Spring 2019
Spring 2019
FROM THE PRESIDENT Dear Friends, In the wake of our 167th Commencement, I’d like to thank all those who played a role in shaping and inspiring the formation of the Class of 2019. They depart Blakefield with an eagerness to display their tremendous talents and put forth their gifts on behalf of the greater good. We are equally eager to witness their success as they spread across the nation and embark on the next chapter of their lives. While bidding farewell to our graduates, I’m reminded of the words of St. Ignatius as he described the purpose of early Jesuit schools and the unique qualities of their graduates: “In time, some will depart to play diverse roles – one to preach and carry on the care of souls, another to the government of the land and the administration of justice, and others to other occupations…their good education in life and doctrine will be beneficial to many others, with the fruit expanding more widely every day.” As we transition into summer, I invite the entire Loyola Blakefield community to join me in praying for our Dons and our faculty and staff leaders who will be traveling on summer service trips. Their work will take them to parts of Baltimore City, Philadelphia, West Virginia, Jamaica, Belize, and the Arizona/Mexico border. As they dedicate themselves to the service of others, please pray for the safety of their journeys and for the openness of their hearts and minds to the extraordinary experience of doing God’s work. I hope that you and your family have a restful summer. Please stay tuned for some exciting updates as we approach the 2019-20 academic year, including further progress on the Ignite Campaign and the celebration of Turkey Bowl 100.
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Anthony I. Day P ‘15, ‘19 President & Director of the Work
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CONTENTS Campus News
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Alumni News & Events
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Day of the Don
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Ignite: The Campaign for Loyola Blakefield
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Turkey Bowl 100
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167th Commencement
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Senior Reflection: Kenny Cooper ’19
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Loyola Bids Farewell to Joe McFadden ’69
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Sheila Brune Leaves Legacy of Care & Compassion 20
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Class Notes
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In Memoriam
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CONTRIBUTORS Editor & Photography: Michael Nitti Design: Lara Towson
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CAMPUS NEWS
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2019 STATE OF THE SCHOOL
WELLNESS COMMITTEE AWARDED FUNDING
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THIRD ANNUAL STUDENT ART EXHIBIT
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SPEECH & DEBATE: INAUGURAL MD STATE CHAMPS
BLAKEFIELD PLAYERS WIN AT CAPPIES OF BALTIMORE GALA
VARSITY GOLF CLAIMS MIAA TITLE
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8TH GRADE GRADUATION
WORKSHOP(S) STUDENT LITERARY ARTS MAGAZINE
NEW DIRECTOR OF CAMPUS MINISTRY
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ALUMNI EVENTS @ BLAKEFI BLAKEFEST & REUNION WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS
VAN BROOKS ’06 LINKEDIN CLASS OF 1969 CELEBRATES 50TH REUNION WEEKEND
CLASS OF 1959 CELEBR
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2019 GOLDEN DONS DINNER HIGHLIGHTS
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LBAA UPCOMING EVENTS Class of 2014 5th Reunion June 21st 2019 Alumni Lacrosse Game June 29th LBAA Summer Service Project at Cristo Rey HS July 13th Dons Down the Ocean August 17th Loyola Golf Open September 20th
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Corporate Partners Spotlight
HOME PARAMOUNT
“Loyola Blakefield’s educational philosophy of Cura Personalis, care for the whole person and knowledge and respect of each student, is fundamental to the Loyola experience and aligns with Home Paramount’s 80-year history of dedicated, personalized service for every customer. This spiritual value is vibrantly applied on campus to the benefit of all who experience its uniquely cohesive effect. As a Maryland corporation, we are grateful for the influence of Loyola Blakefield on our larger community and appreciate its consistent provision of 167 years of academic and moral leadership. As a new parent, I am thrilled with the student-centered educational experience attuned to the needs of its students and families. It is our sincere hope that Home Paramount’s own engagement inspires others to support this remarkable school, its amazing faculty, great administration, hard-working staff and extended community of friends and family.” - Patricia Tilley Song, Esq. President and Chief Operating Officer, Home Paramount Pest Control
ATTENTION CORPORATE PARTNERS! The Loyola Blakefield Office of Advancement has created its first Corporate Partners Program. Loyola invites businesses and organizations to join the program for 2019-2020. To learn more about the program click here or contact Director of Alumni Relations Brian Plunkett. 8
We are proud to announce that our second annual Day of the Don was an outstanding success! Thanks to the generosity of the Loyola Blakefield community, we were able to exceed our goal of $50,000 in 24 hours. Your support directly impacts all Loyola Blakefield students—improving our campus, enhancing our clubs and activities, and providing vital tuition assistance that enables more young men to experience a Jesuit formation unlike any other. View a brief thank-you from Marlo Lacson ‘20, Will LaMoure ‘19, and the Don.
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The Campaign for Loyol
We are pleased to announce that we have secured cash and pledges totaling:
$31,112,360 This total includes the Challenge Grant of $1.25 million, which we unlocked as a community by raising an extra $2.5 million. We are still collecting final pledges and securing gifts to help put an exclamation point on this historic initiative. If you’d like to discuss your gift or multi-year pledge, please contact Adam Trice, Director of Development, at atrice@loyolablakefield.org or 443-841-3694. Thanks to all those who have supported Ignite thus far. Stay tuned for more updates and ways to get involved in this exciting project.
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Celebration Highlights On Saturday, March 23, Loyola Blakefield hosted its Ignite
Campaign Celebration, which brought together leadership donors, campaign volunteers, and members of our faculty and staff. The event served as an opportunity to celebrate the collaborative efforts of campaign leadership, staff, and our generous benefactors. During the event, we also had a chance to hear from campaign leadership, including Co-Chairs Bill Stromberg ‘78 and Joe Sullivan. In his remarks to the crowd, Board Chair Bill McCarthy ‘79 recognized Bill and Joe’s tremendous energy and enthusiasm for the campaign as critical to its success.
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Watch the Entire Ceremony “I’m happy to be graduating today, but I’m also sad to walk away from a place that has treated me and my classmates so well over these years. It’s natural for a young boy to look up to a man older than himself, to use him as a role model. When I was young boy, I looked up to Loyola students. The young men behind me now have learned to be role models to the middle schoolers and the underclassmen on this campus. Our high-school years have served us well, and we are ready to leave this campus for the next chapter of our lives.” – Alex Breschi ’19, Student Speaker
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Loyola Blakefield celebrated its 167th Commencement in the Hollow on Sunday, June 2, for the 37th consecutive year. It was a picturesque yet familiar scene as 183 Dons from the Class of 2019 filed into the Hollow in their white tuxedos preceded by the Class of 1969, who returned to campus to celebrate their 50th Reunion Weekend. Friends, family, faculty, and staff were also in attendance on this sunny spring morning to witness these Dons’ final steps towards becoming men for others.
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Graham Lindner ’19 was the recipient of the Loyola Medal, awarded to the most representative member of the graduating class for excellence in scholastic achievement and participation in extra-curricular activities. Click here to see the full list of award winners.
Senior Reflection
Senior Reflection from he other day, I was talking to one of my friends who went to a high school in downtown Baltimore. I don’t know how, but the conversation diverged from typical guy stuff and shifted to the topic of colleges. He got into his first choice and was understandably eager to tell me. But then he brought up something that I found interesting. He said something along the lines of, “I bet you’re glad to finally be out of that place.” To which I didn’t know how to respond. For the last couple months before graduation, all my fellow Dons have expressed feelings of sadness for leaving their soon-to-be alma mater. Yet, for some reason, I couldn’t really empathize with their emotional state. In reality, I was feeling pretty jazzed about leaving this place for greener pastures. However, this readiness wasn’t bred from a place of hatred or anger as implied by my friend. Instead, I think my attitude towards leaving, and Loyola in general, is indicative of just how amazing these last four years have been.
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I’ve spent a good many hours attempting to understand what it is about Loyola that has made it so impactful for the students who go here. One would think four years would be ample time to come to some sort of consensus, but I just can’t pin this amazing experience on a singular source. A multiplicity of things working together make Loyola the well-oiled Jesuit machine that it is. I could fill 18 books singing this school’s praises, but for the sake of the casual reader who has stumbled across this account, I’ve chosen to boil it down into the few core things I personally witnessed. First and foremost, this school does not skimp on meaningful student-faculty relationships. A lot of schools boast about the student-to-teacher ratio, but rarely do schools deliver on the positive implications of those numbers. When I leave, I will most certainly miss the many friends and associates that have crossed my path.
I delved into some more emotional instances within my childhood and examined how they mirrored similar moments in Fitzgerald’s life. He and I share some turbulent memories. Regardless, writing about them offered some much-needed perspective on my past actions. I worked through some of my greatest regrets, which led me to some well-earned catharsis. In the end, my teacher taught me the value of being genuine in all that I do, and as a result I was a finalist in that competition. This leads me to another thing this school has an abundance of—absolute quiet. I may be in the minority of kids my own age, but I’ve learned the value of taking a break from the loud noises of society, while embracing the serenity found in pure silence. My entire school career was filled with daily examinations of conscience (examens for short) that forced me to evaluate my actions up until that point in my day. It was in these moments I plundered my inner psyche for nuggets of profundity that I would carry with me outside of the classroom. For example, I spent hours thinking about the mental pros and cons of procrastination. In the end, the pros did not outweigh the cons, surprisingly.
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At the same time, I think few schools allow students to have similar feelings towards the teachers who’ve helped transform them into the adults who cross that stage at graduation. The true measure of a teacher is not their ability to simply teach a student the required course material, rather the motive through which they impose much-needed wisdom and guidance. An English teacher once assigned a project in which we were supposed to construct a letter to a famous author explaining what his work means to us. Now, I’m not the most well-read guy on the planet, with my last completed novel being the latest in a long saga concerning a big red dog. Still, I chose to write to F. Scott Fitzgerald for some bizarre reason. I was prepared to phone it in, but my teacher literally didn’t let me. He pushed me to compose something that truly meant something to me.
There once was a musical examen during which they played the song “24 Frames” by Jason Isbell. Assuming no one has heard of this song or band wouldn’t be a stretch. The premise of the song involves the number of frames in one second of film. Moreover, the song’s lyrics laud life’s impermanence as an incentive to be better. One line in particular opened doors for me spiritually and taught me to reassess what I deem to be priority. It goes, “You thought God was an architect, but now you know he’s more like a pipe bomb ready to blow, and everything you built, all you got to show, can up in flames in twenty-four frames.” That one line helped me to value the more intangible aspects of life, such as the cherished time spent with my family, or the savory taste of spicy buffs. These two instances of my Loyola experience were paramount in molding me into a person who can confidently look towards the future with high hopes. It is these experiences, and many more, that prevent me from an immense feeling of loss as I leave here. While my time at Loyola may be ending, Loyola’s time in my life is eternal. I couldn’t shake this place, nor the lessons learned, even if I wanted to, and I hope this little glimpse into my time at Loyola evokes a similar sentiment from the Dons who walked these halls before me.
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“Details, accuracy, and precision are the three words that come to mind when I think of Joe McFadden. On any given day, Joe can be seen with his yellow-lined pad and red marker creating student schedules, calculating a GPA, administering a SAT test or an AP exam, creating the high school exam schedule, collecting grades, issuing transcripts, and so much more. Joe is a hardworking colleague who will be missed in his retirement.”
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“Some of my favorite memories as a kid were riding on the bus with my dad to the varsity lacrosse games. He lost his voice in probably every game he ever coached, but you could see that passion resonate through his players. When we would get back to campus and all the players and coaches headed home, I would sit in the hallways and watch as he would sweep the clumps of dirt and mud tha were tracked through the old gym by the players’ cleats. He didn’t want to inconvenience the maintenance crew, so he was there until the hallways looked better than he found them. I didn’t appreciate that as much as a kid, but his pride for Loyola and making the campus, community, and image as presentable as possible was admirable.” – Tim McFadden ’01
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ids Farewell to Joe McFadden ’69
g his 34-year tenure at Loyola, Joe McFadden ’69 has served as Director of Admissions and Registrar. He has also dished himself as one of the area’s most respected lacrosse coaches. Inducted into the Loyola Blakefield Athletics Hall me in 2010, McFadden led several teams to MSA and MIAA titles. He also served as an assistant coach on championams, most recently the squad that defeated Boys’ Latin for the MIAA title in 2013.
er of four, including three Dons (Marty ’98, Tim ’01, and Denny ’05), McFadden attended Villanova University, where he d a bachelor’s degree in business administration. To fully appreciate the impact he has had on Loyola, his colleagues, ose he mentored and coached, several members of the Loyola community have reflected on his contributions.
“Joe was an innovator. His creative schemes kept everyone guessing, including me, and I was standing right next to him on the sideline. He had a brilliant lacrosse mind, where the shortest distance between two points was ver a straight line. Joe would show you something you d never seen before, but more important than what he w on the board was how he taught his players to think out the game. Joe taught his Dons poise, grace under ssure, and leadership. Along the way, he earned more championship trophies than any other coach in the history of Loyola lacrosse. I am very proud of him and thankful to have learned so much from him.”
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“Joe organizes and administers all of the school’s courses, sectioning, grades, AP exams, and SAT testing. It’s a monumental task entailing massive amounts of detailed data. Joe consistently handles all of it like a well-oiled machine.”
“When I think back on all the influential men in my life, Coach McFadden stands out to me, especially during the formative years of high school. While we recognize the legacy he built at Loyola as a perennial MSA/MIAA power, I feel blessed to say I was on his first team as he took the helm, and we were winners from the start. Coach McFadden always made sure we were prepared, in shape, and played with a chip on our shoulder. That caterpillar mustache, his mop-top haircut, tinted glasses, and sandpaper voice will forever be etched in my memory, fondly.” – Patrick Russell ’85
– Terry Levering
“I owe much of my lacrosse career to Joe McFadden. He saw my potential as a player in my junior year, as a captain my senior year, and as a first-year coach in the middle school in 1991. His coaching style was simple and direct with an emphasis on heart, hard work, and hustle. Everyone was expected to fight for all groundballs, ride hard, and play great defense. Practices were brutal: 1v1 ground balls, 2v1 ground balls, 3v3 tough-guy drills. And Saturdays? Bring your running shoes because it’s timed 220s and 440s on the track. Joe knew that if practices were hard, games would be easy. Any player back when I played knew we were prepared to win every game. The question wasn’t will we get to the title game, but against whom would we be playing. It was an honor to have played for him, and the opportunity I had to coach with him in his final years with the varsity team will always be something I truly treasure. Great coaches like Ed Miller, Joe Brune, John Stewart, and Steve DiBiagio helped establish Loyola lacrosse as a solid program. Joe McFadden took that solid program to national prominence and respect. His efforts serve our players to this day and will continue to do so in the future.”
“Coach Joe McFadden is an icon in Loyola lacrosse history. Joe took the reins of the varsity team in the 1984 season. Loyola won the championship that year, followed by titles in 1986, 1987, 1989, and 1990. Loyola also finished second in 1985, 1988, 1993, 1997 and 1999. In what is reputed to be the best lacrosse league in the country, Joe’s success has been extraordinary. His players revered him and played hard. Impeccably organized, he delegated authority and gave his assistants space to do their jobs. Always humble, he took the blame when the team lost and deflected praise to others when the team won. I am grateful to have shared these many seasons in the sun with Coach McFadden.” – Dr. Vince Fitzpatrick ’68
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Make a gift to the Loyola Fund in Joe’s name.
Sheila Brune Leaves Legacy of Care & Compassion Sheila (McGlone) Brune grew up in the Ednor Gardens Neighborhood of Northeast Baltimore. After attending the Blessed Sacrament School, she enrolled at the Institute of Notre Dame. After graduating in 1956, she earned a degree in biology at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland (now Notre Dame of Maryland University). Her professional career began in the fall of 1960 at the Research Institute for Advanced Studies, where she worked alongside doctors in research laboratory studies. During this time, she also met her husband, Joe Brune ’52. “His sister was one of my college friends. There was a dance coming up, and he needed a date,” said Brune.
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“She arranged for us to go, and that blind date became our very first evening together. In fact, I knew he was the one from the start.” The couple was engaged by spring of 1961 and married in August. “Joe was coaching football at City College, so we knew it had to be before or after the season,” said Brune. “Much to the surprise of my mother, things moved quickly, and we set the August date.” They would go on to raise seven children, including two sons who graduated from Loyola (Sean ’86 and Colin ’92). Their daughters would attend Notre Dame Preparatory School and McDonogh School. When her youngest daughter was in first grade, Sheila seized an opportunity to take on part-time work, which began a 36-year tenure at Loyola.
“I was hired to work with John Stewart ’60 and started part time in 1983 and went full time in 1987,” said Brune. By this time, Joe was busy coaching, teaching, and working as a college counselor at his alma mater. Despite sharing part of their careers at Blakefield, Joe did not provide Sheila’s first introduction to Loyola. Her father, Joseph McGlone ’27 , took her to her first Turkey Bowl, and she also attended dances at the library in Wheeler Hall as a high school student. But decades later, she looks back on the countless conversations and interactions with students that best define her relationship with Loyola. “I’ve always seen the best in each of them and take them for who they are and who they are growing to become,” said Brune. It was a different era, but the interactions with students have remained remarkably similar. “Back then, we were doing things differently such as keeping attendance on over-sized index cards, but the boys brought the same joy and challenges that they do today,” said Brune. “I’ve enjoyed witnessing their growth from small middle school boys to the young men who march across the Hollow at graduation. I’m also fortunate to have been here long enough to meet the sons of graduates. It’s fun to see them reflected in their children.” To illustrate this, Brune recalls a boy who seemed a bit lost during his freshman orientation. “He didn’t know where to be, where his locker was, and who to go to for help,” said Brune. She asked him his name and upon hearing it, looked at him and saw the same look that his father used to give her. “His dad was really bright, an exceptional student, but it was the little things that he needed help with, especially at first. It just made me smile to know that the apple didn’t fall far for the tree.” Aside from connecting with students on a daily basis, Brune recalls the opportunities to serve as an adult leader on Kairos and on service trips among the most impactful memories of her career. She also constantly embraced the fact that no two days were ever alike. “I love this place. It’s been my life for so long, and I can honestly say that I look forward to going to work every day,” said Brune. “It’s been hard to witness things here that I know I’m going through for the last time.”
Brune hasn’t just been a steady presence for students. Many parents will tell you that she’s the first person to go to for help, ranging from the forgotten piece of sports equipment to insight into how their son is coping with the challenges of his day. She’s often the first person parents hear from on campus as well. “I’ve always tried to check in on the boys and the families who are going through something,” said Brune. “I think that kind words go a long way in the form of a written note, an email, or just a card. I believe in the little things playing a big role in people’s lives.” As she prepares for retirement, Brune hopes to spend more time with her husband, enjoy the beach in September when most of the crowds are home for the school year, and find more ways to slow things down and enjoy time with family, especially as she and Joe prepare for the arrival of their first great grandchild in October. She also wants to leave behind some parting wisdom for Loyola Dons (young and old): “Be true to yourself and the person you want to be, never compromise you values and ideals, and never be afraid to seek help when you need it. After all, we are in this together.” She will miss the interactions with students, relationships with colleagues, and the rituals of a school year, but she still embraces every opportunity to connect with members of the Loyola community. “I’ll be out somewhere and hear, ‘Hi, Mrs. Brune,’ in the most unlikely places, and it always brings a smile to my face. It’s the same feeling I get from frequent visitors to the Dean of Students office who come in, and I ask, ‘What did you do this time?’ and they simply reply, ‘I just wanted to say hello!” After 36 years of devoting herself to Loyola and its Dons, Mrs. Brune leaves behind the legacy of a true Ignatian educator—one who is committed to the care of the whole person. Please join us in thanking her for serving Loyola with such dedication and heart.
Honor Sheila’s 36 years of service with a gift to the Loyola Fund.
Class Notes
Spring 2019
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Ed Miller ’47 was honored during halftime of the Loyola
Blakefield/John Carroll varsity lacrosse game on Hargaden Field on March 29, which marked the 60th anniversary of Loyola’s varsity lacrosse team. Ed was the main proponent in getting a varsity lacrosse team up and running at Loyola. Ed has also served as a longtime faculty and staff member at John Carroll School.
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Brian Distance ’83 played
a role in the Oscar-winning movie Green Book and attended the 91st Academy Awards Ceremony on February 24.
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Star Award from Unive School of Law, which re exemplary contribution professionally or at Ma to the graduate and this institution. Upo DeGraffenreidt clerked for the Honorab for Baltimore City. After the clerkship, he Attorney before joining the Baltimore Ci currently an Assistant Solicitor, represen the Department of Housing, Community and Zoning Appeals, and the Departmen
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Matthew Schroeder ’06 continues his the south. After accepting the varsity lacr tian School in Memphis, he has gone on t Club and the Northern Mississippi Lacros His efforts were recently featured by US L
Andrew Cavacos ’85 was recently named the new principal of St. Joseph’s
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Preparatory School in Philadelphia for the 2019-20 school year. He has served in a variety of roles at McQuaid Jesuit since 1993, including mathematics teacher, lacrosse coach, dean of students, and assistant principal. Read more.
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League championsh defender for the Balt full-time firefighter a retirement from the
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Ken Pipkin ’91 was named Baltimore’s Best School Principal by The Baltimore
Sun for his work at St. Joseph School - Fullerton. Read more.
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John Petr ‘99 and his wife, Alicia, welcomed their fifth
child, Maddox John Petr, into the world on March 21, weighing in at 7 pounds and 2 ounces.
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idt ‘01 recently received the Rising
ersity of Maryland Francis King Carey ecognizes a recent graduate whose ns of service and leadership, either aryland Carey Law, have brought credit on graduating Maryland Carey Law, ble Althea M. Handy at the Circuit Court e joined Maryland Legal Aid as a Staff ity Department of Law where he is nting Baltimore City agencies including y Development, the Board of Municipal nt of Planning. Learn more.
s attempt to pave the way for lacrosse in rosse coaching job at Briarcrest Christo help launch the Oxford Lacrosse sse Club to get more kids into the sport. Lacrosse Magazine. Read more.
who had four Major Arena Soccer hip appearances in four years as a ltimore Blast, has been serving as a at Station 7 in Essex, Maryland, since his Blast in 2015. Read more.
e priesthood by the Archdiocese of of Mary Our Queen. Read more.
the Inter-Faith Ministries Homeless for a the month of April to raise awareness in the community. Erik currently serves ectors. Read more.
Daniel Sampson ’10 is currently a tenor working on his
master’s degree at Peabody Conservatory and is a section head in the choir at Zion Church of the City of Baltimore. Most recently, he played the role of Rinuccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi in early March. He was also recently featured in the Baltimore Arts Blog. Read more.
AJ Tyner ‘10 married Becca Skonicki at St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Baltimore on April 27.
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Ryan Conrad ‘15 had a big year in the lacrosse world as a senior captain of
the University of Virginia Men’s Lacrosse team. He was drafted by the Charlotte Hounds as the fifth overall pick in the 2019 Major League Lacrosse Draft in March before leading the Cavaliers to a National Championship in Philadelphia on May 27. He was also named the 2019 Senior CLASS Award winner. Read more.
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Koby Smith ’17, sophomore defenseman for Towson University Men’s La-
crosse, helped lead the Tigers to a Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championship this spring and received CAA First Team honors, making him the only sophomore to do so. He also received Third Team All-American honors by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA). Read more.
IN MEMORIAM
ALUMNI
George F. Buchness D.D.S. ‘45 G. Harry Hock S.J. ‘49 Edward J. Kennedy III ‘55 Jerome W. Hisley Jr. ‘60 Robert G. Rockstroh ‘64 Clifford J. Pugh ‘66 Michael C. Eby ‘69 Edward W. Rothe ‘69 Jason S. Camelotto ‘00 Alexander C. Bement ‘09
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Audrey A. DiBiagio William E. Merryman Jr.
Edward M. Knach
Mary A. Plunkett
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