Graphing calculators • Voice recorders

Fall 2009 www.loyno.edu

19

Fall09 16-21 9/21/09 3:27 PM Page 6

Instruction and Information Literacy Programs

By Alicia Hansen, Music and Instruction Coordinator

Special Resources Under the leadership of Dr. Melanie McKay, the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship was established to promote new modes of teaching that foster an integrated curriculum and more meaningful student learning.

The Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery and Visual Art Center is distinguished by a wide range and depth of art exhibitions. Its revolving exhibitions, which are free for all visitors, include student, local, national, and international shows.

Instructional technology used by faculty and students in classrooms throughout campus is planned, implemented, and supported by the Monroe Library’s Media Services Team.

20

The Monroe Library instruction program is a large part of our overall Information Literacy program.

Information literacy includes the ability for students to “identify, retrieve, evaluate, and use information that is appropriate to a need.” We teach library users how to find and use the right tools for their research; this means a focus on not only demonstrating the many research databases to which we subscribe, but also designing exercises that incorporate hands-on practice for the confidence and skill necessary for independent research later down the road.

By Appointment is possibly our most university-wide and year-round teaching commitment with three choices available to our users: Research by Appointment, Instruction by Appointment, and Technology by Appointment.

• Research by Appointment is for individuals (usually students) looking for help with a particular paper, presentation, thesis, or capstone project, something that requires more time than what walk-up reference would provide.

• Instruction by Appointment is for teaching faculty who would like a reference librarian to conduct a session for his or her class, ideally related to a particular assignment or project.

• And Technology by Appointment is for anyone who would like training on software or hardware (Microsoft Office products, web page design, video cameras, and other video equipment).

We have also added for-credit courses to our instruction program, Technology for Music Students and Library Research 2.0.

Finally, we do of course offer physical and virtual reference service, the latter being a collaboration with other Jesuit universities for 24/7 online reference. Also, we continually offer two levels of internal training, the first of which is Staff Conference Day, a full day of workshops designed to teach technology, research, and other pertinent career-related skills to staff. The second is an annual meeting of library faculty and staff for sharing and demonstrating various web, technology, and research applications.

Loyola University New Orleans Magazine

Fall09 16-21 9/21/09 3:08 PM Page 7

Our Special Collections and Archives: A Decade of Growth

By Art Carpenter, Archivist, and Trish Nugent, Special Collections Librarian/Archivist What sets Special Collections and Archives apart is the uniqueness of its holdings. Its archival and manuscript collections are typically made up of one-of-a-kind items such as letters, journals, and photographs that researchers use in writing articles and books.

Perhaps the most important of these collections is the Archives of the New Orleans Province of the Society of Jesus. This vast collection documents the history of the Jesuits in 10 southern states from 1837 to the present. It comprises books both rare and contemporary, periodicals, house diaries, correspondence, administrative files, photographs, sacred items, and the personal collections of deceased Jesuits.

Another important collection is the Frere Joseph-Aurelien Cornet Collection, an archive of global significance, on the art and ethnography of the Congo region and peoples.

Also noteworthy are holdings related to Communications and Mass Media, traditionally a strength of the university and its alumni. In addition to the WWL Broadcast Archives, which contains materials about the founding and operation of WWL-AMFM and TV from 1912 to 1990, this collection is complemented by two other WWLrelated holdings: the Phil Johnson Collection of original scripts of editorials broadcast daily from 1962 to 1999 and the Nash Roberts Hurricane Papers. Further strengthening communications holdings are the Ronnie Virgets Papers; the Informed Sources Collection; and the Archives of the Press Club of New Orleans.

Also of growing importance are collections about Social and Environmental Justice.

These include the Archives of the Ecology Center of Louisiana, the Darryl MalekWiley Papers, the Louis J. Twomey, S.J., Papers, the Joseph H. Fichter, S.J., Papers, the Janet Mary Riley Papers, and the Archives of the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador.

And there is more, especially in materials related to local politics, performing arts, and literature, and university archives and university publications, as well as an extensive rare books collection.

The Monroe Library’s Special Collections increases awareness of its holdings in two ways: hosting exhibits drawn from its own collections and digitizing its materials with the aim of building its online collections and making its holdings more available. Digitized to date are: • A photographic scrapbook of the New Orleans Mission of the Society of Jesus from the late 19th century.

• Early 20th-century New Orleans travel brochures from the Anthony J. Stanonis Collection.

• Letters by the late 19th-century writer Lafcadio Hearn.

• The Loyola Maroon, beginning with issues from the early 1970s.

• Electronic Thesis Collection, which consists of theses by Loyola graduate and undergraduate students dating back to 1958.

These digitized portions of our collections are available at the LOUISiana Digital Library (http://louisdl.louislibraries.org).

Fall 2009 www.loyno.edu

21

Fall09 22-25 9/21/09 3:08 PM Page 2

All Things New Orleans— A Summer of Learning and Service

By Sean Snyder

22

Loyola University New Orleans Magazine

Fall09 22-25 9/25/09 2:58 PM Page 3

From around the country, Jesuit students came, saw, and enjoyed the summer at Loyola University New Orleans with trips to the French Quarter, local cuisine, spirited lectures and dialogue, and post-Katrina community projects. The result? A New Orleans historical and cultural immersion program termed the Jesuit Summer Institute for Advanced Study (JSIAS), a joint venture of the honors programs and member institutions within the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU).

What Was The JSIAS? “In development for two years, the JSIAS was modeled after the Erasmus Institute at the University of Notre Dame,” says Constance Mui, Ph.D., director of Loyola’s Honors Program and professor of philosophy.

“Whereas the Erasmus Institute is devoted primarily to Catholic intellectual life, the Jesuit version is designed in such a way as to concentrate on developing the JSIAS fellow as a whole person— intellectually, morally, and spiritually.

The JSIAS is an intellectually rigorous program that encourages students to explore the moral dimension of our city’s many challenges, especially those that have led to its many crises and rebirths. There was also time set aside for spiritual exercises and reflections.”

This inaugural session was led by two Loyola faculty members, acclaimed author and

Fall 2009 www.loyno.edu

English professor John Biguenet and awardwinning philosophy professor John Clark, Ph.D. The session focused on New Orleans’ distinctive culture and its long history of crisis and calamity through the lenses of history, philosophy, ecology, music, literature, art, and cuisine.

New Orleans In Depth and In Review During their two-week stay, fellows took walking tours of the French Quarter, Garden District, and Jean Lafitte National Park; watched screenings of iconic New Orleans films and powerful documentaries; and heard from notable guest lecturers, including folklorist and “American Routes” producer Nick Spitzer, education expert Lance Hill, and geographer and “Bienville’s Dilemma” author Richard Campanella.

The students were also required to participate in servicelearning projects where they helped to build or refurbish houses at three different locations with New Orleans Habitat for Humanity, The St. Bernard Project, and Common Ground.

At the conclusion of the program, students presented writings, reports, poems, and artwork representing what New Orleans means to them in the light of what they experienced during the program. They also discussed how the visit changed their perceptions of the city, what lessons they were taking back, and how

23

Fall09 22-25 9/21/09 3:09 PM Page 4

Students experienced A Studio in the Woods community workshop in the arts and environment. tive effect the JSIAS would have on them emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually or the ways in which a two-week program would prompt them to question seriously and JSIAS administrators say the fellows received even revise some of their long-held beliefs the program very well and were challenged by and assumptions.” the concepts and experiences that came from Ryan Elizabeth Vale, a Fordham University it. “As fellows themselves noted, it was a deep student from Winston-Salem, N.C., says the and transformative sense of great enthu“I’ve never been somewhere where the experience for many siasm for community of them,” Clark says. action she witnessed atmosphere was so deeply enriching.

“We were fortunate This experience has taught me how to be in New Orleans has to have 28 extremely inspired her to engage more than a tourist. It was a thoughtful young youth in her hometransformative experience.” women and men at town to support a pas— Marie Perry, Loyola for the JSIAS, sion of hers, the arts.

University of Scranton and I think they “I have a newly renowould agree that intellectually the experience vated interest in my hometown and myself,” was the rigorous kind of academic venture Vale says. “I’ve begun to miss New Orleans, they were hoping for,” says John Sebastian, with Carolina on my mind.”

Ph.D., deputy director of Loyola’s Honors Undergraduates from any of the 28 AJCU Program and assistant professor of medieval schools were welcome to apply for the proliterature. “What some of them weren’t gram. To qualify, fellows required endorseexpecting was the profound and transforma- ments from their provosts or academic vice they were putting what they had learned to use in their home cities.

Positive Experiences

24

Loyola University New Orleans Magazine

Fall09 22-25 9/21/09 3:09 PM Page 5

presidents, academic deans, honors program directors, or other suitable representatives designated by their home colleges or universities.

“The program was extremely generous in covering airfare, housing, meals, and a daily stipend, and even gave them $500 to cover any forgoing of income from summer jobs, so that no outstanding student would have to pass it up for financial reasons and they all could concentrate on the program itself,” says Clark.

“At Loyola, the Offices of the President, Provost, and Mission and Ministry were major financial and moral supporters of the effort,” says Sebastian. “The Rev. Ted Dziak, S.J., and Kurt Bindewald, in the Office of Mission and Ministry, paid for a major portion of Loyola’s contribution.”

In the end, the JSIAS welcomed 28 fellows from 15 AJCU schools.

Is JSIAS’ Future Uncertain?

The immediate future of the JSIAS is still uncertain. Directors from this summer have to assess the success of the program and report their findings at the next AJCU honors directors conference.

One of the largest challenges, especially in the current economic situation in the U.S., is finding funding for the program.

“Like us, many of our sister Jesuit institutions were facing repeated rounds of severe budget cuts, and they were in no position to sponsor a student, even at the reduced rate of $1,500,” Mui says.

“Unless the economy improves in the future, it would be very difficult not only to get institutions to participate, but

Fall 2009 www.loyno.edu

more importantly, to get institutions to host the institute.”

Mui hopes that scholarships will be made available to those interested in participating in the future JSIAS programs. “This will take some of the burden off honors programs, many of which have faced serious budget cuts.”

As for now, the hopes are to have the JSIAS every two years. According to Sebastian, this will give schools time to assess the inaugural season of the program and allow for them to raise the necessary funds needed to sustain it.

For more information, call Dr. Constance Mui at (504) 865-3050 or e-mail cmui@loyno.edu

AJCU Schools Represented Boston College Canisius College Creighton University Fordham University Holy Cross College John Carroll University Le Moyne College Loyola College in Maryland Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago Loyola University New Orleans Regis University Rockhurst University University of Scranton Xavier University

25

Fall09 26-29 9/22/09 8:56 AM Page 2

The Longest Word

By Catherine I. Koppel By any measure, the longest known word,

lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon, is a mouthful.

Translated from ancient Greek, the word defines a fricassee or a goulash composed of leftovers from meals of the last two weeks. It was first introduced by Aristophanes in The Ecclesiazusae or Assemblywomen in 390 B.C.E. And, when pronounced in the dactylic rhythm of Homer, it takes 16 seconds to recite.

But, if you are not an opsimath engaged in study of the classics, you probably did not know that. Thomas Lemann is, and does.

Lemann is a New Orleans, La., native, of counsel at the law firm Liskow & Lewis, and father of two grown children. In addition to being an opsimath, or a person who learns late in life, Lemann is an enthusiastic supporter of Loyola University New Orleans, especially its Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Cultures, in recognition of the 14 years he spent studying Greek at Loyola with the Rev. Emmett Bienvenu, S.J.

26

Loyola University New Orleans Magazine

Fall09 26-29 9/22/09 8:56 AM Page 3

As a young man, Lemann’s father urged the Country Day student, a future Harvard College and Harvard Law School graduate, to take Greek, but “like most children, I rejected my father’s advice,” Lemann says.

Long after college and law school, in the midst of middle age, Lemann had a change of heart. He and three other lawyers, a writer, and a Latin teacher decided to study ancient Greek. His friend, Bill Tete, arranged to take classes with Fr. Bienvenu, then chairman of the Department of Greek and Latin Studies at Loyola, and the group began their own odyssey.

“When this opportunity came up, I was quick to grasp it,” Lemann says.

The opsimaths met every Thursday night with Bienvenu at Loyola, reciting and interpreting The Iliad, and other works, just for the love of learning. After 14 years, in 1992, Bienvenu dismissed the “Opsimathic Society,” as Lemann called them, from campus.

But, the learning continues. Lemann and fellow student, Jonathan C. McCall, meet regularly on Thursdays and have welcomed other graecophiles throughout the years. The class will meet “as long as health persists, or until one of us croaks,” Lemann says with a smile.

Thirty-one years into their study, classes still start with reading Homer aloud in Greek, “because that’s the way the professor always taught us,” Lemann says. “Then, the reader gives his translation, and the rest of the class snipes at him and corrects his pronunciation.”

At Bienvenu’s retirement party from Loyola in 1996, Lemann said “our class is Fall 2009 www.loyno.edu

27

Fall09 26-29 9/21/09 3:10 PM Page 4

Jonathan C. McCall and Thomas Lemann under great obligation to Fr. Bienvenu for his It’s a great thing to have. Once you get patience and steadfastness in steering sometimes your head into it, you can’t get it out.” slow-witted opsiLemann, who proclaims mathics through the “The longest word is a great word to say at himself “the only student thicket” of classical dinner. You give that to the kids and they who studied at Loyola 14 Greek, “with good years without getting a say ‘give me some.’ It gets their attention.” humor and a love of degree,” delights in recit— Thomas Lemann learning.” ing lopadotemachoselaIt is this respect chogaleokranioleipsanand admiration for Bienvenu and odrimhypotrimmatosilcommitment to classics and phioparaomelitokatakechymenolearning and that compels kichlepikossyphophattoperisteralekLemann to give to Loyola. “He tryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiodismissed us, but we forgave lagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon, the him because he taught us so word he learned at Loyola. much,” Lemann says of “The longest word is a great word to Bienvenu. His daughter, say at dinner,” Lemann says. “You Nancy, a novelist, even give that to the kids and they say ‘give immortalized the priest in her me some.’ It gets their attention.” novels as “Fr. Boudreaux.”

It is a conversation starter, an entrée for “It’s for other people to decide the uninitiated into the world of ancient whether they want to study the Greece. But for Loyola, the longest word repreclassics. But I like them,” Lemann sents the zeal of this opsimath, Thomas Lemann, says. “I like the metrics; my classtaking on and promoting new scholarship in mate loves the etymology of it. advanced age, without an end in sight.

28

Loyola University New Orleans Magazine

Fall09 26-29 9/25/09 3:09 PM Page 5

Loyola Honors Do you have a candidate for us?

Loyola University New Orleans presents several honors annually to outstanding individuals—alumni and friends—who, through various acts and achievements, have shown their commitment to Loyola and their communities.

Adjutor Hominum Award—Presented by the university at the annual Alumni Jazz Brunch during Reunion Weekend in the spring, this award honors an outstanding alumnus(na) whose life exemplifies those characteristics that Loyola seeks to form in its graduates—namely moral character, service to humanity, and unquestionable integrity.

Athletics Hall of Fame—Presented annually by the Hall of Fame Commission, this award recognizes individuals or teams for outstanding accomplishments in intercollegiate athletics at Loyola. The recipient(s) are acknowledged in the spring at the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Banquet hosted by the Alumni Association.

Business Alumnus(na) of the Year and Young Alumnus(na) of the Year—Bestowed by the College of Business at the annual Business Alumni Luncheon held in the spring, these two awards pay tribute to outstanding business alumni.

Distinguished Guest Artist Award—The College of Music and Fine Arts recognizes an individual whose musical accomplishments serve as a model and challenge for music students.

Integritas Vitae Award—The recipient of this university-presented award must be of high integrity and have demonstrated through a significant act or service the values and philosophy of Jesuit education which Loyola exemplifies. This award is presented at the annual Benefactors Dinner held in the spring.

St. Ignatius Award—This recognition honors volunteerism to the Jesuit Order of the Southern Province through nominations by New Orleans-area Jesuit institutions, including Loyola University New Orleans.

St. Ives Award—Named after the patron saint of lawyers and presented by the College of Law at the annual Law Alumni Luncheon in the spring, this award honors an outstanding law graduate for his or her contributions within the legal community.

St. Sebastian Award—Presented annually by the athletics department, this award is designed to recognize outstanding efforts on behalf of Loyola athletes off the playing field. The recipient(s) are acknowledged in the spring at the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Banquet.

Volunteer Alumnus(na) of the Year and Volunteer Young Alumnus(na) of the Year— The Loyola University New Orleans Alumni Association Volunteer Award is a new award that recognizes alumni who have given most generously of their time, talent, and treasure to their alma mater and community. These awards are presented at the annual Alumni Jazz Brunch during Reunion Weekend in May.

We encourage you to tell us about outstanding award-caliber candidates.

Please send your nominations, with reasons for nomination and other comments, to: Dr. Claire Simno Assistant Director of Stewardship and Donor Relations Office of Institutional Advancement Loyola University New Orleans 7214 St. Charles Avenue, Campus Box 909 New Orleans, LA 70118 (504) 861-5582 cdsimno@loyno.edu

Fall09 30-31 9/21/09 3:10 PM Page 2

Why Do We Teach?

“I became a teacher because I wanted to help young people who are interested in music. Give them a deeper knowledge and appreciation. My philosophy is to introduce students to the many styles of music. Everyone is capable of enjoying, performing, and appreciating music. There are no handicap individuals in music. Seeing the progress and success of my students is the greatest thing about being a teacher.”

Joseph Hebert, Ph.D. Professor of Music Director of Bands Coordinator of Wind and Percussion Activities College of Music and Fine Arts

“My goal is to teach future business leaders how to create a productive and engaging work environment for employees through effective communication. I believe that students need to understand the theoretical foundation of what they are studying in class and then be able to apply those theories to real-life, practical situations. It is my responsibility to motivate students to think about course concepts beyond the scope of the classroom and to challenge themselves to become more accomplished communicators and thus more effective business leaders.

Watching the transformation of students from the start of the semester to the end—their development and progress—is very fulfilling.”

Kathy Barnett, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Management Internship Coordinator College of Business

Fall09 30-31 9/21/09 3:11 PM Page 3

Our students keep us proud. Our staff keep us running. Our alumni keep us active. But it is our faculty that keep us centered in our commitment to academic excellence. Without their expertise and dedication to the education of our students, we would not be able to achieve the level of excellence for which we are known.

So, why do they teach? Here are a few responses.

“I feel blessed to have stumbled upon a profession that allows me to do exactly what I want (talk, read, and write about the Middle Ages— what could be better?). Teaching not only allows me to indulge in my own medieval vices, it also gives me the opportunity to touch the lives of students and, sometimes, help them to open their minds and look at the world in a new light. We live in a world of cultural hostilities and ethnocentrism. If I can help to ease those tensions by explaining the roots of cultural differences, and some of my students actually get it, then I know I’ve accomplished something in this world.”

Sara Butler, Ph.D. Associate Professor of History College of Humanities and Natural Sciences

“During my first semesters of teaching, after a 30-year career in the private criminal justice sector, I came to recognize the value to the students of the practical experiences I had acquired over my professional career when combined with the academic knowledge they would gain from their college courses. My general teaching philosophy is three-fold: dissemination of factual information, story-telling, and ‘war stories.’ Additionally, whenever possible, I draw on the contacts that I made during my professional career to obtain current practitioners in the public criminal justice realm to guest lecture. I also engage the students in discussions and debates to allow for more comprehensive review of some challenging issues in criminal justice. My greatest enjoyment in being a teacher is the interaction between instructor and student. I truly enjoy having the opportunity to present to students a different perspective of criminal justice other than the media’s Law and Order or CSI depictions that many believe is the real world of criminal justice.”

Patrick Walsh, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice College of Social Sciences

Fall09 32-33 9/21/09 3:11 PM Page 2

LOYOLA IN PRINT

Life Is Beautiful... and It Stinks: A Book of Poetry and Art from the Magical Land of New Orleans The Book: These poems are powerful, distinctive, and arouse flawless imagery, which caress the reader’s sensibility. Falcon was inspired to design and write the book during the first Mardi Gras after Katrina. The book is aimed at people who love poetry, art, and New Orleans. Falcon included her own original photographs of quintessential New Orleans scenes and people with her poems.

For those who have never visited the city, rest assured you will experience vicariously the magic that inspired Omaira to write this book.

The Author: Omaira Falcon is a distributed systems support analyst for Loyola’s Department of Information Technology. She is also a U.S. Army veteran.

Available through www.lifeisbeautifulanditstinks.com

32

Faculty / Staff / Alumni Books

Looking for J.C. The Book: Dan McDevitt battles depression and faces a foundering career when his colleague, Red Prendergast, takes him to South America to confront officials who have cheated his company out of millions.

Their mission is to get the money back, but that’s the easy part. What happens next turns their lives into a nightmare. By chance, Dan meets his friend and Jesuit priest, Tommy McGrail. Influenced by Tommy, Dan drives him into the backcountry to bring home Father J.C. McAleese, their teacher and mentor. Fleeing marauding soldiers and drug lords, the two companions travel to a secret mountain camp, where Dan discovers Tommy has deceived him. Rather than looking for J.C., they must enter the lair of the dictator Adolpho Streggemann and rescue the hostages he holds.

Research Methods for Massage and Holistic Therapies

The Author: John Fitzmorris, Jr. ’65, J.D. ’68 lives in New Orleans, La., with his wife, Kay. An attorney, John is historian and president of the New Orleans Division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.

The Book: Research Methods for Massage and Holistic Therapies provides a comprehensive resource for researchers, educators, and clinical practitioners in the manual therapy community. Although focused principally on research issues of therapeutic massage in a clinical setting, the book also provides an evidence-based research foundation for physical therapists, osteopaths, physiatrists, and chiropractors. A prominent feature of this textbook is its coverage of not only standard quantitative research methods and designs, but also those related to the more recent emphases on the qualitative and integrative research categories.

The Author: Glenn M. Hymel, Ed.D., L.M.T., professor of psychology and former chair, is currently in his 35th year on Loyola’s faculty. His principal areas of specialization include educational psychology, research methods and statistics, and the complementary/integrative medicine aspects of health psychology.

Available through www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com

Available through www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com

Loyola University New Orleans Magazine

Fall09 32-33 9/21/09 3:11 PM Page 3

Stop Reading and Start Proclaiming!

The Book: Whether you are a “newbie” lector or a veteran of many years, you will certainly enjoy trying the preparation techniques in this book. Using any one of the 10 skills presented will make you a more dynamic proclaimer of the word—which in turn will touch, transform, and indeed rouse the gathered assembly’s minds and hearts.

Unlike any other lector training book, Stop Reading and Start Proclaiming! bases its approach on the art of acting. Actor, director, lector trainer, and workshop presenter Douglas Leal focuses each chapter on a concept such as voice or posture and includes practice exercises, sample readings, and extra fun stuff like “Tricks of the Trade,” “Traps,” and even a little theatre trivia.

The Author: Douglas Leal ’84 is a professional actor and director who has worked in both theatre and ministry in New Orleans, Chicago, and Los Angeles.

He is a frequent speaker at parishes and conferences nationwide on Christian spirituality, adult faith formation, liturgy, young adult ministry, and the proclamation of scripture.

Available through www.rpinet.com and www.amazon.com

Fall 2009 www.loyno.edu

Capital Punishment: An Indictment by a Death-Row Survivor

When They Were Mine: Memoirs of a Branch Davidian Wife and Mother

The Book: Billy Wayne Sinclair was just 21 years old when a Louisiana judge said to him, “I hereby sentence you to death in the electric chair,” the result of a botched convenience store holdup in which Billy accidentally shot and killed a man. He spent 40 years in the Louisiana penal system, including 20 years in Angola Prison—six of those years on death row. In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the death penalty as “capricious and arbitrary,” and Billy’s sentence was automatically commuted to life in prison. He was released on parole in 2006. Billy Wayne Sinclair and Jodie Sinclair examine the death penalty from ancient history—an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth—to the latest U.S. Supreme Court decisions, revealing vital information about, and insights into, a subject as heated and contentious today as it ever was.

The Book: When They Were Mine is the autobiography of Sheila Martin, a member of the Branch Davidian Church at the time of its apocalyptic encounter with the FBI in April 1993.

The assault resulted in a fire that killed 76 Branch Davidians, including 23 children. Sheila’s husband and four oldest children died in the fire.

Martin told the story of her life, both before and after the attack, to Catherine Wessinger, who then wrote this first-person narrative from the recordings of their sessions together.

The result is a haunting account of one life, typical in its ups and downs, made atypical by a collision of faith with history.

The Author: Jodie Sinclair ’79, wife of Billy Wayne Sinclair, is director of public relations at the Jim S. Adler and Associates law firm in Houston, Texas.

The Author: Catherine Wessinger, Ph.D., is the Rev. H. James Yamauchi, S.J., Professor of the History of Religions at Loyola.

Available through www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com

Available through www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com

33

Fall09 34-35 9/21/09 3:12 PM Page 2

Mary Beth Kratky ’07, University President Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J., and Los Angeles Chapter President Norma Miranda ’06

Celebrating Mardi Gras in Washington, D.C.!

Los Angeles Alumni Chapter Reception The Los Angeles Chapter of the Loyola University New Orleans Alumni Association hosted an alumni reception with special guest University President Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J., Ph.D., on February 19.

More than 40 alumni, parents, and friends attended the reception hosted by Chapter President Norma Miranda ’06 at SOUTH in Santa Monica, Calif., to discuss the many exciting things taking place at Loyola with Fr. Wildes. A big thanks goes to Norma Miranda.

Washington, D.C., Mardi Gras Party Purple, green, and gold sparkled in D.C.!

Washington, D.C., alumni celebrated Mardi Gras New Orleans style with “Bacchus on the Potomac” on February 21. Thirty-two alumni, parents, and friends joined Chapter President Leslie ’74 and Larry ’74 Bouterie at the home of Dawn Alexander ’88, J.D. ’91 for jambalaya, shrimp creole, Cajun fried turkey, libations, music, beads, and merriment. A big thank you to Dawn Alexander for graciously offering her home for the party.

Four Fins 50th Anniversary Mass and Brunch The Four Fins celebrated their 50th anniversary on April 19 with a Mass and Jazz Brunch at Loyola University New Orleans. More than 65 members began the morning with 10:30 a.m. Mass celebrated by the Rev. Stephen Rowntree, S.J., followed by Mimosas and a viewing of the both The History of Loyola Athletics exhibit and a student art exhibit in the Monroe Library. At noon, the group strolled over to the Danna Student Center to enjoy a traditional New Orleans Jazz Brunch. A very special thank you to Four Fin Officers and event organizers: Paulette Holahan, Patsy Daniel Dreuil, Cathy Daly, and Margaret Shirer. Cheers to another 50 years!

New Orleans Young Alumni Summer Cocktail at Cure Need a cure for the Summertime Blues? The Loyola University New Orleans Young Alumni Association prescribed the perfect cure! On June 4, more than 100 young alumni and friends attended the event at Cure, one of New Orleans’ newest cocktail bars. Leigh Thorpe ’03 and Michelle Clarke ’06, president and new vice president of the Young Alumni Board, respectively, recognized Johmyrin Johnson ’05 and Brett Hancock ’04 for their contribution to the 2008 – 2009 board and welcomed its new board members: Amarena Diaz ’06, Alexis Yankowski ’03, and Noah J. Bychurch ’05.

Emile Dreuil, Patsy Daniel Dreuil, Edgar Saunders, Cynthia Leithman ’54, M.E. ’70, and Paulette H. Holahan

Troavè Profice ’06, Johmyrin Johnson ’05, Rajan Pandit ’05, J.D. ’08, and guest

Fall09 34-35 9/21/09 3:12 PM Page 3

Enjoying crawfish in Tampa!

Going Greek with crawfish!

Tampa/St. Petersburg Alumni Chapter Crawfish Boil “Crawdads” were enjoyed by all! The Tampa/St. Pete Chapter of the Loyola University New Orleans Alumni Association hosted their annual chapter crawfish boil on March 29 at the beautiful home of Vicki Livingston McCarthy ’86 in Tampa, Fla. Fifty alumni, parents, and friends attended the event and enjoyed wonderful Louisiana crawfish.

Greek Alumni Crawfish Boil Catch the crawfish craze! The Greek Alumni Committee of the Loyola University Alumni Association organized their first Greek Alumni Crawfish Boil since Hurricane Katrina. More than 50 Greek alumni representing the various Greek fraternities and sororities throughout Loyola’s history attended the event on April 18 on the front lawn of Greenville Hall on Loyola’s Broadway Campus. A special thank you to all of the Greek Alumni Committee members for their hard work in organizing this year’s event.

Dallas Alumni Day at the BallPark What a great day at the ballpark! On June 27, the Dallas Chapter of the Loyola University New Orleans Alumni Association hosted their annual “Dallas Alumni Day at the Ballpark.” This year, more than 40 alumni, parents, and friends joined the Dallas Chapter to watch the Texas Rangers square off against the San Diego Padres; the Rangers fought hard, but ultimately were defeated 7-3. A very special thank you to Dave Pels ’76, J.D. ’79 and Shannon Gracey Ratliff & Miller, L.L.P., for allowing us to use their suite each year.

Chapter Presidents Leadership Meeting For the first time in a very long time, the Loyola University New Orleans Alumni Association Chapter Presidents convened on campus at the Chapter Presidents Leadership Meeting May 6 – 7, preceding Alumni Weekend 2009. They discussed the direction of chapter programming, recruiting, and retaining chapter volunteers, and received updates from university personnel on fundraising, admissions, and academics. All chapter presidents will convene annually in New Orleans two days before Alumni Weekend.

Dallas Chapter President Summer Bosch ’97, Matt Houston ’03, and Liz Harling, J.D. ’87

Chapter Presidents Parker Bigley ’95 (Houston), Leslie Bouterie ’74 (Washington, D.C.), Summer Bosch ’97 (Dallas), Jessica Cantave ’03 (Baton Rouge), Elizabeth Manshel ’89 (Northshore), Norma Miranda ’06 (Los Angeles/Orange County), and Stacey O’Malley ’89 (Chicago)

Fall09 36-49 9/21/09 3:13 PM Page 2

College of Business

Where Do I Fit In? Life can be confusing. Figuring out which Loyola University New Orleans college you belong to shouldn’t be. Just look for your major to see where you now belong.

College of Business Accounting Economics Finance International Business Management Marketing Business of Music M.B.A.

College of Humanities and Natural Sciences Biological Sciences Chemistry Classical Studies Computer Information Systems Computer Science Dental Hygiene Dentistry English General Studies History Humanities Mathematics Modern Foreign Languages Philosophy Pharmacy Physics Pre-professional Programs: Pre-dentistry Pre-engineering Pre-law Pre-medicine Pre-veterinary Psychology Reading Religious Studies

College of Law Civil Law Common Law LL.M.

36

College of Music and Fine Arts Dance Drama Drama/Communications Graphic Arts Jazz Studies Music Composition Music Education Music Industry Studies Music Therapy Performance Piano Pedagogy Theatre Arts Visual Arts

College of Social Sciences Applied Science Commercial Science Communications: Advertising Broadcast Journalism Broadcast Production Communications Studies Film Studies Photojournalism Print Journalism Public Relations Counseling Criminal Justice Economics (non-business) Education Liberal Studies Political Science Nursing Sociology Loyola Institute for Ministry (LIM)

Frank Jemsek ’63, CEO of Cog Hill Golf & Country, was inducted into the Illinois Golf Hall of Fame this fall. He joined his late father, Joe, as the only father-son pair in the Illinois Golf Hall of Fame. Through his tireless work and dedication to the game, Frank has carried on the family mission—to provide the public golfer with first class amenities and a memorable golf experience at all Jemsek Golf properties.

Cog Hill, Pine Meadow Golf Course in Mundelein, and St. Andrews Golf & Country Club are all owned and operated by Jemsek Golf. Cog Hill and Pine Meadow are consistently ranked among the top public facilities in Illinois by national golf publications.

Loyola would like to remember Captain Ronald F. Rod ’56, M.B.A. ’64 who valiantly gave his life on December 4, 1965, at the age of 31, in South Vietnam. While stationed in Due Pho, Ron was instrumental in getting donations of clothing and soap delivered to the impoverished people, as well as helped start an orphanage there. Ron was survived by his wife,

Carolyn, and their five children. Loyola honors Ron, and all of the men and women in the Armed Forces, for their service and bravery.

Rudolph T. O’Dwyer, III ’69, Metairie, La., manager of the Audiovisual and Executive Conference Center of Pan-American Life Insurance, has been named Cambridge Who’s Who Professional of the Year in Business Communications.

N. John Simmons, Jr. ’76 was named CEO of Lifestyle Family Fitness, a $100 million, 55-club fitness chain located in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, and Indiana. He continues to also serve as president of Quantum Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in Tampa, Fla., which has arranged $50 million of equity funding for Lifestyle over the past eight years.

Dwain Celistan ’81 has written his third book, You’re Hired: Actions to Get and Keep the Job You Love. It is the basis for a wide range of speaking engagements throughout the country. The messages

Loyola University New Orleans Magazine

Fall09 36-49 9/21/09 4:26 PM Page 3

College of Business (Continued) are appropriate for new and experienced professionals.

Gina Reilly ’85 joined Health Strategies & Solutions, Inc., as manager of the firm’s Florida location, based in St. Petersburg. The leading health care strategy firm welcomed Gina’s nearly 20 years of experience as both a consultant and healthcare executive.

Tim Ribaul ’82, M.B.A. ’85 was appointed North America Controller for Schlumberger Well Services.

Based in Sugar Land, Texas, Tim’s area of responsibility includes the lower 48 states, Alaska, Canada, and the Gulf of Mexico. Tim and Cindy relocated from Highlands Ranch, Colo., to Sugar Land in 2009. There son, Alex, is a senior at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colo., majoring in biochemistry with a minor in biological life sciences.

Stanford S. Rorison ’89, Metairie, La., was appointed vice president of sales for Eustis Insurance, Inc. Leonard Baudoin, Jr. ’92, New Orleans, La., was named vice president and mortgage lending manager for Dryades Savings Bank’s Louisiana

Fall 2009 www.loyno.edu

Mortgage Division.

Dennis Lauscha, M.B.A. ’93, Metairie, La., was promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer for the New Orleans Saints.

Andrea ThomasReynolds, M.B.A. ’95 was selected as the CEO of the Algiers, La., Charter Schools Association.

Lisandro Chanlatte ’97, New York, N.Y., joined BAP Capital as managing director & investment officer in February 2009. BAP Capital will manage a Real Estate Private Equity fund focused on for-sale distressed housing opportunities from affordable housing to resort residential in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Antigua, Colombia, Panama, and Costa Rica.

John D. Dale ’99, Tulsa, Okla., an attorney with GableGotwals, was named an “Achiever under 40” by The Journal Record.

Joseph Jones, II ’01, Windsor Heights, Iowa, was named one of the “Forty Under 40” by Business Record. He is the director of governmental

affairs for the Iowa Finance Authority, and he teaches American Government at Des Moines Area Community College.

Javier Eduardo Villar ’02 is general manager/owner of Micro Empaquaes Promocionales in San Pedro Sula, CO, Honduras, and is experiencing fatherhood.

Christina Scelsi ’04, Port Charlotte, Fla., was admitted to the Florida Bar. Chantel Falyn Hoheb ’06 has been living in her hometown of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for 2 ½ years. She works in the marketing department for the USVI Department of Tourism where she is responsible for tracking promotions, assisting with local public relations, and travelling for trade shows and conferences in various parts of the world. Her duties also include assisting with press trips and community efforts such as the United Way’s Annual Day of Caring: Project Homeless Connect. She represented the U.S. Virgin Islands in Toronto for their annual Caribbean Week events and has travelled to St. Lucia for CHA

Marketplace where the destination is able to work on developing new partner relationships and nurturing existing ones. She also was voted Employee of the Year by her co-workers at the USVI Department of Tourism.

Crystal Guidry Vaccaro ’05, M.B.A. ’09 graduated from Loyola University New Orleans with her master’s degree in business administration in May 2009. She also married John Vaccaro, IV, current Loyola student, in April 2009. She currently works at Loyola as the senior admissions counselor.

We would love to hear your comments and suggestions about our magazine.

Please write or e-mail us at LUNOM 7214 St. Charles Ave. Box 909 New Orleans, LA 70118 rwillhof@loyno.edu 37

Fall09 36-49 9/21/09 3:13 PM Page 4

College of Humanities and Natural Sciences John P. “Jack” McNulty, M.D., FACP, FAAHPM, ’46, New Orleans, La., was appointed to the Advisory Committee on Hospice Care by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.

Harlan Rogers, D.D.S. ’59 and his wife, Dorotheann, Collins, Miss., were welcomed into the AICA Hall of Fame as nominated by fellow breeders for numerous years of outstanding excellence of raising Charolais cattle.

They live on their 2,000 plus-acre ranch, Rogers Bar HR, where they run more than 700 registered Charolais cattle and 9,000 commercial heifers.

Stephen F.X. Zieman, D.D.S. ’69, Gulf Breeze, Fla., was crowned Fiesta of Five Flags Don Tristan DeLuna the 60th during the Coronation Ball in June.

Joseph T. Williams ’72, Towson, Md., is the rhythm guitar player in The Object!ons.

Michael J. Schurr ’83, Aurora, Colo., is an associate professor at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine involved in graduate and medical student

38

training as well as research in microbiology. His laboratory is funded by the NIH and NASA and focuses on bacterial pathogenesis.

Dr. Joanna Dupont ’85 is a pediatrician in Picayune, Miss., and she is also involved in the arts community.

Daneeta Shorter Jackson ’88 is a producer with the Elektrik Zoo, a creative partnership. They produce films, words, and photographs. Daneeta had been living abroad for the past 15 years in Asia and Europe working as a writer and filmmaker. She moved back to New Orleans, La., in 2008 to begin work on her second feature.

Claire Keegan ’92, Wexford, Ireland, won the €25,000 Davy Byrnes Irish Writing Award 2009 for her short story, Foster.

Rennie Phillips Polidora ’95, Laramie, Wyo., received a M.A. in anthropology from University of Wyoming in 1999. She taught part-time at a community college while staying home with two kids. She completed her first year of law school at University of Wyoming and plans to graduate in 2011.

Laura Rivers ’97 is a practicing surgeon in Atlanta, Ga. Michael Termini ’98 and his family lived in Baltimore, Md., where he finished a preventive medicine residency at Hopkins.

He is in the Navy and will be stationed in Japan for three years. He also went to London, England, for three months and earned his diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Becky Doucet ’99 lives in Lafayette, La., with her husband, Matthew, and son, André Paul. She works for the Performing Arts Society of Acadiana as the development director.

Christina Marie Gould ’00 is working on her dissertation for her doctorate in philosophy from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

Sean Hope ’00, Cambridge, Mass., opened his own law firm, Hope Legal, in the neighborhood he grew up in, Area 4.

Rusty Russo ’00 earned his doctorate in chiroprac-

tic from Texas Chiropractic College in Pasadena Texas, finishing in 2005 right after Katrina. It was his dream to practice in his hometown of Metairie, La., so he opened his own chiropractic/rehab clinic in Metairie directly behind Barnes and Noble on Veterans and specializes in non-surgical methods of pain relief due to car accidents, sports injuries, and everyday aches and pains.

Anna Berding ’02 married Prashant Bir Singh on November 8, 2008, at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dinner and dancing followed at The Cincinnati Club.

The bridal party included Jacquie Berding ’11. A Hindu wedding ceremony followed on Saturday, December 13, at The Shanker Hotel in the groom’s hometown of Kathmandu Nepal. The bride and groom, along with the bride’s family, traveled extensively throughout Nepal following the ceremony. The couple currently resides in Cincinnati.

Scott Crippen ’03 was featured in Bellham Business Journal, Bellingham, Wash.,

Loyola University New Orleans Magazine

Fall09 36-49 9/21/09 4:26 PM Page 5

College of Humanities and Natural Sciences (Continued) for his Whatcom Winemakers, a DIY winemaking shop.

Diantha Boardman ’05 is attending the Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago, Ill., and is half-way through her second year of the Master of Counseling (MAC) Degree Program.

Michelle Jackson ’05 finished her first year at Suffolk University’s Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program in Boston, Mass.

Brittany Faye Marcello ’05 received her M.D. from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston in May. She will complete a three-year residency in

Emergency Medicine at New York Methodist Hospital of the Weill Medical College at Cornell University in New York City, N.Y. Andrew Polaniecki, M.R.S. ’06 was hired as the director of campus ministry at Holy Cross College in Notre Dame, Ind.

Rachel Andler ’07 was hired by the Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center, Inc., a nonprofit in Gardner, Mass., as the benefits advisor after completing two consecutive terms as an AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteer In Service to America) with United Way Youth Venture.

Wolf Pups Brian M. Ballay, J.D. ’04 and his wife, Amanda J. Ballay, J.D. ’03, are the proud parents of Olivia Claire Ballay, born January 5.

Kelly Bourgeois ’00 and Jarett ’00 Braniff welcomed their second son, Henry Callahan, into the world on November 25, 2008. Jarett, Kelly, Krispin, 4, and Henry are living in Nashville, Tenn., and Kelly is working for Aquinas College as the director of development, while Jarett is an insurance adjustor for Spikes, Braniff & Associates.

Guy Bumpas, J.D. ’04 and Hayley Harmon Bumpas, J.D. ’04 welcomed their first child in May. Gregory Ferrara ’02 and his wife, Nicole, have a new little boy, Matthew Gregory Ferrara, born July 16, 2008.

Jayne Williams Goertz ’03 married Rhett Goertz in May 2007, and on September 16, 2008, they welcomed their first child, a boy named Rylan Shannon Goertz.

Mike ’01 and Amelia Chen ’01 Miley welcomed Malcolm Ignatius Chen Miley.

Kim Lucas Netherton ’05 and her husband, Jason, welcomed their second daughter, Isabella “Izzie” Maria Netherton, on July 15, 2008, born happy and healthy at home. Big sister Madeleine, 4, was there and got to cut the cord.

Fall 2009 www.loyno.edu

Mary Peraria-Heinrich, J.D. ’99 and her husband welcomed their second child in April. Mary is consulting on a national securities class action lawsuit in Wilmington, Del. Jason Robinson ’08 and his fiancé, Amanda Creppel, welcomed Jayden Richard Robinson on March 21, 2009. Jason works for Chase Bank, and the couple lives in New Orleans, La. Gregg and Andrea Frasca ’93 Rosenstein welcomed their second child, Grace Isabel, who was born on January 5 at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y. She weighed in at 7lbs, 9oz and 19 1/2 inches long.

Tiffany Carson Sims ’94 and her husband, Bryce, welcomed baby Matthew Patrick on December 30, 2008.

He joins 4-year-old sister Regan and 10-yearold brother Christian in the busy household.

Tiffany is still retired from TV broadcasting and enjoying life as an Abigail Marie Wilson at-home mom.

39

Fall09 36-49 9/21/09 3:13 PM Page 6

College of Law Pascal Calogero, Jr., J.D. ’54, H’91, Metairie, La., Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice, retired after 36 years on the bench. He’s authored more than 1,000 opinions, some of them landmark decisions.

Donald O. Jansen ’61, J.D. ’63, after retiring as a senior partner at Fulbright & Jaworski in Houston, Texas, is now senior tax counsel at The University of Texas System. He continues to speak throughout the U.S. and was elected a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, adding to his fellowship in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. His wife, the Hon. Janice Law, a former criminal court judge, has published her fifth book, Wicked Good Secrets. Their five children and four grandchildren are a joy and doing well.

The Hon. Joseph E. Anzalone, Jr., J.D. ’64, Hammond, La., is retired but would like to know what his classmates are doing.

Kenneth F. Sills ’63, J.D. ’66, Baton Rouge, La., served in the Army Reserves for 29 years and received the Legion of Merit Award for his dedication and service—the highest peace time award a solider can receive in the army. He also runs a very successful law firm 40

and is celebrating his 20th anniversary this year with Hammonds and Sills.

Aaron Broussard, J.D. ’73, Kenner, La., Jefferson Parish president, received the University of New Orleans 2009 College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Alumnus Award.

The Hon. Sylvia Taylor Dunn, J.D. ’74, Reserve, La., has served as a worker’s compensation judge for 16 years for the parishes of Jefferson, Plaquemines, and St. Bernard.

Chet Traylor, J.D. ’74, New Orleans, La., Louisiana State Supreme Court Justice, retired from the bench on May 31. He is pursuing legal opportunities in private practice.

Darryl C. Casanueva, J.D. ’76, Tampa, Fla., was named chief judge-elect of Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal.

Alexander F.X. Matulewicz, J.D. ’76 started a radio show, StopandThinkRadio.com.

John B. Morthland, J.D. ’76, Hannibal, Mo., was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Fellowship in the college is extended by invitation only and only after careful investigation to those experienced trial

lawyers who have mastered the art of advocacy and whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct, professionalism, civility, and collegiality.

Donald Shalhoub, J.D. ’76, a career government attorney, assumed the post of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s acting chief, replacing outgoing acting head Thomas Stohler.

Donald was named deputy assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health in October 2006. He was responsible for supervising OSHA’s 10 regional offices and the enforcement, construction, and cooperative and state programs offices in OSHA’s national office.

Gerald M. Woods ’71, J.D. ’76, Kenner, La., retired from the U.S. Government.

Paul S. Weidenfeld, J.D. ’80, Alexandria, Va., a principal in the law firm of Ober|Kaler, has been chosen by Nightingale’s Healthcare News for its “Outstanding Healthcare Litigator – 2008” ranking.

Paul is one of only 10 lawyers from across the country selected for inclusion on the list, which appeared in the January 2009 issue of Nightingale’s.

Marguerite L. Adams, J.D. ’81, from Liskow & Lewis in New Orleans, La., has been named to the Louisiana Super Lawyers 2009. She was also selected for inclusion in the 2009 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

Paul O. Dicharry ’69, J.D. ’81 of Taylor Porter, Baton Rouge, La., received high individual rankings from “Chambers USA—America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.”

Drew K. Kapur, J.D. ’81, partner with the firm of Duane Morris, L.L.P., was recognized as one of the top lawyers in Philadelphia, Pa., in the area of real estate by Chambers & Partners.

Graymond Martin ’77, J.D. ’81, a longtime top adviser to former Mayor Marc Morial who started his career as a New Orleans police officer, is serving as first assistant to Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro.

Robert J. Aalberts, J.D. ’82 was appointed to the Board of Directors of Vestin Realty Mortgage I, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRTA), a real estate investment trust in Las Vegas, Nev. David W. Leefe, J.D. ’82, from Liskow & Lewis in New Orleans, La., has been Loyola University New Orleans Magazine

Fall09 36-49 9/21/09 3:13 PM Page 7

College of Law (Continued) named to the Louisiana Super Lawyers 2009.

Kim E. Bouck, J.D. ’84 was made a partner at Rue & Ziffra, a 25-year-old Volusia County law firm with offices in Orange City and Port Orange, Fla. Kimberly A. Cook, J.D. ’84, a partner in the Miamibased law firm Abadin Cook, has been named to the Florida Super Lawyers.

Jeffrey Lynch, J.D. ’84, Watertown, Conn., joined Jonathan Perkins Injury Lawyers, a fast-growing law firm that exclusively represents individuals who have suffered injuries in Connecticut.

Ron Sholes, J.D. ’84, New Orleans, La., Adams and Reese litigation partner, received the A.P. Tureaud Achievement Award from the Loyola University College of Law. Ramón A. Abadin, J.D. ’85, Miami, Fla., founding

partner of Abadin Cook, was awarded the Cuban American Bar Association (CABA)’s prestigious “Passing on the Leadership” Mentorship Award. The award is presented annually by CABA to a distinguished member who demonstrates excellent leadership qualities, and who also serves as a mentor to his or her peers in the legal community. Ramón was also named to the Florida Super Lawyers.

Robert S. Angelico, J.D. ’86, from Liskow & Lewis in New Orleans, La., has been named to the Louisiana Super Lawyers 2009.

Dr. Robert E. Barsley, J.D. ’87, Ponchatoula, La., a general dentist and a professor at the LSUHSC School of Dentistry, was installed as secretary-treasurer of the Louisiana Dental Association (LDA) for 20092010 during its 129th House of Delegates April 4, 2009, at the New Orleans Morial Convention Center.

The 2008 – 2009 Donor Honor Roll is Online!

For a complete listing of donors, visit giving.loyno.edu

Fall 2009 www.loyno.edu

James C. Exnicios, J.D. ’87, from Liskow & Lewis in New Orleans, La., has been named to the Louisiana Super Lawyers 2009. He was also selected for inclusion in the 2009 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

Val P. Exnicios, J.D. ’89, New Orleans, La., received the American Inns of Court’s 2009 Professionalism Award for the Fifth Circuit.

Troy D. Taylor, J.D. ’91 is the Chief Counsel for the NASA Shared Services Center at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. He also was promoted to Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and was selected to become the Staff Judge Advocate, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing in New Orleans, La. Richard Traina, J.D. ’92, Covington, La., was appointed to serve on the State Board of Election Supervisors by Gov. Bobby Jindal.

Louis L. Lusco, II ’92, J.D. ’95, New Orleans, La., joined Harrell & Nowak, L.L.C., as an associate attorney.

Stephen B. Panus, J.D. ’95 has been named General Counsel for Agassi Graf Holdings, L.L.C. (Las Vegas, N.V.). Stephen’s responsibili-

ties include leading and managing all legal issues (and collaborating in the business and marketing affairs, specifically managing the endorsement relationships of Andre Agassi) for the following entities: Agassi Graf Holdings, L.L.C.; Agassi Holdings, L.L.C.; Stefanie Graf Ventures, L.L.C.; Agassi Enterprises, Inc.; Alliance Sports Management Company d/b/a PRISM; Andre Agassi Foundation (public 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation); and the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy (a Las Vegas-based public charter school). Stephen and his wife, Kellie, a yoga teacher, and 4 ½year-old son, Jake, reside in Las Vegas, N.V. Robin D. Pittman ’91, J.D. ’96, New Orleans, La., was elected to Section F, Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, on November 4, 2008. After receiving her law degree, Robin was hired as an associate with the firm of Millard Collins and Associates. In 1997, she was hired as an assistant DA. In the trenches of the DA’s office, she gained her most valuable experiences as senior attorney for 106 felony and misdemeanor trials and was also responsible for trial work in the Child Support, Juvenile, Magistrate, and Trial Divisions, and she served as a narcotics, homicide, and sex offense screener. In 2000, she took a deputy posi41

Fall09 36-49 9/21/09 3:13 PM Page 8

College of Law (Continued) tion with the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. There, she investigated and prosecuted Louisiana attorneys for violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct. In 2006, Robin was hired as an associate with the firm of Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer, where she would remain until her term as judge began on January 1, 2009.

Edward T. Hayes, J.D. ’98 was named as a partner of Leake & Andersson, L.L.P., in New Orleans, La. Edward also received a nomination to the Board of Directors of the World Trade Center in New Orleans.

Martin R. Welles, M.C.M. ’94, J.D. ’98, Washington, D.C., graduated in May 2009 from Georgetown University Law Center with an LL.M. in taxation with certification in employee benefits. He is a labor and employment attorney with the U.S. Postal Service in Washington, D.C., and conducting a nation-wide search for an ERISA litigation position (private sector/inhouse/government).

Brett A. Bonin ’95, J.D. ’99, New Orleans, La., is practicing law with a concentration on domestic litigation. He was elected to Orleans Parish School Board along with two other Loyola alumni, Seth May 15 – 22, 2010 Bloom, J.D. ’03 This eight-day immersion trip is a and Ira Thomas volunteer service opportunity for our ’91. He built a Loyola alumni to provide support and new house in assistance to the disadvantaged people Lakeview after of Kingston, Jamaica. Participants will the old one work with those of the greatest need, received a little bit which includes the impoverished and of water damage challenged, the disadvantaged young, in Katrina (11 and the elderly. feet). He is marEight to ten slots are available, and ried to MaryBeth selection is based on order of registraMakofsky ’93 tion. The trip will overlap with the with two daughundergraduate student Jamaica trip, ters, Caroline and allowing for a couple of days of work Katherine. together and joint reflections and dis-

Alumni Volunteer Service Trip to Jamaica

cussion.

For more information, contact Fr. Ted Dziak, S.J., at (504) 865-2304 or jesuit@loyno.edu

42

S a r a h Schneider Kaseforth, J.D. ’01 moved to

Chicago, Ill., last year from her hometown in San Antonio, Texas. She opened her own law practice, SRK|Legal, in Chicago in October 2008, and she married Jason M. Kaseforth on May 9, 2009.

Hays Alexander, J.D. ’02 is a partner in the Baton Rouge, La., office of Kean Miller. He practices in the business group.

He has experience in a wide variety of business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, offshore construction projects, and commercial and industrial real estate matters.

Hays is a member of the Board of Directors for the Louisiana Chapter of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and he a member of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and American Bar Associations.

Stephen Hanemann, J.D. ’02 is a partner in the New Orleans, La., office of Kean Miller. He practices in the admiralty and maritime practice group. He has extensive experience in a wide variety of admiralty issues, including Jones Act, personal injury, and oil and gas exploration, among others. Stephen has also been instrumental in forming and developing local construction companies and assisting them with various issues relating to contract procurement and negotiation, as well as demolition and remediation services.

Micah J. Stewart ’00, J.D. ’04 joined Phelps Dunbar’s regional business practice group as an associate in the Baton Rouge, La., office and focuses on tax-related issues.

Kim Lambert, J.D. ’05, Pensacola, Fla., is an attorney with Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Echsner & Proctor. She works on product liability cases, defending victims hurt by big businesses looking to cut corners.

Joseph M. Fusz, J.D. ’06 joined the Illinoisbased personal injury law firm of Salvi Schostok & Pritchard in 2008. Prior to joining the office, Joseph was an assistant state’s attorney in the High Tech Crimes Unit of the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office in Waukegan, Ill. Additionally, he served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, achieving the rank of captain.

Tiffany Marie Fleming ’04, J.D. ’08 married Bryan Rogers in November 2008.

She is an associate with the law firm of LeBlanc Butler in Metairie, La. Robert W. Tschirn ’04, J.D. ’08, New Orleans, La., joined the Law Office of John W. Redmann, L.L.C., as an associate attorney.

Loyola University New Orleans Magazine

Fall09 36-49 9/21/09 3:14 PM Page 9

College of Music and Fine Arts Elizabeth “Debby” Mialaret ’75, New Rochelle, N.Y., is keeping busy directing children’s shows and with her fundraising efforts to support Habitat of Westchester, which has been going down to New Orleans, La., several times a year to help rebuild. She and a friend also sell knitted and crocheted goods at Christmas (and spring) boutiques, with all proceeds going to support New Orleans. Elizabeth also did a provocative piece for Women’s

History Month, as well as performed the role of Sister Aloysious in Doubt.

Keith Harmeyer ’78 published his first novel, COMMERCIAL BREAK, the story of a burned-out advertising executive who cooks up a scheme to swindle his contemptible clients out of millions.

Keith also launched a new business, SmartStorming: Advanced Training in Innovative Thinking, which provides training and consultative services to innovation-

oriented organizations.

Keith married Vivian Cok Harmeyer in 2005 and lives in New York City, N.Y., and Hollywood, Fla. He and Vivian have three children.

Suzanne Duplantis ’85 is a professional singer living in Philadelphia, Pa. She sang opera regionally for 10 years until she had children and decided to focus her career more locally. She sings as a soloist with orchestras,

chamber ensembles, and choruses throughout the Philadelphia area. She also has co-founded a song series in Philadelphia called Lyric Fest which is a thriving and highly acclaimed recital series offering unusual, theme-oriented recitals with multiple artists to the community.

She teaches voice at Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges and is married to Kevin McDowell; they have two great kids from China, Mei Mei and Lily.

•

Grammy Gold Woods Drinkwater ’07 received a Grammy as the engineer for the award-winning album, “BeauSoleil & Michael Doucet: Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.” The album won in the category of Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album for 2008. Woods began volunteering at Jazz Fest in 2005 through a connection with his Loyola Analog and Digital Recording professor Jay Crutti. Over the years, he went from being a volunteer to production manager for Jazz Fest Live, which records, mixes, and makes available for purchase recordings of New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival concerts. As the production manager, he is responsible for personnel, equipment, and many of the mixes. Since 2007, Woods has traveled with the Allman Brothers Band, recording their live concert CDs. In addition, he is interning in a studio in New Orleans and traveling as tour manager and front of house manager for local New Orleans band, MyNameIsJohnMichael, which consists of Loyola alumni and students.

Fall 2009 www.loyno.edu

Woods Drinkwater ’07

43

Fall09 36-49 9/21/09 3:14 PM Page 10

College of Music and Fine Arts (Continued) Suzanne is also on the reunion committee for Larry Wyatt’s Chorale.

better than ever and is peaking 10 years later than normal.

in July 2005, and he and his wife became parents of Sofia in May 2008.

Rebecca Marie Lorusso, M.M. ’92, River Ridge, La., previously served on the Alumni Board. She Cantored at Holy Name for five years (1988 – 1993). She almost finished the LIM program and started working on an E.D. degree. She also sang in the chapel at the 10:30 Mass. She taught at Holy Cross (campus minister, retreat director, and religion dept. chair) and Brother Martin. She is presently working on a Ph.D. in natural health.

After overcoming a medical condition, her voice is

Marlene Sharp ’92, Tarzana, Calif., participated in the Red Stick Animation Festival as a panelist/presenter/judge. She also costarred in the sitcom pilot, “Donny Clay,” with Jason Alexander and Ray Romano, and she launched her first animated series, “Priscilla,” produced by her very own production company, Two Twigs and a Berry.

Jason E. Sagebiel ’02, after serving with the Marine Corps in Iraq, returned to New Orleans, La., briefly and moved to NYC, N.Y., where he earned his master’s degree in music. He is performing on guitar and conducting often around NYC with concerts at Carnegie Hall, solo performances at several festivals, and an invitation to perform in Russia.

He is composing an opera which will receive 15 full performances in 2010 on the Little Flowers of St. Francis and is published by earthsongs music. He teaches guitar privately and is on the faculty of the City University of New York. He is also writing a book about his experiences in Iraq with the local people and the unique opportunity he had to study music there, despite the war.

Guillermo HernandezChing ’00 moved to Houston in 2000 and works for Strake Jesuit College Preparatory. He got married

We Want To Hear From You! The Loyola University New Orleans Office of Alumni Relations is interested in alumni accomplishments and achievements, so please tell us about yourself. You can also update a new business or home address, e-mail, and phone number.

Send info to: Loyola University Alumni Relations 7214 St. Charles Avenue, Box 909 New Orleans, LA 70118-3565 (504) 861-5454 • (800) 798-ALUM FAX (504) 861-5793 • alumni@loyno.edu or submit electronically at

alumni.loyno.edu Deadline for mention in the spring magazine is December 31.

44

Rebecca Rapp ’03, besides graphic design, photography, and art as head of Rüka Studio, owns and operates Cool Cats/Hot Dogs, a funky, fun shop for pets and their people in Downtown Ponchatoula,

La. She traveled to the West Bank, Palestine, in 2004 with the New Orleans Human Rights Delegation and remained there for four months to document the film she produced, Four Months & Ten Days: A Journey Through Palestine.

The film premiered at the 2005 New Orleans Human Rights festival and soon after premiered on television through Alternate Focus TV in San Diego. Her poster design on injustice in Palestine titled “Israeli Law” was also honored with Third Place at the Second International Islamic Poster Biennale in Tehran, Iran, and was simultaneously published as the Palestine chapter opener in the book, The Design of Dissent, by Mirko Ilic and Milton Glaser.

Brandy Hawkins ’04 received her master’s degree in music performance from the University of Kentucky in Lexington. After auditioning in front of worldfamous tenor Placido Domingo, she was accepted into the Washington National Opera’s Young Artist Program.

Sara Silvestri’s ’08 neo retro photographs were on display at Artie’s Art Gallery in New Orleans, La., in March and April.

Loyola University New Orleans Magazine

Fall09 36-49 9/21/09 3:14 PM Page 11

College of Social Sciences Rick Gutknecht ’53 selfpublished a 245-page boyhood memoir, Wolf River. Rick married Patsy Pichon, secretary in Loyola’s registrar’s office, in 1952, and the couple had five children. Pat died in 1985, and their wedding photo is among others in the book. If you would like a copy, send Rick a check for $12 to 4806 W. 66 Terrace, Prairie Village, KS 66208. Or, you can order the book through Barnes & Noble, ISBN 978-0-615-24046-6.

Love to have your review!

Shirley Porter Washington ’64, New Orleans, La., was recognized by Cambridge Who’s Who for showing dedication, leadership, and excellence.

Robert A. Baker ’70, owner of Baker Sales Inc., Slidell, La., has been selected by the U.S. Small Business Administration as the 2009 Louisiana Small Business Person of the Year.

Audrey Browder, M.E. ’70, New Orleans, La., who received a presidential medal for her social service and recognition from the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., was honored for her social ministry by the NeighborWorks America. Audrey is a graduate student at Xavier’s Institute for Black Catholic Studies and sees her social Fall 2009 www.loyno.edu

service as the continuance of the mission of Jesus in the area of social transformation.

Steven M. Cohen, M.E ’73, Dallas, Texas, was elected to the Tri-Star Holdings, Inc., Board of Directors. Steven has more than 30 years of experience in corporate management, product development strategy, and international distribution/production.

He served as president and CEO of Diane Von Furstenberg and spearheaded the development and brand identity of Calvin Klein, where he was executive vice president. He is the COO of Allarae HealthCare, Inc., a publicly-traded company in the consumer health market.

Gene Todaro ’75 owns Marcello’s Wine Market and Café in Lafayette, La. Melanie B. Verges ’77 succeeded Sr. Mary Michaeline Green as superintendent of Catholic schools for the Diocese of Baton Rouge, La. Daniel P. Kalmanson ’82, Richmond, Va., was selected as the associate vice president for communications and public relations at the University of New Haven (UNH).

Daniel joined UNH with more than 20 years of experience in leading communications offices for public and private universities.

Gary Segura ’85, San Carlos, Calif., was appointed professor of political science at Stanford University last summer, and also as chair of the Chicano/a Studies Program.

In August 2008, he finalized the adoption of his two children, Enrique James, 3, and Ana Victoria, 2. In April 2009, he became president of the Midwest Political Science Association. In June, he attended the Loyola Chorale Reunion and Concert.

Julie Klapper Bates ’89 is married with three kids and living in Omaha, Neb. Tennessee State Sen. Dolores Gresham, M.R.E. ’89, Somerville, Tenn., addressed more than 1,250 graduates during the TTU spring commencement in May at the Hooper Eblen Center.

Jason Caniglia ’90 has helped institutions of higher education raise hundreds of millions of dollars over the past 15 years. Successfully managing a $33 million Sesquicentennial Campaign for Saint Mary’s College, Jason continued his career in philanthropy as the director of development for Indiana University at South Bend before joining the Oklahoma State University Foundation in 2000. He holds a master of public affairs degree from the

Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs and certificates in fundraising management from the Indiana University Center for Philanthropy and in executive management training from the William Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State. Teaching courses and presenting on topics relating to grant writing, philanthropy, and nonprofit management are among the ways he gives back to his field.

With a personal goal of helping nonprofits raise more than a billion dollars as a result of his direct involvement, he continues to have a significant impact on the field of philanthropy as the assistant vice president for development and campaign director at the Oklahoma State University Foundation in Stillwater, Okla.

Kristyn Doar-Page ’90 is the director of multicultural marketing for Macy’s Corporate Marketing in NYC, N.Y. Sr. Kelin Lee Bethea, M.P.S. ’91 graduated in the M.A.P.S. Program in Raleigh in 1991. In 1999, she attended St. Louis University and received a M.S.W., and then L.C.S.W. in North Carolina.

She moved to New Orleans, La., last fall.

Sheryl Woodhouse-Keese ’91, founder of Twisted Limb 45

Fall09 36-49 9/21/09 3:14 PM Page 12

College of Social Sciences (Continued) Paperworks a sustainable paper making company in Bloomington, Ind., is one of five recipients of EILEEN FISHER’s fifth Annual Business Grant Program for Women Entrepreneurs. Launched in 1998, Twisted Limb Paperworks creates handmade, 100-percent recycled paper which is stitched and assembled into invitations, thank you notes, business promotional items, holiday greeting cards, and stationery for school and nonprofit fundraising.

Sheryl will use the grant to develop a line of handmade recycled memorial cards, programs, and notes for families interested in more earth-friendly funerals. The products will be represented by The Natural Burial Company in Portland, Ore., and available through funeral directors nationwide.

Jay Gallé ’93, New Orleans, La., joined the WDSU staff of meteorologists.

Jay returned to New Orleans after three years forecasting the weather for KSBW TV, the NBC affiliate based in Salinas, Cal.

Dean Lachance, M.P.S. ’97 was appointed director of the Bread of Life Ministries, which runs a soup kitchen, a homeless shelter on Hospital Street, and 81 transitional and permanent housing units in Augusta, Maine.

Christy Kane ’94, Louisiana Appleseed executive director, was named by Chief Justice Catherine D. Kimball to the Louisiana Supreme Court Pro Se Litigant Task Force. The group is charged with “studying the issue of ‘self represented’ litigants to examine what steps can be taken to assist such litigants, and to make appropriate recommendations.”

Jeffrey Ory ’97, ABC, APR, was promoted to vice president of Deveney Communication, a public relations and integrated marketing firm.

Recognized with past presidencies of the New Orleans Chapter IABC (International Association of Business Communicators) and New Orleans chapters of the PRSA (Public Relations Society of America), Jeffrey brings unparalleled public relations experience to his new position. He will focus his efforts on strategic planning, project management, and client satisfaction and communication.

Shannon Cooper Sims ’95, New Orleans, La., is the deputy judicial administrator at Orleans Parish Criminal District Court.

She is the mother of two daughters, one of whom is currently attending Loyola.

Sarah Peltier ’98, after seven years in the family

restaurant business, is back in New Orleans, La., working with the Louisiana Restaurant Association.

Karen Bishop ’99 received a master’s degree in education from the University of Alaska Anchorage. She works as a high school Spanish teacher in Eagle River High School.

Karen lives with her husband, Erick Cordero ’99, and their two children.

Allison Reinhardt ’99 helped Derrick Tabb, the drummer for Rebirth Brass Band, establish The Roots of Music, a free after-school program for kids in New Orleans, La. Students from around the city are bused to Grace Episcopal Church in Mid-City where they get tutoring help with their homework, are taught to play musical instruments by a group of seasoned instructors with marching band experience, and are fed a hot meal. The students also

Mark Your Calendar! • 2010 Alumni Weekend • May 7 – 9, 2010 Celebration of Milestone Reunions Classes 1960, ’65, ’70, ’75, ’80, ’85, ’90, ’95, ’00 & ’05 Senior Crawfish Boil • Golden Wolves Induction Ceremony Maroon and Gold Gala • Alumni Mass • Jazz Brunch alumni.loyno.edu 46

Loyola University New Orleans Magazine

Fall09 36-49 9/21/09 4:27 PM Page 13

Healthy Business After six years in the Caribbean working as a project manager for Stanford International Bank, and earning his M.B.A., Eduardo Gonzalez Loumiet ’03 is currently the director of business development for Uber Operations, an elite health care IT company in Tallahassee, Fla. In addition to his corporate duties, Eduardo is the team leader for one of Uber Operations’ most important clients, the Florida Department of Health, where he is working on several national projects such as the CDC Route not Read messaging project, as well as the Pandemic Flu project with Texas’s Department of State Health Services. Eduardo is also a member of several organizations including the National Society of Hispanic M.B.A.s, Project Management Institute, Tallahassee Latino Professional Association, Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, and Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association.

Eduardo Gonzalez Loumiet ’03

College of Social Sciences (Continued) perform as a marching band in parades.

Deacon Thomas Berg, Jr., M.P.S. ’00 became the permanent deacon of St. Andrew Catholic Church in Columbus, Ohio.

“Holy Hot Boy” Ansel Augustine ’00, M.P.S. ’02, New Orleans, La., appeared on the CatholicTV talk show “This is the Day” on March 20. A “hot boy” is someone “who is about handling their business, and is full of courage and is known to have a big heart” among other things.

Ansel tweaked the “hot boy”

Fall 2009 www.loyno.edu

image a little to develop the “Holy Hot Boy.” Ansel claims to be a “Holy Hot Boy,” which means he considers himself an ambassador for Christ. Ansel claims that “he is willing to die for what he believes.” He is a coordinator for Black Youth & Young Adult Ministry in the Archdiocese of New Orleans and also works with the Campus Ministry at Xavier University of Louisiana. He is also on the faculty for the Institute for Black Catholic Studies. Ansel has also published various articles related to ministry and has done various workshops, conferences, and retreats around the country.

Maureen Conway Beyt ’03 married her high school sweetheart and fellow Loyola graduate, Chris Beyt ’03 in June 2007. They moved to Champaign, Ill., where Maureen is teaching second grade at a private school, and Chris is getting his D.M.A. (doctorate in music arts) from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He also teaches at a small college while he’s earning his degree.

Jennifer Kloete Llamas ’03 and her husband moved back to New York City, N.Y., from Miami, Fla. She is working as a segment producer at MSNBC.

Jackson A. Stephens ’03, after graduating from the University of Florida College of Law, was commissioned an officer in the U.S. Navy JAG Corps. He attended Officer Development School and Naval Justice School in Newport, R.I. His first duty station was Naval Training Station Great Lakes, Ill. Mary Elizabeth Fiser ’04 is working on her doctorate in physical therapy at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo. Ansley Kellermann ’04, formerly a loan executive at

47

Fall09 36-49 9/21/09 3:14 PM Page 14

College of Social Sciences (Continued) the local chapter of United Way, now takes on the responsibility of recruiting volunteers and raising money for Big Brothers Big Sisters of greater Chattanooga, Tenn.

Caryn Winters ’04, a doctoral candidate in the College of Communications at Penn State, earned a scholarship to attend the 2008 Emerging Engagement Scholars Workshop sponsored by the National Center for the Study of University Engagement (NCSUE).

Victor C. Klein ’75, M.P.S. ’84, P.G.C. ’05 is working on his fifth master’s degree at Tulane University. He published his 21st book, Streetcar Fare: A New Orleans Cookbook, this summer.

vendor advertising sales representative for POOLCORP, an international distributor of pool and backyard products.

She lives in Madisonville, La., with her husband, Brad, and their two children, Kaitlyn, 2, and Brad, 8 months.

DJ Price ’01, M.S.N. ’06, Saint Rose, La., has been practicing as a boardcertified wound specialist in the long-term care facilities of the Greater New Orleans area.

Amanda Piacun ’07, Covington, La., began her third year of teaching La 4 at Franklinton Primary School in Washington Parish in August.

Shelly Buckel King ’03, M.C.M. ’07 is working as

Anita Day, R.N., B.S.N., M.S.N. ’08,

Fryeburg, Maine, has been the nurse director of the Medical Surgical and ICU Departments at Stephens Memorial Hospital since December 2004.

Anna Toujas ’08, Metairie, La., married Brian Rosenberg, M.D., on March 14, 2009, at Holy Name of Jesus Church in New Orleans, La. Alex Woodward ’08 joined New Orleans, La., paper Gambit as an editorial assistant who will coordinate the listings and calendars.

Jazzin’ it Up Antonio García ’81 is an instrumental and vocal performer, composer/arranger, producer, clinician, educator, and author. An associate professor of music and director of jazz studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, he is a past nominee for CASE U.S. Professor of the Year and has performed with more than 70 major artists, including Ella Fitzgerald, Phil Collins, and Mel Tormé. He taught and performed in Doha, Qatar, in the Middle East last November, including for an audience of U.S. Congressional Representatives and Arabic heads of state in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the VCUarts-Qatar campus. In February, he served as director of the Kansas All-State Jazz Ensemble. In March, he taught at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, then performed as trombonist, pianist, and vocalist in San Juan. Tony was the subject of a lengthy feature article in the debut issue of MusicPro magazine (fall 2008), serves as associate jazz editor of the International Trombone Journal, and has authored a five-book play-along set of jazz instruction titled Cutting the Changes: Jazz Improvisation via Key Centers. He is married to Mary Hermann J.D. ’95. (www.garciamusic.com) Antonio Garcia ’81

48

Loyola University New Orleans Magazine

Fall09 36-49 9/21/09 3:14 PM Page 15

Calendar of Events October 21 What is New Orleans?

A Panel Discussion

November 1 Alumni Memorial Mass 6–8 Law Class of 1979 Reunion Weekend 7 9th Annual Wolves on the Prowl 7 Law Class of 1999 Reunion 9 Loyola v. Tulane Battle of Freret Street Pep Rally 14 School of Nursing 30th Anniversary Luncheon 15 Houston Alumni Brunch 20 College of Business Alumni Social and Networking Event 21 Alumni Wine and Cheese Reception—Loyola Fall Ballet Concert 27 Chicago Wolfpack Basketball Event

December 6 8 10

Christmas at Loyola Washington, D.C., Christmas Party Austin Christmas Party

January 20 29

New Orleans in the ’60s A Panel Discussion Law Alumni Luncheon

A Mission of Love Dean ’93 and Denise ’93 Adamek had been praying for two years asking God for direction when in 1996, through God’s provision, they went on a weeklong mission trip to the interior of Mexico with their New Orleans, La., home church, Lakeview Christian Center (LCC). They spent time in a language school in Mexico as well as supported other work going on in the region. During a time of prayer and fasting, they felt God reveal to them His desire that they work in an orphanage. After much searching, they found Rancho 3M in Guadalupe D.B., Mexico.

So a year later, Dean and Denise loaded their belongings into their pickup and started the 36-hour trek. At the time, Denise was six months pregnant with their third son. When they arrived at the orphanage, they soon realized that the director and co-founder, Irene Logsdon, who founded the orphanage in 1969, was dying. One day that summer, Irene called Dean into the office and told him that she had been praying and felt that the Lord wanted him to take over the orphanage. Dean spoke with his pastors at LCC, and after seeking the Lord, they agreed that Dean and Denise should take over the ranch and the Lord’s work there. In 2001, Dean accepted the position as director of the Rancho 3M Orphanage. Since then, they have been able to house, care for, and minister to hundreds of children, many of whom have responded to the Gospel and have placed their faith in Jesus Christ as their Savior.

February 12 16

Northshore Alumni Mardi Gras Party New York Alumni Mardi Gras Party For more information, visit www.loyno.edu/calendar or call (504) 861-5454.

The Adamek family

Fall 2009 www.loyno.edu

49

Fall09 50-51 9/21/09 3:15 PM Page 2

Memorials Alumni Edward J. De Verges, J.D. ’23 Dr. Noemie E. Salatich ’32 Dr. Walter P. Diaz ’35 Catherine B. Derbes ’38 Stanley Guerin ’38 Col. James S. Mathews, Jr. ’38 Lilly M. Netto-Good ’39 Paula C. Dalier ’40, M.E. ’56 Dr. Edmond C. Haase, Jr. ’40 Vera McCann ’40 Louis M. Muller ’40 Paul C. Raymond, Sr. ’40 Ruth R. Faust ’41 Ronald L. Macke ’42 Sr. Frencesca Petrowsky, MSC, ’43 Donald F. Robillard ’43 Robert L. Sabrio ’43 Albert L. Diano, Jr. ’45 Dr. Anthony Macaluso, Jr. ’45 Yvonne Fort ’47 Dr. David J. Seitlin ’47 Hilda I. Vallette ’47 Andrew A. Yuratich, Jr. ’47 Albert Baril, Jr. ’48 Dr. Donald F. Barraza ’48 The Rev. Dominic R. Braud ’48 Lucas S. Conner, Jr., J.D.’48 Sidney L. Lemarie ’48 William J. Trappey, Sr. ’48 Henry J. Engler, Jr. ’49

Raymond D. Karl ’49 Herman M. Lemoine ’49 Beverly Rhineberger ’49 Joseph P. Famiglio ’50 Humberto Pena ’50 William R. Rappold ’50 Selcer R. Armand ’51 Olive J. Blevins ’51 Shirley J. McDonald ’51 Dr. Armand J. Scully, Jr. ’51 Joseph A. Spedale, Sr. ’51 Barbara F. Bernard ’52 Robert L. Buckner ’52 Shirley T. Dubroca ’52 Paul E. Emenes ’52, M.M.E. ’54 Myrtle C. Thibodeaux ’53 Argelia Bergeron ’55 Dr. Gordon M. Hazlett ’55 Floyd F. Terranova ’55 Diane R. Abadie ’56 Jacob A. Anderson, M.E.’56 Frederick Burkart ’56, J.D. ’60 Dr. Ernest D. Bateman, Jr. ’57 Joseph W. Groetsch ’57 Melissa C. Norvell ’57, M.E. ’69 Dr. Frank L. Taulli ’59 Anthony A. Caramonta, Sr., M.E. ’60 John A. Maggiore ’60 John C. Wilson ’60 Paul W. Odenwald ’61, J.D. ’61 Everette A. Villarrubia, Jr. ’61

Louis C. Blanda, Sr., M.E. ’62 Mary Lynne Steffien ’62 William C. Gambel, J.D. ’64 James W. Hughes, III ’64 Dr. Ara R. Dozier, M.A. ’65 Robert T. Jacques, Jr., J.D. ’65 Dr. Philip D. Rabalais ’65 Dr. Joseph M. Kochansky ’66 Dr. James J. Delhom, Jr. ’67 Patricia L. Harvey ’67 Cynthia Lapara ’67 Brenda B. Rogge, M.Ed. ’67 Jane G. Vorbeck ’68 The Hon. John D. Wessel, J.D. ’68 Rehm T. Winters ’68 The Rev. Thomas H. Clancy, S.J. ’69 Dr. Kem L. Hainebach ’69 Mary B. Calcagno ’70 Owen J. Romero, Sr., M.Ed. ’70 William H. Barth, J.D. ’71 William J. Goliwas, J.D. ’71 Patrick J. Clayton, Sr. ’72 Benjamin Stover, II ’72 Donald W. Hoyt ’74 Paul S. Veale, Jr. ’74 Charlotte A. Hayes, J.D. ’76 Joseph J. Ingolia, III ’76

Gary W. Smith ’79 Carlos V. Vega ’79 Marian S. Vlosich, M.S. ’80 David A. White ’80 Dr. Dana R. Fouchi ’82 Michael J. Rice, III, J.D. ’82 Frank T. Tusa ’82 Cheryl R. Floyd ’84 Charles Giacometti, J.D. ’84 Lela A. Leflore ’84 Maureen Favret ’85 Linus L. Coignet, J.D. ’86 William C. Bass ’87 Alejandro A. Gonzalez ’87, J.D. ’91 Robert E. Koch ’87 James M. Taylor, J.D. ’88 Harriet S. Flannery ’89 Edgar W. Smith, II, J.D. ’89 Aliasghar Khatibi ’92 Paul Buche, M.P.S. ’97 Sr. Marcella F. Milhouse, M.P.S. ’97 Freda Ferdinand ’05 Michael R. Jones ’08

Faculty/Staff Katherine T. Alito Herman Beasley, Jr. William H. Cahill, M.B.A. ’81 Dr. Winston R. deMonsabert ’37

Students Regina M. Oehmig

Alumni Chapter Presidents Acadiana, La. Rebecca Doucet, ’99 Atlanta Mike Blackstock ’98 Austin Erin Osman ’06 Baton Rouge Jessica Cantave ’03 Boston Caitlin Rull ’03 Central Florida Susan McEvoy ’88 Chicago Stacey O’Malley ’98

Dallas Summer Bosch ’97 Denver Volunteers Needed Houston Parker Bigley ’95 Las Vegas Elly Hanks ’95 Los Angeles Norma Miranda ’06 Miami Joe Sorce, J.D. ’94 Mississippi Gulf Coast Michael Reso ’94

Nashville Volunteers Needed New York City Tim Marsek ’04 Northshore, La. Elizabeth Cigali Manshel ’89 Philadelphia Molly Gatto ’80 Phoenix Anastaja Hatton ’07 Puerto Rico Ramon Gonzalez ’82 Raleigh Leigh Peplinski ’93

Shreveport Aimee Pote ’08 St. Louis Matt Bruns ’98

Tampa Anne Smith ’92 Washington, D.C. Larry ’74 & Leslie ’74 Bouterie For more information, visit alumni.loyno.edu

Fall09 50-51 9/21/09 3:15 PM Page 3

GIVE TO LOYOLA AND GET A LIFE INCOME IN RETURN INVEST IN A CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITY Have you been wishing you could make a contribution to Loyola, but thinking that you couldn’t possibly donate, especially during the current economic situation?

The solution could be a Loyola Charitable Gift Annuity offering you (and your spouse) a life income at rates double or triple current CD yields. A gift of $10,000 or more in exchange for a Loyola Charitable Gift Annuity allows your donation to continually work for you for the rest of your life by paying a fixed annual annuity at rates up to 9.5%, depending on your age. See the rates below.

One Life Your Age 65 70 75 80 85 90+

Rate of Return* 5.3% 5.7% 6.3% 7.1% 8.1% 9.5%

Two Lives 65/70 70/75 75/80 80/85 85/90 90/95+

5.0% 5.3% 5.8% 6.5% 7.5% 9.0%

The rate of return is slightly lower for two lives because the period of payment generally is longer. *Rates subject to change.

The Loyola Gift Annuity is: 1. Safe: Your annual annuity is backed by all the assets of Loyola.

2. Tax-Efficient: You receive a substantial Federal income tax deduction when you make your gift, and your annual annuity income may be partially tax free.

3. A Fixed Amount: Your annual income will never change.

4. Satisfying: You get the satisfaction of supporting Loyola without losing income.

For more information and a personal illustration without obligation, please contact Robert S. Gross, Director of Planned Giving, at (504) 861-5565 or rgross@loyno.edu Be sure to visit our website at www.loyno.edu/plannedgiving

Fall09Cover:SummerCover 9/21/09 3:04 PM Page 2

OFFICE OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS 7214 St. Charles Avenue Campus Box 909 New Orleans, LA 70118-3565

Non-Profit Org. US Postage PAID Burlington, VT 05401 Permit no. 185

Change Service Requested

The Phone IS FOR YOU! Loyola University New Orleans student callers are fundraisers, but they are also the most dedicated, energetic, and interesting students you will find anywhere on campus!

Hear their story and share yours.

Answer the call.

Give to The Loyola Fund.