Seton Hall Magazine, Winter 2016-17

SETON HALL A home for the mind, the heart and the spirit

Winter 2016-17

Music Man

Grammy-Winning Trombonist Douglas Purviance Travels the World — and Shares His Craft with Students

WHAT MAKES A POWERFUL CEO? A HEALTHY DOSE OF COMPASSION THE HISTORIC CONNECTION BETWEEN SETON HALL AND CHINA

SETON HALL Winter 2016-17

In this issue

Vol. 27 Issue 2

Seton Hall magazine is published by the Department of Public Relations and Marketing in the Division of University Advancement.

President A. Gabriel Esteban, Ph.D. Vice President for University Advancement David J. Bohan, M.B.A.

features

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Father Laurence T. Murphy, who taught at Seton Hall and briefly served as president, helped forge a historic link between the University and China, starting in 1979.

Associate Vice President for Public Relations and Marketing Dan Kalmanson, M.A. Director of Publications/ University Editor Pegeen Hopkins, M.S.J. Art Director Toby Fox Photo Editor Meg Matyia Copy Editor Kim de Bourbon

departments

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HALLmarks Contributors Kim DeBourbon Michael Giorgio Andrew Jordan Kelsey Foy Laurie Pine Michael Ricciardelli Nicholas Zeitlinger

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Cover: Trombonist Douglas Purviance.

Photograph by Meredith Heuer.

Facing page: Detail of the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception.

Photo by Brian Kutner.

www.shu.edu

From Presidents Hall HALLmarks

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Possibilities Junior Jeremy Garriga provides help where it’s needed — to the homeless in New Jersey and the sick in Honduras.

News & Notes Editors Viannca I. Vélez ’10 Victoria Bartek Andrew Jordan

Send your comments and suggestions by mail to: Seton Hall magazine, Department of Public Relations and Marketing, 519 South Orange Ave., South Orange, NJ 07079; by email to shuwriter@shu.edu; or by phone at 973-378-9834.

The Asia Connection

Roaming the Hall Trombonist Douglas Purviance, co-leader of the famed Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, teaches his Seton Hall students the finer points of his craft.

Profile Mary Ellen Clyne ’87/M.S.N. ’93/Ph.D. ’12 runs Clara Maass Medical Center with a healthy dose of humanity.

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Profile Matthew McCue ’04 found his calling — and financial success — in business journalism. Now he’s making a gift that will help others follow his path.

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Sports at the Hall Alumni News & Notes Last Word

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FROM P R E S ID EN T S H A L L |

A . G A B R I E L E S T E BA N , P H . D.

COMMUNICATING WITH

Conscience “The means of communication are the builders of a society. In and of themselves, they are made to build, to interchange, to fraternize, to make us think, to educate.”

— POPE FRANCIS

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s events of the past year have demon-

success as academics at other top universities. And the

strated, the mass media have never been

program will enhance the legacy of Seton Hall’s other

more influential in shaping our under-

doctoral offerings in law, nursing, education, human

standing of national and global affairs.

services and the biological sciences.

Into this environment, the College of

Communication and the Arts is launching a doctoral

when administered by individuals who seek to promote

program in communication that will bring the tenets of

the common good. At the undergraduate and master’s

servant leadership to bear on the most pressing commu-

levels, Seton Hall has a long tradition of cultivating jour-

nications issues of our time.

nalists, broadcasters, media practitioners and artistic

A recent $1.75 million gift from the estate of the late

creators whose careers advanced the stature of their

Henry F. Roman ’54 and his wife, Maryann, will establish

alma mater. A key component of this diverse tradition is

an endowed professorship for a renowned communica-

WSOU-FM, which recently was named the national Non-

tions scholar and also support doctoral students and

commercial Station of the Year at the National Associa-

faculty development. The new program will ultimately

tion of Broadcasters Marconi Radio Awards (page 8).

produce generations of teachers and researchers who

Also in this issue you can read about Matthew McCue

possess a deep understanding of how the communica-

’04, an emerging voice in the field of financial journalism

tions industries are evolving, how they are influencing

who is helping his alma mater enhance the training that

society, and how their integrity can be strengthened.

helped launch his successful career (page 22).

We expect that our graduates will go on to lead major corporations, serve as government advisers and achieve

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As Pope Francis noted, the media are at their best

Seton Hall graduates are capable of achieving such heights because our distinguished faculty has consider-

able experience in both academic and industry set-

in the communications field than it is today. As such, the

tings. Acclaimed instrumental music professor Douglas

program is being designed to reflect current trends and

Purviance is just one of the professionals who brings

breakthroughs in all areas of communication and to har-

the latest knowledge of industry trends to Seton Hall’s

ness the knowledge and expertise of top research faculty

classrooms (page 18). And in the coming years, the

and practitioners from around the nation and world.

Photo by Ian Bradshaw

University will transform the college with leading-edge

It is the responsibility of a leading doctoral program

technology that will vault it to a position of preeminence

to provide a strong voice in addressing emerging issues

among peer institutions.

and in shaping the national conversation about the mass

Building upon these strengths, Seton Hall’s new

media and its component disciplines. I know that our

doctoral program is set to arrive at the perfect time.

new doctoral program will be a guiding light in advanc-

Strong ethical leadership has never been more needed

ing these discussions and many others. n

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SHU in the news “With a universal mission of love, Saint Mother Teresa will continue to inspire by her simple and rudimentary faith, blissfully serving the world’s poorest of the poor, and expecting nothing in return.”

Ines Murzaku, College of Arts and Sciences, in The New York Times and The Washington Post on the canonization of Mother Teresa.

“Treasure for Pirate Radio.”

NJTV’s Mary Alice Williams reporting that Seton Hall University’s student-run station won “radio’s Academy Award, the Marconi Award for the best noncommercial station in the nation.”

Sara Bjerg Moller, School of Diplomacy and International Relations, in an essay she wrote on U.S. and Russian relations in Syria for The Washington Post.

“…[Classical Westerns are popular with Baby Boomers] for their consoling messages about home and family, with clear heroes and bad guys. On the other hand, classic Westerns often bolstered race hatred like few other genres — the screaming, attacking Indian was a mainstay of yesterday’s Westerns.”

Christopher Sharrett, College of Arts and Sciences, in Parade magazine, on why TV and movie Westerns are so popular among Baby Boomers but not younger audiences.

“Plenty of tenants, many of whom are living hand-to-mouth, can’t even afford the day off from work to appear in court and allow their voices to be heard.”

Paula Franzese, professor of law, on NJ 101.5, regarding her recent research showing that an overwhelming number of tenants are unaware of their legal rights.

“As the founding dean of Seton Hall’s new med school, Bonita Stanton aims to rewrite the book on health education.”

New Jersey Monthly magazine’s “Top Docs” edition, in a feature story on Dr. Bonita Stanton.

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Great Expectations Author Wes Moore came to campus in September, sharing his life experiences and belief in higher education with the Seton Hall community and bringing the University’s Summer Reading Program to life.

His New York Times nonfiction bestseller, The Other Wes Moore, was selected as the book each first-year student would read before starting class last fall.

Since 2003, all incoming freshmen have been required to read a book selected for its ability to generate thoughtful discussion. The book is then part of all Core English 1 and University Life classes and some Journey of Transformation classes, giving new students something in common to discuss and introducing them to academic life.

Moore’s book tells how his life unfolded compared to the life of another man with the same name from the same Baltimore neighborhood, with a similar story of getting into trouble as a young man.

But as the book outlines, the two Wes Moores ended up on different paths. One, the author, became a Rhodes scholar and decorated Army officer. The other ended up a convicted murderer, behind bars for the rest of his life.

“We are not a product of our environment; we are a product of our expectations,” Moore said in his campus appearance.

Moore also talked about what going to college meant to him. One of his ventures is BridgeEdU, a program that helps students make the transition from high school through their first year of college and partners with universities on programs to increase retention and graduation rates.

Photo courtesy of American Program Bureau Inc.

“My research has shown how multinational wars follow a familiar pattern: From relatively independent beginnings, participating militaries coordinate far more closely as battlefield conditions deteriorate.”

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NEW ARCHBISHOP FOR NEWARK CARDINAL JOSEPH W. TOBIN

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ortheastern New Jersey has a new archbishop, and the University has a new stimulus to its mission: Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin.

Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Tobin to be

the sixth Archbishop of Newark on November 7, just a month after naming him to the College of Cardinals.

As archbishop, Cardinal Tobin serves as the chair of the Seton Hall Board of Trustees and president of the Board of Regents, the boards that oversee the University’s mission and direction.

He is the first cardinal archbishop of Newark, and succeeds Archbishop John J. Myers, who reached the mandatory retirement age after serving the archdiocese since 2001.

In an interview published in The National Catholic Reporter, Cardinal Tobin reflected at length on Pope Francis’ focus on mercy, and said his wish is that the church become “a sacrament of mercy in our world.”

At a press conference announcing his appointment, the cardinal mentioned three qualities he intends to promote: joy in daily life as a response to God, transparency through regular communication with the people of the archdiocese, and freedom from fear in the love of God and neighbor.

Cardinal Tobin, a native of Detroit, came to New Jersey after four years as Archbishop of Indianapolis.

I AM EXCITED TO LEAD AN ARCHDIOCESE WHERE THE EUCHARIST IS CELEBRATED EACH SUNDAY IN 20 LANGUAGES. A member of the Redemptorist order, he had previously CNS photo (bottom left)/Paul Haring

worked in Rome for 15 years, serving as the head of his order and then as the secretary for the Vatican’s congregation for religious life.

“I am excited to lead an archdiocese where the Eucharist is celebrated each Sunday in 20 languages,” said Cardinal Tobin, who himself speaks English, A FIRST: The Archdiocese of Newark will be led by a cardinal for the first time.

Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese, and reads several other languages.

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In Brief l Associate history professor Thomas Rzeznik was awarded first place in General Excellence among Scholarly Magazines by the Catholic Press Association for his work as a co-editor for American Catholic Studies.

l Lauren Schiller, professor of fine arts, received the Harold K. Anderson Award for finishing in third place at the 59th Chautauqua (N.Y.) Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art for her painting “Meditation: Busy Mind.”

l Mark Molesky, associate professor of history, was given a best book award from Phi Alpha Theta, the historical honor society, for his book This Gulf of Fire.

l Dianne M. Traflet, associate dean of Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology, received the St. Junipero Serra Award for her support of vocations in the Archdiocese of Newark.

l Richard Blake, professor for the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, was awarded the President’s Award for Lifetime Achievement from the National Association of Social Workers, New Jersey. l Karen Gevirtz, co-director of the Women and Gender Studies Program, was awarded the Chawton House Visiting Fellowship for August 2017.

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l Monsignor Gerard H. McCarren, associate professor of systematic theology and spiritual director of Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology, was elected board member emeritus by the Newman Association of America after 16 years of board service. l Deacon Andrew E. Saunders, director of the Center for Diaconal Formation, was elected to the secretary-treasurer position of the National Association of Diaconate Directors.

Photo by Milan Stanic

l William Pace, faculty associate of digital media production, co-produced and edited The Harrow, a film featured at the Kansas International Film Festival in November.

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BY THE NUMBERS

English as a Second Language Program 1976

Year Established

40

Students Enrolled at Program’s Start

131

Students Enrolled in Fall 2016

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Countries Represented in 1976

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l Dag Gabrielsen, assistant professor of sound production and engineering, produced and edited American Romantics, a classical CD, for conductor Reuben Blundell and the Gowanus Arts Orchestra. The recording was played on many radio stations throughout the country. l Father Paul Holmes, distinguished professor of servant leadership, received the National Leadership Roundtable for Church Managements’ 2016 Best Practices Award for his work on the Toolbox for Pastoral Management, which, since 2009, has brought management skills to more than 400 priests and deacons throughout the U.S. and Canada. l U.S. News & World Report ranked the Stillman School of Business among the “Best Undergraduate Business Programs” in 2017. The school rose 17 places, to 114, on the list. l The Huffington Post listed adjunct professor of management Lee Miller’s A Woman’s Guide to Successful Negotiating to its “16 Books Aspiring Women Leaders Need to Be Reading” list.

Countries Represented in 2016

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Number of Teachers in 1976

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Number of Teachers in 2016

Seton Hall Rising Seton Hall rose in the U.S. News & World Report rankings for the sixth straight year in 2016 and is now ranked 118 nationally.

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JENNINGS’ LEGACY LIVES ON Love, happiness, laughter and learning are the legacies of Mary Jennings, a Seton Hall student-athlete who lost her battle with liver cancer 10 years ago.

The Seton Hall community last fall commemorated the anniversary of her death at the women’s soccer game against St. John’s, raising nearly $9,000 for the Mary Jennings Memorial Scholarship. The Pirates wore green Jennings jerseys in her memory.

Jennings (shown at right), a secondary education/history major, was a hard-working student who made the dean’s list every

semester. She played two seasons on the varsity soccer team, and died June 22, 2006, at age 21, just months before she would have begun her senior year.

The memorial scholarship was endowed in 2007, and since its inception has received 362 gifts totaling $131,218. Since 2008, it has awarded a scholarship annually to a Seton Hall education and human services student who participates in sports and shows both academic merit and financial need, in amounts ranging from $2,000 to $10,000.

“After reading Mary Jennings’ bio and

hearing about her goals and ambitions, I see so much of myself in her,” said Amber Ingram, the 2016 Jennings Scholar. “Education and staying active are two very important aspects of my life. I just hope that with the financial help of this scholarship I can be at least half the woman that she was.”

Radio’s ‘Oscar’ for WSOU commercial Station of the Year at the 2016 National

during 2015, including audience reach, innovative pro-

Association of Broadcasters Marconi Radio Awards.

gramming, how the station reaches and serves its

“In radio, a Marconi award is the equivalent of an

listeners, and commitment to the community. That year

Oscar or an Emmy,” said Mark Maben, the station’s faculty

the station presented 22 concerts, 1,456 hours of news

adviser and general manager. “This is a big deal!”

and public-affairs programming and 96 sports broad-

The station — staffed by students 24 hours a day, seven days a week — beat out other noncommercial stations

casts, while supporting community efforts such as a local food drive.

across the country,

“The professional level we, a student-run station,

including some that

operate at is certainly one factor” in earning the award,

are professionally run.

Maben said, “as is WSOU’s reputation for being an excel-

Offering an eclectic

lent training ground for future broadcasters.” Hundreds

mix of music shows

of alumni are out working in the media and music indus-

and Seton Hall sports programming, it has a weekly listenership of about 100,000, plus online streaming.

“It is through their hands-on responsibilities that

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The award was based on WSOU’s achievements

tries, he said, “from New York to L.A.” “But we also have many more alumni working in nonmedia fields who credit WSOU for part of their success.

students learn,” Maben said, noting that there are more

Working at the station teaches you a set of life skills nec-

than 130 students on the staff, a show of considerable

essary for all careers — how to communicate, self-con-

growth in the past three years. “College radio is enjoying

fidence, grace under pressure and working effectively

a bit of a renaissance, not only at Seton Hall, but

in teams. What we do every day is something the entire

on many other campuses.”

Seton Hall community can be proud of.”

Jennings photo courtesy of SHU Athletics

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irate Radio WSOU-FM was named the national Non-

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A Fond Farewell to

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Provost Robinson rovost and executive vice president Larry A. Robinson retired from Seton Hall University at the end of 2016, but will continue to serve until June 30, 2017, as special academic advisor on the new

School of Medicine initiative and the new Health and Medical Sciences campus development in addition to the upcoming Liaison Committee on Medical Education initial accreditation visit.

President A. Gabriel Esteban, in making the announcement, noted his long collaboration with Robinson — the administrators worked together at three other universities before coming to Seton Hall. “I have known the provost for most of my academic career in this country and have benefited greatly, as many at Seton Hall have, from his mentorship and leadership,” Esteban said. “As a colleague and friend, his steadfast commitment to the

to be the only private medical school in the state — he

academic enterprise has been a source of inspiration.”

was instrumental in establishing the partnership with

Robinson called his time at Seton Hall immensely rewarding. “I’ve had the opportunity to work with some of

location on the former Hoffmann-LaRoche site in Nutley

the brightest, most talented faculty in the country while

and Clifton, N.J.

participating in the evolution of our institution,” he said.

As part of the University’s strategic plan, Robinson

He attributed much of the University’s progress to

established a program to identify Centers of Excellence,

the efforts of faculty and staff. “I am immensely proud

which invests in high-performing or high-potential ac-

to have been their provost. I am confident they have the

ademic programs. He helped enhance the number of en-

ability to meet the strategic challenges ahead.”

dowed professorships at the University, introduced merit

Robinson continued, “I am pleased to have had the

pay for faculty, and made many important appointments,

chance to advance our Catholic identity and to help dis-

including the deans of nearly every school at Seton Hall.

tinguish Seton Hall from other private institutions. I will

He also oversaw and secured the Middle States accredi-

be forever grateful for the role Seton Hall has played in

tation process for regional accreditation.

my professional and personal life.”

Photo by Lisa Metz

Hackensack Meridian Health and in securing its future

Robinson’s extensive career in higher education has in-

Recently retired Newark Archbishop John J. Myers

cluded service as a professor, department head, dean and

thanked Robinson for his work. “I am grateful for his

executive vice chancellor in addition to provost and exec-

support and contributions to further both the Catholic

utive vice president. His philosophy and practice of lead-

identity of Seton Hall and its reputation for academic

ership placed priority on academics, which was illustrat-

excellence.”

ed through his emphasis on faculty involvement, shared

Robinson’s leadership played a crucial role in launch-

governance, and transparency between administration

ing the College of Communication and the Arts as well as

and faculty. His career has demonstrated the best of what

the School of Medicine. For the medical school — slated

higher education administration should represent.

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An Old Favorite

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he Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament moved outdoors in October for the first “Pack the Green” event, offering an evening of praise, prayer and music on the University Green.

For several years, the Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology and Office of Campus Ministry have sponsored “Pack the Chapel” events to fill all 180 seats in the University Chapel for Eucharistic Holy Hours.

“The inspiration for ‘Pack the Green’ came from our continual desire to bring Jesus to our students wherever they might be, and we try to be creative in doing that,” said Father Brian Needles, S.T.L., director of campus ministry. “In this case that meant taking advantage of the Green, which is the center of campus life.”

Almost 200 Seton Hall faithful met under the stars for a Holy Hour of Eucharistic Adoration, which was illuminated by candlelight and concluded with the benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

“At the same time, countless students walked past the altar and while they might not have stayed, they did stop and say a prayer, make the sign of the cross, or bow their heads out of reverence and respect for Jesus’ presence,” Father Needles said.

“Only God knows how many blessings He shed upon us that night, but we are certain that it was a time of immeasurable grace for the entire Seton Hall community.”

A gathering afterward in the Campus Ministry Lounge for milkshakes and french fries also attracted a large turnout.

The intent is to hold “Pack the Green” twice a year, once in fall and again in spring, with the next one scheduled for April 20. “I’m already praying for good weather for that day,” said Father Needles.

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Photos by (from top): Avalon_Studio; Joy Yagid

Candlelight, Prayer and the Eucharist on the Green

“It’s a Wonderful Life” is a movie most people know well, and watching the 1946 Frank Capra-Jimmy Stewart film is part of the Christmas tradition for many.

But the College of Communication and Arts brought the story to life in an entirely new way last December in a production unique not only for its performance as a radio play, but for bringing student and alumni actors together on the stage for four live shows.

The Theatre-in-the-Round production was more or less a staged reading of the play, said Peter Reader, associate professor of theater, and it was chosen to accommodate the busy careers and personal obligations of the cast. He noted that such productions were quite popular at Seton Hall in the 1950s.

“We decided to do a show which commemorates the life of the theater program and its alums,” he said, calling it a revival of an old tradition for Theatre-in-the-Round.

“It’s a Wonderful Life” was directed by Ken Spassione ’94/J.D. ’97, a professional voice actor who was joined

by Vincent Sagona ’87/M.A. ’89 and Joe Minchik ’08, also voice actors.

Spassione split up many other scripted speaking parts among a dozen students, challenging them to switch dialects to perform multiple characters.

“I told the cast that there would be a level of trust between them and the audience. If the audience’s eyes are closed, they shouldn’t panic because it means that the audience is relying on them to paint the picture in their mind.”

EARLY RUN-THROUGH: The cast performs during the play’s dress rehearsal.

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Setting the Record Straight

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n uncovering the true inspiration for the iconic “Rosie the Riveter” illustration on the World War II era “We Can Do It” poster, communications professor James

Kimble corrected misinformation that is widely spread throughout the Internet.

For nearly six years, Kimble researched the identity of the woman in the poster, which was produced in 1943 to promote factory production during the war. His study concerned how the poster, thought to be modeled on a widely published press photo of a factory worker, came to be associated with a woman named Geraldine Hoff Doyle from Michigan, who thought she recognized herself in the photograph.

When Doyle died in 2010, Kimble said, “her death was covered by media outlets, big and small, throughout the world, with very little journalistic restraint. In the age of Kimble’s essay, “Rosie’s Secret Identity,

the Internet, stories multiply and feed upon themselves, citing each other as sources, all

Or, How to Debunk a Woozle by Walking

distressingly void of independent research.”

Backward through the Forest of Visual

This is what is known as “the woozle effect,” or what happens when an unsupported

James Kimble

Rosie the RIveter: National Archives and Records Administration

Kimble eventually found the original photograph,

Public Affairs last summer. The story was then reported by national media, including

fact is printed and reprinted, and eventually passes into urban myth and accepted as historical fact.

Rhetoric,” was published in Rhetoric &

People magazine and National Public Radio.

In the NPR “Academic Minute” piece, Kimble point-

which was still tagged on the back, naming Naomi Park-

ed to the story as “a cautionary tale worth heeding …

er as the subject. He found the former factory worker

Doyle’s story, because we now know it isn’t true, can

in California and visited her before setting the record

— and does — forensically tell us a lot about modern

straight.

media. And what it says is frankly disturbing.”

An Educational Expansion A $1.75 million gift from the estate of the late Henry F. Roman ’54 and his wife, Maryann, will be used to launch a new Ph.D. program in communication in the College of Communication and the Arts.

Deirdre Yates, dean of the college,

believes the philanthropic support will help transform the college and its programs. “This gift will benefit our entire college and help bring us national recognition,” she said.

The gift will help create an endowed

professorship and provide additional support for doctoral students and faculty development. The new program, expected to launch in Fall 2018, is being designed to reflect current trends and advances in all areas of communication.

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Emergency Measures

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ursing student Amanda Martorelli was home for the summer in East Hanover, N.J., and on-call as an emergency medical technician for her local volunteer

ambulance squad. It was July 4, and she admits to being disappointed that she had to stay home while her friends were having fun and enjoying the holiday.

“I love being an EMT, but honestly, I never got to do the really exciting stuff,” she said. “I have a big interest in trauma situations. We have ongoing training for every possible scenario, but you never really get to do most of it.”

That all changed when she was called to the scene of a one-car crash with an unconscious driver. The 33-yearold man was not responding to resuscitation efforts when she arrived, and as the team attempted to diagnose why the man wasn’t responding, Martorelli wondered if it could be a drug overdose, and not accident trauma,

later — well past the time when the shot should have

that was threatening the man’s life. She had recently

taken effect — the man jolted back to life on the way to

been certified to administer naloxone, a drug that revers-

the hospital, and eventually admitted to having taken

es the effects of an opioid drug overdose, but had never

heroin that day.

used it in the field.

Paramedics and doctors at the hospital congratulated

Since the drug would have no effect on a person who

Martorelli. “It made my day,” she said. “To have them ac-

hadn’t taken opioids, her crew chief gave the go-ahead

knowledge what I had done was an incredibly rewarding

for Martorelli to give the man a shot. Twenty minutes

experience.”

DEDICATED TO PRIVACY Seton Hall University School of Law has launched a new Institute for Privacy Protection, thanks to more than $1.68 million granted the school for this purpose as part of a federal court settlement.

The Institute will promote academic research, educate businesses on proper privacy practices in commercial advertising and help consumers understand privacy rights.

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“Our society is in the midst of a privacy debate which will impact our lives in important ways,” said Gaia Bernstein, Michael J. Zimmer Professor of Law, who will serve as the institute’s first director. The grant, she said, will enable the school to build on its unique privacy and security program of studies for law students, and to extend the program to educate a larger community.

The Law School is extremely thankful for this designation, which will enable us to build upon our extensive educational programs in corporate compliance, said Law School Dean Kathleen Boozang. “We plan to expand upon the important work we do in privacy law by educating businesses and consumers in the myriad of laws and practices that impact privacy rights.”

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ARCHITECTURAL SPLENDOR

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he Chapel of the Immaculate Conception is beloved at Seton Hall. Featured by Buzzfeed as part of its “31 Insanely Beautiful Col-

leges You Can Get Married At” list, the 157-year old chapel holds about 55 weddings a year and welcomes about 2,000 parishioners each month attending Mass.

New York photographer Richard Silver visited Seton Hall in September 2016 to photograph the chapel, adding it to his luminous global collection of panoramic “Vertical Churches” and capturing the architectural grandeur of the campus building.

Silver’s vertical photographs depict each church — altar to entrance — in one composite image, and his work has been featured in Architectural Digest, Wired and United Hemispheres magazines.

For more information or to order a print, visit http://bit.ly/RSphotos.

ABSOLUTE BEAUTY: The Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, a campus favorite, is captivating, inside and out. Photographer Richard Silver recently captured its interior splendor.

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SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT

REAL-WORLD LESSONS: Students participated in a Q&A with the TSA’s Peter Neffenger.

Lessons of Transformation

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hallenging the standard method of operation is a method Peter Neffenger recommended to students pursuing any kind of career, and the man is in a position to know: As the administrator of

the federal Transportation Security Administration during President Obama’s admistration, he has overseen the safety of travelers throughout the country, who are often unappreciative.

“For a lot of people, the TSA was the group who got in your way and made getting through the airport a hassle for your family,” said Neffenger, according to a story on the New Jersey news site TAPinto.

“For a long time people didn’t like us.”

Neffenger delivered an address called “Entrepreneurship in Government: Lessons from TSA’s Transformation” at the University in November 2016 hosted by the School of Diplomacy and International Relations. He also spent time in a separate session with students, answering their questions.

He said his mission has been to reduce traveler inconvenience and change the image and culture of the TSA in the face of increasing threats from terrorist groups and the individuals they sometimes inspire.

“The most important thing is to remember that it’s not about you in this line of work,” Neffenger advised students. “Being a servant leader is about knowing your purpose and challenging yourself to view things from the perspective of what is best for the common good, instead of what seems best to you.”

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Photos by Kristine Foley and Joy Yagid

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eton Hall’s holiday spirit took it to the very top of the list of “Best College Holiday Events” this Christmas, as ranked by the website Best College Reviews.

The website promoted its list as the best college holiday events in the nation, both for students and the public, and ranked colleges based on the number and variety of events, number of days events were held, uniqueness of events and community involvement.

The write-up on No. 1 Seton Hall especially noted the University’s annual “12 Acts of Kindness” initiative, which challenges everyone to perform a dozen nice things in the community throughout the Christmas season. Such acts can range from donating a coat and taking part in a toy drive to picking up trash or helping someone load groceries into their car.

But a jam-packed calendar of Christmas events also played a part in the top ranking, from the tree-lighting ceremony to carol singing, blessing of the crèches, pancake breakfast with Santa Claus, Jazz Band Christmas performance, Winter Ball, University Christmas Party and Young Alumni Christmas Party.

“Festivities abound, and students will ring in the Christmas cheer during the two weeks leading up to Christmas break,” the ranking said.

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AN HONORED TRADITION: Seton Hall’s annual tree-lighting ceremony has become a highly anticipated event on campus.

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PO S S IB IL ITIES |

MOLLY PETRILLA

Where There’s a Need…

JEREMY GARRIGA IS DRAWN TO PROVIDING ASSISTANCE WHERE IT’S NEEDED — TO THE HOMELESS IN NEW JERSEY AND THE SICK IN HONDURAS. THE SETON HALL JUNIOR MAKES GIVING BACK HIS MISSION.

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hen a New Jersey Transit train smashed

help,” he remembers, “and she told me socks were the

into the Hoboken station in September

most necessary item, but the least donated.”

2016, killing a woman and injuring more than a hundred other people,

the day, they do a significant amount of walking. Without

Jeremy Garriga called his professors,

fresh socks and easy access to health care, that walking

jumped into his car and sped east.

may cause blisters and foot infections, even gangrene,

Garriga, an emergency medical technician, remembers a “very crazy” scene

when he arrived at the crash. “A hundred people were

which can spread to the rest of the body. “They could die just from not having a clean pair of socks,” Garriga says.

He founded Soxcess in 2011, and the initiative has

lying on the floor,” he says, but the damaged terminal

since given out more than 10,000 pairs of socks and other

building had to be secured before anyone could go in and

basic necessities, gathered from collection bins and also

help. Once cleared for entry, Garriga and other emergen-

local Target and Lush Cosmetics store donations.

cy responders got to work, treating injuries and transporting people to local hospitals.

A 20-year-old junior majoring in social and behavioral

Teresitia Walters-Rogers, a student development specialist at Seton Hall, remembers interviewing Garriga for the Educational Opportunity Program a few years

sciences, Garriga has been an EMT since 2013. In addi-

into his Soxcess efforts. He told her he was looking for a

tion to regular EMT shifts, he balances a host of volun-

college where he could continue serving the community.

teer and nonprofit work with his courses at Seton Hall.

“I smiled,” Walters-Rogers says, “because I thought about

But he began helping people long before he came to campus — “even prior to when I was born,” he says, when his pregnant mom walked in the March of Dimes. Soon

how big Seton Hall is on servant leadership. I reassured him he was in the right place.”

As Walters-Rogers had predicted, Seton Hall helped

Garriga joined those marches in a stroller. He and his

Garriga take his service even further. He’d long thought

family pitched in with National Night Out, breast cancer

about volunteering outside of the country, and in May

walks and Christmastime toy drives. Together they deliv-

2015, the Seton Hall University Medical/Public Health

ered food to people in need on Thanksgiving and served

Brigade offered the opportunity.

dinner in a soup kitchen on Christmas.

Garriga traveled to Honduras with the group. They

Then, as a freshman in high school, Garriga volun-

set up in the mountain town of Buena Vista — a place

teered at a homeless shelter for the first time. By the end

so high up and with such limited transportation that a

of his first day, he had come up with a new project.

trip to the doctor or dentist requires an hours-long trek

“I asked the [shelter] director what else I could do to

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Since people aren’t allowed to stay in the shelter during

through the mountains on foot.

FIRST RESPONDER Jeremy Garriga has worked as an EMT since 2013.

…

With the Seton Hall Brigade, Garriga helped licensed

tragedy hit New Jersey and he couldn’t rush to the scene.

assisted with cavity fillings, worked in the pharmacy and

He’d thought about becoming an EMT before Hurricane

triage, and consulted with patients.

Sandy, but he says watching the hurricane’s damage on

Garriga says that every one of these volunteer efforts — the EMTing, Soxcess, the Brigade trip — has further Photo by Kristine Foley

crash, he remembers four years earlier, when another

doctors see more than 800 patients in only a few days. He

fueled his dream of becoming a doctor. He plans to pur-

TV — and seeing first responders save lives — encouraged him to start the training process.

“I like being able to know that I can make a difference,

sue a nursing degree after graduation and continue on to

and I don’t like to be unprepared,” he says. “When some-

medical school after that.

thing happens, I want to know exactly what to do.” n

For Garriga, there’s no worse feeling than being unable to help. In fact, as he talks about the recent train

Molly Petrilla is a freelance writer based in New Jersey.

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c hri s to p her hann

All that Jazz

Trombonist Douglas Purviance, co-leader of the famed Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, has had a deep, rich education in the world of jazz. He shares that knowledge with his Seton Hall students, teaching them the finer points of the craft.

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ouglas Purviance is on the phone from

Purviance began his career in 1975, soon after gradu-

Tokyo. It’s 11:45 a.m. on a Thursday, New

ating from Towson State College, when he embarked on an

Jersey time, which means it’s 45 minutes

18-month tour of “every square inch of the United States”

past midnight on Friday, Japan time. Just

with the Stan Kenton Orchestra. Since then he’s played on

a few hours earlier, Purviance finished

every continent except Antarctica, though it seems likely

the first concert in a 10-day tour of Japan

that if the penguins should extend an invitation, he’d jump

with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the

at the chance. “I’m a working-class guy from Baltimore,”

exalted 16-piece ensemble in which he has played bass trombone since Jimmy Carter was president. But Purvi-

he says, “and this music has carried me all over the world.”

In 2005, the music carried Purviance to Seton Hall.

ance is wide awake, if severely jet-lagged. Or, as he puts

Gregory Scime, an adjunct professor of music, was

it, “I’m like fried bananas.”

hoping to attract the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra to a new

The Japan tour will take the band to Osaka and then

series of quarterly jazz concerts known as Jazz ’n the

to Hamamatsu, where they’ll perform at the Yamaha

Hall. He enlisted Purviance, who was then living in South

Jazz Festival. If the schedule sounds grueling, it’s hardly

Orange, and the group headlined the premiere concert.

unusual. Purviance has earned his living as a New York-

Purviance became a crucial adviser to the series, Scime

based musician for four decades, and has played on more

says, and in 2009 he joined the Seton Hall faculty as an

than 40 studio recordings. He’s been a staple in Broad-

adjunct professor.

way pit bands, covering the entire 18-year run of “Cats”

“I always wanted to teach at a university,” Purviance

and now in his 14th year with “Wicked.” He’s performed

says. “To see the spark in a young musician’s eye when I

alongside Dizzy Gillespie and Ron Carter, Stan Kenton

share my experience and it projects with them and they

and Slide Hampton, Mel Lewis and Thad Jones — some

are able to get to the next level, it’s very exciting.”

the greatest jazz players in the past 40 years.

Purviance is one of many working artists, performers

Long after establishing himself in New York jazz circles, Purviance earned a master’s degree from the

and journalists who bring real-world experience to their

Manhattan School of Music. “Even though he is a major

teaching positions in the new College of Communication

figure in the world of jazz,” Scime says, “he has a strong

and the Arts. Founded in 2015, the college is organized

classical background.”

around interdisciplinary centers of study and features

Seton Hall senior Daniel Garay, a diplomacy major

professionals-in-residence who help students prepare

from California, began studying with Purviance in Sep-

for internships and full-time jobs in a rapidly changing

tember, and says the lessons use a personal approach.

marketplace.

“He’s always reminding me to take big breaths. Don’t get

Most Monday nights Purviance is at the Village Van-

caught up with mistakes. Try to be as good as possible,”

guard in Greenwich Village, managing and co-leading

Garay says. “Hearing words like that from someone as

the band Lewis and Jones founded a half-century ago, as

accomplished as Professor Purviance is really uplifting.

well as performing. “Of course,” he says, “the Vanguard

He’s taught me to appreciate my own talents.”

Jazz Orchestra is my first love.”

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In 2009, when “Monday Night Live at the Village Van-

At 64, Purviance remains a musician on the move. In late October 2016, two days after returning home from

guard” received a Grammy for Best Large Jazz Ensemble

Japan, he traveled to Washington, D.C., to perform at

Album, Purviance accepted the award on behalf of the

the Kennedy Center with Herbie Hancock and others in

band. Last February, during a musical tribute to Ray

a concert honoring the 90th birthday of the legendary

Charles at the White House, he performed before Barack

tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath. n

and Michelle Obama. “I’ve done a lot of things,” he says, “but that’s got to be the top one.”

Christopher Hann is a freelance writer and editor in New Jersey.

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PROFILE |

CHRISTOPHER HANN

Mary Ellen Clyne runs Clara Maass Medical Center with a healthy dose of humanity.

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When she was 13, Mary Ellen Clyne ’87/M.S.N. ’93/Ph.D. ’12

In many ways, that hasn’t changed. Yet, Clyne is no

volunteered at a nursing home in central New Jersey. She

ivory-tower administrator. She makes it a point to get

loved working with the elderly residents — “I really want-

to know her employees, and she is unafraid to show her

ed to bring some sunshine into their day,” she says — and

emotions. She subscribes to a management style known as

when she turned 16, she parlayed that experience into a

Conscious Inclusion. Those who know her say that even in

paid job as a nursing assistant.

her role as CEO her humanity is routinely on display.

Clyne’s modest entry into the nursing field served as

“Mary Ellen is the reason Clara Maass is a family,” says

the first stepping-stone in a three-decade-long career that

Kaylyn Dines, the hospital’s director of communications

has brought her to Clara Maass Medical Center, an acute-

and marketing. “That’s what this is, and it comes from a

care hospital in Belleville, N.J., where today she serves as

genuine and authentic place within Mary Ellen.”

president and chief executive officer. With annual reve-

Clara Maass and its CEO play central roles in local

nue of more than $270 million, Clara Maass treats 80,000

civic life: The hospital sponsors the Montclair Jazz Festi-

emergency-room patients per year, conducts 7,000 out-

val. Clyne has been named Essex County Irishwoman of

patient surgeries and makes 16,000 admissions. Clyne is

the Year. And in 2016 she walked as grand marshal in the

the rare hospital chief executive who began her career in

Nutley St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

nursing, and is the only graduate in Seton Hall history to

Michellene Davis ’94/J.D. ’97, the executive vice presi-

earn bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in nursing

dent and chief corporate affairs officer at RWJ Barnabas

from the University.

Health, the hospital’s parent company, says she’s taken

COMPASSIONATE CARE Her leadership skills and business acumen have earned

employee’s child through the college-application process.

2016 Margaret C. Haley Award for contributions to the

“She’s a compassionate manager,” Davis says. “She has

field of nursing. In 2013, Clyne was inducted into the Col-

this infectious ability to make other people feel outra-

lege of Nursing’s Hall of Fame. Last year, NJBIZ named her

geously valued throughout her hospital. I wish we could

one of the Best 50 Women in Business in New Jersey.

bottle that.”

At Clara Maass, Clyne has overseen a string of inno-

Davis says Clyne would rather sacrifice professional

vative services and projects, including a wellness pro-

success than personal integrity. “It’s actually that choice,”

gram for Nutley seniors and the Center of Excellence for

she says, “that causes her to be more successful.”

Latino Health, which serves the hospital’s fastest-growing

Photo by Kristine Foley

many calls from Clyne inquiring how she can help an

her many awards and accolades, including Seton Hall’s

Clyne credits the many mentors who have helped guide

patient population. A $23 million construction project

her work as a hospital administrator. She also acknowl-

now under way will result in four new operating rooms, a

edges the influence of her alma mater. “The educational

renovated emergency department, new office space and a

structure I received at Seton Hall was the firm foundation

32-bed intensive-care unit.

that helped advance my career,” Clyne says. “In retrospect,

Clyne never forgets that her path to the CEO’s office began when she showed up on the doorstep of the nurs-

I realize my faculty members had faith and believed in me before I was able to believe in myself.” n

ing home as a young girl. “Growing up,” she says, “I was always in the caretaker type of a role.”

Christopher Hann is a freelance writer and editor in New Jersey.

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PROF IL E |

BOB GILBERT

A WISE INVESTM Matthew McCue ’04 found his calling — and financial success — in business journalism. Now he’s making a gift that will help others follow his path.

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ou might say that Matthew McCue’s ca-

days: few jobs and an uncertain future. He took a job

reer as an innovative financial journalist

writing for a niche financial publication, Institutional

has been about following the money.

Investor, covering defined benefit pension plan invest-

It all started at Seton Hall. That’s

ing. “When I got that job, I didn’t know anything about

where McCue ’04 says he learned how to

write and gained the confidence that, one year out of college, led him to co-found Financial Investment News (FIN),

fixed income were.” Translation: stocks and bonds.

To hedge his bets, McCue worked weekends as a

a company that today includes three online newsletters

general reporter for the Bucks County Courier-Times in

and a database for institutional investment managers.

Pennsylvania. As he became more experienced writing

Now he’s giving money back to the University in the

about investing, he saw an opportunity: Investment man-

hope that others may follow in his footsteps. “Seton

agers would be better served if the news arrived online

Hall is near and dear to my heart,” explains McCue, who

in real time, rather than being mailed as hard copy. With

began writing for The Setonian shortly after arriving

partner Gar Chung, who had also worked at Institutional

on campus as a freshman. He went on to become edi-

Investor, McCue launched FIN in 2005.

tor-in-chief of the paper in his junior and senior years

Today, McCue’s firm employs 12 people and serves

and gained valuable experience managing both business

more than 750 subscribing companies — and is growing.

operations and staff. He credits Professor Amy Nyberg,

His online ads boast of the news service scooping the

who was then The Setonian’s adviser, and Jay Lloyd, a

competition by months, and at about a third of the price.

Philadelphia news radio veteran he interned with, for “having a profound impact on my writing style.”

When he graduated from Seton Hall, McCue confronted the challenge many aspiring journalists face these

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business,” he recalls. “I didn’t even know what equity and

McCue has reached back to Seton Hall to staff his growing enterprise — which is perhaps not all that surprising given that he took his wife, Erin, to a Seton Hall basketball game on their first Valentine’s Day together.

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MENT “I didn’t set out to just hire Seton Hall graduates,” he says. Rather it was an outcome of hiring the best talent and later developing internships at his publications.

so many business opportunities for journalists.”

Deirdre Yates, dean of the College of Communication

McCue’s first hire was Nick Lioudis ’07, who is still

and the Arts, says that a business journalism program is

working with him as deputy editor. Lioudis was joined

indeed being considered, as are specialized sports and

by Zack Cziryak ’11, Colin Rajala ’11 and Ronan O’Brien

health journalism courses. The intent for the college,

’11, along with several others who have since returned

which now has more than 600 undergraduate and grad-

to Seton Hall for advanced degrees or moved on to other

uate students, is to create flexibility in choices ranging

professional opportunities.

from journalism, public relations and theater to graphic

McCue is assured that Seton Hall graduates “know how to write. The only thing I have to teach them is what Photo by Bia Sampaio

an extra leg up in the New York market, where there are

design, video editing and broadcasting.

The college's tagline, Yates notes, is “your passion,

they’re writing about.” That’s where the $15,000 gift he

your calling, your future,” a motto that describes the life

has made to the College of Communication and the Arts

trajectory of Matthew McCue. n

might be used: to create a business journalism course.

Such training, he says, “would give Seton Hall graduates

Bob Gilbert is a writer based in Connecticut.

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F E AT U R E |

E KEVIN COYN

THE ASIA CONNECTION

FATHER LAURENCE T. MURPHY, WHO TAUGHT AT SETON HALL AND BRIEFLY SERVED AS UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT, HELPED FORGE A HISTORIC LINK BETWEEN SETON HALL AND CHINA, STARTING IN 1979.

were studying in Beijing, and four Chinese scholars — two

forward to meet China’s most powerful

chemists and two mathematicians — were on their way to

leader at a Washington gala in 1979 was

Seton Hall, the first in a long line of students and faculty

a quiet, scholarly priest from Seton Hall

who have since traveled between South Orange and Chi-

University, Father Laurence T. Murphy.

na. Father Murphy was named president of Seton Hall in

He was a man on a mission. China was

the summer of 1979, and by June 1980, he was on the way

cracking its door open after years of iso-

to China himself, leading a delegation that included New

lation, and he wanted Seton Hall to step

Jersey Gov. Brendan Byrne.

through it.

Father Murphy had spent a decade working in Washington, for both the U.S.

then,” he says. “Everybody wore the same clothes — there was no Western dress.”

Conference of Catholic Bishops and the U.S. State Depart-

Among the people Father Murphy met were representa-

ment, and when he heard about Chairman Deng Xiaoping’s

tives of what remained of the Catholic Church in China:

visit — a historic opening in relations between the two

the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, established and

nations — he started contacting his old colleagues, look-

supervised by a Communist government that wanted none

ing for a way to meet the Chinese leader, however briefly.

of its citizens answering to Rome. It was after one of these

He managed to wrangle an invitation to a performance in

meetings, a dinner with the bishop of Wuhan, that Father

Deng’s honor at the Kennedy Center, as well as a spot in

Murphy acquired a new and unexpected mission.

the receiving line.

“Half an hour after dinner, there’s a knock on the door.

“He wasn’t at all interested in meeting me, but he was

It’s the bishop. Not in garb, not even a ring. He came in the

polite. And I said, ‘Mr. Chairman, I would love to visit your

room, turned on the TV, turned on the water, pointed at the

country,’” Murphy says, recalling what he said through

ceiling — everything’s bugged,” Father Murphy says. Bishop

Deng’s interpreter. “He was noncommittal. Then I said I’d

Dong Guangqing had a message he wanted delivered. He

like to bring an academic delegation and he got interested

had been ordained a bishop by China, not Rome, but he

— ‘We welcome academic delegations,’ he said — because

wanted to affirm his allegiance to the pope. “He said, ‘I’m

it turned out to be one of his top priorities.”

old now; I’ve got to tell the Holy Father we’ve always been

Within just a few months of that meeting, four graduate students from Seton Hall’s Asian Studies department

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“There were only two hotels for foreigners in Beijing

completely faithful, never allowed anything in the diocese that the Vatican would not approve.’”

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mong the black-tie dignitaries inching

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Bishop Dong was reluctant when Father Murphy asked

But peacetime tried his patience. Assigned to Guanta-

him to put his statement in writing, but finally relented.

namo Bay, where ships went for training, he had little to

“On two conditions: I had to keep that paper on my person

do, and scarce hope of having more to do in the future.

at all times, and when I got to Rome it could only be given

Murphy became friendly with a young Catholic chaplain,

directly to the Holy Father,” Father Murphy says. “So that’s

whose vocation seemed more inviting. “I guess for the first

why I went to Rome.”

time in my life the thought entered my head that maybe I

And, with that, a new chapter then opened in Father Murphy’s life, a life that had already spanned both the globe itself and the epic events of 20th century.

might like that.”

He left the Navy at the end of 1947 and began to study Latin and Greek at Seton Hall to prepare for the seminary.

As a boy at the parish school at Saint Pe-

He was planning to attend the diocesan sem-

ter’s in Newark, and then at St. Joseph’s in

inary at Darlington until a friend asked him

Roselle. Larry Murphy was certain about

for a ride up to Ossining to visit the Mary-

his vocation. He remained certain when he

knoll seminary. “On the way back, I said to my

went to Seton Hall Prep, too. “As long as I

Seton Hall friend, ‘That’s where I want to go.’”

could remember, I knew I was going to be

Murphy was 35 when he was ordained

Navy,” he says.

in the Maryknoll chapel in 1954. His plans

But when he graduated from Seton Hall

to serve in the order’s Asian missions were

Prep in 1935, in the middle of the Depression,

thwarted by the three bouts of malaria he

appointments to the service academies were

had endured in the war; he was advised, for

scarce. He joined the Navy Reserves, spent a year at a prep school in Annapolis, and finally earned a spot at the Naval Academy. After graduating in June 1941, he was assigned to a battleship, the USS Oklahoma, but then was among a handful of young officers sent to the Washington Navy Yard to study the early electronic attempts at computers. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor a few months later, 429 men died on the Oklahoma.

“It was a terrible time,” says Murphy, who was quickly reassigned from Washington to a new battleship, the USS South Dakota. “We knew a lot of the young officers just ahead of

THE POPE WAS JUST FASCINATED

BY CHINA. THE FIRST TIME I MET HIM HE SAID, ‘THAT’S ONE OF MY FIRST PRIORITIES. IF I COULD GO TO CHINA TOMORROW, I WOULD GO.’

us, and many of them were killed.”

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his health, not to live in the tropics. He taught at Maryknoll College in Illinois and earned a Ph.D. in philosophy at Notre Dame, where he also taught and took students to Peru for eight summers as part of a program he started there, the Council for the International Lay Apostolate — “a kind of summertime Peace Corps,” he says.

In 1965, the order sent him to Washington, where he spent 10 years in a variety of influential positions with the bishops’ conference and on State Department commissions. He returned to New Jersey in 1975 to be near his aging mother and taught philosophy at Seton Hall, where he soon found himself named

Over the next four years, from the Battle of the Santa

president. (Murphy served as the 16th president of Seton

Cruz Islands to Okinawa, from the South Pacific to the North

Hall for a little over a year before stepping down, citing

Atlantic and back, Murphy was in 18 major naval engage-

health issues.)

ments. He survived kamikaze attacks on his ship, icy win-

“I formally put his name in the hat as a contender for

ter convoys across the North Atlantic to Murmansk (“the

president,” says Albert Hakim, who served as chairman of

life expectancy if you went in the water was two minutes,”

the philosophy department and dean of the College of Arts

he says), and the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines,

and Sciences in his long career at Seton Hall. He first met

the largest naval battle of the war.

Father Murphy when they were both young instructors af-

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back reports on what the situation was,” he says. “It was best to be quiet. If the Chinese government saw somebody officially doing it, they wouldn’t allow it.”

He made more than 35 visits to Asia — mostly China, but also several other countries, including North Korea — over the next 15 years or so. Displayed in his room at the Maryknoll center, where he retired in 2010, is a photo of him presenting a stole from the pope to Cardinal Kung Pin-Mei, the bishop of Shanghai who was imprisoned for 30 years. “The pope said, ‘If you can see him, I want to send him a message,’” Murphy says about the 1985 visit.

“It was very simple, just three things: I send you my apostolic blessing. I pray for you every day. I have absolute confidence in your faith, period.”

Father Murphy remained at Seton Hall while he traveled for the pope, living in China House, a residence he established for visiting Chinese scholars and students; serving as the director of the University’s intercultural Asia Center; and always trying to keep the traffic moving through the door he had opened between China and the University.

ter the war. “In the year and a half he was president, he

“He’s highly respected in China,” says Yeomin Yoon,

made a marvelous contribution. It was a very thoughtful,

professor of finance and international business, who calls

personal style in running things.”

Murphy “my mentor and my last remaining fatherly fig-

While on his visit to China in 1980, Father Murphy held

ure.” Yoon was recruited to Seton Hall from a high-paying

tightly to Bishop Dong’s letter. He then flew to Rome to

post at AT&T by Murphy, who enlisted him to help run

meet the Vatican’s main China expert, Archbishop Clau-

the Asia Center. “Thanks to his foresight, Seton Hall could

dio Celli, who arranged for Father Murphy to concelebrate

establish academic relations with Chinese universities. I

a Mass with Pope John Paul II. In a private 45-minute

think Seton Hall owes him a lot.”

breakfast meeting after the Mass, Father Murphy present-

At 98, Father Murphy no longer travels afar, but China

ed the letter and told the pope what he had learned about

is never far from him. At Maryknoll — where the field-

the Church in China.

stone tower is capped by a pagoda-style roof, testament

“He was just fascinated by China and told me right

to the order’s early Asian missions — he recently partic-

then, the first time we ever met, he said, ‘That’s one of my

ipated in the 25th anniversary symposium of the China

first priorities. If I could go to China tomorrow, I would

Educators and Formators Project, which brings Chinese

go,’” Father Murphy says.

Church leaders to the United States for graduate study.

Father Murphy was about to fly home the next day

And hanging over his desk in his room there is large,

when he heard from Archbishop Celli. “He called me and

graceful piece of Chinese calligraphy, a gift from the late

said, ‘The Holy Father was talking to me, and we would

Bishop Duan In-min of Wanxian.

like to see if you could work for us in China.’”

And so began a new career. “My job description was ‘go-

“Your visit,” Father Murphy says, translating, “is like a warm breeze.” ■

fer’ — bringing messages, instructions, sometimes money to different bishops around the country, and bringing

Kevin Coyne is a freelance writer based in New Jersey.

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SPO R T S |

SHAWN FURY FROM THE PROS TO THE HALL: Eric Duncan spent four years as an assistant coach for Seton Hall’s baseball team.

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Act Two

E

ric Duncan ’16 dreamed of playing Major League Baseball from the time he was a teen-

A California native, Duncan came East and starred at

ager until he was nearly 30 years old. Now he

Seton Hall Prep under coach Mike Sheppard Jr., the broth-

dreams about being a baseball coach for the

er of Rob and son of former Seton Hall legendary coach

rest of his career.

Mike Sheppard Sr. A state champion and Gatorade Player

While these are sports fantasies shared by thousands

of the Year in New Jersey, Duncan seemed destined for

of athletes and former players, what makes Duncan

the major leagues after the Yankees selected him as their

special is that he took a four-year detour on the path

27th pick in the 2003 MLB draft. Duncan played Double-A

from player to coach, returning to school a decade after

ball before being promoted to the Yankees’ Triple-A team,

he graduated from high school to earn a political science

but he later bounced around with franchises such as the

degree from Seton Hall University.

Atlanta Braves and Kansas City Royals before retiring.

Originally drafted by the New York Yankees out of Seton

“The further I get away from playing, the more I can

Hall Prep in 2003, Duncan spent 10 years in the minor

look back and genuinely say I did absolutely everything

leagues, reaching as high as Triple-A, one step away from

I could,” Duncan says. “It’s easy to get sucked up into

the majors, before retiring from the game in 2012. Then

getting to the big leagues, and that becomes everything.

he enrolled at Seton Hall, attending classes with students

When I look back and I think about the relationships

10 years his junior and carving out a grade point average

that I made, the lifelong friendships that I made, given

a notch below 4.0. All the while, he served as a valued

the opportunity to win a couple of championships at the

member of the Seton Hall baseball coaching staff, working

minor-league level, it was a great 10 years.”

under head coach Rob Sheppard as a volunteer assistant.

Duncan defied the odds: He cites an estimate that less

Duncan’s connection to the Sheppard family led him back to New Jersey and Seton Hall in 2012. His academic

than 2 percent of high-school baseball players who are

success didn’t come without some vexing moments. Gei-

drafted and signed professionally go back to complete

bel remembers once reassuring Duncan and telling him,

their college degree.

“You can major in anything. You’re the type of person

“I am proud,” Duncan says. “I see myself as being very fortunate that I had the time and the means to go back and do it. I enjoyed the coaching and the baseball side

that somebody is going to hire just because of what you ‘bring to the table.‘” Duncan plans to stay in baseball as a coach or man-

tremendously, but [on] the school side, I really enjoyed

ager, so his career has come full circle: He’s now a coach

going back to class.”

within the Yankees organization. A career as a coach in

“Teachers loved having him in class because he brought a more mature perspective to things,” says MatPhoto by Gabe Rhodes

student of the game — he was a big asset to our program.”

thew Geibel, director of academic support services for

Major League Baseball might await him, or a life as a Division I coach.

Coaching is a path Duncan settled on shortly after ar-

student athletes. “Students loved being in class with him.”

riving on campus. “I really enjoyed the college game and

And, adds Sheppard, from a coaching perspective, “Some-

seeing guys mature, both on and off the field,” he says. “I

body with Eric’s pedigree, his playing experience, the

fell in love with coaching pretty quickly, but it was a big

amount of time he’s been around the game, the way he’s a

learning process.” n

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HALL OF LEGENDS The new Hall of Fame welcomes visitors in the Richie Regan Recreation and Athletic Center lobby.

Pirate Hall of Fame began competing in the conference in 1979, in-

history live on forever in the memories of

cluding nationally known names such as National

those lucky enough to watch them perform.

Baseball Hall of Famer Craig Biggio and basketball

But with the opening of the new Hall of

coach P.J. Carlesimo.

Fame in the Richie Regan Recreation and Athletic

ing the dozens of All-Americans in track and field.

have a permanent home where they can be remem-

Those athletes now rightfully share space with all

bered and honored by all generations in one spot.

of the other Pirate legends. The new Hall of Fame

The Hall of Fame, situated outside the Walsh

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But there are also plaques like the one honor-

Center lobby, Pirate greats from the past finally

reaches into the past with futuristic touches, in-

Gymnasium, opened on September 24, 2016, and

cluding touch-screen displays that relay informa-

celebrates more than 200 inductees and some of

tion about memorable individuals and teams. Built

the greatest teams in Seton Hall history. Another

to remember those who came before, the Hall will

exhibit called “Our Champions of the BIG EAST�

serve as a destination for present and future Pirate

memorializes those who excelled since Seton Hall

athletes, students and fans. n

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A TOUCH OF CLASS Touch-screen monitors allow visitors to access information on the more than 220 athletes inducted into the Hall since its inception in 1972. t PROUD HISTORY Seton Hall first played basketball games in Walsh Gymnasium in 1941, and a piece from the original floor now resides in the new Hall of Fame.

HOME AT LAST The Seton Hall Athletics Hall of Fame has existed since 1972, but it now has a permanent and impressive home in the Richie Regan Recreation and Athletic Center.

CONFERENCE CONQUERORS A special exhibit highlights the players and teams who won BIG EAST titles, including the 1987 baseball team led by future MLB great Craig Biggio.

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Maria (Mazziotti) Gillan ’61 wrote her 21st book, What Blooms in Winter, a collection of poems published by NYQ Books. … Walter J. Finnegan ’65 wrote the book Is There a Doctor in the [Court] House? about mysteries and solutions in forensic orthopedics. ... Catherine A. Georges ’65 was appointed president elect of AARP’s volunteer board of directors. … William E. Ward ’68/M.A. ’73 published The Good Enough Spouse: Resolve or Dissolve a Conflicted Marriage.

70s

Richard H. Girgenti ’71 co-authored The New Era of Regulatory Enforcement: A Comprehensive Guide for Raising the Bar to Manage Risk. … Michael Petti ’71 published Demystifying Learning Disabilities: A Parent Friendly Guide. … Roger Newman ’72 published his second novel, Two Drifters, a medical and legal

thriller. … Dennis S. Pollack ’72 was appointed chief executive officer of Prudential Bancorp Inc. … Bettye J. King, M.A.E. ’73 celebrated her 39th year as a member of Kappa Delta Pi education honors society in April 2016. … Ernest Gargas ’75 was elected as deputy grand knight for Knights of Columbus Council 6965 in San Jose, Calif. … Alfred C. Koeppe, J.D. ’75 was honored by New Jersey Future, a nonprofit “smart growth” organization, with the Cary Edwards Leadership Award. … Jeffrey McCormick, J.D. ’75 was honored by the publication Best Lawyers in America for 2017. … Jacqueline S. Schultz, M.S.N. ’77 was appointed president of Suburban Hospital in Maryland. … Frederick Larcombe ’78 was appointed chief financial officer of Towerstream Corp., a wireless internet service provider. …

David J. Antoniuk ’79 was appointed vice president and chief financial officer for The Manitowoc Company Inc., a manufacturer of construction cranes. …

Maryann Banks, M.A.E. ’79 has been appointed superintendent of Vineland

(N.J.) School District. … John N. Tomasicchio ’79 performed his first liturgical ministry at St. Stephen’s Church in Warwick, N.Y.

80s

Annamarie Bondi-Stoddard ’80 was named treasurer of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. … Christopher Cambria ’80 joined Mercury Systems, a commercial processing systems provider, as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary. … Glen J. Figurski ’80 was named partner at the Ballard Spahr LLP law firm. … Robert Leszczak ’81 published his ninth book, Dynamic Duets — The Best Pop Collaborations 1955-1999. … Dr. Robert S. Jones, M.S. ’83 was recently re-elected to serve on the board of trustees of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association, a statewide organization for physicians holding a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree. … Matthew DeVoti ’84 has been named sales manager at CBS Radio 1010 WINS in New York.

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PRIDE IN ACTION 1) Tracy ‘04 and Nancy Regan at the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Event in Central Park. 2) Alfred Beronio ’55 in Florence, Italy. 3) Erich T. White ’92 and Venessa White ’95 and their family in Curacao.

4) Marie Winsome Camero ’07 with Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica.

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PROFILE Getting Them on Their Feet

CARING FOR AMERICA: For a time, Joanna Borawski served as the only physical therapist at Afghanistan’s largest air base.

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fghanistan’s vast and dusty Bagram air base is home to thousands of U.S. and NATO Coalition forces and Afghan troops, and for about six months last year, Joanna Borawski, DPT ’10, was the only physical therapist there. Averaging 20 patients a day, seven days a week, her job was “to get them on their feet as fast as possible after surgery.”

Most often, the wounded were Afghan soldiers, whose resilience the Air Force captain found extraordinary. “You never knew anything was going on with these guys,” she says of their stoicism. What she did know was that their level of care would wane precipitously once they left the U.S.-run Level III Trauma Center. So in “a race against time,” she and other staffers did as much as possible to make their lives easier. That included fashioning a custom walker from copper pipes and other at-hand materials for one soldier with grievous leg and hand injuries.

In a sense, Borawski, who starred in track and field at Seton Hall as a graduate student, was fulfilling an earlier dream. Recruited to throw the javelin at the U.S. Air Force Academy, she went instead to Miami University of Ohio, where she majored in zoology instead of going into the military. “But it was always something in the back of my head,” she says.

Then at age 29, she was accepted in the Air Force’s officer training program, and in late June was notified she was a major-select in a career she sees as “life-fulfilling.”

Which is not to say she has lessened her ties to Seton Hall. For instance, while at Bagram, she received “boxes and boxes” of homemade cookies over the holidays from students she taught as an adjunct professor at the School of Health and Medical Sciences. (Less-welcome arrivals were the enemy rockets sent over the base’s perimeter “every couple of weeks.”)

Borawski, who has undergone sports surgeries herself, understands the ordeal of physical recovery. She was a Seton Hall assistant track and field coach, as well as a strength and conditioning coach. Prior to last May’s Invictus Games in Orlando Florida, she coached Paralympic competitor Air Force Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro Jr., who was burned by an improvised explosive device.

Right now, she’s interim physical therapy element chief at the 59th Medical Wing, on sprawling Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

“I signed four pieces of paper just while I was on this interview,” she told a recent caller. “But being busy means I can help more people get on their feet.”

BOB GILBERT

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2. Anne (Ryan) Carter ’06 and Michael, a girl, Ryan Lee, on August 25, 2015.

3. Michael Joseph Gratale, son, born on September 2, 2016, to Michael Gratale ’03 and Aliza (Grutt) Gratale ’03.

4. Jessica (Hill) Chin ’11 and Daniel Chin ’08, a girl, Alexis Marie Chin, on August 5, 2016.

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CORRECTION: In a past issue of the Seton Hall magazine, we misspelled Kristin (Onimus) Moroney ’05/M.A.E. ’10’s maiden name incorrectly.

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Pirate Babies 1. Megan Lewis ’11 to Sean Taguer ’10 on November 7, 2015.

Tying the knot

2. Lisha Arino ’09 to Andrew Tzaska ’10 on May 7, 2016.

3. Kara Lennon ’98 to Robert Muscillo ’99 on May 13, 2016.

4. Jane Sanchez ’05 to Ashlee Swain on April 16, 2016.

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SETON HALL MAGAZINE Andrea Green, M.A. ’84/Ed.D. ’86 is teaching seven classes on American short stories at the Millburn (N.J.) Free Public Library. … James A. Kruper ’84 was featured in New Jersey CPA magazine. … John R. Pascal, M.B.A. ’84 wrote Mark Twain & Youth, published

by Bloomsbury Publishing’s academic division. … Martin Monaco, J.D. ’85 was named a partner in Akerman LLP’s healthcare practice group. …

Glenn Schuck ’85 was selected as the keynote speaker for the fifth annual National Student Electronic Media Convention. … Rosaria A. Suriano ’85/J.D. ’88 joined the Brach Eichler law firm as a partner. … Brian Martinotti, J.D. ’86 was appointed a U.S. District court judge for New Jersey. … Jillian Weiss, J.D. ’86 was named executive director of the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund. … Dominick J. Bratti, J.D. ’87 was appointed to the Budd Larner law firm as chair of its labor and employment law practice group. … Steven M. Lazarus, M.B.A. ’87 was appointed chief financial officer of Patient Home Monitoring Corp. … David F. Munro ’87 received his Master of Arts in Speech Language Pathology from Lehman College. … Michael K. Schroyer, M.S.N. ’87 was named president of the St. Vincent Health System’s northeast region hospitals in Indiana in 2015. … Anthony R. Slimowicz ’87 was named to the board of trustees at the Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, N.J. …

Michelle Keefe ’88 was presented with a Red Jacket Award by PharmaVOICE, a magazine for life-science executives and healthcare-service professionals. … Lisa McKnight ’88 was promoted to senior financial planner at the Lassus Wherley financial planning firm. …

Thomas Shaffrey ’88 was presented with the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians’ President’s Award. … Cynthia Robinson Smith ’89 participated in the Women in History program at Barbara Benson Elementary School in Tustin, Calif., portraying Michelle Obama. …

Renee R. Thomas ’89/M.S.N. ’97 has joined the staff of Skylands Pediatrics in New Jersey.

90s

Todd A. DeStefano ’90 spoke at the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance’s 2016 conference, held in Atlanta, Ga. … Paul J. Gammarano, J.D. ’90 published a new edition of his book, Teaching: Not for Dummies/Substance Abuse Awareness: A Guidebook. … Lisa M. Kovatch ’90 was inducted into the VIP Woman of the Year circle by the National Association of Professional Women. … Mary P. Gallagher ’91 was named the director of the new Pediatric Diabetes Center at New York University Langone Medical Center. … Gregory Kiraly, M.B.A. ’91 was appointed chief operating officer of Hydro One Ltd., an electric company serving Ontario. … Christopher S. Porrino, J.D. ’92 was sworn in as New Jersey’s attorney general in August. … Thomas J. Protack ’92 was promoted to vice president of development for Beebe Healthcare and Medical Foundation in Lewes, Del. …

Ephie Trataros, J.D. ’92 was honored for her philanthropic support of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley. … Matthew M. Geibel ’93 was named Adjunct Teacher of the Year at Seton Hall. … Camelia M. (Saviñon) Valdes ’93 was named the 2016 Latina Lawyer of the Year by the Hispanic National Bar Association. … Kimya S. Lee ’94 was named a finalist for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal, awarded by the Partnership for Public Service. … Craig Lubaczewski ’94 was hired as senior vice president of Eastern U.S. operations for the community management company Associa. … James Pannucci, M.S. ’94 was hired as senior director for infectious disease research

by Southern Research. … Marina Barg, J.D. ’95 was promoted to chief claims officer for the U.S. insurance segment of The Navigators Group. … Stephen G. Brilliant, M.S.T. ’95 was appointed treasurer of the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association. … Assunta F. Marino ’95 was named a chartered property casualty underwriter, a professional insurance designation awarded by The Institutes, an insurance education

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firm. … Jeralyn L. Lawrence, J.D. ’96 was elected secretary of the New Jersey state chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. … Michelle M. Bufano, J.D. ’97 joined the law firm Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP as a partner. … Tia Morris ’98 celebrated her one-year anniversary as executive director of the New Jersey region of Teach for America. … Father Allain B. Caparas ’99 was appointed principal of Saint Joseph High School in Hammonton, N.J. …

Jessica L. Kilker Breslow ’99 was hired as the director of information technology and marketing for the P.J.W. Restaurant Group, which operates P.J. Whelihan’s Pubs and three other restaurant brands in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

00s

John F. Castano, M.A. ’00 was appointed executive director of New Jersey SEEDS, a Newark based nonprofit that prepares students from low-income families for admission to private schools and colleges. … Clare Giangreco, M.A. ’00 was selected as the new program manager of Seton Hall’s Sister Rose Thering Fund for Education in Jewish-Christian studies. … James Agnew, M.A. ’01 was appointed vice president of corporate development at Tufts Health Plan. … Gerard Babo, Ed.D. ’01 was honored as Seton Hall University’s College of Education and Human Services’ Teacher of the Year. … Paul G. Mathew ’01 was promoted to assistant professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, and was also promoted to fellow-level membership in the American Academy of Neurology. …

Shevelle McPherson, J.D. ’01 released a book, Soar! Beyond the Heels of Adversity. … Eva M. Ogens, Ed.S. ’01/Ed.D ’08 was promoted to associate professor within the School of Social Science and Human Services at Ramapo College and was featured in American Biology Teacher and School Leader publications. … Chad B. Small, Ed.D. ’01 was named interim executive director of Beacon Hill Nursery School in Boston. … Darrell K. Terry ’01 was named president and

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chief executive officer of Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and the Children’s Hospital of New Jersey. … James Goetschius, M.B.A. ’02 joined the New York office of the Abbot Downing financial planning firm as managing director. …

Anne Marie Anderson, M.A. ’03 was promoted to associate professor at Raritan Valley Community College in New Jersey. … Timothy C. Bennett, M.B.A. ’03/J.D. ’03 was appointed senior counsel of the Seyfarth Shaw law firm’s corporate department. … Alexander W. McDonald ’03/M.P.A. ’05 was named Millburn, N.J.’s new municipal business administrator. … Daniel Nugent ’03/M.P.A. ’10 co-edited a book titled Lasting Impressions: Laying the Foundation for Engaged and Philanthropic Future Alumni. … Travis Smith, M.A.E. ’03 was appointed principal of Ramapo High School. Madelyn (Dosado) Yu, M.S.N. ’03 was voted president-elect of the Philippine Nurses Association of America. … Antoine L. Gayles, Ed.D. ’04 was appointed superintendent of Hillside (N.J.) Public Schools. … Bridgett Green ’04/M.A.E. ’11 was appointed supervisor of special services for the South Orange-Maplewood (N.J.) School District. … Trina Parks-Evans, M.H.A. ’04 was appointed assistant vice president of corporate diversity and inclusion for RWJBarnabas Health. … Cecelia T. (Wren) Lardieri ’05 was promoted to senior vice president, director of human resources at Peapack-Gladstone Bank. … Craig R. McGraw ’05 has been named to the board of trustees of Team Walker, a Jersey City nonprofit organization. …

Austen V. Lear ’06 was promoted to project lead at Lightspeed GMI. … Ronald M. Durso, Ed.S ’07 was presented the Administrative Excellence Award by the Bergen County Principals & Supervisors Association. … Joseph Tringali, J.D. ’07 joined Scarinci Hollenbeck as counsel to the litigation practice group. … Michael S. Carucci, J.D. ’08 was hired as counsel by the Sills, Cummis & Gross law firm. … Timothy Purnell, Ed.D. ’08 of the Somerville (N.J.) Public Schools, was named Superintendent of the Year by the National Association of School Superintendents. … Kristine

Shurina, M.A.E. ’08, a teacher at the Bridgewater-Raritan (N.J.) Middle School, received the 2016 Outstanding Middle Level Educator in the English Language Arts Award from the National Council of Teachers of English. … Shawn Dowiak, M.A.E. ’09 was named the new director of fraternity and sorority life at Eastern Tennessee State University.

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Gregory Wooten, M.H.A. ’10 joined Lincoln Medical Center in Fayetteville, Tenn., as the new emergency-room and intensive-care unit director. … Angela Adams, M.A. ’11 was named director of community relations for Goodwill Industries, Wisconsin region. … Heidi M. Boon, M.A.D.I. ’11 joined the law firm of Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman. … DiAsia Brooks ’11 was selected as a Woodrow Wilson New Jersey Teaching Fellow for 2016. … Gina E. DiFeo, M.S. ’11 received her Ph.D. in behavioral and systems neuroscience from Rutgers University. … Randal S. Glynn, M.S. ’11 was appointed co-chair of fundraising for SmileTrain.org. …

Michael A. Ojo ’12’s company, Golden Door Asset Management, recognized the inclusion of one of their portfolio companies, VM Global, in the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing companies. … Edward C. Twomey ’12 was the lead author of a neuroscience article published in Science. … Amy E. Richmond, M.S. ’13 received her doctoral degree in athletic training in July 2016 from the University of Idaho. … Mery Arcila ’14 was selected for the 2016 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship. …

Erin Hopkins, Ph.D. ’14 was awarded the Willis and Mary Blackwood Junior Faculty Fellowship by the Virginia Tech board of visitors. … Daniel Massoud, M.S. ’14 published his novel, All Things Considering. … Patricia A. O’KeefeSiker, Ph.D. ’14 was named president of Morristown Medical Center. …

Andrew S. Paulsen, M.P.A. ’14 was a recipient of Teach for America’s 2016 Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching. … James H. Reilly, M.A. ’14 was sworn

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in as a detective with the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office. … Maria Del Cid ’15 established a scholarship at Union County College in New Jersey. .. Mark McCoy, M.B.A ’15/M.A. ’15 was promoted to senior vice president for Lakeland Bank. … James T. Sanchez ’15 ran the Copenhagen marathon in Denmark in May 2016. … Francis Ahmed ’16 co-authored an article titled “The New Face of Leadership We Need: Empathy in Action,” which was published

by The New York Times. … Jill A. Castaldo, M.A.E. ’16 was named principal of Little Falls (N.J.) School No. 2. … Olivia Rebecca D’Ambrosia ’16 and Jessica L. Thomulka ’16 were both selected as a Woodrow Wilson New Jersey Teaching Fellow for 2016. … Brooks Mencke ’16 co-authored the article “Managing the Fear of Failure,” which was published by The New York Times.

Baby Pirates Coryn L (Snyder) Zentz ’02 and Clint, a boy, Cooper Garrett Zentz, on June 29, 2016.

Anne (Ryan) Carter ’06 and Michael, a girl, Ryan Lee, on August 25, 2015.

James Ryan III, J.D. ’10 and Mercedes, a girl, Antoinette Anita, on January 21, 2016.

Jessica (Hill) Chin ’11 and Daniel Chin ’08, a girl, Alexis Marie Chin, on August 5, 2016.

SETON HALL MAGAZINE

WELCOMING BILL WALTON

FOR THE EXECUTIVE SUITE SERIES The Executive Suite Series connects senior business leaders and rising executives (both alumni and non-alumni) while providing timely strategies to address key organizational issues. In this way, Seton Hall helps leaders advance their careers and organizations while strengthening the University’s impact on the business community.

As part of the series’ most recent event, more than 90 alumni gathered to hear from Bill Walton, one of the NBA’s all-time best players.

Walton, who is also an award-winning sports broadcaster, used his story and the lessons he learned from legendary coach John Wooden to highlight the importance of hard work and discipline in being successful, whether it be on the court or in a business meeting.

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ALUMNI BENEFITS Don’t Miss Out! Are you taking advantage of all the benefits available to you as a Seton Hall graduate?

Don’t miss out on car rental and insurance discounts, library and career center services, discounts for the Seton Hall University bookstore — and much more! To learn about all of the benefits offered, visit www.shu.edu/alumni.

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YOU’RE IN BUSINESS Alumni Relations creates opportunities for business leaders and rising executives to connect with one another and with students. Many of our alumni in the corporate world serve as mentors and internship providers. To get involved, contact John Borgese at john.borgese@shu.edu.

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Kara Lennon ’98 to Robert Muscillo ’99 on May 13, 2016.

Jane Sanchez ’05 to Ashlee Swain on April 16, 2016.

Adam Knowles ’06 and Elaina on July 30, 2016.

Karoline Stankiewicz ’07/M.A.E. ’10 to Richard Allen III ’10 on April 23, 2016.

Lisha Arino ’09 to Andrew Tzaska ’10 on May 7, 2016.

Stephanie Gage ’09 to Christopher Ryskasen ’09 on May 7, 2016.

Morella Mirabal ’09 to Matthew Behrendt ’09 on May 27, 2016.

Megan Lewis ’11 to Sean Taguer ’10 on November 7, 2015.

In Memoriam Robert J. Bolen Jr. ’48 Bernard W. Hehl ’48 Judge Anthony J. Iuliani ’48/J.D. ’54 Rosemary Lisena ’48 Dr. Abraham C. Dearani ’49 Charles H. Messina ’49 Edgar B. Coffey ’50 Vincent F. Larosa ’50 Sidney Litvack ’50 Walter J. Olenick ’50 Eugene J. Quinn ’50 Paul P. Shubeck ’50 Joseph A. Suszko ’50 George C. Tilyou ’50 James J. Franey ’51 Father John J. Morel ’51 John J. Goodman ’52 Gerald W. Ihde ’52 Robert P. Shears ’52 James M. Kenihan ’53/J.D. ’56 Francis J. Knee ’53 John K. Williams ’53 John S. Ball, M.A.E. ’54 Michael J. Doyle ’54 Helen E. (Stussy) Hornyak ’54 Reverend Eugene J. Hazewski ’55/M.D.M. ’77 Edward A. Heselton ’55 Alan E. Devlin ’56 Vincent J. Higgins ’56 James E. Tierney ’56 Paul F. Fitzpatrick ’57

Robert J. Gregory ’57 Laurence B. Liggett ’57 Selma H. (Hubka) Riggs ’57 Howard V. Towle ’57 Carmine T. Vigorito ’57/J.D. ’60 James DeFilippo ’58/M.B.A. ’63 Father Michael A. Patete ’58/M.D.M. ’77 Honorable Edward J. Toy ’58/J.D. ’63 John J. Bodine ’59 Lawrence E. Croake ’59 Joseph J. Dabbs ’59 Sister Margaret Helene McKernan ’59 Paul J. McGlynn ’60 Angela M. (Galeotafiore) Rossi, M.A.E. ’60 William L. Engelhardt ’61 James E. Patten ’61 Ann Marie Ricciardi ’61/M.A. ’11 Fred E. Rosi, M.A.E. ’61 Sister Mary Benedict Genevieve Wanat ’61 Sister M. Consuelo Grainger, M.A.E. ’62 Edward “Ned” Hall ’62 Joseph D. Ceglio, M.A.E. ’63 Robert J. Cusack Sr. ’63 Raymond A. Barrett, M.B.A. ’65 Robert P. Plocinik ’65 John R. Brezin ’66 John T. Evers ’66 Dr. Ralph X. Ewall, M.S. ’66/Ph.D. ’72 Robert J. Fyne ’66 Paul J. Giblin Sr., J.D. ’66 Monsignor Joseph T. Slinger ’66 James A. Bittel ’67 Joseph A. McNamara ’67 Dominic D. Roccasecca ’67 Robert E. Sullivan, M.A.E. ’67 Leo G. Tempel ’67 Matthew W. Wojciak ’67 Richard D. Alten, J.D. ’68 Sister Anne Claytor, M.A.E. ’68 Harry W. Leszchyn, J.D. ’68 John P. McDermott ’68 Maureen M. (Racaniello) Alexander ’69 Louis Z. Bodnar ’69 Sister Mary Rosaire Miraglia, M.A.E. ’69 John E. Muller ’69 Ralph J. Padovano, J.D. ’69 Josephine (Halupa) Weagle ’69 Sister Mary P. Dougherty, M.A.E. ’70 John M. Komasz, M.A.E. ’70 Martin T. Ruane, M.A. ’70

Frank A. Purcell, J.D. ’71 John C. Allen Jr. ’73 Patrick M. Idler ’73 Rosemary (Warnock) Seery, M.A.E. ’73 Richard W. Lewis, J.D. ’74 Patrick A. Amabile, M.A.E. ’75 Douglas A. Mendini ’75 John C. Kerwin ’76 Maureen N. (Daniels) Tremel ’76 Ronald F. Burke, M.A.E. ’77 Franklyn M. Grosso ’77 Joseph V. Mukalel, M.A. ’80 William Pesyk ’80 Cathleen B. (Mahoney) Zaepfel, M.A.E. ’80/M.S.N. ‘87 Linda A. Kivior ’81 Mark Simon, J.D. ’81 Kimberly A. (Kudrick) Chatlos ’86 Joseph C. Devincentis ’86 Juan C. Barrera ’88 Gordon J. Furlong, M.S.T. ’89 Michael P. Grabowski ’89 Deborah G. (Cummis) Sandlaufer, J.D. ’91 Doris B. Sura ’93 Robert G. Sabattis, J.D. ’95

Friends of Seton Hall Rosario Alberto Elizabeth “Betty” (Ernestine) Azzara Salvatore A. Busichio Jr. Ruth McClain Bruna M. Merrigan Alice V. Mulligan Terry Nixon Theresa M. Papp George R. Pellack Alan Robbins Brother Leo V. Ryan Reginald Stanton Verdel Thompson

PROFILE In Pursuit of a Dream Photo by Janice Marin

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or Nyugen Smith ’98, the pursuit of art as a career has been as much about persistence as talent. Today, the fine arts major is well-established as an interdisciplinary artist. He’s a recent M.F.A. graduate of the prestigious School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was awarded a full merit scholarship. He has held scores of shows — including a recent solo exhibition at Seton Hall’s Walsh Gallery.

Moreover, Smith recently received one of just nine annual Leonore Annenberg Fellowships — a total of $100,000 over two years, which he’ll use to do field research in the Caribbean “on the impacts of colonialism and post-colonialism on the African Diaspora.”

Still, his success hasn’t come without setbacks, and his journey to becoming an artist began with a difficult choice: to switch his major from political science to fine arts in his junior year. When he told his mother, Smith recalls, “She looked at me and said, ‘Nyugen, that is a hard life.’” His response: “I know this is what I want to do. I’ll make it happen.”

The nearly 20 years since then have brought challenges, such as initially being turned down at every graduate art school he applied to, and the need for patience as he perfected his craft while teaching art at St. Peter’s Preparatory School in Jersey City, N.J.

FUTURE SO BRIGHT: Nyugen Smith was awarded the prestigious Leonore Annenberg Fellowship last April.

Now, the Annenberg fellowship gives Smith the economic freedom to conduct “self-study to discover my West Indian heritage and various histories of the Caribbean” over the coming two years. He heads in February to Trinidad, his mother’s birthplace, to study the island’s carnival tradition and learn to participate in the costume-making tradition, which will, no doubt, influence his performance art. In April, he’ll go to Martinique, a former French colony, and then travel to Barbados, Haiti and Jamaica.

He’ll bring no strong preconceptions, he says, but will let his impressions and understanding “evolve once I get there and begin to spend time with the people and experience the environment.”

A painter, sculptor, video maker and performance artist, Smith says his first artistic effort was drawing stick figures when he was 6. Seeing the result, his uncle deftly sketched a man standing in profile and said, “’Go draw this.’” Smith practiced over and over, and then began to depict it in full face and, eventually, with the body in motion. His perseverance paid off, and when he got to Seton Hall years later, he pushed to stage the University’s first solo student art show.

“I never took ‘no’ for an answer,” he explains. And now, that firm resolve has finally paid off.

BOB GILBERT

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Seton Hall Weekend September 23-25, 2016

Paint and Sip on the Green Alumni enjoyed the beautiful weather and scenery as they created a Seton Hall-centric piece of art while enjoying a glass or two of wine at an event hosted by the Young Alumni Club.

Photos by Kristine Foley; Golden Pirates: Emily Feinsod

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irate families near and far returned “Home to The Hall” in September 2016 for Seton Hall Weekend.

Alumni enjoyed special events, including a Legacy Breakfast (for families with multiple generations of Pirates), Paint and Sip on the Green (which allowed alumni to indulge their inner artists), a Volunteer Tent (promoting servant leadership), and for the Class of 1966 — the Golden Pirates reunion.

Golden Pirates More than 60 members of the 50th reunion class reconnected with Seton Hall and fellow Pirates. We extend our best wishes to the Class of 1966.

Attendees enjoyed brunch, campus tours led by Student Alumni Association members, an alumni Mass and an induction ceremony. Class of 1967, you’re up next!

Legacy Breakfast Students, parents and relatives came together to share bacon, eggs and their favorite Seton Hall experiences.

Muriel Shore, B.S.N. ’61/Ed.D. ’90 Hayang Lee, B.S.N. ’14 Barbara Kiernan, B.S.N. ’65 Dean Marie Foley, Mary Ellen Clyne ’87/M.S.N. ’93/Ph.D. ’12

Margaret C. Haley Awards Every year, the College of Nursing recognizes alumni who have demonstrated excellence in the field of nursing. This year, more than 50 College of Nursing alumni attended a reception at the Highlawn Pavilion to honor this year’s four award recipients.

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Summer and Fall Events 1. Black Alumni Weekend After six years of off-campus reunions held in several states, the Seton Hall Black Alumni Committee brought the Black Alumni Weekend “Home to The Hall” in August 2016. The weekend began with a welcome ceremony at the Grand Summit Hotel and continued on Saturday with a morning of professional workshops and a panel discussion, an afternoon cookout on the Green, and an awards ceremony in the evening honoring alumni for their professional achievements.

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The North Jersey Regional Alumni Chapter’s Fall Festival at Tranquillity Farms in October was a great success! More than 120 alumni, parents, friends and family of Seton Hall enjoyed a day of pumpkin picking, hay rides, corn mazes and other fun family activities.

3. Arts and Sciences Museum Event Graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences gathered at the Morris Museum to catch up with fellow Pirates, hear how the school has grown and honor fellow alumnus Joseph Kacirek, M.A. ’81, all while exploring some fascinating art exhibits.

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ALL TOGETHER NOW 1) Rev. Forrest Pritchett, Bob Sumner, Lisa Durden ’86, President A. Gabriel Esteban, Jerry Walker ’94. 2) Alumni enjoyed a beautiful fall day at Tranquillity Farms. 3) Former Interim Dean Chrysanthy Grieco greets Joseph Kacirek, M.A. ’81 at the College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Signature Event at the Morris Museum.

4) The Young Alumni Reunion at Bar A brought Audrey McTiernan ’14, Paulina Michalec ’13 and Erin Leary to Lake Como, N.J.

4. Young Alumni Summer Reunion 2016 marked the 33rd Annual Young Alumni Reunion. Alumni who graduated in the past 10 years gathered at Bar Anticipation in Lake Como, N.J., to play games, enjoy an all-day barbecue and drinks, and to reconnect with fellow Pirates. We hope to see you this summer!

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PEGEEN HOPKINS

The Business of Sports Charles Grantham was named director of Seton Hall’s

ics and technology in the

Center for Sport Management in 2016, succeeding

business of sport — in

Founding Director Ann Mayo. Grantham has extensive

this case, baseball — to

experience in professional sports, having served as exec-

create a championship

utive director of the National Basketball Players Associa-

team.

tion from 1988 to 1995.

As a principal negotiator, he helped to establish the

to make analytics ap-

league’s four historic collective bargaining agreements

plicable. Some are more

and was an architect of the industry’s first revenue-

accepting than others. The challenge you see in various

sharing/salary-cap business model.

sports is: How do you use this data to forecast how good

More recently, Grantham served as a consultant in

a player will become? And how much is that player worth

the Ed O’Bannon vs. NCAA lawsuit and has represented

based upon their statistics and prior experiences? This

NBA players including Charles Oakley and Amar’e Stou-

approach works well in baseball because it is statisti-

demire.

cally based. Other sports, like hockey, may not use it as

Seton Hall magazine editor Pegeen Hopkins spoke to Grantham about the state of sport management and his plans for the Seton Hall program.

much, but analytics clearly have made an impact on the sports business.

How has social media made an impact?

What are the biggest changes you’ve seen in the sports business over time?

Social media raises questions about how the platform is

The demand for live sporting events has enabled the

while sitting on the bench or before a game starts. This

major sport leagues, the NCAA and its conferences to

has led to rules and regulations governing social-media

command lucrative rights fees for content. This revenue

use in sports and on teams. Are these rules part of gener-

is generated by televising sports — through national

al team rules? Or will these rules be negotiated with play-

networks, super stations, local cable stations and pay-

ers after determining they are fair and reasonable? Social

per-view. Sports organizations were looking for a reliable,

media will have an impact on the workplace.

growing source of revenue; television has done that — with both college and professional sports. Today, ESPN and other carriers are televising high-school sports. Remember, just a year or two ago, we had a young girl from Philadelphia pitching in the Little League World Series.

She was an outstanding player and became a national figure — all brought to you by television.

managed. For example, players have used social media

What brought you to Seton Hall?

I have worked at Seton Hall as an adjunct since 2004.

It was a major attraction for me that Seton Hall’s sport management program is in the Stillman School because sports is business.

I have great respect for Ann Mayo, who started the program and the Seton Hall Sports Poll. The opportunity

What innovations will be disruptors moving forward?

to build on what Ann began was appealing and she was

Technology and business analytics are having a signifi-

supportive.

cant impact on all sports. Recently, the Chicago Cubs won

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Every sport is looking

We hope to expand the program to collaborate with

the World Series. The players performed well and were

and include other disciplines: the college of education,

victorious. But the architect, the individual who put the

the law school and the new medical school. Sports media

team together, was the president, Theo Epstein. Epstein’s

is also an integral part of the sports business and is an

background is analytics. He has successfully used analyt-

opportunity we hope to pursue. n

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