Explorer - Summer 2022

THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF LA SALLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER 2022

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HONORING JOE PARISI

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FOR 40 YEARS OF SERVICE

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WE WELCOME AND REMEMBER

La Salle College High School, a Catholic

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men of varied backgrounds, is conducted in the

independent, college preparatory school for young tradition of Saint John Baptist de La Salle. Through a broad and balanced, human and Christian education, La Salle College High School guides each student in the development of his unique Godgiven talents and fosters a commitment to academic excellence, service, and leadership.

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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

DEAR LA SALLE FAMILY, Turn back the hands of time six or seven decades,

he continues on the path to ordination in four

Why is that? Certainly the story of Travis

years or so, he will be our first since 1994.

Manion, ’99 is told in numerous forums from

and you probably would have discovered

Meanwhile, La Salle has numerous graduates

three storied institutions countering the pull

in all branches of the service, students

of the more conventional four-year schools of

matriculating regularly at the various service

higher learning that boys in college preparatory

academies, and alumni scattered in ROTC

schools would be expected to aspire to. These

programs across the country. We have at least

would have been the Ammendale novitiate

one Navy Seal (the same prankster who crashed

of the Christian Brothers, Saint Charles

the chorus Christmas concert, performing with

Borromeo Seminary, and the armed forces of

gusto though he was not a music student) and

the United States of America, whether active

one member of the Class of 2022 aspiring to

duty or officer preparation.

follow him.

the moment an aspiring ninth grader joins the La Salle community. It has not lost its power now that fifteen years has gone by since First Lieutenant Manion, USMC made the ultimate sacrifice. Certainly the ideals captured in our Graduate Profile through its goals of becoming “Men of Integrity and Respect” or “Men of Service and Justice” align strongly with the conduct and comportment expected of enlisted men and officers in the United States armed forces. Perhaps most importantly, the spirit of brotherhood each speaker at last month’s

Though you will not cross paths again with some here today, you are not leaving La Salle College High School; you are not saying good-bye to La Salle. After four years of aspiration and effort, unfamiliarity and reticence evolved into camaraderie, elevated to brotherhood by the end. The path you chose was lit by teachers, among whom appeared a few wisdom figures you will quote years into the future. Annealed by tragedy but not bowed by it, sustained by such brotherhood and faith, you cannot just leave La Salle.

Gentlemen, you are La Salle.

commencement touched upon in some way is very much something to be found baked into numerous divisions of our nation’s service.

Pride in succeeding at something not everyone would aspire to or could attain is found both among our military and in the rank’s of La Salle’s students who balance rigorous academics with significant athletic and extracurricular commitments.

BROTHER JAMES L. BUTLER, FSC COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS | MAY 25, 2022

A commitment to excellence, a commitment to service, a commitment to one’s brothers

Fast forward to classes graduating around

Among the four great “institutional paths,”

the time of our golden anniversary class of

then, that La Salle men could have chosen

1972 and a bit earlier. At that time, doubtless,

historically, two have undeniably become

prophets would have forecast that one of these

somewhat peripheral. Even the majority choice

institutions would soon fail to attract supporters.

has suffered a reputational ding or two in the

At the height of the Viet Nam War era, military

aftermath of the Varsity Blues scandal, the

service was generally seen as something to

COVID-19 pandemic, and the culture wars.

be avoided, those who actively eschewed it

The choice that would have been consigned

awaiting President Carter’s pardon five years

to obscurity or even oblivion a half century ago,

later in 1977.

while far from the majority option, continues to

Such a prediction couldn’t have been more wrong, the mirror image of the reality that developed. The last Christian Brother from La

attract, moreover, to attract talented young men whose possibilities and opportunities are hardly

in the cause, a commitment to the faith that makes these other loyalties sustainable: these are common themes you will read about in these pages focused on our alumni who have served this nation, our Golden Explorer Class of 1972, and our newest alumni, the Class of 2022. May God bless our school, our nation, and our Church with many more generations of Explorers who find the ideals of God, Country, and La Salle well worth their fidelity, not just for four years, but for a lifetime.

Fraternally,

meager.

Salle College High School who persevered in this vocation graduated in 1990. We have a single seminarian at Saint Charles presently. If

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ONESTLY, I CAN’T REMEMBER A TIME WHEN I DIDN’T WANT TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY. I GREW UP IN A FAMILY IN WHICH INTEREST IN PUBLIC AND MILITARY SERVICE WAS A GIVEN.

I WAS ALWAYS CONSCIOUS THAT I WAS DESCENDED FROM AN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR PRIVATEERSMAN, GEORGE LEHMAN, THAT MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR NAVY, AND THAT MY FATHER HAD JOINED THE U.S. NAVY TO FIGHT IN WORLD WAR II, AS THE SKIPPER OF A NAVY SUPPORT LANDING CRAFT (LCS). HE SERVED THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC THEATER AND FINISHED UP IN FIERCE COMBAT OFF OKINAWA. OUR DINNER TABLE CONVERSATIONS OFTEN DEALT WITH THE INSIGHTS HE HAD GAINED FROM THAT EXPERIENCE, AND WITH CURRENT POLITICAL AND MILITARY EVENTS. LA SALLE DEVELOPED NOT ONLY MY INTELLECT BUT KINDLED MY LOVE OF BEING ON THE WATER. IT WAS THERE THAT I TOOK UP ROWING, IN THE “SCHUYLKILL NAVY,” A SPORT I EXCELLED IN AND ENJOYED EVER SINCE. When I went to college, at Saint Joe’s, my dad’s alma mater, I joined the Air Force ROTC, and trained in the summers on Air Force bases. Later, I became a Navy Intelligence Officer in the reserves and finally earned my “Navy wings” as a reserve naval aviator, first as a bombardier/ navigator and later as a pilot, in the Navy’s front line attack aircraft, the A-6 Intruder, including short active-duty tours over Vietnam and in the Mediterranean Sea. I loved my operational time in the fleet, learning and practicing naval tactics and strategy, and gaining experience out on the front lines. I found the camaraderie, can-do attitude, excitement, and sense of purpose on board Navy warships to be to my liking, and I treasure my time in cockpits and carrier ready rooms.

At the same time, I embarked on a civilian career, like my brothers, initially as a national defense professional. I served on the President’s National Security Council Staff, then as a diplomat negotiating arms control with the Soviet Union in Vienna.

From those positions – and from my operational experience –

I saw that the Navy was the foundation of our global security and that it needed help in building a strategy and a fleet to deter the Soviet Union and to help the President end the Cold War. The 7,000-ship U.S. Navy that had won World War II had been allowed to shrink calamitously in vision, capability, size, and warfighting prowess. And the Soviets were taking every advantage of that. I believed that I could provide the leadership to win the Cold War at sea without bloodshed.

Knowing of my concern and experience, newly elected President Reagan offered me the chance to become his Secretary of the Navy. I leapt at it. I promised him I would do my utmost to promulgate and implement a more forward and aggressive US naval strategy, in keeping with his thinking; to build a 600-ship force to bring back U.S. naval superiority; to save U.S. taxpayer dollars through increasing competition among our shipbuilders and other cost-reduction methods; and above all to restore the Navy’s competence, morale, and sense of purpose.

The most rewarding thing about my years as Secretary was that I was able to deliver on that agenda, aided by the hard work and expert advice I got from many of the Navy Department’s sailors, Marines, civilians, and contractors, and from my family, concerned private citizens and members of Congress. And as a naval reservist I continued to fly Navy combat aircraft, sometimes in the very at-sea exercises that I helped plan as Secretary of the Navy.

Following that demanding but rewarding assignment, I went into the rough and tumble world of Wall Street finance.

I still flew tactical missions as a reserve naval aviator, and kept a strong interest in national security affairs, actively serving on the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the 9-11 Commission). I still follow public affairs as a private citizen and am not bashful at providing my opinions in public and to government decision-makers of the day.

I have learned in my life that America is a great country, with numerous opportunities for deeply rewarding public service.

Knowing that I was able to follow in the footsteps of my father has given me great pride and purpose. And I’m proud to have passed this sense of service on to my son John, who followed me in flying Navy jets, before entering the private sector himself.

As John F. Kennedy once said…

I can imagine a no more rewarding career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: ’I served in the United States Navy.

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NITIALLY ENROLLED AT CARDINAL DOUGHERTY HIGH SCHOOL, JOHN “JAY” FOLEY ALMOST DID NOT ATTEND LA SALLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN HE EVENTUALLY ARRIVED AT 8605 CHELTENHAM AVENUE IN THE FALL OF 1961, HE IMMEDIATELY EMBARKED ON A PATH OF

ACHIEVEMENT, LEADERSHIP, AND SERVICE THAT WOULD SPAN A 30-YEAR CAREER IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND A BUSINESS CAREER AFTER RETIRING FROM ACTIVE DUTY. IT

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Numerous tours followed as he moved through the ranks and the world as a Junior Officer, Department Head, Executive Officer, and Commander. Tours included the USS Quapaw, USS Estocin, USS Monterey, and Commander of the USS Eisenhower Carrier Strike Force Group. His final command was as Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet – a command consisting of all surface ships, craft, and special units in the Atlantic Fleet – more than 100 ships and 30 shore commands, including almost 50,000 people serving in their commands and duties. Along the way he had land-based assignments as well. He served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Executive Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel, Executive Assistant to the Director of the Joint Staff and as Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel for Manpower and Personnel Policy.

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Commander Foley retired from active duty on October 1, 2002, as a Rear Admiral and Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. It was then on to a career in business. First at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding as VP in Mississippi and then as Corporate VP for Northrup Grumman in Washington, DC. He left to join Huntington Ingalls Industries, the largest shipbuilder in the nation and the only nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Although he is long “retired” he will still engage in consulting efforts within the defense industry.

LEGACY OF FIVE BROTHERS, TWELVE NEPHEWS AND SO FAR, ONE GREAT NEPHEW AT LA SALLE. Serendipity being what it is, when Jay faced the college search time at La Salle, the guidance counselors were always steering their students towards superior academic colleges that also had a reputation for good financial aid.

The Navy ROTC program was one of those programs and it was offered at several of the colleges that Jay was interested in. It was also of great interest to his father in view of the full scholarship that may be available. After several rounds of testing and meeting and talking with various Navy Petty Officers and Commissioned Officers Jay came to appreciate how they viewed service to our Nation, and it appealed to him. He was selected for the scholarship and applied to and was accepted at one of the colleges he had on his “wish” list, the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. Remember, this was the mid-60s. The mood and beliefs around the Country were bifurcated around the Vietnam conflict. While Jay was against war, he was in favor of duty and honor. In his words, Jay, “Chose to follow that path and grew to understand how important it is that we are willing to sacrifice for the good of the nation and our people when necessary.”

Upon graduation from Holy Cross, his first assignment was as Communications Officer followed by Operations Department Head on the destroyer USS Charles P. Cecil, home port of Newport, RI.

The lessons learned at La Salle College High School, The College of the Holy Cross and while serving in the United States Navy have convinced Jay that service to our Country is critically important, if for no other reason than our national security. We need some of the best of us to contribute to that service. He contributed to something bigger than himself, something that could truly make life and liberty stronger, better around the globe.

His biggest reward, however, was found in being associated with our Sailors – young men and women who followed the calling to serve others. Solid citizens and contributors who cared enough to do the right thing because it is the right thing. These were and are, shipmates who, once inspired by their leaders, were inspiring.

Being able to have the opportunity to lead, coach, mentor and support them and in return earn their respect and loyalty was life changing.

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OSEPH J. MCMENAMIN ’70 GREW UP IN ROSLYN, WHERE HE ATTENDED SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS SCHOOL. HE PLAYED FOOTBALL AND WAS PART OF THE THEATER PROGRAM WHILE AT LA SALLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE LATE 1960S. UPON GRADUATING AS A MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 1970, HE WENT ON TO RECEIVE A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY IN MAY OF 1974. HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY COMMISSIONED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE MARINE CORPS VIA THE NAVAL RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS PROGRAM. Completing The Basic School in December 1974, he was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan where he served as the 81mm Mortar Platoon Commander and Headquarters and Service Company Executive Officer.

Returning from Okinawa in February 1976, he was assigned to Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, where he served as a series officer, battalion adjutant, and regimental adjutant.

In October 1979, he transferred to the 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, CA, where he served as the weapons company commander and the battalion fire support coordinator with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines for three years. Following this tour, he attended Amphibious Warfare School at Quantico, VA. After completing Amphibious Warfare School, McMenamin reported to The Basic School, where he served as a tactics instructor, tactics section chief, student company commander, and assistant tactics group chief. Selected for recruiting duty, he served as the commanding officer of Recruiting Station in Cincinnati from June 1986 to June 1989. After recruiting duty, he attended Marine Corps Command and Staff College. Completing school in June 1990, he then served an air-ground exchange tour with the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in Okinawa, Japan.

Returning to the United States in July 1991, he was initially assigned as the G-3 Training Officer of the 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He later assumed command of the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion in July 1992.

Completing this assignment in February 1994, he completed his tour with the 2nd Marine Division as the assistant chief of staff, readiness. Following his tour with the 2nd Marine Division, he attended the Naval War College in June 1994. Graduating with a Master of Arts degree in strategic studies and national security

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affairs in May 1995, he reported for joint duty with the United States Central Command serving as the Strategy Branch Chief and Division Chief, Policy and Strategy Division in the J-5 Plans and Policy Directorate.

In June 1999, he reported for duty as the commanding officer of the Sixth Marine Corps District. Brigadier General McMenamin relinquished command of the Sixth Marine Corps District on June 26, 2001. He served as the commanding general, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina from June 27, 2001 until May 25, 2004. In June, 2004, General McMenamin was assigned as the Director, Iraq Survey Group (ISG), Baghdad, Iraq leading the presidential directed joint coalition intelligence operations group in Baghdad, Iraq. The ISG was charged with the missions of assessing Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction programs, supporting counter-terrorism and the POW/MIA search under combat conditions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

General McMenamin assumed duties as the Assistant Division Commander of 2d Marine Division during December of 2004, returning to Iraq in February, 2005.

Most significantly was his personal effort in the engagement of the newly elected Iraqi Leadership of Al Anbar Province. Through his tireless efforts and leadership, he laid the foundation for the Division’s governance, economics, security, and influence Lines of Operation that enabled the Iraqi citizens to continue regional development and participate in Iraq’s Constitutional Referendum and the National Elections. Upon returning to the Camp Lejeune, he served as the Commanding General (Rear) for over 17,000 Marines and Sailors. He oversaw the Division’s Pre-deployment Training Plan and execution of evolving training requirements at Mojave Viper in preparation for deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Brigadier General Joseph J. McMenamin retired in 2006 following 32-years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps. Honorable Robin Hayes, congressman from North Carolina, remarked…

The departure of General McMenamin marks not only the end of an illustrious career filled with many honors, but also the commencement of several initiatives which, by virtue of his dynamic leadership, forward thinking approach, and accomplished diplomatic skills, will ensure that U.S. national strategy is prepared to meet and defeat the challenges of the 21st century.

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LTC Michael J. Masucci, USA F( Ret.) ’81

hortly before the crack of dawn in New Mexico on July 11, 2021, billionaire Richard Branson, along with five Virgin Galactic employees, boarded the SpaceShipTwo, a winged plane with a single rocket motor that the company has spent nearly two decades developing. Attached beneath its massive, twin-fuselaged mothership, dubbed WhiteKnightTwo, the spaceship took to the skies at 8:30 am and climbed to about 50,000 feet in the air.

About 45 minutes later, the SpaceShipTwo detached from its mothership and dropped momentarily before the vehicle swooped upward. On board, the passengers experienced up to three Gs of force from the burst of extreme acceleration and watched the blue sky fade into the darkness of outer space. At the top of the flight path, more than 50 miles high, the aircraft was suspended in weightlessness for a few minutes, allowing the passengers to enjoy panoramic views of the Earth and space as SpaceShipTwo flipped onto its belly. It then deployed its feathering system, which curls the plane’s wings upward, mimicking the shape of a badminton shuttlecock, to turn the spaceship rightward as it flew back into the Earth’s atmosphere and glided back down to a runway landing.

Co-piloting the aircraft was Mike “Sooch” Masucci, a 1981 alum of La Salle College High School who has more than 30 years of civilian and military flying experience and over 9,000 flight hours in 70 different aircraft.

A graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAF), Mike took flying lessons while at the Academy and earned his Private Pilot certificate, while majoring in Astronautics.

After graduation, he attended Undergraduate Pilot Training at Vance Air Force Base and then remained there as a T-38 instructor pilot as a First Assignment Instructor Pilot (FAIP).

After three years as a FAIP, Mike was selected to fly the U-2 high-altitude long-endurance airplane. He eventually became in an instructor in the U-2 as well as the T-38, while still serving in deployments. His longest mission was 12 hours (13 hours in a space suit).

He was selected to attend the USAF Test Pilot School and became a U-2 test pilot, where he was instrumental in the development and testing of the aircraft’s glass cockpit and power upgrade programs. After a few years as a U-2 test pilot, he returned to Test Pilot School as an instructor and served as Branch Chief. In that role he flew the T-38, the F-16, gliders, and glider tow ships.

Mike retired from the Air Force as a Lieutenant Colonel and joined XOJET Inc., a private airline, where he flew a Citation X (CE750), accumulating 750 hours every year in Part 135 operations. He did that for several years, then received a call from Virgin Galactic. He is multi-current, flying the White Knight as well as the spaceship (both aircraft have identical cockpit designs).

Mike was selected to fly the second mission into space and earned astronaut wings on February 22, 2019.

“Virgin Galactic is truly a worldclass organization with unique flight opportunities that you just won’t find anywhere else,” Masucci said.

“I’m proud to be a part of this team and look forward to contributing to this revolutionary program.”

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RAVIS MANION ’99 DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO THE SERVICE OF HIS COMMUNITY AND HIS COUNTRY, AND HE LIVED EVERY DAY BY HIS MOTTO OF “IF NOT ME THEN WHO.”

So it was his final day in Fallujah. The first casualty that final day was a Navy Corpsman shot by an Iraqi sniper. As bullets rained down, Travis ran into the open and helped pull the man out of the line of fire, saving his life. He exposed himself again moments later to get a wounded Marine to safety before dashing out to return fire himself – using grenades and bullets to turn the tide of the fight and allow his fellow Marines to tend to the wounded.

In those chaotic moments, the enemy sniper managed to fire one deadly shot past the body armor of Lieutenant Manion. Once back from the battle, doctors worked to save Travis’ life at Camp Fallujah, but he was already gone. Every man there credits Travis with saving their lives that day – laying his life down for theirs.

Lieutenant Manion was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery next to LT Brendan Looney, USN, who was his roommate at the Naval Academy, For his actions Travis was awarded the Silver Star and the Bronze Star with Valor. But the Marine Corps also honored his legacy by naming a building after him at The Basic School (Marine Officer School) in Quantico, VA. Manion Hall serves forever as a reminder to the next generation of Marine officers of Travis’ dedication to service and his leadership – both on and off the battlefield.

But those who knew Travis knew that he was a selfless leader long before his final day. As a member of the Class of 1999 at La Salle College High School, he was a standout in wrestling, football, and lacrosse, a member of five championship teams, and an All-American wrestler. His classmate, Kevin Clearkin, put it best when he wrote, “Travis was much more than a gifted athlete and leader on the field. He was a true friend, who always put others before himself.

No matter how much he had on his plate, he ALWAYS made the time to be there for others.”

Known as a motivating figure to his classmates, he was awarded the Hal Selvy, Jr. Memorial Award for Unselfish Dedication and Leadership. The combination of service, leadership, athleticism, and academic achievement he demonstrated earned him an appointment to the United States Naval Academy.

In Annapolis, Travis excelled in the classroom and in sports, and by 2004 was a preseason national Top 20 wrestler. His strong character continued to shine, leading to his selection as the winner of the 2003 Weems Award for Leadership and Dedication.

Upon his graduation in 2004, Travis chose to follow his father into the Marine Corps. He finished in the top of his class at The Basic School where he was awarded a regular commission in the Marine Corps. After completing Logistics Officer School, Travis was assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, CA. It was not long after arriving to his first duty station that Travis and his unit were sent to Iraq. During their tour, the First Recon Marines were part of many critical events including support of the 2005 Iraqi election, uncovering weapons caches throughout the region, and assisting with other Iraqi transition missions.

Travis deployed back to Iraq on December 26, 2006, for his second tour as part of a Military Transition Team. He and his fellow Marines worked diligently to change the outcome in Fallujah, building a brotherhood with the Iraqi Army units and setting the example with strong leadership and a passion for their mission – the Iraqi soldiers referred to Travis as “Asad” or “Lion”.

In an unusual step Iraqi soldiers participated in Travis’s Memorial Service in Iraq and later they named an outpost after Travis, one of only two named after an American service member.

But Travis’ story did not end with his death. Shortly after his passing, the Manion family with Travis’ mother, the late Janet Manion taking the lead, founded the Travis Manion Foundation. The foundation attempts to inspire and activate everyone through the generous spirit of those who serve.

Selfless service is the heartbeat of the foundation.

The words Travis spoke before leaving for his second and final deployment to Iraq – “If Not Me, Then Who…” – inspired a national movement to build a nation of heroes in which character, leadership and service are in action every day.

There is no doubt Travis worked his whole life to embody the vision of service La Salle College High School helped instill in him. Truly he “left to serve” and in doing so has inspired men and women all along his path, across our country, and into some of the very bleakest places on our planet, to live a life of service as well.

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Major General William Burns, USA ’50

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ILLIAM (BILL) FRANCIS BURNS GRADUATED FROM LA SALLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1950 AND FROM LA SALLE COLLEGE IN 1954. HE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION IN THE U.S. ARMY FOR 35 YEARS AS A FIELD ARTILLERY OFFICER, A BRIGADE COMMANDER, THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT OF THE U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE, A PROFESSOR, AND A NUCLEAR ARMS REDUCTION NEGOTIATOR AS THE U.S. JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF REPRESENTATIVE TO THE INTERMEDIATERANGE NUCLEAR FORCES (INF) NEGOTIATIONS. HE EARNED A MASTER’S DEGREE FROM PRINCETON UNIVERSITY AFTER COMPLETING A YEAR-LONG COMBAT TOUR DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, AND RECEIVED AN HONORARY DOCTORATE FROM LA SALLE UNIVERSITY. After his retirement from the military, he served as the Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency under President Reagan, and then as Ambassador for the implementation of the Nunn-Lugar Program under President George H.W. Bush, helping to ensure the security and safe destruction of nuclear weapons in the Former Soviet Union. Later, he served as a judge on Pennsylvania’s Court of Judicial Discipline. He continued to teach and lecture at the U.S. Army War College and remained actively involved until his death in the promotion of arms control – a true soldier, statesman and public servant.

He was a devoutly religious man eager to help anyone who required it and had a wonderful dry sense of humor and enjoyed making all around him laugh. Following a life full of stories, he passed away on June 5, 2021, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

General Burns knew the possibility of nuclear catastrophe better than most. As a young Army officer in Germany during the height of the Cold War, he commanded a unit armed with nuclear weapons. He saw firsthand the many possible ways a conflict might escalate out of control, perhaps through misinformation or miscalculation, with disastrous and unintended consequences. He also knew the dangers of illconceived military conflicts, having fought in Vietnam. These were lessons that drove him to work for the rest of his life in a variety of different ways to reduce the risk of nuclear war.

It was not in the nature of General Burns to dwell on the specifics of his personal experiences or draw attention to himself. In a political world of large egos and bitter infighting, General

Burns was, as close associates in nuclear negotiations recall, “extraordinarily quiet and modest, but he figured out how to make that mode of operation extraordinarily effective.” Without drama, he rose to become a significant figure in nuclear arms control and disarmament efforts. He built his prodigious work from behind the scenes, both within the military and as a senior military advisor to negotiating teams and to U.S. secretaries of state and presidents.

During the darkest days of US-Soviet relations in the 1980s, Burns navigated treacherous political terrain. At the time, he served as the senior military member of the U.S. team in Geneva and later as director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Close associates emphasize that his personal qualities and credibility as a military man with wide experience on nuclear weapons played a pivotal role in supporting Secretary of State George Shultz and President Ronald Reagan in unprecedented talks with the Soviet Union on arms control and disarmament, especially in the face of considerable internal opposition.

General Burns’ deep, long-term experience taught him that patience and continuous effort are crucial in efforts to reduce the risk of nuclear war. When talks between the United States and the Soviet Union broke down in 1983, he ignored the negative atmosphere, opting instead to use his time to prepare meticulously for future negotiating opportunities. He relied on experience gathered over several decades and a strong historical perspective. General Burns did not allow himself to become discouraged by the problems of the moment, however daunting. He remained calm in the face of opposition. In this way, he played a crucial role in historic achievements, particularly with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty that helped bring the Cold War to a peaceful conclusion.

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Colonel Edmond J. Spietel, USA ’43

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D SPEITEL FACED SOME CHALLENGES EARLY IN HIS LIFE. IN THE SUMMER BETWEEN HIS JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS AT LA SALLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, HIS FATHER DIED, LEAVING HIS MOTHER WITH SIX CHILDREN AND NO INCOME. FACED WITH A DECISION TO RETURN TO LA SALLE or leave school to support his younger siblings – the youngest being just five years old – he decided to return for his senior year.

Upon graduation in 1943, Ed Speitel was faced with another big decision. His country was at war, and he was faced with the choice of enrolling in the Army or seeking a deferment to support his family. He went to war, serving in the South Pacific for twenty-one months as a combat infantryman. By the end of World War II, his Americal Infantry Division was one of the first to enter occupied Japan and it was while serving our country that he decided on his path to the priesthood.

In 1962, he responded to a need for military chaplains and joined the PA National Guard. In 1964, he returned to active duty.

The most difficult of his many military assignments came when Father Speitel served as the Brigade Chaplain of the 9th Infantry Division during one of the most trying times of the Vietnam War. He was awarded the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster and the Bronze Star with three oak leaf clusters and “V” device. He has been decorated with twelve additional medals and three ribbons.

Father Speitel continued to serve in the U.S. Army as a Chaplain all over the world until he retired with the rank of a full Colonel in 1988. He returned to Philadelphia, where he served as Pastor of Saint Michael the Archangel in Levittown and Saint Philip Neri in Pennsburg

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In February of 1946, he was discharged from the U.S. Army having reached the rank of Sergeant. He applied for admission to Saint Charles Boremeo Seminary and entered in the fall of 1946 and was ordained nine years later. He served the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in several capacities including Chaplain at Philadelphia General Hospital, Drexel Institute of Technology, and Women’s Medical College. He was stationed at a number of parishes and taught at both Bishop Neumann High School and Cardinal Dougherty High School, where he also served as Disciplinarian.

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Rear Admiral Frank W. Butterworth III, USN ’54

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OLLOWING HIS GRADUATION AS A MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 1954 AT LA SALLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, FRANK BUTTERWORTH ATTENDED THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY IN ANNAPOLIS, MD. AFTER GRADUATING

FROM SUBMARINE SCHOOL IN 1960, HE BEGAN A NAVAL CAREER THAT SPANNED MORE THAN 25 YEARS. HIS FIRST ASSIGNMENT WAS ABOARD THE NUCLEAR BALLISTIC SUBMARINE GEORGE WASHINGTON, AND HE SPENT MUCH OF HIS CAREER AS A SUBMARINER AS HE COMMANDED SUBMARINES, SUBMARINE SQUADRONS, AND SUBMARINE GROUPS, AND HELD A VARIETY OF SUBMARINE STAFF POSTS. In 1982 and 1983, Rear Admiral Butterworth served as Assistant Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Technology Transfer. He was Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for undersea warfare for two years before retiring from active duty in 1987. He was the recipient of four Legions of Merit, two Meritorious Service Medals, and two USN Commendation Medals. He served in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars and later held posts at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in New York State and at the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho. From 1967 to 1970, he was chief engineer on the nuclear submarine Narwhal.

He then spent three years as executive officer of the nuclear ballistic submarine John C. Calhoun. He commanded the nuclear submarine Billfish from 1973 to 1976. He then spent two-year tours as a senior member of the nuclear propulsion examining board of the Pacific Fleet, as Commander of a submarine squadron based in San Diego, and as Chief of Staff of the Pacific Fleet’s submarine force before becoming an Assistant Deputy Undersecretary of Defense. From 1983 to 1985, he commanded a submarine group based in Groton, CT.

Rear Admiral Butterworth passed away from cancer on October 9, 1988, at Bethesda Naval Hospital. At the time of his death, he was director of submarine systems analysis with Physical Dynamics Inc, a Washington, DC defense consulting organization. He was buried with full military honors in Section 7-A of Arlington National Cemetery.

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Fallen Heroes THE FOLLOWING MEN ARE GRADUATES OF LA SALLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL WHO DIED IN SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY: WORLD WAR II

Peter Lavelle, USA ’44

KOREAN WAR

John J. Bennett, USA ’39

Edward Mahoney, USA ’46

Fred J. Boudreau, DDS, USA ’49

George Butler, USN ’41

George J. McCloskey, USA ’36

Richard Buck, USAF ’46

Frank P. Byrne, USAF ’37

Edward O’Brien, USA ’42

Joseph Gibbons, USA ’46

George S. Corbeil, USN ’37

Joseph V. O’Hara, USA ’40

1LT Francis Keck, USN ’46

Thomas Costello, USA ’32

Francis J. O’Keefe, USA ’38

1LT John (Jack) McCoy, USMC ’47

Francis Curley, USA ’42

Terrence Quinn, USA ’36

1LT Raymond Rudolph, USN ’47

Edmund Day, USN ’41

John J. Ridley, USN ’37

William Scanlan, DC, USA ’46

William Diamond, USMC ’42

William Sorenson, USA ’42

Thomas Summers, USA ’46

Louis DiOrio, USA ’42

C. Arthur Stearns, USA ’39

Gerard Eberhardt, USA ’41

John Stearns, USA ’42

VIETNAM WAR

Andrew B. Galligan, USA ’36

John F. Toner, USA ’36

MAJ Edwin J. MacNamara, USA ’47

Fred J. Gerngross, USN ’40

James A. Wright, USA ’39

LTC Vincent Connolly, USAF ’51

William T. Gorman, USN ’40

Carl F. Hynek III, USMC ’63

Bernard Hill, USA ’42

2LT George A. Polk, USAF ’65

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Duty, Honor,

Country A WAY O F L I F E F O R O U R Y O U N G M E N W H O AT T E N D S E R V I C E A C A D E M I E S

La Salle College High School has a long history of alumni serving in the military. It began with the countless number of graduates in the 1940’s who enlisted in the Army and Navy to fight in Europe or the Pacific during World War II and continued in the 1960s during the tumultuous times of the Vietnam War. That tradition continues today as each year, several of our graduates are accepted at one of the five service academies, while many others attend college on ROTC scholarships with the intent of serving our country after graduation. In the last five years, eleven graduates received commissions to attend a service academy and thirteen others were awarded ROTC scholarships. For these young men, “Leave To Serve” was more than just a sign along the driveway exiting our campus – it became their calling in life.

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2LT GREGORY W. GALBREATH, USMC ’17

ENS KOLBE MAXIMILIAN KIRLIN, USNR ’17

United States Naval Academy

United States Merchant Marine Academy

Annapolis, MD

Kings Point, NY

Commissioned 2021

Commissioned 2021

Currently Attending The Basic School | Quantico, VA

Stationed Aboard USNS Salvor

“La Salle prepared me to take on the academic and physical challenges of a service academy. The value of serving others that I learned at La Salle was part of the reason why I wanted to join the military.

I would not be the same person I am today without the education and relationships I formed at La Salle.”

3rd Assistant Engineering Officer

“I always knew that I wanted to be in theNavy, but when Mrs. Ryan Manion (Travis’ sister) came to La Salle and spoke to the students, it sealed the deal for me. I choose to serve my country to see the world. La Salle College High School helped prepare me by elevating my education, leadership skills, and discipline.”

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COLE MOYER LANDES ’20

RYAN J. MCLAUGHLIN ’21

United States Air Force Academy

United States Air Force Academy

Colorado Springs, CO

Colorado Springs, CO

Anticipated Date of Graduation: May of 2024

Anticipated Date of Graduation: May of 2025

“From a young age, I always wanted to give back to my country and serve. When I learned about the Service Academies, and USAFA specifically, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to serve as well as go to college and earn a degree at the same time. The faculty at La Salle was always there for advice and guidance during the application process. I was able to challenge myself at La Salle which gave me a pretty big leg up compared to my other classmates at USAFA. The faculty at La Salle also reached out to me on several occasions and recommended I participate in certain programs/classes because they know it would help with my goals. USAFA is definitely challenging, but I’ve never felt that anything was unachievable and I know my time at La Salle played a big role in my having received an appointment at USAFA.”

“I chose to attend the United States Air Force Academy to be a part of something bigger than myself and to take a different route with my college experience. Having the opportunity to get an amazing education and play Division 1 athletics at the highest level while also serving my country made for an easy decision coming out of La Salle. When I got to the Air Force Academy, my natural instinct to trust those around me served me very well. This is a skill I acquired throughout my time at La Salle. The true brotherhood at La Salle helped me in countless ways in my transition to a service academy. This paired with the academic vigor of my time at La Salle put me in a great position to thrive in all aspects as a student, athlete, and member of the Air Force.”

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2LT ZACHARY P. (ZACH) ROTZAL, USAF ’18

ENS ANTHONY JOSEPH COSSETTI, USN ’18

United States Air Force Academy

United States Naval Academy

Colorado Springs, CPO

Annapolis, MD

Commissioned 2022

Commissioned 2022

Currently Attending Stanford University on a U.S. Space Force Scholarship and Pursuing a Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Currently Attending Medical School at the Uniformed Services University School of Medicine-Medical Corps

“My father and both of my grandfathers served in the military and growing up, we would volunteer as a family at various functions.

At La Salle, I participated in Urban Immersion and a summer service trip to Puerto Rico. From these experiences, I felt an innate calling to serve our country. La Salle also prepared me for the academic rigors of the Air Force Academy. Through dedicated teachers and unique programs, such as the Lab Manager Program, I was able to find passion at the crossroad of service and computing. This provided a strong foundation that helped me to graduate at the top of my Computer Science class at the Academy and led to my first assignment as a graduate student at Stanford University. I know that I will be able to help solve some of our nation’s most challenging technological problems in the space and cyber domain and it was at La Salle where I developed solid foundations and relationships that have helped me on my path of service.”

“I chose to serve my country because I wanted to give back to a country that has given me so much. La Salle taught me discipline and drive which helped me to be successful at the Naval Academy and will continue in my life as a military officer and orthopedic surgeon.”

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REGAN LOUGHNEY ’21

MICHAEL WILLIAM BROWN, JR. 21

United States Air Force Academy

United States Air Force Academy

Colorado Springs, CO

Colorado Springs, CO

Anticipated Date of Graduation: May of 2025

Anticipated Date of Graduation: May of 2025

“I chose to serve because dedicating my life to others is the most fulfilling path I can pursue. The military allows me to do this while also challenging me in all aspects. La Salle helped prepare me by not only challenging me academically, but also strengthening the interpersonal and leadership skills required to succeed at the Air Force Academy.”

“La Salle played a big part in helping me come to understand all the privileges and blessings that we are offered as citizens of the United States of America. When I realized the great fortune I have as an American, I felt that I wanted to protect those things and, more importantly, the people I love and have met in my life. La Salle helped me develop as a person and improved my communication skills, which along with dedication, are critical in accomplishing any mission.”

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THOMAS P. CHRISTIE ’21

ENS DANIEL J. JORDON, USN ’18

United States Naval Academy

U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center

Annapolis, MD

Panama City, FL

Anticipated Date of Graduation: May of 2025

Commissioned 2022

“Ever since elementary school, I always had a sense of patriotism, and this carried into my high school years. I chose to serve my country because when the time comes, I’d rather put myself on the line than put those I love at risk. From late nights trying to do physics homework to hanging out with the boys on the weekends, La Salle taught me prioritization and time management. Knowing how to make game time decisions and prioritizing certain events could be the life or death of those men and women you are leading when you are in charge of carrying out the mission.”

Naval Officer

“I have always had a profound sense of patriotism. La Salle is a place where serving others is integral to the school’s mission.

The relationships formed and the strong culture of brotherhood is something that is hard to find. After experiencing it so deeply at La Salle, I sought the same while attending the Naval Academy and serving our country in the military.”

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hen Jim Donahue graduated from La Salle College High School in 1986, the “Leave to Serve” sign did not yet grace the exit from the school. However, that directive was already a firmly rooted part of Jim’s future plans. Little did he know at the time, but his belief in the importance of military service would extend down his family tree inspiring another generation to “leave to serve” the United States of America.

Clay Donahue ’19, is entering his senior year as a member of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, the Army ROTC and the Virginia National Guard. When asked about his decision to enter the military, Clay shares the viewpoint of his father and brothers.

“Serving our country is important because this country gives us so much that we take for granted every day. To keep these freedoms and privileges requires people to serve, and I think that it is the least we can do.” Upon graduation next spring, Clay will commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army.

After graduating from La Salle, Jim attended the University of Pennsylvania on a Navy ROTC scholarship which obligated him to four years of active duty after college. Jim served his four years of active duty as part of the U.S. Navy’s Diver/Special Operations program, specifically as the diving officer on the USS GRASP(ARS-51). In reflecting on his decision to pursue military service, Jim notes, “I felt I had been blessed with opportunities to attend La Salle and Penn, and I appreciated the opportunities and rights of being an American. It was my duty to give back and serve the country, even in a small way.”

The most recent La Salle graduate, Owen Donahue ’21, attends Wake Forest University on an Army ROTC scholarship and is a member of the No Fear Battalion. Owen was inspired to military service in part by the Travis Manion Foundation’s motto “If Not Me, Then Who”. Manion, a member of the Class of 1999 and a U.S. Marine, gave the ultimate sacrifice during his second tour of duty in Iraq. Owen states, “It is my responsibility as someone who has the chance and ability to serve to live up to that expectation.”

Owen also believes that military service is important because it “fosters an appreciation for the rights and opportunities we have as Americans.”

Gratitude for the opportunities provided by this country is a sentiment that is echoed by Jim’s three sons, all graduates of La Salle. James Donahue IV (Jake) ’16 attended Lehigh University on an Army ROTC scholarship. He is currently a 1st Lieutenant in the781st Military Intelligence Battalion (Cyber) working as a Deputy Technical Director ensuring that his unit has the capabilities necessary to conduct cyberspace operations. Although he credits La Salle College High School and its IT Department for his decision to pursue a career in cybersecurity and for sparking his desire to protect the nation in a new arena, Jake credits his grandfather for inspiring his military service. “He was an Army contractor at Frankford Arsenal, and he remained involved with multiple Army affiliated groups after he retired. He took us to all kinds of military events, and I saw how beneficial the Army was for him and how important everything the Army did was.

He encouraged us to be a part of it.”

The Donahue family and their commitment to serving this country highlights an essential facet of “Leaving to Serve”. Their dedication and service are sincerely appreciated and undoubtedly will continue to inspire a spirit of service in the entire La Salle community.

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HOMECOMING THE TRADITION CONTINUES 11TH ANNUAL HALL OF ATHLETICS INDUCTION October 28, 2022 6:00 pm Gymnasium Admission is Free The following have been selected for induction into the La Salle College High School Hall of Athletics, which will be held in conjunction with Homecoming Weekend:

ATHLETES John F. Burns, Jr. ’75 (Cross Country, Track and Field) Tucker Durkin ’09 (Lacrosse, Basketball, Football, Golf)

BBQ

FOOTBALL GAME

October 29, 2022 3:00 to 6:00 pm

October 29, 2022 6:00 pm

Glaser Center Come back and see the “New Pit” for beers and burgers.

La Salle vs.

Father Judge High School Springfield High School Stadium

Patrick J. Gallagher ’70 (Swimming) TEAMS Soccer 2006 Basketball 1962-63 Hockey 2007-08 LEADERSHIP John Costello Kenneth Shaw, Jr. ’60

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After 40 Years, Joe Parisi Remains La Salle’s “MAN FOR ALL SEASONS” by Sam Donnellon Ask longtime La Salle College High School teacher Joe Parisi about his involvement with the Boys and Girls Club of Philadelphia, and he speaks effusively about the efforts of its president and CEO Joe Marziello, and his wife Lisabeth.

Ask Parisi about his long-time involvement with the Phillies RBI/Carpenter Cup program and he lauds the efforts of its director, Jon Joaquin. Ask about his two stints as La Salle College High School Athletic Director, each a decade long, and the name of longtime associate Joe Sette seeps in before long.

“What I always loved about working with Joe over all these years is that it’s never about him,’’ says Sette. “It is always about what he could do and what he could contribute.’’

Now in his 40th year at La Salle, Parisi, 65, has been, as Sette put it, “The man for all seasons.’’ Besides serving as La Salle’s AD from 1991-2001 and again from 2012 through 2021, he has taught classes in Social Studies, World Culture and Psychology, won four Philadelphia Catholic League Championships and two PIAA State Championships as the school’s head baseball coach, and now serves as the school’s Campus Minister.

He’s also been an active presence outside of La Salle, serving as a board member with the Phillies RBI Program and their annual Carpenter Cup, and working tirelessly to reinvigorate the Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia.

“It keeps me grounded as to where I came from and the need to do service – to help people like I was helped,’’ he says of his work with the BGC. These days Parisi satisfies that need to do service as La Salle’s Campus Minister.

Trips to Appalachia, to the Blackfeet nation in Montana and a variety of other places have been enriching, he said, but it was a much earlier trip to Sarnelli House in Kensington that hammered home the importance of service.

“Going through the line I noticed a homeless guy who looked vaguely familiar,’’ he says. ``I just happened to be sitting at his table and we started talking.

And after about five minutes we both came to the realization that we were high school classmates at North Catholic. ``And it was one of those `There but for the grace of God go I’ moments,” he says. “If I didn’t have a few breaks here and there I could have been in the same situation.

We grew up in same neighborhood. He was Kensington and I was Frankford.

So, I thought I want to do something to show God I was grateful for what I was given. And that’s how I became actively enthusiastic about doing service.’’

Parisi grew up in North Frankford as one of five kids. He played sports at the Boys Club during high school, but when it came to attending college, he had just one avenue to get to La Salle – by working full time.

A COACH AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AT ONLY 14, HE CONTINUED AS A VOLUNTEER THERE, INADVERTENTLY LAUNCHING AN IDENTITY THAT WOULD DEFINE HIM OVER THE NEXT HALF-CENTURY AS BOTH A MOLDER OF YOUNG MEN, AND AS AN EXAMPLE OF SERVING SELFLESSLY. “I can’t say enough good things about that guy,’’ says Marziello, the Boys and Girls Club CEO who came to Philadelphia from Green Bay a decade ago with the monumental task of reclaiming the dilapidated and underfunded Boys and Girls Clubs in the area, including the Northeast Frankford location where Parisi once played and coached.

“It needed a $6 million redo, or it was going to close,’’ says Marziello. “Joe came in, first meeting, `I’ll help you.

I know people.’

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Deferring to Marziello’s tireless work, Parisi reels off a list of recent milestones for the club. The Ralph Roberts Germantown Boys and Girls Club was recently rededicated after a $5 million facelift. At the Frankford Club, where he grew up in, a new kitchen and gym, donated by Joel Embiid in honor of his late brother, are part of a $1 million renovation.

A General Mills executive, one of Parisi’s former students, was instrumental in the kitchen upgrade he says.

“When you are in our business, people dodge you all the time,’’ says Marziello. ``You call him, he’ll call you back that day.

At least once a year he gives us someone who can help us. It’s never just a little thing. There was something broken all the time.

“I get excited, but he’s calm. `Just relax.

It’s not that bad. We’ll get this done. He’s consistent. He’s always there for you.

That’s why he was such a good coach.’’

A member of the City All-Star Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, Parisi has also coached basketball at La Salle, but his name is synonymous with baseball. Named La Salle’s head baseball coach in 1986, his teams advanced to the finals of the Philadelphia Catholic League seven times in his 28 seasons, with four of those teams winning the coveted hubcap. His 2012 and 2014 teams won the Pennsylvania State Championship, and he was named the Philadelphia Inquirer Baseball Coach of the Year both times.

He finished with 453 career wins, winning nearly 70% of all the games he coached.

“He knows what he’s talking about,’’ says Joaquin of the Phillies. These days, Parisi’s involvement with the lauded Phillies RBI program is organizing and administrating the annual Carpenter Cup high school baseball tournament.

“His passion is working with kids,’’ Joaquin says. ``I love the fact that he thinks of others. Those are things I look up to. And those are the people you want in your life.’’

“A man of incredible integrity,’’ Sette says.

“He’s just a great guy,’’ beams Marziello.

“I consider him like a brother.’’

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Class of 2022: Carrying the Bonds of the Brotherhood Forever By Sam Donnellon They graduate as no class at La Salle College High School ever has, amid a return to normalcy after a high school experience pockmarked by stops and starts, frustrations and joys that will be forever unique to them.

Forced by COVID-19 into alternative methods of education, socialization and fraternization, the members of the Class of 2022 not only survived the challenges induced by global pandemic, they thrived in ways that built upon their collective character and prepared them – in ways they’re still trying to fully understand – for what happens next.

“A lot of good came out of it,’’ says Alex Sorgini.

“We throw the word ’brotherhood’ around a lot.

And there’s a lot of truth in it. But it took something like the pandemic to really realize it. You know how much you relied on other people. And you’re suddenly in your room and you start to feel that.’’

“I feel like it also kind of strengthened our relationships,’’ Sam Perry says. “When we all got back here for senior year, we were like, ’We have one more year together, let’s make it the best year we can possibly make it because we’ve had so much taken away from us.

We’ve got nothing left to lose’.’’

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Alex Sorgini, from Collegeville, is headed to Princeton University in the fall.

Sam Perry, from Perkasie, is off to the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Both members of La Salle’s celebrated Speech and Debate team, they were among seven seniors who recently sat down to discuss how their experience at La Salle has shaped them and prepared them for the next step.

Gavin Brooke, a swimmer/water polo

player from Fort Washington, will attend Johns Hopkins University. Joe Cole, a soccer player from Chalfont, has been chosen into the Honors College at the University of Georgia.

Anthony Rivers, a football and basketball

player from Philadelphia, will attend the University of Louisville. Eric Fryer, a member of the golf and robotics teams from Ambler, will attend the University of Virginia. Michael Dukissis, his classmate dating back to Keith Valley Middle School and whose school involvement ranged from soccer to music, is off to Texas A&M University.

Virtual classrooms, virtual friendships and the sudden deaths of two schoolmates during their four years – and their shared triumphs in overcoming adversity – have moved each of them profoundly, and lastingly.

Here is what they said when they got together recently.

So, if your child asks you someday, “What was it like during the pandemic,” what will you say?

Anthony Rivers: I just remember being so excited about spring break (in March 2020). Play basketball. Travel. Go on vacation. I think I was supposed to go to Miami for spring break.

And then spring break starts and COVID seemed to come out of nowhere. I’m still optimistic we’re going back to school. And then virtual classes begin. It was just a bummer. We’re getting emails daily about how everything has to change and we’re going to have virtual classrooms, all that

stuff. That was my sophomore year.

We were two practices in and track season was over.

Everything at that point was surprising, shocking.

I wanted to be around school and play sports and such, but COVID stopped all of that from happening.

Sam Perry: Before COVID we would travel together (with the Speech and Debate team), and everything was in person, we’d be in one room together.

When it started out, it canceled all of the end-of-the-year tournaments. We had one virtual tournament at end of sophomore year. And then (Speech and Debate coach) Mr. (Mike) McCabe said, “I’m sure we’ll be back in person at least by second semester of junior year.”

And it went from that to, “Oh shoot, this is all going to be virtual.”

And then it shifted to all of us coming to La Salle, going to our own room, locking ourselves in the room for the entire day and then just talking to a computer screen for eight to 10 hours a day. I would not say it felt as energetic as doing it in person.

I always loved doing it in front of people.

But I would still say it was a still fun activity to do, just to be able to perform for people.

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Joe Cole: I’ve always been someone who enjoys going to school. Even after winter breaks, spring breaks, I’m like, `I’ve got to get back.’ It’s not that I love being in a classroom and learning so much, I just love connecting with students. Like I always found it fun just walking through the hallways, even before or after big tests, communicating with people, just sharing in that kind of like, struggle. So, when we were told we were going two weeks virtual, that was so undesirable for me.

A lot of people were like, two weeks!

That’s awesome! Not me.

Anthony Rivers: You get the two weeks and you’re like, `I’m going to play Fortnite all day.’ Willingly. And after the spring break part when you actually have the leverage to do that and then when you have no other choice to do that – that’s when it changed.

What did La Salle do to foster the brotherhood community in those first three months?

Eric Fryer: One of the memories I have is when (Guidance Counselor) Mr. (Tony) Resch was going around making phone calls that day and I was part of the ultimate frisbee team. He reached out and said

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someone should try to do a trick shot and then everybody else should try to recreate it. Whoever gets it first, make another one.

So, I am on the phone call with Mr. Resch and I’m having people throw frisbees up to my window. I set up a trash can way too far away in my yard and I’m just tossing them out the window, trying to get one in.

There was that kind of community on the sports or clubs I was involved in, as well as La Salle making the effort to reach out to you. That was really helpful to me.

Michael Dukissis: I think La Salle really made an effort to try and get us in the school as much as possible with hybrid.

I think we were one of the first schools to go hybrid and first schools to come back in person. That really helped to keep that community together. I think our system for online learning, Blackboard, really helped that collaboration a lot. When you’re speaking on the screen it’s only four people. So when you’re speaking and up there everybody’s looking at you – it’s a lot more of a normal experience, I think.

Eric Fryer: I think outside of La Salle setting up things to help us feel more connected it also fostered a great environment for making the students to do that within ourselves. I remember during the pandemic I had students reaching out to me saying, `Hey join this Zoom call.

We’ll do a soccer drill. We’ll do something like that.’ A lot of stuff came from within the student body, which is really admirable.

I found a lot of joy in that.

Did it force you guys to be more mature or grow up quicker than you may have otherwise?

Gavin Brooke: It was lonely those first couple of months after spring break.

You’re excited to have some time off, then you’re ready to go back. And then you don’t see anyone for four or five months at a time. It demands a certain level of maturity and diligence and a little bit of individualism. You have to force yourself to reach out and stay on top of your schoolwork, especially when you’re doing it from your bed. So, it definitely demanded our grade to kind of step up.

Is there any bitterness that you were robbed of a normal high school experience?

Gavin Brooke: I think there might be some bitterness. But it also fell at a time from sophomore to junior year where we were in the middle of our high school years. It’s not like freshman year where you’re trying to get acclimated, or senior year, when you have graduation to look forward to. We’ll have a normal graduation this year which we’re really lucky to have. Two years ago, a lot schools didn’t have a graduation.

Anthony Rivers: Of course, there’s some bitterness in that I wish I could have my sophomore year back. But honestly there’s nothing we can do about it. I feel like, yeah, I would like to have that time back.

But we actually got lucky. The Class of 2020 had a lot taken from them. They couldn’t have a regular graduation and I don’t even know if they had a Senior Week. We’re closer to normalcy.

Joe Cole: I would hesitate calling it time wasted. Even the time spent with family, or even by yourself. To think we lost sophomore year and some of junior year would be flawed saying that. It was rather spent differently than abnormally. And I think that was important to our growth, to the maturity that we’ve mentioned. I think that was a big part of our growth. So, I wouldn’t look at it as wasted time.

Alex Sorgini: And a lot of good came out of it. People started to recognize – you know, we throw the word `”brotherhood’’ around a lot. And there’s a lot of truth in it. But it took something like the pandemic to really realize it. You know, how much you relied on other people. And you’re suddenly in your room and you start to feel that.

But also things like the schedule. Our classes had different schedules every year because there was always a little tinkering with it. But then with the pandemic we realized that a block schedule might work better than having nine classes. And that started off because they wanted to minimize how much interaction we were going to have in the hallway. But now we have a full block schedule. And we’re all really enjoying it. So little and big good things came out of it.

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Sam Perry: I wouldn’t call it wasted time.

I mean there was time that got taken from us, which has made this time that we have now in our senior year that much better.

Because even though we got two years taken away from us as far as relationships, I feel like it also kind of strengthened our relationships.

Michael Dukissis: I feel in some ways it almost strengthened relationships in that there were people in class who, because I couldn’t just talk to them in the hallway, I had to reach out to them on social media or text them. I think that helped in building relationships. Maybe it helped me expand more.

Several of you have spoken of it being bonding experience. Do you think that’s different than what occurred at other schools? What about La Salle fosters that?

Michael Dukissis: Personally, I had a lot of pride in how La Salle handled the situation.

Talking to some of my other friends, their schools completely shut down. They didn’t have anything for a week, for two weeks.

As soon as we shut down – we were off for one day – and then we started right back up again. And that really helped to keep that sense of community.

I think it helped too that we were one of the first schools back in. That was great in the sense of community. Because you always want to be off school, until you’re off school forever.

Do you think it was a more normal high school education because of that?

Sam Perry: I have a friend who goes to another school. And with his classes they would have them log in, take attendance on Zoom and then have everyone leave with Cyber assignments. That’s like an online school that you just sign up and do assignments. That’s not really a high school experience. I would say we got a more normal experience.

Gavin Brooke: We have a faculty and staff who really care about us, really care about our well-being. Whereas a lot of public schools didn’t even have school for a month. And then they started in person just this year. It speaks to the type of people we have here at La Salle.

Michael Dukissis: I remember the initial shutdown. Someone in Ms. Mariani’s English class in January came up to me and said, “Hear about this Coronavirus thing in China?’’ Whatever. We were afraid of Ebola and ecoviruses; this was another pandemic far away. It was never going to come to us.

Little did I know, two months later, it came.

And still I was like, OK it might be a little thing, we’ll be off for a couple of weeks.

I remember I had a math test the day after school got canceled. So initially I was like, “Yes!’’

Did you build skills through this that maybe you didn’t realize you were building at the time?

Anthony Rivers: Personally, I have learned to be more vulnerable. To people in my family, my friends. If you remember what was going on in America when the pandemic hit, it wasn’t good either.

Everything was hitting us at once.

I remember getting multiple texts from multiple classmates, having hour-long conversations with classmates, just talking about where your state of mind is at.

You’re at home, we’re all going through the same thing now.

If you just hold up your emotions, not wanting to cry or give someone you know, someone in your family a hug, you’ll be selling yourself short. So I tried to connect as best I could.

And then it kept getting longer and longer.

That comes to back to brotherhood.

Alex Sorgini: Not for nothing, we had the “Little La Salle Program’’ junior year.

The teachers’ children could come onto campus and take their virtual classes from Dunleavy House.

Joe Cole: I fell into a really bad routine during quarantine. We had to be in (virtual) homeroom at 8:00 am. I’d set my alarm for 7:58. I’d log in and fall back to sleep. And then play Xbox for hours.

We had people who would monitor them and high school kids who could come and sit with them through their classes.

It was a win-win because you could help them with their classes and make up what they weren’t getting through the virtual instruction. And the teachers didn’t have to figure out finding somebody to babysit their kids. So, they could be in school and even though their kids were fully online, they could make everything work. I think that could only work somewhere like here.

After a few weeks I was like, “What am I doing?” I was able to fall into that routine because I could. There was no one there to stop me. I didn’t have to be physically here at 8:00 in the morning. I didn’t have a soccer practice I had to attend. So, self-discipline is something I was able to develop due to the pandemic. I was able to set a schedule for myself. Work better hours in. Find ways to work out. Do school work even when no one was telling me to.

Do you think the views in this room are shared collectively by La Salle students?

Sam Perry: Sure, you’ve got people mad about things being taken away from them.

But that’s a general population thing.

The general collective is we did the best we could in the situation. I’m proud of what La Salle did.

Gavin Brooke: I think our ability to check and evaluate our relationships is a lot stronger. You don’t have the normal passing by in the hallway, saying, “Hey, how’s your day?’’ If you cared about somebody, you really had to reach out and make an effort to see what they’re up to.

Anthony Rivers: I would say we embrace each other more. Even something oblique.

Like Sam does so much already. Sam doesn’t want to go to a lacrosse game, Sam doesn’t want to go to a soccer game. He’s busy with his own clubs. But everybody comes out to a soccer game.

Everybody fills up those sidelines. We’re kind of battle tested.

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Beyond COVID, do you find the standards here in all respects – academically, socially, sports, arts – are higher than your peers in other schools?

Sam Perry: It’s kind of the student body that brings the bar up, not the school itself. It’s all the guys who come in. That’s what I saw when I came here. I saw the people, the brotherhood. They made that decision. It wasn’t La Salle coming in and saying, ’Make friends. Do this now.’ It was the kids coming in and saying, ’I want to get involved here. I want to do everything I possibly can to make the best out of my four years here.’ It’s something you don’t see at too many other schools, I think. It’s why the bar is so much higher than all the other ones.

Eric Fryer: For me the decision was between public school and La Salle. We hadn’t explored too many other options.

And back then it was a pretty big decision.

Now knowing all that I know about La Salle, especially being in the community and what I got out of it, it would not be a question.

For me I knew I was going to be pushed academically and whatever. I ended up getting into golf. I walk into freshman golf tryouts and barely squeezed by. I realized that I had to work a lot harder to even get playing time on this team. And that really pushed me through my four years. To day in and day out work out and be on the golf course and make my way to the top.

Michael Dukissis: I went to the same middle school as Eric. For me it was my VIP/Shadow Day. That’s the moment I decided it would be La Salle. Because just seeing the boy taking me around walking through the hallways and everybody saying ’hi’ and just to see how friendly he was with everybody. That was something I just didn’t know could exist in a high school.

I think about this all the time: It’s not really important what you do at La Salle.

Whereas at other schools it is. You’re a varsity football player. That makes you cool. What makes you cool at La Salle is that you give it your all. You go all in on the music program, or a sport, or speech and debate. That’s what were really looking for at La Salle. That you’re passionate about something and other people are going to appreciate that and support you through

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it. That was something that was just incredible for me. It helped me try out a lot of new things. I don’t know if I would have tried to do Model UN at a different school.

Because it would probably be a nerdy kind of thing to do. But at La Salle everybody supports it.

And academic standards. During the pandemic our grades were our grades.

I know a lot of other schools froze the grades. They said your grades can’t drop from what they were the first semester.

At La Salle they said, no, your grades the second semester are exactly the same as the first. We’re still going to hold you up to that standard.

Was the faith component a part of this experience?

Michael Dukissis: I would say it was absolutely part of my experience. And again, coming from a non-religious school it was just an entirely different world that opened something up to me. I had taken CCD classes, got my confirmation, but it was more this was just something that happened when you’re Catholic. I really didn’t understand it. Freshman year I was lucky to have a great religion teacher, Mr. Collins. I learned a lot about the more complex intricacies of Catholicism and Christianity.

All the teachers I had really fostered a discussion that really helped me grow my faith. I don’t think I would be where I am spiritually today – I don’t even know if I would be a practicing Catholic – without the introduction to the faith life at La Salle.

Sam Perry: If you were someone who didn’t want to get involved in faith, it wasn’t forced on you. Which I think was a special thing. Whereas with other Catholic schools if you’re here you’re going to be Catholic, you’re going to be doing what we tell you to do.

Kind of like a college you make what you want to make out of it.

Joe Cole: Sam and I went to the same Catholic grade school. That choice aspect was different to me. I never experienced that in my whole life. This was the first time I had to consider whether to go to church. I could do this or I couldn’t. I fully can decide whether I wanted to be there on Sunday; whether I want to practice my faith. That’s when it started to become

really important to me. That was facilitated through the lessons taught at La Salle.

That’s what really brought me into my faith.

I go every Sunday and I love it.

friends. We’re still going to talk absolutely.

But it’s not the same when we don’t have practice every Wednesday and a tournament every Saturday.

What will you carry in your heart about La Salle?

They throw around the term, ’choose your path’ a lot for admissions. And that’s true, there are all these separate paths, but they’re all these same through lines.

We all have those same big bench marks.

We’re all going to gather for graduation and reconnect for that moment. After that though, it’s really scattered to the wind basically.

Joe Cole: The way I’m looking at it is, in two weeks I will stop coming to this building every day to sit in a classroom and learn. But at the same time, I feel like I’m never leaving La Salle. I feel like the connections and the alumni network are all so important to La Salle and will be a part of my identity forever. So that’s something I hope to carry with me the rest of my life.

I hope to never lose that. I want to send my kids here.

Anthony Rivers: I know this sounds cliché, but this actually was a second home for me. I’m a black kid from Philadelphia.

There’s not a lot of opportunity in the city. So, for me, I was the only kid from my grade school to come here. And everyone was like, praising me, “Oh my God, you’re the first kid from our school to go to La Salle.’ So, I knew I had great expectations…

To come here and change the narrative from my old school, and become a different version of what I was, a better version of what I was – this gave me a glimpse of independency early, as a 14-year-old kid. And now I will have to do it all over again in another state. It builds you up to get ready for it.

Sam Perry: I have one memory that defines what I’m going to be taking out of it. It’s the day after Blake (Barklage) passed away. We were going to have a senior skip day that Monday. And without much communication, just someone posting on their story, all of us were in the building that morning, in blazers, had a prayer service that morning, and then they played a song and the entire class got up and hugged each other. They probably played that song 10 times. And just that source of brotherhood. Just seeing that then in the hardest time tells me this, the same thing Joe was just saying: It’s never going to leave you.

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Eric Fryer: I’m taking the community with me. The whole grade has everyone else’s support.

La Salle for me was really about personal growth. It really got me out of a shell.

So being able to have that experience in high school and that change for me is going to be instrumental in future success.

Gavin Brooke: The number one thing that I will be taking with me is what we’re all talking about, that community. La Salle is truly a college preparatory school.

The faculty and staff we have that set up interviews for internships, teach you how to write a proper email. Write a cover letter, write a resume – that’s stuff you’re going to need in college and its stuff they’re not going to sit down and walk you through the next four years.

Michael Dukissis: I’m probably just going to remember it as a place that helped make me who I am today. I mean in terms of the academic and achievement perspective, it allowed me to try so many different things, figure out who I was, what I liked. And from a social aspect I just want to be in a community like La Salle wherever I am in the future. I just want to have that community that’s always there to support me and where everybody has each other’s back and then religiously made me the person I am today.

Anthony Rivers: To add to what Sam said about Blake. When I was a junior, I lost my dear friend Isaiah Turner. That could have been any of us. I feel like from this point on we have no other choice but to kind of live for them. Honestly, we’d let them down if we didn’t try to do the best we can in life.

We have to really take our opportunities and make them worthwhile.

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CLASS OF 2022

273 SENIORS GRADUATED ON MAY 25, 2022 came from 91 elementary schools and

74% OF THE CLASS OF 2022 was accepted to one of the Top 50 Most Competitive Colleges and Universities*

68 zip codes

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colleges and universities in 37 states, the District of Columbia

84% OF THE CLASS OF 2022 earned in excess of

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44 young men will play 11 sports at 37 colleges and universities

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* Barron’s Most Competitive and US News and World Report Top 50: National, Liberal Arts, or Public Colleges and Universities

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BACCALAUREATE MASS OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CHURCH MAY 23, 2022

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50-YEAR REUNION | CLASS OF 1972 May 24-25, 2022

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GRANDPARENTS’ DAY June 1, 2022

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DAVID T. DIEHL ’55 SCHOLARSHIP GOLF OUTING UNION LEAGUE AT LIBERTY HILL June 21, 2022

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DONALD D. DELMANZO, JR. ’60

JOSEPH WINNING ’05, and his wife, Laura, welcomed a daughter, Josephine Maeve (Josie), on April 20, 2022.

THOMAS P. KILROY ’60

JAMES BEHR ’08, and his wife, Paige, welcomed a daughter, Palmer James.

WE REMEMBER ROBERT F. MCMACKIN ’45, father of Robert ’70; grandfather of Thomas ’09 and Matthew ’13 Krulikowski.

JOHN A. NEWELL ’60 WALTER LISS ’61 JOSEPH R. BUCKLEY ’65 CDR RANDOLPH E. WISE, JR., CDR USN (RET.) ’59, brother of James ’65.

ROBERT C. DANIEL ’68, brother of Frank ’63, James ’66 (Dec’d.), J. Christopher ’76 and Lawrence ’80.

GERARD F. GRADEL, SR. ’49

JOSEPH T. SCULLY ’71, father of Matthew ’97; brother of Thomas ’66; uncle of Kevin ’91 and Brian ’94 Scully.

PHILIP P. SAPONARO, DO ’49

BRIAN A. MITCHELL ’74

THOMAS J. WHELAN ’50, son of John ’1916, brother of John ’42 (Dec’d.), Edward ’47 and William ’55 (Dec’d.).

KEVIN E. WALISH’78, brother of John ’78.

COL GEORGE J. WOODS, JR. USA (RET.) ’50, grandfather of Sean Dougherty ’12.

MARK A. COLLINS ’87

EUGENE MCDONNELL ’51

JOHN J. SMART ’16

THOMAS H. WEYR ’45

THOMAS J. REGAN ’51, brother of Theodore ’49.

JOSEPH A. KANE, PHD ’52, father of the late Terence ’78 and David ’81.

DAVID J. COLLINS ’53 EDMUND H. KUHN ’53 JOSEPH J. MAHON, JR. ’53, brother of Past Trustee Brother Joseph F. Mahon, FSC ’58.

FRANCIS B. BOLAND, JR., MD ’54, father of Christopher ’81 and Michael ’85; brother of Michael ’56, William ’57, James ’61, John ’64, and Bernard ’65.

JAMES J. OSBORNE ’56, father of James ’82 and Gregory ’84; grandfather of Gregory ’18 and Shane ’19; brother of John ’58, Joseph ’62, and Michael ’65.

ROD RYAN ’58, brother of W. Miles Ryan ’53.

ALBERT J. SOLECKI ’58, father of Albert ’81, Daniel ’84, Stephen ’86, and Christopher ’89; grandfather of Daniel ’18 and Christopher ’24.

JAMES F. DONAGHY ’80, brother of John ’81.

CHRISTOPHER M. FARRELL ’89

NOREEN M. ABBAMONDI, mother of Staff Member Gina Giuliani; grandmother of Richard ’14, Anthony ’17, and John ’19 Giuliani.

BONNIE INSLEY ALLISON, mother of Institutional Advancement Staff Member Jonathan Allison.

KATHERINE BENYOVSZKY, father of Paul ’78 and Christopher ’82; grandfather of Paul ’08 and Nicholas ’12.

ROBERT BETCHYK, father of Robert ’88.

JOHN F. BETZ, grandfather of Austen ’14, Dylan ’20, and Evan ’23 Mollick.

JOHN RICHARD “DICK” BOOTH, DDS, grandfather of Thomas Nagle ’18, Robert Nagle ’21, and John Nagle ’24; stepfather of Mothers Club Past President Mrs. Jennifer Nagle.

COLLEEN COLL, grandmother of Will Coll ’22.

ANN E. DEASY, wife of the late Richard ’55; mother of Richard ’80 and the late David ’81; sister of Paul Cundey ’54 and David Cundey ’59.

MARGARET A. MCMONAGLE, mother of Patrick ’90; grandmother of James Schlupp ’12, Patrick Schlupp ’15, and Owen Reape ’24.

JOHN F. REARDON, father of David ’82.

DIANE “DEE” LOUISE DUFFY, mother of Colin O’Malley ’15.

CHARLES REMUS, grandfather of Cullen ’21.

RITA ELAINE DUNLEAVY, wife of Past Trustee and Alumni Hall of Fame Member Charles E. Dunleavy, Jr. ’61.

JOHN R. RILE, father of Christopher Rile ’87.

CAROL GALINSKY, grandmother of Ryan ’15 and Erik ’17 Buchanan.

MARY CATHERINE GREGOR, mother of Michael ’81, Richard ’82, Frank ’86, and Douglas ’87; grandmother of Jack Gregor ’14, Andrew Gregor ’16, Frank Gregor ’19, Wade Gregor ’19, and Michael Vesey ’23.

EDWARD FURMAN, SR., father of Edward ’06.

NICHOLAS JAMES GAMBONE, SR., father of Nicholas, Jr. ’22.

KEVIN HALEY, father of Colin ’07 and Dylan ’12; brother of Christopher ’86.

MARGARET HERRERA, wife of John Herrera ’58.

KATHLEEN V. JOYCE, grandmother of William ’12, Thomas ’14, and Patrick ’18.

JOHN KANE, father of Brother John Kane, FSC ’76, James ’80, Michael ’82(Dec’d.), Matthew ’86, and Paul ’88 JOHN JOSEPH KERRIGAN, grandfather of John ’09, Connor ’12, and Aidan ’15 Kerrigan.

JOCELYN LAMB, grandmother of Spencer ’17 and Owen ’21 Norris; mother-in-law of Walter Norris ’80.

CONNIE LESTORTI, mother of Anthony ’63.

JULIA PATRICIA “JUDY” LOTSIS, grandmother of Kyle and Luke Lotsis ’19.

JAMES E. LYONS, SR., grandfather of James ’99, Francis ’02 (Dec’d.), and Francis Thomas ’05.

BARBARA A. KELLY, wife of Kevin ’70; mother of Scott ’00.

EDWARD R. SOLVIBILE ’58, brother of William ’58.

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THOMAS D. RILEY III, father of Thomas ’00, Sean ’02, Terrance ’06, and Kevin ’07.

LORRAINE RIMERT, former Faculty Member.

ANN SAUTER, grandmother of Richard Sauter ’11 and Frank Gregor ’19; mother-in-law of Frank Gregor ’86.

JOSEPH T. SIMONE, father of Joseph ’79; grandfather of Michael Costonis ’19.

ROBERT J. SINNOTT, husband of Mothers Club Past President Trish Sinnott; father of Matthew ’06, Patrick ’08, and Stephen ’10.

WILLIAM R. SMITH, husband of late/ former faculty member Mary Jo Smith; father of Matthew ’02.

IRENE F. TURZER, mother of John ’67.

SUZANN D. WARDLE, mother of Timothy ’89.

ERNEST WHALON, father of Robert ’86.

HELEN (DAY) WINTERS, wife of John ’42 (Dec’d.); mother of Gregory ’67 and John ’75; grandmother of Jeremy ’93 and Christopher ’95.

ALOYSIUS F. ZEBROWSKI, SR., father of Aloysius ’79, Joseph ’82, and Mark ’84.

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