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Board Room Over the past seven years, we have been truly blessed to have Brother Richard Kestler, FSC ’60 leading La Salle to fulfill the vision of our Founder and to build upon our storied legacy to achieve our greatest accomplishments. With his retirement planned for June 30, 2013, the Board of Trustees set out this year to find a worthy successor who will smoothly take up the responsibilities and lead us into the future.

For this purpose, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Brother James L. Butler, FSC as the fourth President of La Salle College High School, succeeding Brother Richard in July 2013. The decision concludes seven months of planning and a five month national search among Brothers of the Christian Schools. This search was conducted by a Committee of six men and women appointed by the Board.

Brother Dennis Malloy, FSC, Provincial of the District of Eastern North America, has concurred with the decision and the Board of Trustees has ratified the appointment at its meeting on February 8, 2012.

Brother James Butler, FSC is an educator with over thirty years of professional experience and currently serves as the Principal of Christian Brothers Academy (CBA), a Lasallian college preparatory school located in Lincroft, NJ. He became Principal of Christian Brothers Academy in 2008 and, in addition to overseeing school operations, teaches senior English and serves as moderator of the Mothers’ and Fathers’ Clubs. Brother James participated in the recent Project 50 Campaign at Christian Brothers Academy, which led to the construction of new academic facilities consisting of a library and technology center, main office suite, classrooms, and science labs.

Though his professional service in education has seen him teaching in the Holy Land and Australia as well as the schools of the former Baltimore and New York provinces of the Christian Brothers, Brother James is no stranger to La Salle College High School. In addition to two tours of service to the Board of Trustees, his student teaching was done under the supervision of long-time La Salle faculty member Brother David Rogers, FSC. Brother James’ administrative experience has been at Hudson Catholic High School as well as Christian Brothers Academy. He served from 2003-2007 as the Auxiliary Visitor and Director of Education for the Baltimore Province of the Christian Brothers and has served as a member of nine governing boards and participated in numerous school reviews and searches, including the selection process which brought both Brother Richard Kestler, FSC and Principal Joseph Marchese to La Salle College High School in 2005.

Brother James Butler, FSC is honored and humbled by the opportunity to work at a school he describes as “the epitome of what a Lasallian college preparatory school can and should be” and to follow an administrator as “excellent, influential, and ideal as Brother Richard Kestler.”

Brother James will take a sabbatical before joining our community in January 2013.

Benjamin J. Ventresca, Jr. ’70 Chairman of the Board of Trustees

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Letter From The President Dear Explorers and Friends, If the Mayans are correct, then 2012 could be a year filled with lots of surprises.

My wish for you is that this year be filled with success, happiness, health, and challenges enough to keep you interested.

Looking back on 2011 gives one an interesting perspective. The fall semester opened with a near record enrollment of 1,066 young Explorers ready to land claim to 8605 Cheltenham Avenue. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation recognized thirteen of our seniors as Semifinalists and an additional fourteen seniors as Commended students. Add to this a senior who achieved a perfect score on the ACT along with a young man who was recognized as one of the top AP scholars in the nation. Not a bad academic achievement for the Class of 2012 and what a model for future classes to follow.

La Salle College High School, a Catholic independent, college preparatory school for young men of varied backgrounds, is conducted in the tradition of St. 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 God-given talents and fosters a commitment to academic excellence, service, and leadership.

As a result of the reputation of La Salle’s Microsoft Academy and its success in granting IT Certifications to the highest number of secondary school students in the nation, the Certiport Corporation sent a video crew to the campus to highlight this program’s success and featured our school in their marketing program. The finished product will be shared on our website once the project is complete. Congratulations to Mr. Peter Sigmund ’85, his staff, and our students on earning this recognition.

It seems that La Salle is the place to be as demonstrated by our Open House, our Scholarship/Entrance Exam, and the numbers of 8th Grade Boys who spent the day at La Salle in the fall. These numbers will most likely turn into a strong enrollment for the 2016. I am most proud to report that report that forty of the 550+ boys who took the Entrance Exam were awarded academic scholarships to La Salle.

On March 4, 2012, the La Salle Alumni Association will host their annual Communion Breakfast and Hall of Fame Induction. This year we are honored to welcome Brother James Rieck, FSC ’57 and Frank P. Cervone, Esq. ’75 into this group of esteemed alums. Both men have excellent backgrounds of service to others and to the La Salle community. At the same time, the William J. Whelan ’55 Alumni Service Award will be presented to Edwin J. Feeny, Jr. ’62 and William J. Benz, Esq. ’72 for outstanding service to La Salle College High School and its alumni.

Please join me in welcoming Brother James L. Butler, FSC, President-Elect. We are fortunate to have a man of such caliber who is willing to assume the helm.

The three Philadelphia Catholic League Championships and runner up in the fourth major fall sport allowed La Salle to continue to celebrate well-rounded athletic success. The generosity of our students, parents, and alums in this year’s Thanksgiving and Christmas collections set new marks. At Thanksgiving the boys gathered over 10,000 cans of food to restock the pantry for the needy of Saint Vincent Parish in Germantown. The boys then got behind Operation Santa Claus and Secret Santa to aid sick and needy children in Philadelphia.

Both events brought the true spirit of the holidays to the needy identified by Catholic Social Services as well as the oncology and hematology patients at Saint Christopher’s Hospital for Children.

Saturday, April 28, 2012 will mark a special moment for the Classes of 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002 and 2007 as their anniversary years will be marked at the Grand Reunion. So much has happened since graduation day and I am certain these classes will join in making this a truly memorable evening. The Class of 1962, our new Golden Explorers, will join the Class of 2012 on June 2, 2012 to mark the milestone of their 50th Reunion. No doubt these days will be filled with memories of classmates, teachers, and events that formed each of them into Lasallian Gentlemen.

Please know of my appreciation for your continued support of all things La Salle. Your past support has positioned La Salle in a leadership role amongst independent schools here in the Delaware Valley. To continue this role, I need your on-going support, specifically to the Annual Fund. If you have already given, know of my appreciation and thanks. If you have placed this opportunity on the back burner, consider moving it forward and becoming more active in supporting the La Salle tradition.

Live Jesus in our Hearts,

Brother Richard Kestler, FSC ’60 President

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College Interview Day

Freshman Branch-Out Day

On October 4, 2011, the Class of 2012 participated in the school’s annual College Interview Day. Held in the school gymnasium, 75 admissions representatives from 60 colleges and universities attended the event. Seniors were scheduled for almost 800 individual appointments with the colleges of their choice. In the exchange, seniors presented their transcripts, had the opportunity to provide additional personal information, and asked questions about the colleges and universities.

On October 18, 2011, the freshman class participated in Freshmen Branch-Out Day. The students, along with their fathers and teachers, performed a day of service at fifteen different sites in the Philadelphia Area. The day marked the tenth consecutive year that the freshman class at La Salle College High School has “branched out” in service to the community.

National Merit Recognized Students The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced that thirteen seniors from La Salle College High School are semifinalists in the 2012 competition for National Merit Scholarship Awards. The thirteen students is the most among any private, Catholic, or independent school in the State of Pennsylvania. An additional fourteen students from La Salle College High School were recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program as Commended students. In total, 11% of the Class of 2012 at La Salle College High School was recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Golf Championship The La Salle College High School Golf Team captured the Philadelphia Catholic League Golf Championship on October 4, 2011 at Edgemont Country Club. This is the thirteenth Philadelphia Catholic League Golf Championship for the Explorers in the last sixteen years. La Salle finished with 474 points, four strokes better than Saint Joseph’s Preparatory School. The Explorers were led by P.J. Acierno ‘12 and Morgan Dougherty ‘12 who finished in a tie for third place and were named as All-Catholics along with three of their teammates.

Honors Convocation Career Day On October 18, 2011, over 45 alumni returned to their Alma Mater for Career Day. About half of the group represented first-time presenters and a number of alumni presenters had not returned to campus since their own graduation. The sophomore and junior classes attended small group career presentations that included finance, accounting, engineering, medicine, law, education, and the arts. Alumni shared stories of how La Salle helped shape their career path. Drew Morrisroe ’92, CEO of CTN Solutions, Inc., served as the keynote speaker.

The annual Academic Honors Convocation was held on October 13, 2011. The faculty and administration honored 239 students (sophomores, juniors, and seniors) who distinguished themselves by earning the Scholastic “L” by virtue of attaining a final grade point average of 3.75 or above with no grade below a “B-” based on final grades for the 2010/2011 academic year. The school also honored its National Merit Semifinalists and National Merit Commended Students. Tom McAllister ’00, a successful author, addressed the students and other guests.

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Philadelphia Alumni Reception

Lend Me A Tenor

La Salle College High School graduates from every decade convened for a Center City Alumni event at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia on November 10, 2011. Recognizing that local alumni cannot always make it back to La Salle’s campus, Mr. David Diehl ’55, now in his 50th year as a teacher and administrator, spoke to the capacity crowd of 250, who enjoyed cocktails and reconnecting with their classmates and teachers.

The Theater Program presented Ken Ludwig’s comedy Lend Me a Tenor from Thursday, October 20, 2011 through Sunday, October 23, 2011. The show featured Matt Volpe ‘12, Jack Mills ‘12, Cormac Hoffman ‘12, and Joshua Graham ‘11 along with four talented young ladies.

Battle for Cancer Awareness On October 28, 2011, the student body held a special dress-down day and raised over $7,000 for Breast Cancer Awareness. At halftime of the football game that evening between La Salle and Saint Joseph’s Prep, Brother Richard Kestler, FSC ’60, along with Student Council President Emre Karatas ’12, presented checks to the Kelly Rooney Foundation, the Breathing Room Foundation, and For Pete’s Sake. All three organizations support cancer awareness and research as well as assist families whose lives have been affected by the disease.

Soccer Championships The Varsity Soccer Team finished the regular season undefeated in league play and did not allow a goal against a Catholic League opponent – outscoring the league 52-0 in twelve contests. They defeated Father Judge 2-1 in overtime to win the 2011 Philadelphia Catholic League Championship and the 6th title in school history. The team then went on to shutout the Public League Champions from George Washington High School to win the District 12 City Championship for the first time in school history.

Microsoft IT Academy Recognition Open House La Salle College High School held its annual Open House on Sunday, November 13, 2011.

Over 600 prospective families attended and more than 2,000 people toured the buildings and campus. Tours were conducted by student ambassadors and members of the faculty and staff, which allowed for smaller groups to move throughout the school and visit particular areas of interest. Information sessions were also held at the top of each hour in the auditorium with President Brother Richard Kestler, FSC, Student Council President Emre Karatas ‘12, and current parent Mrs. Patrice Lynch.

La Salle College High School was profiled by Certiport and Microsoft Learning for the school’s nationally recognized Microsoft IT Academy. A video production team from Salt Lake City arrived on campus to produce a 5-minute feature about the Microsoft IT Academy Courses at La Salle, which are offered as part of the Computer and Information Sciences Curriculum, as well as during our Summer IT Academy Program. La Salle certifies more students in Advanced MTA Certifications than any school in the world. Since 1999, over 120 students in the Lab Manager Program have received Microsoft Information Technology Certifications.

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Father/Son Banquet

Football Championships

The 62nd Annual Father/Son Banquet was held on November 17, 2011 at Williamson’s Restaurant in Horsham. Over 600 students, fathers, grandfathers, guardians, faculty, staff, and administration enjoyed the event. The attendees heard Chris Matthews ’63 speak about his years as a student at La Salle College High School and how his education and experiences help to mold his career as an author, reporter, and television personality.

The Football Team defeated Roman Catholic High School 16-6 to win the Philadelphia Catholic League Championship for the 4th consecutive season on Friday, November 11, 2011. The championship marks the 13th title in school history and La Salle becomes the fourth Catholic League school to claim at least four consecutive titles. The team went on to defeat the Public League Champions, George Washington High School, 41-7 to win the District 12 City Championship before bowing to North Penn High School in the semifinals of the Pennsylvania State Championship.

Band and Choral Concerts The Music Department rocked around the Christmas tree as it played to a packed auditorium at the annual Band Christmas Concert on December 12, 2011. The audience sang along to holiday favorite, “White Christmas”, and enjoyed performances by the La Salle Concert Band, the Guitar Ensemble, the Concert Band, the Saxophone Ensemble, the String Ensemble, the Freshman Band, the Sixth Period Band, and the Fifth Period Band.

The voices of the Choral Groups performed seasonal songs on December 19, 2011 at the annual Choral Christmas Concert. Singing to a cheerful and heavily crowded auditorium, Mr. Mark Norman conducted the performances by the Upperclassmen Chorus, the Freshmen Chorus, and the Belcrofters (La Salle’s Advanced Choral Group).

Christmas Service Projects La Salle College High School students once again played a significant role in making Christmas a reality for thousands of sick and under-privileged children in the Philadelphia Area through the Operation Santa Claus and Secret Santa programs. In total, more than 1,900 gifts were collected and more than $8,000 in donations were raised to purchase additional gifts. Over 20% of the students at La Salle College High School spent their Christmas Eve delivering presents through one of the two Christmas Service Projects.

Thanksgiving Liturgy and Food Drive The La Salle community collected over 10,000 cans and non-perishable items as part of the annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. The drive ran from Tuesday, November 15, 2011 to Tuesday, November 22, 2011 and all of the items collected were donated to Saint Vincent’s Parish in Germantown. This annual food drive, which continues to surpass its goal each year, was organized by the students in the Lasallian Service Corps and the Campus Ministry Team.

Winter Classic The Varsity Hockey team defeated Malvern Prep 3-0 in the first High School Holiday Classic played at Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday, January 4, 2012. Over 2,000 fans attended the game – sitting in the Hall of Fame Club located in the 200 level. The game was a rematch of the 2011 Flyers Cup Championship in which the Explorers prevailed 3-2. In the Holiday Classic, goalie Andrew King led the way with a shutout and La Salle goals were scored by Matt Williams, Nick Master and Tim Feoli. In addition to participating in the High School game, the Varsity AAA Hockey Team attended the NHL Winter Classic and was honored in a pre-game ceremony for winning the 2011 Flyers Cup Championship.

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through a system which makes protecting children a shared community responsibility. And, in

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rank P. Cervone, Esq. ’75 protects children. He does God’s work by giving forgotten, neglected, trauma-

tized and abused children a voice when they cannot

speak for themselves. For over thirty years he has been known as

doing so, Frank walks on the pathway with Saint La Salle.

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rank’s dedication and devotion to others immediately distinguished him as the authentic symbol of La

Salle’s mission of good will and deeds for others. His immeasurable acts of charity, equanimity and universal kindness resonate among his peers as a Lasallian standard beyond the call.

It comes as no surprise that Frank Cervone was unanimously selected for Hall of Fame recognition. He truly believes

the children’s champion – the lawyer for the needy who has dedi-

in the conviction of the dignity and

cated his life to juvenile justice. As our region’s most recognized

brotherhood of man with faith in

poverty law practitioner, Frank has responded to the quite criti-

human compassion and in God’s care

cal challenge of child abuse with a balance of constructive actions

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Years before the child abuse crisis gained national attention in recent months, the moral principle of protecting innocent victims of abuse and neglect formed the bedrock of Cervone’s life. Knowing that the highest and best purpose of the law is to care for the needs of the neglected and to protect the innocent from cruelty and mistreatment, Frank serves the public with unstoppable passion. Humble in spirit, this honest man stands for the best interests of all children with unlimited strength of mind and purpose to heighten the awareness, speak up and change the story for children. Frank Cervone, by living his Christian faith through his actions, embodies the Lasallian duty of leadership to right injustice. “We all have to take responsibility for the children. It’s about serving the needs of the kids today. By our commitment, these children will not be denied their right to live in a decent world. We must be the lifeline in the life of another.”

Frank Cervone grew up a Philly kid. He attended Saint Mary the Eternal Grade School located at 22nd and Clearfield, a mere few blocks from the old Connie Mack Stadium. “Until I was fourteen , we lived in the heart of North Philadelphia, at the height of our community’s deep racial struggle.

The experience of growing up in a culture of racism during my youth in the 60’s and 70’s was an important component of my professional formation that has been with me throughout my career, and I am certain that it framed my desire later in life to be a civil rights lawyer. Back then, I saw my own occasional racial responses to situations and people, and I did not like my responses. Each time I encountered racial injustice, I recall the tension.

I was absolutely certain we could be better. But mostly, it has been the response of individuals, particularly from my own family, to the many Godloving American citizens who somehow missed their own disconnect from the Gospel imperative of love that has been the engine inside me for as long as I can remember. I often forget those days and feelings because so much of my world today is racially integrated and reasonably well-adjusted.

Thankfully, we have all grown so.”

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rank took the test for Roman, the Prep and La Salle. Although La Salle offered him a ¼ scholarship because he scored in the top thirty of all applicants, Frank hoped La Salle could do more. He met with Principal, Brother Edward “Jack” Gallagher, who along with Brother Carl Clayton and Vice Principal, Dave Diehl, decided to meet Frank halfway, resulting in the life-altering opportunity of a La Salle education for a sizeable $425 per year. The generous investment in this Brothers’ Boy would indeed pay huge dividends to society for decades to come.

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n 1971, on the day the Cervone family moved to Glenside, Frank entered La Salle to learn. Although Frank excelled academically, his zeal for service became an acquired responsibility. He freely admits that it took him a good two years to “come out of his shell.” Frank recalls that he “got tired of not being involved,” as his religion teacher, Pat Devine, introduced him to community service. “I began with service in the Saint John Neumann Nursing Home located in Northeast Philly, visiting the elderly and helping them through their day. I got a sense of being with the other – what became a real important dimension for me, that I am not on this planet alone, that we’re not on this earth alone, that we live with others and we are invited to live with others.”

During his junior year, Frank went to Brother Gene Graham and asked him “can I help with something.” Thrilled over the prospect of assistance from a brilliant and thoughtful volunteer, Brother Gene made Frank his Director of Public Relations and Theater. Frank credits Gerry Tremblay as the teacher who “taught me how to write”, but it was as Assistant to Brother Gene that Frank learned the skills necessary to shape public perception and to secure its attention for his good works yet to unfold.

Frank also began his affection for American History at La Salle. “Joe Colistra inspired me to major in it at Penn where I went on to receive the American History Award when I graduated in 1979 (cum laude).” In addition, Frank engaged in school leadership by working closely with student government. He gratefully acknowledges the influence and comradery of his “crowd” at the time: Don Rongione (Student Body President), Mark Gaeto, Pete Mooney, Jack Gibbons, Frank Domzalski, Steve Heil, Tom Barton and Steve Carlino. “My La Salle relationships with faculty and friends shaped my awareness,” Frank insists, “and they showed me the importance of gathering experiences and learning from them as your path emerges from its fragmented journey.”

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n 1975, Brother Lewis Mullen invited Frank to participate in the Brother’s “Aspire to Program” which he embedded in his college experience by attending retreats during Christmas and summer breaks. “This was a wonderful exposure to a faith life and the Brother’s mission, ministry and lifestyle.” Upon graduation from the University of Pennsylvania in 1979, Frank attended the Villanova University School of Law. “I started doing social justice law my first year of law school. I worked in the Legal Aid office and got a sense that this was where I was supposed to be. I kept at it. Bit by bit, the vision emerged that I had this sense that I wanted to work in the law and that I wanted to use the law for public good.”

While there, Frank was mentored by renowned attorney and Professor, Peter Goldberger. “Peter introduced me to the practice of social justice law, a calling that enabled me to truly find myself.”

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Simultaneously, in 1981, he received the habit of the Brothers. “I became sensitive while in the Brothers and will always be grateful for that awareness. Law taught me how to think, and the Christian Brothers’ community taught me how to fully balance precepts of faith with social justice in a way that would forever shape my chosen career.”

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hen Frank graduated from Villanova Law in 1982, he received the Wenk Community Services Award. From there, he worked for the Delaware County Legal Assistance Association for a year, participated in his Novitiate in Skaneateles, New York, and was Legal Counsel for the Saint Gabriel’s System. During this most reflective phase of his life, Frank also learned to appreciate and respect civil disobedience as a prayer protester seeking to end the death penalty. “From that experience, to this day, I find it extremely important whenever people put themselves in the line of a cause for social justice.”

Frank departed the Brothers in the summer of 1989 and, about a year later, married his wonderful wife, Judith Algeo (a prominent family law attorney in the Bucks County Law firm of Eastburn & Gray, who also is the recipient of multiple pro bono service awards, with emphasis on representing dependent children and parents in termination of parental rights cases). “My wife taught me how to listen.” From this point forward, he dedicated his professional life almost entirely to legal and social services advocacy for abused and neglected children.

In 1990, Frank became General Counsel for the Support Center for Child Advocates in Philadelphia (see: www.advokid.com). Within two years, he became its Executive Director, the position he has graced through the present day. Child Advocates is the nation’s oldest and largest program dedicated exclusively to providing pro bono legal services for abused and neglected children. Since its inception in 1977, Child Advocates has trained more than 3,500 attorneys who contribute pro bono services valued at more than $4.6 million annually. Volunteer attorneys are paired with an expert in social work as part of a team handling some of the more complex cases seen in the Philadelphia Court system. “The work is rewarding and ener-

vating, and it can be troubling at times.” For two decades, Child Advocates has been the platform upon which this protector of innocent children developed his national reputation as perhaps the leading authority in child welfare. Frank Cervone is, indeed, synonymous with child advocacy.

Frank Cervone measures success one child at a time. His mission is to advocate for victims of child abuse and neglect with the goal of securing a permanent, nurturing environment for every child. He calls upon government leadership, the Courts and attorneys everywhere to think expansively about the needs of children and their care. Frank steadfastly adheres to what he calls the “whole child” model, a holistic system of advocacy designed to make a positive difference in the whole of a child’s life by primary focus on school, family and health. His stated objective is “to ensure that children are protected, connected to health care, and have access to high-quality childcare and education opportunities, in Pennsylvania and across the Nation.” Through Child Advocates, he, his Staff and Volunteer Attorneys “attempt to offer a balanced, candid and constructive assessment of what our children need and how we are all doing for our kids.”

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ertain that service to the poor and disenfranchised is the essential call to a faithful people at the heart of the Christian message, Frank amplified his educational qualifications by completing a Masters in Theology and Ministry at La Salle University in 2004. He explains that “the meaning of Jesus Christ is to stand with the poor because we all have a role in the care and wellbeing of others. I believe that we grow in our own humanity, in our sense of who we are, when we act for others. If we engage in a ’dialogic’ approach with others, we receive enormously positive response back from others which awakens our awareness about ourselves.

My actions and choices are my own, a low-key self-awareness in the cause of justice.” For, as De La Salle’s disciple, Cervone understands that “we find God in all things when we give the gift of ourselves to others – what I like to think of as finding God here on earth.”

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or his acts of service, activities, published works and his dedication to the children of our communities, Frank Cervone has received numerous awards and recognition.

In 1997, he received the Saint Thomas More Award. In 1998, he was the recipient of both the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Child Advocacy Law Award and the Pennsylvania Bar Association Child Advocate of the Year Award.

Viewed as one the leading lawyers in America, Rutgers University School of Law-Camden conferred the 2000 Mary Philbrook Public Interest Award upon Frank, and in 2001, Villanova University School of Law presented him with the Donald W. Dowd Alumni Association Award for Public Service. His more recent accolades include the Good Shepherd Mediation Shepherds of Peace Award, the Philadelphia Alliance Leadership Award, the Pennsylvania Coalition against Rape Vision of Hope Award and the HIAS and Council Advocacy Award. Last year, the Public Interest Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association presented Frank with its esteemed Andrew Hamilton Award, honoring him as a revered public interest lawyer who exemplifies the courage, skill and commitment that Hamilton represented as perhaps the most celebrated of all Philadelphia lawyers. So befitting to a man who has lived for the public’s interest over his entire lifespan.

Frank believes in respect for the truth. He insists that one must undertake large and significant activities to be truly fulfilled in life. He revels in the motto: Save a Child – Change a Life! “We like to say we changed the story of children’s lives.

We want people to be involved in changing the story of kids’ lives. The idea is to help the child tell their story so they can change their story and we can all be involved in changing that storyline. We want folks to feel responsible – to make a difference in the life of a child.”

“The lessons learned from the Christian Brothers about the value of human interdependency changed my life,” he says, a lesson that has changed the lives of countless children, their families and our society at large. “When you feel the pain of another, you want to relieve the pain.

It’s the pain that’s deep in the heart, the pain of the soul, the pain of the loss of trust that comes with physical or sexual abuse which is at the core

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of what we do in our office. That’s common for all of us in the helping professions. The poor will always be with you. The challenge and the question are: What are you going to do next? Are you going to turn away? Or are you going to use your resources, your tablets to help bring that sad story into some kind of light? When one does that, they feel better and more alive as a human being, and it’s happened a thousand times to me. I keep doing it. The Christian Brothers’ historical mission and commitment, after all, was to put themselves in the presence of the poor.”

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orrific abuse incidents brought about by a few bad actors have captured the public’s attention in recent months.

“Child abuse is a term of art in the law involving certain forms of physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse and neglect perpetrated by caregivers. There’s a depravity out there that people like to focus on, but in fact, there’s a broader influence that lies in the inability of certain people to parent appropriately.” To Frank Cervone, it has meant an intense focus on these prolific problems with far reaching impact from his methods and message to bring about needed change that unfortunately comes only from pain. “The trauma and loss of children and youth will be requited, their lives vindicated, only if each of us is moved to act.”

Always the activist who finds faith in the human capacity to change and make change happen, Frank feels a sense of responsibility for all kids he encounters. “We want to know everything there is to know about a kid. The unthinkable stuff, I leave to God.” Through the power of positive interaction with adults in the lives of children, Cervone encourages the community to teach and strengthen the law, to proceed deliberately to expand the community’s obligation to keep its children safe, and to demand transparency and accountability based on credible and reliable data and outcomes.

He pleads: “We want people to report suspected abuse to the authorities and let the authorities take it from there.”

“We need better parents and mandated reporters to fully appreciate their duties, to push past the sense of privacy, to identify their unique talents and values by knowing how to meet the needs and promise of the lives of all children.” Only by breaking the silence of child abuse through disclosure can the healing take place. “Kids are reluctant to tell; sometimes they are threatened.”

According to Cervone, we must offer protection, prevention, intervention and deterrence. “I keep coming back to the observation often credited to the 18th century statesman, Edmund Burke, ’that it is enough for the forces of evil in the world to prevail, for a few good men to do nothing.’”

With the attention of the nation finally focused upon child protection as it should be, “we can be a healthier community tomorrow if the victims of yesterday and today get help.” And, we must all “stand up, be counted, become engaged and do justice.” He makes clear that “when you take responsibility for young and disturbed victims of abuse, you want to give them a special place, a zone of comfort in which they can talk about it with somebody who they know will protect them.”

Frank Cervone thus represents the triumph of good over evil. From his lifetime of service and conviction for doing what is morally and legally right, there emerges a distinct and sustained commitment to others well-grounded in our Lasallian legacy. “I want to be remembered as somebody who stood up for social justice and what it means to real people.” Always the consummate advocate

and protector of all children, Frank lives the mission of Saint John Baptist de La Salle. A savior of souls otherwise lost to the sins of the wicked, Frank’s burning passion for the rule of law, and his deep sense of responsibility, inspiring intellect and ethical integrity, provide true guidance and hope to the neglected and abused. Frank has certainly elevated the Class of 1975 and all La Salle generations. By building relationships with and caring for others, he is the symbol of service at the center of our shared heritage.

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e thank and salute our brother Frank. As one of La Salle’s most distinguished role models, we can only strive to achieve his inherent human decency that is a natural component of his extraordinary and most honorable character, vision, determination and persistent, legendary performance. To Frank and his fantastic family – wife Judith, stepdaughter, Shannon, son-in-law, James, and his two beautiful grandsons, Thomas and Jude, his brother, Paul ’79, and three sisters, Mary Louise, Colette, and Dianna, and the fond memory of his supportive father, Mario (President of Men of La Salle) and his beloved mother, Rita – we know you share the pride with us as we celebrate the tradition of our splendid common bond that lives in our hearts forever.

Robert T. Szostak, Esq. ’72 is a Past President of the Alumni Association. He is an accomplished Pennsylvania “Super Lawyer” specializing in complex product liability, personal injury, and medical malpractice litigation. He is a member of the law firm of Rubin Glickman Steinberg and Gifford and serves on the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Bar Association, where he co-chairs its State Civil Litigation Section. He and his wife, Mary Beth, live in Fort Washington, PA with their sons, Rob ’04 and Steve ’10.

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For

God And Country

by Gerald E. Speitel ’48

I have never seen the criteria for selection to the La Salle College High School Hall of Fame, but I am sure that such a document does exist. Personally, I have always felt there was one overriding requirement for induction and that is how the candidate has lived his life as “Brothers’ Boy”. The Reverend Edmond Speitel ’43 is one such man.

Ed 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 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 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 a number of 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.

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. Although retired, he continues with his priestly vocation in Ocean City and everywhere he goes.

During the Golden Explorers Luncheon held at the school on October 5, 2011, Reverend Edmond J. Speitel ’43 became the 68th inductee into the La Salle College High School Hall of Fame – an honor bestowed upon him and witnessed by his peers, classmates, family, and members of the La Salle community.

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Table For

by Bernard J. McCormick ’54

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Last September Bill Parkes drove 100 miles from Sea Isle City on the South Jersey coast to Blue Bell, in northern Montgomery County, for a 90-minute luncheon of the La Salle High Class of 1954. The interesting part of that journey is that Parkes was not a member of that class. In fact, he did not even attend La Salle High. He went to North Catholic. What does that tell you? It tells you that the monthly luncheons held by the Class of 1954 are extended camaraderie, or alumniarderie, or whatever. Bill Parkes is no stranger to the group.

He attended La Salle College, and as many as half of the monthly crowd are his former La Salle College friends. The college was on the same compressed Germantown campus.

In the 1950’s many students simply walked across campus for college. Parkes, always supportive of his alma maters, is quite at home at La Salle High.

PICTURED Bernard J. McCormick ’54 began his career in journalism as the Sports Editor of the Wisterian (seen in the photo talking with the late Tom Shields ’54 in the Wisterian Office). At the same time, he covered minor sporting events for the Germantown Courier. After the service and a brief stint in public relations for RCA, he became a daily columnist for the Delaware County Daily Times in Chester and then spent five years with Philadelphia Magazine.

In 1970, he organized a group to buy Gold Coast magazine in Fort Lauderdale, FL. He is currently Editor and Publisher of that magazine and Vice-Chairman of Gulfstream Capital Holdings, which has six lifestyle magazines on Florida’s east coast. They also have a software company with about 3,500 magazine clients. Bernie is in the process of completing a book on the history of city/regional magazines, which began with Philadelphia.

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There are others like Parkes, including former teachers and grads from other classes. The monthly gatherings have become a widening tradition – apparently one without precedent in the school’s history. It started the year after the Class of 1954 met for their 50-Year Reunion. That drew about fifty grads (out of 144) and they came from as far as California and Florida. For some it was a first visit to the Cheltenham Avenue campus. They so much enjoyed being “the old guys” who walked in with the seniors on graduation morning that they decided to get together more often.

Bob Wilson, a retired service station owner, is credited with spearheading the idea. “After that reunion we said we ought to get together more often,” says Wilson. “I said okay. I started to call everybody.”

They had an ideal meeting spot. One of the classmates, John Lamprecht, owns the Blue Bell Inn, the popular suburban restaurant. His old friends have been dropping by for years. Bob Wilson recalls the modest start: “We started with four guys, and then it went to ten. It just kept growing. I think the most we have had is thirty. I call everybody once a month. And Tom Boyle emails everybody two weeks before the luncheon. The word just keeps spreading. Guys show up who nobody has seen for years.”

It is now a network.

Gerry St. John, a mostlyretired lawyer, regularly emails news about classmates. He got the word out that Dr. Pat La Ruffa, a top scholar in the class, now living in Florida, had written a book about his distinguished career as a pioneer in adolescent psychiatry.

The luncheons start with a taste or two at the bar. John Lamprecht, popping in and out of the kitchen, offers hors d’oeuvres and often a dessert to finish off the meal. The conversations are filled with good humor, tales of the past and current information. Somebody may ask if anybody saw Bob Kosinski’s daughter Michelle reporting for NBC from Europe. They might kid John Duffy about the day he caught St. James’ speedy Dick Christy, a future All-American, from behind. An improbable feat then, it gets more spectacular with the years.

This class has some special memories. Aside from spending eight years on the same campus, the 1954 guys have reason for nostalgia. In 1954 Tom Gola, three years ahead at the high school, led La Salle College to the NCAA basketball championship. The previous fall the high school football team had turned around a program that had become a Catholic League doormat. The 1951 team went 0-10, and 1952 was 2-8. But 1953 was the first season Tex Flannery came on as an assistant coach. The star quarterback was Bill Magee, later a three-year starter at Villanova when the Wildcats played a big time schedule.

The team started slowly, but won its last four games to finish 4-3-2. It defeated North Catholic and West Catholic, the first time La Salle had beaten the two largest schools in the same season.

The team was loaded with sophomores who two years later went undefeated and gave La Salle its first city championship. The boys of 1954 like to think they fathered that tradition, or were at least a supportive uncle.

Over the years the 1954 grads made their mark.

Prominent among them is Elmer (Bud) Hansen (one of the eight-year men) who became one of the area’s leading developers and has been generous supporter of both the high school and La Salle University. John Duffy, student council president and All-Catholic in football, earned a PhD and taught economics for forty years at La Salle University. Jay Dunphy and Jim Walsh became successful car dealers. There are a number of doctors in the class and a late Delaware County judge, Harry Bradley. Ill with cancer, he made a surprise appearance shortly before his death. Few knew he was sick, but in retrospect the guys sensed he had come to say goodbye. Out-of-towners often time trips to coincide with the lunch dates. Stan Lepo, now a trucker based in Nebraska, comes by when his trips bring him east. Jim Collins, who has written two books with an international intrigue theme, visited from North Carolina.

Most of the regulars are retired or semi-retired and often come a distance. Gerry Griffin, the class entertainer, brings an antic style to the gatherings.

He comes down from East Stroudsburg. When desiring attention, he blows a whistle. He has driven classmates who for health reasons aren’t up to the task. He also is a leader in some of the group’s unpublicized fund raising. He raised more than $2,000 for a donation to The San Miguel School in Camden (now closed) as a tribute for the 65th anniversary of Brother Thomas Caldwell, FSC. “Little Tom” taught the class for four years and attended the luncheon in his honor.

The success of this monthly event has proved contagious. Dr. Joe Flanagan, an ophthalmologist with a national reputation, organized the first luncheon for the Class of 1955 in December – at the Blue Bell Inn, of course. According to Bob Wilson, word of the luncheons has spread to foreign camps. He says friends from Saint Joseph’s Prep have asked him how La Salle does it. “I tell them just pick up the phone.”

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Returning To Serve

by C. Clark Hodgson, Jr., Esq., ’57

Quiet, unassuming and gentle are some of the qualities that come to mind when describing Jim McLaughlin. I have known him since we graduated from La Salle in 1957 so I also know that he is smart, very smart, a committed Catholic and a great father and husband. Of course, this leaves out his most unique and endearing quality: his passion that is passion for all things La Salle College High School.

Half of his children (Michael, Ian and Dennis) attended La Salle. Even Jim could not get his other three children admitted. Bridget went to Gwynedd Mercy and Kathleen and Maureen attended the Mount. All are college graduates except for Maureen who finishes up next year from La Salle University.

So how did it all begin? Jim was born at St. Patrick’s parish whose grammar school was staffed by the Christian Brothers when his father, Bernard, attended its elementary school. The Brothers’ influence led him to enroll in La Salle.

Jim’s father’s name was shortened to Nardi. Jim became little Nardi and soon just Nardi, which is how a number of his La Salle classmates knew him. But he inherited more than his father’s nickname. He followed in his father’s footsteps by enrolling at La Salle then at 20th and Olney Streets. Jim’s love of La Salle began there and has lasted a lifetime.

If you ask him now what is the attraction of La Salle and why it has maintained his enthusiasm for so many decades the answer is not surprising. Jim had a “tremendous experience” with the Christian Brothers. He recalls with a smile some of his favorites like Brother Claude and Brother Jeremy. Simply put the brothers “do a lot of things right.” He fondly reflects the many great families he got to know through La Salle and the friendships he has made over the years.

After Jim graduated from La Salle University he earned his CPA and a MBA from Drexel and worked as an accountant for a number of years.

In 1967 he joined Kidder Peabody, hoping to be a research analyst, but was steered toward fixed income investments, primarily municipal bonds.

Bonds are a very specialized segment of the investment world. You have to know what you are

doing to be successful and Jim did and became a recognized expert in this specialized field. He was promoted to Vice President of Kidder’s Municipal Dept. and was invited to become one of the firm’s partners by 1977. Later, Jim joined Boenning and Scattergood where he started its fixed income department and enhanced his skills in the underwriting, trading and sales of munis until he retired in 2006.

His peers recognized his skills and his commitment to ethical trading by electing him the President of Philadelphia’s Municipal Bond Club; he continued to serve as one of its trustees until his retirement.

I asked him why bonds instead of the often more exciting (and disappointing) equity markets. Jim said he was attracted to the security, the regularity of income, and the peace of mind which bonds offered him. Knowing Jim, it is easy to see how being a first rate bond professional complements his personality.

Jim became active at La Salle shortly after finishing a term on the La Salle University Alumni Board of Trustees in 1980. At the urging of Brother Fred Stelmach, FSC with others he spearheaded an effort to reorganize the high school Alumni Association. They began with the basics: assembling a list of all former graduates and a means of keeping it updated. He organized phonathons and arranged to have them held at nights at his business office. There were a number of hours and days brainstorming how the association could be effective in advancing the mission of the school.

Jim believed that in keeping the alumni connected with the school and regular communication would build loyalty and support for the school.

He was right.

Jim became the Association’s president (19861988) and early on reinvigorated the Communion Breakfast. Today the annual event is well attended by the alums and families who look forward to the

Hall of Fame inductions as its centerpiece. He is proud of his induction to the Hall of Fame in 1997.

Jim remains a trustee of the Association.

As the father of several graduates it would be no surprise to learn that Jim became active in the Men of La Salle and served as its president in 2003-2003. He co-chaired three very successful LaSale auctions, as he is quick to add, with the help of a strong committee of volunteers. At one point in our interview I asked him how many phonathons he had participated in for La Salle. He just waved me off saying, “I just pitch in and help where I can.” That is McLaughlinese for saying he has participated in countless phonathons and other fund raising efforts for La Salle.

Jim is serving for the second time as a member of the Board of Trustees for the high school having been elected in 2009. He is serving as an important member of the Board’s Finance and Property Committee, which confronts any number of difficult financial issues. As he sees it the Committee’s primary challenge is to keep tuition affordable and to avoid pricing out the middle class.

Jim finds service on the Board now very different from his prior Board service from 1993 to 1999.

That board tended to be more advisory to the administration. The current board follows a governance model more closely and has considerably more responsibility. He attributes the change to the strong leadership Brother Richard Kestler has brought to La Salle.

During his retirement Jim has volunteered as a campus minister where he leads an expedition of juniors to feed the homeless, assists in branch out day and has been a moderator for the freshman retreats.

Few graduates have given as much of their time talent and treasure to our school than has Jim McLaughlin. Seeking nothing for himself Jim leads a very Lasallian life; he is all that La Salle embraces and aspires to.

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Dad Vail Win For Dad Drexel was behind. Liam O’Neill ’07, in the stroke seat, and Peter Schmidt, bow, were trailing in the men’s varsity pair finals at the Dad Vail Regatta on the Schuylkill River on May 14, 2011.

They’d won the race the year before, won the Bob Negaard Trophy as the champions of this event at the nation’s biggest college regatta. The Dad Vail is the big daddy in collegiate crew, with more than 100 colleges competing and thousands of rowers on the river. They’d won this race a year ago. But this time they were behind, running out of water on the 2,000-meter course.

They had to make a move. They had to make it now. They caught one boat, then another. They closed hard on the leader, Lafayette. Down the stretch, they came. And then they were even. With the finish line closing in, they were even. For what seemed like an eternity, they were even.

“We’re still working on them!” the Drexel announcer yelled. The cowbells in his section pleaded for more, just a little more.

Stroke. Stroke. Stroke. Lungs seared. Stroke.

Stroke. Muscles screamed.

This wasn’t heart, or guts, or determination, or the will to win or any of that. No, this was, “the relentless pursuit of happiness,” Liam’s mom, Joan, would later say.

Sport is not everything. Sport is not the only thing.

But sometimes, it can give you that one beautiful moment. That one great day. Just when you need it most.

Liam O’Neill, 22, was diagnosed with severe hemophilia just weeks after he was born. This means his blood doesn’t clot as it should, which means cuts, bruises and other injuries can take eternities to heal. It meant every time he did anything physical, as a kid, he would pay for it. His ankles were swollen all the time. He spent much of his grade-school years on crutches, he says.

His mom says he couldn’t even kick a soccer ball without repercussions. Imagine, a normal, redblooded American kid…“I could never, like, run,”

Liam says. But then, in high school, “Rowing absolutely changed everything.” He could be part of a team. He could work out, and compete, and be the strong young man he always knew that he was. He was an athlete. At last.

“Once he got on the water, he never looked back,” his father, Sean ’79, says. He rowed for eight years, the last four collegiately at Drexel.

This past season, the Dragons made him a team captain. “The river is good for him,” his mother, Joan, says.

His parents loved seeing this in him. “When you have teenage kids you try to find a connection,” Sean says. “Rowing was Liam and I’s connection.”

He didn’t know a thing about the sport, but what he did know was this: That was his son out there, competing.

Late in 2010, Sean O’Neill was diagnosed with cancer. Bad cancer. He was positive, and optimistic, and indomitable, and inspirational, and went to work every day. When he answered the phone you could hear the smile in his voice. But still, he had esophageal cancer. Serious, ominous, daunting, awful stuff.

Liam would come home from college once a week to be with his dad. Those first few months, his father could barely eat and sleep. But he would rise to the occasion. “He wanted to get better,” Liam says, “so he could come out to my races, and my little brother’s baseball games and my sister’s recitals.”

There he was, all through the spring rowing season, in February and March, on the shore, bundled up against the cold, the wind and the rain. There were healthy people who were spooked by the freezing conditions, Liam says. But his father was always there. “You want to see everything you can now,” Sean was heard to say. “Because it may not be there. It ends.” Sean savored it: “Win, lose or draw, good weather, bad weather. I’ve enjoyed every race.”

And all through those months, through the treatments and the stress and the long, dark nights, it was always there. The big race. The great race.

Liam’s last race.

“Sean’s goal was to get to the Dad Vail,” Joan says. “To be physically there at the Dad Vail for

the whole day.” He had to be there. To say: That’s my son out there. Competing.

They were behind. And then they were even. And in the race’s final strokes, they simply pulled away.

Liam and Peter held up the trophy, on the medal stand. They posed for pictures. They pumped their fists.

And then Liam looked up into the stands for his dad, the way Jim Craig did in Lake Placid. Where was his family? There! “They had fought their way through all the other parents,” Liam says. “They were right there in the front.” Liam went toward them, then. With all that had happened, he came toward them. With what he had just done, he came toward them.

“When he came running up the stairs…,” his dad said, choking up. “He goes up in the grandstand and found his father,” his mother says, her voice catching.

All they’d been through those last several months.

All of it. All the joy at seeing a kid who couldn’t run grow up to do this. All of the emotion of cancer diagnoses, and chemo treatments, and fighting to make it to races in the freezing cold.

Liam went up into the grandstand and found his father. It was the kind of hug you see in movies and dreams.

“I don’t know if I can figure out words,” Joan says. Just, that they’d needed this. She did. Sean did. Liam did. They all did. “We were due for a high moment,” Joan says. They needed this one great day.

Afterward, Liam and Peter went back to their boat. This is what happens in crew, win or lose.

Afterward, you row home (back to your boathouse). Peter had his medal around his neck, as tradition dictates that winners wear their medals.

Liam’s face is radiant; his fist, raised to the sky.

He doesn’t have a medal. He’d left it around his father’s neck.

Sadly, Sean O’Neill ’79 succumbed to cancer on September 28, 2011. He was surrounded by the love of his wife Joan, sons Liam ’07 and Aidan ’14, his father Joe ’49, and the entire O’Neill Family.

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Enter to Learn

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January Forty 8th grade boys were awarded Presidential Scholarships based on their performance on the Scholarship and Entrance Exam.

Lasallian Youth from four schools in the Christian Brothers District of Eastern North America (DENA) gathered at La Salle College High School for a Leadership Day focusing on faith, service, and community.

February Wrestling defeated Monsignor Bonner to capture its third consecutive Philadelphia Catholic League Championship and then defeated Edison High School to win its third straight PIAA District XII (City) Championship. The team sent a school-record six wrestlers to the PIAA State Individual Tournament.

Basketball capped off back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since the early 1980’s. The team finished with a 20-6 record and reached the Elite Eight of the PIAA State Tournament before losing to the eventual State Champion, Chester High School.

Membership in the National Honor Society increased to 184, as 107 juniors with a grade point average of 3.50 or higher and no grade lower than a “C” joined 77 seniors who were already members.

The Drowsy Chaperone was performed to four sell-out audiences.

Over 400 sophomores and their fathers participated in Sophomore Branch-Out Day, a day of service at twenty sites throughout the area.

April

Speech and Debate won the Pennsylvania High School Speech League (PHSSL) District 11 Team Championship with 85 sweepstakes points. In addition, seventeen students qualified for the State Finals.

Seniors from the History of Vietnam Class traveled with Mr. Gerald Miller to the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, DC. The trip marked the 58th time students from La Salle’s semester long course have visited “The Wall” and other sites in Washington, DC.

Swimming continued its dominance by capturing its 23rd consecutive Philadelphia Catholic League Championship and third straight District XII (City) Championship. The team went on to finish second in the PIAA State Championships.

The Competition and Lab Bands were both honored at the Cavalcade Association of Bands Competition. The Competition Band received a rating of “Superior With Honors”, while the Lab Band received a rating of “Superior”.

Students and faculty donated 117 units of blood to the American Red Cross.

The Engineering Club competed at the second annual Engineering Olympics at Wilkes University and placed first in the Catapult Building competition and third place overall.

March Tom Donnelly ’65 and Tim Hughes ’72 were inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Hockey won the Flyers Cup in dramatic fashion with a 3-2 overtime win against Malvern Prep at the Wells Fargo Center. Three weeks later, the Explorers were not as fortunate in overtime as they were defeated in the State Championship game by Upper Saint Clair High School, the Penguins Cup Champions from Western Pennsylvania.

Mathletes won the Philadelphia Catholic League Championship with a cumulative season score of 266 to outscore the second and third place schools Bishop Shanahan and Monsignor Bonner High.

May The 28th Annual Arts Festival, exhibited student artwork in every available space in the school, and was highlighted by performances from the band and chorus. The Band Concert featured over 300 musicians and the Choral Concert featured three performing groups.

225 of the 250 students who took an art class at La Salle this year had at least one piece of artwork included in the exhibition, which featured art ranging from ceramics and sculptures to drawings and paintings.

Tennis won its fifth consecutive Philadelphia Catholic League Championship by defeating Saint Joseph’s Prep and then defeated Central High School to win the District XII (City) Championship.

258 students took a total of 567 Advanced Placement exams in nineteen different subject areas.

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June

October

The Class of 2011 graduated 246 seniors in route to 84 colleges and universities in 20 states – 73% of the Class of 2011 earned athletic and/or academic scholarships, which totaled $25.5 million.

Golf won the Philadelphia Catholic League Championship by defeating Saint Joseph’s Prep.

Over 140 students traveled to seven different states and South America for summer service immersion opportunities.

La Salle bestowed Scholastic Letters for First Honors to 239 sophomores, juniors, and seniors for achieving a grade point average of 3.75 or higher and no grade lower than a “B-”.

Student Lab Managers earned fourteen individual Microsoft certifications.

The capital campaign, Fulfilling the Promise, surpasses its goal and raises an unprecedented $25.1 million from 1,285 donors representing every part of the La Salle community.

July Advancement Placement Exams identified 102 AP Scholars – students with a score of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams taken in a single academic year – including seven National Scholars – students with a score of 4 or higher on eight or more AP exams taken in a single academic year.

August

Fall drama production featured three performances of Lend Me A Tenor.

Over 400 freshmen and their fathers participated in Freshman Branch-Out Day – a day of service at twenty sites throughout the area.

Students and faculty raised over $14,500 for Cancer Research and Awareness Organizations through the sale of pink t-shirts and $1 from the sale of each ticket to the football game between La Salle and Saint Joseph’s Prep. The funds were shared between the Kelly Rooney Foundation, The Breathing Room Foundation, and For Pete’s Sake.

November The Mothers’ Club and Men of La Salle hosted over 500 guests at the La Salle Auction – “A Renaissance Faire” – and raised over $200,000.

Technology continued to advance as the IT Department increased in and out internet bandwidth to 90 MB and the number of of state-of-the-art Windows 2008 R2 Servers was increased to thirty-five.

Soccer defeated Father Judge in overtime to win their first Philadelphia Catholic League Championship since 2006. The team was undefeated in league play and outscored their opponents 61-1. The Explorers shut out George Washington High School to win their first District XII (City) Championship in soccer.

September

Over 600 prospective families attended the annual Open House and more than 1,700 people toured the buildings and campus.

La Salle College High School opened its doors for the 153rd time and welcomed 273 members of the Class of 2015.

A new Research Lab with 34 Lenovo ThinkCentre M90z All-In-One computers featuring Intel i5 processors and 8 GB of memory was opened adjacent to the McShain Library.

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation recognized thirteen students as National Merit Semifinalists and an additional fourteen students as National Merit Commended, which was more than any other private or Catholic high school in the State of Pennsylvania.

Over 500 alumni returned for Homecoming and the home opener for the Football Team. The 1989 Philadelphia Catholic Championship Football Team was honored during halftime of the game as twenty-six members of the team returned to commemorate their athletic milestone.

Football defeated Roman Catholic to win their fourth consecutive Philadelphia Catholic League Championship and went on to defeat George Washington High School to repeat as PIAA District XII (City) Champions.

Students collected over 10,000 non-perishable food items for a Thanksgiving Food Drive that benefitted Saint Vincent’s Soup Kitchen.

December Over 525 8th grade boys took the Scholarship/Entrance Exam.

The annual Band and Choral Christmas Concerts played to packed houses and featured the Sounds of Christmas from over 300 musicians and three choral groups.

Students played a significant role in making Christmas a reality this year for thousands of sick and under-privileged children in the Philadelphia Area through the Operation Santa Claus and Secret Santa programs. In total, more than 1,900 gifts were collected and more than $8,000 in donations were raised to purchase additional gifts.

Over 20% of the students spent their Christmas Eve delivering presents through one of the two Christmas Service Projects.

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Special Olympian

by John C. Fenningham, Esq. ’68

Of the many legacies for which La Salle College High School is blessed, the Gillespie Family is especially worthy of focus.

Not just because The Gillespie’s – Frank ’43, Tony ’68, TJ ’93, and Tim ’99 – span the intervening years of a presence within the La Salle community, but because at the 25th and 50th anniversaries of Frank’s graduation, a Gillespie family member has been a graduating senior.

Tony “Dizzy” Gillespie ’68 was a dedicated student and athlete, a member of homerooms 1F, 2G, 3D, and 4E, “the most valuable runner” on La Salle’s Cross Country team, and a “leading senior” in Track and Field. Tony’s father, Frank, was awarded the William J. Whelan ’55 Alumni Service Award in 2002 and his Mother, Anne, was President of the Mothers’ Club during our senior year.

Upon graduation, Tony worked in the banking and financial industries, spending his last twentyeight years with American Express before retiring in 2005 for a very “special” reason. Aside from becoming an active member of the Alumni Association, first as a Board member and then, as President (2008-09), Tony and his wife, Kathy (who Tony first met the Summer before his senior year), have been actively participating as proud parents, with and for their son, Andrew, who has successfully competed in track and field; soccer, baseball, swimming, and volleyball programs conducted by the Special Olympics Pennsylvania (“SOPA”).

Tony’s energies and leadership have not only been demonstrated and recognized in his student, professional, and alumni roles, but most appropriately in connection with his special bond with Andrew and with SOPA since Tony was recruited to be a SOPA Board member in 2003; a role he continued until this year, when Tony was elected to serve as SOPA’s fourth state-wide Chairman of the Board,

since its formation in 1970. Quite an honor, but not surprising considering Tony’s focused commitment to SOPA, its programs, its athletes, and especially his son, Andrew.

Tony speaks passionately of SOPA; of all of the SOPA programs; and most proudly of Andrew!

When asked to reflect on his current position, Tony characteristically described himself as “the first SOPA Chair who is a parent.” Tony was reticent to speak of himself; his hope is that he can bring to SOPA an understanding, to an intimate degree, of what it takes to deal with special needs and the joy of collaborating with so many in providing the opportunities of SOPA’s regional and state-wide sports competitions (involving 20,000 athletes in Pennsylvania), including SOPA’s Winter Games in Johnstown; Summer Games at Penn State’s main campus in June; and the Fall Fest at Villanova’s campus.

Tony notes that SOPA is all about inclusion, when he says, “our commonality is without limits.”

Tony has always been a role model for participating, conversing, competing…and loving, without limits. For that and all he continues to do, Tony is “special.” He is taking the guiding Lasallian principle “Leave to Serve” to the track of life and he continues to be “the most valuable runner.”

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Down In Africa

by Shawn Douglas Quinn ’10

Every time I left La Salle’s grounds throughout my four years, I read the sign “Leave to Serve.” I do not think I fully understood what that statement meant as a La Salle student. This summer, however, I truly learned what it means to “Leave to Serve.”

I have always looked forward to summer break. Each summer seems to be better than the last, and I always attempt to make my next summer the most memorable. Last Spring, my Mom told me she was going on a trip this summer to Uganda, a third-world county in East Africa. I have experienced the magic of Disney world, laid on beaches in the Caribbean, and cruised to Mexico, but never had the opportunity to travel to another country to serve the poor. I immediately expressed my interest and jumped at the opportunity to join her.

We had a very loose itinerary, but learned we would be staying in a rectory in a small town called Ibanda with Father Joseph Serrugo. A few years ago, Father Joseph visited America and stayed at Saint Vincent’s Parish in Richboro, Pennsylvania. He spoke at mass, and had one message: “Come love my people.” This simple yet profound statement impacted the parishioners at Saint Vincent’s and led to the creation of Building a Bridge to Uganda, a non-profit charity organization that has sent nearly fifty people to Ibanda over the years to love Father Joseph’s people.

Needless to say, I was very excited to meet Father Joseph, experience Ibanda for myself, and to love its people. On June 28, 2011, my mom and I along with four other travel companions departed for Uganda. After thirty-six hours of travel we arrived in Ibanda, Uganda.

Our living conditions were much better than I had expected, but we did have a few discomforts. The tap water there is not clean, so we had to do things such as brush our teeth with bottled water. Showers lacked hot water and what water came out of the showerhead was hardly a shower, but more of a trickle.

Electricity would periodically shut off and there was no telling when it would return. We ate Ugandan food the whole trip, which was much different than our American preferences.

Despite these discomforts, we were all very eager to serve God’s people in Ibanda. My favorite part of the trip was visiting the elementary schools around Ibanda where Building a Bridge sponsors the education of approximately seventy students. The kids and teachers alike were incredibly happy to see us.

I felt like a celebrity, as the kids were ecstatic just to touch my hand or interact with me in some way. Although our presence alone was extremely valuable to the children, we also had some material possessions to give them.

It was humbling to watch how appreciative the kids were to receive something as simple as a soccer ball or a jump rope.

This was not surprising, however, because of their extreme poverty. Many people do not have necessities we take for granted such as running water, electricity, or clothing. Houses are constructed from hardened mud and straw and are no larger than one or two rooms.

AIDS and malaria are as widespread in Africa as reported. Most children we encountered had lost a parent to one of these maladies.

Prior to my trip to Uganda, I had heard a lot about the level of poverty in Africa. The truth is, it is a lot worse than anyone could ever describe. The only way to fully understand it is to actually experience it.

Going to Uganda undoubtedly warmed my heart because I was able to act as the hands and face of Christ and touched the lives of the poorest of the poor. Through doing the work of God, I gained a greater appreciation of my own life. I feel blessed to have been born into a financially stable family in America and to enjoy the luxuries my life provides.

I believe because I was given the life I have, I have a calling to serve the less fortunate.

I look forward to eventually making a second trip to Africa, and am committed to donating to relieve third-world poverty until that time comes.

Building a Bridge to Uganda has already done amazing things for many of the people of Uganda, most notably the founding and construction of a secondary school near Ibanda, Pope John Paul II Academy, which opened in February of 2012. If you would like to learn more about the organization or have any interest at all in experiencing Uganda for yourself, please visit www.bridgetouganda. org. Visiting Uganda changed my life for the better and is an experience I will never forget.

More importantly, it taught me what it means to “Leave to Serve.”

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Homecoming Friday, September 16, 2011

Jim Belcher ’72 and Mark Sutton ‘72

Brother Richard Kestler, FSC ’60 and Bob Griffith ’62

John Toner ’82, Susan Martin, Deb Connor, Ron Martin ’82, Connor Martin ’14, and Kevin Connor ‘82

Kids Enjoy the Children’s Activities

Friends from the 1989 Championship Football Team Catch-Up with Joe Parisi During the Pre-Game Tailgate at Homecoming

Carol and Mark Zielinski ‘77

Martin Feeny ’90 and Coach Joe Colistra ’64

Members of the 1989 Catholic League Championship Football Team

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Campaign Dinner/Celebration Wednesday, October 12, 2011

John and Barbara Carabello with Sandy and Mike Colucci ’61

Frank and Helen Griffin with Kegan Moesta ’12

Campaign Leadership – Ben Ventresca ’70, Al Gabriele, Brother Richard Kestler, FSC ’60, and Charlie Dunleavy ’61

Louann Lemek, John Glaser ’58, and Bob McAnespey ‘66

Tim Fenningham ‘96, Chip Behr ’73, and Brian Kent ’96

Paul Sharkey ’98, Joe Charantona ’98, Sean Matthews ’99, Mike Kilkenny ’99, Pat Slattery ’99, Kevin Clearkin ’99, and Janet Clearkin

John Toner ’82, Jackie Toner, Drew Sweeney ’82, and Kevin Conor ’82

Frank Donohoe ’51, Jim Malloy ‘51, Joe Fayer ’50, Charlie Greenberg ’51, John Cobb ’51, and John Haggerty ‘51

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Auction Saturday, November 5, 2011

Court Jesters Surround Chip Dearolf ’74, Susan Dearolf, and Brother Richard Kestler, FSC ‘60

Brother Richard Kestler, FSC ’60 and the Auction Committee

Bill Wasylenko ’69, Cathie Wasylenko, Mary Pat Blanke, and John Blanke

Helene Crozier, Amy Worster along with Dennis and Maureen Fillenwarth

Chip and Susan Rocco

View from Above the Auction Floor

Mark Mischler ’81, Sue Mischler, Deb Connor, and Kevin Connor ’82

Mike and Laura Savage with Samantha and Martin Chatzinoff

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Mardi Gras Dinner Dance Saturday, February 11, 2012

Reverend Anthony Janton, AFSC ‘69

Jackie and John Toner ‘82

Chris Carabello ’82, Mary Jean Carabello, George Winslow ’82, Teresa Winslow, and Anne Flood

Tony Gillespie ’68 and Ron Bean ‘86

Tim Gillespie ’78 and George Johnson ‘79

Dave Michie ’82, Dan Kelley ’82, Pat Hasson ’81 and Butch Farris ’81

Class of 1985 – Frank Worthington, Joe Cattie, Keith Pensabene, Bernie Saxon, Rich Sherman, Steve Rietzke, and Chuck Minnich

Denis Lawler ’66 and Brother James Rieck, FSC ’57

HALL OF ATHLETES La Salle College High School will be unveiling a Hall of Athletes, which will honor athletic legends at the school. The inaugural induction ceremony will take place on Friday evening, September 14, 2012, in conjunction with Homecoming Weekend.

Alumni, parents, faculty, students, and friends of La Salle College High School can nominate individual athletes, teams, and leaders (coaches, moderators, athletic directors). The Hall of Athletes Selection Committee will review all nominations solely on accomplishments and performances at La Salle College High School. Accolades achieved following high school or while not representing La Salle College High School will not be considered. Individual athletes must have graduated at least ten years ago (prior to 2003 for this nominating class) and coaches must have been retired from active coaching for at least one year. An announcement regarding the initial inductees will be made in early June and the inductees will be formally presented in the Summer 2012 issue of the Explorer as well as on the school’s website.

The Hall of Athletes Selection Committee is comprised of the following individuals: Marty Stanczak ’60 Chairman Athletic Director 1970-1991 Dean of Students 1991-2007 Joseph Colistra ’64 Hall of Fame Football Coach Paul Colistra ’00 Office of Institutional Advancement Representative All-Catholic Selection in Football and Lacrosse Dave Diehl ’55 50 Years as a Principal, Teacher, and/or Administrator Football and Golf Coach

Call for Nominations Please visit www.lschs.org to view induction rules and qualifications as well as download a nomination form.

www.lschs.org/hoa

Bill Donohoe ’96 Football and Basketball Coach School Historian

Brother James Rieck, FSC ’57 Christian Brothers Representative Admissions Director 1989-2011

Sean McCook ’86 Alumni Association Representative All-Catholic Runner

Tony Resch Athletic Director 2001-present Hall of Fame Lacrosse Coach

Bob Peffle Hall of Fame Soccer Coach Head Wrestling and Baseball Coach

at Frankford High School

Bill Whiteside, Esq. ’46 Board of Trustees Representative Football Player, University of Notre Dame Founder of the Hockey Program

at La Salle College High School

Joe Parisi Athletic Director 1991-2001 Head Baseball Coach

Nominations can be submitted online or directed to: La Salle College High School ATTN: Hall of Athletes 8605 Cheltenham Avenue Wyndmoor, PA 19038

The deadline for nominations is May 3, 2012.

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Golden Explorers (1930’s, 1940’s, and 1950’s) LTC William J. O’Donnell, USAF(Ret.) ’38 still plays golf three days a week and shoots under his age (90). He did a sky dive from 10,000 feet on his 90th birthday and loved it.

Vince McAneney ’47 and his wife, Holly, were blessed with their 14th grandchild (seven girls and seven boys).

William Weber ’49 writes that he has seven children and eighteen grandchildren and is still working part time.

Joseph Labrum ’50 is pleased to have two grandsons attending La Salle College High School – Kyle Martin ’12 and Connor Martin ’14.

James McGoldrick ’39 and his wife recently celebrated 66 years of marriage.

Robert Snyder ’50 and his wife, Sue, welcomed a fifth great grandchild in November.

Walter Greenfield ’40 and his wife, Catherine, have moved from Connecticut to West Chester, PA.

Col. George Woods, USA(Ret) ’50 welcomed his eighth great-grandchild in August and thirteenth grandchild in December.

Robert Hemberger ’40 has moved to The Hill At Whitemarsh, a retirement community on Thomas Road.

William dePasquale ’51 began his fifth year as Music Director and Conductor of PRYSM (Philadelphia Region Youth Music).

William Geppert ’41 is now a resident of the Artman Lutheran Home in Ambler and has two beautiful granddaughters – Morgan and Grace.

John Granozio ’52 just had left hip replacement and is enjoying life in Charleston, SC.

William Harty ’41 is a Catholic Deacon and retired Banker.

Thomas Derago ’53 and his wife, Joan, became great grandparents on July 22, 2011 with the birth of a great grandson Zachary.

Philip O’Neill ’41 continues to travel and has been to 58 countries on 48 foreign trips. Phil has published one book “Freighter World Cruising” available on Amazon.

Reverend Edmond J. Speitel ’43 spoke at the annual Veterans Day ceremony on November 11, 2011 in Ocean City, NJ. Father Ed was a very young first Sergeant in World War II. Later, his career as an Army Chaplain took him to Vietnam and all over the world. Father Ed retired as a Colonel in 1988 and has settled in Ocean City where he has been an active priest. Father Speitel was inducted into the La Salle College High School Hall of Fame in October.

Robert Kitson ’44 is enjoying life in Irvine, CA with his wife, Ellie, and their family consisting of three children, seven grandchildren, and one great-grandson.

Martin Pendergast ’45 and his wife, Eleanor, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on January 28, 2011. They and their children and grandchildren celebrated again at Citizens Bank Park on July 10, 2011 where the Phillies beat the Braves 14-1.

William Hall, MD ’53 retired from practice of internal medicine and infectious diseases.

He is presently serving as medical expert to Administrative Law Judges and the Social Security Administration in Portland, ME. Joseph Koch ’53 and his wife, Anne, just celebrated fifty years of marriage.

Myles Martin ’53 just became a grandfather for the first time – a boy!

Jim Collins ’54 just completed his second mystery novel.

James Dunphy ’54 is proud of his grandson, Tyler, who graduated from La Salle College High School in 2011. James is still selling Ford cars and trucks and loves it.

Anthony Giampetro, MD ’54 will celebrate fifty years as a physician in 2012.

Edwin G. Michie, Jr. ’54 and his wife Barbara (Dolaway) celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on January 27, 2012.

Robert Wilson ’54 reports that the Class of 1954 held their monthly meeting at the Blue Bell Inn in November. There were twenty classmates in attendance and La Salle’s Director of Marketing and Communications, Chris Carabello ’82, was a guest.

Chris was very helpful in explaining the activities that go on every day at La Salle. John Lamprecht ’54, owner of the Blue Bell Inn, treats the group like royalty. At a recent luncheon, Monsignor Richard Bolger, the Pastor of St. David’s in Willow Grove, was a guest. Although he is a North Catholic graduate, he was welcomed by all.

Bruce Koegler ’55 reports that the odometer on his 1994 Chevy Geo Prism reached 500,000 miles on January 18, 2012.

Robert Riethmiller, Jr. ’55 has been reelected to the Abington Memorial Hospital Foundation Board of Trustees and the Environmental Research and Education Foundation Board of Trustees.

James Catalino ’56 and his wife had their 8th and 9th grandsons enter La Salle College High School in September 2011 – Ian James McIntosh 15 and Nicholas Vincent Catalino ’15.

Peter Frey, PhD ’56 and his wife celebrated their 40th anniversary with a Caribbean Cruise. They also welcomed home their son, Major Adam Frey, USAF ’96 after his deployment in Afghanistan.

Samuel Herb, PE ’56 returned from conducting a Control System Workshop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

James Osborne ’56 is proud and pleased to see La Salle College High School growing strong in so many ways. Jim and his wife, Sally, celebrated fifty years of marriage in Paris and Nice.

John (Jack) Schmidt ’56 spends time visiting his son David in Salt Lake City and daughter Lara in Santa Monica.

Reverend Charles J. Sullivan ’56 celebrated his 45th anniversary as a priest on May 21, 2011.

Donald Trappler ’56 and his wife Trudy will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in May. Robert Durney ’57 is currently teaching at Saint Joseph’s University and Arcadia University. He also conducts professional development training through Project Management Institute.

Joseph Pizzo, Sr. ’57 is celebrating 50 years practicing Manufacturing Engineering and twenty years running a worldwide product development company featuring a new digital printer.

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Thomas Donohue, Jr. Esq. ’58 was a member of the La Salle College High School Glee Club and is still singing as a member of the Kelly Street Chorus of Philadelphia since 1968 and has been its President since 2009. Tom is looking for singers for this all-male chorus which dates back to 1890 when it was founded by Victor Herbert.

Father Jim Kolb, CSP ’58, Pastor of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Parish, is a frequent volunteer at OHSU, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, and other medical facilities on the hill near Saint Elizabeth’s. He also heads the many Catholic lay volunteers who bring Communion and prayer to patients.

Edward Miller, PhD ’58 was Convention Chairperson for the 2011 annual meeting of The Newman Association of America, which met in Manchester, NH in July. NAA Professors research the writings of Cardinal J.H. Newman.

James McCullough ’59 is a retired Federal Senior Executive (National Science Foundation) and has two wonderful children and four beautiful granddaughters.

Cornelius McKelvey ’59 is a Hospital Operations Consultant and reports that after three years, the new Meritus Hospital in Hagerstown, MD was opened and patients and staff were successfully transferred and settled from the old Washington County Hospital. With the completion of the new hospital, he is entering his second retirement and will see if teaching at George Washington keeps him busy enough.

1960’s Joseph Adams ’60 retired in June 2011 after forty-five years as an educator at Holy Spirit High School in Absecon, NJ. He held positions as Teacher, School Counselor and Director of Student Personnel Services. He continues to maintain a private practice as a NJ Licensed Professional Counselor and NAAP Certified Psychoanalyst.

John J. Quinn ’60 writes that his wife Marguerite is in her third term in PA House of Representative serving the 143rd Legislative District in Bucks County and they just had their first grandchild.

Bernard Siergiej, Esq. ’60 produced the widely acclaimed musical comedy about the history of the world – “The Big Bang”, which ran at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia in September and October.

Michael Wargo ’60 is moving back from Germany to become Chief Counsel for Enviro-SCI Corporation.

John Lalli ’61 retired two years ago and since then has spent his time with his children and grandchildren. John split his time this past summer between Ocean City, NJ and home in Virginia working on an addition to his home. John lists his business position as “Grandpa”.

Peter J. Mlynarczyk, MD ’61 recently retired from active general and vascular surgical practice. Peter was previously the Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Trinitas Regional Medical Center. Peter is currently the Director of Surgical Education at TRME. He was recently awarded the Clinical Faculty Member of the Year for 2011 from Touro School of Osteopathic Medicine.

Albert Them ’61 has had a new book entitled “You Can Never Have Enough Lips” published by Infinity Publishing in June 2011.

Vince Flynn ’62 has a new grandson.

Jon P. Walheim, MD ’62 is still in Internal Medicine practice in Doylestown, PA and has three grandchildren.

Lawrence Cantono ’63 sends greeting to his classmates.

Joseph Nickels III ’63 has been hired as Director of Commercial Sales at Avalon Carpet, Tile and Flooring in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. Thomas O’Keefe ’63 and his wife, Marianne, celebrated the birth of their second granddaughter.

Tom Gallagher ’64 writes that all is well and that a number of graduates from 1963, 1964, and 1965 played in their Annual Turkey Bowl game, which celebrated its 50th year on Thanksgiving.

Over 80 people show up and participate in the game, which is followed by brunch at the home of John Schmalbach ’63.Bernard Kurek ’64 is a member of the Advisory Board of the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University and Vice President of the Executive Board of the University of Pennsylvania Dental/Medicine Alumni Society Edward Belcak ’65 sold his Eccentric Pumps, LLC business in April to Graco Company of Minneapolis, MN. Ed is kicking back and went on a National Geographic Trip Around the World in December.

90-Year Rivalry Between La Salle and West Catholic Athletics Comes To a Close On Friday, January 13, 2012, La Salle College High School and West Catholic High School played each other for the final time.

West Catholic first opened its doors in 1916 and competition between the two schools dates back to 1920. The Christian Brothers came to West in 1926 and a rivalry between Brothers Boys existed for almost ninety years. Their rivalry on the hardwood included five Philadelphia Catholic League Championship matchups at The Palestra. The most recent, in 1981, resulted in the Explorers defeating the Burrs in a game that fittingly coincided with the 300th Anniversary of the Christian Brothers.

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Michael Jeffers, Jr. ’65 and his wife, Georgie, are enjoying living near the beach in Ocean View, DE. Mike is retired after forty years with the Department of the Navy, but is still consulting part-time with Technomics, Inc.

The Class of 1967 will celebrate its 45-Year Reunion on April 28, 2012.

William Gibbons, MD ’66 enjoyed his class reunion in April of 2011.

J. Jerrold McCarron ’67 specializes in litigation support for land development matters.

Paul Partyka ’66 married his wife, Catherine, at Saint Stephen’s Catholic Church in Winter Springs, FL on May 13, 2011.

Capt. John B. McGill, USN(Ret.) ’67 retired from Sikorsky Aircraft in December 2010 and in January 2011, he and his wife, Mary, took a three month trip around the state of Florida – 1,500 miles – on the water.

Gregory Meyer ’67 has been with KYW-TV for thirty-five years and has worked on the Mike Douglas Show, I-Team, the Bulletin with Larry Kane. He has received the Dupont-Columbia Award, an Emmy, RTNDA, and Ire Awards.

John Turzer ’67 has opened a new Internet-based business – www.SportsGamingGearAndStuff.com Michael Burke ’68 and his wife, Mari-Anne, have moved to Ohio and are looking forward to retirement.

Stephen McGonigle ’68 returned to work at his alma mater, La Salle University, in June of 2011 as the Executive Director, Career and Employment Services. Steve would love to hear from fellow Explorers who have internships, co-ops and full time positions to offer.

Jeffrey Morgan ’69 writes this his son, Evan, is a freshman at La Salle College High School.

Joseph M. Pascuzzo, DO ’69 was chosen by his peers as one of Fresno’s top doctors as reported in Fresno Magazine.

Class of 1962 will celebrate its 50-Year Reunion in Conjunction with Graduation on June 1-2, 2012 Members of the Class of 1962 who wish to help plan and organize this special occasion should contact Mary Frances Kelly at (215) 402-4814 or mfkelly@lschs.org

In a token of solidarity, the two Varsity Basketball teams stood together at center court prior to the start of that final game – united as part of greater Lasallian community – one that supports the mission and teachings of Saint John Baptist de La Salle and the works of the Christian Brothers. The La Salle starters wore black West Catholic shirts to further evoke the memory of a great institution.

West Catholic High School is scheduled to be closed in June of 2012.

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Thomas Keating ’73 was named to Iowa High School’s Athletic Association Board of Control.

William Janssen, Esq. ’79 received tenure at the Charleston School of Law.

Joseph Carmardo, MD ’70 is now working in New York City and has moved to Manhattan.

Joe is playing with the “Jazz Doctors”.

Christopher Kirk ’73 is retired from Navy Civilian Service after thirty-four years.

Scott McLaren ’79 writes that his twin sons Bill ’15 and Rob ’15 are also the grandsons of Robert McLaren ’49 and William Lockard ’49.

Donald Carr ’70 is enjoying New Hampshire since retiring and is active in NH politics.

Philip Cassidy, Jr. ’70 joined Joe Splendido ’82 at his firm, Colonial Mortgage as of July 1, 2011.

The office is based in Montgomeryville, PA. Phil realizes that his classmates will soon be eligible for Reverse Mortgages.

James Gentilcore ’70 writes that his first grandchild – a girl – was born in May. Frederick K.H. Hoeck ’70 is a Grand Knight of his Knights of Columbus Council. Last fall, Frederick and his wife cruised to Russia, Japan, China, and Southeast Asia.

George Thompson, PhD ’70 is back in South Florida after spending ten days with mom in Sea Isle City.

Maj. Michael P. Weinstein, USA(Ret) ’70 was selected as Teacher of the Year 2011 for York High School. Michael resides in Carrollton, VA. Robert Yuskavage ’70 is now the Associate Director for International Economics at the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.

The Class of 1972 will celebrate its 40-Year Reunion on April 28, 2012.

Reverend Steven E. Clark ’72 was renewed as pastor of Saint Francis of Assisi Parish in Mount Kisco, NY for a second six year term.

Gerald T. Hathaway ’72 has made Human Resource Executive Magazine’s 2011 list of 100 Most Powerful Corporate Employment Lawyers in the United States. The annual listing was prepared for the magazine by Lawdragon, a legal networking website. Attorneys are selected based on curriculum-vitae analyses, evaluations by the attorneys’ clients and peers, and reporting by Lawdragon staff.

Sean Colgan ’73 was the coach of the USA Rowing Eight at the recent Pan American Games in Guadalajara. The boat won the gold medal with Canada second and Argentina third. Sean won the gold medal in the same event in 1979 in Puerto Rico and was a member of the 1980 USA Olympic Team.

Thomas Murphy ’75 retired from the Air Force with the rank of Lt.Col, where he held the position as the Air Combat Command F-22 Standardization and Evaluation Officer. He is now working for Boeing at Langley AFB in Virginia as an instructor pilot on the F-22A simulator.

Edward Stafford ’75 is having a wonderful time working and living in Turkey, but misses his connections to La Salle College High School.

Patrick Foley ’76 has twin sons, Dennis and Gerry, in the sophomore class at La Salle College High School.

Maj. Frederick C. Hellwig, USA( Ret.) ’76 was appointed Deputy Director for the Surface Transportation and Public Transportation Information Sharing and Analysis Centers in Washington, DC.

Michael Pisano ’79 MSPA-C is a Physician Assistant at Lansdale Hospital Emergency Department.

Edward Quinn ’79 has joined Hewlett-Packard as the new VP of Worldwide Applications Management. He also congratulates his son, Paul, for being a 2011 graduate of La Salle College High School.

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The Class of 1977 will celebrate its 35-Year Reunion on April 28, 2012.

Martin Malloy ’77 just published his first novel, “That Which We Are”, a story about police work in a resort town. The characters and events are based upon real cases Martin handled over the past thirty years. “That Which We Are” is available in softcover, Kindle, and Nook at amazon. com and BN.com.

Edward A. Dachowski, Jr., MD, FAPA ’78 is now the Chief Administrative Psychiatrist for the Ohio Department of Youth Services in Columbus, OH. He will be inducted as a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association during the organizations’ annual Spring meeting in May of 2012 in Honolulu.

Thomas Gallagher, Esq. ’78 is Chair of the White Collar and Corporate Investigations Practice Group at Pepper Hamilton LLP in Philadelphia.

Andrew Malone ’78 writes that his son Colin graduated from La Salle College High School in 2011 and is now attending Millersville University, while his son Patrick is continuing his studies at West Chester University.

Joseph O’Dea, Esq. ’78 is Chairman of the Litigation Department and a member of the Executive Committee of Saul Ewing, LLP, a law firm with offices from Washington, DC to Boston, MA.

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All it takes is a quick call or email to your HR Department to see if your company has a program in place.

After that, you simply mail or email the matching gift form to La Salle, and we take care of the rest!

Not sure if your company has a Matching Gift Program?

Call the Office of Institutional Advancement at (215) 402-4812.

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1980’s Eugene Kiernan ’81 was recently promoted to Captain in the United States Navy Reserve. He is the Commanding officer of NRMSCEPU-109 in Jacksonville, FL. Jules Riehs, Jr. ’81 is completing his Doctoral Internship (Psy.D) at Perkiomen Valley School District.

The Class of 1982 will celebrate its 30-Year Reunion on April 28, 2012.

Thomas Gordon ’82 is the 8th grade coach for American Youth Football in Shrewsbury, MA. MSgt. Philip Krzywicki, USAF ’82 augmented the Ceremonial Brass with the U.S. Air Force Band and performed the National Anthem for the Mets vs. Yankees game in New York over the 4th of July Weekend. On the morning of July4 th, they were featured on the Today Show. Between jobs, he managed to take in two broadway shows and had a great time in the Big Apple.

Gregg Melinson, Esq. ’82 has been appointed Hewlett-Packard Company’s Vice President for Global Government Affairs and Deputy General Counsel.

George Winslow ’82 and his partner have sold their company, FNSD Corporation in Jenkintown, PA to Iron Mountain, who is the largest Information Management company in the world.

George will assume a new role as a Business Development Manager with Iron Mountain.

Russell Reiss, MD ’83, after finishing a one-year Advanced Cardio-Thorasic Surgery Fellowship at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, NY, has joined a three man group FCT Surgeons in Madison, WI. John S. Grady, Jr. ’85 has been appointed President of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) effective September 2011. PIDC is Philadelphia’s primary city-wide economic development corporation.

Rob Weikel, Jr. ’86 has been granted his third patent related to breast biopsy device technology. Since late 2008, he has shifted his efforts to the medical aesthetics industry as Director of Marketing for the new Pellevé Wrinkle Reduction System from Ellman International.

The Class of 1987 will celebrate its 25-Year Reunion on April 28, 2012.

David Fecak ’87 is the father of two daughters and a son. He is an independent distributor of Johnson & Johnson’s DePuyMitek.

James McColigan, CPA ’87 is proud that his two nephews, Kyle ’12 and Connor ’14 Martin, are continuing the Lasallian tradition.

William Strohecker ’88 is Staff Accountant at Kirschner Brothers and resides in Quakertown, PA.

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1990’s Kevin Burke ’90 was elected President of Pennsylvania Middle School Association – The Southeast Region.

Brother Joseph Juliano, FSC ’90 is now Director of the Annual Fund at Calvert Hall College.

John Butler ’91 was named the Defensive Secondary Coach and Special Teams Coordinator at Penn State University.

Craig Fitzgerald ’91 was named the Strength and Conditioning Coach at Penn State University.

The Class of 1992 will celebrate its 20-Year Reunion on April 28, 2012.

James Nicolo, Jr. ’93 and his wife, Jennifer, reside in Philadelphia and are enjoying life as foster parents. Jim is currently working at the U.S. Mint of Philadelphia, serving as the Acting Chief of Engineering/Production Maintenance.

Jeffrey Kemm ’94 has been a firefighter with the Philadelphia Fire Department and stationed on South Street for the past five years.

Craig S. Vondercrone ’95 was recently promoted to Chief Operating Officer of AR Resources, Inc. He and his wife, Jill, have two sons – Gavin and Evan.

Maj. Adam Frey, USAF ’96 has just returned from a deployment to Afghanistan.

The Class of 1997 will celebrate its 15-Year Reunion on April 28, 2012.

Michael Oldfield ’97 is in his third year of attending school in the evening at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law. Kevin Brewster ’99 was promoted to the rank of Sergeant with the Cheltenham Police Department.

Joseph Hackman ’85 is Vice President and CIO of A2Z Property Management, LLC.

Cpt. Brendan M. McCormick, USAF ’99 has been deployed for the third time.

Matthew Wentz ’85 managed the 2011 Colorado State Junior Division Little League Championship team. Matt’s son and stepson were repeat Colorado State Champions.

Mathew Schaffer ’99 has started his own web software consulting company Mashion, LLC and the company is doing well. Mathew works near Rittenhouse Square and is always up for a beer or coffee.

Christopher Kulp ’86 was named a partner at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in August after his firm was purchased.

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2000’s Joseph Dwyer, Jr. ’00 married Patricia Spota on November 20, 2010.

Bill Phelan ’00 recently opened his own l aw firm, The Phelan Firm, which handles disability law cases.

Kyle Elliott ’01 joined Conrad O’Brien P.C. as an associate in the firm’s Philadelphia office after completing his judicial clerkship with the Hon. Thomas I. Vanaskie on the United States Third Circuit.

Robert McCreight ’01 was married on September 10, 2011 to Kerri Brennan.

David H. Read ’01 married Copley Bronwyn Ricca on Saturday, October 22, 2011 in Palm Beach. FL.

The Class of 2002 will celebrate its 10-Year Reunion on April 28, 2012.

Carmen Conicelli III ’02 is now working as a Career Firefighter – his “dream job” – at Gladwyne Fire Company in Lower Merion Township, PA. Carmen still works part time with Montgomery Township Fire Department and is still active in his community as a volunteer with the Sellersville Fire Department.

William Loughery ’03 recently passed the CPA exam and is working as a Staff Accountant at LarsonAllen, LLP in Blue Bell, PA. Matthew McGurkin ’03 married Bethany Hagan on November 18, 2011.

Capt. Michael M. Merlini, USMC ’03 was promoted to the rank of Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps on August 1, 2011.

Justin Sen ’03 continues his Afghanistan deployment through March 2012. As a contractor, he is supporting EOD units and counter-IED operations throughout the Afghanistan theater.

Sean Adams ’04 has been selling residential real estate for Elfant Wissahickon Realtors in Chestnut Hill for three years.

classnotescontinued Andrew J. Degnan ’04 recently graduated from the University of Cambridge with a postgraduate degree in Radiology.

Richard Conicelli ’06 is working as a Restaurant Manager at Champs Americana in King of Prussia, PA. Patrick Costello ’06 graduated from University of Pittsburgh in 2010. He traveled and studied abroad in Barcelona, Spain in 2009 and started his new job at SEI in June of 2011.

Dennis McLaughin ’07 is a 2011 graduate of Providence College.

Michael Palermo ’07 just graduated from Moravian College with a BS in Biology. Michael is currently working at the Center of Applied Genomics at CHOP and is exploring graduate school options.

Justin Price ’07 graduated with honors from MICA – Maryland Institute College of Art, in Baltimore with a degree in Ceramics.

Joseph Schatz ’06 will be graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in August 2012 and is enrolled in the Family Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner track. Joe is speaking at the American Psychiatric Nurses Association National Conference in Anaheim this October regarding integrating Physical and Behavioral methods.

Evan Raisner ’07 graduated Summa Cum Laude from Drexel University in June of 2011 and received several honors including the Mark L. Greenberg Award for Academic Excellence.

Matthew Stigliano ’06 is attending the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. He is a doctoral candidate in Program of Neuroscience Research.

Dan Lowry ’08 was named a NCAA Division One Cross Country All-American by finishing 28th in the Mens’ Championship.

Ens. Andrew Ventresca, USN ’06 is currently assigned to USS Bainbridge out of Norfolk, VA. Andrew just got back from a seven month deployment to Africa.

William Warrender ’06 is a second year medical student at Jefferson Medical College.

Matthew Zielinski ’06 made his first professional start on July 31, 2011 with the Evansville Otters.

The lefty allowed just one run in the 4-1 victory.

The Class of 2007 will celebrate its 5-Year Reunion on April 28, 2012.

Joshua Chubb ’07 was selected by Lehigh University as a President’s Scholar, the highest award given to a Lehigh University student for academic achievement. He is eligible for a tuition-free fifth year of study in additional undergraduate or graduate programs.

Nick Dreher ’07 has been studying International Studies at American University in Washington, DC for the last four years and recently graduated Magna Cum Laude. He accepted a position as a Team Leader with an organization called Soccer Without Borders, which is a non-profit organization that runs sports and other development programs for youth in under-served communities in the United States and worldwide.

Nick is currently in Africa, where he is planning and facilitating a variety of programs in Ndejje and Kampala, Uganda.

Robert Waitkus ’07 is a 5-year co-op student at Drexel University ’s Lebow College of Business.

Erik Cwik ’09 is currently completing his junior year of college at Arcadia in Granada, Spain.

Kevin Johnson ’09 has a double major in Business Management and Business Marketing with a minor in Spanish at the University of Delaware. He is also currently the President and Manager of the University of Delaware Club Baseball Team.

Tyler Nase ’09 represented the USA National Rowing Team in Amsterdam, Netherlands in July.

He is currently a junior at Princeton University.

Tim Durkin ’10 just finished his first year at Mount St. Mary’s University, where the Lacrosse team won the NEC Championship

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Job and Internship Postings The Alumni Association is now posting job and

Great Explorations A La Salle Presence Reflected Around The World

internship opportunities, which have been submit-

Alumni are encouraged to submit photos

ted by alumni of La Salle College High School for

of themselves sporting La Salle gear in foreign

use primarily by college-aged alumni. The site is

and unusual places for publication in future issues

the brainchild of Max Morgan ’06 and is being

of the Explorer. Please submit hi-res JPEG files

managed by Max with the support of the Alumni

(minimum resolution of 300 dpi) via email to

Association and in cooperation with the Office of

Christopher Carabello at carabello@lschs.org

Information Technology. The site currently has a number of opportunities and will continue to grow

Solidarity

in the coming months.

William Regli ’58 in South Africa

Parents and alumni can support the La Salle community by posting internship opportunities and job openings by sending an email to AlumniJobs@lschs.org. Alumni can visit the site by logging into the Alumni Portal at www. lschs.org and clicking the left-side link for Internship Postings and/or Job Postings.

The site is but another example of our Caring Community and the strong network of La Salle alumni throughout the world.

www.lschs.org/jobs

The Turk Family Joe ’63, Donna, Jonathan ‘98, Jeremy ‘00, and Kevin ‘07 Turk – standing on the Swilken Bridge at the Old Course in Saint Andrews, Scotland

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We Welcome We Remember Andrew Savysky, Esq. ’89 and his wife, Tanya, welcomed a baby girl, Anya Nicole, on October 7, 2011.

Bernard J. Dillon, Jr. ‘55

Stephen Matthews ’91 and his wife, Maura, welcomed a son, Patrick John Matthews (Class of 2030) on July 16, 2011.

Joseph A. Granahan, Jr. ’47, brother of John ‘53.

William Bell ’94 and his wife, Alison, welcomed their third child, a daughter, Bridget Elizabeth, on December 27, 2010.

Howard L. Hannum, PhD ’43, father of James ’82 and David ’85.

Thomas Fithian ’94 and his wife, Jill, a daughter, Carly Jean Fithian on February 8, 2011.

Brian Romano ’94 and his wife, Megan, welcomed their fourth child, a boy, Ryan Francis, on September 7, 2011.

Anthony J. (Skip) Ferruzzi ’50, brother of Emory ’48.

Francis Grant ’47, grandfather of Richard Beaver ‘15.

Louis J. Incognito ’57 Edward J. Jesko ’79, brother of Jeffrey ‘86.

Edward B. Johnson ’40, grandfather of Joseph P. McKenzie ‘93.

Frank Lafferty ’39 Frederick Lamb ’55, brother of John ’60.

William Donohoe ’96 and his wife, Ellen, welcomed a baby boy, Charles William, on February 4, 2012.

Thomas J. McAneney, Sr. ’46, brother of Vincent ’47, Bernard ’50, John ’51, and Joseph ’55.

J. Ryan Fitzpatrick III, MD ’96 and his wife, Colleen, welcomed their second son, Colin Reid, on May 11, 2011.

Ray recently completed his training in general surgery and is currently a fellow in cardiac surgery at Penn.

Thomas J. McGorry, Jr. ’43

Keith Ledwith ’96 and his wife welcomed a daughter, Marin Elizabeth, on April 19, 2011.

George A. Saitta, Jr.,’96 and his wife, Rebecca, welcomed a second son, Brayden Luke, on March 10, 2011. George and his family reside in Washington, DC. Evan Behr ’99 and his wife, Caitlin, welcomed a baby girl, Oakley O’Connor, December 30, 2011.

Paul Colistra ’00 and his wife, Colleen, welcome a baby baby, Ryan Paul, on February 20, 2012.

Thomas Devlin ’00 and his wife, Sarah, a son, Seamus Patrick, on June 17, 2011.

Paul McGurkin ’00 and his wife Kim, a son Charles Chase McGurkin on July 19, 2011.

Carmen Conicelli III ’02 and his wife, Nicole, had their first child, a daughter, Gianna Rose Conicelli, St. Patrick’s Day – March 17, 2011.

Daniel McGowan and his wife, Jillian, welcomed twins, Elizabeth Coffey (Lily) and John Morrison (Jack), on December 10, 2011.

John F. McNichol ’54

James B. Geppert, brother of William ’41; uncle of David ’76.

John A. Hammond, father of John “Jack” ’97 and Michael ’01.

Florita Hartnett, mother of Joseph ’69; grandmother of Matthew ’00.

Marie Pauline Helwig, mother of A. Carl ’56 and James ’59.

Catherine R. Henczel, mother of Henry ’86.

Oskar R. Huber, grandfather of Donald ’05 and Ryan ’06.

A bequest provision in your will or living trust.

Mary A. Keogh, mother of Alan ’66.

George Kochanowicz, father of Gregory J. ’72; grandfather of Brett ’01.

Mary T. Messa, wife of Charles ’44.

Edward J. Miskiel, Jr., father of Mike ’11.

Willliam J. “Billy” Murphy, father of William ’96 and Michael ’98.

Kathleen Quigg, mother of Michael ’73 and Brian ’76; grandmother of Matthew ’02 and Sean ’04.

William F. Quilty, Jr. ’48

Rose A. Ricci, grandmother of Ryan Pollock ’02.

Edwin R. Skore ’50

Michael J. Carlone, father of Andrew ’13.

Jennie Checchio, mother of Joseph ’75; grandmother of Anthony ’13 and Joseph ’15.

Mary V. Curtin, mother of James ’75.

Catherine Devlin, sister of John ’38, Austin ’49 and William ’44 Meehan.

James F. Doherty, father of John ’01.

Elizabeth Gavula, mother of William ’77.

William D. Fox, Sr., father of William ’69.

Charles A. Genuardi, father of Charles ’66.

IN THE FUTURE

Some of the gift planning ideas that you might wish to consider:

Sean O’Neill ’79, father of Liam ’07 and Aidan ’14; son of Joseph ’49; brother of Joseph ’75 and Timothy ’77.

Francis A. Schanne ’42, father of Francis A. Schanne, PhD ’70.

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Sister Joan Riethmiller, sister of Robert Riethmiller, Jr. ’55; aunt of Robert Riethmiller ’88.

Lisa Ritinski, mother of Joseph ’05.

Mary Katherine Ryan, grandmother of Andrew ’02 and Stewart ’05.

Dick Sayer, husband of Sue; father of John ’83.

Robert J. Schaefer, father of Brother Robert ’85, Paul ’86, John ’88, Michael ’92, and Brian ’96; grandfather of Robert ’11 and Austin ’13; father of Mary Frances Kelly; father-in-law of Chuck Cirelli.

Marguerite Schrupp, mother of Robert ’11 and Matthew ’14.

Rosemary Uzelac, mother of Pete ’74 and Gary ’76.

A gift that provides a life income to you and your family, such as a charitable gift annuity or a charitable trust.

A charitable lead trust that allows you to retain ownership, while providing income to La Salle College High School for a specified period of time.

A gift of life insurance (benefits or policy).

A beneficiary designation or assignment of an IRA, 401(K) 403(b), or other retirement plan.

Certain other estate related gifts.

Gift planning options such as the ones listed above can be incorporated into your overall estate and financial plans to provide significant benefits, such as tax savings and possible additional income.

The Office of Institutional Advancement welcomes the opportunityto explore the possibilities and opportunities of creative gift planning as a way to support La Salle’s mission while ensuring your family’s financial security.

For more information, check out our website at www.lschs.org/plannedgiving or call Bob McAnespey ’66 at (215) 402-4808.

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