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Prep’s Women for Others Forty years after the first female teachers stepped to the front of a Prep classroom, women are playing a larger role than ever in the life of “all-male” Saint Peter’s Prep.
Features
Volume 21 - Number 4 SPRING 2012 Christopher Casazza, ’97 Editor
Robert Reiser, S.J. President
Michael Jiran, ‘03 Managing Editor
James DeAngelo, ’85 Principal
John Irvine, ’83, P’11 Sports Editor
John Caulfield, ‘71, P’00,’03 Vice President for Finance
Jane Bleasdale Gary Bogdanski, ‘02 Mary Durante Mary Freeman, P’12 Kyrsten Hayworth Jack Savage, ‘57 Boreta Singleton Maura Toomb Contributors Mace Duncan Ohleyer Hotplate Design
James Horan, ’70 Vice President for Planning & Principal Giving Christopher Casazza, ’97 Chief Advancement Officer John Irvine, ’83, P’11 Director of Admissions Gary Bogdanski, ’02 Director of Alumni Relations Nancy Cunningham, P’99,’01 Director of Annual Giving
Mark Wyville, ’76, P’11 Select Photography
Michael Jiran, ‘03 Director of Communications
Charles F.X. Poggi, ‘49 The Poggi Press Printing
Frances Salvo Special Events Manager
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Always More to be Done In her 40th year at Prep, Ana Garcia remains as committed as ever to the work of Jesuit education.
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Departments
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144 Grand A humble servant engenders a new era; “Hats Off” to a great PPA Fashion Show; Vox goes for a spin.
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To Whom Much is Given: Jack Savage, ‘57 A soon-to-be Prep Legend’s reason for supporting the Annual Fund is simple: “We did what we could do, and asked others...to do what they could do.”
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14 5 Questions Mary Freeman, P’08,’12 on the PPA’s role in Prep life, and the transition from Prep parent to past parent.
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19 Sports A bright future for Cross Country; Soccer returns to county playoff glory; Football tops in Hudson (again!)
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Photo File A Window to the Past.
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22 Alumni Remembering Marcel Wagner, ‘56; A Familiar Face in Finance; Honoring Legends and Hall of Famers.
PREP Magazine www.spprep.org SPRING 2012
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