Manhattan Magazine Spring 2010 by Manhattan College

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volume 36 number 1 spring 2010

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Construction Industry Golf Tournament, Lake Isle Country Club, Eastchester, N.Y. Running of the Manhattan College Purse, Monmouth Racetrack, N.J. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Picnic & Performance, Garrison, N.Y. Fall semester begins New York Yankees Game, Bronx, N.Y.

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Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Central Park, N.Y. President’s Dinner Alumni Men’s Retreat, Passionist Retreat Center, Riverdale, N.Y.

on campus Peace studies program gets grant • Mechanical engineering partners with the Methodist Home • Pax Christi awards the College • Jaspers for Haiti • Students in the spotlight • Lectures • and more

Jersey Shore Alumni Luncheon, Spring Lake, N.J. Day at the Races, Saratoga, N.Y.

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De La Salle Medal Dinner • New executive vice president and provost • New vice president for student life

Alumni Reunion Weekend Staten Island Yankees Game

sports Jasper slugger named MAAC Preseason Player of the Year • Women’s basketball team gives back • Sports news • Fall and winter sports roundup • and more

advancement President meets alumni in California and Florida • FSAC reception • Engineering professor establishes research fund

24 alumnI New York City Club • Athletic Hall of Fame • Alumnotes • Pro. les • and more

obItuarIes Br. Kevin Hargadon • The Rev. Rinaldo Borzaga • Robert Beardsley • Wesley Eckenfelder • John Nagle

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Fall Honors Convocation Career Fair, Draddy Gymnasium Open House Brunch for Alumni and Prospective Students, Campus

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Alumni Society Meeting, Campus Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Smith Auditorium

Published by the office of college relations, a division of college advancement, Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY 10471

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Lydia Gray, Director of College Relations Kristen Cuppek, Editor Annie Chambliss, Assistant Editor

on the cover The Memorial Hall cupola on a summer-like day in May.

Contributors Patrice Athanasidy Joe Clifford Dorothy Coniglio Amy Coppe Stephen Dombroski Samantha Feigman Rose Spaziani Lonny Unger PhotoGrAPhers Ben Asen Joshua Cuppek Marty Heitner Christopher Pope Chris Taggart DesiGn Charles Hess, chess design

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Anne Mulcahy “To n ig h T w e h o n o r a woman whose lifework exemplifies the core values of our [Lasallian] tradition,” said Manhattan College President Brennan O’Donnell, Ph.D., in his remarks before an enthusiastic group of the College’s alumni and strongest supporters on Jan. 20, 2010 in the Grand Ballroom of The Waldorf=Astoria. The celebrants gathered to award Anne M. Mulcahy, chairman of Xerox Corporation, the 2010 Saint John Baptist de La Salle Medal. “There are people who become leaders because the quality of their work and the values they hold make them indispensible to their organization,” O’Donnell said. Such leaders are “called by the needs of others” — not ambition, he added and noted that De La Salle was this type of leader. “So, too, is Anne Mulcahy,” said O’Donnell, who described her as an especially inspired choice to receive the 2010 medal. Mulcahy is best known for returning Xerox to profitability from the brink of bankruptcy in 2001, after she was named CEO of the international firm a year earlier. She began her career with Xerox in 1976 as a field sales representative, shortly after her graduation from Marymount College in Tarrytown, N.Y., and worked her way up into positions of increasing responsibility. She was named Chief Executive of the Year by her peers in 2008 and has been one of Forbes magazine’s 100 Most Powerful Women many times throughout the past few years. But O’Donnell singled out, as chief among her achievements, her willingness to invest in research and development, which he described as an investment “upstream” that will result in the longevity and future profitability of Xerox. We also should “invest in the intelligence and imagination of our young people,” who will become the “innovators and problem-solvers” of the future, he said. Dinner co-chairs Ursula Burns, CEO of Xerox Corporation, and Thomas Moran ’74, president and CEO of Mutual of America Life Insurance Company, and dinner vice chairs (see sidebar) were thanked many times during the evening for their work in helping to make this year’s event a success. Money raised for student scholarships and financial aid crossed the $1 million mark, even in this troubled economy,

a display of generosity that was “breathtaking but not surprising,” O’Donnell said. The evening was emceed by Jim Ryan ’60, who introduced the evening’s other speakers: the Rev. George Hill, Manhattan College chaplain, who delivered the invocation; Thomas O’Malley, chair of the board of trustees; Brother Dennis Malloy, F.S.C., visitor, District of Eastern North America, who gave the benediction; and, of course, the medal recipient, Mulcahy. Accepting the De La Salle Medal “on behalf of the 57,000 people at Xerox … who are the real heroes of the turnaround,” Mulcahy said that she is often asked how Xerox managed the turnaround. “The answer is pretty fundamental: it’s the people,” she said. “The critical component is always the alignment of … talented, motivated people around a common objective. The relevance here is important. The success of any institution is always about the people — the development and education of very good people.”

Anne Mulcahy, chairman of Xerox Corporation, was honored with the 2010 De La Salle Medal at the College’s annual dinner.

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De La Salle Medal Dinner Honors

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She highlighted that Manhattan College and Xerox have much in common as values-driven organizations that esteem diversity, the preciousness of life and “preparation for lifelong learning and careers.” Likewise, Mulcahy added, Manhattan and Xerox both have “endured and succeeded through change and innovation.” Because her two older brothers attended the College, she said she has long felt a connection to Manhattan. In closing, she thanked the Manhattan community and added that it is prudent to “accept [the medal] not so much as recognition of what has been accomplished but as a reminder of how much needs to be done.”

Manhattan College is deeply appreciative of the work of dinner co-chairs Ursula Burns, CEO of Xerox Corporation, and Thomas Moran ’74, president and CEO of Mutual of America Life Insurance Company, and the following vice chairs who worked diligently to make this year’s De La Salle Dinner a success: Patrick G. Boyle ’75 Retired Executive Vice President New York Life Investment Management

Kenneth A. Rathgeber ’70 Executive Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer Fidelity Funds

Joseph M. Cahalan President Xerox Foundation

Frederic V. Salerno ’65 Retired Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer Verizon

Joseph P. Dillon ’62 Retired Vice President Panasonic

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Cyrus Izzo ’87 Co-Chief Executive Officer/Co-President Syska Hennessy Group, Inc.

Stephen J. Squeri ’81 Group President, Global Services and Chief Information Officer American Express

John V. Magliano ’66 Chairman Emeritus Syska Hennessy Group, Inc.

Curt C. Zegler ’93 Project Manager Turner Construction Company

Rosanne Thomas Matzat ’82, Esq. Partner Hahn & Hessen LLP

Journal Chair: Thomas J. Ryan ’69 Vice President for Finance Manhattan College

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College Welcomes New Vice President for Student Life believe that further enhancement of r ic ha r d SaTTer l ee, Ph .d., will serve as Manhattan’s vice president for Manhattan’s student life program can be central to achieving its aspirations, student life, starting July 1. Satterlee and I look forward to being a partner will replace Brother Robert Berger, in this endeavor.” F.S.C., who will step down from his Satterlee began his career as an position in June after nine years and English teacher at Taft High School in return to full-time teaching as associLincoln City, Ore., and also has served ate professor of religious studies. as an adjunct professor of education Satterlee has served in the position at Loyola since 2004. Prior to arriving of assistant vice president for student at Loyola, he spent nearly seven years development at Loyola University of at the University of North Carolina at Maryland (formerly Loyola College of Chapel Hill and rose from assistant Maryland) since July 2001. director of intramural and recreational In his current role, he serves on the sports to director of the student recvice president’s senior student-affairs reation center. He moved to Loyola team and has direct supervisory responsibility for a wide range of depart- in February 1995 as director of recreational sports. ments, including leadership and new An active member of several professtudent programs, student activities, sional associations, including the Narecreational sports, and academic adtional Association of Student Personvising for varsity athletes. nel Administrators, Association for the “Dr. Satterlee is a strong and eloStudy of Higher Education, and Center quent advocate of Catholic higher for Academic Integrity, he is a frequent education and has firmly established presenter at professional conferenchimself at Loyola as a leader in develes. This past November, he delivered oping a campus culture that is conducive to the education of the whole stu- “Exploring How Student Employment Affects the Academic and Co-curricudent — in mind, body and spirit,” says Brennan O’Donnell, Ph.D., president of lar Choices of Sophomores” at the 16th National Conference on Students in Manhattan College. Transition in Salt Lake City, Utah. He also has extensive experience Satterlee received his bachelor’s in integrated learning communidegree in English from Occidental ties, student judicial matters, crisis College in Los Angeles and master’s of response, and facilities programming education in college services adminisand planning; having served as his tration from Oregon State University. division’s coordinator for Loyola’s fitHe recently completed his Ph.D. in ness and aquatics center, its recent educational leadership at the Univerexpansion of its student center and sity of Maryland in College Park. first-year residence halls, and its newly completed athletic complex. During his time at Loyola, he has demonstrated leadership in a broad range of areas, including strategic planning and personnel development. “I am extremely excited to join Manhattan College as the next vice president for student life,” Satterlee says. “I was so impressed with the powerful sense of community at Manhattan that I experienced when I visited with students, faculty and administration during the search process — a characteristic that I am certain finds its origins in the community’s shared Catholic Lasallian heritage. I also

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Manhattan Appoints New Executive Vice President and Provost

William Clyde

“dr. c lyde brings to manhattan an impressive depth and breadth of experience, a strong record of accomplishment as an educator and administrator, and a reputation for creative thinking in response to complex challenges.”

w illia m c l yd e, Ph .d., ha S been n a med executive vice president and provost of Manhattan College, a post he will begin on July 1. Since 2007, Clyde has served as vice president for academic affairs at Queens University, a private Presbyterian-affiliated institution located in Charlotte, N.C. In his current role, he has been instrumental in developing and implementing a major reorganization plan for Queens University’s academic units based on efficiency, clarity and attractiveness to students. He has worked closely with the institution’s board of trustees, board of visitors and boards of advisors while revitalizing Queens’ commitment to diversity and inclusion. “I am excited and honored to be joining the Manhattan College community,” Clyde says. “The noble calling of the Lasallian heritage, the endless potential of the surrounding city, the tranquil setting of the campus, and the palpable devotion of the community combine to promise transformative experiences to all Manhattan College students. I truly believe this is the character and quality of education needed most desperately by our nation and our world.” His work in strengthening Queens University’s institutional effectiveness led to the creation of the university’s office of institutional research and assessment, the center for academic success, which emphasizes student support and retention, and the center for excellence in teaching and learning. In addition, he has worked to raise dramatically the level of available technology resources on campus, including online registration and hybrid courses. “Dr. Clyde brings to Manhattan an impressive depth and breadth of experience, a strong record of accomplishment as an educator and administrator, and a reputation for creative thinking in response to complex challenges,” says Brennan O’Donnell, Ph.D., president of Manhattan College. “His dedication to mission is evident through his work in support of a broad program of community outreach, service-learning and international development projects.” He began his career as an investment officer at Harris Trust and Savings Bank in Chicago before becoming vice president of investments at First National Bank of Chicago (now part of JPMorgan Chase), where he specialized in foreign exchange markets. Clyde joined the faculty of Quinnipiac College (now Quinnipiac University) in 1990, and for 17 years taught courses in financial management, corporate finance and securities analysis, among other subjects. He earned tenure there in 1995 and became full professor in 1998. From 1995 through 2007, he held a series of administrative appointments of increasing responsibility and complexity: program director, dean of academic technology, dean of the College of Professional Studies, and finally associate vice president for academic affairs. After receiving his bachelor’s degree in economics and chemistry from DePauw University in Indiana, Clyde earned an M.S. in chemistry from New York University and a Ph.D. in economics from Edinburgh University in Scotland. He is the author of Using Technology in Teaching, as well as numerous academic papers, articles and professional presentations. Clyde will replace Weldon Jackson, Ph.D., who served Manhattan for 13 years before stepping down from his position at the end of 2009.

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United Nations Association Awards Grant to the College Th e RiveRdale c hap TeR of the United Nations Association (UNA) awarded grants to nine Riverdale-based organizations, including Manhattan College, at a reception hosted by the College on April 9 in the O’Malley Library. The grant was funded by a bequest from longtime Riverdale resident Patricia Kozma and will be used to support projects that seek to raise awareness of peace and justice issues in the Riverdale community. The nine grant recipients are: Manhattan College, Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy, IN-Tech Academy, Riverdale Country Middle School, Riverdale Presbyterian Church, Christ Church Riverdale, NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security, World Peace One Falafel at a Time, and United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA). At Manhattan, the funding will go to the peace studies program, an interdisciplinary

academic program that examines problems of war, injustice, genocide and violence with an eye toward finding solutions. “With these grants, the Riverdale Chapter of the UNA has challenged us to expand our work and challenged us to work together,” says Margaret Groarke, Ph.D., director of the peace studies program and an associate professor of government. “We accept that challenge. Peace Studies and JustPeace, the student activist group, will do more work on peace and justice issues over the next few years and will more actively reach out to work in concert with our Riverdale and Bronx neighbors on peace and justice issues.” Among the other recipients, the grants will be used to support a variety of projects. Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy, IN-Tech Academy and Riverdale Country Middle School will each start a Model UN program, wherein the

students from each school will work collaboratively together in debating issues currently facing the UN. Riverdale Presbyterian Church and Christ Church Riverdale will each use the grant to fund their social justice projects, including hunger programs and mission work in Nicaragua and Tanzania. The NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security will apply the grant to support its internship program and to fund production of Disarmament Times, a publication examining issues of nuclear disarmament. World Peace One Falafel at a Time, an organization that seeks to bridge the gap between Jews, Muslims and Christians, will fund programs reaching out to high school students. And the grant will allow UNA-USA to transform its Riverdale chapter into a larger chapter covering the entire Bronx region. The awards reception was attended by representatives from each of the recipient organizations, as well as New York State Senator Eric Schneiderman, New York State Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and New York City Council Representative Oliver Koppell. Congressman Eliot Engel was unable to attend in person, but his office presented each of the recipients with a certificate of recognition praising their important roles in the Riverdale community.

The Riverdale chapter of the United Nations Association awarded grants to a number of New York organizations on April 9 at a reception held at Manhattan College. The recipients, pictured with certificates of their awards, are: (front row, from left to right) Margaret Groarke, Manhattan College; Rosemary FairweatherClunie, IN-Tech Academy; Deacon Eugenia Wilson, Christ Church Riverdale; the Rev. Nadine Hundertmark, Riverdale Presbyterian Church; Vernon Nichols, NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security; (back row) Kali Isa, World Peace One Falafel at a Time; Milton Sipp, Riverdale Country Middle School; Hiroyuki Sakurai, NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security; Jeanne Stillman, United Nations Association.

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l oc aTed j us T behi nd Jasper Hall on the other side of Manhattan College Parkway sits an unassuming building that is home to the Methodist Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation. Inside, residents are able to stand up and sit down with greater ease due to the work of Manhattan College students. Beginning last fall, mechanical engineering students have been designing products that are donated to the Methodist Home to assist residents who have limited mobility. So far, the products include a recliner and table that are used by people who are undergoing rehabilitation. “The residents love this chair,” says Jo Ann Landers, director of marketing and development for Methodist Home. “It allows them to sit comfortably and still be able to get in and out of the chair unassisted.” The chair is a regular La-Z-Boy recliner, but the students installed a mechanism that allows the chair to stand upright, assisting people who have difficulty getting into or out of a sitting position. “The chair looks like a regular piece of furniture as opposed to a piece of medical equipment,” Landers says. “This gives residents a sense of dignity and independence.” Students also donated a table that is electronically controlled to adjust height so that it can comfortably fit around a wheelchair. “The table is being utilized in our rehab department,” Landers says. “Residents can work on regaining their strength and improving certain skill sets at a table that will adjust to their wheelchair height during the rehabilitation process.” How did these two seemingly unalike worlds — a college campus and a nursing home — collide? According to Zella Kahn-Jetter, Ph.D., chair of the mechanical engineering department, her department has been donating student projects to nursing homes for years. But last fall she was introduced to Landers, and the two realized there would be a mutual benefit in a partnership between Manhattan College and Methodist Home — the students would have a real-life customer for their senior projects, and the home would receive custom-designed pieces. Since the program’s inception last fall, the donations made to the Methodist Home are

equivalent to thousands of dollars of equipment that otherwise would have not been covered by insurance and would have been too costly for the home to purchase. “Equipment like this can cost thousands of dollars,” Landers says. “Many insurance companies do not cover custom rehab equipment that is not a ‘medical necessity.’ Being the recipient of these projects has been both a blessing and a savings to the residents that live here.” But it’s not just the Methodist Home residents that are benefiting from this arrangement. “It’s really a win-win situation,” Kahn-Jetter says. “The students gain valuable experience by having a real client with real feedback, and they learn to manage budgets like they will have to after graduation.” All seniors in the mechanical engineering program participate in a capstone course in which they design and build a project showcasing everything they’ve learned in their engineering courses. According to Kahn-Jetter, the partnership with Methodist Home will allow students to receive guidance on what products residents really need and gain feedback throughout the semester from the home’s staff — an invaluable real-world experience that will benefit students as they transition into the working world. “The students benefit from having a real customer and having to make presentations explaining their design to the client,” Kahn-Jetter says. “This project taught me many things that are going to be useful for my future in the industry,” says Perry Geyer Jr., a senior in the mechanical engineering program. “We learned how to present our design to an audience to inform them of design aspects of the project, including the controls, safety and the basic design to help them understand how it works.” In addition to the valuable educational and real-world experience this partnership offers, many students also find it personally rewarding to be able to produce something that helps people and increases their quality of life. “It means something to the students, knowing their project is being used by people that benefit from it,” Kahn-Jetter says. “The students really take pride in this, it’s more than just a grade.”

“The students gain valuable experience by having a real client with real feedback, and they learn to manage budgets like they will have to after graduation.”

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Seniors Helping Seniors

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Alexis Brandolin ’13 and mentor Donna Potorti ’92 talk with Phillip Pena ’13 at the Mentor Dinner.

Mentor Program Hosts Annual Dinner nea Rl y 200 Manhattan College students and alumni gathered for the annual Mentor Dinner held this February in Smith auditorium for an evening of networking and an inspiring speech by one of the program’s mentors, Milo Riverso ’81, Ph.D., P.E. Approximately 100 students currently participate in the Mentor Program, which pairs undergrads with Manhattan alumni, who offer career guidance and support. Students are matched up with alumni mentors who currently work in the field that the student is pursuing. Riverso is president of STV

Group, Inc., a company that provides engineering and architectural consulting and design services on a variety of projects for government agencies and private industries. He earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Manhattan College before going on to earn both his master’s and doctorate from Purdue University. He has more than 20 years of experience in program management, construction management and general construction, and is a member of the Mentor Program Advisory Board. Riverso spoke to the crowd

about how to be successful in life — not only in terms of career but also in every aspect of life that contributes to one’s happiness, such as relationships, work/ life balance and having a strong moral character. He encouraged students to be leaders and to find careers that they are passionate about, but also to be patient and understand that success takes hard work and time. “Milo gave a wonderful presentation with very sound advice for students who are about to enter the working world,” says Brother Charles Barbush, F.S.C., coordina-

tor of the Mentor Program. “He spoke about how to become a good leader and gave advice on finding a career you are passionate about and creating your own definition of success.” Since its inception, the Mentor Program has expanded to represent diverse fields. Currently, it aims to recruit more mentors and students in science and arts. Alumni are encouraged to sign up to become mentors. For more information, call Br. Barbush at (718) 862-7519 or e-mail him at charles.barbush@manhattan.edu.

Pax Christi Honors Peace Studies Program pa x c h Ris Ti MeTRo New York (PCMNY), a nonprofit organization that promotes peace, has named Manhattan College’s peace studies program one of this year’s PCMNY Peacemakers. Dr. Joseph Fahey, co-founder of the program and professor of religious studies at the College, accepted the award at Pax Christi’s annual reception on June 13. This program was honored along with the New Sanctuary Movement and Eugene Moretta at St. Joseph’s Greenwich Village Casserly Hall. The peace studies program, established nearly 40 years ago, is dedicated to the search for solutions to the problems of war and human injustice. It is an interdisciplinary academic program that examines arms races and wars;

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economic, political and social justice; conflict creation, management and resolution; nonviolent philosophies and strategies of resistance; world community and world government and more. Manhattan was the first Catholic college or university in the nation to offer a B.A. in peace studies. Pax Christi takes a threefold approach to peacemaking that fully involves prayer, study and action. It facilitates a number of programs and events throughout the year that are meant to engage its members, the Church and the world in the struggle for peace. The New Sanctuary Movement is known for working nonviolently for immigration reform and family unity, and Moretta is a longtime faithful PCMNY office volunteer and conscientious objector.

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Fo l l o w ing Th e destructive earthquake in Haiti in January, Manhattan College responded as one. And the response was the formation of Jaspers for Haiti, which provided members of the College community with a means to collectively help ease the suffering of the people in Haiti. Coordinated through the office of mission and drawing on the resources of many individuals and offices, Jaspers for Haiti organized several kinds of events and activities that took place during the spring 2010 semester, including opportunities for prayer, educational forums and fundraising efforts. “One of the blessings of being part of a community is that we do not have to struggle with such questions alone,” said Brennan O’Donnell, Ph.D., president of Manhattan College, in a message posted to the College’s Web site. “In fact, if we take our tradition seriously, we know that the only way that we can truly engage the deepest questions is together, as a human family united in faith.” All members of the Manhattan community were invited to a teach-in on Haiti that took place on Feb. 10. Faculty members and students of Haitian descent spoke about the devastation caused by the earthquake and provided

candlelit prayer vigil on Feb. Haiti felt the devastation of the audience with a better the earthquake, Manhattan 18 in the lobby of Smith Auunderstanding of Haitian College would respond to ditorium. culture, its religion, political the call. As an organization, The offices of campus system and history. ParKappa Delta Pi sprang to ministry and social action ticipants included: Dr. Cory action along with the rest of and student activities conBlad, assistant professor of the College and organized tinued to raise significant sociology; Dr. Richard Dello a fundraising dance to raise amounts of money throughBuono, chair of the sociolmoney to send to Haiti in out the semester. Donations ogy department; Dr. Winaddition to raising awarewere collected throughout some Downie, chair of the ness about Haiti.” the campus, and more than government department; The honor society sent $5,000 was raised from all of Dr. Powell Draper, assistant many education-related the fundraising efforts. The professor of civil and envisupplies over to Haiti, too. athletic department alone ronmental engineering; Dr. In addition, students concontributed $2,000 to the Gwendolyn Tedeschi, astributed money through sistant professor of econom- college-wide initiative. Studeductions from their perdent-athletes, coaches and ics; and Tamara Fish, guest sonal accounts, under the staff members all donated panelist on Haitian religion. funds to the collective effort. guidance of Lisa Juncaj, asStudents Gregory Etienne sociate director of student “We are very proud of the ’11, Sophie Hurez ’11, Tarah financial services. positive response from our Midy ’10 and Jean Saintil ’10 “Before the semester even student-athletes, specifically also participated. began, Manhattan College the Student-Athlete AdviThrough the many mobilized its Jaspers for sory Council (SAAC), who perspectives shared with Haiti resources,” Wilcox says. generously donated their the audience, the panel time and money in support “The students returned for explained how there will be the spring semester, and of this worthwhile cause,” no quick fix to the plight of the community hit the says Robert Byrnes, director the Haitian people. Long ground running. Education, of athletics. after the journalists and satprayer and fundraising, all Also, three student leadellite television units have in the spirit of John Baptist ers of Kappa Delta Pi, the left, Lois Harr, director of de La Salle, characterized international honor society campus ministry and social the Manhattan response. It in education, Kate Murphy action, and Dr. John Wilcox, was a learning moment for ’11, Nicole Florio ’10 and vice president for mission, the students, an example envision Manhattan College Mary Gochuico ’10, orgaof their college spirit, and a nized a fundraising Valenstudents spending winter, concrete demonstration of tine’s Day dance on Feb. 16 spring and summer breaks their care for the poor.” that netted $545. working with Lasallian All proceeds will be sent “I believe that as a Lasalpartners in Haiti to develop to Catholic Relief Services, lian community, it is our much needed educational the official overseas relief programs for the children of job to reach out and help and development agency Haiti,” Murphy says. “We the poor. of the U.S. Conference of believe in helping and lovMembers of the College Catholic Bishops, and to ing and keeping the faith community also rememprojects of De La Salle Chrisalive for people who have bered those who lost their tian Brothers in Haiti. none left. Naturally, when lives in the tragedy at a

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Jaspers Reach out to Earthquake Victims in Haiti

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Model UN Molds Minds Ma nh aTTan c o lle ge’s delegation to the 2010 Model Unit- from other cultures and represent countries other than their ed Nations conference joined 2,500 other college students own to negotiate resolutions and ensure that they can be from more than 50 countries at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in voted on and passed by their committees. This year, the New York City from March 30 through April 3. Representing team was on four General Assembly Committees (plenary, Israel, students worked on a variety of issues in different com- disarmament, economic and social), as well as simulations mittees, including the Millennium Development Goals, eduof the International Atomic Energy Agency, Commission on cation, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, agriculture for the Status of Women, Commission on Sustainable Developsustainable development, repatriation of refugees, women in ment and UN High Commission on Refugees. peace and security, protecting countries during the economFor some of the students, this year was particularly chalic crisis and illegal trade in small arms and light weapons. lenging because Manhattan College represented Iran at the “This year was particularly challenging because of our same conference last year. country assignment,” says Pamela Chasek, Ph.D., advisor “Transitioning from the Islamic Republic of Iran to the and associate professor of government and director of the state of Israel is a 180-degree turnaround,” Chasek says. international studies program. “Israel has been ostracized “However, this is what Model UN is all about — providing from the United Nations for many years and has only just students with a learning experience that goes far beyond started building a group of allies on numerous economic the classroom to enable them to look at issues from points and social development issues, including agriculture, eduof view other than their own.” cation, health care and water-related issues.” They have gained an entirely new perspective and apHowever, this is all part of the Model UN experience. At preciation for challenges facing the Middle East in general, the conference, students have to learn to work with people and Iran and Israel in particular.

The Manhattan College delegation to the National Model United Nations: (Front) Kelly Dantuono ’10, Tom Daly ’12, Cristina Baglio ’12, Valbona Sokoli ’12, Amanda Connolly ’10, Caroline Faughnan ’12; (Back) Erika Boll ’13, Ryana Barbosa ’11, Brian Donovan ’10, Nate Burke ’11, Jon Luke ’12, Andrew Tratner ’11, Gabriela DeJesus ’13, Chris Shemanski ’11, Mansoor Ahmed ’10 and Chris Tucci ’11.

Chemical Engineering Senior Has Co-Authored Two Books FRa n c esc o Ric c i ’10, a senior in the chemical engineering program, has co-authored the textbook Thermodynamics for the Practicing Engineer by Louis Theodore, Francesco Ricci and Timothy Vanvliet ’09, and has a second text being published this summer. He also has recently been accepted into doctoral programs at Princeton, Columbia and Johns Hopkins universities. Thermodynamics for the Practicing Engineer, published by John Wiley and Sons, Inc. in 2009, is written for all practicing engineers and anyone studying to become one. The authors focus on applications of thermody-

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namics, cover the technical and pragmatic problems in the field, and provide readers with a solid base in thermodynamics theory. This textbook includes sections on enthalpy effects, equilibrium thermodynamics, environmental concerns, economics, ethics, “exergy” analysis and more. It offers both detailed examples and practice problems to give the reader an opportunity to explore real-world problems. The co-authors are Louis Theodore, Ph.D., professor of chemical engineering and a consultant for Theodore Tutorials, a company specializing in providing training solutions to

industry, academia and government, and Vanvliet, a Manhattan College chemical engineering alumnus and a member of Omega Chi Epsilon. “The experience of being able to co-author two textbooks has been absolutely incredible,” Ricci says. “I can say without a doubt that my contribution to the two texts has helped to shape my future. I realize that it is rare for an undergraduate engineering student to be published, and I owe many, many thanks to Dr. Louis Theodore for taking a chance on me.” Ricci’s second textbook, Mass Transfer Operations for the Practic-

Francesco Ricci

ing Engineer (L. Theodore and F. Ricci), is scheduled for release by Wiley in mid-2010. He also served as a contributing author to Introduction to Environmental Management. During his years at the College, Ricci has received numerous academic awards and scholarships. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi, Omega Chi Epsilon and Pen & Sword honor societies.

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Jasper Honored as Outstanding Physical Education Major Kai Tl in R o d Rigu ez , a junior at Manhattan als have empowered me to become the best College and a resident of Warwick, N.Y., was future professional I can be.” recently honored as the Outstanding Physical During her time at the College, Rodriguez Education Major of the Year from Manhathas been a member of the varsity softball tan College by the National Association for team and plays in the outfield. Named to Sport and Physical Education (NASPE). NASPE, the MAAC All-Academic team, she played in which has been setting the standard for the 24 games and started 13 in the 2009 season. profession for more than 31 years, is the largShe played the 2007 season as a member of est of the five national associations of the the undefeated SUNY Cortland Red Dragons. American Alliance for Health, Physical EducaWhile in high school, Rodriguez received the tion, Recreation & Dance (AAHPERD). Warwick Valley High School’s Coaches Award Rodriguez is honored by the selection for sportsmanship and leadership. and gives much credit for her inspiration and She was selected to attend the AAHPERD drive to the College and her teachers. Student Leadership Conference, presented “Before transferring to Manhattan, I was “Big City Big Classrooms: Cardio Kickboxing” bouncing between majors trying to figure at the New York State Annual Convention out my niche,” Rodriguez says. “Once I was and the Southeastern Zone Election Day enrolled here at Manhattan as a physical Conference, and was named New York State education major, it felt like home to me. The AAHPERD’s Future Professionals Section faculty inspired me to want to be great. Their President-Elect. Rodriguez is an active memhelp, enthusiasm and passion as professionber of Kappa Delta Pi (teacher education)

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and Phi Epsilon Kappa (physical education) honor societies. The purpose of the Physical Education Major of the Year Award is to recognize outstanding students majoring in athletic training, exercise science, fitness/wellness, health and human performance, physical education, prephysical therapy, recreation and sport management from colleges and/or universities that have professional preparation programs throughout the country. Only one student per major from each institution is recognized each year. A nonprofit membership organization of more than 17,000 physical education and sport professionals, NASPE is the only national association dedicated to strengthening basic knowledge about sport and physical education among professionals and the general public.

First Lady Gives Poetry Reading Sponsored by Manhattan Magazine, Angela Alaimo O’Donnell, professor, poet and wife of President Brennan O’Donnell, gave a poetry reading in the Alumni Room of the O’Malley Library on March 29. The first lady read from two of her collections, Moving House and Waiting for Ecstasy, as well as some of her new poems.

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History Scholar Discusses Mothers of the Renaissance h is To Ry sc h o l a R Margaret L. King discussed Mothers of the Renaissance at the eighth annual Costello Lecture, a series named in memory of Brother Casimir Gabriel Costello, F.S.C., former chair of Manhattan’s history department. King, who is a professor of history at Brooklyn College and at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, has written many books on the history of women, gender and family. For her talk, she described two types of mothers during the Renaissance — the mothers of powerful sons who used their children’s influence to put their personal touches on the period’s achievements, and those mothers who shaped and gifted their sons

with certain skills in order for them to become great leaders. While little correspondence between mothers and sons exists from the time, King provided a detailed account of the mother-son relationship. She pointed to poems written by Petrarch in reaction to his littleknown mother’s death, as well as the famous mothers of the time, such as Lucrezia Tornabuoni, the mother of Lorenzo de’ Medici, the ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance. Despite the scant information recorded on many of these mothers, King assembled a thorough portrait of their triumphs and tribulations during the Renaissance.

in M a Rch , the Holocaust Resource Center hosted two talks on the topic of genocide in Cambodia. Author Benny Widyono discussed The Khmer Rouge and the Problems of Making Peace at an afternoon seminar and then The Aftermath of Genocide in Cambodia: The UN and the Failures of National Reconciliation at a lecture later that evening. Jeff Horn, Ph.D., chairman of the history department and director of the Holocaust Resource Center, hosted the lectures and began the evening program with a moment of silence to remember the victims of genocide in Cambodia and all the victims of tyranny everywhere. In the lecture, Widyono referred to his book Dancing in Shadows: Sihanouk, the Khmer Rouge and the United Nations in Cambodia. The book was his account of the flawed efforts of UN peacekeeping and the inadequacies of the international response to genocide in the aftermath of the Cold War. It was written, he says, from three perspectives: as a survivor who spent five years living in Cambodia; in New York City while serving at UN headquarters; and at the University of Connecticut, where the book was written. Looking back on the Holocaust of Word War II, he noted that the historically famous words “never again” were soon forgotten as the world witnessed the mass murders during the Pol Pot regime of 1975-79, when more than 2 million of his own people were slaughtered. Widyono expressed the hope that the international community will not look away from such tragedies, and its active involvement might prevent the kind of mass murders that ravaged Cambodia, Indonesia, East Timor, Rwanda and former Yugoslavia. He also called upon the students of Manhattan to raise their voices as citizens to appeal for U.S. intervention in Sudan and Darfur. He was personal representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Cambodia in 1994, after serving as a provincial director in the UN Transitional Authority on Cambodia (UNTAC) in 1992-93. In 1997, Widyono retired from the United Nations after 34 years. Since then, he has served as an economic advisor on Southeast Asian issues both in academia and in the business world, and in 2006, he became professor of economics at the University of Connecticut at Stamford.

Communication Students Present at Regional Conference Tw o s en io R co MMu nic aTio n majors have had their papers accepted for poster presentation at the Eastern Communication Association Conference in Baltimore, Md., held April 22-25, 2010. Melissa Bekisz ’10, who wrote “Enchantment of the Law,” and Melissa Scarlino ’10, who wrote “Gender Role Representations: A Child’s Point of View,” completed their papers last fall as part of senior seminar taught by Rebecca Kern, Ph.D., assistant professor of communication.

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aT Ten d ees o F The John J. Horan Endowed Lecture in May were treated to a presentation by one of the industry’s seminal figures, William F. Baker, Ph.D., president emeritus of New York Public Television. The intimate gathering convened at a private club in New York City, where Baker gave an overview of American media. Baker directs the Bernard L. Schwartz Center for Media, Education, and Public Policy at Fordham University, where he is also journalistin-residence and a professor in the graduate school of education. He is a professor at IESE Business School; senior research fellow at Harvard’s Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations; executive-in-residence at the Columbia University Business School; a teacher at the Juilliard School; and president emeritus of Educational Broadcasting Corporation (EBC), licensee of America’s flagship PBS station Thirteen/WNET, and WLIW21, New Jersey’s PBS affiliate. After an introduction by Brennan O’Donnell, Ph.D., president of the College, who described Baker’s career as a “wonderful monument to the ideals of the lecture series,” Baker began his lecture, How America Uses its Media and the Crisis in Journalism. With the aid of a PowerPoint presentation and some staggering statistics, he described what American media looks like today. Baker explained how Americans use “screens,” which are no longer limited to TV sets but include computers and PDAs, and depicted the substantial amount of time Americans devote to their screens. He also noted how there has been a new paradigm in the way we use screens, the advent of “usage independent of time and location.” But TV is still fundamental to our three-screen consumption, Baker said.

Americans spend 153 hours a month watching TV, and this consumption is not going down. Yet, what has changed is Americans’ use of media simultaneously, for example watching TV while using the Internet. Baker went on to discuss the breakout of media revenue, as well as the monetization and fragmentation of the industry. Yet, one of the big problems he addressed is with the news and how we get it. He explained that most of the news is generated by newspapers. With 46,000 reporters and 1,500 newspapers collecting it, these sources are dwindling through downsizing. And newspapers are not the predominant go-to news source anymore. The Internet overtook newspapers as a news outlet a few years ago and has reached the same level as TV, he says. Some of the biggest Web sites, such as Yahoo News, which are aggregate new sites (they pull the news from other sources), are also some of the most popular. Baker explained what we need is new economic models for newspapers. He touched on a few models of change: nonprofit; consumers pay for journalism; copyright and antitrust law changes; as well as increased government support of media, which has been successfully demonstrated in Europe. But the expansion of public media in the United States in terms of funding is woefully low compared to other countries, such as England. “If we are going to have a democracy, we need to solve this,” he said. He then showed a three-minute documentary about the crisis in journalism before taking questions from the audience. A lively question-and-answer session followed the formal program. Baker’s career spans four decades, including stints as chief executive officer of EBC and president of Westing-

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Public TV Veteran Comments on the Crisis in Journalism house Television and chairman of its cable and programming companies. He is co-author of the book Leading with Kindness: How Good People Consistently Get Superior Results and the executive producer of The Face: Jesus in Art, a landmark Emmy-winning documentary film. He also received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the College in 2008. His presentation reinforced the long-standing tradition of the John J. Horan Endowed Lecture Series, which is named in honor of John Horan ’40, former chairman and chief executive officer of Merck & Co., Inc. The lecture series seeks to inform, update and expand personal and professional development of Manhattan’s faculty by bringing small groups of educators together with leaders of American business, scientific, engineering and educational communities. William F. Baker

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Prominent Politician Ponders the Obama-GOP Battle Samuel Kassow

Lecture Examines Jewish Records of the Holocaust The Ma nh aTTan College Holocaust Resource Center presented the second annual Frederick M. Schweitzer Lecture on the Holocaust, which featured a talk by Dr. Samuel Kassow, Charles Northam Professor at Trinity College. He spoke on the topic Between History & Catastrophe: Emanuel Ringelblum in the Warsaw Ghetto. Kassow discussed how Ringelblum, a Jewish historian who died in the Holocaust, risked his life to document the events that unfolded in Europe during that time. His Oneg Shabbat Archive, named for the Hebrew words “Sabbath delight,” recorded the details of Nazi occupation in Warsaw Poland, the deportation of the Jews, and daily interactions and occurrences. The well-organized underground project involved various people and met on Saturday afternoons to decide on strategies and priorities. Those who helped to collect material often visited Jewish refugee centres to do interviews

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with subjects suffering from contagious diseases. Besides interviews, members collected seemingly mundane items, such as candy wrappers, rail tickets and instructions on how to cook rotten potatoes as rationed by the Nazis in the ghettos. They also kept diaries and wrote essays. “Jews in the ghetto and in the camps said, ‘No, whatever happens we will leave documents, we will bury them in time capsules. Even if we die, those time capsules will remember us on the basis of Jewish sources and not on the basis of Nazi sources,’” Kassow said. This determination compelled Ringelblum to bury his documents in milk cans. After all, the project was supposed to be a book of 1,600 pages. Only some of the documents have been recovered and offer invaluable insight into the events that transpired in the early 1940s during the Holocaust.

Ma RK gR een , former public advocate, public interest attorney and author, discussed It’s 2012: Who Won the Obama-GOP Battle? in March. Prior to the lecture, which was sponsored by the departments of history and government, Green answered questions in a government senior seminar taught by Pamela Chasek, Ph.D., associate professor of government. During his lecture, Green covered three aspects of the upcoming presidential campaign: people, politics and policies. For more than 45 minutes, he analyzed the various factors concerning candidates, partisan issues and policy differences between Barack Obama and potential Republican candidates. Most noteworthy was his predication that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg would run for president in 2012 as an Independent candidate, comparable to Ross Perot’s campaign in 1992 or Ralph Nader’s campaigns in 2000 and 2004. His conclusion was that unpredictable factors, such as a terrorist attack or a major improvement or a new decline in the economy, could have a major impact on the outcome of the 2012 election, but apart from those forces, the result would be Obama 43 percent; Republican (probably Mitt Romney) 37 percent and Bloomberg 20 percent. A native of Brooklyn, Green is a graduate of Cornell University and Harvard Law School. During the 1970s, he was one of Ralph Nader’s first “Raiders;” ran Congress Watch from 1977-1980; and founded the Democracy Project, a public policy institute, in 1981. During the past few decades, he has been a prominent figure in New York City politics, and served as the city’s consumer affairs commissioner from 1990 to 1993 and its first public advocate for two terms from 1994 to 2001. In these offices, Green exposed and helped break up the criminal garbage cartel; enacted the law protecting the victims of domestic violence from unjust firings; filed the Federal Trade Commission petition that led to the elimination of Joe Camel advertisements aimed at youth; and twice successfully sued former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani in cases involving police misconduct and racial profiling. The author, co-author or editor of 22 books, Green had two bestsellers: Who Runs Congress? and The Book on Bush. A regular on TV and radio news talk shows, he has made hundreds of appearances on CNN’s Crossfire, PBS’ Firing Line and MSNBC’s Hardball. He also debated co-panelists Ed Koch and Al D’Amato on NY1’s weekly segment Wiseguys from 2002 to 2008, and was president of Air America Radio from 2007 to 2008.

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Remembering Nature at Aquinas Lecture david Kl ein beRg- l evin, professor emeritus at Northwestern University, presented Before the Choice of Reason: Caring for Nature, Caring for Others at the 2010 Aquinas Lecture in February. During the lecture, he discussed the remembrance of nature through our own voices. Kleinberg-Levin visited the Museum of Natural History after a long absence and described it as “entering a strange temple, one that doesn’t have any gods.” The exhibits of nature and man no longer portrayed the truth and were more artificial than the ones he remembered from the post-1960s. The exhibits were like “funerary monuments,” he described. Everything is dated, but nothing had a real description of its place as animals in the world. Kleinberg-Levin explained that through the exhibits and the way we treat nature, we see it as an object to be controlled. This is dangerous because we don’t take care of it in the way in which it should be; we see it as something that can work for us instead of something that requires care. He believes that museums can do a much better job in portraying

what nature is and not just simply having push buttons that talk a little bit about what is being exhibited. Kleinberg-Levin ended by describing how our language comes from nature and how our voices already have been combined with all the other voices of nature. “Many of those voices (crickets, trees, the wind, etc.) call upon you at the beginning of your infancy,” he said. “Nature is trying to communicate its suffering, we must listen as we did when we were children. In order to live a life worth living, that decisive moment is right now.” Kleinberg-Levin taught in the humanities department at MIT from 1968 until 1972, when he joined the philosophy department at Northwestern. The heart of his work is disclosive hermeneutical phenomenology, which, after major alterations in the method itself, he brings to bear in innovative ways on questions and problems in aesthetics, clinical psychology, moral philosophy and critical social theory. His latest book is Before the Voice of Reason: Echoes of Responsibility in MerleauPonty and Levinas.

Professor Explores the Legality of Same Sex Marriage a co n Ten Tio us po l iTic al issue was the theme of the October lecture Same Sex Marriage and the Constitution: Exploring the Issues of Federalism and the Separation of Powers. Presented by Murray Dry, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Political Science at Middlebury College, the discussion focused on the interpretation of decisions made in recent court cases on same sex marriage. “Same sex marriage entangles the courts in ways that other issues do not,” Murray said. “Should the courts be so

active in this issue?” He sought to answer this question, among others, with his detailed look at cases tried in Vermont and Massachusetts state courts. These cases have paved the way for the legalization of same sex marriage and mobilized supporters and detractors alike to rally for or against the cause. Dry connected the argument for same sex marriage to other methods of procreation, such as artificial insemination. Many detractors of same sex marriage argue against it based

on religious values and the natural biology of heterosexual couples to have children. However, heterosexual couples now have other methods of procreation at their disposal, a fact that questions whether same sex marriage can be negated due to biology. Same sex marriage cases have been tried only in state courts up to this point. As yet unresolved on the federal level, the issue of same sex marriage promises to remain in the public eye until more consistent decisions are reached.

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Sports Shorts New Fa c es i N ath l eti c s Shawn Brennan was named associate athletic director at Manhattan College. Brennan spent the past five years working for ADPRO, a sports equipment distributor, and he is the former director of athletics at Iona College (2001-2004). Brennan replaced Sandra Taylor ’93 who left Manhattan after 17 years of service for an academic advisement position at NJIT. Ashley Hammond was named the seventh head men’s soccer coach in the program’s 42-year history. The longtime New Jersey club coach brings more than 20 years of coaching experience to Riverdale. He has worked with the Montclair (N.J.) United Soccer Club since 1987. Hammond appointed Jorden Scott as an assistant on his staff. Scott offers 10 years of coaching and playing experience. He has served as the soccer academy director at Sports Domain Academy for the past three years and has coached within the organization since 2003.

Pa r isi r ePo r t s t o M l B sPri Ng t r ai NiNg Jasper baseball star Mike Parisi reported to Chicago Cubs Spring Training in Mesa, Ariz., after being selected by the organization in the 2009 MLB Rule 5 Draft. He was acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals, where he began his professional career. The Cardinals picked Parisi in the ninth round of the 2004 MLB Draft.

Der Ba P r o Mot eD t o t ri Ple a MeMPh is r eDBir Ds Former Manhattan College baseball standout Nick Derba ’07 was promoted to Triple A Memphis Redbirds of the

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St. Louis Cardinals organization in midApril. The local product from College Point, N.Y., moved up after spending the first few games of the 2010 season with Single A Palm Beach Cardinals. Derba played the first 30 games in 2009 with Palm Beach and spent the final 40 games of the season with Double A Springfield Cardinals. He produced nine doubles and three home runs last season. Derba was drafted in the 30th round of the 2007 MLB Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals and is now one step away from the Major League.

ath l eti c DePar t MeNt c o Ntr iBut es t o c a MPus -w iDe hai t i iNiti ati v e The Manhattan athletic department contributed $2,000 to the collegewide Jaspers for Haiti initiative. In conjunction with the Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC), student-athletes, coaches and staff members all donated funds to the collective effort, which provided support to devastated Haiti. At halftime of the men’s basketball BracketBuster contest on Feb. 20, Robert Byrnes, director of athletics, and members of SAAC presented a

The basketball team will be one of eight participants in the 2010 Old Spice Classic to be played during Thanksgiving weekend at the Milk House at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex. The field for the fifth annual Old Spice Classic also will include Boston College, California, Georgia, Notre Dame, Temple, Texas A&M, and Wisconsin. Five of the eight teams announced reached the 2010 NCAA Tournament: California, Notre Dame, Temple, Texas A&M and Wisconsin. The 2010 Old Spice Classic will feature 12 games during three days, Nov. 25, 26 and 28. Sponsors include Old Spice, ESPNU and Disney’s Wide World of Sports. The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) will serve as the event’s sponsoring conference for the fifth-straight year. The Old Spice Classic features four games each day. Each team will compete in one game per day and advance through a bracket-tournament format. The two teams that remain undefeated throughout will face off in a championship match Sunday, Nov. 28. The tournament is a weekend-long affair at the Walt Disney World Resort, and participating teams are invited to the Walt Disney World Resort Theme Parks and other event functions.

Ma ac Ba sk et Ba ll c ha MPio Nsh iPs M o v e t o M a ss Mut ua l c eNte r Fo r 2 012-14 The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) named the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Mass., the site for the

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t r a c k & Fiel D Not es Manhattan College alumna Aliann Pompey ’99 took fifth place in the 400-meters at the IAAF Indoor World Championships in Doha, Qatar. Pompey ran the race in 52.75 seconds in March. She was ranked in the top 10 in the world during the indoor season

in both the 200-meter and 400-meter dash events. Jasper alumnus Thomas Jacob Freeman ’04 placed third in the weight throw at the United States Track & Field National Indoor Championships in February. Freeman posted a mark of 23.98 meters, which was his best throw of the indoor season. Manhattan Track and Field head coach Dan Mecca was selected by the United States of America Track & Field Association (USATF) as one of only eight college coaches from around the United States to be part of the Podium Education Program (PEP), a program designed to have the top throws coaches from the United States to both work and learn together to establish better training methods for the country’s top athletes. It is the second time Mecca has been selected for this program after participating in 2007.

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2012-2014 MAAC Basketball Championships. The MassMutual Center is an 8,000-seat multipurpose arena that is home to the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League and the Springfield Armor of the NBA Development League. The building, located in the “Birthplace of Basketball,” will serve as host of the 2010 and 2011 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Elite Eight. The Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Conn., will host the 2011 MAAC Basketball Championships before its move to Springfield.

Brother robert Appreciation Night THe ATHle Tic DePAr TMeNT in conjunction with student government honored Brother Robert Berger ’73, F.S.C., vice president for student life, for more than 20 years of service to the College at the men’s and women’s basketball doubleheader on Feb. 5. Alumni and students packed the stands to help send Br. Berger off in style as he steps down from this position at the end of the 2009-2010 academic year to concentrate on teaching in the religious studies department. Cardboard cutout faces of Br. Berger were distributed to fans and displayed before a national audience during the ESPNU televised men’s basketball game versus Marist. The entire Jasper Jungle student section was filled with Br. Berger look-alikes. At halftime, a special recognition ceremony honored Br. Berger to thank him for his work throughout the years. Student-athlete representatives from all 19 athletic programs presented him with tokens of appreciation from their respective sports teams. Br. Berger returned to Manhattan College in 1988, 15 years after he had received his bachelor’s degree. During his career, he taught mathematics and religion at several secondary schools and also served as the assistant chaplain at the Aquinas Institute of Princeton University (1985-88). At Manhattan, he was assistant professor of religious studies (1991-97), director of campus ministry (1990-91) and adjunct instructor of religious studies (1989-91), as well as campus minister (1988-89). Br. Berger is the recipient of a Fulbright Memorial Scholarship to study the educational system in Japan and received the Distinguished Lasallian Educator Award from Manhattan College for the 1993-94 academic year. He has served as vice president for student life and associate professor of religious studies since 1997.

Kristina Walraven ’11 presents Brother robert Berger with a gift from the softball team.

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Kevin Nieto ’10 selected Preseason Player of the Year AFTer e Ar NiNg the program’s second-straight MAAC Regular-Season title in 2009 under the direction of MAAC Coach of the Year Kevin Leighton, there was significant hype around the Manhattan baseball program for the 2010 season. Most notable was the recognition senior outfielder Kevin Nieto received as he has followed in the footsteps of his brother Eric Nieto ’08, who graduated from Manhattan as the program’s all-time hits leader (219). Nieto was selected as the 2010 MAAC Preseason Player of the Year, an honor received after leading NCAA Division I last season, averaging 1.57 runs per game and setting a MAAC single season record with 72 runs scored. He also led the conference last season in slugging percentage (.754), while finishing in the top 5 of the league in home runs (13), triples (6), on-base percentage (.480) and stolen bases (25). The Miami native was named to the 2009 All-MAAC First Team, which marked the third-straight season he was an All-Conference selection. He was also selected as one of the 30 Division I finalists for the 2010 NCAA Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, which honors top student-athletes, because of his stellar achievements in four areas of excellence throughout his career — classroom, character, community and competition. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platforms in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. In addition to his onthe-field accomplishments, Nieto has participated in several charitable activities, including volunteer work last summer teaching baseball to children during his spare time while playing for the Vermont Mountaineers of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. The two-year Jaspers’ team captain received a bachelor’s degree in finance.

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Lady Jaspers Raise Awareness and Money for Breast Cancer ON FeB. 13, the women’s basketball team hosted its annual Pink Zone game for breast cancer awareness. The Pink Zone initiative was started by the Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Association (WBCA) in 2007, and Manhattan has participated in the event in each of the last three seasons. Fans were encouraged to come to the game dressed in pink, and all proceeds were donated to the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund, in partnership with The V Foundation. In addition, the Lady Jaspers honored breast cancer survivors at halftime. The contest was one of Manhattan’s more exciting games of the season, as the Lady Jaspers notched a 55-53 victory against Niagara on a 15-foot jumper by senior AllMAAC performer Michelle Pacheco as time expired. The Pink Zone game was the climax of the Lady Jaspers’ season-long breast cancer awareness initiative. On Dec. 19, the team also held Hoops for Cancer Day during its game

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against Cornell. That event, which was held at Manhattan for the first time, raised $1,500 for the American Cancer Society (ACS). For its efforts in promoting awareness, the team was presented with a certificate of appreciation by ACS following the game. The Lady Jaspers also participated in the 2009 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Manhattan on Sept. 13. More than 25,000 people, including the entire Manhattan team and coaching staff, crammed Central Park for the 5K run/ walk, which is the largest annual fundraiser for the Greater New York City affiliate of Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. They manned a water station during the 2008 race, but every member of the squad, as well as each coach, successfully completed the 5K in 2009.

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Men’s Basketball iN THe 104TH SeASON of the men’s basketball program, the Jaspers reached several milestones and recorded several keynote victories. Junior transfer Rico Pickett led the MAAC in scoring, averaged 17.7 points per game and was named to the AllConference Third Team. Seniors Darryl Crawford and Antoine Pearson each joined the program’s illustrious 1,000 Point Club and became the first teammates to achieve this in the same season since 1991-92, when Keith Bullock ’93 (1,993 points) and Russ Williams ’92 (1,140 points) reached the milestone. Crawford completed his career in Riverdale ranked eighth in scoring (1,431 points), and Pearson finished 24th alltime (1,123 points). Senior Patrick Bouli also engraved his name in the Manhattan record book and completed his career tied for sixth all-time with 147 steals. Crawford (140) and Pearson (132) joined Bouli on top of the steals list and became the only classmates to all rank in the top 10 of this category. Crawford, one of the Jaspers most consistent players, finished ninth in the league, averaged 14.8 points per game, 12th with a team-high 6.3 rebounds per game, and led the Jaspers with 2.2 assists per game. Pickett (sixth, 44.0 percent) and Crawford (eighth, 41.3 percent) ranked among the best shooters in the conference and completed the campaign in the top 10 in field goal percentage. Manhattan saved its best performance of the year for the 2010 MAAC Championships, as the Jaspers cruised to a 94-79 victory over Loyola at the Times Union Center in Albany. Pickett led the way with a career-high 33 points, and Crawford delivered his

third double-double (16 points, 10 rebounds) of the season, all of which came against the Greyhounds, en route to the second MAAC Tournament win under head coach Barry Rohrssen. They would come up short the next night in the MAAC Quarterfinals and fall to three-time defending champion Siena, which brought the season to a close. The Jaspers got off to a strong start to the season winning five of their first eight games knocking off NJIT, Florida Atlantic, American, Canisius and rival Fordham. In one of Manhattan’s top performances of the season, the team rolled to its third straight victory over the Rams in the 102nd Battle of the Bronx with a 68-44 triumph at Draddy Gymnasium. Pearson, a native of the Bronx, led the Jaspers with 16 points on 6-for-8 shooting and earned the John “Doc” Johnson Most Valuable Player Award. In January, Manhattan played its best basketball in the Jaspers’ home victory against Saint Peter’s. Manhattan used buzzer beaters by Pearson to defeat the Peacocks in its previous two meetings in Riverdale, but this time the Jaspers did not need such heroics. Pickett scored a game-high 19 points, and senior forward Brandon Adams posted 15 points and eight rebounds as the Jaspers coasted to a 76-53 win. As a team, Manhattan shot 60 percent (30-50) from the field and marked the program’s best shooting display since going 62.7 percent (32-51) on Nov. 27, 2004 in a 76-60 rout of Fordham. Manhattan enjoyed a nationally televised win over Marist in February on ESPNU before snapping Iona’s seven-game win streak. The Jaspers

picked up momentum down the stretch with an ESPNU BracketBuster victory over Towson and defeated the Tigers 78-62, behind Adams’s careerhigh 18 points and eight rebounds. He completed his career averaging 11.2 points and 6.8 rebounds over the final five games of the season. Adams’ best performance of the year came on Senior Day versus Niagara, when he delivered the third double-double (15 points, 10 rebounds, 75 percent FG) of his collegiate career.

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Women’s Basketball l eD By SeNiOr M ic Helle PAc Hec O, who earned First Team All-MAAC honors, and sophomore Lindsey Loutsenhizer, Second Team AllMAAC, the women’s basketball team enjoyed a successful 2009-10 season. The Lady Jaspers finished 15-15, including 10-8 in MAAC games, in coach John Olenowski’s first season at the helm. The Lady Jaspers opened the season with a dominating 71-34 victory over St. Francis. After a close loss at nationally ranked Virginia, Manhattan notched its second-straight home blowout, a 30-point win over Maryland-Eastern Shore. The team also notched non-conference wins over Elon and Army, and played a competitive game against a Vermont team that reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. On Dec. 22, Manhattan wrapped up nonconference play by avenging last season’s loss to Fordham with a 6347 victory in the annual Battle of the Bronx. After defeating Rider in its first conference game on Jan. 3, the Lady Jaspers never lost more than two consecutive contests all season. The MAAC season was highlighted by a six-game span from Jan. 24-Feb. 13, during which the Lady Jaspers put together a 5-1 record. Pacheco was behind two of the team’s biggest wins during the season. On Feb. 13, she hit the game-winning jumper as time expired

to give Manhattan a 55-53 victory over Niagara. Then on Senior Day, she scored a career-high 28 points to lift the Lady Jaspers to their first win over Marist since 2004. That victory gave Manhattan the No. 4 seed in the MAAC Tournament, but the Lady Jaspers saw their season end with a quarterfinal loss to fifth-seeded Niagara. Overall, the Lady Jaspers posted an impressive 11-4 mark. They also swept rivals Fairfield, Niagara and Saint Peter’s during the regular season. Pacheco ranked among the top 10 in the MAAC in seven different statistical categories. She led the league with 5.0 assists per game and finished second with 2.7 steals per game. Pacheco, who was named Second Team All-Met by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association, had seven 20-point games in 2009-10. She earned MAAC Co-Player of the Week honors on Feb. 8. Loutsenhizer, who tallied 20 points six times, led the Lady Jaspers in both scoring and rebounding. She averaged a MAAC-best 17.5 points in conference games and ranked second in the league in field goal percentage. She was named MAAC Player of the Week on Feb. 15. In addition, six Lady Jaspers were selected to the MAAC All-Academic Team: Loutsenhizer, juniors Alicia Marculitis, Nadia Peters, sophomores Alyssa Herrington, Laura Rivera and Kerri White.

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Swimming r ec Or D-Bre AkiNg Per FOr MANce S throughout the year by the men’s team, particularly at the MAAC Swimming and Diving Championships, highlighted the 2009-10 season for the men’s and women’s swim teams. At the MAAC Championships in January at Loyola University, the men’s team broke a total of 11 school records. On the meet’s final day, freshman Robert Varieur broke his own school record in the 100 free by swimming the race in 48.19 seconds. Another

record-setting performance that day came from the 400-free relay team of freshmen Mickey Ruddy, Michael Scire, senior Matt Kaftanski and Varieur, who swam the race in 3:19.46. Kaftanski also broke his own 200-backstroke record by going 2:04.81, and the 200 breaststroke record (2:31.59) was set by freshman Chris Parker. Earlier in the MAAC competition, Varieur broke the school record in the 200 free with a time of 1:47.06; Kaftanski broke his own school record in the 100 back with a time of 55.57; and the 200-medley relay team broke a school record, with four freshmen combining to shatter the existing record set three weeks earlier: Cullen Balcanoff (backstroke in 27.10), Parker (breast in 29.32), Ruddy (fly in 24.89) and Varieur (free in 21.63) went at 1:42.94. On the MAAC meet’s first day, Varieur broke the 50 free record by swimming 22.07 seconds; the 200 free relay team shattered the school

record it had set earlier this year by swimming 1:29.92; and the 400-medley relay team broke the record set earlier in the season by four seconds by swimming 3:47.80. The women’s team, meanwhile, had another winning dual meet season and posted a record of eight wins and seven losses. The team received consistent performances from seniors Catherine Chan, Kellie Monaco, Megan Goldrick, juniors Rebecca Schwartz, Kayla Hutzler, sophomore Bridget Latino, and freshman Nadine Maher. At the end of the season, six were named to the MAAC Women’s Swim All-Academic Team: Chan, Hutzler, junior Debbie Atwell, sophomores Brianne Carroll, Mary Kate O’Leary and Patricia Scherpf. Four members were named to the MAAC Men’s Swim All-Academic Team: Kaftanski, senior Nicholas La Banca, junior Christopher Tucci and sophomore Robert Kehoe.

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THe c ONFer eNce TiTle S keep on coming for the track and field team. For the 14th time in a row for the men and the 13th time in the past 14 years for the women, the track and field team in February won the MAAC Indoor Track and Field Championships. The men’s team claimed the MAAC crown with 153 points, while the Lady Jaspers posted a score of 228 points. Manhattan sophomore Albert Johnson was named the Men’s Most Outstanding Performer for Field Events after winning the men’s triple jump (15.06m) and finishing second in the long jump (7.16m). Lady Jaspers’ senior Malin Marmbrandt was selected as the Women’s Most Outstanding Performer for Field Events for the second-straight year. Marmbrandt won the long jump (5.77m) and the triple jump (12.17m). She also finished third in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.36 seconds. Manhattan freshman Ashley Bowman was named the Most Outstanding Performer for Track Events. Bowman won the 55-meter dash in 7.24 seconds and the 200-meter dash in 24.92 seconds. Head coach Dan Mecca was named the Women’s Coach of the Year. For the women’s team, medals were plenty, as they showed strength in the short and middle distances and in the field events. In the 55-meter hurdles, the Lady Jaspers finished 1-2-3 with freshman Andrea Nyback taking gold in 8.19 seconds; senior Siri Fagerlund silver in 8.35 seconds; and Marmbrandt taking bronze in 8.36 seconds. Bowman, freshman Cara Rostant and sophomore Heidy Palacios ran 1-23 in the 200-meter dash in 24.92, 25.53 and 25.56 seconds respectively. In the 400-meter dash, Palacios and Rostant ran 1-2, with Palacios winning in 56.59 seconds, and Rostant taking silver in 57.91 seconds. Sophomore Maria Jangsten took silver in the one mile in 5:02.55 and in the 800-meter in 2:15.18. Sophomore teammate Emmy Koskinen took bronze in the 800 in 2:16.96. Another medals sweep took place in the pole vault, with freshman Melissa Yap taking gold with a 3.35m mark. Senior Alexandra MacDougall and freshman Lauren Bednarz posted marks of 3.20m, but MacDougall took silver based on misses at earlier heights. In the high jump, Nyback and junior Megan Tice placed 1-2, with both jumping 1.65m, but Nyback winning based on number of misses at earlier heights. In the triple jump, Tice (with a 10.86m) took bronze to Marmbrandt’s gold, while in the long jump, Nyback grabbed silver (with a 5.70m mark) to Marmbrandt’s gold. On the men’s side, the field events, along with the middle distances, sparked the men’s victory. In the weight throw, senior Seid Mujanovic and sophomore Roman Ewald finished first and third, with Mujanovic winning the event again in 19.50m and Ewald posting a 16.84. In the shot put, Ewald was the winner with a mark of 16.82m. In the pole vault, the Jaspers finished 1-2, with freshman Brian McGovern’s mark of 4.65m topping teammate freshman Felix Larsen-Siljeback, who vaulted 4.50m. Siljeback took silver in the high jump with a mark of 1.89. In the long jump, senior Jamie Spataro took gold (with a 7.25m mark) to Johnson’s silver, while in the triple jump, freshman Dan Duffy took silver (with a 13.48m mark) to Johnson’s gold. In the 800, sophomore Alex Hudak was the winner with a time of

1:53.01. Senior Milos Vuckovic took bronze in the 800 in 1:54.11 and also took bronze in the one mile in 4:11.64. In the 400-meter dash, junior Nick Estis won silver in 49.52. The distance relay team of Hudak, Gaffney, sophomore Kevin D’Emic and Vuckovic was third in 10:19.07. A few weeks after the MAACs, the teams were back at it again, with the women’s team finishing eighth place overall at the ECAC Indoor Track and Field Championships, an all-time best finish in the prestigious meet for the Lady Jaspers. Meanwhile, the men placed 12th overall at the IC4A Indoor Championships. At the IC4As in Boston, Mujanovic grabbed a gold medal again in the weight throw event. His win made it 24 years in a row that an athlete coached by Mecca has won an IC4A championship title. Another highlight at the IC4As was when sophomore Alex Hudak took a bronze medal in the 800 in 1:51.04. At the ECACs, also held in Boston, Marmbrandt brought home a silver medal in the long jump with a leap of 5.92m to highlight the Lady Jaspers’ performances.

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Men’s Soccer FOr THe MeN’S SOcc er TeAM, the fall 2009 season was one that started on a high note, but ended with injuries that hurt the team’s early momentum and its chances in conference play. After the first week of the season, the Jaspers attained their first NSCAA regional ranking in recent memory, as the team lost a close season opener to a good Fairleigh Dickinson squad, 1-0. But they picked up a 1-0 win over Army in the home opener on a second half goal by senior Stephen Van Rossem. The team then had several one-goal losses, against Duquesne and Richmond, before traveling down to Florida, where it fought to a 1-1 tie against Florida Atlantic. Battling the Florida heat in Orlando at the University of Central Florida Tournament, the Jaspers got on the board during the first 18 minutes into the second half when a pair of seniors, Van Rossem and Nick White, combined. Van Rossem crossed the ball to the back post, where White put the ball into the net from close range for his first goal of the season. However, Florida Atlantic University scored 15 minutes later to knot the score at 1-1. Also during the Florida trip, the Jaspers lost another one-goal game, this one 2-1 to tournament host Central Florida. Subsequent games resulted in some injuries to key players, such as senior Fernando Gonzalez and freshman Eric Jorgensen, that hampered the team’s run in MAAC conference play. Van Rossem led the team in scoring with four goals and an assist for a total of nine points. Senior Nick Patrikis picked up two goals on the season. Five members of the team were named to the MAAC All-Academic Team: senior Paul Rolston, Gonzalez and Patrikis, sophomores Christopher Holihan and Deia Nassar. stephen Van rossem ’10

Women’s Soccer THe w OMeN’S SOcc er TeAM saved its best performance of the season for the MAAC Tournament Quarterfinals, as it battled top-seeded and eventual champion Loyola through two overtimes in a classic game that was decided by penalty kicks. Finishing the season with an 8-9-3 overall record, the Lady Jaspers played some of their best soccer in mid-October. Manhattan did not lose for a five-game span from Oct. 4 through Oct. 17, a surge that featured a thrilling 1-0 overtime victory against local MAAC rival Iona, and then back-toback shutouts to Army (1-0) and Saint Peter’s (3-0). The Lady Jaspers were led by one of the strongest senior classes to come through the program. Senior co-captain Courtney McMahon led the

Lady Jaspers with five assists and will graduate as the program’s all-time assist leader (24) and seventh in points (44). McMahon represented Manhattan on the 2009 All-MAAC First Team and was selected as a top 30 finalist for the prestigious NCAA Women’s Soccer Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, which honors the top studentathletes in the country for their accomplishments in the classroom and on the playing field. Senior back Jill Beauchamp joined McMahon on the AllMAAC First Team and received the honor for the third-straight season. Beauchamp started all 20 games and anchored a defensive unit that posted six shutouts, the second most in the conference. Junior forward Caroline Morse represented the Lady Jaspers on the All-MAAC

Second Team and freshman Kara Davis was named to the All-Rookie Team. Morse posted a team-high 20 points and ranked seventh in the MAAC with eight goals. Davis was a mainstay in net and started all 19 appearances to finish third in the league with a 1.19 goals against average. She finished the year with seven wins, three ties and five shutouts. Manhattan was represented well on the All-Academic Team as nine members were recognized for their hard work in the classroom: seniors Beauchamp, McMahon, Tracey Colantonio, Amanda Fischer, Alexandra Konneker, Laura Thurston; juniors Kara Bucci, Kristin Spiros; and sophomore Megan Lavecchia.

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THe c r OSS c OuNTry SeASON was highlighted by the men’s team finishing in the top half the prestigious IC4A Cross Country Championships and a 24th place finish at the NCAA Regional Cross Country Championships. At the IC4As held at Van Cortlandt Park, senior Milos Vuckovic was the Jaspers’ top runner and finished 20th overall. Jasper runners following him over the men’s 8K course were: juniors Zack Price, Stephen Jochem, freshman Billy Wilkens, sophomore Kevin D’Emic, senior Matt Kaftanski and freshman Pat Carroll. At the NCAA Regionals, held on a very muddy 10K Franklin Park Course in Boston, the Jaspers were again led by Vuckovic, who placed 55th overall. Other scorers of the day were Carroll, who placed 120th overall; Price, who placed 137th; and D’Emic, who placed 155th. Also running were Jochem (188th); Tom Daly (214th) and Wilkens (219th). Due to injuries and illness, Manhattan did not run a full women’s squad at the regional event. A four-women squad ran the 6K race, and the Lady Jaspers were led by freshman Lauren Grotjohann, followed by seniors Mary Consiglio and Jelena Rankovic and sophomore Maria Jangsten. A bit earlier in the season, the men’s harriers grabbed fourth place and the women’s team earned seventh place at the 2009 MAAC Cross Country Championships at Van Cortlandt Park. Price was the men’s team top finisher, while Jangsten was the top performer for the women. At the MAACs, for the men, Price grabbed 17th place overall and covered the 8K course in 27:14.80. Also scoring for Manhattan were: D’Emic who placed 27th; Vuckovic, who took 29th; Wilkens (32nd); and Carroll (42nd). For the Lady Jaspers at the MAACs, Jangsten covered the 8K course in 25:01 to place 28th overall. Also scoring for the Lady Jaspers were Grotjohann, who finished 45th; Consiglio (49th); Rankovic (80th); and sophomore Emmy Koskinen (86th). At the end of the season, three members of the men’s team — sophomore Thomas Daly, senior Sean Hamilton and Kaftanski — were named to the MAAC Men’s Cross Country All-Academic Team, while two women — Jangsten and senior Sarah Janssen — were named to the MAAC Women’s Cross Country All-Academic Team.

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Volleyball FAl l 2 009 MArke D a new beginning for the volleyball team. Mark Jones took over as head coach, and he inherited a program that featured 10 newcomers and returned just four players from the 2008 season. Despite struggling through an 8-23 campaign, the Lady Jaspers laid the groundwork for success down the road. The season featured several memorable moments, including the Lady Jaspers’ record-setting win at Rider on Oct. 23. Manhattan swept the match 3-0 and set a pair of NCAA records in the victory. They won the first set 45-43 and made a new mark for most points in a set under the current 25-point format. Manhattan finished the contest with 96 total points and broke the record for total points in a three-set match. That victory came on the heels of the Lady Jaspers’ dramatic five-set victory in the first meeting with Rider on Sept. 19. On Oct. 4, Manhattan hosted Lee National Denim Day for breast cancer awareness for the second straight season. The Lady Jaspers responded by holding off a Loyola comeback and winning the fifth set 15-13 to clinch the match. Manhattan also posted a five-set victory at Central Connecticut on Sept. 4, which was Jones’ first win as the program’s head coach. The Lady Jaspers played a total of eight five-set matches in 2009; winning three and losing two others by two points each. On Nov. 11, Manhattan had one of its most convincing victories of the season, a 3-0 win over Providence.

The Lady Jaspers recorded a seasonhigh 11 service aces in the victory. Senior Rita Welsh had perhaps her best season in a Manhattan uniform. She earned MAAC Defensive Player of the Week honors twice during the season. Welsh was named to the Rose Hill Classic All-Tournament Team after tallying 30 kills and 21 blocks in four matches (including a career-high 11 in a win over Sacred Heart). She led the MAAC in blocks and recorded more than 100 blocks for the fourth straight season. Welsh finished her career ranked second on Manhattan’s all-time list with 426 career blocks and recorded her 1,000th career kill at Loyola on Nov. 8. In addition, she was selected to the MAAC All-Academic Team for the third-straight year. Junior Diane Strutner achieved a personal milestone of her own when she notched her 1,000th career dig at Iona on Nov. 14. Strutner led the Lady Jaspers in both digs and kills and earned a place on the MAAC All-Academic Team for the second consecutive season. Junior Jaci Rahey also put together a stellar season. She ranked second on the team with 303 kills and recorded 100 digs for the first time in her career. Rahey and freshman Julie Bies were the only members of the squad to appear in all 117 sets. Bies finished with 400 digs in her first season in Riverdale, the second-highest total on the team.

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Meets Alumni During Trips Man hat t an c o lleg e has approximately 37,000 active alumni in all 50 states, but it’s not surprising that the majority live in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The two Sunshine States, Florida and California, have the fourth and fifth biggest alumni populations, respectively, so Brennan O’Donnell, Ph.D., president of the College, made two week-long trips to these states during November and February to meet some of these alumni residents. Bringing a message of pride in Manhattan College — in its students, alumni, programs and mission — O’Donnell met with approximately 200 alumni and traveled with Thomas Mauriello, vice president for advancement, more than 8,000 miles to private meetings and larger events. The California trip occurred on the heels of the inauguration, in early November. Traveling as far south as Corona del Mar and as far north as Mill Valley, the president made 13 stops along the way. In Florida, events were held in Winter Park, Sarasota, Bonita Springs and Palm Beach. “It was a terrific time,” says James T.

Connors ’57, who hosted the Bonita Springs event. “The president spoke casually and entertained questions and answers. It went over extremely well — and everybody was quick to forgive his Fordham allegiance.” During the luncheons, O’Donnell addressed the assembled and encouraged alumni to be “proud and loud,” and extol the virtues of their alma mater to everyone and anyone. “Manhattan is a wonderful college, and we deserve to be better and more widely known than we are,” O’Donnell said. “We need to take every opportunity we can to let people know how good our students and faculty are, and how important it is to support our mission.” He emphasized his point by handing out baseball caps to everyone and said, “I want to see these all over the golf courses and in the clubhouses.” Cristin Steyn ’94, who attended the Winter Park event, considered the events worth repeating. “I think it was nice to meet President O’Donnell,” she said. “He was very informative about the school’s future plans … I hope that there are more events like that in the future.”

Top: Mike Kakos ’59 with President Brennan O’Donnell at the Winter Park, Fla., event. Bottom: Neil O’Leary ’60, Dick Wilbur ’58 and O’Donnell meet in Sarasota during one of the president’s trips.

Top 10 States for Manhattan College Alumni State Name Number of Alumni New York: New Jersey: Connecticut: Florida: California: Pennsylvania: Massachusetts: Virginia: Maryland: North Carolina:

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Accounting Standards Discussed at FSAC Reception If t h e “o ver r Id In g o bj ec t Ive” for the U.S. economy is “sustained economic growth and an improving standard of living,” then “effective capital markets and safe and sound financial institutions” must be preserved to reach that objective, said Robert Herz, chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). And markets, institutions and investors are best served when “transparent, unbiased information is available,” he explained. Herz spoke at the eighth annual meeting of the Financial Services Advisory Council (FSAC), a networking group that serves as a resource to Manhattan College alumni in the financial services industry. The reception occurs every spring and

features a high-profile speaker on financial topics. As Brennan O’Donnell, Ph.D., president of the College, said, in jest, during his introduction, Herz is about as famous as an accountant can be. He appears frequently in the pages of The Wall Street Journal, has testified before Congress and has written or co-written many publications, including his most recent book, The Value Reporting Revolution. Beyond his role as chair of the FASB, he has chaired the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA) SEC Regulations Committee and the Transnational Auditors Committee of the International Federation of Accountants and has served as a member of numerous other committees formed by the FASB, SEC,

(From left to right): Kevin Brooks ’66, James Harrington ’66, Robert Herz and Brennan O’Donnell, president of the College, at the FSAC reception in April.

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will serve two purposes. First, it will provide a ready source of grant If t h er e’s o n e t h In g t hat d ef In es the time that civil and envifunds for junior faculty who need to establish a track record of funded ronmental engineering professor John D. Mahony, Ph.D., has spent at research to help capture larger grants from national and state agenManhattan College, it’s research. He has brought in millions of dollars cies. Second, it provides for undergraduates to assist in that research. in grants for research (in collaboration with former distinguished proOne such undergraduate, Thomas Quinn ’11, a civil and environfessor Dominic DiToro, Ph.D.), and has written or co-authored more mental engineering major, turned down an internship with a major than 30 scholarly papers, including seminal works on equilibrium construction firm to do a summer research project conceptualized by partitioning, bioavailability of contaminants in sediments, and development of criteria for assessing water quality. But the accomplishment Powell Draper, Ph.D., assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, in collaboration with Mahony. he is quickest to point out is the fact that he hasn’t done it alone. For “This opportunity gives me more practice most of his 43 years at the College, he has included underwith theory,” Quinn says. “We’ll be designgraduate students in his research work. ing a new type of steel arch bridge to carry When Mahony first arrived at Manhattan in 1967 as a the load in a different way. This research is chemistry professor, he hoped he would be able to conduct hands-on; I’ll be able to better understand research. Typically, at that time, graduate students were the theory through this experience.” asked to assist, but Manhattan’s chemistry department did Quinn will receive a modest stipend from not have graduate students. By 1970, he felt that he could the fund, and he’ll be engaged in experiential do the research with carefully chosen undergraduates. He learning under the guidance of Draper. was awarded a small grant and selected two students to “Research is another way to teach,” Draper assist. That was the beginning of a pattern that Mahony says. “It enhances education.” repeated almost continuously from 1970 to today. During Draper will benefit from the endowment, his time at the College, he has worked with more than 100 too, both from the collaboration and for fustudents on research projects, most of which were funded ture grant procurements. by grants from important state and national entities, includ“As a new professor, one has to look toward ing NYSTAR, EPA, National Science Foundation and National John D. Mahony becoming self-sustaining” in winning grants, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. What’s more, some of this research has led to scholarly publications says Draper. But to do that “one has to demonstrate a background, co-authored by Mahony and these undergraduates, under his tutelage. demonstrate a start as to the nature of the work” — a catch-22 that’s often hard to overcome. One of the longest-running research projects including students was Mahony foresees the opportunities for funded undergraduate the collaborative development of the SEM-AVS method. This proceresearch reaching beyond the civil and environmental engineering dure, which Mahony co-developed with a number of other scientists department to other departments. and has been adopted by the EPA, determines the bioavailability of “It is the intention of the grant to provide continual research funding toxic metals in water and sediments. for the faculty, especially those in the early stages of their careers, to “This work has hopefully enriched the undergraduate experience of carry out research with undergraduate students — those for whom many students but also has inspired them to pursue advanced studies and careers in science, engineering and medicine, including academe,” the College is primarily founded,” Mahony says. The fund “represents a continuation of a near lifelong commitment to engaging undergraduMahony says. ate students at Manhattan College in serious professional research.” He feels strongly that such research should remain a part of the Mahony plans to add another $400,000 of his money to the fund undergraduate experience at Manhattan College. To that end, he has throughout the next five years. If you would like to add your support given $100,000 of a planned $500,000 gift to establish an endowed to this fund, please call the office of planned giving at (718) 862-7976. research fund. The Mahony Endowment for Undergraduate Research

AICPA, American Accounting Association and New York Stock Exchange. Bringing his wisdom to alumni, Herz spoke about the distinctions between independent accounting standards and reporting required by bank regulators. He said that each has complementarities that serve a purpose in declaring institutional health and argued for banks to rely more on fair value reporting than historical cost reporting. Fair value critics argue that the accounting method causes “procyclical instability,” yet Herz, countering critics, argued that transparency contributes to stability. “The lack of honest reporting can be a pow-

erful destabilizing force,” he said. students bridge that gap” between College He lauded the Federal Reserve Bank’s and professional life, McDonagh said, as he stress tests that took place early last year and appealed to the members to mentor school said that the effort provided good transparof business students. He also spoke about the ency and “depositors, investors and citizens Jaspers Helping Jaspers program, an informal share an interest” in knowing specifics about network, which can help alumni match their the health of financial institutions. talents to open jobs. Following his lecture, Herz was presented At the reception, alumni expressed apwith the 2010 Financial Services Advisory preciation for Herz’s insight. Stacey Guardino Council Award. ’90, executive director in the financial services FSAC chairman Kevin Brooks ’66 then intro- office at Ernst & Young LLP, found Herz’s duced John McDonagh ’72, who spoke about perspectives “refreshing” and agreed that the Council’s mentoring and networking unbiased accounting standards and financial components, which he described as essential. reporting transparency are fundamental to “It is extremely important for alumni to help support the capital markets for all industries.

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Message from the President of the Alumni Society Th e Al u mn i So c ieTy w AS Ac Tiv e during the fall semester, with the Career Fair, Open House for prospective students, alumni retreat and Athletic Hall of Fame dinner. Those of us who are active in the Alumni Society represent all alumni through our participation in these activities, as a reminder that life as a Jasper continues after graduation. It’s an exciting time at Manhattan. As I tell all of the alumni groups I meet, we are most pleased with the selection of Dr. Brennan O’Donnell as our president. I like him a lot as a person, as I think you will when you get to meet him. I like that as the president of our alma mater, Dr. O’Donnell sees Manhattan as the gem that we know it is; I especially like the plans that he has for making the College even better than it is. With the new administrative and academic team that he is assembling, I believe that Manhattan is poised for new greatness. Because of that, I feel fortunate to be president of the Alumni Society at this time. Several recent events are worth mentioning. The New York City Club’s networking events, which featured Dr. O’Donnell as speaker in November and Dr. Ann Marie Flynn as speaker in March, were both hugely successful with more than 100 alumni in attendance at each. Similarly, the buffet dinner before the Fordham basketball game had 90 alumni in attendance, many of whom had not been back to the campus in years. The bonus was that our team then went out and won the “Battle of the Bronx.” Other events that the Alumni Society and the alumni office organize include the St. Patrick’s Day parade marches for Jaspers in New York City and in Naples, Fla., and events for students and alumni clubs throughout the country. I had the opportunity earlier this year to speak to alumni groups in Atlanta and Staten Island and would be

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happy to speak to other groups. A major event was the Jasper Open on May 17, held this year at the Knollwood Country Club in Elmsford, N.Y. The year culminated with Reunion Weekend, always a wonderful time for alumni of every year to return to the campus but especially for those celebrating their 25th, 40th and 50th anniversaries. If you have not been back to the campus in a while I encourage you to do so — you will be both surprised and pleased by the many changes that have taken place. At the Spring Honors Convocation, the Alumni Society awarded the Joseph J. Gunn Alumni Medal, which is given to a senior who has made the greatest contributions to Manhattan during his or her four years at the College, to Catherine Calogero. We have events during the summer, as well, such as a day at the races in Saratoga and the Jersey Shore luncheon at the Spring Lake Manor. Try to take advantage of these opportunities if you can. In these difficult economic times, I think the greatest service that the Alumni Society provides is employment assistance, specifically in helping students and alumni find jobs. The annual Career Fair, which is organized each fall, brings employers and students together on campus for what is probably the best-organized career fair in the metropolitan area. For our alumni, we have been at the forefront in organizing and supporting Jaspers Helping Jaspers, the Web-based program to connect Jaspers with employers who have or anticipate openings. Finally, I encourage all Jaspers to be involved in alumni events. Please feel free to give me your thoughts and feedback at harkinsw@aol.com. Thanks and go Jaspers!

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Bill Ryan ’80, Katie Saake ’10 and Peter Haynes ’80 at the New York City Club Networking Reception.

Ann Marie Flynn ’81 Inspires Alumni at NYC Club Reception more ThAn 120 Alu mn i gathered for the New York City Networking Reception hosted by Mutual of America on March 25. The event’s highlight was a presentation by guest speaker Ann Marie Flynn ’81, Ph.D., chair of Manhattan’s chemical engineering department and the first alumna to be named a tenured professor. Flynn’s address highlighted her own life experiences, the challenges she has overcome and what it means to be a Jasper. As a young student, she attended boarding school in Ireland before starting her undergraduate studies at Manhattan. Like many students, she struggled with the reality of a demanding engineering program. In the years after college, Flynn traveled abroad, had two children and overcame a battle with cancer. She eventually went back to school to earn her master’s and was valedictorian at the graduate commencement. “Ann Marie’s speech was really inspiring because she spoke about overcoming challenges, which is something we can all relate to,” says Bill Chandler ’70, a NYC Club co-chair and managing director of Spectrum Consulting Partners, LLC, a financial and economic

consulting firm. “Her presentation reminded us what a unique community we have as Jaspers, and how Manhattan is experiencing an exciting time of growth and change with the College’s new leadership.” Flynn talked about how Manhattan puts graduates at the forefront when competing for jobs. In an effort to keep up with the globalization of business, students can take courses in Mandarin, and there is now a mandatory course that teaches engineering students public speaking and presentation skills. But in spite of all the recent change, Flynn remarked that the core values of Manhattan remain the same, and that the Jasper student body always stands out from the pack. After earning her Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering at Manhattan in 1981, Flynn went on to complete her master’s degree in engineering at Manhattan College in 1991 and was then awarded her Ph.D. from the New Jersey Institute of Technology in 2000. She worked at Air Product & Chemicals in Allentown, Pa., prior to returning her alma mater, where she began teaching full-time as a lecturer in 1996.

The reception was organized by NYC Club co-chairs Nancy Maksomski ’98, recruiting manager at AXA Equitable, and Chandler. The NYC Club hosts networking receptions each fall and spring, which gives alumni the opportunity to reconnect and mingle. The next event will be held in the fall, and is open to all alumni, including those outside of New York City.

Follow Us on Twitter @ JasperAlumni The Manhattan College Alumni Society is now a member of the popular and innovative Twitter community. Alumni can receive news and updates quicker and more instantly than ever before by following our brand new Twitter page, called JasperAlumni. News and information about our many events will be published, so everything you need to know to stay involved will be available when you need it most. Go to http://twitter.com/JasperAlumni today to see exactly what we’ve got planned. Also, join our Facebook group by searching JasperAlumni. Join today!

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Seven Inducted Into the 2009 Athletic Hall of Fame The hAl l o f fA me dinner , held on Nov. 14, honored seven outstanding athletes from a wide array of sports. The inductees of the Manhattan College Athletic Hall of Fame are: William Goodfellow ’68 (posthumously), John Leonard ’82, Marty Ludwikowski ’80, Aliann Pompey ’99, Michael T. Quigley ’72, Gerry Ryan ’90 and Gerard J. Smith ’80. William Goodfellow ’68 (posthumously) played 65 games and scored 1,025 points in his three years on the basketball team. He shot 45 percent from the field, which made his outside shot feared by his opponents. Nicknamed Goody, he scored a career-high 31 points against Bobby Knight’s Army team. Considered a generous team player, he was known to pass even more often than he shot. Goodfellow helped the College take the Met Conference in 1967 against St. Francis; brought the Jaspers to victory over Fordham in 1967; and earned his 1,000th point against the University of Connecticut, all at Madison Square Garden. At the St. Francis Game, he was voted MVP and received the Junius Kellogg Award, as well as had 20 of his 28 points in the second half to clinch the Jasper NIT bid. By the time he graduated, the two-time All-Met Conference player was ninth in total career points; had 223 boards as a guard; and shot 75 percent from the line. John Leonard ’82 is one of only 20 Manhattan College basketball players drafted by the NBA. The 6-foot-1-inch guard still ranks third in career free-throw percentage (83 percent) and holds the record of 32 consecutive shots from the foul line. Ranking ninth in points with 1,329, Leonard shot just under 90 percent for free throws in 1980-81.

He was recognized for his ability to dominate on both sides of the court by being named to the All-Metropolitan Team in his junior and senior years. Leonard was also a member of the Metro Atlantic All Conference Team (MAAC). He dedicated 20 years to coaching basketball on the college level. After a short stint of playing with the Albany Patroons in the Continental Basketball League, he served as assistant coach at Lehman College and head coach at SUNY Maritime. Leonard returned to Manhattan as an assistant coach under Steve Lappas and helped the Jaspers return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 35 years. While assisting at Villanova, he worked with several players that eventually went pro. He also served at the helm at Manhattan for three seasons. Marty Ludwikowski ’80 competed in indoor and outdoor track and cross country. In 1977, near the beginning of his Jasper track career, he took second place at the IC4A indoor 5,000 meters. An NCAA AllAmerican in cross country in 1979, Ludwikowski was also named the Metropolitan Track’s Collegiate Cross Country Runner of the Year by a five-expert track panel. He paved the way with a 10th-place finish at the National AAU Cross Country Championships, a third-place finish in the IC4A Championships, and second-place finishes in the NCAA District II Championships and the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Championships. He was also a member of the All-East First Team. Ludwikowski wrapped up his track victories in 1980 with another second-place finish in the IC4A outdoor 10,000 meters. Both of these IC4A secondplace finishes came behind future Olympians, including Villanova’s Sidney Maree. Usually a distance runner, he was also instrumental in several Jasper relay victories, including the 4x1600-meter Rutgers Relay. He ran the leadoff leg in 4:10.8 and broke a Villanova record with a final team time of 16:43.3. Aliann Pompey ’99 has competed in three Olympics for her home country of Guyana (2000, 2004 and 2008). The first Lady Jasper to win an NCAA title, Pompey set a school record for the 400-meter dash indoor with a time of 52.21 in 2000. She qualified for the NCAA six times. Now 10 years out of college, Pompey holds seven Manhattan records, including the NCAA record for the 400. Her 500-meter dash indoors with a time of 1:09.38 is also an ECAC and NCAA Collegiate record. She and her relay team took the 4x400-meter indoor relay in 3:41.01. Outdoors, Pompey is tops for the 200-meter dash (23.59), the 400 (52.51), the 4x200-meter relay (1:38.25) and the 4x400 (3:39.64). She holds eight individual Metropolitan titles in the 200 and the 400 and still holds the MAAC 400 indoor and outdoor records, as well as the Metropolitan Conference 400 indoor and outdoor records. Pompey was named All East in the 200 and 400 six times and was selected as one of the top 25 MAAC all-time performers in 2006. Pompey is still world ranked in the 400. Michael T. Quigley ’72 was a star baseball player in high school at Mater Christi Diocesan in Queens. He turned down partial athletic scholarships to enter the novitiate to become a Christian Brother. When those plans changed, he enrolled at Manhattan, joined the baseball team and pulled down partial scholarships for junior and senior years, as his record proved his prowess on the field. A righthanded second baseman, Quigley swung a wicked bat. He played on

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Gerry r yan ’90 came to Manhattan College with high school championships under his belt from his native Ireland. A three-time Irish National Champion, he still ranks sixth on the all-time hammer list at Manhattan. Ryan earned NCAA All-American status with a fourth-place finish in 1990. He hurled the hammer for a personal best of 211-8. His throw would still qualify as an All-American throw today, nearly two full decades later. Ryan qualified for the NCAA twice and was a four-time Metropolitan Champion, twice for the hammer and twice for the weight. He also was named All East six times. Throughout his career he continued to post personal bests and always strived to beat his last toss. In February of 1989, Ryan competed in the Penn State Last Chance Invitational and won the 35-pound weight throw with a throw of 57-1 ¾. This is just another example of his many victories during his Jasper career. In 1990, he and five other field competitors enabled Manhattan to take home the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Indoor Track and Field Championships. Gerard J. s mith ’80, a transfer from Jacksonville University, made his mark in tennis when the Jaspers had little recognition in the sport. The No. 1 player from Garden City High School, Smith was named the Jasper’s Most Valuable Player in 1978 and 1979. Having lost only two matches his junior year, he improved on that record and went undefeated as a senior. The team also went undefeated in conference play that year and won the Suburban West Conference. He was the first one to be offered a tennis scholarship if he would stay on for his master’s degree, but Smith decided to move on. Known for his serve and volley, he continued to compete while working and became a finalist at the New York State Doubles Championship at age 30 with partner John Schmidt. He competed in the satellite pro tour in Poland and was nationally ranked for 10 years in platform tennis. Smith was also ranked in the top 25 for three consecutive years in the Men’s Open Eastern Tennis Association.

Seven athletes were inducted into the Manhattan College Athletic Hall of Fame: (Back row) John Leonard ’82, Gerard J. Smith ’80, Michael T. Quigley ’72 and Harry Barile, who accepted the plaque for William Goodfellow ’68 (posthumously); (Front row) former coach Fred Dwyer stood in for Marty Ludwikowski ’80, Aliann Pompey ’99 and Gerry Ryan ’90.

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the junior varsity for one year and the varsity for three. During his senior year, he had the winning hit in three games in a row and helped defeat Fordham, Seton Hall and Farleigh Dickinson. Quigley batted .405 in the Met Conference and .387 overall in 1971, and .388 in the Met Conference and .363 overall in 1972. Both of these averages garnered All-Metropolitan Conference All-Star selections. As a senior, he was named captain for his leadership qualities on and off the field. Quigley was also voted the Manhattan College Baseball MVP and was named to the Outstanding College Athletes of America Hall of Fame. His love of the game continued after graduation, and he eventually served as assistant baseball commissioner for the New York City Public School Athletic League.

Join Jaspers Online yo u n o w h Ave Th e o ppo r Tu n iTy to have Google-powered e-mail, calendars, document sharing, chat and a host of ever-evolving Cloud Computing applications — all from a free manhattan.edu alumni account. The College implemented Google Apps for Education campus-wide in January 2009, and it has been a tremendous success. We want to share the benefits of this with our alumni. If you register, here are just a few of the features you’ll get: • Web based G-mail with 7+ GB of storage. You can even access your e-mail from most of today’s data phones (e.g. Blackberry, iPhone, Droid). • Google calendars to help organize your life and share calendars with friends to plan events. Eventually, you’ll be able to subscribe to public calendars to stay on top of happenings on campus. • Google Chat to converse with family, friends and classmates. • Google Docs to create and share documents, spreadsheets and presentations online from anywhere and even download them to your favorite desktop applications. This is great for collaborative projects — in and out of the classroom. Sign up at http://www.manhattan.edu/alum/ email. You will need to use the nine character code listed on your mailing label (for example, M#r47nE56) to register. For questions, please call the alumni relations office at (718) 862-7454.

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Manhattan College records with sorrow the deaths of the following alumni:

1935 Edward T. Reilly, 11/8/09 1936 S.J. De Lasho, 4/27/10 1937 John F. Donohoe, 12/2/09 1939 Joseph V. Dooley, 12/17/09 Joseph M. Holahan Jr., 2/24/10 1941 Joseph P. Concannon, 9/29/09 Ferdinand J. Vercelletto, 9/22/09 1942 George J. Capurso, 10/29/09 Shahin Mousavi Fatemi, 10/27/09 Bart J. Mirabito, 2/13/10 Charles H. Newbrand, 3/8/10 1944 Raymond J. Walsh, 9/3/09 1945 Eugene L. Sullivan Jr., 4/15/10 1946 William W. Eckenfelder Jr., 3/28/10 1947 William J. Ryan, 4/24/10 1948 John T. O’Brien, 1/6/10 Thomas J. Flaherty Jr., 3/15/10 Joseph Fudjinski, 7/2/09 Vincent C. Sullivan, 1/14/10 1949 Robert G. Farrell, 12/28/09 William J. Finan, 11/21/09 Francis A. Furrelle, 1/14/10 Gerald C. Holland, 12/18/09 Charles D. Johnson, 1/26/10 Joseph M. Lauria, 1/14/10 1950 Robert E. Beardsley, 2/21/10 George G. Bernhard, 4/12/10 Robert Owen Condon, 11/21/09 Joseph C. DeMaio Jr., 1/20/10

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John J. Maddocks, 10/25/09 John J. McGeechan, 10/10/09 Robert F. Pelka, 3/14/10 Stanley J. Wysocki, 1/16/08 1951 James J. Corr, 2/18/10 Joseph F. Damroth, 11/11/07 Arthur F. De La Parra, 3/4/10 John J. Flannery, 2/12/10 Joseph A. Jennings, 2/4/10 Br. Christian Jones, F.S.C., 3/13/10 Valentine Pinto, 4/5/10 Albert J. Rios, 2/19/10 Harry P. Rode Jr., 3/6/10 Joseph J. Seebode, 1/4/10 Gerard C. Smith, 11/12/09 1952 Leon G. Brunning, 7/17/09 Richard L. Costanzo, 2/22/10 Edward J. McGovern, 12/11/09 Thomas J. Reilly, 1/10/10 Br. C. William Sullivan, F.S.C., 12/12/09 Edward J. Trochanowski, 1/31/10 1953 William Baker, 11/27/84 William F. Harrington, 1/23/10 Joseph L. Puccio, 2/8/10 William F. Reilly, 3/7/10 1954 Ralph J. Lewis, 2/15/10 Richard D. Mellick, 2/12/10 Frank R. White Jr., 1/30/10 1955 William J. Foody, 10/30/09 1956 Richard J. Badois, 11/28/09 John F. McCoy, 3/17/10 Joseph A. Murphy Jr., 5/3/10 Walter F. Neff, 1/27/10 Frank R. Perritano, 12/16/09

1957 Edward M. Brennan, 12/7/09 Robert J. Duggan, 4/15/10 James E. Havens, 10/24/09 Peter V. O’Neill, 1/27/10 Michael B. Ryan, 4/3/10 1958 Philip L Brach, 12/7/09 Donald J. Cannon, 4/3/10 Edward J. Davis II, 11/16/09 Elia M. Ferreri, 1/30/10 Robert E. Leahy, 11/29/09 Placido A. Milone, 8/27/09 Daniel P. Ryan, 10/9/10 1959 James J. Condon, 2/21/10 Robert W. Goodman, 12/23/09 Garrett J. Kelleher, 4/15/10 Stephen F. Munsell, 1/19/10 1960 Patrick J. Gavin, 10/4/09 Henry A. Macchio, 4/14/10 1961 Philip J. Brendel, 3/21/10 John “Jack” Raidy, 3/16/10 1963 Brian P. McShane, 2/20/10 John A. Palmieri Jr., 3/22/10 1964 James Fallon, 1/10/10 James T. Galloway, 3/26/10 John E. Maher, 11/20/09 Louis Sanchez, 10/12/09 1965 Francis J. Longto, 10/23/09 Thomas R. McCormick, 1/3/10 Stephen P. Mullery II, 4/7/10 1966 Douglas J. Cotts, 11/21/09 1967 Henry R. Curran, 01/11/10 Richard T. Nisa, 8/8/09

1968 Denis C. Smith, 3/23/10 Ralph P. Young, 12/3/09 1970 Peter N. Arcomone, 4/5/10 Edward R. Gagnon, 12/6/09 Basil A. Guiliano, 1/7/10 Sr. Rita Shea, OP, 3/12/10 1971 Christopher I. Byrnes, 2/14/10 George J. Flynn, 12/13/09 Sr. Margaret Ellen Kavanaugh, 1/17/10 Vincent P. Owens, 10/26/09 Richard Tureck, 10/28/09 1972 William J. Alger, 2/9/10 Gerard M. Bierfeldt, 1/30/10 1973 James Bowe, 1//10 Joseph F. Hourigan, 11/9/09 Joseph R. Martin, 11/9/09 1974 Timothy P. Howard, 2/8/10 1975 Elizabeth A. Finn, 11/30/09 Michael A Saltarelli, 10/8/09 1976 Charles “Chuck” P. McGlade, 3/27/10 1981 Alexander B. Bundziak, 3/1/10 1984 Thomas J. Witt, 4/6/10 1986 Romona A. Pezzella, 12/29/09 2003 Ruben LaCap Jr., 4/17/10 2006 Stephen N. LePorisz, 3/15/10

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MArr IAGes 1973 William Mischler & Daniel Quane, 11/25/08 1988 Michael J. Csontos Jr. & Memi Faustini, 9/13/08 1990 Christopher Ceriello & Amy Barabas, 10/10/09 2002 William W. Taylor & Gerarda M. s hields ’03, 10/31/09 2004 Michael Fogliano & s amantha s abatos ’05, 5/2/09

bIr Ths 1993 Anthony Pignataro & Joann Pignataro Daughter Antonella Josephine, 4/17/09 1996 Damon Dowdall & Mary (Wiley) Dowdall Son Brayden Patrick Dowdall, 7/23/09 1998 Jeanne (Mcn amara) Conkin Son Ben Joseph Conkin, 9/26/08 1999 Kathleen Lambert-boccardi & Mark Boccardi Son Derek Patrick, 10/30/09 Peter Constantine & Jessica (Folden) Constantine ’02 Son Andrew Kenneth Constantine, 4/2/09 2000 Laura (r ienti) bisceglia & Kevin bisceglia ’01 Son Patrick Joseph Rienti Bisceglia, 4/6/09 2004 Jennifer Aponte Daughter Esmée Camille Aponte, 8/25/09

ADvAnCeD DeGr ees 1974 Lt. Col. Joseph P. bassi obtained a Ph.D. in history from the University of Santa Barbara in 2009. 1976 brian Kilgannon obtained his CPCU chartered property and casualty underwriter from the Insurance Institute of America. 2001 Dr. Theresa Mawn received her Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania in May 2009. Johnny r abadi graduated from UAG Medical School in December 2008. 2004 Michael DeAngelis, who works with McLaren Engineering in West Nyack, became a fully professional licensed engineer in October 2009. Mark blenner received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Columbia University in August 2009.

1943 r obert J. Johansen is a founder and chair of the Society of Actuaries Committee on Living to 100 Research & Symposia and is organizing a symposium for January 2011. 1941 Lawrence X. s ullivan is a retired navy commander and most recently a retired customer engineer manager for the Boeing Company, who has traveled throughout the world. 1951 Since retiring, h arold A. Friedberg has enjoyed traveling and playing golf at PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. In April 2009, a symposium was held at Georgetown University celebrating edmund Gehan’s works in biostatistics. After 26 years as federal judge, John F. Keenan has been selected by Fordham Law School to receive the 2009 Fordham-Stein Ethics Prize. Keenan is the 34th recipient of the Stein Prize, which recognizes outstanding standards of professional conduct and promotes the advancement of justice. 1955 Retired from Johns Hopkins University in 2007, Charles r . o ’Melia holds the title Abel Wolman Professor of Environmental Engineering Emeritus. 1956 Paul s . berger is now happily and officially retired. Joe s chinellen is celebrating the birth of his 10th grandchild — a boy. Happily retired, James P. Ward has been re-elected for his third three-year term as a trustee & member of Levittown UFSD#5. He also has been selected to be a member of Nassau County’s BOCES budget advisory committee. Frank J. h ermanek, who holds four patents for brazing compounds and quasicrystalline surface modifications coatings, has now added the honor of becoming a fellow of ASM International to his wall of achievements. 1957 Tom Leavy is celebrating half a century of hard work in coaching the girls’ cross country track team at Calhoun High School on Long Island, a program he started in 1974. 1958 William n oval and wife, Barbara, plan to travel to Europe next spring and are currently enjoying their first granddaughter who turned one on Dec. 16. Frank Frisbie along with Tom Clabby, Dan h amilton, Gerald Markey, Joe Del balzo and Tony bradley, all retired now, represented the class of ’58 in the Federal Aviation Administration. Leo brannon is staying active with his 19 grandchildren. William P. Keaveney’s grandson Michael Keaveney graduated this year from the school of engineering at Manhattan. 1959 edward Ahearn continues to teach at Brown University and has published his book, Urban Confrontations in Literature and Social Science, 1848-2001, in February through Ashgate Publishing, Inc. manhattan.edu

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Frank Doherty, a Yorktown resident and a Consolidated Edison employee, has won a Technology Transfer Award, from the Electric Power Research Institute, for his help in the making of an application that detects stray voltage. 1960 Lawrence C. Littlefield Jr. and his wife, Carmella, will celebrate their 50th anniversary on June 18. They have three children and eight grandchildren. Thomas C. Llanes is semi-retired and has six children and 12 grandchildren. 1962 Douglas s chneider is retired and loving every minute of it. Dr. v ictor T. sturiano retired from Mt. Sinai Medical Center in 2007 but maintains a part-time psychotherapy practice as a licensed psychologist. A poet and biographer, Paul Mariani, who has published more than 200 essays and reviews and 16 books, has received several awards, including his most recent, the John Ciardi Award for Lifetime Achievement in Poetry. On March 23, he was the speaker at Dominican University’s Siena Center and delivered a lecture on poetry, titled What the Blind Beseeching Eye Has Found: Poetry and the Sacramental Imagination.

On Feb. 20, 39th Place, between 48th and 47th avenues in Sunnyside, Queens, was renamed Anthony Suraci Place in honor of longtime civic activist Anthony Suraci ’38. Family and friends, including local politicians, turned out to pay tribute to the neighborhood leader at the dedication ceremony. Suraci lived on this same block with his wife for 60 years. He was a CPA who spent much of his time helping friends and neighbors with their financial and tax problems, as well as participating in community organizations, including: president of the Thompson Hill Civic Association, cubmaster of Pack 221 and president of the Woodside Republican Club. Joseph Suraci ’72, who gave a tribute to his father at the ceremony, and his daughter, Kristin, are pictured with the commemorative sign.

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Philip Gilson is a retired manager of Verizon. He is a recording secretary in the Ancient Order of Hibernians division 12 and active in numerous veterans’ organizations, including the Wounded Warrior Project. Thomas P. Dobbins, a partner at O’Connor, Davies, Munns and Dobbins, LLP, is being honored at the 18th Parker Jewish Institute Foundation’s Golf Classic for his active participation and charity to numerous foundations and churches. Joseph W. s anger, professor and chair of the department of cell and developmental biology at SUNY Upstate Medical University, has been given the 2010 Henry Gray/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Scientific Achievement Award by the American Association of Anatomists. Dan Corry is a retired supervisor of the New York City Department of Education and a proud grandfather of five boys. 1963 A former chairman & CEO of Consolidated Edison, eugene McGrath has been appointed to the board of directors of Sensus, a technology and communications company. Wayne J. McGrath was elected grand prior of the U.S. Knights Templar for 2008-2010. John h . Yamamoto, president and CEO of PEMCO, Ltd., has been honored with an Award of Merit from the mayor and officials of the city council of Honolulu. New York City Police Commissioner r aymond Kelly was the grand marshal for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City in March. After 25 years of teaching French and humanities at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, John McDonald retired in 2005 but stays active by teaching a few humanities courses for UNCA at state prisons; leading a Proust reading group at a local library; and teaching Latin classes to two groups of charter students. 1965 An active volunteer, Tom Mullady was chosen as the recipient for the 2008 Owens Corning Retiree Global Volunteer of the Year award for his service at numerous organizations. Donald M. Grieco is now an adjunct professor at NYU Polytechnic Institute graduate program in systems engineering. 1966 Jack Tyniec retired from Deloitte Consulting in 2009 and afterward, was elected president of the board of trustees of the Riverhead Free Library in New York and treasurer of the Windcrest East HOA. He also enjoys his three grandchildren. 1968 Frank o rawiec retired from Merrill Lynch in 2005 and is president elect of the board of directors of 21 Plus, a nonprofit that provides group homes and training for developmentally disabled adults. r ich Kenney is the vice president of Long Realty located in Tucson, Ariz. Frederick J. Magovern, a lawyer at Macgovern and Sclafani, was named the 2009 Angel in Adoption by Adoption, Inc., for his 36 years of advocacy by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption, Inc.

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gional manager in the construction management division. James r ooney is seeking reelection to his second 10-year term as Putnam County judge. 1973 George L. r oach has retired after more than 30 years of service as the chief attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County’s Senior Citizen Division. He has transitioned into the private practice of elder law and estate planning at the law firm of Grabie & Grabie, LLP in Smithtown, N.Y. After 28 years of service as an assistant attorney general, Carlos r odriguez retired in May 2009. He is now part of a private practice, teaching business law at a local community college and co-hosting a consumer radio show on FM Radio. 1974 Thomas A. Pepe, chief financial officer of a family-owned public relations and communications agency, was named a member of the County College of Morris Board of Trustees. He will serve a four-year term that will end in October 2013. steven A. Fangmann is an executive vice president at Dvirka & Bartilucci Consulting Engineers. He has more than 32 years of experience and has participated in the planning, designing and managing many public projects particularly in Long Island. Phil Pulaski has been honored with the position of chief of detectives for the NYPD. He has commanded the intelligence division and helped run the joint terrorism task force. Dr. Marybeth McCall joined Excellus BlueCross BlueShield in 2007 as an associate medical director and now, after several years, has become vice president and chief medi-

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1970 After 36 years in public education, bruce venter has become a partner in Stars and Stripes Events, LLC, an American history tour company. edward baranowski is working with GE as the manager in thermal field operations in Schenectady, N.Y. William J. o ’Donnell spent 35 years with CDM, based out of Denver, as an environmental engineer and is now a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional. Kenneth Clifford was ordained on May 15 as deacon in the Diocese of Rockville Centre at St. Agnes Cathedral. He will be serving as deacon in the Infant Jesus Parish in Port Jefferson, N.Y. He is also getting his master’s. 1971 bruno Cornelio is a senior economics officer for the Bureau of Africa in the U.S. Agency for International Development. Donald e. Christopher, a Johnson & Johnson employee and an executive director of worldwide real estate, was named member of the PlanSmart NJ’s board of directors. Sister Mary eileen o ’brien is president of Dominican College (Blauvelt) in Orangeburg, N.Y. George G. McCann retired in August 2009 and, in September, lost his wife, Mary, after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Albert J. beer was appointed chairperson of the Actuarial Standards Board and is a professor of risk management, insurance and actuarial science at St. John’s University. Sister Mary Therese h annaway, S.C., is retiring after 57 years in education. Thomas h . Welby, who is both an attorney and a professional engineer, was asked to participate as a guest speaker for the 2010 Hudson Valley Construction Partnership Initiative’s annual mid-winter meeting. After six years of working for the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a foundation that works to improve the lives of poor children, Patrick T. McCarthy has been named the foundation’s president. 1972 Philip J. s ciame’s son, Stephen, a 2007 graduate from the College of Mount Saint Vincent, married Rebecca Kelleher on Oct. 23, 2009. James T. Wilson, who has been working at Fidelity for 24 years, most currently as senior vice president of human resources, is planning to retire in 2010. Besides thinking about retirement, he is also celebrating the achievements of his family, which include: his wife, Mary, passing the Massachusetts bar exam, and his son, John, graduating from Georgetown University in 2007. Leonard J. Wood is a managing member of Wade, Long, Wood & Kennedy, LLC law firm. He is active in the board of trustees of Camden Catholic H.S., the Sons of Italy Foundation as chairman, and the board of advisors of the Alicia Rose Victorious Foundation. John Drygulski has been promoted to senior vice president of STV and will continue on as the firms’ northeast re-

A handful of Jaspers gathered for a photo op at Kathleen Feeney’s wedding reception at the Hartford Club in Hartford, Conn., on May 9, 2009. Jaspers are (from left to right): Tom Snoderass ’66, John Feeney ’65, Mike Walsh ’65, Tim Murphy ’58 and Tom Harrington ’57.

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cal officer of the company’s central New York and southern tier regions. r ichard Zuccaro is the new power factor program manager for Staco Energy Products Company. 1975 h arold Der ienzo, a community development expert and attorney, wrote The Concept of Community: Lessons From the Bronx, which was published by Italian Paths of Culture. James Lauria is the vice president of sales and marketing for Amiad Filtrations Systems, a manufacturer of clean technology water filtration systems for agriculture, industrial and municipal applications. 1976 r obert L. r upnick has received the Elizabeth Seton Award from the Diocese of Rockville Centre in recognition for his teaching of religion at Christ the King Parish in Commack, N.Y., for more than 20 years. In June 2009, Wayne Dumont retired. Since then, he has been adding certificates to his wall of achievements. He recently passed the test at the U.S. Coastal Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 61, District 1SR, and received a certificate in boating skills and seamanship. William Murray was one of three honored speakers in a special Veterans Day assembly at Oak Hill Academy in New Jersey, where he talked about his experiences in the military. Arthur M. h ingerty is currently working as a policy analyst for Scitor Corporation in Denver, Colo. Dr. Anthony v. Maddalo was listed as one of Westchester’s Top Doctors in Orthopedic Surgery in Westchester Magazine, issued in November 2009. Dr. r ichard G. Pellegrino, democrat, has announced his candidacy for the District 25 seat of the Arkansas House of Representatives. He has an independent neurology practice and is a clinical researcher. Because of his love for Irish culture and history, Joseph Long decided a few years ago to return to school at the Glucksman Ireland House, which offers a new master’s program in Irish and Irish-American studies. A business devel-

opment officer at Otis Elevator, he is scheduled to graduate in 2011. 1977 Daniel M. Donnolo is principal of NYC consulting firm Grid Associates. His two sons, Michael and Joshua, are Manhattan graduates, both earned electrical engineering degrees. William bryk’s desire to represent the people has led him to run for a senate seat in Idaho. Thomas J. Concannon is a senior vice president at RedHawk Energy Corporation. 1978 James A. r otondo is proud to be serving as the new director of public works for Winsted, Conn., and has been living with his wife and four children in Winchester Center, N.Y., for 20 years. v irginia Mishkin-elam was honored at the 25th Irish Heritage Annual Banquet and Awards Ceremony at Bronx Community College (BCC). She is a professor and the director of the Radiologic Technology Program at BCC. Donna M. bozzone is a professor of biology at Saint Michael’s College and published a book, Cancer Genetics (The Biology of Cancer), in which she explains how cancer cells differ from normal cells in structure and function. 1979 Tom Choinski is happily married to his wife, Lesly, and they have three children and are currently living in Rhode Island. Tom is working at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport as the head of the Emergent & Transformational Systems division. Tony blose has been appointed to become the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Angelo State University in Texas. 1980 Attorney Joseph G. Walsh, a principal of Cohen & Wolf, P.C., has been selected to be included in the latest issue of the New England Super Lawyers magazine. r obert h anna, who is a director of the Newark law firm Gibbons P.C., will serve as director of the division of law in

Foursomes, including (from left to right) Paul Scariano ’94, Tony Canale ’94, T.J. Krzanowski ’94 and Dominic Parisi ’94, gathered together at the Jasper Open. More than 100 golfers participated in this year’s 22nd annual Jasper Open Golf Tournament on May 17, 2010 at the Knollwood Country Club in Elmsford, N.Y. Originally scheduled for May 3 but postponed due to inclement weather, the outing, which draws support from alumni, family, business partners and friends, raised money for the College’s annual fund and athletic programs. Each year, the alumni office asks for volunteers to serve as committee members who recruit sponsors and golfers. The 2011 Jasper Open will be held on Monday, May 2. For more information on how to participate, support or attend the event, contact the alumni relations office by phone at (718) 862-7454 or e-mail alumni@manhattan.edu.

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Lt. r ichard Conway and the North American Family Institute are implementing the Youth Police Initiative. As a way to promote better relations between police and youth, the Port Chester, N.Y., Police Department has begun this new outreach program with Port Chester High School students after school. The police officers work one-on-one with the students to teach them positive speaking skills and show them how to avoid conflicts with the police. 1985 Thomas M. Donatelli is vice president of worldwide procurement at Pfizer Inc. He is married to Eileen, a 1986 CMSV graduate. Margaret M. Killeen works for a local real estate company. brendan J. s pillane has been promoted to managing director of Vestar Capital Partners, a leading international private equity firm. r aymond e. Farrell is a managing partner at Carter, DeLuca & Schmidt, LLP. His position concentrates on all phases of strategic patent and trademark portfolio development. 1987 Mary Tierney, a longstanding officer of the Celtics Club, was awarded the Colette Horkan Memorial Award by the New York Gaelic Athletics Association. Austin D. r ynne, a physical therapist from the Anderson Center for Autism, has teamed up with Ani Shaker of the Good Dog Foundation for the past year and a half to perform occupational therapy as a means to aid students with autism. n oreen Krall has been hired by Apple as senior director for Apple’s intellectual property law and litigation department. 1988 Lisa Lettieri, who has more than 12 years of corporate communications and strategic planning experience, has become a managing director for MBS Value Partners, a strategic communications specializing in investor relations and corporate communications. John r ogan was featured as a person of interest in the Business Review for the “In the Spotlight” article on April 2, 2010. He is currently the vice president of sales for PerfectServe, which works with clinics to maintain valuable information on their physicians. Daniel C. Marotta, a partner at Gabor & Marotta, LLC law firm, has been appointed to the Executive Committee of the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section for the New York State Bar Association. 1989 Thomas r eilly is a board member in Little Hearts, Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides benefits and opportunities for children with congenital heart defects. Dr. James J. brennan, a dedicated physician, was elected by the medical staff of Carolinas Hospital System for a twoyear term. He is in private practice with Florence Neurosurgery and Spine. n icholas A. Kumbatovic is a partner at Cameron Engineering & Associates, LLP. He has been working with this firm for 16 years. He also has helped the company gain numerous

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the New Jersey attorney general’s office. elizabeth o ’Connor vulpi has been a proud stay-at-home mom for the past 17 years and survived a battle with breast cancer in 2003. Her daughter and son are actively involved with Rally for the Cure. 1981 James M. n aughton has become one of four new board of trustees members for the University of West Georgia (UWG) Foundation, which was created to raise and manage private donations sent to benefit UWG. r obert T. r ogers is an associate information officer in the corporate comptrollers area of AIG for the past few years and still referees soccer on Staten Island. He and his wife, Mary Pat, have three children: Katie (17), Kevin (15) and Kerry Anne (12). 1982 Dr. o wen A. o ’Connor has joined the Cancer Institute at NYU Langone Medical Center. He was appointed deputy director of clinical research and cancer treatment at the Cancer Institute and chief of the new division of hematologic malignancies and medical oncology. In addition, he will serve as professor of medicine and pharmacology at the NYU School of Medicine. The recipient of a Research to Prevent Blindness Physician Scientist Award, Dr. Louis r . Pasquale has been promoted to associate professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. Angelika b. Forndran is director of environmental engineering at Cowan Associates Inc., a consulting engineering firm. In 2010, she was chosen to be Lehigh Valley Engineering Council’s engineer of the year. 1983 William J. Maher joined Credit Suisse NY and works in the prime brokerage business. h illevi o bet Paul served as an Estonian translator on The Singing Revolution, a documentary film about the nonviolent path that the Estonians took to free themselves from Soviet occupations. After more than 15 years at Lehman Brothers, most recently as vice president, steven Gorey has been appointed as managing director and chief operating officer for global real estate investment firm GoldenTree InSite Partners’ headquarters in NYC. 1984 Catherine T. Marshall was named president of the American Irish Association of Westchester County. She has also been honored as one of the top 75 New York women by the Irish Voice newspaper. edward G. Untalan was promoted to senior vice president and banking center manager at First Hawaiian Bank, Maite Banking Center. Former CFO of Windham Professionals, Douglas emond is senior vice president and CFO of Metro Credit Union. John M. vazquez was appointed vice president of vendor sourcing and corporate services, as well as chief procurement officer by MetLife.

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awards, as well as recognitions in state-of-the-art security design projects and many others. 1990 Karen h aunss is a successful otolaryngologist – head and neck surgeon, in Great Neck, N.Y. She lives in Manhasset, N.Y., with her husband, Richard, and two kids, Morgan (7) and Tyler (5). Christopher A. McFadden is vice president for communications at Turner Construction Company. In 2009, he was elected to be a member of the board of trustees of the National Building Museum. 1991 After a 12-year hiatus from her career, Denise o ’Gormann owak has returned to teaching. She is a biology teacher and a college counselor at Woods Charter School in Chapel Hill, N.C. She also has three daughters, Kathy (11), Erin (9) and Megan (4). Mark e. bayer is living in Mahopac, N.Y., and working as an assistant principal at Horace Greeley H.S. in Chappaqua, N.Y. 1992 Marcia Lee Kelly, who formerly worked at Riverfront, Inc., is the new director of development at the Mercy Foundation in Wisconsin. beate Wright has recently accepted a position of senior project engineer with Loudoun Water in Ashburn, Va. eric Tiffany has been named vice president of inside sales and special projects for Solomon Associates, LLC. Dr. r obert s antopietro, with his many awards and honors, such as the Patients’ Choice Award for Excellence in 2009, has become the new critical care/trauma surgeon for the Sound Shore Medical Center. 1993 John s acchetti, who started working for Investment Professionals, Inc., a Texas-based investment and insurance brokerage asset management firm, as a financial consultant, has been promoted to the position of director for the fixed income desk. Francis Cuttita has been hired by CHA as its new senior mechanical/energy engineer. 1995 William r . Ferara is Standard & Poor’s director of corporate and government ratings and is the sector specialist for the integrated gas team of the utilities and infrastructure group. He was interviewed by The Wall Street Transcript on his industrial knowledge of oil & gas. 1996 Madeline vega has been happily married for the past 10 years. She has two children and continues her career as an elementary school teacher in Westchester County. 1997 r obert v itelli was installed as a member of the board of directors of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Long Island on Jan. 26. He is the director of development for LIGALY, The Center, and SAGE-LI. Lawrence bartelemucci, an attorney at Anderson Kill & Olick, has been named a shareholder. He practices in the area

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of construction law and represents clients in both transactional and dispute-resolution matters. 1999 Martin Alexander Colucci has been working at Manhattan College since 2005 as an adjunct instructor. In 2009, he received two awards: the York College Presidential Service Award and the York College Instructional Workshop Award. His recent textbook, Alcohol & Substance Abuse Studies, was published by McGraw-Hill in January. Drew Manger has been working for Con Edison for more than 37 years and is director of economic development. He lives with his wife in Massapequa, Long Island, and they have two children. Patrick r . Costello has joined the firm Quarles & Brady, LLP, as an associate in its commercial transactions litigation practice group. Michael F. Colling is working as the assistant business administrator for the Jackson Township Board of Education. He, his wife, Erin, and their two boys are settling into their new home in Whiting, N.J. 2000 n akia Johnson has published her first novel Uptempo. Tanya M. eastman has joined Green & Seifter, Attorneys, PLLC, as its operations manager. 2002 After joining the police force 41 years ago, Detective Capt. William Cave, in a ceremony of honor, was promoted to deputy chief of investigative services in Yonkers, N.Y. 2004 Gregory h arkness, currently a dean of academics at Xavier High School, has accepted the position of principal at Rockhurst High School in Missouri. He begins his new role in July. 2005 Caitlin h arr r eilly, who is a member of the Enduring Hope relay team, recently competed in the Half Ironman Triathlon in New Orleans, L.A. For this triathlon, she swam 1.2 miles in an hour and four minutes in Lake Pontchartrain. She works for America’s Wetlands Conservation Corps as an AmeriCorps volunteer and has been living in New Orleans for three years. 2007 Amanda Larie Dew is engaged to Craig Eric Olejniczak. Their wedding is scheduled to take place in July. She works in property management for Brown Harris Stevens. elizabeth r otfeld is currently employed as deputy village clerk in as Rye Brook, N.Y. She is not only in charge of recordkeeping but also of overseeing the seniors programs. She and her husband, Eric, have a son, Noah, who is in kindergarten. 2008 Christine s chneider is in her second year at Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine. 2009 After graduating from the school of engineering, n icholas r igolino was hired by the Delaware Department of Transportation.

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From Upstate n ew york ’S 23r d c o n g r eSSio n Al district is the state’s northernmost and largest district. Bordering Canada, it is home to a number of dairy farms and has a strong Republican tradition. In fact, the district’s congressional seat had been held by a Republican since 1873, and most district residents had never been represented by a Democrat above the county level. That is until Bill Owens ’71 won the seat in a dramatic special election last fall. The seat was vacant due to the departure of John McHugh, who was tapped by President Obama to serve as the Secretary of the Army. McHugh had upheld the district’s Republican history — getting elected nine times since 1992 with more than 60 percent of the vote and running unopposed in 2002. But when the seat opened in 2009, Owens saw his chance to enter the political arena and shake up the politics of his district when he was selected as the democratic nominee by the New York Democratic Party. “I thought that given the turmoil in the country with the recession, this was an opportunity for me to bring my skill set to the political arena and introduce someone to the political process who didn’t have a political background, which I think is very necessary,” Owens says. “I’ve been heavily involved in economic development in my district for more than 20 years.” Indeed, when Owens was tapped to run, he did not have a long political résumé, but he did have extensive experience in law and economic development. He earned a B.S. in business administration at Manhattan in 1971, received his J.D. from Fordham University in 1974 and then served as a captain in the Air Force. After the base he had served on was closed, Owens helped to create the Plattsburgh Airbase Redevelopment Corporation, which recruited private companies to move into the space, and ultimately resulted in the creation of 2,000 new private sector jobs. Most recently, Owens was a managing partner at the law firm Stafford, Owens, Piller, Murnane & Trombley, as well as taught business law as an adjunct professor at State University

of New York at Plattsburgh. Because Owens was running for a vacant seat during a special election, the campaign was just a few months long, but it proved to be tumultuous. Initially, Owens faced State Assemblywoman Dierdre Scozzafava as the Republican nominee, but she was pressured to suspend her campaign due to low poll numbers and resistance from conservative party members who were supporting thirdparty candidate Doug Hoffman. Hoffman, an accountant from Lake Placid, was being championed by former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and numerous conservative political action committees. On Oct. 31, 2009, Scozzafava ended her campaign and then endorsed Owens, a move that shocked many Republicans who expected her to endorse Hoffman. The days leading up to the Nov. 3 election were frenzied as Owens and Hoffman battled it out. The election received national attention from the media and many party leaders, who viewed it as a political barometer and a prediction of the 2010 midterm elections. Vice President Joe Biden appeared at a campaign rally with Owens, while Senator Fred Thompson appeared with Hoffman. As the polls closed, Owens had a slight margin of victory, but absentee ballots had not yet been counted, and Owens could not be officially confirmed as the winner. Although Hoffman initially conceded the election, a few days later he appeared on conservative commentator Glenn Beck’s radio show to retract his concession and cited ballot tampering by labor unions and ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. But as absentee ballots were tallied, it became mathematically impossible for Hoffman to win, and he officially conceded the election on Nov. 24, 2009. Since taking office, Owens has taken on a number of initiatives to improve the quality of life for residents in his district. The legislation he has introduced include a bill to spur job growth in northern New York, a bill to extend tax relief for heating costs, and funding to

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expand broadband capacity in upstate New York libraries. “I voted in favor of health care, which is very important,” Owens says. “And I’ve worked to enhance constituent services to help people resolve problems with the federal government. We are also working on initiatives to create jobs.” Owens will have to run again in the 2010 elections, so he has already begun campaigning and fundraising. He is running on a platform of health care reform, job growth and rural development. “What I would like to see accomplished is growth in jobs and reduction in the debt and deficit,” Owens says. “These are the things people are most concerned about.”

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Falling Into Fashion

At a studio photo shoot, Laura Rymar ’08 works with a model wearing an ellelauri Selma skirt. She styles a model in an ellelauri Talia dress for the fall 2010 photo shoot. Rymar with her sister, Liz (both wearing ellelauri), and friend/ designer Christopher Augmon at New York City’s Fashion Week for fall 2010.

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Wh en L a u r a r yma r ’08 graduated from Manhattan College with a degree in finance, she wasn’t exactly thinking about a career in fashion. While she loved wearing and experimenting with it, she figured that she would pursue a position in the financial field. So the school of business alumna headed downtown after commencement to find a job. But with the economy in a downturn, Rymar ended up “falling into” something different. Her sister, Liz, who graduated from the University of Delaware in 2004 with a degree in fashion and had been working for several clothing companies in New York City, always wanted to start her own line and was already making her own clothes. The two had been talking about starting and working on a line together for a while, and the time seemed right to follow through with their plans. A lot of their planning actually began in Europe in 2007, when Rymar studied abroad at Richmond University in London, while a student at the College, and Liz attended the London College of Fashion. The inspiration and many of the ideas for their company came out of their experiences overseas. “We did a lot of trend researching throughout Europe, so that is where we really started to get the idea of it,” she says. And ellelauri, a contemporary women’s clothing line, was launched in 2008. A combination of their nicknames — Elle was Liz’s nickname growing up — the line’s moniker reflects the partnership between the two sisters. The first collection, for spring/summer, consisted mainly of basics and solids that were fun, flattering and comfy. “We wanted clothes that were comfortable but looked really cute,” Rymar says. “Clothes you could wear around during the day, to the beach, and then just put on heels and dress up and wear out for the night. It was fun dresses, skirts and tops, and it was all cotton or jersey knit, which is comfortable.” For the second line, which launched in 2009, they got more into fabrics, different textures and printed materials. The line featured a lot of printed silks and more details in the fabrics and in the clothing in general. Recently, ellelauri debuted its 2010 spring/ summer collection, and currently, the sisters are finishing up the fall collection. “We have about 10 to 12 pieces for the fall right now and some are in production,” she says. “Some of the samples are being made, and we are just making final touches on those, and they should be ready by next month to be shown.” At first, ellelauri started online but now it

has expanded to different specialty boutiques throughout the tri-state area and a few stores in Chicago and California, as well. While the two would love to eventually sell in department stores and expand the line, right now they are focusing on expanding to the various boutiques. They only just started breaking into those markets, and there is a lot of work to do for only two people. When the company began, Rymar took care of the finances and accounting, and added her input here and there, and Liz designed. But eventually she started helping her sister design, too. In fact, the two have learned both ends of the business from each other and pitch in everywhere. “It’s a lot of work — I feel like we are constantly working,” she says. “We both do all aspects of it; we do sales, marketing, advertising and everything. We are constantly on the move.” With all those responsibilities, there could be a lot of tension involved, but the pair plays off its strengths and good relationship. They really do get along well and use each other’s different perspectives to influence the product. “Our styles are actually pretty different, she is more classic, and I have more of an edgy side, so it’s nice to bounce ideas off of each other, and it kind of evens out the line so that it is not either extremes,” she says. While Liz lives in New York City, Rymar recently moved to Philadelphia. But the company is based in New York. “Everything is produced out of New York City and made in the U.S.A.,” she says. “We don’t do any mass production overseas, everything is made here.” They found a production company they love in the city and obtained public relations representation. The sisters even signed with an agency in Los Angeles, a showroom, to expand their line on the West Coast. Since then, ellelauri has been getting some great press. Miss Universe, Stefania Fernandez, and Miss USA, Kristen Dalton, recently wore ellelauri clothes during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City, and Stacy Keibler, an actress and model, has been spotted wearing ellelauri in Los Angeles. And not far from the tents in Bryant Park, ellelauri clothes were featured in a fashion show, run by the Manhattan College Fashion Student Association, on the Quad in April. Rymar also donated some clothes to the silent auction at the show. With the label on the rise, it turned out to be a pretty good “fall” for Rymar. To see the latest looks or to get more information, go to ellelauri.com.

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Alumnus Turns a Unique Skill Into a Full-Time Business An Thon y eSpo SiTo’ S family home in the Creek Falls Farm area of Milton, Del., is a far cry from the hustle and bustle of the New York City region. Set on a three-acre property that used to be a dairy farm, this home is the headquarters for Esposito’s woodworking business, aptly named Esposito Woodworking, a unique venture that provides hand-built cabinetry and furniture to area residents. A 2004 graduate of Manhattan College’s engineering school, Esposito traded the suburbs of Bergen County, N.J., for small-town life in Delaware when he moved into his family’s colonial-style home in Milton, Del. With a population of less than 1,700, Milton is a quaint Victorian village near the Delaware shore that is home to a number of restored historic homes. Esposito was drawn to that area because he saw potential to expand his woodworking business in the growing area. “I had been vacationing in Delaware on and off for the past 15 years,” Esposito says. “My family started talking about us all moving south and no one balked at the idea. We live less than 15 minutes from the beach, and it is a slower pace than New Jersey.”

His degree in civil engineering helped him hone his craftsman skills, a trade he learned while working as a cabinet installer during college. After completing his degree at Manhattan, Esposito started his own business doing custom carpentry projects for clients in New Jersey. “I never took shop class in high school,” says Esposito, who picked up many of his skills through reading books and magazines. But he has found his engineering degree to be helpful in woodworking because “some projects require a lot of math, geometry and precision. I also frequently have to read plans to get dimensions and specifications for cabinets.” Much of his time these days is spent on custom kitchen work and entertainment center projects. He does a lot of cabinets, crown molding and bars, and is currently working on a custom-built bar for a new restaurant in nearby Rehoboth Beach. He also has experience building furniture pieces, such as tiled desks and engraved tables, and is routinely commissioned by a local homebuilder to install crown molding and trim packages. Esposito says his favorite projects are “working in old houses and adding custom

built-ins. I get to see the whole project through from the initial meeting to the first concept drawing to the last nail. Then I get to take pictures of it and show them off.” When he first arrived in Milton, he transformed a former dairy barn on his property into a woodworking studio. This process involved replacing the roof, pouring a new concrete floor and installing new electric service. “We are now just getting finished painting the exterior and finishing some exterior trim,” he says. “Next will be new windows and a heating system. Everything takes a while when you’re dealing with a building that is about 100 feet by 35 feet.” In spite of the recession, Esposito has seen a steady business. He works in collaboration with his father, Tony, who helps with design and installations, and his mother, Marcia, who has her own interior home design firm called Faux Much Fun! For more information about Esposito Woodworking and to see photos of past projects, visit www.espositowoodworking.com.

Anthony Esposito ’04 shows off some of the equipment inside his carpentry shop, formerly a barn that he converted into a studio for his woodworking business. A custom built-in entertainment center designed and crafted by Esposito Woodworking.

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Brother Kevin Hargadon, F.S.C. Br o t h er K evin har gad o n , F.S.C., Ph.D., University of America in Washington, D.C., retired associate professor of psychology, and went abroad to teach at Nuestra Senora died on Nov. 21, 2009. He was 78 years old. de las Maravillas in Madrid and La Salle UniBr. Hargadon was an accomplished man versity in Brazil. in many diverse fields who lived and worked Following his early teaching career, Br. in locations throughout the world. He served Hargadon spent six years as a staff psycholoas a De La Salle Christian Brother for 62 years, gist at Northern Virginia Mental Health Instiwas a licensed clinical psychologist, taught tute, and then founded and directed the De at institutions throughout North America, La Salle Center, an aftercare clinic for college South America and Europe, and oversaw students who had breakdowns. During that several mental health clinics and treatment time, he was also in private clinical practice centers. and served as a lecturer at Washington Theo“When we think of Kevin, we recall the logical Union, before taking on a role as exyoung boy from ‘St. Jerome’s Parish’ or the ecutive director of Lincoln Hall, a residential ‘College Professor’ or the ‘World Traveler’ or treatment center in Somers, N.Y. the ‘Clinical Psychologist’ or the ‘Renaissance In 1981, Br. Hargadon returned to his roots Brother,’” says Brother Raymond Meagher, in the Bronx and joined Manhattan College F.S.C., assistant professor of education. as an associate professor of psychology, a “These are all aspects of Kevin’s life, but they position he held until 1996, when he became cannot capture his complex essence.” an adjunct lecturer. Br. Hargadon was born in New York City While at Manhattan, he was an important and raised in the Bronx. He earned a B.A. in figure for many students, who found him to philosophy, M.S. in organic chemistry and be a great teacher, mentor and confidant. Ph.D. in clinical psychology all from The “At different points, Kevin provided me a Catholic University of America. In the begintrusting place to talk about things that were ning of his career, he taught at La Salle Acad- of concern to me,” says Brother Peter Iorlano, emy in Providence, R.I., Hillside Hall in Troy, F.S.C., a former Manhattan College student. N.Y., and De La Salle College at The Catholic “His warmth and care were clear to me. He lis-

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tened without being judgmental and when necessary, gently and respectfully invited me to consider alternative ways of looking at my concerns. I enjoyed Kevin’s company, care, gentleness, kindness, humor and affirmation during those times I had the opportunity to be with him. I am much better for having known him.” Br. Hargadon was a member of numerous honor societies, including Psi Chi, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon and Phi Beta Kappa. He was also the 1977 recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award from the District of Columbia Psychological Association, and in 1961, he received the United States Public Health Grant for Clinical Psychology. After his retirement from the College in 2000, Br. Hargadon enjoyed playing the piano, golfing, reading, swimming and spending time with family. He is survived by his two sisters, Margaret Conway and Barbara Kepesky, and by many loving nieces and nephews.

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t h e r ev. r in a l d o Bo r z a ga , associate professor emeritus of religious studies at Manhattan College and former chaplain to the Christian Brothers community, died on Feb. 9. He was 89 years old. A retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, Borzaga began his longtime affiliation with Manhattan in 1957, and for the next 33 years until his retirement in 1990, he taught philosophy and theology at the College, while serving as chaplain to the Christian Brothers on campus. Borzaga studied at the Gregorian University and Padua State University, both in Rome, and was ordained on July 13, 1947 as a member of the Salesian Society of St. John Bosco. He was born in a small town in the Dolomite Alps but was forced to leave the Salesians be-

cause his parents were very poor and needed his support, explains Brother William Batt, F.S.C. He then came to Manhattan and sent his salary back to Italy to support them. “But he always had a soft spot in his heart for the Salesians,” Br. Batt says. “He also became very close to the Brothers because the community life reminded him of his old order.” Borzaga was also an accomplished author. In Pursuit of Religion was published in 1977 and Contemporary Philosophy Phenomenological and Existential Currents was published in 1966. A well-loved and well-respected teacher at Manhattan, his former students remember him fondly as an intelligent and warm person. “Father Borzaga was a longtime professor of philosophy at

Manhattan (especially Christian existentialism) and even longer the chaplain to the Christian Brothers,” says Kevin Moore ’80, a former student of his. “He was a brilliant man, from whom I learned much.” “He didn’t just teach religion, he experienced it,” says Barbara Moroch ’82, another one of his former students. “Father Borzaga’s enthusiasm for the subject matter was infectious. His gentle, sometimes amusing, and always animated way of teaching made the lessons all the more memorable and meaningful to me. He was a true man of God, and I am a better person for having known him.” As an affiliated member of the Christian Brothers, Borzaga resided at the Christian Brothers Center and was an important part of their community.

“He led a truly unique priestly life, overcoming the hardships of wartime Europe and the postwar period,” says Brother John Muller, F.S.C., associate professor emeritus of government. “He seemed to discover his vocation within a vocation as a longserving college faculty member and in later retirement years as faithful chaplain and member of the Manhattan College Brothers Community.” Due to failing health, he returned to his family in Caraveno, Italy, on Jan. 16 and died only a month after his return. The funeral and burial took place in Italy. A memorial Mass was held for him at the College on March 3 in the chapel at the Christian Brothers Center.

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Robert beardsley ’50 r o Ber t e. Bea r ds l ey ’50, Ph.D., former chair of the biology department and founding member of the College’s Laboratory of Plant Morphogenesis, died on Feb. 21, 2010. He was 86 years old. An alumnus of the College, Beardsley also held a master’s degree and doctorate from Columbia University (1951 and 1960, respectively). He served at the College from 1951 to 1977 in a variety of positions in the biology department. With the rank of professor, he established his legacy at the College as a founding member and director of the Laboratory of Plant Morphogenesis. “Dr. Beardsley was instrumental in the development of the biology department at Manhattan College, and the College owes him a great debt of thanks,” says Lance Evans, Ph.D., current director of the laboratory and the Catherine and Robert Fenton Endowed Chair of Biology. Evans refers to the Laboratory Plant Morphogenesis as an example of Beardsley’s influence. “The laboratory still exists today because of the vision of these early pioneers,” Evans says. “The main emphasis in the early years of the laboratory was the use of plant

models to study unregulated cell proliferation/cancer. Plants produce cancers, and Dr. Beardsley was a pioneer in the area that showed that plant cancers were caused by plasmids within bacteria.” Both Evans and Sister Kathleen Tracey, professor emerita of biology and associate vice president for institutional advancement at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, celebrated Beardsley’s dedication to his faculty and the biology department. She explains how he encouraged facultystudent research and used a myriad collection of phrases to summarize Beardsley, including: “biologist, plant scientist, researcher, fundraiser, originator and organizer of plant morphogenesis, and first chairman of the joined Manhattan College-College of Mount Saint Vincent biology department.” Still, Sr. Tracey pointed out that this was only one side of him, as he was also known for entertaining at the beach, riding motorcycles and being devoted to his family, which included his dog. Prior to attending Manhattan, Beardsley served in the U.S. Army 86th Infantry Division from 1942 to 1946. After his tenure at the College, he joined Iona College as dean

of arts and science from 1977 to 1983, and professor from 1977 to 1989. At that time, he became faculty emeritus in Iona’s biology department. Beardsley was a Guggenheim Fellow and worked as a visiting scientist at the Pasteur Institute in 1966 and 1967. He was also a frequent contributor of articles to professional journals. A resident of Yonkers, he is survived by his wife of 62 years, Philomena; his three children: Luisa, Margaret and Robert; his six grandchildren; and his two great grandchildren.

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Wesley Eckenfelder ’46 W. Wes l ey ec Kenf el d er Jr. ’46, former associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a pioneer in the wastewater management field, died on March 28, 2010. He was 83 years old. Eckenfelder was dubbed the “godfather” of industrial wastewater management due to his work in the field, which included writing more than 30 books, serving as a founding principal in several environmental engineering firms, and receiving 28 awards from professional societies, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Water Environment Federation. Additionally, he was an accomplished environmental engineering professor with a teaching career spanning more than 30 years, including positions at Manhattan College, University of Texas at Austin and Vanderbilt University. “He has been a great colleague and mentor to me on projects, proposals and workshop presentations,” says Joe Cleary ’73, principal at HydroQual, Inc. “I am amazed at how he continued to have the passion for helping clients solve their wastewater issues, as well as the passion to teach engineers and students at the workshops, even in spite of having limited eyesight toward the end of his life. He is truly one of the greats in the environmental engineering field and industrial wastewater profession.”

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Eckenfelder began his career in the 1950s after earning a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Manhattan in 1946, a master’s degree in sanitary engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 1948 and a second master’s degree in civil engineering from New York University in 1954. He was known internationally as a pioneer in the field of water treatment and was one of the primary developers of biological treatment technology, a technology that has become imperative to modern environmental engineering. He was also a prolific writer and wrote more than 30 textbooks and hundreds of articles for professional journals on various environmental engineering topics. His book Industrial Water Pollution Control is in its fourth edition and is a seminal textbook used by students in the classroom, as well as practicing professionals in the field. His autobiography was released in 2009 and has been praised for the insight it shares about how his work touched the lives of many. Eckenfelder’s teaching career at Manhattan began in 1952, when he joined the faculty of the engineering department. Throughout the next decade, he worked to grow the environmental engineering program. Even after he left his teaching job at Manhattan in 1963, he remained a fixture on campus and returned during summers to teach short

courses and attend alumni dinners. Eckenfelder received an honorary doctorate from the College in April of 1990 at a special convocation that commemorated the 50th anniversary of the environmental engineering program. “Wes played a critical role in establishing the environmental engineering master’s degree program and the Institute in Water Pollution Control Professional short courses,” says Kevin J. Farley, Ph.D., director of Manhattan’s environmental engineering graduate program. “Wes returned to the College each June as the headliner of our Institute Wastewater Treatment short course, and kept all of us entertained at the annual ‘Plumbers’ Alumni Dinner. He was a leader in the field of industrial wastewater treatment and one of our most distinguished alumni.” Eckenfelder and his family and friends also established the Lawrence Eckenfelder Award for Environmental Engineering, in memory of his son, to recognize an outstanding undergraduate student in environmental engineering, which is given at Manhattan’s Spring Honors Convocation. He was preceded in death by his son, Lawrence, and is survived by his wife, Agnes Elliot Eckenfelder; his daughter, Janice Lariviere; his daughterin-law, Dora Eckenfelder; and five grandchildren.

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John Nagle ’56 Jo h n d. n a g l e ’56, Ph .d., associate professor emeritus of English, died on May 10, 2010. He was 75 years old. After graduating in 1956 from Manhattan, Nagle earned his master’s and doctoral degrees from Fordham University. He served the College from 1958 to 1994, beginning as an instructor and retiring as associate professor of English and world literature. In a short story about the College in the Village Voice in 1984, a student was quoted as saying, “John Nagle is ‘the only professor in the city with students clamoring to study Milton at 8 a.m.’” Respected by his students and fellow faculty, Nagle was known as a talented lecturer and genuine person, who was endearing in so many ways. “John Nagle was a huge presence in any forum,” says Stephen Kaplan, Ph.D., professor of religious studies. “He was a man of enormous wit, charm and intellect. His presence could fill a room with thought and laughter. Nagle was never boring. One could see the breadth of his knowledge at the Dante seminars, where he could ask a question or raise a point about a colleague’s presentation from such a wide range of perspectives.” “There was a vivaciousness about John Nagel that could not be contained,” says John Wilcox, Ph.D., vice president for mission. “One could never cap his effervescence, a quality that affected all who came in contact with him. I would be waiting with him for the next class on the third floor of Miguel, and I could always depend on John for a joke that lent itself to repartee that then led to another joke. I always wondered where his energy and wit came from.“ Brother Patrick Horner, F.S.C., professor of English, describes Nagle as extraordinarily well and widely read in many areas of English literature.

“Dr. Nagle epitomized the idea of a scholarly professor,” says Br. Horner. “He continually kept abreast of the latest critical and scholarly works in these areas and incorporated them in his classes. He never lost his zest to do new material in his classes and always found ways to present it freshly to his students. One of my fond memories was sitting in on his Joyce class and marveling at the breadth of his knowledge of that difficult work and the ease with which he communicated its intricacies and beauties to the class.” A former student of Nagle’s and an honorary degree recipient (Fall Honors Convocation, 1991), Ron Herzman ’65, Ph.D., distinguished teaching professor of English at SUNY Geneseo, explained the tremendous influence Nagle had on his life, in a letter sent to the president of Manhattan College upon Nagle’s death. “First, and most important, he did for me what only great teachers do: he saw more in me than I saw in myself,” Herzman wrote. “He gave me a very great gift. Second, he gave me my subject matter and a passion for it. Throughout his long career at Manhattan as a prodigiously gifted teacher, there weren’t many sites on the literary landscape to which he did not travel.” While pursuing his doctorate, Nagle was awarded a grant from the prestigious Danforth Teacher Grant Program in 1967-1968. He was one of 38 faculty members selected from a national field of nearly 400. He also was awarded Manhattan’s Bonus et Fidelis medal in 1983. A resident of Riverdale, he is survived by his brother, Msgr. Joseph P. Nagle; his sisters, Virginia Danaher and Patricia McCormick; and many nieces and nephews; and grandnieces and grandnephews. A memorial will be held on campus on Saturday, Sept. 25, at 11 a.m.

The fall 2009 issue of Manhattan magazine, mailed in late December, includes an obituary for Anthony J. Scala Sr. ’44 (page 55). The photo accompanying the story is not of Scala, but of Charles V. Kovac ’51. This is the correct photo of Scala. Manhattan College deeply regrets the error.

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Alumni, students, sta. an d friends walked up Fifth Avenue representing Manhattan College at the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 17. Jaspers rallied around this year’s grand marshal, Ray Kelly ’63, the city’s police commissioner, and, of course, the College’s Pipes and Drums band.

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