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THE MARY LOUIS ACADEMY

Annual Report

CONTENTS

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, , PRINCIPAL S LETTER

REGIONAL RECEPTIONS

TMLA LEADERSHIP

DONOR WALL

GRADUATION & SCHOLARSHIPS

TMLA EXPANSION

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FINANCES

TMLA HITS A HIGH NOTE , PRINCIPAL S DINNER

FAITH COMMUNITY

FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR

MEMORIAL & HONOR CONTRIBUTIONS

ALS ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE

OUR DONORS

CLASS NOTES

SUSTAINER DONORS

S. EILEEN GILDEA

AMARE CIRCLE

IN MEMORIAM

THANK YOU TO OUR SISTERS

MACAULAY HONORS

LEGACY SOCIETY

YEAR IN REVIEW

LEPUY CIRCLE

FINDING MY VOICE

ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS

HILLTOPPER NATION

GRANTS

GOLD KEY ART AWARDS

CLASS GIFTS

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FROM THE DESK OF THE PRINCIPAL

Fall 2014 Dear Alumnae, Parents and Friends, I am happy to write to you again at the beginning of another exciting year at The Mary Louis Academy! I am pleased to report that contributions to TMLA during the past year totaled over $1.1 million. This total reflects a very generous gift made towards our Music Program. We are very grateful for your continued support. The Class of 2018 has officially begun this school year as members of the TMLA community. These young women and their families chose TMLA because of our long and rich history as “THE” college preparatory academy for young women. To provide them with an education that matches their ambitions is a responsibility which we do not take lightly. In this publication you will see a wide range of our students’ and alumnae’s achievements. TMLA remains committed to our proud legacy of excellence in education that nurtures the whole person by integrating faith and life. All of this is made possible with your help. During the summer we made significant investments in our campus and buildings. TMLA has expanded to make use of the beautiful building that had been the Mary Louis Convent. Extensive renovation and repurposing of the building have provided us with an additional 12,500 square feet of space for our expanding academic and service programs. In our Main Building, a very generous donation from the family of Audrey Prager MacLean 46 to enhance our music program enabled us to remodel and dedicate our new Music Conservatory. Thank you for all that you do for The Mary Louis Academy. It is our goal to help our students appreciate their womanhood, to develop their gifts, to understand that they are worthy of the best education and that they are empowered to make a difference in the world. Your generosity demonstrates that you believe in them: that you believe in The Mary Louis Academy. Thank you so very much for all of your prayers and support. May God continue to bless you and your family. Sincerely,

S. Kathleen McKinney CSJ, Ed.D. Principal

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SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH – BRENTWOOD, NY BOARD OF MEMBERS S. Helen Kearney CSJ, Ph.D. President

S. Kathleen McKinney CSJ, Ed.D. Councilor

S. Patricia Mahoney CSJ, M.S.W. Councilor

S. Jane Marie Reilly CSJ, M.S.W. Councilor

S. Eugenia Calabrese CSJ, M.S. Councilor

S. Helen Rooney CSJ, M.S.W. Secretary

Stained glass window depicting St. Joseph, installed on the main staircase of St. Joseph’s Convent, the Sisters of St. Joseph’s Motherhouse in Brentwood. This window was donated by the grown orphans from St. John’s Home for Boys in Brooklyn, in memory of their long-serving Directress, Mother Mary de Chantal Keating CSJ. Mother de Chantal was renowned for founding and operating a Union Army hospital in Wheeling, WV during the Civil War. Countless numbers of wounded and dying soldiers received care at the hands of Mother de Chantal and her fellow sisters. Upon her passing in 1917 Mother de Chantal’s contribution to the Union war effort was posthumously honored by the United States government with a veteran’s headstone placed on her grave in Mount St. Mary’s Cemetery in Flushing, NY.

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THE MARY LOUIS ACADEMY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Jeanne Brostek Altenau, M.B.A. 75 Senior Vice President of Corporate Performance Broadview Networks

Susan James Kropf, M.B.A. 66 Retired President and Chief Operating Officer Avon Products

William Armstrong, M.B.A., CPA P 09 Senior Vice President of Finance Catholic Health Services of Long Island

Caroline Tear Latham, M.A. 79 Chairperson of Mathematics Convent of the Sacred Heart—NYC

Melissa Dowd Begg, Sc. D. 81 Professor and Vice Provost for Educational Programs Columbia University

Geraldeen Licurse, B.A. Chief Financial Officer Beginning with Children Foundation

Rebecca Wuest Creavin, M.B.A., CFP ® 82 Private Banker and Senior Vice President Wells Fargo Private Bank

Mary Jane McQuillen, M.B.A. 87 Managing Director & Portfolio Manager Environmental, Social, Governance Investment Program ClearBridge Investments, Legg Mason, Inc.

Mary F. Fuchs, M.A. 97 Director of Development Church of St. Dominic Mary Ellen Freeley, Ed.D. (Chair) P 92 & 95 Associate Professor St. John’s University; School of Education Department of Administration & Instructional Leadership Sister Nancy C. Gilchriest SSND, Ed.D. Chairperson and Associate Professor St. Joseph’s College, New York Department of Adolescence Education Valerie J. Green, M.A. 72 Senior Vice President of Marketing Cablevision Mary Ann Halford, M.B.A. 76 Managing Director Communications, Media & Entertainment FTI Consulting Sister Elizabeth Hill CSJ, M.A., JD Executive Director Lower Hudson Valley Consortium of Catholic Colleges & Universities Sister Joan Holmberg SC, Ph.D. 57 Professor Emeritus Wagner College

Andrea Pfenning, M.B.A. 80 Managing Director The Bank of New York - Mellon John C. Roth, M.B.A. Chief Financial Officer St. Joseph’s College, New York Pascale Saint-Louis Sablan, M.S., AIA, NOMA, LEED 01 Associate FXFOWLE Architects Sharon P. Scaturro, JD 76 Attorney Kramer & Associates, P.C. Patricia Schaubeck, JD 78 General Counsel Suffolk Bancorp Patricia Castel Skarulis, M.A. 62 Senior Vice President of Information Systems and Chief Information Officer Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Tamara Stephen, JD 88 Associate Director of Career and Professional Development Brooklyn Law School

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THE MARY LOUIS ACADEMY ADMINISTRATION S. Kathleen McKinney CSJ Principal S. Filippa Luciano CSJ 54 Assistant Principal – Admissions Mrs. Ann O’Hagan Cordes 84, P 11 Assistant Principal – Academics

OFFICE OF ACADEMY ADVANCEMENT Mr. Sean Belon Director of Academy Advancement Sister Margaret Conway CSJ 69 Associate Director of Advancement Mrs. Judy Belon Assistant Director of Advancement

ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION S. Joan Killen CSJ Co-Moderator of Alumnae Association S. Mary Ann Carotenuto CSJ 57 Co–Moderator of Alumnae Association Kathleen McCabe 81 President of Alumnae Association

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KEY NOTE ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATES AT THE 2O14 COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OF THE MARY LOUIS ACADEMY Congratulations, graduates, to you and your families on your wonderful achievement today! Thirty-three years ago, I sat where you are now sitting. I have to wonder what’s on your minds today. Maybe you know exactly what you want and exactly how to get there. And that’s wonderful. But I have to tell you: when I sat in that seat, I really had no idea what life had in store for me. I knew I was going to college, but I didn’t have a clue about what I would ultimately do. All throughout my childhood, my father would ask me: “What do you want to do? Do something you love!” My dad gave me great encouragement, but it almost felt like pressure – I didn’t know what I wanted to do –and worried there was something “wrong” with me. You know what? It turned out okay in the end. The key thing is to keep an open mind and reach for opportunities when you see them. Don’t hold back. Don’t hold yourself back – that’s probably the biggest challenge for you. From Mary Louis, I went on to Fairfield and majored in math. Enjoyed it, but wanted to do something more practical and more tangible. So, I entered graduate school in public health. Which left my family asking: what on earth is public health? I think the best way to describe public health is this: In the same way that a doctor treats an individual patient, public health professionals “treat” entire communities in order to advance the health of all. How do we do that? We study what makes people healthy. Think about what affects your health. Can you think of anything that’s “bad” for you? Good for you? HOW DO YOU KNOW? You know largely because of public health research. Who here has ever had a vaccination? Put on a seat belt? Who has ever put a helmet on a child before bike riding? All of that is public health. So I cannot resist putting in a “plug” for my field to this accomplished, bright group of young women. Think about public health as a career. It’s about serving others, which fits very well, I think, with the perspectives you have gained at Mary Louis. So I found my niche. How will you find yours?

we are often afraid. For every big decision I’ve ever made, I’ve been terrified. I’ll say it again: it’s okay to be afraid. Just don’t let fear paralyze you. There is a wonderful young man who works for me. He came to me about 3 years ago, when we first started working together. He told me that he dreaded making a mistake and letting me down. I told him very clearly: the only people who have done nothing wrong in the past year are the people who have done NOTHING in the past year. I told him it’s okay to be afraid – but keep moving ahead. When you are facing a tough challenge, as you will many times in your life, remember this: You know a lot. Use your knowledge. Analyze each situation from every angle. Seek input from those you trust and admire. THEN ACT. Give it your best shot, even though you are afraid. Expect to be wrong sometimes; that’s okay. And when you make a mistake, as you inevitably will, gather yourself together again, forgive yourself, and move on. Expect to be wrong, and do better next time. Now, this is a very happy day. But know that there will be days in your life when you are really up against the ropes – because of your work, your family, your health, and some day perhaps, your children. There will be heartbreak. There will be times when you are feeling so low and so broken, you think you will never recover. But I promise you – you will. It takes time. Maybe a month, or 6 months, or even a whole year. But you will recover, and you will smile again, and you will go on to do more great things. And throughout your life, you will be relying on the skills and knowledge you gained in high school and beyond. But at those low times, you have something even more important: the principles that were instilled in you at TMLA. Let me see if I have it right: “unity, reconciliation, and allinclusive love”. These will be your mainstay, your compass, in the worst storms that life presents to you. Those are guideposts that will give you strength for the long haul. So no matter where you go from here, whether to college or to work, whatever you choose to do – do it well, take pride in it, prepare to be afraid and then move past it: because you’re ready. Good luck!

By going out and learning, observing lots of options, trying things out. Today is graduation day. You’ve proven yourselves smart, strong, and capable – combined with a core set of values that you will have for the rest of your life. You have so much ahead of you.

(Dr. Melissa Dowd Begg 81 is Professor of Biostatistics and Vice-Provost for Educational Programs at Columbia University. Dr. Begg also serves as Co-Director of the Irving Institute for Clinical & Translational Research at Columbia and currently sits on the Board of Trustees of The Mary Louis Academy.)

What’s your biggest obstacle? Oddly enough, it’s probably you. Despite your accomplishments, you might lack confidence. You might be afraid. You might be afraid of being wrong. My biggest message to you: fear is okay. Fear means you are smart and recognize when there is risk. Those of us in the room who are older and more experienced will let you in on a little secret:

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VALEDICTORIAN S ADDRESS own and passions we did not share. We understand that this world will continue to expand before our eyes. We can choose to be empowered by the fact that even though we are all just one element in the “play” of life, as coauthors, no one person is more significant in the large scheme of things, but we are all independently integral. We can choose to lead lives that are unique and meaningful. As graduates of TMLA we carry with us the values of unity, reconciliation, and all-inclusive love; we can shape our verses with those three beliefs above all. We have also learned the value of service as part of our TMLA culture. Our verses will continue to be healing and influential, and grow to become so much more. Please, let us not think about our lives as our burdens or see the welfare of this world as our omnipresent responsibility. Let us think of them as our incredible chances to say something. We have learned that our voices are important and that we in turn can empower others. Yet still, we might ask - how do we know that our individual lives, our small efforts, can be significant? Let us look at the people around us. We have seen how often a few words from a TMLA teacher or friend have altered our perceptions of our worlds and ourselves. We have seen how others’ individual verses of love and genuine care have impacted us. We can be inspired by the values of TMLA’s administration, Good Morning Sister Kathleen McKinney, Sister Filippa Luciano, Mrs. Ann Cordes, Sister Helen Kearney, Mrs. Marie Whelan, Ms. Heather Maloney, Dr. Melissa Dowd Begg, Faculty, Families, Friends and Class of 2014. I feel honored to be the representative voice for the young women alongside whom I have grown and who have simultaneously acted as friends and wise teachers in my life. Class of 2014, through every single moment we shared as members of the TMLA community, we came to realize how much vaster the world is than we thought it was when we were younger. In his poem “O me, O life”, Walt Whitman proposes why our interconnected existence, despite life’s difficulties, is so beautiful. Whitman affirms that what is “good” is “That you are here – that life exists and identity, that the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.” The reality is that every person here today continues to receive a greater taste daily of how incredibly awesome this “powerful play” is. At TMLA, we directly learned about the multitudes of perspectives in this world through our academic experiences, such as in world history as freshwomen, and our extracurricular activities, such as at Mary Louis’ Cultural Harmony Festival. Moreover, we learned indirectly as we formed friendships, as we looked around even on mere subway rides. We realized that we lived beside and loved people who possessed certain beliefs different from our

CLASS OF 2014 THROUGH EVERY SINGLE MOMENT WE SHARED AS MEMBERS OF THE TMLA COMMUNITY, WE CAME TO REALIZE HOW MUCH VASTER THE WORLD IS THAN WE THOUGHT IT WAS WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER. faculty and staff as well as by the support from our own families and friends. Their great acts of love and sacrifice have sustained and stirred us. Whitman’s quote treats life as a gift and recognizes that we are coauthors in the play of life in which each person is immeasurably significant. As we look forward and celebrate our commencement from TMLA, let us remember our capabilities to improve the “play”, our world. Thank you. (Erin Krebs 14 is currently in her first semester at Yale University pursuing a degree in Global Affairs with a minor in Theater Arts.)

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SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED The class of 2014 was awarded over $38 million in merit-based academic scholarships; in addition they contributed over 90,000 hours of volunteer service to their communities. Adelphi University Alumni Award

CUNY Hunter College Sage Honors Award

Adelphi University Athletic Scholarship

CUNY Hunter College Scholarship

Adelphi University Business Award (2 awards)

CUNY Hunter College Yalow Honors Scholar Award

Adelphi University Dean’s Award (19 awards)

CUNY Macaulay Honors College (9 awards)

Adelphi University Girl Scout Scholarship

CUNY Queens College Scholar Award

Adelphi University High School Achievement Award (9 awards)

Daemen College President’s Scholarship

Adelphi University Math and Science Initiative Award (2 awards)

Dominican College Academic Award

Adelphi University Nursing Scholars Award

Dominican College Scholarship

Adelphi University Presidential Scholarship (6 awards)

Dominican College St. Dominic’s Award

Adelphi University Recognition Award (30 awards)

Dowling College Academic Honors Scholarship

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Health & Human Sciences Award

Drexel University Academic Scholarship

Albertus Magnus College Presidential Scholarship

Drexel University Dragon Award (2 awards)

Albright College Alumni Scholarship

Drexel University Endowed Scholarship

Amherst College Scholarship

Drexel University Legacy Scholarship

Arcadia University Distinguished Scholarship

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Dean’s Scholarship

Auburn University Scholarship Bloomfield College Leadership Scholarship

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Women of Excellence Scholarship

Boston College Scholarship

Emmanuel College Academic Achievement Scholarship

Boston University Award

Fairfield University Bellarmine Scholarship

Boston University Grant

Fairfield University Loyola Scholarship (4 awards)

Boston University Presidential Scholarship

Fairfield University Magis Scholar Award

Brandeis University Scholarship

Fairfield University The Magis Scholarship (2 awards)

Brown University Scholarship

Fairfield University Xavier Scholarship

Bryant University Achievement Award

Fairleigh Dickinson University Colonel Fairleigh S. Dickinson Scholarship

Bryant University William E. Trueheart Scholarship Caldwell College Scholarship (2 awards) Canisius College Benefactor’s Scholarship Cazenovia College Dean’s Leadership Award Clark University Presidential Scholarship (2 awards) College of Mount Saint Vincent Academic Scholarship College of Mount Saint Vincent Deans’ Scholarship (2 awards) College of Mount Saint Vincent Honors Program Academic Scholarship (2 awards)

Drexel University A.J. Drexel Scholarship (7 awards)

Felician College Franciscan Award Five Towns College Scholarship Florida International University Academic Excellence Scholarship Florida Polytechnic University Inaugural Scholarship Fordham University Jogues Scholarship (7 awards) Fordham University Loyola Scholarship Fordham University Presidential Room Award Fordham University Presidential Scholarship

College of Mount Saint Vincent Merit Residential Scholarship (11 awards)

Fordham University Scholarship

College of Mount Saint Vincent Merit Scholarship (12 awards)

Fordham University Tuition Award (5 awards)

CUNY City College Honors Scholarship

George Mason University Mason Freedom Award

CUNY Hunter College Community Scholar Award

Georgetown University Scholarship

CUNY Hunter College Muse Honors Scholar Award (2 awards)

Hampton University Merit Scholarship Hampton University Room Scholarship 8

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SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED

The Class of 2014 has Matriculated in the Following Colleges and Universities Adelphi University

Rider University

Hartwick College Ad Altiora Achievement Award

American University

Rutgers University

Hartwick College Judge William Cooper Scholarship

Barry University

Sacred Heart University

Boston College

Saint Joseph’s University

Boston University

Sarah Lawrence College

Hofstra University Dean’s Scholarship (13 awards)

Brown University

School of Visual Arts

Hofstra University Presidential Scholarship (9 awards)

City University of New York

Hofstra University Provost Scholarship (10 awards)

College of the Holy Cross

Sheridan College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning

Iona College Athletic Scholarship

Cornell University

Hofstra University Dean’s Scholars Award (4 awards)

Iona College Gael Scholarship (11 awards)

Delaware State University Drexel University

Iona College Heritage Scholarship (18 awards)

Fairfield University

Iona College Scholarship

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Ithaca College African, Latino, Asian & Native American Scholarship (2 awards)

Fashion Institute of Technology

Ithaca College Flora Brown Award

Flagler College

Ithaca College John B. Harcourt Scholarship

Fordham University

Ithaca College Shirley Hockett Scholarship

Hampton University

Johnson & Wales University Campus Award (2 awards) Johnson & Wales University Presidential Academic Scholarship (2 awards)

Five Towns College

Hartwick College Hofstra University Iona College Ithaca College

King’s College Christi Regis Scholarship

James Madison University

King’s College Monarch Grant

King’s College

La Salle University Founder’s Scholarship (5 awards)

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Le Moyne College Community Award (3 awards)

Le Moyne College

Le Moyne College Dean Scholarship

Lesley University

Le Moyne College Leader Scholarship (2 awards)

Long Island University - Brooklyn

Le Moyne College Trustee Scholarship (2 awards)

Loyola University Maryland

Lesley University Scholarship

Marist College Mercy College

Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education St. Francis College St. John’s University St. Joseph’s College, New York St. Thomas Aquinas College State University of New York Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Susquehanna University The Catholic University of America The University of Alabama The University of Scranton Towson University University of Dayton University of Delaware University of Hartford University of New Haven University of Rhode Island University of San Diego University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Vanderbilt University Virginia Commonwealth University Wheaton College

Mercy College-Manhattan

William E. Macaulay Honors College

Merrimack College

Yale University

Molloy College Mount Saint Mary College New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury New York University Niagara University Pace University, New York City Pace University, Westchester Campus Pennsylvania State University Quinnipiac University

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SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED Long Island University (C.W. Post Campus) Scholars Award

Mount St. Mary’s University Leadership Grant

Long Island University Scholarship

Mount St. Mary’s University Presidential Scholarship

Loyola University Maryland Christopher Clavius, S.J., Award

Mount St. Mary’s University Trustee Scholarship

Loyola University Maryland Claver Scholarship (4 awards)

National Merit Finalist Scholarship (2 awards)

Loyola University Maryland Presidential Scholarship (7 awards)

National Achievement Finalist Scholarship (2 awards)

Manhattan College Business Scholars Award

National Achievement Outstanding Participant

Manhattan College Chancellor’s Award (6 awards)

National Merit Commended Student (4 awards)

Manhattan College Dean’s Award (3 awards)

National Merit Scholarship

Manhattan College Presidential Scholarship (3 awards)

New York Institute of Technology Academic Achievement Award (9 awards)

Manhattan College School of Education Scholarship Manhattan College Science Scholars Award Manhattanville College Chairman Scholarship (2 awards) Manhattanville College Provost’s Scholarship Marist College Alumni Scholarship Marist College Athletic Scholarship

New York Institute of Technology Recognition Award (5 awards) New York Institute of Technology Scholarship (4 awards) New York Institute of Technology T.K. Steele Scholarship (4 awards) New York University Liberal Studies Scholarship (3 awards) New York University Steinhardt Scholarship

Marist College Presidential Scholarship (3 awards)

New York University The College of Arts and Science Scholarship (3 awards)

Marquette University Ignatius/Magis

Niagara University Academic Achievement Award

Marymount University Academic Success Scholarship

Northeastern University Award (2 awards)

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Merit & Dean’s Award

Northeastern University Dean’s Scholarship

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Scholarship

Northwestern University Scholarship Nova Southeastern University Dean’s Scholarship (2 awards)

Mercy College Provost Scholarship (3 awards)

Ohio University Distinction Scholarship

Mercy College Trustee Scholarship

Ohio University Promise Scholarship

Merrimack College Scholarship

Ohio University Trustee Award

Molloy College Athletic Scholarship (2 awards)

Pace University Honors Scholarship (3 awards)

Molloy College Dominican Scholarship (9 awards)

Pace University Incentive Award (22 awards)

Molloy College Liberal Arts Grant (3 awards)

Pace University Opportunity Scholarship (2 awards)

Monmouth University Academic Grant

Pace University President’s Scholarship (3 awards)

Monmouth University Shadow Lawn Scholarship

Pace University Trustee Recognition Award (8 awards)

Mount Saint Mary College Achievement Scholarship (4 awards)

Posse Scholar Leadership Scholarship for Vanderbilt University

Mount Saint Mary College Dean’s Scholarship (3 awards)

Posse Scholar Leadership Scholarship for Wheaton College

Mount Saint Mary College Distinguished Scholar Award

Pratt Institute Presidential Merit-Based Scholarship (2 awards)

Mount Saint Mary College Founders’ Scholarship (2 awards)

Providence College Albertus Magnus Scholarship

Mount Saint Mary College Merit Scholarship (2 awards)

Providence College Friar Scholarship (2 awards)

Mount Saint Mary College Presidential Scholarship (4 awards)

Quinnipiac University Academic Scholarship (4 awards)

Mount St. Mary’s University Dean’s Scholarship (4 awards)

Quinnipiac University Dean’s Scholarship (7 awards) 10

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SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED Quinnipiac University Graduate Scholarship

St. John’s University Academic Promise Award (3 awards)

Regis College Anniversary Scholarship

St. John’s University Catholic Scholars Award

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Leadership Award

St. John’s University Presidential Scholarship (2 awards)

Rider University Dean’s Scholarship

St. John’s University Provost Scholarship (3 awards)

Russell Sage College Dean’s Honors Award

St. John’s University Scholastic Excellence Scholarship (16 awards)

Rutgers University Delaware Valley Scholarship

St. John’s University SRM Endowed Scholarship

Sacred Heart University College Scholarship

St. John’s University Student Success Grant

Sacred Heart University Merit Award (4 awards)

St. John’s University Women in Science Scholarship (2 awards)

Sacred Heart University Performing Arts Grant

St. Joseph’s College Dean’s Scholarship

Sacred Heart University President’s Excellence Award (5 awards)

St. Joseph’s College Presidential Scholarship (2 awards)

Sacred Heart University The College of Arts & Sciences Scholarship

St. Joseph’s College Provost’s Scholarship (3 awards)

Sacred Heart University The Conley Award (2 awards)

St. Joseph’s College Scholastic Achievement Award (13 awards)

Sacred Heart University Trustee Scholarship (3 awards)

St. Pascal Baylon Rosary Society Scholarship

Saint Francis University Scholarship

St. Thomas Aquinas College Honors Program Scholarship

Saint Joseph’s College of Maine Scholarship

Stevens Institute of Technology Edwin A. Stevens Scholarship

Saint Joseph’s University Legacy Scholarship

Stevenson University Trustee’s Scholarship

Saint Joseph’s University Opportunity Award (2 awards)

SUNY Albany Frederick Douglass Scholar Award

Saint Joseph’s University Presidential Scholarship (14 awards)

SUNY Albany Merit Award

Saint Joseph’s University Scholarship (4 awards)

SUNY Albany Presidential Scholar Award (2 awards)

Saint Joseph’s University United Scholars Award (6 awards)

SUNY Albany Women’s Track and Field Scholarship

Saint Peter’s University Pavonia Scholarship (2 awards)

SUNY Buffalo Daniel Acker Scholarship

Sarah Lawrence College Dean’s Scholarship

SUNY Maritime College Fort Schuyler Scholarship

Sarah Lawrence College Presidential Scholarship

SUNY Maritime College St. Mary Academic Scholarship (2 awards)

Savannah College of Art and Design The University for Creative Careers Achievement Honors Scholarship

SUNY New York Institute of Technology Academic Merit Scholarship

Seattle Pacific University Dean’s Scholar Award

SUNY Old Westbury Book Scholarship

Sergeants Benevolent Association Scholarship

SUNY Oneonta Auxiliary Services Merit Scholarship

Seton Hall University Achievement Award

SUNY Oneonta Deans Scholarship

Seton Hall University Scholarship (9 awards)

SUNY Oneonta Foundation Scholarship

Siena College Franciscan Scholarship

SUNY Oneonta Presidential Diversity Scholarship

Siena College Mission Scholarship (2 awards)

SUNY Oneonta Presidential Scholarship (2 awards)

Siena College Presidential Scholarship (6 awards)

SUNY Oswego Academic Accomplishment Scholarship

Springfield College President’s Achiever Scholarship

SUNY Oswego Dean’s Scholarship

St. Bonaventure University Provost Scholarship

SUNY Oswego Merit Award

St. Francis College Scholarship (10 awards)

SUNY Oswego Presidential Scholarship

St. John’s University Academic Achievement Award (39 awards)

SUNY Plattsburgh Academic Excellence Award (2 awards)

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SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED SUNY Plattsburgh Freshman Merit Scholarship SUNY Stony Brook University Dean’s Scholarship SUNY Stony Brook University Presidential Scholarship (8 awards) SUNY Stony Brook University Valedictorian Scholarship SUNY Stony Brook University Wise Schoalrship Susquehanna University Presidential Scholarship Syracuse University Chancellor’s Scholars Award (2 awards) Syracuse University Dean’s Scholarship The Catholic University of America Alumni Scholarship (8 awards) The Catholic University of America Parish Scholarship (5 awards) The Catholic University of America Scholarship (10 awards) The College of New Rochelle Academic Scholarship The College of New Rochelle Dean’s Scholarship (2 awards) The College of Saint Rose Award (4 awards) The College of Saint Rose Provost’s Scholarship (2 awards) The College of Saint Rose Trustees’ Award (2 awards) The Cooper Union Innovator’s Merit Scholarship The Cooper Union Scholarship The George Washington University Presidential Academic Scholarship The Pennsylvania State University Provost’s Award (2 awards) The Pennsylvania State Worthington Scranton University Chancellor’s Award

University of Colorado Boulder BOLD Center Participation Scholarship University of Colorado Boulder Chancellor’s Achievement Scholarship University of Connecticut Leadership Scholarship University of Dayton Father Chaminade Scholarship University of Dayton Leadership in Service Scholarship University of Dayton Merit Scholarship University of Delaware Scholar Award (2 awards) University of Delaware Scholarship University of Denver Chancellor Scholar Award University of Hartford Merit Scholarship (2 awards) University of Hartford Pre-Medical Professions Scholarship University of Hartford Regent’s Scholarship University of New Haven Annual Honors Scholarship University of New Haven Charger Award University of New Haven Distinguished Scholar Award (5 awards) University of New Haven Engineering Award University of New Haven Presidential Scholarship (2 awards) University of New Haven Writing Award University of Pittsburgh Greensburg Merit Scholarship University of the Sciences’ President’s Scholarship Ursinus College Scholarship (3 awards)

The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education Scholarship (City College)

Utica College Founders Scholarship

The State Education Department Scholarship for Academic Excellence (7 awards)

Villanova University Scholarship

The University of Rhode Island Centennial Scholarship (3 awards)

Virginia Commonwealth University Scholarship Award

The University of Scranton Arrupe Scholarship (8 awards)

Wagner College Alumni Award

The University of Scranton Claver Award

Wesleyan University Scholarship

The University of Scranton Dean’s Scholarship (2 awards)

Widener University Presidential Scholarship

The University of Scranton Loyola Scholarship (9 awards)

Wilkes University Presidential Scholarship (2 awards)

The University of Tampa Presidential Scholarship

William Paterson University Trustee Scholarship

The University of Tampa Spartan Scholarship

Xavier University Buschmann Award

Towson University Honors College Award

York College of Pennsylvania Heritage Award (8 awards)

Vassar College Scholarship

Towson University Provost Award (3 awards) University of Bridgeport Honor Scholarship

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Deirdre Waldron, a member of TMLA’s Class of 2005, is not only a woman of vision and dignity; she is a woman of service. Deirdre’s unfailing commitment to volunteering among those less fortunate truly embodies the Mary Louis spirit of inclusion and giving back to the world around her. “I had a lot of opportunities to volunteer while I was at Mary Louis and definitely took advantage of as much as I could. NHS and Student Council offered many opportunities for service; I recall especially time spent at Saint Mary’s Children’s Hospital. In my senior year, I was able to coordinate a food drive with City Harvest and TMLA. As a member of TMLA’s Adopt -A-Grandparent club, I enjoyed diverse opportunities for service.” As an undergraduate at Saint Joseph’s, a Jesuit University in Philadelphia focused on service work, Deirdre tried to get involved as much as she could in the many volunteer opportunities they provided during her 4 years there. These opportunities included many trips as part of construction crews for Habitat for Humanity, trips to Appalachian regions in Kentucky and Virginia, an eyeopening experience since there was such an extreme level of poverty so close to home. In 2008 Deirdre led a service immersion trip to Duran, Ecuador through Rostro de Cristo where her group lived in the community with the local people. The group lived off $1 a day and spent their two weeks visiting members of the community and playing with the children. They spent time with people who were in the leprosy clinic and listened to their life-stories. Deirdre feels that she

learned so much from this trip, “Seeing how happy and beautiful these people were really made me put my life into perspective. Here were people who had to struggle for food and shelter and they were ten times happier than a lot of people back home. It made me rethink getting frustrated about not knowing what to wear out on a Saturday night! I realized that material things do not matter and that it is the simple things in life that inevitably lead to love and happiness.” During her college years Deirdre found different types of volunteer experiences with Melmark Shoemaker After-School Program where she played games and ran activities for children with profound disabilities and head injuries. Actors without Boundaries offered another level of experience when Deirdre volunteered with children who had cerebral palsy and helped them put together performances. In 2009 at her graduation from St. Joe’s, Deirdre was honored to receive the prestigious Saint Joseph’s University Student Service Award. With a degree from St. Joseph’s in Elementary/Special Education, Deirdre worked from 2009 to 2013 as a Special Ed teacher at Stepping Stone Day School in Queens, NY. In 2013 Deirdre graduated from Saint John’s University, Queens, NY with an Ms. Ed in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. This education led Deirdre to become a 1st grade special education teacher in the NYC Department of Education.

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“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all” -Aristotle

Deirdre feels that all of her volunteer experiences impacted her life, but 2 are especially important to her. For the past 11 summers, Deirdre has spent multiple weeks volunteering at camps held at the Marist Brothers Retreat House located in Esopus, NY, a small town on the Hudson River. Each week has a different population of children/adults with special needs. There used to be a week for children with HIV from Harlem Hospital; this ended in 2012 because the population of children being born with HIV has rapidly decreased! That was Deirdre’s favorite week of the year for 9 years! The campers and fellow volunteers who go to Esopus year after year have grown to love each other as if they were family members. There Deirdre has met some of her closest friends and friends who will be life-long. The volunteers have developed a closeness that cannot be explained and she truly feels so blessed and lucky to have all of them in her life. Many people do not understand why Deirdre and her friends go to Esopus on their summer vacations when they could be at the beach or out traveling the world, but it makes sense to them and that’s all that matters. This is a prime example of how volunteering can impact and truly change your life for the better. Post-undergrad it was very hard for Deirdre to get involved in volunteer opportunities besides going to Esopus in the summer time. She was teaching full-time and going to graduate school in the evenings full-time. With so much on her plate Deirdre promised herself that when she was done with school she would go on a trip somewhere to volunteer!

Deirdre decided to go to Kenya, Africa this past summer of 2014. Deirdre booked her trip and got on a plane- not really knowing what to expect. She spent the next two weeks volunteering at a special needs boarding school through an organization called African Impact. While she was there Deirdre worked with the teachers and educated them on new techniques for teaching children with these various needs, implemented visual schedules for some of the non-verbal students and worked on small-group teaching. Deirdre sums up her experience in Kenya by saying “I wish I could have stayed for a longer period of time, but it just motivates me to go back! “ When asked what she would like to impart to the young women at TMLA today Deirdre said “Volunteer work is something that will always be in my life. It keeps me grounded and focused on what is important. Through volunteering I have gained a lot of insight and perspective into a world that is filled with so much good. I am so fortunate to have had all of these great experiences and will hopefully get the opportunity to have many more. I encourage all of the students and graduates of Mary Louis to volunteer and give back to the world around you; it truly will make a difference not only in the lives of others, but in your own life as well”.

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$126,087 $123, 526 $147,250

$532,061

$624,045

$6,827,615

$7,556,304 $338, 595 Plant & Campus Maintenance

$454, 966 $137,598 $85,100

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TMLA... A FAITH COMMUNITY our community of faith.

The spiritual theme of the 2013-2014 academic year was “Gifted and Called to Unity, Reconciliation and All Inclusive Love.” Throughout the year, all of our spiritual life initiatives sought to bring out the God-given gifts that are in each of us so that we may be our best selves and contribute to our world in faith, service and love. TMLA strives to have a vibrant Liturgical Ministry. As a Catholic Academy, we celebrate Mass daily and encourage our students to get involved in various ministries. The young women of TMLA serve our liturgical ministries by assisting in orchestrating Mass, participating as lectors, altar servers, gift bearers, musicians and ministers of hospitality. This past academic year 10 students were installed as Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. They will now serve our community and their parishes as well. We completed the third year of our Sacrament Seekers program. Throughout the year five of our young women were catechized by TMLA’s Campus Minister, Chairperson of the Department of Religious Studies and other members of the TMLA community including past Sacrament Seekers and faculty members. This program enables our students to grow in faith and in community as they prepare for various Sacraments of Initiation. The program culminated in the spring of 2014 when our candidates received the Sacrament of Confirmation. We were blessed to welcome them into

In October 2013 TMLA celebrated our first Founder’s Day! With a celebration of Mass in the morning, short and special facts throughout the day about the six initial women who founded the congregation, posters with images around the building, and a sweet French dessert at lunch, our community was able to celebrate and honor the brave and faith-filled women of France who became the Sisters of St. Joseph. In the fall, Campus Ministry held an Interfaith Worship Walk where we traveled on foot to a Buddhist Temple, Muslim Mosque, and a Catholic Church. Twelve students moved from sacred space to sacred space on foot. At each stop, the group prayed together, learned together, and experienced how various faith traditions practice their religion. This pilgrimage of faith was such a beautiful and meaningful way to deepen our awareness of God and the faith lives of our brothers and sisters. It’s always great to see faith in action and this year the CSJ Leaders Club ran a significant campaign called “Spread the Word to End the Word.” During level meetings students learned about this initiative that seeks to end the use of the word “retarded” from our vernacular and at lunches students, using their iPads, signed a world-wide pledge choosing to stop using this word. Our faith teaches that we ought to love all human beings and that we’re to recognize each

person’s dignity and worth, along with seeing the unique and special gifts each person has to offer our blessed world. It brought such great hope and joy to see the wonderful response from our community supporting this campaign. Our second Mission Week was a great success! Again, we kicked off our week of Mission-based awareness and celebrations with our annual Communion Breakfast. Each year we hold a beautiful student-led liturgy where family and friends join our school community for a joyful celebration of Mass and then a delicious and fun breakfast! We hope you can join us this year! This year, throughout Mission Week, the CSJ Leaders Club worked hard to orchestrate events for our school community to deepen its awareness of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, their spiritual roots and their mission of Love, Unity and Reconciliation, which sustains The Mary Louis Academy. Highlights included Mix-It-Up Day, learning about the Mission through Maxims of the Congregation, and a Faculty Fashion Show! Students came to see their teachers and staff members reveal the TMLA uniform “through the ages!” This event was an energetic, community building and very fun (and funny!) way to round out the 2014 Mission Week.

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MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS GIFT IN MEMORY OF

GIFT MADE BY

Diane J. Agrell 57

Judith May McGowan 57

Kathy Alarcon 03

Mr. & Mrs. Roberto J. Alarcon (parents)

Mary Alessi

Margaret M. Alessi 58 (daughter)

Marina Aquino 89

Mr. Gerald D. Aquino (brother)

Ann Beekman Brabazon 57

Mr. John J. Brabazon (husband) Judith May McGowan 57

Elizabeth Allen Brennan 67

Mr. M. Declan Brennan (husband) Mrs. Mary O’Kelly-Hughes

Carole Mitchell Callahan 56

Mr. Thomas M. Callahan (husband)

S. Virginia Therese Callahan CSJ

Margaret Kruse Mooney 51

Joanne Ackerman Cavataio 76

Mr. Michael Cavataio (husband)

Tara McManus Carlino 77

Mr. Stephen A. Carlino (husband)

Patricia Bishop Cicero 51

Ms. Mary C. Hilliard (daughter)

S. Kathryn P. Clarke CSJ 57

Mary Jane Clarke Munch 51 (sister)

Donald F. Coffey

Helen Lynett Coffey 46 (wife)

S. Bernadette Miriam Crapeau CSJ

Marcia Furlani Ostfeld 64

Mother Mary Louis Crummey CSJ & her dream

Elizabeth Kelley Starr-Chapple 40

Marilyn ‘Lynn” Higgins Davey 47

Maureen Davey-Rezny (daughter)

S. Rose Therese Digney CSJ

Judith May McGowan 57

Ann Scanlon Dillon 51

Mr. James J. Dillon (husband)

Marion Savarese Dimitri 51

Mr. Michael S. DiMitri (husband)

Louise Ryan Ericson 67

Mr. John B. Ericson (husband)

Edna M. Fannon 41

Moira Fannon Molloy 75 (niece)

Evelyn Fecht

Nancy Fecht Kruger 64 (daughter)

Mildred Tierney Frank 47

Mr. Edward H. Frank (husband)

Jamie Garvey

Adelina Cavagnaro Gerry 41 (grandmother)

Patricia McCrann Gilvary 57

Mr. Paul F. Gilvary. Jr. (husband)

Mary C. Gyves

Katherine Gyves Ray, M.D. 76 (daughter)

Ann Griffin Fitzgerald 54

Mr. Brian P. Fitzgerald (husband)

Christine Caiafa Guarino 92

Dr. & Mrs. Gene F. Caiafa, Sr. (parents) Ms. Camille Fois Gina Marie Miraglia-Eriquez 92 Ms. Marie Miraglia Ms. Tina Pregliano

Kathleen Savage Howley 51

Mr. Michael E. Howley (husband)

Patricia Woods Huot, LL.B. 47

Honorable Paul R. Huot (husband)

Marlene Steinmetz Kayne, Ph.D. 58

Mr. Fredrick Kayne (husband)

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MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS GIFT IN MEMORY OF

GIFT MADE BY

Betty Ann Kelly 59

Mary Ellen McGroary 59

Mary Wallace Kramer 50

Mr. Thomas J. Kramer (husband)

Audrey Prager MacLean 46

The MacLean Family

S. Loretto Concepta Mayer CSJ

Judith May McGowan 57

Jo Ann Bull Masterson 62

Mr. James W. Masterson (husband)

Ann McGlynn

Dorothy Kloss Wortham 51 (mother)

Anne McKenna 57

Lisa Taliercio Dettling 84

Nancy Hatala McKiernan 60

Mr. Michael McKiernan (husband)

Helen & John Monks

Elaine Monks Alfano-Rees 52 (daughter)

Paula Aliesky Perry 44

Margaret Murray English 44

Maria Giovinco Radzik 70

Mr. Edward C. Radzik (husband)

Erin Collins Realmuto 95

Danielle Battista 95 Astrid Schmidt King, LL.M. 95 Shannon McCrann, D.O. 95 Amy V. Rapkiewicz, M.D. 95 Ms. Linda Schmidt

Gilda Russo 53

Mr. Francis X. Russo (husband)

Theresa Waldron Russo 79

Mr. Alex Russo (husband)

Mary Engelskirger Seery 52

Mr. Richard A. Seery (husband)

John & Evelyn Sexton

Hannah Sexton Young 74 (daughter)

Robert J. Sheridan

Amelia Panzarella Sheridan 66 (wife)

Mary Ann Munzel Sliwinski 56

Joan Munzel Gosink, Ph.D. 58 (sister)

Hillary Smith 84

Ms. Patricia C. Smith (mother)

Marion Schulz Sokolski 44

Vina Sauer Hueg 44

Leonore Riley Swierski 56

Mr. Ron Swierski (husband)

Judith Holder Trust 60

Mr. William M. Trust, Jr. (husband)

Christine Veal Grega 80

Mrs. Ethel M. Veal (mother)

S. James Patrice Veale CSJ

Ms. Kathryn C. Audette (niece) Ms. Jeanne Baumann (niece)

Lorraine Lauri Zizzamia 67

Mr. Anthony N. Zizzamia (husband)

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HONOR CONTRIBUTIONS GIFT IN MEMORY OF

GIFT MADE BY

Class of 1954

Virginia Fraser Wilson 54

Class of 1963

Sylvia Stavropoulos Christakos, Ph.D. 63

Eileen Kelly Hill 56

Mr. & Mrs. John McCabe

Mary & Walt King

Rosemary A. King 62 (daughter)

Kelly Muskopf 07

Mrs. Kathleen Muskopf (mother)

Mary Smith Pinchiaroli, JD 83

Ms. Patricia Smith (mother)

Katrina Schaefer 07

Mr. & Mrs. Gerard Schaefer (parents)

S. Grace Avila Seckendorf CSJ

Rose Jeanette Julius, D.O. 92

Monica Reddy Wood, Ed.D. 72

Mr. & Mrs. John J. Reddy, Jr. (brother) Ms. Kathryn Reddy (niece)

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GIFT ENROLLMENTS Legacy for Leadership Circle: ($250,000 or more)

Mother Mary Louis Guild: ($1,000-$2,499)

Fleur de Lis Circle: ($100,000 - $249,999)

St. Joseph’s Society: ($500-$999)

Fidem Seravi Council: ($50,000 - $99,999)

Crusader Circle: ($250-$499)

Mariel Society: ($25,000-$49,999)

TMLA Society: ($100-$249)

Wexford Circle: ($10,000-$24,999)

Blue & Gold Club: ($50-$99)

Board of Trustees Council: ($5,000-$9,999)

Hilltopper Club: (up to $49)

Principal’s Circle: ($2,500-$4,999)

ALUMNAE LEGACY FOR LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Susan James Kropf 66

FIDEM SERVAI COUNCIL Estate of Elizabeth Wilcox Adams 48

MARIEL SOCIETY Mary Egan D’Agostino 53

WEXFORD CIRCLE Sandra Vitti Colangelo, M.D. 83 Ann Pfohl Kirby, LL.B. 45

Regina M. Pitaro 72 Monica Reddy Wood, Ed.D. 72

BOARD OF TRUSTEES COUNCIL Anonymous 89 Sophia Benito Brivio 90 Joan Messmore Carotenuto 48 Joan M. Gallagher 81

Patricia M. Hynes, JD 59 Carleen Cole Kohut 73 Marjorie Mulvehill McGahren 56 Mary Louis Nelson Oliva 55

Katherine Gyves Ray, M.D. 76 Nancy Morgan Voss 78

Rosemarie Doellgast Luttinger 56 Nancy Matta 73 Kathleen M. Rutherford 79 Patricia Castel Skarulis 62

Faith Rieg Victory 52 Marianne Yen, JD 80 Hannah Sexton Young 74

PRINCIPAL’S CIRCLE Jeanne Brostek Altenau 75 Bridget Connolly, JD 78 Caroline Dorsa 77 Rev. D. Alexandra Venturini Dyer 74

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ALUMNAE MOTHER MARY LOUIS GUILD T. Elaine Adamson 54 Maria C. Adragna, N.D. 77 Rebecca Tomitz Armstrong 77 Clare E. Browne 59 Class of 2014 Joan Castel Conway 59 Rosalie Duffy Crabbe 68 Claudia A. DeMonte 65 Anne Santoro Devlin 93 Anitarose Longobardi Dziwura, Ph.D. 78 Patricia Fili-Krushel 71 S. Annelle M. Fitzpatrick CSJ, Ph.D. 65 Estelle K. Gearon, Ph.D. 50 Alice Duffy Grant 59 Kathryn A. Hager 74 Mary C. Hannon, Ed.D. 77

Eva Konopka 92 Elizabeth Healey Kossuth 62 Madeline Papio Lacovara 62 Christina T. Lombardino 78 S. Filippa A. Luciano CSJ 54 S. Marie E. Mackey CSJ 80 Andrea M. Malon, M.D. 79 Carolyn J. Malon, D.D.S. 77 Francene Van Roten McCabe 61 Kathleen A. McCabe 81 Lois Meaney McGowan 53 Marie T. Menendez 79 Lisa M. Mezzetti, LL.M. 74 Barbara Kiefer Molesphini 51 Susan Virgil O’Brien 58 Lynn Pfohl Quigley 54

Patricia Ryan Recupero, M.D., JD 66 Maureen A. Rogers, JD 77 Joan A. Ryan 70 Pat Ryan 57 Angela Scicutella, M.D.,Ph.D. 78 Eleanor Murtagh Stritter 44 Pattiann Truocchio Taus 79 Patricia Izzo Thigpen 67 Jean Fitzpatrick Timmerberg, Ph.D. 87 Joan Goldsmith Tormey 47 Virginia Finn Van Brunt 65 Alice M. Weisz, M.D. 70 Eileen Shields West 61 Virginia Fraser Wilson 54 Michele Stercula Zappulla 94

Margaret Muller Hill 78 Mary Elizabeth Whitehouse Holzgruber 53 Elizabeth Hugel, Ph.D. 77 Sharon Scaturro Justvig, JD 76 Rosemary A. King 62 Gail DiLeonardo Konecsni 64 Helen A. Lorenz 58 Charlene McSorley Lowery 67 Joanne Little Lynch 74 Christine Birbiglia MacCallum 71 Maureen Lambert Manning 58 Patricia Sena Mannion 83 Joan M. McEntee 65 Katherine M. McGrath, JD 84 Mary Jane McQuillen 87 Nancy Coyle Morgan 49 Patricia Farley Muldoon 60 Marion Connelly O’Handley 52 Susan Pace 78

Andrea Pfenning 80 Carole Youngman Prest 69 Barbara Pryor, JD 71 Regina Bligh Purcell, JD 52 Virginia McGee Rader 61 Jane Shea Regan 73 Shannon Squeri Roesch, D.P.M. 93 Ellen M. Rooney, M.D. 74 Deirdre R. Schaefer D.O. 89 Patricia M. Schaubeck, JD 78 Irene Devine Schillmaier 59 Lisa Scorce 84 Amelia Panzarella Sheridan 66 Mary Ann Sullivan 58 Cini K. Thayil, M.D. 98 Denise Vitti 82 Kristin Waldron Horan, M.D. 98

Julianne M. Chase, Ph.D. 72 Sylvia Stavropoulos Christakos, Ph.D. 63 Janet Henneberg Clark 59 Maria Zoccoli Contestabile 79 Clara Cortes 80 Agnes Bielenda Czuchlewski 72

Lynn Hellenbrecht DeLuca 99 Laura D’Angelo DeVita 84 Jeanne Tolle Devlin 46 Barbara Marschman Diehl 66 Paula A. Dopsch 77 Roberta M. Dowd 84

ST. JOSEPH’S SOCIETY Susan Rokee Allen 75 Martha Indelicato Brincat 77 Maureen Delaney Budd 63 Barbara J. Butler, M.D. 80 Lillian Ciprian Calvanico 61 Rochelle G. Catus, M.D. 74 Eileen M. Connolly 75 Anne McPhilliamy Cote, JD 80 Mary Jane Schwab Cote 49 Elizabeth Vreeland Craco 51 Frances R. D’Emilio 72 Linda Fellini DeRose 64 Dawn C. DeSimone, JD 84 Kelly Devlin 87 Joyce Moore Eckart, Ed.D. 61 Linda J. Edral 68 Carolyn Wiencek Fremuth 83 Mary F. Fuchs 97 Virginia Principe Herman 62

CRUSADER CIRCLE Danielle Battista 95 Natalie Monteau Bazile 96 Melissa Dowd Begg, Sc.D. 81 Geraldine Avidano Britton, Ph.D. 63 Valerie Kilhenny Burton, JD 74 Catherine C. Carr 91 21

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ALUMNAE Diane Klaum Farrell, JD 73 Mary Graziano Flanagan 74 Patricia Wolf Goeller 57 Mary Frances Grace 74 Dolores Murena Grant 73 Valerie J. Green 72 Sandra M. Guiducci, JD 75 CAPT. Deborah Ann Hinkley, M.D., USN 79 Patricia Crowley Hyland 64 Anne Teague Irwin 61 Michele Pomara Johnson, JD 79 Maureen A. Johnston 75 Margaret Moran Jordan 51 M. Bridget Downes Jordan, M.D. 73 Susan Macchia Kaminski 72 Dianne Russo Karpowicz 75 Maria Rettura Keane, JD 68 Catherine Labiak-Maher, M.D. 74 Renee Coyle Lahiff 87 Claudia Camurati Langworthy D.P.M. 75 Kristin A. LeVeness, Ph.D. 87 Jeanne Linskey-Fields 71 Natalie N. Malone 94 Eloise Merlino Mangino 69 Andrea Marra, Ph.D. 81

Margaret Hoefner Martin, JD 90 Rosemarie Coletti Martin 74 Marguerite Shilling Mayers, M.D. 63 Joan Alvarez Mazzella 85 Shannon McCrann, D.O. 95 Judith May McGowan 57 Sheila Larkin Mills 83 Gina Marie Miraglia-Eriquez 92 Vivian Zucchelli Mirza 64 Loriann Murphy 89 Patricia A. Murphy, JD 75 Marilyn Hanold Neilson 53 Janet Engesser Nemeth 00 Mary Fullam O’Donnell 55 Mary Killian O’Donnell 52 Siobhan O’Hare 91 Geraldine E. O’Kane, JD 64 Patricia Flynn Paliotta 83 Donna Buglione Parker 72 Andrea Rodin Perrillo 77 Kathleen Farrell Prigge 77 Cathryn Duffy Ramos 04 Amy V. Rapkiewicz, M.D. 95 Elaine F. Re, Ph.D. 63 Kathleen L. Rickard 87

Patricia Sawchuk Rotello 74 Linda McKenna Roxe 57 Marian A. Russo, M.D. 86 Emilie J. Sair, Ph.D. 57 Catherine Danoski Savage 78 Mary Ellen Pickard Scala 71 Honorable Saliann Scarpulla, JD 79 Astrid Schmidt-King, LL.M. 95 Arlene Carminar Scozzari 59 Anna Costello Stellwag 52 Tamara Stephen, JD 88 Jean Gallacher Van Riper, JD 56 Lynn Vital-Herne 87 June Kiaer Viverito 53 Kathleen Snyder Ward, JD 72 Judith E. Williams 60 Mary Jane Wilson-Bilik, Ph.D., JD 67 Debora Wolf-Krauland 80 Patricia McLees Woods 51 Dorothy Kloss Wortham 51 Elaine Braun Young 82 Kristen Yraola 91 June O’Flaherty Zinsley 58 Melissa R. Zubizarreta 13

TMLA SOCIETY Nan Adams 79 Rita C. Aigner 54 Bernadette Nubile Ali 81 Carole Fabrizzi Angelino 58 Anonymous 58 Anonymous 93 Yvonne Aponte-Schellenberg 87 Stacey N. Ashman 89 Hedwig M. Auletta, JD 70 Patricia Jodal Azzollini 64 Ellen Donohue Barbieri 59 Kristen Sardis Barry 99 Caroline Barsoum 77 Rosemary Myers Bartow 57 Shevonne C. Bascom 99 Anne Russell Batchelor 56 Rita Dubatowka Batchley 79 Florence McHale Baur 53 Virginia Ellis Beech 60 Johanna Grunewald Beedenbender 60

Alberta Candia Begley 57 Elizabeth Bena-Schaul, Psy.D. 87 Ysabelle Bismonte 14 Krystin Lay Blauch 05 Marianne Walsh Bonner 63 Marion Ferretti Bonomo 55 Linda Pisano Bonventre 73 Mary Lynn Oftring Borst 80 Alysha A. Brady 07 Maureen Brett-Mohyla 79 Shirley Demers Briguglio 52 S. Judith M. Burchyns CSJ 57 Elaine Dehan Burger 52 Mary V. Burke 63 Phyllis Grace Burke 55 Eileen Rooney Butler 96 Patricia Lang Campanelli 56 Lauren A. Canton 04 Irma R. Caracciolo 71 Irene Nelis Carew 72

Carolyn Coglianese Carey 86 Kelly J. Carman 08 Tiffanie J. Carman 07 S. Mary Ann Carotenuto CSJ 57 Jacqueline Thornton Chambers 59 Elaine Seaton Charpin 56 Catherine Fogarty Cipolla 69 Donna Lohrey Classie 02 Rose Marie Lopez Clemente 67 Valerie Cataldo Cofer 71 Melissa Cole-Curtis 93 Mary A. Collins 54 Eleanor Moakley Commo 59 Christine M. Como 01 Abigail Bartenburger Connolly 47 Amparo Diaz Connors 78 Denise M. Cooper 86 Linda M. Corrigan 89 Eleanor Lucey Coyle 55 Colleen M. Coyle, JD 81

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ALUMNAE Elizabeth Grimes Crane 79 Rebecca Wuest Creavin 82 Kathleen Hickey Cripps 69 Theresa White Criscione 79 Diane Cassens Cummins 59 Elizabeth Daly 47 Jeannine Corrigan Daly 86 Marian Irace Dante 72 Kathleen Clare Daw 67 Maria Calcagno DeAngelis 58 Regina Woods DeCarlo 87 Rose Cox Delaney 55 Shannon Delfini 11 Merle Bondy DeMott 54 Nancy M. DePalma, Ed.D. 66 Lisa Taliercio Dettling 84 Teresa M. DiMartino 04 Eileen McPhillips DiSalvo 79 Patricia McDermott Donahue 77 S. Virginia E. Down CSJ 66 Joan Kelly Downey 57 Mary Conroy Doyle 69 Patricia Gafney Draper 46 Eileen Ponzini Duffy 60 Mary P. Duffy 57 Kymonne Duncan 14 Jean Draffen Earley 44 Marie Palmich Elms 74 Janis M. Eltz 49 Marian Salek Engesser 73 Margaret Murray English 44 Celeste Coiro Eshenwald 69 Norma Alvarado Faas 80 Carol Schepis Ferrara 64 Eileen Perrine Flanagan 68 Alice Kelly Fleckenstein 55 Elizabeth Lydon Flynn 78 Patricia O’Neil Flynn 53 Allison Munro Forget 69 Kristen M. Freile 13 Annemarie Koerner Fressle 60 Mary Reheuser Frohnhofer 55 Catherine Bulger Gagnon 66 Rita Carter Gallagher 64 Vanessa Gallego 14 Mary Ellen Tuite Gambardella 81 Maureen A. Gannon, Ph.D. 82 Gabriella Garafola 03

Maureen Mahoney Giglio 63 Christine Gigliuto-Dehner, M.D. 77 Denise Ardi Gilrane 89 Marianne C. Githens, Ph.D. 52 Catherine Swanson Giuffre-Kellner 57 Kathy-Ann Giuliano 74 Erika Llanos Goldman 04 Alice Bendernagel Gormley 53 Nancy M. Gracin, M.D. 81 Joan Henn Graham 56 Angela Scarola Gray 50 Catherine Indelicato Grisafi 54 Eileen O’Leary Grubb 63 Kathleen Mullins Guckenberger 57 Annette Primiani Guevara 62 Helena Walsh Gunther 84 Evelyn M. Guzman 89 Eileen Stenger Haggerty 54 Helen Adelhardt Hammond 49 Jo-Ann Cannon Hanak, Ph.D. 79 Edith Gannon Hannigan 62 Meghan Freeley Harding 92 Deirdre Higgins Harnett 89 Andrea Hyde Harrington, JD 63 Jean Steinbeck Hartman 59 Susan Conroy Heath 53 Jeanne C. Hickey 50 Penelope Goigel Hinderstein 60 S. Joan J. Holmberg SC, Ph.D. 57 Catherine Lustig Holzman 64 Joanna Hsu 14 Mary Gralton Hudak 56 Vina Sauer Hueg 44 Virginia Klaum Hughes 74 Kathleen Boyle Humen 70 Linda Oboikowitsch Inzucchi 79 Angelina Lionetti Jacobs, M.D. 72 Maureen Pugh Jeffreys 47 Doris Connor Johnston 48 Eugenie Hanigan Jones 48 Patricia Sherlock Jones 65 Carmen E. Jule, JD 04 Rose Jeanette Julius, D.O. 92 Zsuzsanna Kadas-Foote, Ph.D. 70 Katherine Kane-O’Connor 86 Marie Thies Kanzler 53 Carrie Ann LaSala Karacsony 94 Debra Mathisen Karlin 69

Virginia Ledden Kastner 49 Margaret B. Kelly 56 Marie Knott Kennedy 65 Sophie Djanece Kerbeykian 75 Mary Ann Williams Kerlin 59 Suzanne DiGaetano Kern 60 Constance Roccanova Kerwick-Kearns, JD 54 Marguerite Donohue Kincaid 54 Jennifer Kleeman 11 Jennifer Zuccarelli Koester, JD 91 Wilma B. Kohler 46 Evangelia E. Koutsouras 95 Nancy Fecht Kruger 64 Barbara Catoggio Kullen, JD 59 Virginia Kruck Lalor 54 S. Mary Kenneth Lane CSJ 44 Marguerite Goetke Larsen, M.D. 49 Elaine Papandrea LeBlanc, Ph.D. 63 Marianne Frawley Ledwidge 69 Pauline E. Leka 54 S. Lucille A. L’Episcopo CSJ 51 Patricia Dawson LeRoy 49 Marie Daley Lockhart 67 Katherine A. LoCurto 71 Elizabeth Kelly Lubaszka 69 Virginia Lupoli-Dayon, JD 67 Diane Manta Lynch 64 Linda Connolly Lytle 59 Cindy Polacek Mador 88 Donna Autorino Magli 75 Margaret Gay Malone 57 Grace Squerciati Maloney 49 Mary Tenebruso Manatos 74 Nora McBride Marino 76 Barbara Brown Markell 69 Patricia McDonough Masia 43 Taina F. Massey 09 Sheelia Malinowski Matts 69 Elizabeth Mauter 14 Joan Amato May 51 Eileen C. McCabe 62 Joanne Leonard McCambridge 64 Anne Richardson McCarthy 59 Dorothy A. McCutchan 67 Maryann Mazziotta McDermott 63 Judith Gaffney McDonagh 76 Barbara Reed McDonald 50 Patricia Finn McDonnell 51

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ALUMNAE Anne A. McDonough, D.V.M. 03 Gladys Day McEvoy 47 Eileen Fitzgerald McGrath 76 Mary O’Malley McGuire 57 Renee Hinkley McMahon 81 S. Alice L. McVey CSJ 52 Joan Lang Meade 53 Alice Monteverdi Mee 89 Barbara Martin Melillo 68 Alberta Kargl Mellert 55 Margaret Pallone Mills-Leon 64 Anne M. Mirth, M.D. 79 Helen Lesnik Mistak 66 Veronica Midwinter Molyneux 59 Kathleen Morris Monroe 66 Carole Stein Morlath 59 Annalisa Morreale 14 Venise Mule-Glass, DPT 74 S. Mary Owen Mullaney CSJ 51 Moira Keenan Mullen 89

Gail F. Muller 85 Mary Jane Clarke Munch 51 Anne Giddings Murphy 52 Ann Marie Stein Murphy 55 Celeste McAuley Murphy 81 Margaret M. Murphy 53 Regina Kilhenny Murphy 78 Tashanie Narain 09 Regina M. Newman 68 Alice Dwyer Nixon 59 Susan Polla Nofi, JD 76 Marie McNichol Nolan 51 Patricia M. Nolan, M.D. 68 Kathleen Hennessy Norris 57 Sheila O’Beirne 60 Denise P. O’Brien, Ph.D. 64 Deborah E. O’Connell 69 Maureen Blaber O’Connell 50 Priscilla A. O’Connell, Ed.D. 63 Patricia Bird Oeckler 58

Maryclare Tully O’Hara 84 Annette Pergola O’Keefe 69 Joan Mahon Olsinski 68 Rosemary Tabone Orlandino 66 Marcia Furlani Ostfeld 64 Mary Ellen Gallagher Ostrander 70 Dorothy M. Ott 67 Mary Marrinan Ouimet 59 Kathryn A. Pantaleo 00 Maria Park, JD 86 Margaret Bastable Parker 71 Charlotte Ach Parks 49 Athanasia Giannatsis Parlapanides 88 Marianne Marchisello Paruch 71 Priscilla Paul 04 SSG. Ann M. Penso, USA 84 Judith Sanatar Perez 74 Chrysanthe Petras, M.D. 83 Mary Louise Curran Pfeiffer 58 Helen Carroll Philbin 48 Myrna Owens Piccione 53 Elizabeth Bowe Plisic 79 Veronica M. Plucinski 70 Patricia Leuzzi Polak 63 Laura M. Polania, M.D. 94 Margaret Hillery Pupplo 44 Maureen Walsh Pustelniak 96 Virginia A. Rankin 59 Joan Trainor Rathje 53 Elizabeth Kiernan Ray 57 Lisamarie Reda-Santiago 85 Mary Mullholland Regis 57 Kathleen Nealis Reilly 63 Margaret Power Reilly 49 Rosceli Rivera 14 Mary Ringswald Robbins 64 Kathryn Robilotti-Fordham 65 Marguerite Peropat Robles 69 Anne Rochford, M.D. 79 Christine Indelicato Rodie 84 Milagros Romero-Rodriguez, JD 79 Regina Ronan-White 61 Carol Ehrhardt Rottkamp 53 Juliana Burkard Ruddy 44 Nancy J. Rudolph, JD 68 Lisa Miller Russell-Leicht 90 Maureen Saepia-Chen 79 Clarissa Salgado 14

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ALUMNAE Amalia F. Salinas 09 Kathleen Battiato Sama 04 Kathleen Lang Sanacore 53 Erica M. Santos 09 Eileen Dragone Scheffer 76 Audrey Altenburg Schlee 49 S. Valerie M. Scholl CSJ 55 Susan Powers Schott 73 Leslie Maskin Schuster, JD 78 Maureen Brady Scott 50 Patricia Scott-Hicks 77 Elizabeth A. Selleck 79 Margherita Madonia Sexton 68 Joan Lanzone Shank, D.D.S. 74 Ritika Sharma 14 Catherine Healey Sheehan 67 Maida Sharpe Silverio 95 Mary Foley Simko 47 Joyce Zakierski Simmons 66 Michelle S. Singh 09 Helen Mast Smith 64

Maureen T. Smith 64 Patricia Kiely Smith 72 Judith Keenan Sommer 54 Kathleen L. Spahn 62 Elizabeth Kelley Starr-Chapple 40 Sheila Murphy Steinmuller 64 Sheila Scanlon Strack 57 Eileen P. Sullivan, Ph.D. 59 Rosaria Surace 98 Carolyn Szala 72 Judith Carine Tate, Ph.D. 59 Margaret Alonso Tejelo 79 Patricia Foye Tharrington 60 Christina Thomas 14 Greta Schuyler Tiberia 77 Margaret “Rita” Tierney 44 Mary Ann Tobon 62 Marguerite Mariani Tonnesen 82 Cathyann Donovan Tully, D.P.S. 78 JoAnn Tassone Tutino 74 Patricia L. Van Houten OP, Ph.D. 49

Barbara Van Note 64 Adria E. Velazquez 74 Emma Torres Vetter 90 Sue Anne Hornicek Vogelsberg 72 Barbara Simonetti Vollano 72 Amanda von Heyden 14 Georgette Tyrie Walsh 77 Rita Ortiga Waterman 60 Marie L. Wieck 78 Patricia A. Wiley 68 Grace Denon Williams 40 Nancy Mueller Witt 56 Eileen Tully Worth 77 Patricia McCarthy Yerian 65 Ann McDonough Younes 64 Barbara Bosch Young, Ph.D. 71 Marie Zazzi 64 Judie Zhang 14 Diane Tabarini Ziff, Ph.D. 74 Kathleen McDonough Zwart 69

BLUE & GOLD CLUB Mary A. Abbate 79 Barbara Weeks Adams 64 Patricia Howe Adisano 51 Annemarie Tortorella Andrews 99 Anonymous 56 Joanne Mobilio Antinoro 59 Joan Morgan Arsenault 49 Jeanne Randisi Avitabile 66 Elizabeth McLellan Aylmer 56 Deidre M. Baker, JD 04 Anne Savino Barracca 80 Barbara Trumpbour Barth 50 Jennifer Bernal 14 Diane Bertolotti 73 S. Linda M. Bevilacqua OP, Ph.D. 58 Diane Guarascio Biolsi 83 Georgiana Miranda Bjornlund, JD 53 Nicole Bongiovi 12 Anne Marie Boranian-Wirta 84 April Borgia-Lang 97 Geraldine Larkin Brick 63 Mary Povinelli Brown 55 Lorraine A. Brue 69

S. Barbara A. Buckbee CSJ 53 Eileen M. Burton 64 Marie Cameron-Pesola 84 Robin DeRosa Cappello 92 Alexandre Byrne Carew 58 Regina Erhard Carey 86 Lisa-Ann Vallario Caron 89 Debbra Caruso 89 Mariah Castro 14 Nyla Chapman 14 Laura Beitia Chesley 87 Angela Cimmino, Pharm.D. 84 Tiffany R. Clarke 04 Anne C. Codd 13 Therese Codd 11 Kiana Cohen 14 Marigrace Welsh Cohen 59 Marie McHugh Colihan 57 Janet Collins 53 Christine Cassidy Collum 64 Mary T. Connelly, JD 77 S. Margaret M. Conway CSJ 69 Diandra Coombes 14

Kristine A. Cooper 04 Patricia Dahlinger Copeland 54 Anne Marie Browne Coughlan 54 Mary Elizabeth Amend Crafts 59 Diane Hurley Cregan 64 Joann Kleszczewski Criscuolo 93 Kimber Madrick Cross 64 Irene Chiaramonte D’Agostino 61 Maureen O’Leary Daiker 81 Kerry Ann Ledden Danisi 94 Susanne Harrison D’Ariano 81 Nancy L. Davis 74 Diana M. Decanio 77 Ingrid Ocampo DeFreitas 00 Jean Walsh Deitch 52 Ellen L. DeRosa 75 S. Elizabeth Derricks CSJ 49 Katherine Desmond 14 Laura Guarino DiMichael 73 Christine Dimino-Pugliese 86 Carol Anne P. DiPaolo 69 Elayne Neufeld Dix 59 Angela V. D’Orsi 79

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ALUMNAE Barbara English Doyle 59 Lisa Drew 97 Mitsy Ducheine 04 Jenny Limberg Durkin 98 Laura Cardone Dursee 79 Jayne A. Dutil 65 Denise J. Dwyer 98 Virginia Allen Dyrsen 64 Kathryn Tucker Egan 53 Christine Olsen Einnatz 64 Barbara Fiscina Elliott 65 Siobhan Enright-Roggenkamp 94 Andrea Evangelista 99 Victoria Fazekas Fassano 84 Kathleen McKenna Ferrari 64 Angela D’Imperio Fiorillo 68 Mary Ellen Casey Fischer 59 Jessica L. Fishstein 04 Paula Tierney Florentino 47 Julie McQuaid Flory 64 Elizabeth M. Flynn 05 Catherine Byrne Frake 49 Mary Langan Gagnon 62 Joan Walsh Galasso 52 Lucia Gambino 14 Adrienne Werdann Garabedian, Ed.D. 92 Valerie Noel Garcia 74 Da’Jhane Gardner 14 Joyce McQuillan Gasser 57 Evalyn Tyma Gehring 50 Donna Giarratano Gestri 67 Carol Perone Giannettino 64 Ann Carone Glynn 88 Valerie DeMarco Godfrey 60 Eileen Sullivan Goggins, JD 73 Dorothy Burger Goigel 49 Maureen Burke Goldring, M.D. 66 Jennifer Galan Gomez 90 Lisette Fernandez Gonzalez 76 Kathryn Hamill Gorman 60 Joan Munzel Gosink, Ph.D. 58 S. Elizabeth C. Graham CSJ 58 Anne Yablonski Gregory 56 Jessica Acerra Guidone 59 Janet Madrick Hafner 58 Barbara Rudd Hajko 70 Patricia Garrahan Hannan 83 Patricia Madison Harmon 72

Jean Tyrrell Hart 65 Marilyn B. Hartsell 65 Carol R. Hasto 52 S. Barbara A. Heil RDC 53 Maryellen Hillman 70 Kathryn Tormey Hofmann 51 Joan Gallagher Holmes 66 Loretta Spielmann Honce 48 Selma Hot 14 Judith Roche Howath 55 Florence Steinhauer Ingrassia 56 Janice Gurlich Intranuovo 83 Camille Mascolo Iovino-Coli 76 Maryrose Coppola James 04 Gwendolyn Stayko Jarrett 63 Mary Reilly Jones 80 Maureen Flanagan Jones 79 Ellen Draugel Kannengieser 70 Kathleen E. Kearney, M.D. 78 Kristin A. Kenny 04 Eileen Harris Kirchhoff, Ed.D. 74 Ann Marie Ripoli Kistner, Ph.D. 53 Patricia A. Kistner 97 Patricia Carman Klansko 73 Margaret Williams Knapp 93 Joan Moehringer Kratz 63 Carroll A. Kruger 69 Joan Lynch Kula 65 Honorable Maureen M. LaMasney, JD 69 Alice Clark Lane 52 Irene Giovagnoni Lange 67 Ann Lapinski, JD 73 S. Joan A. Larkin CSJ 51 Mary Ann Grant Leahy 59 Michel Michelsen Lee 68 Grace Monaco Lewis 57 Gail Carbone Liesegang 61 Allisa Lindo 09 Laura Schiraldi Linehan 72 Audre R. Lukosevicius 84 Andrea Asquino Lynch 85 Robin K. Lynch 04 Kelsie Lyons 07 Laura Maglaras 14 Jenny Mahoney, Ph.D. 98 Mary Ann Markey Malone 48 Elaine Woods Manganello 84 Barbara R. Mangino 08

Victoria M. Manteria 79 Angela Service Martin 64 Mary Ann Robertson McCarthy 57 Mary Jo Caruso McCloskey 90 Debra D. McCullagh 09 Kathleen McDermott-Greene 78 Marguerite Lang McDonough 51 Patricia McAvoy McDonough 56 Suzanne Cosgrove McFadden 84 Anne Kuchukian McGee 50 Margaret M. McGovern 72 Catherine A. McGowan 84 Mary Ellen McGroary 59 Kathleen McInerney-Charny 88 Mary Ann Greeley McNamara 51 Carol A. McNelis 74 Dorothy Frank McNicholas 57 Kathleen David McShea 84 Winifred White Mele 75 Elizabeth Comerford Melia, Ph.D. 82 Agnes Kelly Mensel 47 Mary Louise F. Merola, M.D. 68 June Schmidt Metzner 50 Mary Jane Miles 51 Moira Fannon Molloy 75 Magdalana McAllister Monaghan 59 Agatha Altomare Monteleone 59 Mary White Moore 74 Enes J. Morello 47 Lynn E. Mudryk 84 Mary T. Mullally 75 Patricia M. Murphy 64 Suzanne Gannon Murphy 47 Marilyn Bull Nagle 64 Jean Ryan Nardo 69 Katrina J. Narvaez 05 Angela Pinto Newman 62 Susan Cairns Newman 63 Carole McCarthy Nicholson 55 Janet DeNicola Noonan 82 Lilly Noor 14 Helen Trenz Novinski 49 Marlene Meyer Nowicki 49 Deborah Kelly O’Brien 69 Betty Jayne Stenson O’Connor 52 S. Margaret F. O’Donnell CSJ 54 Teresa Loughran O’Leary 65 Carole A. O’Neill 59

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ALUMNAE Rosemarie Liguori O’Rourke 57 Daryl Snee Papakrasas 62 Ellen Franklin Papile 59 Priya Partap 14 Denise Passarelli 02 Janet Carsten Peters 55 Kathleen Sullivan Petry 71 Mary Alice Meagher Platt 84 Judith Piotrowski Polay 63 Mary Mediavilla Pombo 47 Sally Ann Poole-Rugai 89 Donna Drehner Popik 71 Patricia O’Connor Prevet 64 Alisa Promakul 03 Kathleen Scott Raab 76 Judy A. Reagan 75 Daniela M. Redden 09 Dorothy Harrington Rij 71 Maria Vasilak Robinson 75 Patricia Hanley Rochford 50 Maureen Ressegue Rogers 67 Patricia Glynn Roloff 56 Regina Roman, JD 72 Adriana M. Romanzo 06 Melinda J. Rothel 66 Patricia A. Rourke, Ph.D. 79 Mary Ann Malast Rubel 64 Jill Vilece Ryan 76

Mary Sands-Kessler 86 Roberta Cone Sas 56 Deborah O’Connor Sauer 79 Marie T. Scanlan 44 Lauren Pazaras Schell 76 Joan McCarthy Scherer 65 TeriAnn LaMagna Schiano 62 Joan Callanan Schmidt 81 Theresa Mullee Schoenig, Ph.D. 54 Kristine Kresse Schuff 88 Marianne Simms Scully 61 Susan Byrne Semmelmeier 82 Sheilah Maguire Setti 69 Karlene Mutter Sexauer 54 Maureen Reilly Shoule 64 Victoria Swedish Slade 65 Nicole Smith 04 Kristin M. Sobeck 07 Agatha Joan Vogler Sodano 50 Cyra Marone Spaeth 69 Barbara Frank Spencer 73 Anna Pace Stabile 99 Jean E. Stamm 59 Linda Cop Stauder 84 Anna Wolodkowicz Story 85 Ann Megna Susini 70 Theresa R. Tamberino 63 Alice M. Timothy, Ph.D. 49

Julia Stormont Tomeo 83 Carolyn Tranka-Pajkowski 83 Carol Kloss Traynor 54 Joan Sciscenti Tscherne, Ph.D. 64 Mmekom Udosen 14 Gabriella Ulloa 14 Rachel Valdez 14 Teresa Nardi Valentin 78 Roseann Adamo Valletti 76 Gloria Sostack Van Houten 74 Rosanne Elarde Visconti 64 Melissa A. Vollaro 97 Constance Psaki Ward 52 Mary Perry Wasacz 59 Joan Braunreuther Watson 47 Joann Sikorski Watterson 73 Marilyn Pellicane Wetterhahn 62 Elizabeth Burkitt Wheatley 63 Nikola White 91 Adele Sabattini Whitmore 56 Carol A. Whyzmuzis, Ph.D. 69 Katherine Versenyi Wild, Ph.D. 74 Germaine Girard Williams 64 Madeline Shannon Wilson 49 Ursula Conway Winters 74 Justine McLoughlin Wolftenholme 71 Caterina Yanakis 14

HILLTOPPER CLUB Angela Gallucci Achtziger 63 Anika Adams 14 Mary Verlin Albanese 75

Alana Alexander 14 Elaine Monks Alfano-Rees 52 Sydnie Alvarez 14

Rosalie P. Ames 47 Shawn McLaughlin Amoruso 64 Mary Ellen Brennan Andriano 51

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ALUMNAE Karen Apolaya 14 Corinne L. Aponte 99 Kelly A. Armato 09 Margery A. Armstrong 65 S. Stella C. Auricchio CSJ 48 Mary Ann Sabbatino Bachar 79 Helen Wickes Baker 79 SoYeon Ban 14 Katherine Barbaro 14 Susan Audrieth Bartolone, Ed.D. 61 Barbara Mangano Bauer, Ph.D. 66 Lindsay Baxter 14 Barbara Ann Becher, Ph.D. 49 Emily Bellas 11 Nancy Funke Berkowitz 71 Madeline T. Betsch 58 Joan Collins Bickard 47 Evelyn Schweikert Blatz 59 Stephanie Blenner 09 Maria Della Vecchia Bliss 84 Joanne Gambino Boyd 75 Geraldine M. Boylan, JD 69 Margaret Yenches Brady 83 Colleen E. Brennan 09 Joan Koch Brown 54 LaVonne Brown 04 Lynne Smith Brown 57 Carolyn Ryan Browne 59 Louisa Sturtevant Buford 64 Mary Jane Fitzpatrick Burger 61 Carmen Caldas 14 Noreen C. Cameron 73 Francesca Cange 14 Lisa Lauri Carmody 84 Jacqueline Swift Carroll 50 Melissa De Los Santos Chajon 4 Marlena Frank Chang 99 Maria E. Ciccione 94 Tracy Cineus 14 Maureen Hogan Cluxton 59 Blanche Woltering Cochran 60 Helen Lynett Coffey 46 Mary C. Cole 90 Elizabeth Cigna Conlon 94 Kelly A. Connors 08 Kristina M. Connors-Edele 07 Louise Orlandi Conwell 79 Kimberly Cotov 14

Leslie Scocca Croft 79 Terese Souther Cronauer 74 Justine Schneider Cullinan 59 Elizabeth A. Cummings 67 Mary Charlotte Cummings 60 Anne Woods Cusack 83 Joan Pierro Cutrone 74 Katelyn Damasco 14 Diana Daniel 14 Victoria Daskalis 14 Donna Saia Davis 84 Gabriella M. DeCarvalho 09 Kristiana DeGennaro 14 S. Dorothy A. Delaney CSJ 45 Linda Dâ€™Alessandro Delecce 79 Nicole Marini DelGiudice 84 Alice Hannigan DeLury 54 Gillian Deosaran 04 Ashley R. DeTrano 06 Christina DiMartino 14 S. Florence T. Dippold CSJ 49 Joan P. De Rosa 54 Corinne Procopio DiStephan 56 Marie Goodchild Dowd 57 Dorothy Clements Drzewiecki 46 Priscilla Olivo Dujardin 89 Patricia Leggett Dungey 79 Christine Vega Dyer 84 Veronica Echeverri 14 Joan Monteverdi Edom 84 Camille Mangano Emmett 79 Maria Espinoza 14 Veronica Grazda Esposito 84 Christine G. Estacion 84 Kristina A. Fattizzi 04 Sarah Feliciano 14 Laura Geiger Fellows 84 Margo Ost Feltman 75 Elaine Reiman Fenton, Ph.D. 55 Victoria Fernandez 14 Anne Daly Ferraro 44 Arlene Viera Fisher 84 Caitlin M. Flood 08 April Flowers 89 Cornelia Woods Fonseca 52 Kathleen McCaffrey Ford 61 Margaret Metzger Forde 74 Patricia Forgione 04

Sabrina C. Francois 04 Lucia Paolicelli Fratantaro, Ph.D. 79 Joan Parsons Fries 48 Elissa Memmoli Furlong 50 Michele G. Galioto 92 Marlene Kuerner Gallipani 59 Lena Garafalo 79 Christine Brennan Garcett 84 Mary Ann Hanrahan Garcia 54 Stephanie Garcia 14 Megan Gardiner 14 Deborah Gentile-Sanchez 89 Faith Kramer Germino 49 Adelina Cavagnaro Gerry 41 Fern Orkiszewski Ghavidel 74 Claire Madonia Giardino 97 Amanda Gillespie 14 Anne Maass Gillis 79 Monica Glynn 14 Teresa Bouchard Goebel, DC 74 Emily J. Gotimer-Strolla 09 Linda Swanson Grady 69 Daniela Grajales 14 Anne Mulryan Gralton 62 Kristen Graue 14 Tiffany A. Green 04 Annette L. Guarino, JD 74 Jolene Gunther-Doherty 85 Joan Smith Hackett 46 Elyse Nanni Harrington 61 Theresa Maher Harris 44 Mildred DeVito Hauser 56 Taylor A. Heedles 11 Jean Lusenskas Higgins 79 Simone Hobdy 14 Diane Dalton Holbrook 79 Kelsey Hor 14 Patricia Marron Horner 49 Mary Jane Gregish Horstman 69 Patricia McAuliffe Howell 64 Alexandria R. Hryszko 13 Sophia Huber 14 Nicole Hubert 14 Constance D. Huebner 60 Denise Gatto Iorio 89 Meghan Diffley Ivie 04 Jade Jackson 14 Tiffany Jagrooph 14

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ALUMNAE Clare Jarosiewicz 13 Samantha Javier 14 Geraldine Gallagher Jezarian 64 Mary Eileen O’Reilly Jones 64 Charlene L. Jones 84 Mary Calotta Kahl 76 Sharon Meehan Kalben 60 Susan McCambridge Kaneta 61 Theodora E. Karczewski 64 Peri DeMeo Karkheck 69 Kourtney Keeley 14 Rosemary Kelly 59 Francoise Bray Kemp 59 Marie Truncell Kern, M.D. 58 Anna Mae McCabe Killard 52 Hannah Kirk 14 Mary Elizabeth Beecher Koniarski 73 Nicole M. Kotnik 13 Erin Krebs 14 Yashima Bhatia Kumar 04 Mary Hearn Langan 72 Eleanor Groh Langran 55 Samantha N. Lanigan 09 Terry-Ann Latour 14 Arielle Lawson 14 Michelle Cruz Lee 99 Taryn Sofia Lehmann 94 Margaret Dempsey Leopold 61 Patricia Riley-Murphy Leyden 65 Camille Francis Lightbourne 84 Jean Gunning Llewellyn 73 Joanna Lojo 14 Julia Bingay Lopez 89 Claire Loredan 14 Theresa Devaney Lukan 55 Elizabeth Lynch 14 Donna Drenkalo MacDonald 79 Regan Madonia 98 Ornella Mafo 14 Virginia Caravella Maggio 56 Regina Maghirang 14 Karen Sicilian Malachowsky 74 Gabriella Malave 14 Jennifer Marmo Malave 89 Martha Ocampo Mancini 84 Laura K. Mangino 08 Eileen Bell Marcel 74 Emily Marczak 14

Anne Wacewiz Martin 52 Pauline Seymour Mattes 60 Marichel Mahinay Matthews 94 Eleanor O’Brien Matthews 52 Muriel Vaillant Maxwell 51 Kathleen Nicolini Mazzola 79 Monica Treitmeier McCarthy, JD 79 Sabrina McCarthy 14 Madden McDonagh 14 Elizabeth J. McGann 99 Michele M. McGovern 94 Audrey O’Leary McKevitt 48 Maggie McLoughlin 14 Jennifer Unger McManaman 89 Wilma Long Meehan 50 Melina Melendez 14 Teresa Ciccaroni Mercurio 04 Marykate Flood Meyer 94 Romy Miller 14 Lauren Tamburello Mollura 03 S. Theresa E. Molphy CSJ 44 Aryel Momplaisir 14 Eileen Gallagher Montalbano 59 Margaret Kruse Mooney 51 Elizabeth Trutken Moran 50 Laura Moran 14 Catherine Cervantes Morrison 00 Lauren Morro 14 Mary Condon Mulieri 79 Angela LaBruna Murphy 79 Clare Dietsche Murphy 59 Corinne Murphy 14 Kathleen Rowland Naasz 84 Katherine Healy Naughton 58 Dorothy Vassallo Novak 58 Caitlin O’Brien 14 Karen Nelis O’Brien 79 Anastasia O’Byrne 14 Janice Calcagno O’Callaghan 54 Amadi Ocasio 14 Margaret Gilhaney O’Connor 68 Mary Ann Haunfelder Oeschger 56 Maureen E. O’Gara, Ph.D. 64 Francesca O’Hare 14 Therese O’Hearn 80 Carol-Ann Ohlandt 64 Frances Hoey Okeson 54 Mariola Markiewicz Olbinski 72

Jennifer Gumersell Olsen 69 Joyce T. O’Neill 48 Erin O’Reilly 90 Stephanie Osuji 14 Alexandra Otero 14 Christina M. Palumbo 09 Virginia Van Praag Patten 59 Mari Mulholland Patterson 72 Janet M. Penigian 04 Elayne Pereira 14 Angel Pierre 14 Dorothy Delaney Pinkston 79 Arlene Alessio Pisapia 63 Erin N. Planty 09 JoAnne Preziosi 64 Carol Ann Snock Putter 64 Carol Ann Schneider Queally 58 Valerie Gore Quinn 54 Camille Marini Racioppo 60 Ilora Nuruddin Rafique, M.D. 89 Marian Princiotta Ranalli 76 Mary Elizabeth Reid 84 Patricia Casey Richer 59 Maria C. Rispoli 79 Erica Ritter 14 Wendy Rivera 14 Giannina Rizzo 14 Nancy Dreier Robson 92 Anneliese Mancuso Roemmelt 84 Bianca J. Roman 09 Doris Cheshire Romejko 57 Vanessa Romo 14 Maria Pepe Rosselli 84 Eileen Westman Roth 79 Andrelle Rouchon 89 S. Maria E. Rypkema CSJ 57 Margarita Diaz Saladino 74 Marissa Sama 04 Katherine Santiago 04 Nicole Scherer 14 Nicole Schmidt 14 Barbara Bogdanowski Scholz 57 Barbara Murphy Schwaner 69 Anna Maria Sejuelas 14 Shelly Ann Sharpe 95 Rechel Shiwsankar 14 Natasha Sichone 14 Frances Reheuser Simone 60

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ALUMNAE Kathleen Vegessy Singleton 64 Joan Moravus Smith 54 Loretta Deiker Smith 52 Joan Kirk Smyrk 55 (Rest in Peace) Donna Viola Sorrentino 73 Rachel K Spampinato 14 Theresa Valentino Spina 92 Carol Heine Sproul 57 Rani Srinivasan 14 S. Mary K. St. John CSJ 52 Mary Louise McNulty Staples 50 Antoinette Kogel Steenbeek 67 Rosemary Malerba Stein 57 Jacqueline Delaney Sullivan 84 Joan Keenan Sullivan 49

Stephanie Szulborski 14 Charlene Conley Tannenbaum 73 AnaMaria Aguilera Targia 84 Donna Burkhardt Tarpinian, JD 79 Sara A. Tejelo 14 Joan LaMotte Thompson 50 Rosemarie Amato Thompson 48 Margaret Kaiser Toner 67 Patricia Donnelly Tormey 49 Andrea Torres 14 Veronica Smith Trotter 71 Lois Borth Trudden 71 Michelle Tulcan 09 Elaine Kenna Turner 84 Jessica Valmont 14

Sarah Vaz 14 Maria Caniglia Vella 59 Ashley Walker 14 Judith Nisbet Walker 58 Eileen McDonnell Walsh 87 Bridget McBreen Walters 84 Regina Gallagher Wanser 52 Peggy O’Donoghue Willman 75 Jennifer Wisnewski 14 Jeannette Hart Woods 99 Barbara Brown Wrobel 59 Susan Orlandi Zalud 81 Audrey Keany Zoumberakis 94 Julie Cipolla Zozzaro 88 Charlotte Daszewski Zuniga 65

FRIENDS & FAMILY OF ALUMNAE LEGACY FOR LEADERSHIP CIRCLE The MacLean Family

WEXFORD CIRCLE Mr. M. Declan Brennan

PRINCIPAL’S CIRCLE Mr. & Mrs. David A. Luttinger, JD P 80

MOTHER MARY LOUIS GUILD Mr. Gerald D. Aquino Mr. & Mrs. William C. Armstrong P 09 Mr. & Mrs. Mario J. Burriesci P 03 Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Cordes P 11 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Duffy P 04

Estate of Anna T. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Edmond J. Flood P 86 & 94 Gabelli Funds, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Gene M. Kelley P 12 Mr. & Mrs. John J. Reddy, Jr.

Ms. Janet M. Seckendorf Mr. & Mrs. Suseel Thomas P 14 Mr. & Mrs. John C. Waldron P 98 & 05

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FRIENDS & FAMILY OF ALUMNAE ST. JOSEPHâ€™S SOCIETY Ms. Julia Apotheker P 82 & 83 Mr. John J. Brabazon Mr. Thomas M. Callahan College Karma Consulting, LLC

Mr. Edward Furey P 08 Mr. Kenneth Klein P 93 Dr. & Mrs. John-Emery Konecsni, Jr. P 96 Ms. Jane M. Loughlin P 08

Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Matelsky P 09 Mrs. Ethel M. Veal P 80

Ms. Nina Lanoue P 12 & 14 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph LoCosa P 06, 07 & 11 Mr. & Mrs. Karl H. Loser P 94 Mr. Edward C. Radzik Mr. Francis X. Russo

Ms. Linda Schmidt P 95 Mr. & Mrs Robert Sitler P 00 Mr. William M. Trust, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Leonel Zubizarreta P 13

Mr. Paul F. Gilvary Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Hooblal P 05 Honorable Paul R. Huot Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Jermolowitz P 10 Jostens Yearbooks Mr. Fredrick Kayne Mr. Thomas J. Kramer Mr. & Mrs. Allan Larsen G 12 Mr. & Mrs. Russel Lay P 05 Ms. Rosemarie Lewinger Mr. & Mrs. George Maglaras P 14 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Mangino P 08 Mr. Howard Mann Mr. & Mrs. Francis S. Massey P 09 Mr. & Mrs. John McCabe Mrs. Patricia McDonnell P 83 Mr. & Mrs. James F. McGovern P 12 Mr. Michael McKiernan Mrs. Vivian J. McPhilliamy P 80 Ms. Jacklyn Medina Ms. Panayiota Metaxas P 12 Mr. & Mrs. Alex Mompremier P 12 & 14 Mrs. Patricia Mullaney Mrs. Celeste Murphy P 08 Mrs. Kathleen Muskopf P 07 Ms. Nancy A. Passarelli P 02 Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Pikner P 01 Ms. Magdalen K. Przystawski P 88

Mr. & Mrs. Rafael Ramos P 89 Ms. Kathryn Reddy Ms. Diane L. Riegger P 01 Mr. Michael E. Rodriguez, JD P 10 Mr. & Mrs. Samuel E. Romanzo P 06 Mr. Alex Russo Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Schady, Jr. P 96 & 98 Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Schmidt P 81 & G 13 & 18 Mr. & Mrs. Salvatore J. Scire Mr. & Mrs. Ralph C. Spampinato P 14 Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Statuto P 09 & 12 Mr. & Mrs. Carlo A. Velcich P 14 Mr. & Mrs. Eric Zhang P 14 Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Zipf P 09

CRUSADER CIRCLE Ms. Jeanne Baumann Dr. & Mrs. Gene F. Caiafa, Sr. P 92 Mr. Stephen A. Carlino Mr. & Mrs. Frederick M. Forgione P 08 Drs. Mary Ellen & James Freeley P 92 & 95

TMLA SOCIETY Mr. & Mrs. Roberto J. Alarcon P 03 & 05 Mr. & Mrs. W. Richard Allen P 09 Mr. & Mrs. Lorenz Arfsten P 07 Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Blaine P 01 Ms. Anne Bollen Mr. & Mrs Eugene Brady P 07 Brite Hardware & Industrial Locksmiths Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Canzoneri P 14 Mr. Michael Cavataio Mr. & Mrs. Furlan Chua P 96 Mr. & Mrs. Owen Clancy P 04 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Connors P 07 & 08 Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Crowe P 13 Mrs. Maureen Davey-Rezny Mr. Konrad B. Delfini P 11 Ms. Frances Dicpinigaitis Mr. Michael S. DiMitri Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Engesser P 97 & 00 Mr. John B. Ericson Mr. Brian P. Fitzgerald Mr. & Mrs. John S. Flack P 06 Mr. & Mrs. James G. Flynn P 05 Mr. Raymond H. Fortune P 99 & 03 Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Freile P 13 Ms. Mary Fucich G 14 Dr. & Mrs. David K. Gailing, O.D. P 05 & 10 Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Garafola P 03 Mr. & Mrs. Brian R. Gerdts P 09

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FRIENDS & FAMILY OF ALUMNAE BLUE & GOLD CLUB Ms. Kathryn C. Audette Ms. Alejandra M. Chappell Mr. & Mrs. John Cotov P 14 Mr. Rodney Cox P 07 Mr. & Mrs. Anthony M. Damasco P 14 Mrs. Margaret M. DeBona P 13 Mr. & Mrs. Ronald DeTommaso P 12 Mr. James J. Dillon Mr. & Mrs. Frank D’Introno P 94, 97 & 05

S. Eileen C. Gildea CSJ (Rest in Peace) Mr. & Mrs Hagop Giragosian P 02 & 03 Ms. Mary C. Hilliard Mr. Michael E. Howley Mr. & Mrs. Orest Jarosiewicz P 13 Ms. Dianne M. Mahoney P 98 Mrs. Celeste Maloney Mr. James W. Masterson Mr. & Mrs. Bellew McManus P 12 & 14

Millennium Enterprises Ms. Marilyn Narvaez P 05 Mr. & Mrs. Gary Nuszer P 08 & P 12 Mrs. Mary O’Kelly-Hughes Mr. Richard A. Seery, Jr. Ms. Vashti Singh P 10 & 13 Mr. Ron Swierski Mr. & Mrs. Gerald J. Tortorella P 99 Mr. Anthony N. Zizzamia

Mr. & Mrs. Henry Gralton P 91 Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Heedles P 11 Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Lohrey P 97 & 02 Mr. & Mrs. Richard Madonia P 97 & 98 S. Joan A. Petito CSJ

Ms. Denise A. Romanello P 08 Mr. & Mrs. Gerard Schaefer P 07 Ms. Patricia C. Smith P 83 & 84 Mr. & Mrs. Udosen Udosen P 14 Ms. Marjorie Wilkerson P 11

HILLTOPPER CLUB Mr. & Mrs. Dennis T. Brennan P 09 Mr. Joseph R. Brostek P 75 & 78 Mrs. Barbara Coletti Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Di Re P 11 Mr. Edward H. Frank

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PARENTS WEXFORD CIRCLE Drs. Sandra & Roberto Colangelo P 15

MOTHER MARY LOUIS GUILD Mr. & Mrs. Mark B. Codd P 11, 13 & 15

ST. JOSEPHâ€™S SOCIETY Mr. & Mrs. Mark C. Scapp P 17

CRUSADER CIRCLE Mr. Roger Corredine, JD P 15 Mr. & Mrs. Budram R. Dookhie P 17 Ms. Sheila Mills P 18

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Yap P 17 Mr. & Mrs. Anthony M. Zanolla P 17

TMLA SOCIETY Mr. & Mrs. Miguel Alvarez P 13 & 16 Mrs. Maria J. Apyshkov G 15 Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey H. Chow P 08 & 15 Mrs. Eleanor Commo G 10 & 15 Mr. & Mrs. Claudio C. Cuzco P 15 Mr. & Mrs. John Dibs P 15

Mr. & Mrs. Manuel Goncalves P 16 Mrs. Sophie Kerbeykian P 05 & 15 Ms. Michelle Lens Leon P 15 Mr. & Mrs. Luis Marcano P 15 Mrs. Lisa Russell-Leicht P 17 Mr. & Mrs. Victor S. Sue-A-Quan P 15

Mr. & Mrs. Eduardo Tejelo P 14 & 16 Ms. Angela Torrenti P 16 Mr. & Mrs. Timothy T. Tweedy P 15 Mr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Wolfe P 17

BLUE & GOLD CLUB Mr. & Mrs. Craig W. Carey P 14 & 15 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Farrone P 10 & 15 Mr. & Mrs. Brian Kelley P 15 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Lombardi P 17

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Pawlikowski P 15 Mr. & Mrs. John Randazzo P 15 Mr. & Mrs. Neil Tomeo P 15 Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Wenzel, Jr. P 17

HILLTOPPER CLUB Mr. & Mrs. Scott W. Hanover P 11 & 17 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin E. Lynch P 15 & 17

Mr. & Mrs. Venoad Maharaj P 17 Mr. & Mrs. Jose Toral P 17

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FACULTY & STAFF WEXFORD CIRCLE Mrs. Grace Scozzaro-Pachett

MOTHER MARY LOUIS GUILD Mrs. Ann Cordes S. Filippa A. Luciano CSJ

S. Marie E. Mackey CSJ Mr. Nicholas Maurantonio

ST. JOSEPH'S SOCIETY Mr. Kenneth Klein

CRUSADER CIRCLE S. Grace Avila Seckendorf CSJ

TMLA SOCIETY Mrs. Judy A. Belon Mr. Sean R. Belon S. Mary Ann Carotenuto CSJ

Mrs. Welita Chua Mrs. Michelle Ezzo Mrs. Eileen Flanagan

Mr. Robert J. Gerhard S. Kathleen McKinney CSJ, Ed.D.

S. Joan Dolan CSJ Mrs. Jenny Durkin S. Joan L. Heptig CSJ

Mrs. Jennifer Murillo Mrs. Mary Pedote S. Anne Carmel Rapillo CSJ

BLUE & GOLD CLUB S. Margaret Secour Anella CSJ Ms. Diane J. Bollen S. Margaret M. Conway CSJ

HILLTOPPER CLUB Ms. Patricia Mooney S. Patricia E. O'Keefe CSJ

S. Lorraine A. O'Neill CSJ Mrs. Grace West

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SUSTAINER DONORS Donors in the Sustainer Program provide TMLA with their credit or debit card information and authorize Mary Louis to deduct an amount of their choosing once a week or once a month. Many find this to be an easier way to donate without having to remember to send in a check, this also may allow you to give a larger cumulative gift than you might otherwise be able to make at one time. We would like to extend our gratitude to those who have chosen to become Sustainer Donors.

T. Elaine Adamson 54 Melissa Cole-Curtis 93 Mary Reheuser Frohnhofer 55 Claudia Camurati Langworthy, D.P.M. 75

Mary Jane Coyne McClintock 48 Joan M. McEntee 65 Kathleen L. Rickard 87 Kathleen Battiato Sama 04

Tamara Stephen, JD 88 Sue Anne Hornicek Vogelsberg 72

If you are interested in becoming a Sustainer Donor please contact Judy Belon at 718-297-2120 x252 or at jbelon@tmla.org

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AMARE CIRCLE The Amare Circle recognizes generous gifts made to TMLA by spouses of deceased TMLA alumnae. The name of this society, Amare, is based on the Latin word for “Love.” We wish to thank the following individuals for carrying forward their wives’ legacy of support to TMLA’s mission: the education and empowerment of young women. Mr. John J. Brabazon in memory of Ann Beekman Brabazon 57

Mr. Fredrick Kayne in memory of Marlene Steinmetz Kayne, Ph.D. 58

Mr. M. Declan Brennan in memory of Elizabeth Allen Brennan 67

Mr. Thomas J. Kramer in memory of Mary Wallace Kramer 50

Mr. Thomas M. Callahan in memory of Carole Mitchell Callahan 56

Mr. James W. Masterson in memory of Jo Ann Bull Masterson 62

Mr. Stephen A. Carlino in memory of Tara McManus Carlino 77

Mr. Gerard M. McDonnell in memory of Geraldine Reynolds McDonnell 57

Mr. Michael Cavataio in memory of Joanne Ackerman Cavataio 76

Mr. Michael McKiernan in memory of Nancy Hatala McKiernan 60

Mr. James J. Dillon in memory of Ann Scanlon Dillon 51

Mr. Edward C. Radzik in memory of Maria Giovinco Radzik 70

Mr. Michael S. DiMitri in memory of Marion Savarese DiMitri 51

Mr. Alex Russo in memory of Theresa Waldron Russo 79

Mr. John B. Ericson in memory of Louise Ryan Ericson 67

Mr. Francis X. Russo in memory of Gilda Russo Russo 53

Mr. Brian P. Fitzgerald in memory of Ann Griffin Fitzgerald 54

Mr. Richard A. Seery, Jr. in memory of Mary Engelskirger Seery 52

Mr. Edward H. Frank in memory of Mildred Tierney Frank 47

Mr. Ron Swierski in memory of Leonore Riley Swierski 56

Mr. Paul F. Gilvary, Jr. in memory of Patricia McCrann Gilvary 57 Accel

Mr. William M. Trust, Jr. in memory of Judith Holder Trust 60

Mr. Michael E. Howley in memory of Kathleen Savage Howley 51

Mr. Anthony N. Zizzamia in memory of Lorraine Lauri Zizzamia 67

Honorable Paul R. Huot in memory of Patricia Woods Huot. LL.B. 47

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THANK YOU TO OUR SISTERS Thank you to the following Sisters of St. Joseph, who through their contributed service, enabled TMLA to defray the cost of over $1,000,000 in salaries and benefits during the 2013-2014 academic year. S. Margaret Secour Anella CSJ, M.L.S. S. Mary Ann Carotenuto CSJ, M.A. S. Margaret Conway CSJ, M.A., M.S. S. Joan Dolan CSJ, M.A. S. Joan Heptig CSJ, M.A. S. Joan Killen CSJ, M.S.T. S. Filippa Luciano CSJ, M.A. S. Marie Mackey CSJ, M.S., M.A.

S. Mary Ann McCarthy CSJ, M.A. S. Kathleen McKinney CSJ, Ed.D. S. Patricia O’Keefe CSJ, M.S. S. Lorraine O’Neill CSJ, M.A. S. Linda Pero CSJ, M.A. S. Mary Powell CSJ, M.S., M.A. S. Anne Carmel Rapillo CSJ, M.S. S. Grace Avila Seckendorf CSJ, M.A.

(Detail of stained glass window in the apse of the Mary Louis Chapel depicting the St. Joseph Lilies. This window was originally installed in the chapel of St. Malachy’s Home for Orphans in Rockaway Park in 1876. The window was relocated to the Mary Louis Chapel in 1937).

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FOUNDATIONS El Paso Corporate Foundation General Mills Foundation Brooklyn Benevolent Society J. P. Morgan Chase Foundation Merck Company Foundation

New York Life Foundation Patchett Family Fund Pfizer Foundation Reader’s Digest Foundation Stritter Foundation

The George Link, Jr. Foundation The Irving T. Bush Foundation The Josephine Foundation Verizon Foundation Wallace Foundation

MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES A&E Television Networks Altria American International Group BT Americas Build America Mutual Capital One

Chevron Humankind Colgate-Palmolive Company IBM Corporation Moody’s Corporation Morgan Stanley New York Life Insurance Co.

Pepsi-Cola Quest Diagnostics The Bank of New York Mellon UNUM

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LEAVING A LEGACY... THE LEGACY SOCIETY Generous alumnae and friends who have included TMLA in their estate plans are recognized with membership in the Legacy Society. We thank the following alumnae, whose foresight and belief in the future of The Mary Louis Academy helps to ensure that TMLA will remain a unique place of opportunity for young women for generations to come. Elizabeth Wilcox Adams 48 T. Elaine Adamson 54 Elaine Monks Alfano-Rees 52 Anonymous Anne Russell Batchelor 56 Florence McHale Baur 53 † Elizabeth Allen Brennan 67 Jacqueline Thornton Chambers 59 Claudia A. DeMonte 65 Alexandra Venturini Dyer 74 Eileen O’Leary Grubb 63 Jeannette A. Henry 56 † Florence Clark Knick 41 Madeline Papio Lacovara 62 Denise P. Lopez 65 † Rev. Denise Pariseau Mantell, Ph.D. 64 Barbara Brown Markell 69 Gerard M. McDonnell Husband of the late Geraldine Reynolds McDonnell 57 Catalina Rios Meyer 86 † Catherine Michaels, Faculty †

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Sally Ekenberg Mosher, JD 52 Mary Louis Nelson Oliva 55 † Lillian Virgil Olszewski 53 Gloria Vetere Osborne 51 Geraldine M. Otremba, Ph.D. 63 Kathleen E. Person 65 Joseph A. Pino Husband of the late Bettina Marino Pino 57 Patricia Leuzzi Polak 63 Nora Eberhardt Quigley 46 Jane Shea Regan 73 † Margaret Howard Reilly 64 † Elizabeth Grace Ricker 59 Dorothy Harrington Rij 71 Mary E. Sculley 77 Laurence Telson 83 Alice M. Timothy, Ph.D. 49 Faith Rieg Victory 52 Nancy Morgan Voss 78 Judith E. Williams 60 Monica Reddy Wood, Ed.D. 72

Requiescat in Pace

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LE PUY CIRCLE The Le Puy Circle recognizes those members of the TMLA family whose cumulative giving to Mary Louis has surpassed $100,000. This circle is named after the town of Le Puy in France, where the Sisters of St. Joseph were founded. Fittingly for TMLA, "Le Puy" translates to "The Hill." We thank the following individuals for their great generosity in making leadership gifts to help ensure The Mary Louis Academyâ€™s future. Anonymous P 00 Avon Foundation Brooklyn Benevolent Society Patricia Fili-Krushel 71 Patricia M. Hynes, JD 59 Ann Pfohl Kirby, LL.B. 45 Susan James Kropf 66

Madeline Papio Lacovara 62 The MacLean Family Mary Louis Nelson Oliva 55 Patchett Family Fund Arthur A. Patchett, Ph.D. Grace & Thomas Patchett Regina M. Pitaro 72

Lynn Pfohl Quigley 54 Nora Eberhardt Quigley 46 Mary & John Waldron P 98 & 05 Wallace Foundation Monica Reddy Wood, Ed.D. 72

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ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS The following named scholarships and awards have been established in honor or in memory of members of the TMLA family. Each fund is endowed by generous donations from alumnae and friends of The Academy. If you would like to donate to any one of these named Scholarship Funds or Awards please specify that on your check or remittance envelope. ELIZABETH ALLEN BRENNAN 67 MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: The Elizabeth Allen Brennan Scholarship is funded through generous donations made in memory of Betty, who passed away in 2013. Betty was always very proud to be a graduate of TMLA and devoted her life’s work to the field of nursing. This scholarship will be awarded annually to a student with a G.P.A. of B+ or higher who wishes to pursue a career in the field of medicine and who exhibits economic need.

AUGUST & NORA EBERHARDT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: The August & Nora Eberhardt Scholarship was endowed through a very generous donation to TMLA from their daughter Nora Eberhardt Quigley 46. Nora has always credited TMLA with her success as a lifelong educator, and she remains grateful for all the sacrifices her parents made in order to send her to Mary Louis. This 4 year scholarship is awarded to a young woman who provides service to her community, is an “average” student and whose family exhibits economic need.

PATRICIA M. HYNES, ESQ 59 SCHOLARSHIP

MARY C. GYVES MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Patricia Hynes 59 credits her time on The Mary Louis Academy debate team with helping her make the decision to go on to law school and pursue a very successful career as a trial lawyer and President of the New York City Bar Association. Pat initially established this scholarship fund through a very generous donation. This scholarship is awarded annually to a student on TMLA’s Speech & Debate Team with the highest G.P.A.

The Mary C. Gyves Memorial Scholarship was endowed through generous donations made in memory of Mary, who passed away in 2012. Mary was the proud mother of two TMLA alumnae and overcame significant physical challenges in her own life. This scholarship is awarded annually to a student who has overcome a physical challenge or serious illness.

CHRISTINE CAIAFA GUARINO 92 MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AT FORDHAM UNIVERSITY:

SUSAN JAMES KROPF 66 SCHOLARSHIP

The Christine Caiafa Guarino Scholarship was established in memory of Christine who passed away in 2005 after a long illness. Christine was a warm and loving young woman who devoted her career to teaching children English as a Second Language. Christine’s generous spirit and devotion to education was memorialized by her family with the establishment of a scholarship in her name at her alma mater, Fordham University. In 2011 Christine’s parents honored her love for TMLA by restricting the Fordham scholarship to graduates of The Mary Louis Academy applying to Fordham.

The Susan James Kropf Scholarship was established in honor of Susan upon her retirement from her position as President and Chief Operating Officer of Avon Products. The scholarship fund was initially endowed through generous donations from Avon. This Scholarship is awarded annually to a student who wishes to pursue a career in the field of Business.

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AUDREY PRAGER MACLEAN 46 MEMORIAL VOCAL SCHOLAR AWARD The Audrey Prager MacLean Award was established in 2014 by a very generous donation from her family. Audrey graduated from TMLA in 1946 and went on to train as an opera singer at the Metropolitan Opera. This 3 year award is given to a Music Major who demonstrates extraordinary vocal potential. The recipient receives formal vocal coaching once a cycle and attends a performance at the Met once a year.

KATHERINE CONWAY MAGUIRE 71 MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP The Katherine Conway Maguire Scholarship is funded through donations made in memory of Kathy, who passed away in 2007. Kathy devoted her life’s work to the field of nursing and was passionate about caring for the sick and those in need. This scholarship is awarded annually to a student with the highest G.P.A. who wishes to pursue a career in the field of Nursing.

GERALDINE REYNOLDS MCDONNELL 57 MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

GILBERT MORA MEMORIAL MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP:

The Geraldine Reynolds McDonnell Scholarship is funded through donations made in memory of Gerri, who passed away in 2008. Gerri was long time Secretary of TMLA’s Alumnae Association. This 4 year scholarship is awarded to a Catholic student who scores in the 80th percentile or above, exhibits community involvement and whose family demonstrates economic need.

The Gilbert Mora Scholarship was established in memory of Mr. Gilbert Mora, a faculty member in TMLA’s Department of Music for 16 years. The scholarship is awarded annually to a Music Major with the highest G.P.A.

MARGARET HOWARD REILLY 64 MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

CLASS OF 1962 SCHOLARSHIP FUND:

The Margaret Howard Reilly Scholarship is funded through donations made in memory of Margaret, who passed away in 2011. In the final days of her life, Margaret and her family worked tirelessly to establish this scholarship at TMLA. Margaret’s mother was a single parent in the field of law enforcement, who worked very hard to provide her daughter with a Mary Louis education. Margaret wished to provide this scholarship to a young woman from a similar background. This 4 year scholarship is awarded to a student from a single parent home who attains admission and exhibits economic need.

The Class of 1962 Scholarship was endowed through donations made by members of the Class of 1962. This scholarship is awarded annually to a student who attains admission, scores in the 90th percentile or above and whose family exhibits economic need.

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THANK YOU FOR GRANTS RECEIVED Grants from foundations are an especially essential form of support for TMLA. Grants help to fund many of our most dynamic programs. Many grant making institutions will not accept unsolicited applications from outside parties, therefore if you or someone you know is connected with a foundation please recommend The Mary Louis Academy as a potential grant recipient.

The Mary Louis Academy gratefully acknowledges the following restricted grants: Brooklyn Benevolent Society - $12,000 George Link Foundation: $15,000 The Brooklyn Benevolent Society and the George Link Foundation generously awarded TMLA a combined total of $27,000 in grant monies. These grants are to be used to provide tuition assistance for students who demonstrate need. Josephine Foundation - $1,000 The Josephine Foundation: Follow Your Dreams grant program awarded TMLA a $1,000 grant. This grant is being used to underwrite some of the costs of our Genesians productions. Wallace Foundation - $175,000 The Wallace Foundation awarded TMLA a very generous $175,000 grant. Through this grant juniors and seniors have a full time college counselor, in addition to their guidance counselor, who helps chart their paths up to and after graduation. Additionally, students work with independent college consultants. SAT preparation courses, taught by instructors from a nationally recognized college prep program,

are offered to all juniors and seniors on campus at TMLA. Eligible students take affordable, overnight bus trips to visit prestigious East Coast colleges, including Yale, Princeton, Georgetown, Brown, MIT, Boston College, and Harvard. Thanks to this grant our students are well prepared for life after TMLA.

The Mary Louis Academy gratefully acknowledges the following unrestricted grants: Unrestricted grants provide invaluable assistance in helping us fulfill our budgetary expenses. We thank the following private foundations for their generosity: Patchett Family Fund: $13,000 Stritter Foundation: $1,000 The Irving T. Bush Foundation: $10,000

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REUNION CLASS GIFTS TMLA’s annual Alumnae Reunion was a record breaking success, with over 600 Alumnae returning to The Academy to reconnect with former classmates. Every year each graduating class donates to a Class Gift for the Academy. These gifts can be made in honor of a favorite teacher who made a difference in your life or in memory of a beloved classmate or family member who has passed away. This year the Reunion Classes donated almost $30,000 to TMLA! Class of 1944: $300

Class of 1969: $1,650

Class of 1994: $430

Class of 1949: $820

Class of 1974: $8,905

Class of 1999: $340

Class of 1954: $1,220

Class of 1979: $3,685

Class of 2004: $1,250.08

Class of 1959: $3,150

Class of 1984: $2,500

Class of 2009: $810

Class of 1964: $3,375

Class of 1989: $795

“The Class of 1979 had the largest turnout with almost 50% of their graduating class in attendance!”

A special thank you to the Class Reps who helped make the 2014 reunion such a tremendous success. Class of 1949: Audrey Altenburg Schlee & Grace Squerciati Maloney Class of 1954: Virginia Kruck Lalor, Janice Calcagno O’Callaghan & Theresa Mullee Schoenig, Ph.D. Class of 1959: Irene Devine Schillmaier Class of 1964: Joan Sciscenti Tscherne, Ph.D. & Nancy McDonough Younes

Class of 1979: Joanne Amante, Kathleen Rutherford & Elizabeth Selleck Class of 1984: Kathleen David McShea & Elaine Kenna Turner Class of 1989: Elizabeth O’Rourke Kupcha Class of 1994: Ingrid Paris Annan, Christina Nater Bennett, Grace Matias Robles & Audrey Keany Zoumberakis Class of 1999: Kristen Sardis Barry, Courtney Fitzgerald Cardot & Kimberly Meade

Class of 1969: Celeste Coiro Eshenwald & Marguerite Peropat Robles

Class of 2004: Melissa De Los Santos Chajon, Andriana Alsterberg Espada, Sabrina Francois, Kathleen Battiato Sama & Katherine Santiago

Class of 1974: Alexandra Venturini Dyer

Class of 2009: Samantha Lanigan

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CLASS OF 1974 The Class of 1974 had such a wonderful time celebrating at their TMLA reunion in April that they decided to have a “Summer Reunion” as well! Venise Mule Glass, D.P.T. 74 generously hosted a luncheon for her classmates at her home in Dix Hills, NY. This lovely event proved to be an afternoon of reconnecting, sharing memories and “catching up” on the past 40 years! The luncheon also spurred great interest in establishing a network of 1974 graduates for monthly get-togethers and professional opportunities!

(Pictured above are: Teresa Bouchard-Goebel, Lorraine Settani-Mirabile, Judy Sanatar Perez, Annette Guarino, Esq., Shawn Slevin, Venise Mule-Glass, D.P.T., Fern Orkiszewski-Ghavidel, Helen Tuzio, D.V.M., Patricia Macys Heckelman, Michele Chotkowski, Joan Lanzone-Shank, D.D.S., Eileen Bell Marcel, and Laura Aiello.)

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REGIONAL RECEPTION Over the last several years TMLA alumnae have hosted regional receptions in Florida, New York City, New Jersey, California, Connecticut, the DC Capital District, Maryland, Long Island, Westchester and the Albany Capital Region. These receptions serve to help TMLA alumnae “reconnect” with Mary Louis. These events have proved to be a wonderful way for TMLA alumnae who live in the same area to meet each other, connect with fellow Mary Louis women and also learn about what’s happening at TMLA today. We believe the Mary Louis community extends far beyond the geographic boundaries of our hilltop. No matter where you live you remain a member of the TMLA family. We are all united by memories, traditions and a strong belief in the education of women of vision and dignity. This year the Sisters of St. Joseph hosted a lovely event for TMLA alumnae at St. Joseph’s Villa, their vacation retreat on Shinnecock Bay in Hampton Bays. We thank them for their warm and gracious hospitality. If you would be interested in hosting a Regional Reception near your home please contact the Office of Academy Advancement at 718.267.21.20 x286 or Advancement@tmla.org

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TMLA BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE Our “TMLA Building for the Future” donor wall is modeled

to honor a favorite teacher, cherished friend or say thank you to

after The Academy building and graces the landing of our Main

your parents or others who have made an impact on your life.

Staircase. Made of solid oak and brass, the “Building for the Future” has bricks and windows of different shapes and sizes to engrave and allows benefactors of TMLA the chance to personalize and choose your level of giving.

All of the proceeds from the “Building for the Future” are used for endowments and building renovations. For questions, please contact the Office of Academy

This structure represents the tributes and memorials that

Advancement at (718) 297-2120 x286.

alumnae, parents and friends choose to make. You may wish

Yes, I would like to take part in the “Building for the Future” and support The Mary Louis Academy. I would like to obtain a: Brick ($1,000)

Small Square Window ($3,000)

Arch Window ($10,000)

Enclosed please find my tax deductible check in the amount of $

made payable to The Mary Louis Academy.

Name:

Name at TMLA:

Address:

City:

Home Phone:

E-mail:

Class of:

Alumna

Please mail to: The Mary Louis Academy Office of Academy Advancement 176-21 Wexford Terrace Mother Mary Louis Way Jamaica Estates, NY 11432

Friend

Parent

State:

Zip:

Parent of Alumna

PLEASE PRINT THE INFORMATION EXACTLY AS YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO APPEAR.

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COME HOME TO TMLA! ALUMNAE REUNION

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of our first graduating class, the ladies of 1940, as well as the reunions of: THE CLASSES OF 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 00, 05, 10 Come celebrate with your classmates at TMLA on Saturday, March 28, 2015 Registration at 2pm Mass in memory of deceased alumnae & faculty at 3pm in Auditorium Dinner to follow at 4:30pm Classes of 40, 45, 50, & 60 â€“ guests of TMLA in honor of their jubilee anniversaries Classes of 55, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95 & 00 - $70 per person Classes of 05 & 10 - $50 per person (recent alumnae discount)

RSVP by March 1, 2015 If you have any questions about the reunion, or if you are interested in helping with the Mass or the reunion plans for your class, please visit our alumnae web site at www.tmlaalumnae.org and contact your Class Representative. You may also contact the Office of Alumnae Relations at: (718) 297-2120 x 286 MaryLouisAcademy@aol.com

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IS YOUR NAME MISSING? It Could Be Because… …you made your gift after our fiscal year ended. This Annual Report is reflective of Annual Fund gifts received between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014. Gifts after June 30th will be included in next year’s Annual Report. …you asked that your gift be kept anonymous …we made a mistake, if so please know that it is an omission of the pen and not of the heart.

Please call the Office of Academy Advancement at 718 297 2120 if you have any questions.

SOCIETA ONORARIA ITALICA For the second year in a row TMLA’s Department of Italian had unprecedented results in the National Italian High School Examination. Over 30 students in various categories scored high enough to earn Scholarships or Honorable Mention. These results were unmatched by any other high school in the continental United States or Canada!

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CAMPUS HISTORY In 1909 the Honorable Morgan J. O’Brien, Sr., Presiding Justice of the New York Supreme Court, purchased a lot in the newly planned community of Jamaica Estates. Judge O’Brien purchased 10 acres “…running approximately 400 feet along Wexford Terrace with Dalny Road wrapping around on the North and West sides”. Judge O’Brien commissioned a mansion be built on the property as a wedding present for his eldest daughter, Genevieve O’Brien Fox (a schoolmate and bridesmaid of Cathleen Vanderbilt), and her husband E. Lyttleton Fox (a prominent attorney who took part in the famous contestation of the Jay Gould Estate). The mansion was constructed according to plans by William A. Bates, architect of the main building at Sarah Lawrence College. He was also famed for being the architect known as the “builder of Bronxville”. The mansion was designed in the Mediterranean Revival style with white stucco walls, a terra cotta tile roof, arched French doors throughout the first floor, leading to brick terraces covered in awnings, and French doors leading to wrought iron balconies off all the second floor bedrooms. There was an open air courtyard with a fountain, terraced gardens and a tennis court (present site of the Senior Lawn). A conservatory was constructed alongside the west terrace (present site of the convent chapel). A separate carriage house was constructed to the rear of the mansion with a caretaker’s apartment above (present day Advancement Cottage). At a later date the Foxes constructed a detached garage with three bays (a portion of the present day Art Cottage). The Foxes named the estate “Rose Crest”. Between 1920 – 1930 Genevieve & Lyttleton Fox sold 5 acres of the estate (north and west of the mansion) back to the Jamaica Estates Company who constructed eight single family homes on the new lots (three of which are the present day White Cottage, Formation Cottage and St. Joseph House). Shortly thereafter the Foxes sold the remainder of Rose Crest to Mrs. Rose Adikes, widow of John Adikes one of the founders of Jamaica Savings Bank. Mrs. Adikes resided at Rose Crest with two servants for less than 10 years until 1932 when she was approached by Mother Mary Louis Crummey CSJ – General Superior of the Sisters of St. Joseph. Mother Mary Louis expressed an interest in purchasing the estate for the establishment of a college preparatory academy for young women… and the rest is "herstory"!

THE HONORABLE , MORGAN O BRIEN Born April 28, 1852 in New York City, the son of Irish immigrants, Morgan J. O’Brien earned degrees from the College of St. Francis Xavier (now Xavier High School), St. John’s College (now Fordham University), and Columbia University Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1875 and went on to become a successful and well respected attorney, being appointed as corporation counsel for New York City in 1887. Later that year Mr. O’Brien was elected to a 14-year term as a Justice of the New York State Supreme Court. He was only 35 years old, the youngest person at the time to be elected to that position. Justice O’Brien was appointed to the General Term of the Supreme Court in 1892 by Governor Hill. When the Appellate Division was established in 1895, Justice O’Brien was named one of its first members by Governor Morton. He was re-elected to the Supreme Court in 1901 and re-designated to the Appellate Division. In 1905, Governor Higgins elevated him to the position of Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department. Justice O’Brien was appointed chairman of the New York City planning and survey committee in 1926, and two years later represented the U.S. at the Pan-American Conference in Havana. In 1936 he chaired the Citizens Charter Campaign Committee, leading to the adoption of a new city charter for New York. He also served as a trustee of several organizations, including the Equitable Life Assurance Society, the New York Board of Education and the New York Public Library, and as a director of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Justice O’Brien was a prominent Catholic layman and was knighted by the Pope, and participated in several clubs and charitable organizations. Justice O’Brien was married to Rose Mary Crimmins for over 50 years and had ten children and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He passed away on June 16, 1937, less than a year after The Mary Louis Academy opened our doors on the estate he had comissioned. 50

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,WHO SAYS YOU CAN T GO HOME AGAIN?

On September 14, 1936 The Mary Louis Academy opened our doors. It may surprise some of you to learn that those first doors were not on Wexford Terrace but instead on Edgerton Boulevard! From 1936-1938 TMLA’s first home was in the double parlors of the Convent on our campus; it is thus fitting that 78 years later we’ve moved back home! In the fall of 2011, the number of Sisters residing in the Mary Louis Convent had dwindled to the point where it was no longer feasible for them to maintain such a large residence. The remaining Sisters moved to neighboring convents and the Sisters of St. Joseph turned the convent building over to TMLA for The Academy’s use. Prior to this, in 2004, one wing of the Convent had been renovated and converted by TMLA for use as additional classrooms and office space. During the summer of 2014 extensive renovations and repairs occurred on the 105 year old Convent (originally the Rose Crest mansion), to accommodate TMLA’s expansion into the building. The architecturally beautiful Convent adds more than 12,500 square feet of space to The Mary Louis Academy’s facilities and now houses many wonderful new spaces for our students; these include a Student Lounge, Painting Solarium, Service Homeroom Center, Mathematics Lab, "Cooking for College" Culinary Lab, Robotics/Engineering Lab, new classrooms, office space as well as a return to our original, larger Chapel. The architecturally exquisite Chapel, designed in the Spanish Mission style, doubles the size of our worship space! We are so very grateful for the generosity of the Sisters of St. Joseph and our wonderful benefactors who made this exciting expansion possible!

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TMLA HITS A HIGH NOTE In October of 2013, Audrey Prager MacLean, a member of TMLA’s Class of 1946, passed away. Audrey’s family chose to memorialize her generous spirit and lifetime love of music by dedicating The Mary Louis Academy Music Complex in her memory. The Music Complex (constructed in 1957 in the original Dining Hall) underwent extensive renovations and remodeling during the summer of 2014. These renovations have resulted in our beautiful new Audrey Prager MacLean Music Conservatory. The new conservatory houses sound-proofed practice rooms, a choral library, storage room for musical instruments, faculty offices and more! The Choral & Orchestra Hall was transformed with a new ceiling, sound proofed walls, new furnishings, ceiling fans and a state of the art vocal playback system to enhance our voice program. Faculty offices were refurnished, upright pianos were restored and all five Steinway baby grands were professionally refinished and retuned. In addition to the renovation and naming of the Music Conservatory, the MacLean family’s gift has established the Audrey Prager MacLean Vocal Scholar Award. This award is granted in 3 year increments to a student who displays exceptional vocal potential. This student will receive professional vocal coaching once a cycle and will attend an annual performance at the Metropolitan Opera. We would like to offer our tremendous gratitude to the MacLean family for their incredible generosity to TMLA. We are so honored to be entrusted with continuing Audrey’s legacy and love of music. Please know that Audrey’s spirit will live on through the many wonderful opportunities you have made possible for our young women.

Audrey Prager was born in Brooklyn on July 7, 1926. After her father’s death at an early age, Audrey put herself through The Mary Louis Academy, working in the rectory of her local parish in return for the pastor paying her tuition. All the while Audrey helped take care of her mother who was ill and her younger brother. Upon graduating from TMLA in 1946 Audrey went on to train at the Metropolitan Opera in Manhattan. An exceptionally gifted opera singer, Audrey retired from her singing career to raise her family. In 1948, Audrey married Victor MacLean at St. John’s Church in New York City. The MacLeans made their home in Woodside, Queens and Warwick, NY for many years before retiring to the town of Fishkill, NY. A communicant of St. Mary, Mother of the Church in Fishkill she served on the Parish Council and volunteered as a Eucharistic Minister. Audrey was invited to serve on Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s Stewardship Committee and was also very active with the board at Fox Ridge Condominiums, where she was Vice President for 17 years until 2012. Audrey passed away after a brief illness on October 26, 2013. She was predeceased by her husband, Victor, daughter Virginia, two infant sons as well as her two sisters and brother. She is survived by 9 children, 24 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and thousands of her TMLA “sisters”.

REQUIESCAT IN PACE

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, PRINCIPAL S DINNER 2O13 On October 17, 2013 TMLA held a lovely dinner to thank those of our donors who made leadership gifts at the Mother Mary Louis Guild level and above. Every gift to TMLA is tremendously appreciated and in fact each and every gift is vital to our future. Thank you all for your committed support of The Mary Louis Academy’s mission; the education and empowerment of young women.

Photo 2: Mr. & Mrs. John Waldron P 98 & 05, Angel Pierre 14, Alanna Armstrong 09, Rebecca Tomitz Armstrong 77 P 09, Assistant Director - Mrs. Judy Belon, Trustee - Sharon Scaturro Justvig, Esq. 76

Photo 3: Assistant-Principal - Ann O’Hagan Cordes 84 P 11, Alice Duffy Grant 59, Councilor - S. Patricia Mahoney CSJ, Trustee Emerita - Dr. Monica Reddy Wood 72, Trustee - Caroline Tear Latham 79 and husband Christopher, Mmekom Udosen 14 Photo 1: Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Duffy P 04, Kourtney Keeley 14, Sarah Vaz 14 and Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Patchett

Photo 5: Associate Director – S. Peggy Conway CSJ 69, Mary Casey 14, Barbara Pryor, Esq. 71, Trustee - Patricia Castel Skarulis 62, Dr. Jean Fitzpatrick Timmerberg 87, Mr. & Mrs. Suseel Thomas P 14 and Joan Castel Conway 59

Photo 7: Seona Maloney 14, Maureen Johnston 75, Kathleen Rutherford 79, Trustee – Jeanne Brostek Altenau 75, Dr. Angela Scicutella 78, Dr. James Freeley P 92 & 95, Principal – S. Kathleen McKinney CSJ, Ed.D. and Trustee – Dr. Mary Ellen Freeley P 92 & 95

Photo 4: Regina Cialone 97, Marianne Yen, Esq. 80, Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Maurantonio, Councilor - S. Jane Marie Reilly CSJ, Marissa Vaccarelli 14 and Antonia Paruolo 14

Photo 6: Assistant-Principal – S. Filippa Luciano CSJ 54, Dr. Helen Tuzio 74, Rev. Alexandra Venturini Dyer 74, Erin Krebs 14, June Kiaer Viverito 53 and husband John, Trustee -Tamara Stephen, Esq. 88 and Ghislaine Stephen P 88

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TMLA FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR “…TMLA PLAYED SUCH A BIG ROLE IN MY SUCCESS IN COLLEGE!”

Iman Childs of TMLA’s class of 2010 shared the exciting news that she has been awarded a Fulbright grant to conduct research in Italy for the next 9 months. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential. Iman graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois this past March, Magna Cum Laude with a major in Radio/Television/Film. As a Fulbright scholar, Iman will be based in Rome and making a documentary as a means of communicating her research. The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. The Program operates in over 155 countries worldwide. Since its establishment in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the Fulbright Program has given approximately 360,000 students, scholars, teachers, artists, and scientists the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns. Fulbright alumni have achieved distinction in government, science, the arts, business, philanthropy, education, and many other fields. Fifty-three Fulbright alumni from 12 countries have been awarded the Nobel Prize, and 78 alumni have received Pulitzer Prizes.

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ALS ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE

TMLA alumna, Jenn Flynn Quinn 03 and her husband Pat Quinn, are two of the creators of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that swept social media outlets across the globe. This has been a tremendously successful campaign raising funds and awareness for ALS, a devastating illness that affects as many as 30,000 people, in the U.S. alone.

Jenn and Pat reached out to Pete Frates, their friend in Boston who also has ALS, and together they came up with the idea of bringing the challenge to social media and each nominating 50 of their friends to participate. In the summer of 2014, Jenn, Pat and Pete launched the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The campaign quickly went viral and has become an internet phenomenon. Millions of people across the world have participated in the challenge, including movie stars, professional athletes and even

former U.S. Presidents! As of today the challenge has raised over $100 million for ALS research and awareness!! Jenn and Pat have been recognized and featured in USA Today, Good Morning America, NBC News, CBS News and were named "Queens Persons of the Week" by NY1 News. In addition Jenn and Pat have generously agreed to come to TMLA and speak to our students about ALS and help to put a face on the true meaning of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

Pat was diagnosed with ALS in March of 2013 and quickly made it his mission to spread awareness about this rare and debilitating disease. Pat and Jenn established Quinn for the Win, a non-profit foundation which spreads awareness about ALS and helps to raise funds for research towards treatment and a future cure. In 2014 Pat and Jenn witnessed people in Pelham, New York participating in an Ice Bucket Challenge on an individual basis, to raise awareness for a variety of charitable causes. They realized this would be a catchy and fun way to raise awareness for ALS. 57

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CLASS NOTES OT THE FORTIES Barbara Ann Becher, Ph.D. 49 is trying to deal with southerners who never seem to have learned how to project their voices as she did in TMLA. She is dealing with Lymphodema, which leaves her with large legs and difficulty walking; she continues to produce nice needlework pieces and enjoys reading books with her Nook. Betty Jane Kelley Starr-Chapple 40 her granddaughter, Leah, received her Masters in Speech Pathology from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and is now at a school in Fairfax, VA. Her grandson, Ryan, is at Amherst in his last semester as a Creative Writing major. S. Barbara Craig RSM 49 has officially retired, but continues to direct a Zen meditation group called the Flowing River Sangha. Jean Draffen Earley 44 has been married for sixty-five years, has eight children (6 living), twenty-three grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Margaret Murray English 44 retired in 1999 as an educator. Ten years at Mary’s Nativity School in Flushing and twelve years at Queensborough Community College. She is not able to walk and uses a wheelchair in the house and a scooter when out. No regrets though! Her best wishes to all, especially her classmates! Dorothy Burger Fitzgerald 49 was a tour guide for over fifteen years for an Eastern LI bus company with over 400 trips with schools, adult groups and individuals. Many NYC trips, Nova Scotia, Toronto, Orlando and Branson, MO. It was great fun and a real education! There was another Dorothy Burger 49, she had blonde hair; Dorothy Burger-Fitzgerald was the brunette. Joan Parsons Fries 48 retired to North Carolina in 1991 after raising three children in Huntington, NY. She has two grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Joan worked until she was eighty years old, and now at eighty-three, still has great memories of TMLA.

tired Rosemarie Donovan Grant 49 retired o snow! She to Arizona - because of the no worked for many years as an RN and has dchildren and six children, eighteen grandchildren three great-grandchildren! Mary Alice Guinee 44 is happily retired and living in Florida. nd Loretta Spielmann Honce 48 and ed sixtyhusband Harry have been married two years. They call themselves “Shu “Shuffles & Waddles”. Life is good - many blessings! Vina Sauer Hueg 44 her home has been in St. Paul, MN since 1957. She raised seven children and enjoys the eighteen grandchildren they have given her - and now nine great-grandchildren! Patricia McDonough Masia 43 moved to Roswell, GA in order to be closer to her granddaughters. She lives at Freedom Pointe in Roswell. Audrey O’Leary McKevitt 48 is another year older and had an accident, and now uses a cane and a walker that she has named “Cain & Abel.” Guess which one is Cain? Pat Kelly Mensel 47 is proud of her three grandchildren, all of whom are Gilligans. Amy starts Cornell University in September 2014, Jack is a junior at Cornell, and Brian starts law school in September 2014. All three are wonderful students, athletic and musical, kind, decent young people! Pat says hooray for her daughter Patty and wonderful husband John Gilligan. Last year was a difficult year as she suffered two strokes and a heart attack and the loss of two brothers, Kevin and Bob. Thank the Lord recovery has been good! Marlene Meyer Nowicki 49 the French wife of her eldest grandson has presented her with two delightful great-grandchildren, ages three and one; life can be beautiful! Arlene Callahan Ochs 49 has been happily married for fifty-eight years. They have three married daughters and six grandchildren. All is well!

Pat Johnson Olvany Olva 44 graduate graduated from the College of Mt St. Vincent Vinc and lived in Garden City City, NY for forty years, raising sseven children and now twenty gran snow bird” living in grandchildren! She is a “snow FL and coming north from May - Octobe October. Pat continues to see Jean Draffen Earley 44 and Grace Gehring Larkin 4 43. They are so proud to be alumnae of such s a great demy! She cherished che Academy! her years at TMLA with Sister Angelica, Principal, and Sister Lucide, the Latin teacher. They were taught faith, family and friends! She sends her love and continued prayers for all. Patricia McGeough Pinto 49 at eightytwo years old, she is fairly active with only moderate age related disabilities; retired since 1997, as a Nursing Supervisor at a health related Rehab Facility. She has been active in her parish, until recently, as an Apostle of the Resurrection. She was widowed in 2006 and is the mother of six children and grandmother of seven girls, two boys and great-grandmother of two boys and one girl. Mary Mediavilla Pombo 47 her first greatgrandson, James Pombo, was born in December 2012!” Juliana Burkard Ruddy 44 granddaughter, Charlotte Ruddy, married John Davis in November 2013. Rita Tierney 44 has good memories of TMLA; she reads the magazine and enjoys putting faces to 1944 names. Her email is MMETBeach82@gmail.com. She would like to have an email directory for 1944. . . Alice Timothy, Ph.D. 49 divides her time between Columbia County, New York (Elizaville) and NYC (Murray Hill). She is happily retired and sits on two Boards:, Murray Hill Neighborhood Association and Showcase Theater, as a judge. Patricia Donnelly Tormey 49 with husband, George, is enjoying retirement in San Diego County, California. They moved there in 1985 and have been driving their van conversion to all parts of this beautiful country.

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THE FIFTIES Rita Aigner 54 graduated from the University of Florida in 1958. She was a Stewardess with PanAm for two years; married a PanAm pilot, lived on Guam and in West Berlin, Germany. She has three daughters. Rita retired from real estate in Tucson, AZ. Her passions are art and travel. She has maintained her friendship with Merle Bondy DeMott 54 throughout the years! Ellen Donohue Barbieri 59 stays in touch with Mary Brudevold Piro (who lives in PA) She has a photo from TMLA’s junior dance; Mary just celebrated her 50th anniversary with her date from that dance Ellen also is in contact with Jackie Thornton Chambers 59 (who lives in CA) and Maggie Byrne Knopf (who lives in FL), they have been friends since they were infants. She will see Marianna Gengo Rapanaro for five days in August, who will be travelling from Perth, Australia. Rosemary Myers Bartow 57 reports that life is good in sunny Florida, come on down! Evelyn Schweikert Blatz 59 visited Germany in August 2013 with her son Kevin, his wife Heather, and their three children. This trip fulfilled her goal of bringing each of her five children and six grandchildren to meet their family in Germany and explore their roots. It took three trips, in 1999, 2006 and 2013, to accomplish this with a total of nineteen persons traveling in the three trips and they were the trips of a lifetime! Helen Zoeller Campbell 59 enjoys spending time with her five children and nine grandchildren. She loves to travel, last year travelling to Fatima, Lourdes, Santiago and much more on an awesome pilgrimage! In Jacksonville, FL, she is active in Right to Life and St. Vincent de Paul Society as well as serving as Sacristan for daily Mass. Patricia Dahlinger Copeland 54 married her high school sweetheart Bill. They have six children and now also have twenty grandchildren. In 1980, she joined her husband’s firm, Copeland Economics. They retired in 2006 and now volunteer, play golf and try to keep up with their children. God is good and so is life.

Diane Cassens Cummins 59 having cochaired her Fiftieth reunion at Manhattanville College, she understands the power of friendships made many years ago, and her memories of TMLA remain strong. Today, however, she is most importantly the proud grandmother of two little boys. Marie Goodchild Dowd 57 and husband, Chuck, will celebrate their fifty-sixth anniversary this fall. They have nineteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Their grandson has earned his doctorate from Yale and now teaches Art in a university. They also have three graduate engineers and an RN. They are kept busy with them spread all over the US and are so proud of them all. Judith Banzer Farr, Ph.D. 54 retired from teaching at Georgetown and other universities for forty years, she is able to give her time to writing and lecturing and to her family. She is finishing a novel about the marriage of Robert E. Lee and his wife. Judith and husband, George, enjoys being continually with their son Alec and their “Grandtwins” Katie and Matthew. Patricia O’Neil Flynn 53 has four grown children and nine grandchildren. She is active in volunteer work and has a second home in Ireland. She is enjoying retirement and travel. Marian Corrigan Fogarty 54 has been married to Jim since August 1958. They have two married sons and four grandchildren (two boys and two girls). She would love to hear from her classmates! Naomi Roche Fonseca 52 and her husband Arthur celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in April 2014. Evalyn Tyma Gehring 50 has seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Faith Kramer Germino 54 is welcoming two new great-grandchildren and traveling. Alice Duffy Grant 59 has retired as the Chair of Social Studies at Pelham Memorial High School; she continues to do educational consulting for BOCES and the College Board. She was sorry to miss the reunion; however, she was in Chicago attending the College Board National Consultant training

sessions for the changes in Advanced Placement US and European History curriculum. Eileen Stenger Haggerty 54 and husband, Bert, will be married fifty-three years in September. They have been blessed with nine wonderful grandchildren. Jean Steinbeck Hartman 59 took a thirtyfive day journey to China, Taiwan, Korea, Viet-Nam and Japan in April 2014. Jeanne Hickey 50 has been retired since 2007 and now volunteers at Bethesda House, part of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Venice in Florida. Bethesda House is a support facility for women and men with HIV-AIDS. She also volunteers at the Ringling Museum as a GreeterAmbassador. Joan Griffin Keenan 54 is very involved with her family and friends; hosting each from other states and countries when visiting. She volunteers setting up the altar and chapel for weekend Mass; visits residents in a skilled nursing and assisted living facility, as well as reads to some who have Macular Degeneration. Joan Cummings Kennedy 59 is living fifteen minutes east of Saratoga Springs. She retired from Glens Falls Cement Co. seven years ago and has been making frequent trips to New Hampshire to visit three grandchildren, ages seven, four and two. She has been widowed for twenty years. Her sister, Maureen Cummings Fromme 57, lives next door! Margaret Byrne Knopf 59 recently welcomed her first grandchild, a girl, Bryn Marie Knopf, the first girl in her late husband’s family in eighty-six years! Barbara Carey Loftus 54 is enjoying retirement at the Jersey Shore and taking advantage of being close to NYC. She and her husband enjoy travelling and seeing their nine grandchildren. Anne Kuchukian McGee 50 her husband, James, died October 17, 2012. She is learning to live alone after fifty-six years of marriage.

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THE FIFTIES Dorothy Frank McNicholas 57 and husband Jim were blessed last year with their first great-grandson, Bentley Wilinski, born July 2013. Ronnie Midwinter Molyneux 59 is retired after forty years in nursing. She loves it! Magdalana McAllister Monaghan 59 spends the winters in The Villages, Florida. She fondly remembers the 50th reunion and it was wonderful! She is no longer living in Arizona, having returned to Mattituck on Long Island. Her oldest granddaughter, Mickayla McDonough, is a member of the TMLA freshman class of 2018 and she is thrilled! Eileen Gallagher Montalbano 59 will soon celebrate her Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary! Agatha Altomare Monteleone 59 her son, David, was ordained to the Priesthood on May 25, 2013 in the Diocese of Paterson, NJ. He is serving presently in St. Joseph’s Church in Mendham, NJ as Associate Pastor. Mary Jane Clarke Munch 51 has six children, fifteen grandchildren and one greatgrandson. Anne Giddings Murphy 52 sends greetings to her classmates! She is enjoying sunny Naples, FL painting, golfing and volunteering. Life is good, thank God! Her class graduated from TMLA sixty-two years ago! She is so impressed with the TMLA of today! Fran Hoey Okeson 54 was District 46 Governor for Toastmasters (2001-2002) and has recently been reappointed the Area 13 Governor (12th time!) for Staten Island. She

was named “Toastmaster of the Year” for the 3rd time and her CTV show won the NOVA award in the education category: “Toastmasters in the Community.” She is proud to be a member of the TMLA family!” Mary-Lou Pavlu Pakenas 59 and husband, Bob, moved to Arizona thirteen years ago and are now enjoying retirement in great Arizona weather, taking road trips and cruising. Gale McCarthy Richardson 59 is happily living in Southern California, especially this winter. She sees her daughter and family at least weekly which is a plus since moving from Virginia. She is a member of the Ignatian Volunteer Corps and works one day a week at a local hospital. She is active in various community activities. Patricia Hanley Rochford 50 at 81 years of age - just living in God’s waiting room (senior housing). She has a beautiful great-grandson, Blain Patrick, born in December 2013. Laura Alt Schmelzer 59 was sorry to miss the reunion, but was booked on a Danube River cruise for that time. Laura and husband, Fred have been married for fifty-two years and they have two sons, a daughter and five grandchildren. They recently sold their condo and moved back into a “real house”. Joan Moravus Smith 54 retired from the Finance Office at TMLA. She is living in Annapolis, M.D., near daughter Meg and her sons. Her newly married daughter Clare and husband John Kerrigan live in Astoria and work in Manhattan. Congratulations to the Class of 1954 on sixty years! Thanks for great, fun memories!

Joan Vogler Sodano 50 living and happily retired in South Carolina; remains in contact with Maryrose Nolan Smyth 50, Cathy Carroll Townshend 50 and Mary Rita Veit Fuchs 50. Carol Heine Sproul 57 along with Barbara Speedling Gatti 57, visited Justine Jannace Lomenzo 57 in Vero Beach, FL and Jeanne Hickey Shevlin 57 in Banning, CA. S. Mary Therese Staiger GNSH (Rosemary Staiger) 50 retired from Parish Ministry in 2010 because of an inability to walk. She spent twenty-nine years teaching, mainly high school. In 1979, she moved on to Parish Ministry. Rosemary Malerba Stein 57 has four grandchildren, two living in Greenville, SC and two in Herndon, VA. They are a joy to their grandparents! Genevieve Drake Tafreski 59 has been married for fifty-one years; has one son, twin daughters, as well as five grandchildren (one girl and four boys). Her husband is a medical doctor who retired after fifty-five years of practice. Connie Psaki Ward 52 Eleven of her classmates gathered at White Oaks Nursing Home to commemorate her eightieth birthday! Virginia Fraser Wilson 54 and husband, Jack, moved to East Hampton, NY and are now happily retired. They have three sons and three grandchildren. All are good!

THE SIXTIES Irene Linitz Baebler 69 and husband, Richard, will be celebrating their Fortieth Wedding Anniversary, along with their children, Susan and Bryan, and their three grandchildren this summer. Irene is retired and they are traveling and enjoying their “grands”.

engaged to a lovely woman. Her grandson Cameron is eight years old. Virginia is still working and saving for retirement.

Virginia Ellis Beech 60 sends greeting to all her friends in NYC! Her son, Justin, is now

Lorraine Brue 69 lives in Foxboro, MA; married to Michael Fairhurst, with two college-aged sons, Alex and John.

Denise Bertolotti 69 is retired from her job of thirty-two years at an investment bank.

Louisa Marie Sturtevant Buford 64 sends greetings from Texas! She currently works at Trustmark National Bank’s Houston corporate office in construction lending. She married Jimmy Tom Buford in Austin, TX in September of 1969. She retired from breeding award winning Tonkinese cats in ACFA, CFA & TICA; furthest cat show she attended was in Bellanzona/Gubiasco, Switzerland.

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THE SIXTIES Kathleen Reilly Busardo 69 is a Registered Nurse working in the North Shore-LIJ Health System. She is married with two daughters and two grandsons. Eileen Ponzini Duffy 60 enjoys the Class of 1960, who are a lively group of women who get together several times a year. Barbara Fiscina Elliott 65 was awarded the 2013 Washington Post Private School Teacher of the Year Award for the Maryland, DC, and Virginia area. Mary Ellen Gill Fitzgerald 64 is in the process of moving from New York to North Carolina. Until a permanent address in NC is found, she is in Florida. She retired in June 2012, from her career as Administrative Assistant to the Headmaster in a private school. She has three children and three grandchildren. Allison Munro Forget 69 2013 was an exceptional year for her family grandchildren arrived in August and November! She is blessed to enjoy a wonderful Facebook community of TMLA Class of 1969 friends. She was not able to attend the 45th reunion but will absolutely be there for the 50th! Donna Giarratano Gestri 67 her latest novel Sweet Figs, Bitter Greens, was released in April 2013. A copy of the book is in the library at TMLA.

Mary O’Reilly Jones 64 graduated in 1966 as an RN from St. Clare’s Hospital School of Nursing. She married and had two girls; lived in Japan, Spain, Korea and Germany. She joined Mary Kay, Inc. in 1980, rose to Executive Senior Sales Director. She now is enjoying her three grandchildren, golfing, playing tennis and traveling. Theodora Karczewski 64 despite having to use a cane, she continues to do what she enjoys most, traveling. She is part of large tour group. Retirement has been great; lots of time for travel, crafts and theatre. Carroll Kruger 69 went back to graduate school in 2007, after not having been in school for thirty-four years. She chose to go to NYU for a master’s degree in Nursing Informatics. It was a long slog with a big learning curve but she made it through and graduated in May of 2012. She was inducted into Sigma Theta Tau which is like Phi Beta Kappa for nurses. Not too shabby for an “older” student!!! Patricia Riley-Murphy Leyden 65 her third novel, Fate Chooses, was published in September 2013. A copy is in TMLA’s Library! Marie Daley Lockhart 67 is enjoying

retirement in North Carolina. She has five grandbabies and life is good! Barbara Martin Melillo 68 enjoys visiting her two teenage grandsons near Denver, CO and her soon-to-be born granddaughter in Tucson, AZ. Joyce Monaco 64 retired in 2004 after running a plastics manufacturing plant for twenty years. She is enjoying her grandchildren (Jacob, eight and Sara, six), traveling and dancing. Rita Ortiga Waterman 60 sends cheers to her Class of 1960 mates, some of whom meet several times a year throughout the greater NY Metro Area to remember their TMLA days and celebrate their lives and families. Carole Youngman Prest 69 retired as Chief Strategy Officer at B.E.L.L. (Building Educated Leaders for Life), with husband, Art, moved to Groton, MA. She continues to do consulting with several nonprofits and serves on several boards. Joyce Zakierski Simmons 66 has been the Organist and Music Director at Our Lady of the Lake Church in Mt. Arlington, NJ for the past twenty years. She is a retired Music

Carol Perone Giannettino 64 has a granddaughter, Sadie Jane, who turned three in April. Her sister was due at about the same time. They feel very blessed. Annette Primiani Guevara 62 is President of her tutoring center, recently celebrating the twentieth anniversary. The Learning Connection, T.L.C., Inc. has been voted #1 Best Tutoring Service for six years in a row by Tampa Bay Family Magazine. Mary Jane Gregish Horstman 69 has retired from teaching. She traveled to Bermuda, Hawaii, NC and SC. Mary Jane is blessed with eight grandchildren (6 girls and 2 boys).

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Educator for forty-three years. Joyce created a lecture series on music topics and vintage costume jewelry for community fund raising events and programs. Kathleen Vegessy Singleton 64 sends Greetings to all Marielites! Kathleen is living in Floral Park, NY and has been married to Harry Singleton for forty-six years; has three grandchildren: Emma, Abby and Ben; three great-grandchildren, Harry,

Brendan and Molly. She has been Director of Religious Education at Holy Spirit Parish in New Hyde Park for twenty-two years. She sends thanks to the Sisters of St. Joseph and all associated with TMLA for making a difference in her life - she is grateful for it all! Toni Kogel Steenbeek 67 retired in October 2013 after forty years as an RN at LIJ Medical Center. She will be moving to her retirement home in Vermont.

Germaine Girard Williams 64 celebrated her Fortieth Wedding Anniversary with husband, Paul. Their families, including two daughters, Nicole and Claire, helped them celebrate. They have lived in northern VA since they were married; have four grandchildren, Cole, age seven; Brady, age four; Luke, age three and Lily, who is four month.

THE SEVENTIES Rita Dubatowka Batchley 79 has written a book. As a Labor and Delivery RN with over twenty-five years of experience, the book is about the effects of nursing on nurses. Labor Pains, the timely story of a nurse who pushes back against a medical monopoly in order to keep the spirit of nursing alive, is a read you won’t want to miss. Check it out on Amazon.com. Jo-Ann Cannon, Ph.D. 79 is a clinical psychologist in private practice. She has eighteen year old twins, Rachael and Matthew. She was sorry to miss the reunion but was thinking of you all!

were married on July 17, 1982. Members of the wedding party included Joanne Feeney Rooney 95, Dr. Judy DiDonato Wunsch 78 and Kathleen Murphy Collins 86. Guests at the wedding included, Cathy Donnelly Williams 78, Elena Smerechniak Von Anchen 78, Margaret Schwab McGovern 83 and Carolyn Ryan Brown 59. Barbara Rudd Hajko 70 is so happy that her niece, Juliana Zask, is a freshwoman at TMLA in September 2014!

ten years old. She became a widow on October 29, 2013. Marianne Meyer 74 is a freelance writer, won an Emmy Award for Children’s Television and Peabody Award for radio broadcast excellence; is a published author and music journalist. Details are at www. closepersonalfriend.com. She is married to Terry Poltrack, 30 years and counting! They have two children, Emma and Grace. Born and raised in NYC, now living in DC suburbs of northern Virginia.

Rochelle Catus, M.D. 74 is still practicing as a solo OB/GYN in St. Louis, MO. She hopes to visit TMLA next time she is in the Big Apple.

Jean Lusenskas Higgins 79 is a preschool teacher working for the village of Rockville Centre on Long Island. She has been married for twenty-eight years to Jim Higgins, a former “Molloy Boy”. Their daughters are twenty-four and twenty-two years old.

Amparo Diaz Connors 78 and her husband Jeffrey celebrated the marriage of their daughter Kristina (TMLA Class of 2007) on August 3, 2014. Kristina and her French groom Thomas Edele met in Seville, Spain when both were there to study Spanish.

Diane Dalton Holbrook 79 is an Adjunct ESL Instructor at St. John’s University and Adjunct Adult Educator at Farmingdale State College. She has two daughters, Alana, a junior at Fordham University and Aileen, a freshman at Sacred Heart Academy.

Marie Palmich Elms 74 has been a Nurse Practitioner for thirty-three years - most recently teaching at Pace University’s NP program. She has three children, not yet married - ages 29, 27 and 25. Her husband recently retired and they are transitioning to Florida in the winter (Stuart area) and back north for the summers.

Jean Gunning Llewellyn 73 continues to teach sixth grade Math at a local Middle School. This is her second career after corporate life! Her daughter is living her dream working off Broadway and her son is a freshman in college.

Donna Cupelli Paduano 74 lives in Johns Creek, GA. She received her Master’s in Elementary Education and has an eighteen year old daughter. Donna is in her third year teaching special education at Woodland Elementary School in Sandy Springs, GA.

Carol Ann McNelis 74 is the Journal Content Management Operations Director at John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a publishing house in NYC.

Annette Parisi 74 started a new position in June of 2013, as a Make-up Artist for Chanel Cosmetics.

Marian Salek Engesser 73 became a grandmother in November 2013. Her sweet, Lily Rose, brings such joy. Betsy Murphy Finnerty 78 lost her husband, Seamus, on July 28, 2013. They

Mari Mulholland Patterson 72 is a retired widow with two children and four grandchildren, ranging in ages of six to

Anne Mirth, M.D. 79 has been happily married for fourteen years and has twin twelve year old daughters. They live on a lake in a small town in Massachusetts with their ninety pound Labrador Retriever. She continues to work as an Anesthesiologist and enjoys outdoor activities with the family and the dog. Robin Presti Misiti 74 is working as a paralegal for a small law firm in Garden City, NY. She lives in East Meadow, NY. Robin spends her off time with her ten month old granddaughter Isabella.

Carolyn Szala 72 has become a Spiritual Director, certified by Fordham University, and is blending this with her art therapy practice. 62

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JoAnn Tassone Tutino 74 was sorry to miss the reunion; she was in Virginia that weekend hosting a baby shower for her daughter, who was expecting her first grandchild in May! She sends love to all 74 classmates.

Gloria Sostack Van Houten 74 has been working as a Renal Dietitian with dialysis patients for the past twenty-five years. She also acts as a Preceptor for dietetic interns. In her spare time, she likes to spend time with family, husband of thirty-five years, Ray; their three children and two grandchildren.

THE EIGHTIES Michele Yaegel Belczynski 89 just celebrated her tenth wedding anniversary with husband, Richard. They have three children, Katrina, nine; Isabella, six; and Luke, three. Francine Jones Galindo 84 attends graduate school at Virginia Commonwealth University, working towards her Masters in Nursing. She will finish in May 2015, then plans to go to Disney with the family. Nancy Gracin, M.D. 81 moved from Chicago to Boston to work at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Her mom is happy that she is closer to New York but she would still prefer if she was in New York!

Charlene Jones 84 has been a Youth Development Professional for Hampton City Schools since 2006. Her primary responsibility is to provide college access awareness for parents under the federally funded Gear Up grant. Julie Bingay Lopez 89 celebrated her tenth wedding anniversary in February 2014 with her husband, Michael. They have two beautiful daughters, Marilyn and Cara, ages four and two. Julie is an Assistant Principal of Mathematics in a NYC public high school. Cindy Polacek Mador 88 was promoted to Team Leader in her Tastefully Simple business, www.tastefullycindy.com

MaryBeth Reid 84 is living in NY and working at Barclays Capital as Managing Director in Emerging Markets. She is the very proud aunt of ten (soon to be eleven) nieces and nephews! Sylvia Zagulska Szymczak, Ph.D. 89 has been happily married since 1998. She has three sons and for the past fifteen years she has been living in Warsaw, Poland. In 2006 she received her, Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and since 2009 has been working for Eli Lilly & Co. developing new medicines for treatment of cancers.

THE NINETIES Annemarie Tortorella Andrews 99 married Elliott Andrews and has a four year old son, William. She is in her tenth year of teaching, currently teaching third grade. She received her Masterâ€™s Degree from Teachers College of Columbia University in 2006. Donna Knatz Barrett 93 has been in the retail world for over fifteen years and has taken her knowledge to the nonprofit industry, and is now Executive Officer of the Charlotte-DeSoto Building Industry Association, a non for profit organization affiliated with the Florida Home Builders Association and National Association of Home Builders. She works with a huge portion of the community in several different capacities, and has close relationships with many other nonprofit organizations.

Christy Carosella 94 is a Case Manager

to a U.S. District Judge. When not working, she is often at the opera, ballet or involved in local events. Marlena Frank Chang 99 married to William Chang, a mechanical engineer; is a mom of two boys, Owen and Liam. She is currently Director of Rainbow Academy Childcare Center in Iselin, NJ. Their family resides in Colonia, NJ. Alison Martin Coughlin 99 and her husband, John welcomed their first child, John Frederick, in April 2013.

Maritime; married in 2010; son Bryce was born in 2012 and is currently a stay-at-home mom. Jana Hsu 98 and husband, Brian McCarthy, welcomed son, Sawyer, in 2013. Catherine Duffy Kenny 94 currently resides at Childrenâ€™s Hospital of Philadelphia with her daughter, Carlin Rose, who has Stage 3 Sarcoma behind her lung. Please offer a prayer for her and join Team Carlin on Facebook; www.facebook.com/ teamcarlinrose.

Kerry Ann Ledden Danisi 94 married Jason Danisi in June 2012, and is now the Assistant Administrator at NYC Psychotherapy & Counseling Center.

Laura Polania, M.D. 94 built on her strong TMLA foundation and is now a Columbia University affiliated psychiatrist in NYC. She keeps TMLA close to her heart and sees other alumnae regularly.

Andrea Evangelista 99 graduated SUNY-

Annick Rivera Tumolo 94 lives in San

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Francisco with husband, Scott, and two year old daughter, Emmie, and four year old French Bulldog Kezar. She just started her own private practice for Speech Pathology called “Naturally Speaking.” San Francisco is making communication fun!

THE MILLENNIUM

Camille Appenzeller 04 graduated with a B.A. in Psychology from Hunter College; returned to school for nursing and has been working as a Registered Nurse at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. She is pursuing her Masters in Nursing. Stephanie Bellizzi 09 graduated from Hunter College in May 2013 with a double major in Psychology and Sociology. She is currently working as a Dental Assistant at two different offices while waiting on responses for graduate school, where she plans to study School Psychology. Christine Pfeifer Callahan 04 graduated Fairfield University in 2008 with a nursing degree. She has been working as a registered nurse on the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Christine was married in June 2013. Kristina Connors 07 married Thomas Edele on August 3, 2014. Kristina & Thomas (who is from France) met in Seville, Spain when both were there to study Spanish. Emily LaPadura 09 is attending Colorado State University for her Master’s degree in English Rhetoric & Composition. She is under an Assistantship and teaches two classes as a graduate student. She graduated from Binghamton University in 2013 and plans to pursue her Ph.D. and teach college. Allison Lavery 04 has been teaching in Europe since the summer of 2011. For two years, she taught at Marymount International School in Rome, Italy, and is currently teaching at Southbank International School in London, England. Her two year contract will be up in June 2015. She was married in Rome in July 2014.

Kayla Madden 09 graduated Hofstra University in August 2013 with her Bachelor’s in Psychology and a minor in Neuroscience. She is now a student at York College pursuing a second degree in Nursing; she volunteers in the Emergency Room of LIJ Medical Center. Taina Massey 09 graduated from SUNYPurchase College with honors. She is living in Queens and working at a law firm as a Paralegal Assistant and applying to law school for fall 2014. Terry Ciccaroni Mercurio 04 after graduating Quinnipiac in 2008 with a Bachelor’s in Veterinary Technology, she has been working in emergency small animal clinics. She married husband, Chris, in July 2012 and is now a military wife. They moved from Buffalo to New Orleans in July 2014. Lauren Tamburello Mollura 03 married Chris Mollura in July 2013. Ashley Myers 09 is working on her Masters in Speech-Language Pathology. thology. She was blessed with the amazing azing opportunity of traveling to the islan island of Jamaica with others in master’s n her m program to provide hearing, ring, language and cognitive screenings s to those less fortunate.

2013 with a BS in Elementary Education and a minor in English. Six months after graduation, she was honored to accept the 5th grade teaching position at her alma mater, Our Lady Queen of Martyrs School in Forest Hills, NY. Bianca Roman 09 She received her Master’s degree in Social Work in May 2014 from the Silver School of Social Work at NYU, as an advanced standing student. She received her BSW from Molloy College in 2013. Sara Romanello 08 is teaching writing in a school in Brownsville, Brooklyn, NY. She is completing her second year with Teach for America. Pascale Saint-Louis Sablan 01 is a member of The Mary Louis Academy Board of Trustees! Samantha Salmon 04 lives in Chicago and owns Earth’s Healing Cafe (EHCafe.com) and RawFoodMealPlanner.com with her husband, Aleksander. Worcester 01 married Diana Riegger Worce Christopher Worcester in October 2013. 13. They presently reside in Wallingford, ord, CT. Nicole e Bongiovi 12 is a sophomore at St. Joseph’s College, ge, Brooklyn, NY.

Katrina Narvaez 05 graduated duate from the NYC Police Academy in n July 2013 and she proudly wears her father, ather, Lt. Federico Narvaez’s badge #7777, who was killed in the line of duty in 1996. She e now works in the same precinct that her father worked ed in, the 70th in Brooklyn, NY. Michele Paguaga 09 graduated magn magna cum laude from Mount St. Mary’s y’s University in Emmitsburg, M.D.. in M May

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FROM THE TOP OF THE HILL, YOU CAN SEE THE WORLD... On Febuary 10, 2014 Dr. Helena Kane-Finn 63 returned to TMLA to speak with our students about her experiences as a career diplomat. in our class of three exchange students from Northern Italy. For all of this, I am very grateful Graduates of The Mary Louis Academy have had the privilege of a superb education. That privilege comes with an important responsibility. We have the responsibility to do good in the world. Doing good starts at home with the life we lead every day and our interactions with our family, friends and neighbors. Dear Students, Dear Faculty, it is a great honor and a great pleasure to return to The Mary Louis Academy after far too long a time. Over the years since my own graduation in 1963, I have often been struck by the value of the education I had at TMLA. I will never forget our classes on Chaucer with Sister Dorothy Mercedes who taught us to enjoy the “vicarious experience” of literature, or our classes on the Civil War with Ms. Lucas who helped us to understand the deep divisions in our society over slavery. I recall learning how to “find a suitable place for a military encampment” by reading Caesar’s Gallic Wars; how to appreciate the beauty of French civilization through its early poetry; how St. Thomas Aquinas equated truth and beauty. I fell in love with Debussy in music class when I heard for the first time his “Golliwogs Cakewalk.” I recall the terror of our piano recitals and musical productions. Would I remember the notes to play? Would I recall the words of the songs? My years at TMLA were also enriched by the presence

get a doctoral degree and pursue a career as a university teacher. However, at the same time, I had an enormous desire to see the world. My father took us as children to visit the United Nations, and when I was a young girl, many from the U.N. lived in our neighborhood. I saw people wearing the saris and turbans of India and Pakistan, and the gorgeous dress of the African and Asian and Latin American countries. A hundred languages were spoken in the streets of New

“GRADUATES OF THE MARY LOUIS ACADEMY HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF A SUPERB EDUCATION. THAT PRIVILEGE COMES WITH AN IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO DO GOOD IN THE WORLD” However, we must always think of the larger good we can do in the world by improving the lot of those less fortunate than we. There are a thousand ways to achieve this goal – in our generation, we went in the Peace Corps, or we worked in literacy programs for disadvantaged fellow Americans. We volunteered in hospitals or libraries or homes for the elderly. Today, many young college graduates opt for a program called “Teach for America,” offering to work for a year or two in schools in underprivileged neighborhoods. Young women often ask me about how I became a U.S. diplomat. The diplomatic service has been my way of “giving back” to my society, to my country. As a college student, I had planned to

York. I yearned to see these far flung places. When I was a senior in college, I read an article in The New York Times about how the Department of State had decided to recruit more women as Foreign Service Officers. Up until then, most women who joined had worked as secretaries for a few years before marrying one of their male colleagues. When I investigated however, I discovered that women were not permitted to remain in the service once they married. Since I was engaged, I decided to return to my initial plan and get my doctoral degree. When my husband Robert and I completed our graduate studies, he joined the diplomatic service and I thought I would pursue a career teaching at

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universities around the world. Well, I quickly discovered that the wives of diplomats were supposed to host dinners and tea parties. Indeed in many countries, they were not permitted to work. That was the decisive factor for me. Since the rule had finally been changed, and married women were allowed to join the diplomatic service, I took the examination in 1979 and entered the service the following year. As it happened, our son was born only eight weeks before I was sworn in as a Foreign Service Officer. Robert and I were able to give our son Edward an extraordinary childhood living in Turkey and Pakistan and Germany before he went off to board at the Groton School in Massachusetts. I chose public diplomacy because it suited my abiding interest in the world of ideas and the arts. Our generation was very inspired by the words of President John F. Kennedy, “ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.” During the thirty years that I served at our Embassies and Consulates abroad, I had two tours in Turkey, two tours in Pakistan, one tour in Israel, two tours in Germany and one tour in Austria. My friends who chose academic careers often ask me if I am sorry that I did not spend my life with writing and teaching. Of course, that is also a very marvelous life, but I have no regrets. I accomplished my goal of seeing the world. In Turkey, I traveled to universities around the country lecturing on American literature and history. I did that in Pakistan as well. In Israel, I worked on conflict resolution between the Israelis and the Palestinians. In Germany, I did a great deal with the minority Turkish community. In Austria, I supported the efforts of my colleagues at our Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia, after the signing of the Dayton Accords ended the horrible Balkan War of the 1990’s. Throughout my career, one of my main interests has indeed been conflict resolution. I organized conferences in Pakistan for Indians and Pakistanis. In Turkey, I worked on Turkish-Greek and

Turkish-Armenian reconciliation. In Israel, I oversaw a very large grant supporting cooperative efforts between Israelis and Palestinians. In affluent and influential countries like Germany and Austria, I made every effort to coordinate with those who sought to resolve these conflicts. This is all related to the idea of “giving back.” When I took the oral examination for the Foreign Service, they asked me why I, a woman, wanted to do this job. Such a question would not be posed today, but then it was meant sincerely. I responded by saying that we have an obligation to use our talents whatever they may be and that I believed that I could make a real contribution through diplomacy. All of us, men, women and children, have the obligation to make the world a better place. We must assess realistically how we can do that and then just go for it. The larger objective is world peace. Improving mutual understanding between the peoples of different nations is one way to accomplish that goal. Whether you decide to play on the local stage, the regional stage, or the world stage, you too can keep this in mind. One of the great leaders of the last century spoke of “peace at home and peace abroad.” Some of you will work to make our society better from within, and others of you may choose work that will lead to better relations amongst the peoples of the world.

I am now the VP of a non-profit organization called The American Council on Germany. It is dedicated to promoting transatlantic dialogue between the U.S. and Germany plus the rest of Europe. The issues we deal with in this dialogue however, are global. My little granddaughter, Nora, will be two years old on March 14th. I think a great deal about what kind of world my generation will leave for hers. We must be good stewards of the environment, warm and hospitable to the new arrivals in our country, innovative in science and technology and dedicated to the arts. My current work permits me to do all of these things. In addition, I am proud to say that I Chair the Board of the Battery Dance Company and that I am a member of the Committee Twenty of a foreign policy organization called Network 20/20. It is important to be active and engaged throughout our lives. I believe that my education at The Mary Louis Academy was one of the strongest incentives in my entire life to seek to make the world better for us all. (Dr. Helena Kane-Finn 63 has enjoyed a wonderful career in the U.S. Foreign Service that spanned over 30 years. Dr. Finn has served at diplomatic posts in Pakistan, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Austria, Israel and Germany, also serving as Director of Amerika Haus in Germany and Director of Turkish Studies at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy as well as Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs under President Clinton. Currently Dr. Finn resides in NYC with her husband, Ambassador Robert Finn, and serves as Vice-President and Director of Programs for the American Council on Germany.)

In 2010, I retired from the diplomatic service to return home to the great city of New York.

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REMEMBERING SISTER EILEEN GILDEA CSJ It is with very heavy hearts that we mourn the passing of S. Eileen Gildea CSJ. S. Eileen served as Assistant Principal at TMLA from 1989-2010 overseeing programming and academic matters. Her devotion to outlining the best academic program for each student was appreciated by thousands of TMLA alumnae. Sister Eileen continually encouraged students to pursue the most interesting and challenging course of study during their four years at TMLA. She never tired of counseling students and welcomed them all into her office to share academic, personal and just plain fun exchanges. She was a strong presence to TMLA's faculty not only through teacher development but in friendship and personal support. Sister Eileen also directed the many International and Cultural Harmony Festivals that take place each year at TMLA and developed our course program in Leadership and Life Skills. S. Eileen celebrated 60 years of religious life in September 2014 and was laid to rest September 21 on what would have been her 79th birthday. She is tremendously missed.

You’ve come full circle. We recall your birth Was on the cusp of summer turning fall. That same day we’ll commit you to the earth. We pause a bit to try to capture all You were to us. Remembering your mirth, We gather this last day of daylight’s sprawl. We come together at this equinox In mourning. We remember how you planned The master schedule, the finals, and Our academic lives in little blocks Of minutes. And the stilling of your clocks Is jarring, and it’s hard to understand; But you rest now in the Timekeeper’s hand That gently, oh so gently, gently rocks.

REQUIESCAT IN PACE, SISTER EILEEN JOB WELL DONE!

"CIRCUMFERENCE" DR. PATRICE WOEHLING TMLA FACULTY SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

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IN MEMORIAM Death is but the closing of one door and the opening of another… As we loved them in life, let us remember them in paradise Edith Sinnott Cullen-Fenn 41 January 22, 2014. Nancy Hopkinson Moynahan 41 July 8, 2013 Jane Hundt Taggart 41 sister of the late Claire Hundt Conlon 44 January 21, 2014

Dolores Reinhard Hans 49 sister of the late Joan Reinhard Trier 52 December 30, 2013

Barbara A. Delli Bovi, M.D. 58 sister of Patricia Delli Bovi 65 June 23, 2012

Joan McCorkell O’Connell 49 August 27, 2013

Judith Schwind Carberry 58, sister of Jane Schwind Rutkowksi 62 and Joanne Schwind 67 March 23, 2013

Joan Horgan Rogers 49 August 15, 2013 Dorothy R. Timoldi 49

Jo Ann Bialoglow Barbeosch 60 May 29, 2014

Uldine Wischer 49 October 22, 2006

Bonnie Schneider Parrish 60 March 2013

S. Joseph Amata (Betty) Wittick CSJ 49 March 14, 2014

Nancy Spain McCarthy 44 cousin of Laura Plant Willemin 44 October 13, 2012

Janet Link Perrin, Ed.D. 61 August 9, 2013

Ruth Rooney Hallenbeck 50 December 9, 2013

Elinor Grant Nesdill 44 February 15, 2011

Dorothea Rende Gomez 51 April 7, 2013

Joanne Weber O’Connor 62 sister of Susan Weber Svoboda 65 April 21, 2012

Ruth Harnett Campbell 44, mother of Diane Campbell Hackett 62 June 19, 2012

Barbara Fraser Petroski 54 February 14, 2014

Eleanor Aliesky 42 sister of the late Paula Aliesky Perry 44 May 11, 2014. Joan Daly 43 February 4, 2014

Rose Torsney Schmidt 44 March 2012 Agnes Gallagher Novotny 45 March 16, 2010 Audrey Prager MacLean 46 October 26, 2013 Elizabeth J. Allen 47 sister of Kathleen Allen Kehoe 45 November 10, 2012 Laura Eller Brunner 47 January 20, 2013 Bernadette Keck Nolan 47 aunt-in-law of Patricia Rooney Guthy 64 February 7, 2014. Marie Clabby Callahan 49 June 1, 2013

Barbara Quinn 54 Marilyn Sohner Dermigny 55 June 3, 2005 Elizabeth Dolan 55 June 19, 2014 Carol Kauppert 56 sister of Palma Kauppert 58 and Christine Kauppert Lyons 59 March 4, 2011

Linda Lupario Olwell 62 January 18, 2014 Joan Lonchar Hughes 63 December 20, 2013 Jean Orkwis Knighten 64 March 16, 2014 Karen Riedinger D’Alessio 65 October 26, 2013 Lorraine Lauri Zizzamia 67 June 22, 2011 Lynn Fitzpatrick Glianna 68 August 30, 2013

Mary O’Sullivan Gonyon 56 May 8, 2013

Raphaela Spindel McCabe 70 May 11, 2014

Mary Parker Sheehan 56 June 29, 2014

Dorothy Hughes Bonomo 72 sister of Patricia Hughes 82 January 7, 2014

Anne C. McKenna 57 Accelerated September 19, 2013

Clare Flood Dower 72 sister of Gertrude Flood Boudjouk 60 Agnes Flood Wallrapp 64

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IN MEMORIAM Cecilia Flood, Ph.D. 66 Margaret Flood Stango 69 and TMLA Coach Ed Flood Aunt of Eileen Flood, Esq. 86 and Marykate Flood Walsh 94 October 11, 2013 Donna Vogel Bannon 74 November 22, 2013 Margie Ryan 74 October 31, 2013 Joanne Tramondo Hart 75 sister of Christine Tramondo Manoni 68 August 1, 2011 Patricia Verlin Pietris 76 sister of Mary Verlin Albanese 75 May 29, 2012 Ruth Andryauskas Agnese 80 sister of Lisa Andryauskas Ryan 77 April 18, 2013 Kerry Shine 80 May 2014 Kathleen LaRosa Spedalle 80 February 12, 2014 Rosanna Maggio Maurer 81 April 21, 2013 Caridad Isaac Boxer, M.D. 89 March 6, 2014 Erin Collins Realmuto 95 sister of Kerry Collins DaSilva 93 March 27, 2014 Renelyn Joy Carino 05 October 2, 2014 John A. Brown, husband of Joan McLevedge Brown 51 June 6, 2012 Ray Carew, husband of Sandy Byrne Carew 58 December 21, 2013 Donald F. Coffey husband of Helen Lynett Coffey 46 June 15, 2013

Frank Conway father of S. Peggy Conway CSJ 69 and the late Katherine Conway Maguire 71 November 19, 2013 Kathleen Cropper mother of Elizabeth Cropper Deleso 01 and Kathleen Cropper Klein 03 February 17, 2012 John C. DeNicola father of Stephanie DeNicola Turner 95 April 16, 2013 Susan DeNicola mother of Stephanie DeNicola Turner 95 2010

Joan Henry, mother of Maureen Henry 76 Don Hill, Sr. husband of Eileen Kelly Hill 56 May 13, 2013 Josephine Holmberg mother of S. Joan Holmberg SC, Ph.D. 57 January 17, 2014 Janet Kelly, mother of Jeanine Kelly 99 May 2014 Thomas Kolomechuk, son of Maryrose Carnaghan Kolomechuk 49 February 17, 2014

Thomas Donovan brother of Colleen Donovan 74 & Dr. Cathyann Donovan Tully 78 April 2013

Edmond P. Lenihan, Jr. son of Patricia Kelly Lenihan 57 April 25, 2011

Christian Doran brother of Julia Doran Zaphire 99 February 8, 2014

George LePore husband of Irene Schulz LePore 51 September 9, 2013

Robert J. Elia, Sr. husband of Kathleen Coleman Elia 59 July 7, 2013

Dominick Masi father of Carmela Masi Dettling 83 & Angela Masi Ragusa 86 August 16, 2012

Margaret Feeney mother of Joanne Feeney Rooney 95 September 21, 2013 James “Seamus” Finnerty husband of Betsy Murphy Finnerty 78 July 28, 2013 William Flynn husband of Bernice Harvey Flynn 48 March 27, 2013 S. Eileen Gildea CSJ TMLA Assistant-Principal 1989-2010 September 18, 2014 Marie Glenn mother of Jean Glenn Lynch 61 September 19, 2014 Roger Hallenbeck husband of Ruth Rooney Hallenbeck 50 September 2013

Florence McCabe mother of Kathleen McCabe 81, cousin of Angela Scicutella, M.D. Ph.D.78 April 2, 2014 John McGee husband of Anne Kuchukiak McGee 50 October 17, 2012 John McFarland father of Katherine McFarland 01 & Megan McFarland 05 February 6, 2011 S. Barbara Francis Monaghan CSJ TMLA Faculty 1984-1986 March 1, 2014 Jo-Ann Morris mother of Tasha Padilla 08 May 2014

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IN MEMORIAM S. Adele Marie Morgan CSJ TMLA Staff 1993-2011 June 15, 2014

James A. Patterson husband of Mari Mulholland Patterson 72 October 29, 2013

Patricia Charlene Nippell daughter of Patricia M. Murphy 64 2007

Angela Pipitone mother of Angela Pipitone Tear 93 September 22, 2013

Robert J. Novak husband of Patricia Connolly Novak 52 February 2, 2014

Abelardo Rodriguez father of Martha Rodriguez 73 April 9, 2013

Catherine Oftring January 19, 2014 mother of Mary Lynn Oftring Borst 80

Dr. Alfred B. Trivilino father of Anna Trivilino Gargiulo 79, Rosanna Trivilino Robin 83, Cristina Trivilino Calov 87 and Loretta Trivilino Dremel 88 April 5, 2013

Gabriel T. Parrish father of Eileen Parrish Ruggeri 66 April 10, 2013

Anna M. Trivilino mother of Anna Trivilino Gargiulo 79, Rosanna Trivilino Robin 83, Cristina Trivilino Calov 87 and Loretta Trivilino Dremel 88 April 20, 2012 S. James Patrice Veale CSJ TMLA Faculty 1962-1995 March 26, 2014 James P. Ward son of Patricia Dunne Ward 56 October 1, 2013

Please notify the school of the passing of a TMLA alumna or family member. Please contact the Office of Academy Advancement at 718 297-2120 x286 or mail to: The Mary Louis Academy Office of Academy Advancement 176-21 Wexford Terrace Mother Mary Louis Way Jamaica Estates, NY 11432

MACAULAY HONORS Nine TMLA seniors were accepted into the William E. Macaulay Honors College. Acceptance to the Honors College is limited to only 550 seats a year from across the United States. The City University of New York Honors College launched in 2001 provides a globally competitive honors program for the most talented and academically gifted students. The Honors College was designed in collaboration with the City University’s senior colleges and programs. From the start, CUNY Honors College was recognized for exceptional advising, hands-on internships and research opportunities, substantial community service and global learning opportunities, and a commitment to provide the skills and experiences for each student to excel in college and beyond. Acceptance into the Macaulay Honors College includes a full tuition scholarship. In addition to free tuition, Macaulay students receive a $7,500 Opportunities Fund “to pursue global learning, internships, and other service and learning opportunities”; a MacBook Pro laptop; a “Cultural Passport” that permits free or discounted admission to arts, cultural, and educational institutions across the city; and specialized advising through the Macaulay Advising Program. 70

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YEAR IN REVIEW SEPTEMBER 2013 • Opening Liturgy at Immaculate Conception Monastery Church with Student Council inductions. • Students volunteered at First Presbyterian Church soup kitchen in Jamaica. Every Wednesday of the year students continued to volunteer serving dinner to over 100 people in need. • TMLA’s JV & Varsity Cheerleading teams began cheering for Holy Cross High School football games. • Almost 100 students participated in the Memory Walk to End Alzheimer’s at Flushing Meadows Park. This walk is a national signature event to help encourage support for research and to extend facets of education about Alzheimer’s Disease. • TMLA students hosted an anti-trafficking workshop named “Not on My Turf”. Students from 17 high schools throughout Queens, Brooklyn, Nassau, The Bronx and Westchester gathered at TMLA to raise awareness of the problem of human trafficking around the world. • Four TMLA students named Semifinalists in the National Merit & National Achievement Scholarship Programs. This number was unmatched by any other Catholic high school in Queens. OCTOBER 2013 • TMLA hosted annual Hunger Banquet. Students participated in a dinner where some were served a full 3 course meal, some a sandwich, and others just a bowl of rice. This was to allow students to experience some of the challenges and injustices of living in a world where a billion people are in chronic need of food. • Annual Junior Trip to Boston, MA. • Founders Day celebrated at TMLA. The entire Mary Louis community came together to celebrate our heritage as an Academy sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph. On this day we celebrated Fr. Jean Pierre Medaille SJ, who founded the Sisters of St. Joseph in Le Puy, France in 1650 and those first, pioneering sisters; Francoise Eyraud, Claudia Chastal, Marguerite Burdier, Anna Chaleyer, Anna Vey and Anna Brun. In addition we celebrated the legacies of Mother St. John Fontbonne CSJ (who refounded the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1807, after the French Revolution) and Mother Mary Louis Crummey CSJ, founder of The Mary Louis Academy. • Annual Cultural Harmony Celebration. Students were encouraged to dress in traditional ethnic clothing and bring in dishes and items that are representative of their own ethnic backgrounds. The entire TMLA Family participated in this wonderful sharing of cultures and traditions. • Installation of 10 seniors as Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion • TMLA’s Tennis team won the Brooklyn/Queens Championships after an undefeated season, advancing on to NY State Finalists. • Annual Harvest Social hosted by the Parents’ Club. This was a wonderful night where the parents of current students came together to socialize and connect with TMLA. • Principal’s Dinner held in the Susan James Kropf 66 Library at TMLA. This annual event was a lovely evening of thanks with close to 100 of TMLA’s generous benefactors in attendance. • Breast Cancer Awareness Day, TMLA community was encouraged to wear pink to show their support. Students distributed information on Breast Cancer screening and self-examination and raised money for Breast Cancer research. • Annual Freshwoman/Senior Halloween Dance sponsored by the Mary Louis Chapter of the National Honor Society. • 16th Annual TMLA Walk-a-thon took place. This fun-filled event helped raise over $100,000 to support TMLA! NOVEMBER 2013 • TMLA students were invited to St. Joseph’s School in Astoria to help the 6th, 7th & 8th grade students establish a “Delete Day” of their own. Delete Day is an initiative founded by TMLA students in 2010 in order to help today’s youth focus on the impact that any negative content in their social media images can make on their lives and futures.

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YEAR IN REVIEW NOVEMBER 2013 • TMLA’s JV Soccer team won the Brooklyn/Queens Championships and advanced on to NYC Finalists. • The Mary Louis Pax Christi chapter sponsored a 30 Hour Famine where students were encouraged to fast for 30 hours, in solidarity with hungry children around the world. Students were encouraged to fast for the full 30 hours, however, any part of the fast was recognized, such as skipping a meal and putting the money towards helping the hungry. • Annual Father/Daughter Dance (formerly known as the Pop Hop). • Over 100 new students inducted into the Mary Louis Chapter of the National Honor Society. • TMLA’s “All By Hand” club crocheted hats, scarves and gloves to be given to the children at the First Presbyterian Church soup kitchen in Jamaica. • TMLA’s Department of Social Studies hosted our 4th Annual History Fair. This wonderful afternoon was spent celebrating the learning of history and honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Students completed essays and projects as well as dressed in costume to emulate historical world leaders. • Four members of TMLA’s Swim team, Georgia Goldman 14, Katie Donleavy 14, Samantha Merino 17 & Kendall Paolicelli 14, qualified for the New York State Championships. • Food and clothing drive sponsored by TMLA’s Pax Christi chapter. Two truckloads of non-perishable food items were collected and donated to Faith Mission, to feed the homeless, and many bags of warm clothing and coats were collected and donated to Providence House and the St. Vincent de Paul Society. • Genesians presented their fall production “Little Women”. DECEMBER 2013 • Merry Mailbox Mission - TMLA students created and hand-delivered hundreds of Christmas cards for the residents at St. Mary’s Hospital for Children, Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home, St. Albans Hospital for Veterans and Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood. • Weekend spiritual retreat for students at St. Joseph’s Villa in the Hamptons. • Annual Christmas Concert performed by TMLA’s Glee Club, Select Chorus, Chamber Ensemble & Orchestra. In keeping with tradition the Glee Club & Orchestra ended the concert with the performance of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s “Messiah”. • Students in TMLA’s CSJ Leaders Club held a successful Christmas toy drive. These students collected donations of new toys from the TMLA community which were then donated to families in our local communities who would not otherwise be able to provide their children with gifts on Christmas morning.

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YEAR IN REVIEW • Students in TMLA’s Service Homerooms hosted a Fair Trade Christmas Bazaar. This bazaar offered items created by Fair Trade artisans around the world. This effort supported an industry that provides safe work environments, a living wage and an end to labor trafficking for people in Third World countries. • Sophomores participated in the “Jeans for Teens” drive in which they collected over 200 pairs of gently-used jeans to be donated to local homeless shelters. • Advent/Christmas Liturgy celebrated at Immaculate Conception Monastery Church • Seniors performed the annual Christmas Play. JANUARY 2014 • TMLA students traveled to Washington, DC for the annual March for Life. Our students were hosted overnight by the Catholic University of America. • Annual Academic Bowl. Each year TMLA holds this competition for 7th grade girls from schools in Queens & Brooklyn. The girls compete in both individual & team competitions in Religious Studies, Language Arts, Social Studies, Current Events, Science, & Health. FEBRUARY 2014 • Students held their annual Valentine's Day dance with the residents of Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home. • TMLA students celebrated Valentine’s Day by making peanut butter & jelly sandwiches for Faith Mission, which feeds the homeless. • TMLA Alumna, Helena Kane-Finn, Ph.D. 63, returned to TMLA as part of our Mentoring Program. Helena is VP and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany. Prior to that Helena enjoyed a 30 year career as a diplomat in the U.S. Foreign Service, also serving as Assistant Secretary of State under President Clinton. Helena spoke to our students about careers in the Foreign Service and gave excellent advice on how our young women can most effectively make their voices heard in a global society. • TMLA’s four semifinalists in the National Merit & National Achievement Scholarship Programs all advanced to Finalists! MARCH 2014 • TMLA had over 30 students awarded Gold Keys, Silver Keys and Honorable Mention in the 2014 Scholastic Art Awards of NYC. These talented young artists received recognition at a ceremony in Casita Maria for the Arts in the Bronx. • TMLA’s JV Basketball team won the Brooklyn/Queens Championships after an undefeated season and went on to win the New York City Championships. • 7th Grade students from 22 elementary schools participated in our 5th Annual Young Women in Math competition. • TMLA’s GEM Club (Girls Enjoying Math), sponsored our first March Madness Month. Activities included daily math trivia, calculator fun, math homeroom and special Pi Day fun facts and challenges. • International Women’s Day celebrated at TMLA. • TMLA hosted 16 students from Il Istituto di Istruzione Secundaria Superior G. Curcio in Ispica, Ragussa, Italy for one week. These students are in regular contact with our students via Skype during school hours as part of the Department of Italian’s curriculum. • Liturgy celebrating the Feast of St. Joseph, patron of our Sisters, celebrated at Immaculate Conception Monastery Church. Freshwoman Ariel Husbands,a member of TMLA’s Sacrament Seekers program, received her First Holy Communion at the liturgy. • TMLA Parents’ Club hosted their annual Live Auction to benefit TMLA. This year’s theme was a Luau. • TMLA’s Forensics League (Speech & Debate) won the prestigious Robert M. Prior Award as the most successful debate team in the Diocese of Brooklyn. • Annual Spirit Week, culminating in Spirit Night in Fitzgerald Gymnasium at Queens College. The seniors won! • Junior Ring Day • Six members of TMLA’s Indoor Track team, Stephanie Osuji 14, Kaleah Miller 14, Elaina Pascarella 14, Angel Pierre 14, Imani Alexander 15 & Nicole Hubert 14, qualified for the New York State Championships • Annual Reconciliation Day. 25 priests from across the Diocese came to TMLA to join in a special Prayer Service and provide the opportunity for individual confessions.

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YEAR IN REVIEW • For the 6th year in a row TMLA's Department of Music hosted the New York State Music Association Festival for Queens. 14 TMLA students performed at the festival ranging from Cello to Piano to Voice. APRIL 2014 • The annual Alumnae Reunion was a tremendous success with a record breaking number of Alumnae “coming home” to TMLA. Over 600 Mary Louis women gathered at TMLA to reminisce, reconnect with classmates and teachers and celebrate the legacy that is The Mary Louis Academy. • Over 60 students traveled to Madrid & Paris over the Easter Break. Annual cultural enrichment trips abroad are sponsored and chaperoned by TMLA. • The American Classical League recognized 56 TMLA students for their outstanding performance on the National Latin Exam. 3 students won Gold Medals summa cum laude and 3 students received Perfect Scores! • TMLA’s Robotics Team, with their robot “R.O.D.”competed in the annual F.I.R.S.T. Robotics Competition. TMLA was the only all-girls school in the competition. • TMLA’s Varsity Cheerleading team captured the Brooklyn/Queens Championships. • 4th Annual Delete Day held at TMLA. Delete Day is an entirely student directed initiative in which the TMLA community is encouraged to remove any negative content from their social media networking pages and accounts. This initiative, founded by TMLA students, has received national recognition from MTV and the Huffington Post. • Annual Communion Breakfast took place at TMLA for students, parents and faculty. • TMLA Mission Week. TMLA students and faculty came together to spread the CSJ mission of Unity and Reconciliation through all-inclusive Love. • “Faculty Fashion Show” where TMLA faculty members modeled all of the Mary Louis uniforms through the years (from 1936 – 2014!) • Genesians performed their spring musicale “Anything Goes”. MAY 2014 • Annual Night of the Arts. TMLA Art Show exhibiting artwork from our talented Art Majors followed by the Spring Concert performed by TMLA's gifted Glee Club and Orchestra. • Nine TMLA seniors were accepted into the prestigious, and highly competitive, Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York. • TMLA’s newspaper, Mariel, won 7 awards at the Tablet Newspaper Awards for high school journalists. These awards included General Excellence, Best Photograph, Best Column, Best Sports Story, Best Front Page and Best News Story. • TMLA’s JV Softball team won the Brooklyn/Queens Championships and went on to win the New York City Championships. • For the 2nd year in a row TMLA’s Department of Italian had unprecedented results on the National Italian Examination. 31 students scored high enough to earn scholarships or honorable mention. These results were unmatched by any other high school in the continental U.S. or Canada. • TMLA’s Forensic Science team competed in the 14th Annual Forensics World CSI Challenge at C.W. Post College. TMLA’s team beat out 35 other teams from across Long Island, Brooklyn & Queens to win Best Investigative Operational Plan. • Ten students from TMLA placed among the top scorers in the NYC region on the National Spanish Examination. • Five TMLA seniors were awarded the New York State Academic Excellence Award • The Mary Louis chapter of FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) participated in the Pennies for Patients fundraiser. This year TMLA’s chapter raised their largest amount ever! Proceeds went, as always, to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. • TMLA Senior Prom took place at the Swan Club in Roslyn Heights. • Graduation Liturgy at Immaculate Conception Monastery Church where seniors received their tassels and the traditional long stemmed yellow rose. JUNE 2014 • The 74th Commencement Exercises of The Mary Louis Academy took place in Colden Auditorium of Queens College. 248 young women were awarded their diplomas and joined the ranks of over 20,000 TMLA Alumnae worldwide. 100% of the Class of 2014 went on to college, and these talented young women were awarded over $38 million in merit-based academic scholarships.

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• Five members of TMLA’s Sacrament Seekers program received the Sacrament of Confirmation from Bishop DiMarzio at Holy Family Church in Flushing. • Alumnae Regional Reception hosted at St. Joseph's Villa—The Sisters of St. Joseph's beautiful vacation retreat house on Shinnecock Bay in Hampton Bays, NY • Annual Forensics (Speech & Debate) Dinner held in TMLA Cafeteria. • Annual Athletic Awards Dinner held in TMLA Cafeteria and Dalny Courtyard. SUMMER 2014 • TMLA’s 7th Annual Summer Fest took place July 1st-31st. More than 150 7th and 8th grade girls from elementary schools throughout Queens, Brooklyn and Nassau County enjoyed courses taught by TMLA Faculty in Chemistry, Forensic Science, Living Environment, Art, Math, Language Arts, Poetry & Haiku, Cooking, Baking, Self Defense, Leadership Skills and much more! TMLA students volunteered as aides in the program. • Total renovation and repurposing of former Convent building into a new wing of The Academy. Renovations included new gutters, plasterwork, new light fixtures, refinishing of original hardwood floors, pointing on brickwork and replacement stucco, re-glazing of windows and French doors, repairs done to original brick and slate paved courtyard. Restoration of original 1937 Chapel. • Total renovation of the music complex for dedication as the Audrey Prager MacLean Music Conservatory. Installation of a state-ofthe-art vocal audio system, construction of new soundproofed practice rooms, total renovation of main choral & orchestra hall with new ceiling, floor, soundproofed walls, furniture and lighting. Professional refinishing and retuning of all 8 pianos (2 grands, 3 baby grands and 3 uprights). • Repaving of driveway and parking lot • Restoration and repair of original terra cotta tile roof on former Convent building. • Demolition and removal of 3 unused storage sheds that had been partially damaged during Hurricane Sandy. • Installation of new furnace in former Convent building • Re-glazing of Gymnasium windows and replacement of window stools • Replacement of ceiling and windows in Art Cottage • Installation of over 100 new computers throughout the campus • Removal of two damaged trees on the campus and planting of new cherry tree and lilac bush dedicated by the Classes of 1964 & 1984. • Landscaping of Convent grounds with new flower beds and shrubs • Installation of new permanent art frames mounted throughout the campus for display of student artwork

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FUTURE PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS IN THE MAKING

TMLA‘s newspaper, Mariel, earned seven honors for journalism at the Tablet Newspaper Awards ceremony for high school journalists. Under the leadership of Ms. Kathleen Christman, the staff received recognition for “Promoting the Values of Truth and Justice through Student Press.” Mary Casey 14 earned

a First Place award for Best Photograph and another for Best Column. A story by Caitlin O’Brien 14 won an award for Best Sports Story. Other awards received included those for General Excellence, Best Front Page, and Best News Story.

NEW YORK ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE RECOGNIZED AT TMLA

Seven TMLA seniors were awarded the prestigious New York State Academic Excellence Award. These are academic scholarships, awarded by the Education Department of the University of the State of New York. Only 8,000 recipients are chosen for these Scholarships for Academic Excellence from among the 1.5 million high school students in New York State. In total, TMLA’s Class of 2014 was awarded more than $38 million in academic scholarships. 76

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FINDING MY VOICE AT THE MARY LOUIS ACADEMY We encouraged the school community to make conscientious decisions while shopping and considering purchasing products from fair-trade companies.

Mary Casey 14

Every Catholic school has a mission that distinguishes it from other schools. At The Mary Louis Academy the mission is more than just a saying; it becomes your way of life. The Congregation of St. Joseph’s (CSJ) mission of all inclusive love, unity and reconciliation enlivens and motivates the entire community. All of the activities that take place at TMLA are grounded in this philosophy with an additional emphasis on service. One of the unique service opportunities at TMLA is the Service Homeroom Program, of which I was fortunate to be a member. The program, led by Mrs. Allyson Gutierrez, is offered to sophomores, juniors and seniors. In this service program, over 150 students and six faculty members learn about social justice, health and environmental issues. Throughout the school year, we sponsor countless initiatives to raise awareness and take action as advocates for positive change. One of our most recent initiatives has been promoting Fair Trade. By definition, fair trade is a practice that ensures goods are produced in an ethical and safe environment, assisting small farmers and entrepreneurs who do not exploit men, women and children. To educate the TMLA community on this issue, the Service Homeroom Program sponsored a Fair Trade Christmas Bazaar and invited fair-trade vendors to sell their goods in our cafeteria.

Another initiative of the Service Homeroom Program is Delete Day. We have designed a series of events and activities to encourage ethical and responsible use of the Internet. We invite students to update emails, learn about privacy settings, delete unknown friends and followers, and clean up social media posts that are dangerous or disrespectful. On Delete Day, students go on their social networking accounts – Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. – and remove statuses and pictures that are not representative of who they are as individuals. This initiative centers on Mahatma Gandhi’s words, “My life is my message,” and urges students to understand that their posts on social media reflect who they are. In 2013, members of the Service Homeroom Program expanded our efforts to educate local Catholic elementary students through a Delete Day training seminar. Many of the grammar schools have sponsored their own Delete Day events after attending this training seminar. The initiatives of the Service Homeroom Program include a wide range of activities. One highlight last year was when we participated as student delegates in the Commission on the Status of Women 57 at the U.N. The focus of that commission was an “end to violence in all forms against women and girls.” During the year, we also participated in weekly trips to a soup kitchen, park cleanups, various fundraising walks, a Veterans’ Day drive, Teens for Jeans Drive, Rockaway cleanup after Hurricane Sandy, EAK Beautiful Me, P.S. I Love You Day, screening of the documentary “Girl Rising” in solidarity with the girls kidnapped in Nigeria and an Earth Day H.O.P.E. concert.

Following our mission of helping others, service homerooms have influenced the school to adopt TOMS shoes as our uniform shoe; for each pair we purchase, one pair is given to a child in need. My experiences with the Service Homeroom Program have been rewarding and vital to my empowerment and maturity as a young woman of dignity. My participation has enabled me to develop leadership skills, work cohesively in group settings and address large audiences. I have been exposed to situations and people that I would not have otherwise known; for that I am grateful. I will carry with me for the rest of my life the knowledge I have attained and the values I have formed as a result of the program. In contemporary society, it is easy to lose one’s voice in the shuffle, especially as a young woman; however, the Service Homeroom Program and The Mary Louis Academy have taught me how powerful my voice is and that I can speak out against injustices and be heard. Choosing a high school offers elementary students opportunities to explore many options. Growing up, I attended St. Adalbert School in Elmhurst, and it was clear to me that I wanted to attend a Catholic high school because of the support and love I had enjoyed. I knew when selecting The Mary Louis Academy that I would receive an excellent education and feel at home in the school community, but I did not realize how valuable, beneficial and influential TMLA’s mission and Service Homeroom Program would be. (Mary Casey 14 is attending Vanderbilt University in the fall on a full four year scholarship as a Posse Scholar. The Posse Foundation identifies high school students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential to be named Posse Scholars. Posse partner colleges and universities award Posse Scholars four-year, full-tuition leadership scholarships. Mary is pursuing a degree in medicine, health & society. )

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Tennis Team - Brooklyn/Queens Championship Title

JV Softball Team - Brooklyn/Queens Championship Title and NYC Championship Title

JV Soccer Team - Brooklyn/Queens Championship Title

JV Basketball Team- Brooklyn/Queens Championship Title and NYC Championship Title

TMLA HILLTOPPERS ARE CHAMPIONS!

The Mary Louis Academyâ€™s Department of Athletics had a phenomenal season with five of our teams named Brooklyn/Queens Champions with two teams moving on to be declared New York City Champions! Congratulations to all of our tremendously gifted Scholar Athletes!

Varsity Cheerleading Team Brooklyn/Queens Championship Title

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UNDEFEATED NYC CHAMPIONS After an undefeated season, TMLA’s JV Basketball team finishes as New York City Champs!

TMLA is the home of the 2013-2014 NYC and Brooklyn/ Queens CHSAA JV Basketball champions. The team defeated Archbishop Molloy High School on March 1st, 64-58 to capture the Brooklyn/ Queens Championship title. Jasmine Brunson 16 scored 30 points and was selected as the 2013-2014 Sportsperson of the League by the coaches. Three days later, TMLA’s team met the Archdiocesan Championship winner, Notre Dame Academy of Staten Island. TMLA never trailed and defeated Notre Dame 55-40 to capture the New York City CHSAA Championship Title! This is TMLA’s 2nd City Championship title in the last 3 years. TMLA JV Basketball finished the season 25-0. A perfect season!

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GOLD KEY ART AWARDS

Kylie Chow 15

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LEGACY SOCIETY LUNCHEON June 10

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“YOUR VENTURE IN OPENING THE MARY LOUIS ACADEMY IS HEADED FOR AN UNDOUBTED SUCCESS. MAINTAIN YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THE RICH MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL QUALITIES OF OUR GIRLS AND YOU WILL SEE COMING UPON YOU A LARGE ACADEMY OF AN ATMOSPHERE OF EXCELLENCE AND WITH A FUTURE THAT WILL BRIGHTEN WITH THE YEARS.

MAY GOD BLESS THE UNDERTAKING.” - MSGR. JOSEPH V. S. MCCLANCY – JULY 1936

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