MARIEL
AFTER & ANNUAL REPORT
THE MARY LOUIS ACADEMY 1
CONTENTS
Principal’s Letter
1
TMLA 5K
46
TMLA Leadership
2
Regional Reception
48
Graduation & Scholarships
6
Sister Filippa
49
Finances
12
Profiles in Leadership
51
Faith Community
13
Class Notes
63
Memorial & Honor Contributions
15
In Memoriam
72
Our Donors
19
Athletics
77
Sustainer Donors
35
Gold Key Art
79
Amare Circle
36
Sicily Foreign Exchange
80
Thank You to Our Sisters
37
81
Legacy Society
39
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Creators Visit TMLA
LePuy Circle
40
TMLA Women Building a Better World
81
Endowed Scholarships
41
Beautiful Me
83
Grants
43
Metropolitan Museum Honors
84
Class Gifts
44
CSI: Jamaica Estates
85
Reunion Raffle
44
86
2015 Milan Expo
45
Where Have You Brought TMLA? Mark Your Calendars
87
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PRINCIPAL'S LETTER Winter 2016 Dear Alumnae, Parents and Friends, I am happy to greet you again during another exciting year at The Mary Louis Academy. I am pleased to report that contributions to TMLA during the past academic year totaled almost $900,000. We are so very grateful for your continued support. In this publication you will see a wide range of achievements by our students and alumnae. TMLA remains committed to our proud legacy of excellence in education that nurtures the whole woman by integrating faith and life. We are proud that because of the great generosity of our alumnae and their families, we offer the most scholarship money for girls of any high school in New York City–with scholarships valued at over $2.3 million awarded each year. Your generosity during the 2014-2015 academic year also made possible a whole host of advancements at TMLA! This September saw the launch of our new three-year Science Research program as well as our new Foreign Exchange program with a school in Sicily. Our iPad program continues with all incoming freshwomen provided with iPads for school use. During the past summer, there were also major improvements on our campus. These included construction of three new gardens, as well as installation of new flooring throughout the Main, Wing and Convent buildings. In addition the Library has been air conditioned; a second 3-D printer has been added to our Engineering Lab for use in making prosthetic hands for children. We also purchased our own TMLA buses to transport students to school events. We have also made great strides in our Physical Education and Athletic Departments with the addition of full-time Sports Medicine staff on campus. A very generous donation of collegiate-level equipment from St. Joseph’s College allowed us to expand and re-outfit our student fitness center. Thank you for all that you do for The Mary Louis Academy. As you read this publication you will see that we are thriving because of your unfailing generosity and support. Each gift makes a tremendous and immediate difference in the lives of the young women at TMLA today. Your contributions enable TMLA to continue to develop leaders who will change the world for the better! Thank you very much for all of your prayers and support. May God 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. Patricia Mahoney CSJ, M.S.W. Councilor S. Eugenia Calabrese CSJ, M.S. (Requiescat in Pace) Councilor S. Kathleen McKinney CSJ, Ed.D. Councilor S. Jane Marie Reilly CSJ, M.S.W. Councilor S. Helen Rooney CSJ, M.S.W. Secretary
Statue of Saint Joseph, patron of our Sisters, installed at the entrance to St. Joseph’s Villa, the CSJ waterfront retreat in the Hamptons.
TMLA’s students make annual overnight retreats to the Villa as well as volunteering during summer months to help the Sisters who are on retreat there. Beginning in 2016, TMLA alumnae will have the opportunity to take part in an annual overnight alumnae retreat at the Villa.
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THE MARY LOUIS ACADEMY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Jeanne Brostek Altenau, M.B.A. 75
Sister Elizabeth Hill CSJ, M.A., JD
Senior Vice President of Corporate Performance
Executive Director
Broadview Networks
Lower Hudson Valley Consortium of Catholic Colleges & Universities
Melissa Dowd Begg, Sc. D. 81
Caroline Tear Latham, M.A. 79
Professor and Vice Provost for Academic Programs
Chairperson of Mathematics
Columbia University
Convent of the Sacred Heart – NYC
Diane Guarascio Biolsi, B.A. 83
Mary Jane McQuillen, M.B.A. 87
Director of Annual Fund Giving & Special Events
Managing Director & Portfolio Manager
Friends Academy – Locust Valley, NY
Environmental, Social, Governance Investment Program ClearBridge Investments, Legg Mason, Inc.
Rebecca Wuest Creavin, M.B.A., CFP® 82 Private Banker and Senior Vice President
Andrea Pfenning, M.B.A. 80
Wells Fargo Private Bank
Managing Director The Bank of New York–Mellon
Mary F. Fuchs, M.A. 97 Director of Advancement
Pascale Saint-Louis Sablan, M.S., AIA, NOMA, LEED 01
Dominican Sisters of Amityville
Associate FXFOWLE Architects
Mary Ellen Freeley, Ed.D. (Chair) P 92 & 95 Associate Professor
Sharon P. Scaturro, JD 76
St. John’s University; School of Education
Attorney
Department of Administration & Instructional Leadership
The Law Offices of Kramer & Associates, PC
Michele G. Galioto, B.A. 92
Patricia Schaubeck, JD 78
Regional Director of Development–New York
Executive Vice-President and General Counsel
Marquette University
Sun National Bank, New Jersey
Sister Nancy C. Gilchriest SSND, Ed.D.
Tamara Stephen, JD 88
Chairperson and Associate Professor
Associate Director of Career and Professional Development
St. Joseph’s College, New York
Brooklyn Law School
Department of Adolescence Education John C. Waldron, M.B.A. P 98 & 05 Valerie J. Green, M.A. 72
Retired Vice President of Human Resources
Senior Marketing Executive
Pfizer Inc., Global Supply–Europe
Maureen P. Henry, M.S. 76 Principal Valley Stream South Junior Senior High School
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THE MARY LOUIS ACADEMY ADMINISTRATION
S. Kathleen McKinney CSJ Principal Mrs. Ann O’Hagan Cordes 84, P 11 Assistant Principal
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 Mr. Sean Belon
S. Mary Ann Carotenuto CSJ 57
Director of Alumnae Relations
Co-Moderator of Alumnae Association
S. Joan Killen CSJ
Kathleen McCabe 81
Co–Moderator of Alumnae Association
President of Alumnae Association
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2016
Alumnae HAMPTONS
RETREAT
The first TMLA Alumnae Hamptons Retreat will take place the weekend of May 14th-15th 2016 at St. Joseph Villa, the Sisters of St. Joseph’s waterfront retreat in the Hamptons. St. Joseph Villa is situated on 8 lush acres atop a bluff overlooking Shinnecock Bay. The Villa has 5 buildings providing lovely accommodations along with a chapel, swimming pool, private beach and is just a short 5 minute ride away from the center of town.
Retreat will run from 11am on Saturday, May 14th to 1pm on Sunday, May 15th Cost $90 per person all inclusive of meals and accommodation.
For more information please contact the Office of Alumnae Relations at 718.297.2120 x286 or email Alumnae@tmla.org. You can also register for the Retreat on our website at www.tmlalaumnae.site-ym.com/events. Space is limited so reservations will be taken on a first come-first served basis!
ST. JOSEPH’S VILLA • HAMPTON BAYS, NY
We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit" —Aristotle
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VALEDICTORIAN 'S ADDRESS
Good morning Sister Kathleen McKinney, Sister Filippa Luciano, Mrs. Ann Cordes, Ms. Jeanne Altenau, Ms. Loriann Murphy, Ms. Jennifer Moore, Ms. Maureen Koetz, Faculty, Families, Friends and members of the class of 2015. After four long challenging years, this moment has finally come. We’ve been looking forward to it since freshman year, yet now that it is upon us, it is bittersweet. All those endless nights binge-watching Netflix instead of doing homework or cramming for a test in homeroom are behind us
Mary Louis emphasizes the importance of personal connections, not only with fellow students and teachers, but with anyone we may meet in life.
and before us lie innumerable opportunities.
—Gabriella Colangelo 15 (Gabriella Colangelo 15 is currently in her first year at St. John’s University on a full academic scholarship.)
TMLA is much more than a building where we spent every day of the past four years; it is a community, a sisterhood which knows no geographic bounds. Anyone who has stepped inside, even for a moment, undoubtedly has been enchanted by its spectacular displays of talent, dedicated faculty, and general atmosphere of
We must retain our sense of wonder which enables us to live from
acceptance and kindness. Despite our diverse backgrounds, we are
the heart and enjoy all of the beautiful moments with the ones we
united in a sense of kinship and love. And I’m proud to say we could
love. Mary Louis has prepared us to use our giftedness and to seek
be a part of it.
opportunities to make the world a better place. We have reason to be confident in ourselves. And it is through this confidence that we
Through these fundamental years, we have grown as individuals
can spread our optimism and enthusiasm to the rest of the world as
and been given a core foundation for who we will be in the future.
we share our innate gifts and talents. Each and every day Mary Louis
In a society which relies more and more on technology, Mary Louis
helped cultivate these qualities in each one of us. Therefore, on this
emphasizes the importance of personal connections, not only with
momentous occasion, we should express our appreciation for the
fellow students and teachers but with anyone we may meet in life. Its
countless ways our teachers, friends, and families have supported us
environment also fosters cultural diversity, allowing us to embrace
throughout the past four years. Without their support and guidance,
and celebrate everyone’s unique heritage.
we would never be where we are today.
Though our future might be unpredictable and undetermined, our
As long as we remember to follow our instincts, take risks, and pursue
happiness is in our hands and is central to our emotional and physical
our passions in all aspects of life, we can accomplish anything we set
well-being. According to Norman Vincent Peale in The Power of
out to do.
Positive Thinking, “happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.”
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SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED The Class of 2015 was awarded over $40 million in merit-based academic scholarships; in addition they contributed over 90,000 hours of volunteer service to their communities. Adelphi University Alumni Award
Drexel University Endowed Scholarship
Adelphi University Athletic Scholarship
Drexel University Legacy Scholarship
Adelphi University Business Award
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Dean's Scholarship
Adelphi University Deans' Award (15 awards)
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Women of Excellence Scholarship
Adelphi University Girl Scout Scholarship
Fairfield University Bellarmine Scholarship (3 awards)
Adelphi University High School Achievement Award (8 awards)
Fairfield University Loyola Scholarship (2 awards)
Adelphi University Math and Science Initiative Award (2 awards)
Fairfield University The Magis Scholarship (2 awards)
Adelphi University Nursing Scholars Award
Fairleigh Dickinson University Colonel Fairleigh S. Dickinson Scholarship
Adelphi University Presidential Scholarship (6 awards)
Felician College Franciscan Award
Adelphi University Recognition Award (25 awards)
Five Towns College Scholarship
Albertus Magnus College Presidential Scholarship
Florida Polytechnic University Inaugural Scholarship
Albright College Alumni Scholarship
Fordham University Dean's Scholarship
Amherst College Grant
Fordham University Jogues Scholarship (3 awards)
Arcadia University Distinguished Scholarship
Fordham University Loyola Scholarship
Auburn University Scholarship
Fordham University Scholarship
Bloomfield College Leadership Scholarship
Fordham University Tuition Award
Boston University Award (2 awards)
George Mason University Mason Freedom Award
Boston University Grant
Hampton University Merit Scholarship
Boston University Presidential Scholarship
Hampton University Room Scholarship
Brandeis University Scholarship
Hofstra University Dean's Scholars Award
Bryant University Achievement Award
Hofstra University Dean's Scholarship (10 awards)
Bryant University William E. Trueheart Scholarship
Hofstra University Presidential Scholarship (9 awards)
Caldwell College Scholarship
Hofstra University Provost Scholarship (3 awards)
Canisius College Benefactor's Scholarship Cazenovia College Dean's Leadership Award College of Mount Saint Vincent Deans' Scholarship College of Mount Saint Vincent Honors Program Academic Scholarship (2 awards)
Iona College Gael Scholarship (9 awards) Iona College Heritage Scholarship (17 awards) Iona College Scholarship Ithaca College John B. Harcourt Scholarship
College of Mount Saint Vincent Merit Residential Scholarship (6 awards)
Ithaca College Shirley Hockett Scholarship
College of Mount Saint Vincent Merit Scholarship (7 awards)
Johnson & Wales University Campus Award
CUNY Hunter College Sage Honors Award
Johnson & Wales University Presidential Academic Scholarship
CUNY Hunter College Scholarship
King's College Christi Regis Scholarship
CUNY Macaulay Honors College (3 awards)
King's College Monarch Grant
CUNY Queens College Scholars Award
La Salle University Founders Scholarship (4 awards)
Daemen College President's Scholarship
Le Moyne College Community Award (3 awards)
Dominican College Scholarship
Le Moyne College Deans' Scholarship
Drexel University A.J. Drexel Scholarship (6 awards)
Le Moyne College Trustee Scholarship
Drexel University Academic Scholarship
Long Island University (Brooklyn) Merit Award (2 awards)
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The Class of 2015 has Matriculated in the Following Colleges and Universities:
SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED
Adelphi University
Saint Joseph's University
Long Island University (C.W. Post) Honors/Fellowship Scholarship
Amherst College
School of Visual Arts
Long Island University (C.W. Post) Merit Award (4 awards)
Berkeley College
Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
Long Island University (C.W. Post) Scholars Award
Boston College Boston University City University of New York Clark University College of New Rochelle Cornell University Drexel University Emerson College Fairfield University Fashion Institute of Technology Fordham University Iona College Johns Hopkins University Johnson & Wales University La Salle University Lasell College Laboratory Institute of Merchandising College
Spelman College
Loyola University Maryland Christopher Clavius, S.J., Award
St. Francis College
Loyola University Maryland Claver Scholarship (4 awards)
St. John's University
Loyola University Maryland Presidential Scholarship (6 awards)
St. Joseph's College–New York
Manhattan College Business Scholars Award
St. Thomas Aquinas College State University of New York Stonehill College
Manhattan College Chancellor's Award (5 awards) Manhattan College Dean's Award (3 awards)
Swarthmore College
Manhattan College Presidential Scholarship (3 awards)
Temple University
Manhattan College Science Scholars Award
The Catholic University of America
Marist College Presidential Scholarship (3 awards)
The College of Saint Rose The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art The University of Alabama The University of Scranton
Marymount University Academic Success Scholarship Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Merit & Dean's Awards Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Scholarship Mercy College Provost Scholarship (2 awards) Mercy College Trustee Scholarship
The University of Tampa
Merrimack College Scholarship
London College of Fashion
University of Central Florida
Molloy College Dominican Scholarship (5 awards)
Long Island University–C.W. Post
University of Dayton
Molloy College Liberal Arts Grant (3 awards)
Loyola University–Maryland
University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
Molloy College Scholar-Athlete Scholarship
Marist College Marymount Manhattan College McGill University Mercyhurst University Molloy College Mount Saint Mary College New York City College of Technology
University of New Haven
Mount Saint Mary College Achievement Scholarship (3 awards)
University of Pennsylvania
Mount Saint Mary College Dean's Scholarship (2 awards)
University of Rochester
Mount Saint Mary College Distinguished Scholar Award
University of Virginia
Mount Saint Mary College Founders' Scholarship (2 awards)
Villanova University William E. Macaulay Honors College
Mount Saint Mary College Presidential Scholarship (3 awards) Mount St. Mary's University Dean's Scholarship (3 awards)
New York University
Mount St. Mary's University Leadership Grant
Northeastern University
Mount St. Mary's University Presidential Scholarship
Pace University
Mount St. Mary's University Trustee Scholarship
Parsons the New School for Design
National Achievement Scholarship (2 awards)
Pennsylvania State University Pratt Institute Princeton University Providence College
National Merit Scholarship (2 awards) New York Institute of Technology Academic Achievement Award (7 awards) New York Institute of Technology Scholarship
Quinnipiac University
New York Institute of Technology T.K. Steele Scholarship (4 awards)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
New York University Liberal Studies Scholarship (2 awards)
Rochester Institute of Technology
New York University Steinhardt Scholarship
Rollins College Sacred Heart University
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New York University The College of Arts and Science Scholarship Niagara University Academic Achievement Award
SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED Regis College Anniversary Scholarship (2 awards) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Leadership Award Rider University Dean's Scholarship Russell Sage College Deans Honors Award Sacred Heart University Merit Award (3 awards) Sacred Heart University President's Excellence Award (3 awards) Sacred Heart University The Conley Award Sacred Heart University Trustee Scholarship (2 awards) Saint Joseph's College of Maine Scholarship Saint Joseph's University Legacy Scholarship Saint Joseph's University Opportunity Award Saint Joseph's University Presidential Scholarship (13 awards) Saint Joseph's University Scholarship (3 awards) Saint Joseph's University United Scholars Award (6 awards) Saint Peter's University Pavonia Scholarship (2 awards) Sarah Lawrence College Presidential Scholarship Savannah College of Art and Design The University for Creative Careers Achievement Honors Scholarship Seton Hall University Scholarship (7 awards) Siena College Franciscan Scholarship Siena College Mission Scholarship (2 awards) Northeastern University Dean's Scholarship Nova Southeastern University Dean's Scholarship (2 awards) Ohio University Distinction Scholarship
Siena College Presidential Scholarship (5 awards) Springfield College President's Achiever Scholarship St. Bonaventure University Provost Scholarship
Ohio University Promise Scholarship
St. Francis College Scholarship (9 awards)
Ohio University Trustee Award
St. John's University Academic Achievement Award (28 awards)
Pace University Honors Scholarship (3 awards)
St. John's University Academic Promise Award (3 awards)
Pace University Incentive Award (19 awards)
St. John's University Catholic Scholars Award
Pace University Opportunity Scholarship (2 awards)
St. John's University Presidential Scholarship (2 awards)
Pace University President's Scholarship (2 awards)
St. John's University Provost Scholarship (3 awards)
Pace University Trustee Recognition Award (6 awards)
St. John's University Scholastic Excellence Scholarship (12 awards)
Posse Scholarship for Vanderbilt University
St. John's University SRM Endowed Scholarship
Posse Scholarship for Wheaton College
St. John's University Student Success Grant
Providence College Albertus Magnus Scholarship
St. John's University Women in Science Scholarship (12 awards)
Providence College Friar Scholarship
St. Joseph's College Dean's Scholarship
Princeton University Grant
St. Joseph's College Presidential Scholarship (2 awards)
Quinnipiac University Academic Scholarship (3 awards)
St. Joseph's College Provost's Scholarship (2 awards)
Quinnipiac University Dean's Scholarship (6 awards)
St. Joseph's College Scholastic Achievement Award (11 awards)
Quinnipiac University Graduate Scholarship
St. Pascal Baylon Rosary Society Scholarship
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SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED St. Thomas Aquinas College Honors Program Scholarship Stevens Institute of Technology Edwin A. Stevens Scholarship Stevenson University Trustee's Scholarship SUNY Albany Frederick Douglass Scholar Award SUNY Albany Merit Award SUNY Albany Presidential Scholar Award SUNY Maritime College St. Mary Academic Scholarship (2 awards) SUNY Maritme College Fort Schuyler Scholarship SUNY New York Institute of Technology Academic Merit Scholarship SUNY Old Westbury Book Scholarship SUNY Oneonta Auxiliary Services Merit Scholarship SUNY Oneonta Deans Scholarship SUNY Oneonta Foundation Scholarship
The University of Tampa Presidential Scholarship
SUNY Oneonta Presidential Diversity Scholarship
The University of Tampa Spartan Scholarship
SUNY Oneonta Presidential Scholarship (2 awards)
Towson University Honors College Award
SUNY Oswego Dean's Scholarship
Towson University Provost Award (3 awards)
SUNY Plattsburgh Academic Excellence Award
University of Bridgeport Honor Scholarship
SUNY Plattsburgh Freshman Merit Scholarship
University of Colorado Boulder Chancellor's Achievement Scholarship
SUNY Stony Brook Presidential Scholarship (4 awards) Susquehanna University Presidential Scholarship Syracuse University Chancellor's Scholars Award Syracuse University Dean's Scholarship The Catholic University of America Alumni Grant (4 awards) The Catholic University of America Parish Scholarship (2 awards) The Catholic University of America Scholarship (6 awards) The College of New Rochelle Dean's Scholarship 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 Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education Scholarship The State of New York Education Department Scholarship for Academic Excellence (7 awards)
University of Connecticut Leadership Scholarship University of Delaware Scholar Award University of Delaware Scholarship University of Hartford Merit Scholarship (2 awards) University of Hartford Pre-Medical Scholarship University of Hartford Regent's Scholarship University of New Haven Charger Award (2 awards) University of New Haven Distinguished Scholar Award (4 awards) University of New Haven Engineering Award University of New Haven Presidential Scholarship (2 awards) University of New Haven Writing Award University of Pennsylvania Grant University of Pittsburgh Greensburg Merit Scholarship University of Rhode Island Centennial Scholarship Ursinus College Scholarship (3 awards) Utica College Founders Scholarship Widener University Presidential Scholarship Wilkes University Presidential Scholarship (2 awards)
The University of Rhode Island Centennial Scholarship
William Paterson University Trustee Scholarship
The University of Scranton Arrupe Scholarship (7 awards)
Xavier University Buschmann Award
The University of Scranton Dean's Scholarship (2 awards)
York College of Pennsylvania Heritage Award (8 awards)
The University of Scranton Loyola Scholarship (5 awards) 11
2014 — 2015 FISCAL YEAR
OPERATING INCOME
Auxiliary Income (building rental, etc)
Walk-a-thon & Parents’ Club
$157,301
$126,238
Annual Fund – Unrestricted
$522,179
Total Operating Income:
$8,116,168
Mandated Services
$536,292
Annual Fund – Restricted
$232,182
Tuition & Fees
$6,774,158
Restricted money cannot be used towards operating expenses
OPERATING EXPENSES Guidance & Instruction
$6,747,003
Plant Maintenance
$614,675
General Administration
$293,742
Recruitment / Development / Publicity
Total Operating Expenses:
$8,178,511
$309,747
Student Activities
$135,044
Congregational Assessment
$78,300
Budget Gap:
$62,343 Budget Gap must be made up from investments and endowment
TMLA: A FAITH COMMUNITY
The spiritual theme of the 2014-2015 academic year was “Women
our students was incredible, and they certainly helped to make a much
of Dignity United on a Journey of Faith, Service, Reconciliation,
more enjoyable holiday season for many young girls and boys.
and All-Inclusive Love.” Throughout the year, all of our spiritual life initiatives sought to highlight our academy's mission while
In January, TMLA took a group of students to the March for Life in
remembering that we are all on this faith journey together.
Washington, D.C. Here, our young women were able to reaffirm their Pro-Life stance and join in solidarity with others who share their views
This past year saw the continuing of many spiritual programs including
from around the country.
our Selah community, First Friday Masses, and Academy-wide celebrations of Mass multiple times throughout the year. Our liturgies
This year the CSJ Leaders Club combined spirituality with service in
were met with great enthusiasm and joy as we came together as
many different ways. Young women from each of the 5 mainland CSJ
one sacred community in prayer and worship. This past academic
schools were invited to visit our sister school, Academia Maria Reina,
year, 17 students were installed as Extraordinary Ministers of Holy
in Puerto Rico during their Mission Week in March. It was a wonderful
Communion. They will now serve our community and their parishes
opportunity for our students to connect with other young women who
as well.
share in our mission and ideals. Our students gained great insight into how the students in Puerto Rico celebrate their Mission Week, and they
We completed the fourth year of our Sacrament Seekers program.
were excited to bring back many ideas to share with their classmates
Throughout the year, four of our young women were catechized by
back home. We are excited to implement some of these ideas for our
TMLA’s Campus Minister, Chairperson of the Department of Religious
Mission Week this year! In addition, the CSJ Leaders Club offered
Studies and other members of the TMLA community including past
many opportunities for retreat, including our annual CSJ Overnight
Sacrament Seekers and faculty members. This program enables our
at the Motherhouse in Brentwood. Students from each of the six CSJ
students to grow in faith and in community as they prepare for the
schools joined together in prayer, meditation, and companionship while
various Sacraments of Initiation. The program culminated in the spring
exploring the elements of our mission and how it relates to each of us.
of 2015, when our candidates received the Sacrament of Confirmation. We are blessed to welcome them into our community of faith.
In March, we also had our annual Reconciliation Day. This is a beautiful day where our students invite priests from their local parishes to come
In November, we held an academy-wide toy drive for the children
to TMLA and minister the Sacrament of Penance to those who wish to
residing at Providence House, a program for homeless women and
receive. It is a great opportunity for our students to repent and reflect
children founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph. The participation from
on themselves before Easter.
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In May, we had a Commissioning Service for our Sophomore Class, to “send them off ” to begin their Christian service hours. During this service, students were anointed with Holy Oil by our administrators to signify the work that our hands can do in serving others.
FUTURE PLANS The Office of Religious Activities and the members of the Department of Religious Studies have worked on re-constructing our annual Formation Program here at TMLA. Beginning with the 2015-2016 academic year, each grade will now have their Retreat Day as a whole class at the Motherhouse in Brentwood; the beautiful 300 acre campus in Brentwood was personally selected, surveyed and developed by Mother Mary Louis herself in 1903. With each of the four designated days, faculty will have the opportunity to build deeper spiritual relationships with their students while serving as facilitators on the retreats. In addition, we will be training students to be peer leaders, who will have the opportunity to lead small groups and activities, as well as give witness talks of their own. Each year will have their own theme that centers around the various strengths and challenges that pertain to that particular year. This academic year we are combining our Spirit Week and Mission On April 1st, we had a Holy Week Prayer Service for our students, with the theme in the form of a question, “What is Your Cross?” During this prayer service, students listened to various Bible passages and listened to student reflections on the crosses they have carried. Then they were asked to complete the nearly impossible task of tying a small ribbon around their own pinky, which they quickly learned could only be completed if they asked for help from their neighbor. Through this activity, students learned that they are not alone when carrying their cross, just as Jesus was not alone. Like Saint Veronica who wiped the face of Christ on his journey up to Calvary, we too have the support and
Week activities and working closely with Student Council to further the relationship between school mission and school pride. This week will be filled with fun and informative activities that focus on the history of the Sisters of St. Joseph, and the love and passion that the TMLA community feels for our academy. We also have a new student leadership group, namely, a Liturgical Committee. This club will meet regularly and will be comprised of students who would like to have a more active role in Religious Activities. Some of these roles will include Ministers of Holy
love from those around us as we go through this journey of life.
Communion, altar servers, lectors, music ministers, retreat team
In the middle of April, we held our annual Communion Breakfast. Each
conversation about the challenges and successes we encounter as we
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!
leaders, service coordinators, etc. It will also serve as a space for open walk along our spiritual journeys. This way, there will be an opportunity for us to come together as one family to share in the various ways we participate in our spiritual lives.
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MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS GIFT IN MEMORY OF
GIFT MADE BY
Katherine T. Alarcon 03
Mr. & Mrs. Roberto J. Alarcon (parents)
Dorothy Overzat Anderson 43
Mr. Jim Anderson (husband)
Marina Aquino 89
Mr. Gerald D. Aquino (brother)
Margaret O'Connor Ball 62
Michael J. Ball, M.D. (husband)
Rosemary O'Hea Boyd 52
Ms. Agnes Kirschner
Ann Beekman Brabazon 57
Mr. John J. Brabazon (husband)
Elizabeth Allen Brennan 67
Mr. M. Declan Brennan (husband)
Carole Mitchell Callahan 56
Mr. Thomas M. Callahan (husband)
Tara McManus Carlino 77
Mr. Stephen A. Carlino (husband)
Joanne Ackerman Cavataio 76
Mr. Michael Cavataio (husband)
S. Kathryn Clarke CSJ 57 (Accel)
Mary Jane Clarke Munch 51 (sister)
Donald F. Coffey
Helen Lynett Coffey 46 (wife)
Arlene Peirano Condon 50
Mr. Raymond Condon (husband)
Madelene Contino
Mr. Steven Contino (husband)
Mary Joan Cusack 57
Margaret McGarrity DeMeo 57
Marilyn Ann Davey 47
Maureen Davey Rezny (daughter)
Ann Scanlon Dillon 51
Mr. James J. Dillon (husband)
Rosalie McManus Dunham 44
Dr. Edward T. Dunham (husband)
S. Dorothy Mercedes Finn CSJ
Barbara A. Block, JD 65
Paula Tierney Florentino 47
Mr. Robert J. Florentino
Mildred Tierney Frank 47
Mr. Edward H. Frank
S. Eileen Gildea CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Donald D. DesFosses (sister) Mr. William J. Varrichio, Jr.
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Dorothea Casey Gleason 50
Mr. Robert J. Gleason (husband)
Ann Griffin Fitzgerald 54
Mr. Brian P. Fitzgerald (husband)
Mary Elizabeth Whitehouse Holzgruber 53
Mr. Alfred H. Holzgruber (husband)
Dr. Arthur J. Hughes
Irene McGoldrick Hughes 49 (wife)
Patricia Woods Huot, LL.B. 47
The Honorable Paul R. Huot, JD (husband)
Anna Jarosiewicz
Mr. & Mrs. Orest Jarosiewicz
Betty Ann Kelly 59
Mary Ellen McGroary 59
Mary Wallace Kramer 50
Mr. Thomas J. Kramer (husband)
Katherine Conway Maguire 71
Kathleen A. Cunningham, JD 92
S. Helen Aloysia Maloney CSJ
Margherita Madonia Sexton 68
S. Grace Devota McConnell CSJ
Margherita Madonia Sexton 68
Ann McGlynn
Dorothy Kloss Wortham 51 (mother)
Nancy Hatala McKiernan 60
Mr. Michael McKiernan (husband)
MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS GIFT IN MEMORY OF
GIFT MADE BY
Thomas F. Meade
Joan Lang Meade 53 (wife)
Helen & John Monks
Elaine Monks Alfano-Rees 52 (daughter)
Gilbert Mora
Mrs. Elise C. Mora (wife)
Annemarie Brennan O'Reilly 67
Mr. James O'Reilly (husband)
Our Deceased Sisters from the Class of 1985
Veronica Cassidy Barry 85
Laura & Stanley Panzarella
Amelia Panzarella Sheridan 66 (daughter)
Janet Link Perrin, Ed.D. 61
Mr. Gary A. Perrin (husband)
Paula Aliesky Perry 44
Margaret Murray English 44
Maria Giovinco Radzik 70
Mr. Edward C. Radzik (husband)
Erin Collins Realmuto 95
Ms. Erin M. Adams Emily Arweiler Ambizas, Pharm. D. 95 Judith Ruiz Anderson 95 Danielle Battista 95 Christy M. Bitet, JD 95 Laura Gluszak Blanco 95 Laura Brennan Breen 95 Lisa Wrzesc Chelius 95 Sara Kruzynski Chiarenza 95 Christine Gonzalez Clark 95 Rosaleen M. Clarke 95 Marina Hackford Eichner 95 Ingrid Weigand Franz 95 Christine Softy Hanousek 95 Astrid Schmidt King, LL.M. 95 Tricia Aponte King 95 Maura Kelly Lewinger 95 Michele Lewis 95 Kristen Peters Lubrano 95 Elizabeth A. Lynch 95 Caroline A. Maletta 95 Marisa Pellicci Malgieri 95 Michele Dellacona Martin 95 Erika Beebe Mathis 95 Erin Freeley McEnteggart 95 Courtney McAllister 95 Heidi Grolimund Palazzola 95
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MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS GIFT IN MEMORY OF
GIFT MADE BY
Erin Collins Realmuto 95 (continued)
Rosalie Russo-Alesi Pazik 95 Kelly McLaughlin Rado 95 Amy V. Rapkiewicz, M.D. 95 Joanne Feeney Rooney 95 Vanessa Keany Wolstein 95
Agnes Rella
Ms. Kathleen P. Callahan Mr. & Mrs. Orest Jarosiewicz (daughter) Ms. Teresa C. Wiese
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Olga Rizzo
Nancy Rizzo Rothbaum 73 (daughter)
Gilda Russo 53
Mr. Francis X. Russo (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
Joan Sibilla Staples 66
Mr. Brian Staples (husband)
Leonore Riley Swierski 56
Mr. Ron Swierski (husband)
Rosemary Kusk Tiefenwerth 50
Mr. Eugene J. Tiefenwerth (husband)
Elizabeth Zullo Tozzi 65
Joanne De Maggio Summers 65
Judith Holder Trust 60
Mr. William M. Trust, Jr. (husband)
Christine Veal Grega 80
Mrs. Ethel M. Veal (mother)
Lorraine Lauri Zizzamia 67
Mr. Anthony N. Zizzamia (husband)
COMMEMORATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS GIFT IN HONOR OF
GIFT MADE BY
80th Birthday of Lois Meaney McGowan 53
Ms. Christine Bowles Danute Tarasevicius
A GREAT Education
S. Annelle M. Fitzpatrick CSJ, Ph.D. 65
Birthday of Ashley Torrenti 16
Ms. Angela Torrenti (mother)
Department of Social Studies
Ms. Maryellen Pierce
Eileen Kelly Hill 56
Mr. & Mrs. John McCabe
S. Filippa A. Luciano CSJ 54
Jean Marie Steingasser Kessel 82
Sisters of St. Joseph
Beata E. Kereszti, M.D. 73 Maria Avitabile Stich 75
Mary Augusta Smith, JD 83
Ms. Patricia Smith (mother)
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LEVELS OF GIVING 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 Servavi 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)
OUR DONORS ALUMNAE FLEUR DE LIS CIRCLE Patricia M. Hynes, JD 59
Susan James Kropf 66
MARIEL SOCIETY Anonymous 77
Regina M. Pitaro 72
WEXFORD CIRCLE Sandra Vitti Colangelo, M.D. 83
Virginia Finn Van Brunt 65
Monica Reddy Wood, Ed.D. 72
Sophia Benito Brivio 90
Ann Pfohl Kirby, LL.B. 45
Patricia Castel Skarulis 62
Elaine Dehan Burger 52
Carolyn Paradise Wayrynen, M.D. 62
Patricia Izzo Thigpen 67
Joan Messmore Carotenuto 48
Katherine Gyves Ray, M.D. 76
Nancy Morgan Voss 78
Jeanne Brostek Altenau 75
Rosemarie Doellgast Luttinger 56
Kathleen M. Rutherford 79
Anonymous 89
Nancy Matta 73
Pattiann Truocchio Taus 79
Carla Soviero Bogart 72
Kathleen A. McCabe 81
Faith Rieg Victory 52
Bridget Connolly, JD 78
Lisa M. Mezzetti, LL.M. 74
Hannah Sexton Young 74
Caroline Dorsa 77
Mary Louis Nelson Oliva 55
Claudia Camurati Langworthy, D.P.M. 75
Andrea Pfenning 80
BOARD OF TRUSTEES COUNCIL
PRINCIPAL’S CIRCLE
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ALUMNAE MOTHER MARY LOUIS GUILD Maria C. Adragna, N.D. 77
Kristin Waldron Horan, M.D. 98
Susan Virgil O'Brien 58
Rebecca Tomitz Armstrong 77
Sharon Scaturro Justvig, JD 76
Jo-Ann Panzardi 84
Estate of Barbara Ann Becher, Ph.D. 49
Carleen Cole Kohut 73
S. Linda A. Pero CSJ 67
Mary Ann Foley Boustead 73
Eva Konopka 92
Kathleen E. Person 65
Alysha A. Brady 07
Elizabeth Healey Kossuth 62
Patricia Leuzzi Polak 63
Class of 2015
Madeline Papio Lacovara 62
Barbara Pryor, JD 71
Joan Castel Conway 59
Helen A. Lorenz 58
Lynn Pfohl Quigley 54
Ann O'Hagan Cordes 84
S. Filippa A. Luciano CSJ 54
Patricia Ryan Recupero, M.D., JD 66
Rosalie Duffy Crabbe 68
S. Marie E. Mackey CSJ 80
Mary Caslin Ross, Ph.D. 71
Christine Marston Davenport 65
Andrea M. Malon, M.D. 79
Joan A. Ryan 70
Claudia A. DeMonte 65
Carolyn J. Malon, D.D.S. 77
Pat Ryan 57
Margaret Flood Devine 50
Joan Alvarez Mazzella 85
Angela Scicutella, M.D., Ph.D. 78
Joyce Moore Eckart, Ed.D. 61
Francene Van Roten McCabe 61
Amelia Panzarella Sheridan 66
Patricia Fili-Krushel 71
Marjorie Mulvehill McGahren 56
Eileen Shields-West 61
Mary F. Fuchs 97
Lois Meaney McGowan 53
Eleanor Murtagh Stritter 44
Estelle K. Gearon, Ph.D. 50
Mary Jane McQuillen 87
Jean Fitzpatrick Timmerberg, Ph.D. 87
Alice Duffy Grant 59
Barbara Kiefer Molesphini 51
Joan Goldsmith Tormey 47
Marisa Matteoni Harney 76
Nancy Scala Murphy 65
ST. JOSEPH’S SOCIETY Kathryn Adams-Frias 75
Carolyn Wiencek Fremuth 83
Marion Connelly O'Handley 52
T. Elaine Adamson 54
Joan M. Gallagher 81
Phyllis Finnegan O'Keefe 74
Susan Rokee Allen 75
Linda Reichman Gilmartin 65
Susan Pace 78
Lois Leonard Benedetto 62
Catherine Swanson Giuffre-Kellner 57
Josephine Santos Pappas 80
Barbara A. Block, JD 65
Barbara Greene-DiNapoli 65
Johanna M. Peiser 07
Barbara J. Butler, M.D. 80
Mary C. Hannon, Ed.D. 77
Kathleen Farrell Prigge 77
Lillian Ciprian Calvanico 61
Virginia Principe Herman 62
Rolande Paultre Prince 75
S. Mary Ann Carotenuto CSJ 57
Maria Rettura Keane, JD 68
Regina Bligh Purcell, JD 52
Janet Henneberg Clark 59
Barbara H. Kwasnik, Ph.D. 65
Elaine F. Re, Ph.D. 63
Eileen M. Connolly 75
Jeanne Linskey-Fields 71
Catalina Rios-Meyer 86
Clara Cortes 80
Julie A. Luttinger, M.D. 80
Patricia M. Schaubeck, JD 78
Mary Jane Schwab Cote 49
Joanne Little Lynch 74
Lisa Scorce 84
Rebecca Wuest Creavin 82
Christine Birbiglia MacCallum 71
Kathleen A. Smith 65
Frances R. D'Emilio 72
Ann L. Maurer 49
Loretta Tahany-Adams 85
Dawn C. DeSimone, JD 84
Joan M. McEntee 65
Cristin Kelly Talbott 91
Kelly Devlin 87
Sheila Larkin Mills 83
Carolyn A. Terry 48
Linda J. Edral 68
Margaret M. Murphy 53
Denise Vitti 82
Mary Graziano Flanagan 74
Susan Hemberger O'Brien 65
Michele Stercula Zappulla 94
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ALUMNAE CRUSADER CIRCLE Diane Santomauro Bresee 65
Mary Reheuser Frohnhofer 55
Renee Coyle Lahiff 87
Martha Indelicato Brincat 77
Ethel M. Fusaro 60
Caroline Tear Latham 79
Phyllis Grace Burke 55
Patricia Wolf Goeller 57
Natalie N. Malone 94
Julianne M. Chase, Ph.D. 72
Sandra M. Guiducci, JD 75
Andrea Marra, Ph.D. 81
Margaret Schwarzkopf Chludzinski 62
Mary Ann Halford 76
Anne Leddy McCormick 48
Rosaleen M. Clarke 95
Mary Beth Hall, Ph.D. 78
Judith May McGowan 57
Maria Zoccoli Contestabile 79
CAPT. Deborah Ann Hinkley, M.D., USN 79
Joanne Connolly McGrath 72
Colleen M. Coyle, JD 81
Elizabeth Hugel, Ph.D. 77
Helen Lesnik Mistak 66
Eleanor Lucey Coyle 55
Virginia Klaum Hughes 74
Margaret Lewis Moehl 65
Kathleen A. Cunningham, JD 92
Patricia Crowley Hyland 64
Loriann Murphy 89
Agnes Bielenda Czuchlewski 72
Anne Teague Irwin 61
Patricia A. Murphy, JD 75
Kathleen Clare Daw 67
Maureen A. Johnston 75
Margaret McConnell Neckles 66
Lynn Hellenbrecht DeLuca 99
Helena Kane-Finn, Ph.D. 63
Marilyn Hanold Neilson 53
Laura D'Angelo DeVita 84
Debra Mathisen Karlin 69
Siobhan O'Hare 91
Jeanne Tolle Devlin 46
Dianne Russo Karpowicz 75
Donna Buglione Parker 72
Laura Guarino DiMichael 73
Aileen Carmody Kelly 76
Andrea Rodin Perrillo 77
Paula A. Dopsch 77
Marie Knott Kennedy 65
Janet Carsten Peters 55
Mary Conroy Doyle 69
Wilma B. Kohler 46
Sofia Randazzo 15
Marian Salek Engesser 73
Joan Lynch Kula 65
Jane Shea Regan 73
Kristen M. Freile 13
Catherine Labiak-Maher, M.D. 74
Caroline Concannon Reichert 83
TOP 10 CLASSES BY PERCENT DONATING
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Class Year
Donors
1965
96 202 264 48
Alumnae in Touch
Total Class
Percent of Class
1955
46 133 245 35
2015
69 207 207 33
1940
3 9 63 33
1975
55 207 263 27
1953
24 91 202 26
1944
9
1948
17 68 206 25
1980
47 200 248 24
1947
11 51 207 22
34 138 26
ALUMNAE Kathleen L. Rickard 87
Stefanie S. Scott 87
Christine Kull Walsh, M.D. 65
Patricia O'Connor Roberts 65
Arlene Carminar Scozzari 59
Loretta Carey Walsh 53
Ellen M. Rooney, M.D. 74
Aaryana Shiwraj 15
Kathleen Snyder Ward, JD 72
Linda McKenna Roxe 57
Joyce Zakierski Simmons 66
Mary Jane Wilson-Bilik, Ph.D., JD 67
Marian A. Russo, M.D. 86
Patricia Kiely Smith 72
Debora Wolf-Krauland 80
Emilie J. Sair, Ph.D. 57
Lillian Callanan Spiess, JD 76
Patricia McLees Woods 51
Catherine Danoski Savage 78
Anna Costello Stellwag 52
Dorothy Kloss Wortham 51
Mary Ellen Pickard Scala 71
Tamara Stephen, JD 88
Kristen Yraola 91
Deirdre R. Schaefer, D.O. 89
Adria E. Velazquez 74
Linda Guelly Ziolkowski 92
Nan Adams 79
Mary Lynn Oftring Borst 80
Esther Cruz 05
Nicole M. Agnello 05
Laura Brennan Breen 95
Anne Bergin Cryan 65
Sheila G. Aide 65
Paola Briones-Marro 91
Julie Crocetto Cunningham 65
Leslie Johnson Allen 65
Mary Neunzig Bullock 55
Dolores Anaya Curtis 40
Carole Fabrizzi Angelino 58
Mary V. Burke 63
Jacquelin Cuzco 15
Anonymous 56
Kathryn Calise-Domville 80
Caroline Horn Cyr 65
Rose Blanes Apters 65
Patricia Lang Campanelli 56
Elizabeth Daly 47
Stacey N. Ashman 89
Valerie Venezia Canadeo 73
Jeannine Corrigan Daly 86
Athina Leka Aston 52
Jaishree Capoor, M.D. 89
Maria Cuozzo Davis, Ph.D. 72
Hedwig M. Auletta, JD 70
Irene Nelis Carew 72
Maria Calcagno DeAngelis 58
Patricia Jodal Azzollini 64
Wendy Willoughby Carter 75
Rose Cox Delaney 55
Astra L. Bagdziunas 00
Lynne Fredericks Casey 76
Diane Goldsmith DelBello 52
Susan Sawchuk Barbano 80
Joy Patla Caspar 85
Patricia L. Delli Bovi 65
Marian R. Barbieri 76
Rochelle G. Catus, M.D. 74
Denise M. DeMaria 72
Caroline Barsoum 77
Jacqueline Thornton Chambers 59
Margaret McGarrity DeMeo 57
Anne Russell Batchelor 56
Jean Frost Childs 64
Nancy M. DePalma, Ed.D. 66
Danielle Battista 95
Sylvia Stavropoulos Christakos, Ph.D. 63
Kathleen Rooney Desilets, Ph.D. 58
Virginia Ellis Beech 60
Sherrese A. Clarke 94
Eileen McPhillips DiSalvo 79
Johanna Grunewald Beedenbender 60
Tiffany R. Clarke 04
Paula Schwefel Dodge 65
Alberta Candia Begley 57
Rose Marie Lopez Clemente 67
Patricia McDermott Donahue 77
Emily Dibala Bell 66
Valerie Cataldo Cofer 71
Antoinette Baicich d'Oronzio 60
Teresa A. Belmonte, JD 75
Melissa Cole-Curtis 93
Joan Kelly Downey 57
Diane Warncke Benarick 61
Deirdri Phelan Coletti 65
Patricia Gafney Draper 46
Sharon Daffer Bertuccio 60
Mary A. Collins 54
Laurie Saia Drillock, D.D.A. 85
Annemarie Sama Bianco 72
Eleanor Moakley Commo 59
Mary P. Duffy 57
Christine C. Bielenda 77
Maryellen Conk 68
Cathryn Duffy-Ramos 04
Marie Bilello 78
Abigail Bartenburger Connolly 47
Patricia Tosti Dunn 65
Alicia Blain 76
Maureen T. Corral 70
Anne P. Dunne, M.D. 70
Alexandra D. Blattner 98
Geraldine Terenzi Costa, Ph.D. 59
Ellen Dunne-Baker 81
Mary Gomilar Boggia 61
Elizabeth Vreeland Craco 51
Jean Draffen Earley 44
Marianne Walsh Bonner 63
Theresa White Criscione 79
Barbara Fiscina Elliott 65
Marion Ferretti Bonomo 55
Victoria L. Crowe 13
Norma Alvarado Faas 80
April Borgia-Lang 97
Ashley C. Cruz 10
Barbara Hines Fagan 65
TMLA SOCIETY
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ALUMNAE Helene Hopkins Farley 65
Irene Draugel Henkel 68
Frances Navratil Lisner 00
Barbara Frohnhofer Feldmann 57
Jeanne C. Hickey 50
Marie Daley Lockhart 67
S. Annelle M. Fitzpatrick CSJ, Ph.D. 65
Penelope Goigel Hinderstein 60
Denise P. Lopez 65
Alice Kelly Fleckenstein 55
S. Joan J. Holmberg SC, Ph.D. 57
Elizabeth Kelly Lubaszka 69
Mary Florin-McBride 72
Vina Sauer Hueg 44
Elizabeth A. Lynch 95
Elizabeth Lydon Flynn 78
Geraldine A. Hummel 65
Kristina Pfenning Lynch 82
Mary Catherine Finneran Folke 65
Mary Jean Shimanski Hundt 55
Amne Madi 15
Naomi Roche Fonseca 52
Andrea Hyde, JD 63
Mary Lou Briody Mahowald, Ph.D. 53
Allison Munro Forget 69
Susan Perrine Hyde 65
Margaret Gay Malone 57
Lorene Wetterhahn Forttrell 65
Barbara Lynch Iglesias 65
Mary Tenebruso Manatos 74
Linda Maskin Fuller 75
Maureen Pugh Jeffreys 47
Julie Malin Mansour 75
Carmel A. Furtado 75
Barbara Fuehrer Jobin 55
Barbara Brown Markell 69
Maureen A. Gannon, Ph.D. 82
Doris Connor Johnston 48
Margaret Hoefner Martin, JD 90
Patricia Long Garrett 65
Patricia Sherlock Jones 65
Sheelia Malinowski Matts 69
Bette Gullen Gerike 55
Margaret Moran Jordan 51
Joan Amato May 51
Maureen E. Gevlin, JD 65
Zsuzsanna Kadas-Foote, Ph.D. 70
Courtney McAllister 95
Janice Fiduccia Giannopoulos 86
Katherine Kane-O'Connor 86
Diane Sankis McCann 58
Maureen Mahoney Giglio 63
Barbara Schmidt Kavanagh 81
Jane Despagni McCann 65
Christine Gigliuto-Dehner, M.D. 77
Kathleen Allen Kehoe 45
Mary Jane Coyne McClintock 48
Marianne C. Githens, Ph.D. 52
Evalyn Schabhutl Keller 51
Jane Carroll McConnell, JD 54
Kathy-Ann Giuliano 74
Theresa Kelley 15
Dorothy A. McCutchan 67
Patricia Simcik Goldman 65
Margaret B. Kelly 56
Maryann Mazziotta McDermott 63
Maureen Burke Goldring, M.D. 66
Maureen Levinson Kelly 55
Judith Gaffney McDonagh 76
Marie Caputo Goldschmidt 75
Andrea Morris Keneally 61
Barbara Reed McDonald 50
Jennifer Galan Gomez 90
Sophie Djanece Kerbeykian 75
Patricia Finn McDonnell 51
Catherine Savarese Gonzalez 80
Beata E. Kereszti, M.D. 73
Anne A. McDonough, D.V.M. 03
Sassha Gonzalez 00
Suzanne DiGaetano Kern 60
Erin Freeley McEnteggart 95
Rosa Gonzalez-Freire 85
Constance Roccanova Kerwick-Kearns, JD 54
Gladys Day McEvoy 47
Alice Bendernagel Gormley 53
Jean Marie Steingasser Kessel 82
Rosemary Bastable McGarry 56
Mary Frances Grace 74
Aurelia Santolla Kieffer 65
Eileen Fitzgerald McGrath 76
Nancy M. Gracin, M.D. 81
Tricia Aponte King 95
Kathleen McInerney-Charny 88
Linda Swanson Grady 69
Barbara Denk Kolesar 65
Maureen L. McLoughlin, JD 73
Jane Quinlan Greenberg 65
Evangelia E. Koutsouras 95
Renee Hinkley McMahon 81
Yvonne Rebatta Greenwood 88
Ann Lapinski, JD 73
Maureen Haverty McNerney 88
Marilyn Grillo-Springer 90
Camille A. Lawhead 09
S. Alice L. McVey CSJ 52
Eileen O'Leary Grubb 63
Marisa Lawrence, M.D. 75
Joan Lang Meade 53
Helena Walsh Gunther 84
Elaine Papandrea LeBlanc, Ph.D. 63
Alberta Kargl Mellert 55
Evelyn M. Guzman 89
Dolores Conklin Leckey, Ph.D. 51
June Schmidt Metzner 50
Susan Eggers Hahm 75
S. Lucille A. L'Episcopo CSJ 51
Mary Ellen Vetro Minogue 74
Edith Gannon Hannigan 62
Maura Kelly Lewinger 95
Anne M. Mirth, M.D. 79
Wanda Lanzone Hannigan, D.M.D. 75
Marie-Laurence Laguerre Lewis 85
Vivian Zucchelli Mirza 64
Katherine C. Harkay, Ph.D. 79
Michele Lewis 95
Veronica Midwinter Molyneux 59
Jean Steinbeck Hartman 59
Debora Beechert Lichtenberg, V.M.D. 73
Carole Stein Morlath 59
Carol R. Hasto 52
Betty Ann Limpert 63
Mary Jane Clarke Munch 51
Susan Conroy Heath 53
Maureen O'Connor Lindell 85
Anne Giddings Murphy 52
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ALUMNAE Ann Marie Stein Murphy 55
Marianne Marchisello Paruch 71
Joyce Farewell Ruocco 75
Mary Patricia Graham Murray 60
Lorraine McArdle Petracca 46
Pascale Saint-Louis Sablan 01
Gail Leonard Neill 56
Ellen Maloney Petry 57
Kathleen Battiato Sama 04
Regina M. Newman 68
Diana K. Pettersen 07
Rosemary Hannigan Sammon 65
Susan Cairns Newman 63
Myrna Owens Piccione 53
Kathleen Lang Sanacore 53
Alice Dwyer Nixon 59
Nicole Morgado Pierce 04
Brie DeFelice Sarakatsannis 00
Susan Polla Nofi, JD 76
Veronica M. Plucinski 70
Judith M. Scanlan 51
Mary McNichol Nolan 51
Therese Postel 06
Honorable Saliann Scarpulla, JD 79
Patricia M. Nolan, M.D. 68
Carole Youngman Prest 69
Eileen Dragone Scheffer 76
Kathleen Hennessy Norris 57
Patricia O'Connor Prevet 64
Irene Devine Schillmaier 59
Nancy Pennecke Obremski 66
Virginia McGee Rader 61
Audrey Altenburg Schlee 49
Donna Brovetto O'Brien 82
Virginia A. Rankin 59
S. Valerie M. Scholl CSJ 55
Deborah E. O'Connell 69
Amy V. Rapkiewicz, M.D. 95
Susan Powers Schott 73
Priscilla A. O'Connell, Ed.D. 63
Joan Trainor Rathje 53
Belinda Schwart 90
Betty Jayne Stenson O'Connor 52
Susan Prisco Rathje 65
Maureen Brady Scott 50
Mary Fullam O'Donnell 55
Elizabeth Kiernan Ray 57
Patricia Scott-Hicks 77
Patricia Bird Oeckler 58
Judith Maline Redding 75
Sheilah Maguire Setti 69
Maryclare Tully O'Hara 84
Marie Tomczak Redecha 59
Margherita Madonia Sexton 68
Annette Pergola O'Keefe 69
Rose-Mary Mensching Reidy 65
Jane Cavalieri Sharnoff 65
Kathleen M. O'Keeffe 76
Kathleen Nealis Reilly 63
Catherine Healey Sheehan 67
Teresa Loughran O'Leary 65
Rita McGuire Reilly 60
Barbara Maksymowicz Shorter, Ed.D. 65
Joan Mahon Olsinski 68
Kathryn Robilotti-Fordham 65
Victoria Swedish Slade 65
Mary Ellen Gallagher Ostrander 70
Maria Vasilak Robinson 75
Carol Stauch Smith 54
Heidi Grolimund Palazzola 95
Adriana M. Romanzo 06
Helen Mast Smith 64
Kathryn A. Pantaleo 00
Regina Ronan-White 61
Elizabeth Kelley Starr-Chapple 40
Maria Park, JD 86
Nancy Rizzo Rothbaum 73
Maureen Daly Stroppel 60
Margaret Bastable Parker 71
Allison T. Rubin 96
Joanne De Maggio Summers 65
Athanasia Giannatsis Parlapanides 88
Farrah Leon Ruiz 97
Monica Cerina Sweeney 55
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ALUMNAE Constance J. Swetko 57
Stephanie DeNicola Turner 95
Stephanie Grammauta Wieman 76
Catherine Ranky Szabo 60
JoAnn Tassone Tutino 74
Grace Denon Williams 40
Lynn M. Talutis, JD 79
Patricia L. Van Houten OP, Ph.D. 49
Judith E. Williams 60
Judith Carine Tate, Ph.D. 59
Jean Gallacher Van Riper, JD 56
Vanessa Keany Wolstein 95
Margaret Alonso Tejelo 79
Debora S. Velasco, D.P.M. 87
Elizabeth M. Woods 10
Patricia Foye Tharrington 60
Kira Arne Powell Verica 85
Kirstin Norris Yacino 97
Margaret (Rita) Tierney 44
Lynn Vital-Herne 87
Patricia McCarthy Yerian 65
Kathleen Tierney-O'Connor M.D. 85
Sue Anne Hornicek Vogelsberg 72
Barbara Bosch Young, Ph.D. 71
Margaret Anne Tockarshewsky 82
Rita Ortiga Waterman 60
Leora Zach Youssef 05
Marguerite Mariani Tonnesen 82
Arlene Morales Weber 65
Margaret Finn Zeuschner 63
Linda McDonnell Toomey 85
Eileen Romanchuk Werner 65
Ingeborg Obermeier Zimmerman 74
Cathyann Donovan Tully, D.P.S. 78
Marie L. Wieck 78
BLUE & GOLD CLUB Cynthia Mengler Aguanno 81
Marguerite Kirchmann Brunn 57
Megan D. Cruz 05
Elizabeth M. Alarcon 05
S. Barbara A. Buckbee CSJ 53
Anne Woods Cusack 83
Marisel Pulido Aleman 80
Tasfia Bushra 15
Irene Gearon Czerwinski 53
Bernadette Nubile Ali 81
Janice Tolentino Calvaresi 64
Roxanne De La Torre 05
Emily Arweiler Ambizas, Pharm.D. 95
Barbara Brady Canalizo 83
Kristyn DeGiovine 00
Jeanne Randisi Avitabile 66
Susan Pesiri Capobianco 64
Grace Shoule DeLeonardis 59
Elizabeth McLellan Aylmer 56
Robin DeRosa Cappello 92
S. Rita Elizabeth Derricks CSJ 49
Samantha Bacarella 15
Alexandre Byrne Carew 58
Mary E. DiIulio 66
Patrice Klaum Banahan 75
Regina Erhard Carey 86
Christine Dimino-Pugliese 86
Joan Musselman Bannon 48
Kelly J. Carman 08
Carol Anne P. DiPaolo 69
Anne Savino Barracca 80
Tiffanie J. Carman 07
Joan Floramo Donahue 55
Veronica Cassidy Barry 85
Barbara A. Casazza 72
Joan Lucey Donnelly 55
Veronica Kehr Barton 53
Srgt. Gilma Alberti Caslin, NCPD 80
Anne Marie Hutchinson Doran 66
Grace A. Basile 90
Elaine Seaton Charpin 56
Claire Collins Dowd 41
Laura Archer Beaudette 10
Wingszi A. Chiang 00
Lisa M. Drew 97
Laura G. Beitia 87
Laura Cicerale 08
Yvette V. Dudley, JD 85
S. Linda M. Bevilacqua OP, Ph.D. 58
AnnaGabriella Cinquemani 10
Virginia Allen Dyrsen 64
Catherine Tyne Bingay 60
Catherine Fogarty Cipolla 69
Lori Byrns Earl 82
Laura Gluszak Blanco 95
Anne C. Codd 13
Barbara Economou-Morris 77
Stephanie Blenner 09
Therese Codd 11
Laura Montvidas Edwards 79
Nicole R. Bongiovi 12
Barbara Wince Collett 59
Marina Hackford Eichner 95
Geraldine Turbek Borja, JD 64
Janet Collins 53
Christine Olsen Einnatz 64
Nancy Boursiquot 97
S. Margaret M. Conway CSJ 69
Camille Mangano Emmett 79
Constance A. Boylan 70
Linda M. Corrigan 89
Christine M. Engesser 97
Alysa N. Bradley 10
Mary Ross Cothran 75
Angela Keogh Engle 63
Christina Gannon Bradley 65
Anne Marie Browne Coughlan 54
Margaret Murray English 44
Geraldine Larkin Brick 63
Lisa Reyes Cowan 80
Patricia Claffey Evins 53
Clare Kirwan Briody 58
Mary Erensen Craine 55
Elizabeth M. Fasciana, JD 73
Joan Koch Brown 54
Elizabeth Greaves Crawford, Ph.D. 59
Elaine Reiman Fenton, Ph.D. 55
Mary Povinelli Brown 55
Juliet Crupi 00
Christine N. Fernandez 07
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ALUMNAE Mary Ellen Casey Fischer 59
Janice Gurlich Intranuovo 83
Angela Service Martin 64
Noreen Fitzgerald-Makar 00
Gwendolyn Stayko Jarrett 63
Anne Wacewiz Martin 52
Elizabeth M. Flynn 05
Elaine Uhl Joiner 59
Michele Dellacona Martin 95
Andrea Vescia Foldessy 61
Gertrude Lantier Jones 57
Hasmig Mergian Maxwell 68
Joan K. Fontanetta 65
Mary Reilly Jones 80
Helen Hendel McCleary 80
Margaret Geary Francis 56
Barbara Dominianni Joy 73
Deborah Gaffney McCormack 74
Doreen Condon Frawley 65
Mary Calotta Kahl 76
Kathleen McDermott-Greene 78
Annemarie Koerner Fressle 60
Marie Thies Kanzler 53
Margaret M. McGovern 72
Desiree V. Gallardo 06
Margaret Russell Keefe 65
Catherine A. McGowan 84
Kelly Gallegos 15
Rosemary Kelly 59
Mary Ellen McGroary 59
Mary Schubert Gang, V.M.D. 81
Elizabeth A. Kempton 59
Scarlett L. McHugh 92
Adrienne Werdann Garabedian, Ed.D. 92
Joan Cummings Kennedy 59
Amanda E. McKeon 05
Joyce McQuillan Gasser 57
Katherine Kucker Kenny 65
Maureen O'Connor McLaughlin 65
Evalyn Tyma Gehring 50
Mary Ann Williams Kerlin 59
Carolyn Paladino McNally 67
Mary Elisabeth Vecsey Gembecki 60
Regina M. King 01
Mary Ann Greeley McNamara 51
Carol Perone Giannettino 64
Eileen Harris Kirchhoff, Ed.D. 74
Carol Ann McNelis 74
Maria Palladino Gill, JD 65
Ann Marie Ripoli Kistner, Ph.D. 53
Karen A. McSweeney 85
Maureen Schafani Gillen 64
Margaret Williams Knapp 93
Alice Monteverdi Mee 89
Geralyn Girard-Pepkin 75
Marie Milo Kopf 75
Elizabeth Comerford Melia, Ph.D. 82
Diane Higgins Glander 55
Carroll A. Kruger 69
Agnes (Pat) Kelly Mensel 47
Janine Uvino Glasheen 80
Barbara Catoggio Kullen, JD 59
Mary Louise F. Merola, M.D. 68
Adele Stella Godfried 97
Honorable Maureen M. LaMasney, JD 69
Mary Jane Miles 51
Eileen Sullivan Goggins, JD 73
Diandra M. Lammens 09
Roberta Meskill Miller 66
Lisette Fernandez Gonzalez 76
Alice Clark Lane 52
Lorraine Settani Mirabile 74
Kathryn Hamill Gorman 60
S. Mary Kenneth (Mary Elizabeth) Lane CSJ 44
Marianne C. Mocarski 63
Joan Munzel Gosink, Ph.D. 58
Samantha N. Lanigan, Pharm.D. 09
Katherine V. Mooney 68
Coleen Hoffman Gowans, Ph.D. 73
Taryn Sofia Lehmann 94
Enes J. Morello 47
S. Elizabeth C. Graham CSJ 58
Patricia Dawson LeRoy 49
Christine Reinwald Moretti 76
Joan Henn Graham 56
Patricia Riley-Murphy Leyden 65
Catherine Cervantes Morrison 00
Angela Scarola Gray 50
Carol Pelaschier Licata 76
Patricia Miller Morrissey 55
Caitlin R. Green 08
Donna Lisi-Fazio, Pharm.D. 79
Celeste McAuley Murphy 81
Barbara Rudd Hajko 70
Justine Jannace Lomenzo 57
Suzanne Gannon Murphy 47
Lisa Torre Haller 76
Valerie Winnicki Long 85
Tasha Murphy 85
Jean Tyrrell Hart 65
Erica R. Loscalzo 06
Rosemarie Chitos Musto 85
Grace M. Healy, LL.M. 65
Kristen Peters Lubrano 95
Kathleen Rowland Naasz 84
Aurea Mediavilla Hermoso 65
Anne Lisi Magidson 65
Jean Ryan Nardo 69
Jennifer E. Hidalgo 00
Anne Marie Mullaney Maher 83
Angela Pinto Newman 62
Patricia Ann Hild 56
Kathleen Coyle Maher 65
Carole McCarthy Nicholson 55
Kathryn Tormey Hofmann 51
Nicole Makelele 85
Elaine Platt Noonan 55
Ashley R. Hogan 07
Marisa Pellicci Malgieri 95
Helen Trenz Novinski 49
Loretta Spielmann Honce 48
Elaine Woods Manganello 84
Mary Ann Haunfelder Oeschger 56
Patricia Marron Horner 49
Eloise Merlino Mangino 69
Phyllis-Ann O'Connell 70
Mary Gralton Hudak 56
Amanda Marcano 15
Colleen E. O'Gara 00
Constance D. Huebner 60
Eileen Spinosa Mariani 59
Therese O'Hearn 80
Irene McGoldrick Hughes 49
Valeria A. Maroutsis 10
Geraldine E. O'Kane, JD 64 26
ALUMNAE
Eleanore Ludemann O'Leary 51
Marie T. Scanlan 44
Marie Truncell-Kern, M.D. 58
Rosemarie Liguori O'Rourke 57
Elisabeth Eppich Schemitsch 72
Joan Sciscenti Tscherne, Ph.D. 64
Marcia Furlani Ostfeld 64
Joan McCarthy Scherer 65
Bridget Tweedy 15
Patricia M. Owens 48
Margaret A. Schmidt 77
Sarah Tweedy 15
Katherine Kraljic Paolo 88
Astrid Schmidt-King, LL.M. 95
Teresa Nardi Valentin 78
Rosalie Russo-Alesi Pazik 95
Barbara Bogdanowski Scholz 57
Roseann Adamo Valletti 76
Barbara Glowacki Perry 65
Monica McCabe Schuck-Gibson 55
Mary Barry Van Wijngaarden 83
Caryl Lombardo Petersohn 84
J. Monica Schultz 67
Melissa A. Vollaro 97
Kathleen Sullivan Petry 71
Jaime L. Scott 04
Cailey Walls 15
Diane Lesnik Pohlmann 85
Marianne Simms Scully 61
Patricia Dunne Ward 56
Judith Piotrowski Polay 63
Mary Hohmann Scully 56
Mary Ellen Esch Warne 80
Paula Bortot Polito 90
Susan Byrne Semmelmeier 82
Joan Braunreuther Watson 47
Katherine Postel 09
Linda A. Shookster, M.D. 73
Joann Sikorski Watterson 73
Alisa Promakul 03
Lauren Mosback Sierocki 65
Karen Kinscherf Weigand 68
Kathleen Scott Raab 76
Jennifer Sitler-Redpath 85
Alice M. Weisz, M.D. 70
Kelly McLaughlin Rado 95
Colleen Smith-McDoom, Pharm.D. 85
Nikola White 91
Shalena Y. Ramphal 13
S. Mary K. St. John CSJ 52
Joan Curcio Williams, M.D. 92
Denise G. Raptoulis 70
Jean E. Stamm 59
Nancy McDonough Younes 64
Keelin M. Reilly 83
Antoinette Kogel Steenbeek 67
Stephanie Young 06
Mary Junior Robesch 66
Maria Avitabile Stich 75
Charlotte Daszewski Zuniga 65
Marilyn Steinhauer Rogers 65
Anna Wolodkowicz Story 85
Maureen Ressegue Rogers 67
Mary Clarkin Streng 58
Amanda M. Roman 05
Mary Ann Sullivan 58
Regina E. Roman, JD 72
Candra Sutherland 00
Joanne Feeney Rooney 95
Barbara Griffith Sweeney 58
Melinda J. Rothel 66
Anna Swinarski 07
Patricia A. Rourke, Ph.D. 79
Theresa R. Tamberino 63
Jill Vilece Ryan 76
Carol McCuen Terry 56
Dawn Staubitz-Pizzingrillo Sahakian 00
Alice M. Timothy, Ph.D. 49
Michelle Munson Salogub 67
Klaudia Trela 15
Barbara A. Santoro, JD 75
Dolores Troy-Quinn 73
Chantal Santucci-Giambrone 90
Mary Jane Kenny Truckenbrodt 51
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ALUMNAE HILLTOPPER CLUB Tanvi Abbi 15
Elizabeth Salek Busi 75
Jenique DuBose 15
Angela Gallucci Achtziger 63
Mary Kuska Carey 68
Eileen Ponzini Duffy 60
S. Josephine C. Adams CSJ 45
Barbara Mavroudakis Carpenter 75
Jennifer Duni 15
Patricia Taggart Agaliotis 58
Cristina Carretero 05
Georgette M. Durand 05
Rita C. Aigner 54
Christina Caruana 10
Jenny Limberg Durkin 98
Mary Verlin Albanese 75
Debbra Caruso 89
Kathryn Epstein 15
Marianne Ruelius Albert 58
Patricia Schick Casey 60
Veronica Grazda Esposito 84
Imani Alexander 15
Marie Martini Catuccy 48
Andrea Evangelista 99
Rosalie P. Ames 47
Clare Domanico Cauchi 78
Michelle C. Everett 00
Mary Ellen Brennan Andriano 51
Julita Dabrowska Chan 97
Danielle Codoluto Eyre 97
Caitlin C. Antompietri 10
Lisa Wrzesc Chelius 95
Regina M. Fagan 66
Jeanne Marsalese Antonino 80
Sara Kruzynski Chiarenza 95
Judith Banzer Farr, Ph.D. 54
Sonia Logemann Anuth 80
Kylie Chow 15
Shelby Farrone 15
Patricia Bilello Aprigliano 80
Maria E. Ciccione 94
Margo Ost Feltman 75
Giovanna Arbisi 15
S. Francis Mary (Georgina) Clark CSJ 50
Maria Ferone 15
Margery A. Armstrong 65
Christine Gonzalez Clark 95
Anne Daly Ferraro 44
Joan Morgan Arsenault 49
Sabrina Moscheni Clemente 85
Camille M. Ferraro 71
Clara Ruiz de Zarate Asmail 80
Christine Codd 15
Laura Reiter Filocamo 96
S. Stella C. Auricchio CSJ 48
Helen Lynett Coffey 46
Emma Fingleton 15
Nicole Lelamer Bacani 97
Nunzia Colamarino 15
Caitlin M. Flood 08
Josephine Varvaro Baltzer 54
Evelisse Colella 15
Deana Folchetti-Puglin 00
Kristen Sardis Barry 99
Emma Collins 15
Cornelia Woods Fonseca 52
Barbara Mangano Bauer, Ph.D. 66
Alyssa Commo 15
Kathleen McCaffrey Ford 61
Virginia Soroko Benzinger 71
Kathleen Nelson Corrado 75
Tara Pizzariello Fore 00
Diane Bertolotti 73
Jacqueline Feix Costantino 80
Ingrid Weigand Franz 95
Madeline T. Betsch 58
Cecilia Reimer Covel 68
Elizabeth B. Furey 08
Sarah Bhagudas 15
S. Barbara A. Craig RSM 49
Michelle M. Furlong 07
Joan Collins Bickard 47
Leonora D'Angelo-Blitz 85
Rita Bilello Galchus 80
Christy M. Bitet, JD 95
Gina Scardino DeBold 77
Michele G. Galioto 92
Stephanie Black 15
S. Dorothy A. Delaney CSJ 45
Kerry Ann Amen Garry 93
Katherine Moeller Blanke 97
Marianne Fitzgerald DeLaney 55
Jean Kollman Gendron 58
Christine Simone Bocchiaro 52
Maria Erika DeLeon 05
Donna Powers Gengler 74
Lisa Telesca Bohme 80
Ellen L. DeRosa 75
Valerie DeMarco Godfrey 60
Susan N. Boniface 73
Katherine DeRose-Garzillo 75
Bridget Golden 15
Joan Genco Borruso 72
Kristina Di Re 11
Victoria Gonzalez 05
Joanne Gambino Boyd 75
Jacqueline DiBenedetto 10
Lucille Muhs Gould 59
Elizabeth P. Brown 52
Laura DiBiase 97
Helene Assenza Governali 55
Victoria Moruzzi Brown-Verrette, JD 73
Carol DeMarco DiNonno 57
Anne Mulryan Gralton 62
Ashley G. Bryant 10
Tanya D'Introno 05
Oriana Nicoletti Greco 85
Casey Buonocore 15
Karen Hart DiScala 70
Theresa Berny Gressert 53
Christine Ondreicka Burak 00
Corinne Procopio DiStephan 56
Melissa I. Guzman 10
Mary Jane Fitzpatrick Burger 61
Clara Gaudio Donato 85
Christine Geary Haider 64
Michelle Bussani-Cardinal 97
Dorothy Clements Drzewiecki 46
Christine Softy Hanousek 95 28
ALUMNAE Allison Hanover 11
Kathleen Larkin 15
Katherine Healy Naughton 58
Theresa Maher Harris 44
Ashley Lebrun 15
Joan Fitzpatrick Nelson 53
Colleen Hassett-Koenig 82
E. Patricia Frayne LeGoff 60
Taylor Nieves 15
Mildred DeVito Hauser 56
Joanna Lent 15
Dorothy Vassallo Novak 58
Mary Anne Smith Healy 55
Margaret Dempsey Leopold 61
Arlene Bennett Obremski, Ed.D. 61
Barbara McCartin Heinz 56
Patricia Lewinski-Farrell 80
Angela Scurto O'Connell 66
Carolina Pelaez Herzog 95
Eileen Murray Liebold 66
S. Margaret F. O'Donnell CSJ 54
Anastasia Hoffmann 15
Christine MacDonald Liljegren 64
Carol-Ann Ohlandt 64
Diane Dalton Holbrook 79
Susan Garrett Lione 62
Arianna Olivieri 15
Maria Horvat 77
Teresa Fischetti LoCascio 00
Joyce T. O'Neill 48
Sabrina Hossain 04
Anne Curtin Long 63
Rachael D. Osbourne 05
Mariah Howard 15
Rose Marie Erckert Long 65
Rita Zirpolo Padden 69
Patricia McAuliffe Howell 64
Barbara O'Dwyer Lopez 53
Camille Stefania Palazzolo 82
Mary Ann Coderre Huber 59
Lucia Lopez 15
Gabriela Paredes 15
Kathleen Boyle Humen 70
Theresa Devaney Lukan 55
Josephine M. Parrino 10
Carlexly Ilarraza 15
Kathleen Gilroy Lynch 57
Patricia Lehmann Paton 66
Pamela Defonte Ilsley 69
Kelsie B. Lyons 07
Virginia Van Praag Patten 59
Carmel Bevilacqua Indelicato 80
Michele Maddaloni 95
Brittany Patterson 15
Christina Indelicato 05
Laura K. Mangino 08
Alexa Pawlikowski 15
Camille Mascolo Iovino-Coli 76
Melissa Martinez 00
Margaret Carlin Pelisson 61
Geraldine Gallagher Jezarian 64
Angela Martini-Marquez 93
Erin Pellegrino 15
Valerie Jofre 06
Jeanne Ehrhardt Martori 75
Matilde G. Pennisi 10
Eileen Jonat 75
Rosemary Polke Mascia 48
Carole Jones Perez 57
Sharon Meehan Kalben 60
Patricia O'Donnell Massino 85
Vonmarie Perez 15
Gurjit Kaur 15
Erika Beebe Mathis 95
Maya Persaud 15
Kourtney T. Keeley 14
Pauline Seymour Mattes 60
Patricia McGeough Pinto 49
Theresa Bond Kelly 85
June Bellucci Mauro 48
Arlene Alessio Pisapia 63
Francoise Bray Kemp 59
Muriel Vaillant Maxwell 51
Irene Merlo Posio 85
Diane Dell'Aquila Kideris 85
Patricia MacDonald McDonough 65
JoAnne Preziosi 64
Anna Mae McCabe Killard 52
Kimberly Arlotta McElynn 97
Maria Scaraggi Psyllos 85
Valerie Fodrowski Kirby 70
Audrey O'Leary McKevitt 48
Rosemarie Perna Quigg 76
Patricia Carman Klansko 73
Kelly A. McNamee 10
Valerie Gore Quinn 54
Monica Klementowicz-Tillot 75
Jeanne Rothar McPartland 65
Demi Quiroa 15
Phyllis Balskis Kober 68
Wilma Long Meehan 50
Marian Goodwin Racco 79
Catherine J. Koenderman 10
Patricia Bowes Mesawitz 58
Camille Marini Racioppo 60
Delores Zichittella Kolenik 69
Marilyn Metzger-Neston 65
Kavita Ramdat 15
Mary Elizabeth Beecher Koniarski 73
Jessica Mohabir 15
Rebecca Ramotar 15
Christine Koropecky-Kleeman, M.D. 75
Agatha Altomare Monteleone 59
Nalisha Rampersaud 15
Joselin A. Lajara 85
Vikiana Espinal Montilla 00
Marian Princiotta Ranalli 76
Maria DeVito LaMastro 75
Elizabeth Trutken Moran 50
Judy A. Reagan 75
Katherine Lamoretti 75
S. Mary Owen (Elizabeth) Mullaney CSJ 51
Diane Havriliak Reale 81
Aurelia Kurka Landeau 53
Breeana C. Mulligan 10
Christina M. Reda 05
JoAnn Scileppi Lang 58
Elizabeth Wenzel Mundy 00
Anne McGlynn Reilly 58
Mary Hearn Langan 72
Clare Dietsche Murphy 59
Barbara M. Reilly 85
Eleanor Groh Langran 55
Jeanne Marie Pinto Nappa 00
Karlene C. Reilly 58
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ALUMNAE Michelle DeViva Richitelli 92
Maureen Russell Saur 70
Margaret Kaiser Toner 67
Angela Rivera 15
Jennifer M. Schmoll 10
Mary Lou Graue Toth 85
Eileen E. Roach 80
Elizabeth Bleda Sharp-Ross 51
Carol Kloss Traynor 54
Christina Roberts 06
Jennifer Silberberg 15
Lois Borth Trudden 71
Nancy Dreier Robson 92
Joan Daddario Silverman 70
Andrea MacDonald Vecchio 60
Patricia Hanley Rochford 50
Frances Reheuser Simone 60
Andrea Cummings Velasquez 63
Gabriella Romano 15
Helene Moore Sinclair 48
Gabriella Vicari 15
Mary Ann Richert Ross 57
Harmandeep Singh 15
Ariana Villanueva 15
Ann E. Rothschild 73
Kathleen Vegessy Singleton 64
Judith Nisbet Walker 58
Mary E. Rothschild 71
Loretta Deiker Smith 52
Diane Otto Walsh 66
Elaine Minkoff Rubino 73
Christine Soniprasad 15
Meghan Sullivan Watters 97
Jo-Ann DeFini Ruggiero 65
Theresa Valentino Spina 92
Marilyn Pellicane Wetterhahn 62
Judith Ruiz-Anderson 95
Veronica Bleakley Steffen 66
Adele Sabattini Whitmore 56
Carole Morawski Russo 62
Rosemary Malerba Stein 57
Maureen Marlow Wicks 51
Maureen Rutter 97
Julie Ann Prestiano Strasser 85
Peggy O'Donoghue Willman 75
Victoria Ryan 15
Savita Sukul 15
Amber Wingfield 15
Brianna Rydberg 15
Nicole Talamo 15
Carolyn L. Wood 48
Jewel May Sabordo 15
Charlene Conley Tannenbaum 73
Mary-Ann Matyas Woodward 85
Dana R. Saldaitis M.D. 73
Joan LaMotte Thompson 50
Maryann Nubile Zahradka 79
Claire Santoro 15
Rosemarie Amato Thompson 48
Susan Orlandi Zalud 81
Christine Muschitiello Sapienza 88
Madeline Tomeo 15
TOP 10 CLASSES BY AMOUNT DONATED Class Year
Donors
1966
23 219 325 $180,645
Alumnae in Touch
Total Class
Amount Donated
1959
37 245 398 $106,240
1972
33 213 297 $59,915
1965
96 202 264 $25,380
1976
28 166 213 $12,975
1983
10 247 283 $11,350
1955
46 133 245 $11,315
1975
55 207 263 $10,310
1962
12 197 316 $10,000
1952
21 109 219 $9,845
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FRIENDS & FAMILY OF ALUMNAE LEGACY FOR LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Baker Botts, LLP WEXFORD CIRCLE Mr. & Mrs. Peter V. Cardone
Drs. Sandra & Roberto Colangelo P 15
Dr. Arthur A. Patchett
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Duffy P 04
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Luttinger, Esq. P 80
Mr. Gerald D. Aquino
Mr. Patrick W. Condren
Flynn & O'Hara Uniforms, Inc.
Mr.& Mrs.William C. Armstrong P 09
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Cordes P 11
Kimelman & Baird, LLC
Mr. John J. Brabazon
Mr. & Mrs. Donald D. DesFosses
Ms. Janet M. Seckendorf
Mr. & Mrs. Mario J. Burriesci P 03
Mrs. Margaret Devine P 86 & 88
Dr. Veena John & Mr. Suseel Thomas P 14
Mr. & Mrs. Mark B. Codd P 11, 13 & 15
Mr. & Mrs. Edmond J. Flood P 86 & 94
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Waldron P 98 & 05
Mr. Thomas M. Callahan
Ms. Nina Lanoue P 12 & 14
Mr. & Mrs. Salvatore J. Scire
Mr. Stephen A. Carlino
Mr. & Mrs. Karl H. Loser P 94
Mr. & Mrs Robert Sitler P 85 & 00
Mr. & Mrs. Claudio C. Cuzco P 15
Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Matelsky P 09
Mr. William M. Trust, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. Engesser P 97 & 00
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin McDonough P 03
Mr. William J. Varrichio, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick M. Forgione P 08
Mr. Edward C. Radzik
Dr. Christine Kull & Mr. Sean Walsh, Esq. P 97
Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Freile P 13
Mrs. Anne M. Rafferty
Dr. Patricia G. Kelly-Stiles P 02
Mr. & Mrs. Victor Rodriguez P 11
BOARD OF TRUSTEES COUNCIL Mr. Gerard M. McDonnell PRINCIPAL'S CIRCLE Mr. M. Declan Brennan MOTHER MARY LOUIS GUILD
CRUSADER CIRCLE
TMLA SOCIETY Ms. Erin M. Adams
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey H. Chow P 08 & 15
Mr. Brian P. Fitzgerald
Mr. & Mrs. Roberto J. Alarcon P 03 & 05
Mr. & Mrs. Ferlan Chua P 96
Mr. & Mrs. John S. Flack P 06
Mr. & Mrs. Lorenz Arfsten P 07
Mr. Raymond Condon
Mr. & Mrs. James G. Flynn P 05
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Blaine P 01
Mr. Steven Contino P 01
Fogarty Enterprises
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Bradley P 10 & 13
Mr. Roger Corredine, Esq. P 15
Mr. Raymond H. Fortune P 99 & 03
Mr. & Mrs Eugene Brady P 07
Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Crowe P 13
Dr. & Mrs. David K. Gailing P 05 & 10
Dr. Michael J. Brescia
Mrs. Maureen Davey-Rezny
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph F. Garafola P 03
Mrs. Louisa Brutman P 89
Ms. Frances Dicpinigaitis
Mr. & Mrs. Brian R. Gerdts P 09
Ms. Angela N. Cacciola
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Dybus P 08
S. Nancy C. Gilchriest SSND, Ed.D.
Mr. Michael Cavataio
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Farrone P 10 & 15
Mr. Robert J. Gleason
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FRIENDS & FAMILY OF ALUMNAE Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Guster, Jr. P 92
Mr. Michael McKiernan
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel E. Romanzo P 06
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Hooblal P 05
Mr. & Mrs. Bellew McManus P 12 & 14
Mr. & Mrs. John Ruocco P 06
Honorable Paul R. Huot
Mrs. Vivian J. McPhilliamy P 80
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Ryan P 12
Mr. & Mrs. Leslie J. Joseph
Ms. Panayiota Metaxas P 12
Mr. & Mrs. Brendan Smyth P 08
Ms. Barbara Kavanagh P 13
Mrs. Patricia Mullaney
Mr. Brian Staples
Mr. & Mrs. Donald A. Kelly P 82 & 83
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. O'Connor P 11
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Statuto P 09 & 12
Mrs. Sophie Kerbeykian P 05 & 15
Mr. Gary A. Perrin
Mr. & Mrs. Victor S. Sue-A-Quan P 15
Mr. Thomas J. Kramer
Mr. & Mrs. John Picciochi P 14
Mr. Danute Tarasevicius
Mrs. Rosemarie Lewinger
Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Pikner P 01
Mr. & Mrs. George C. Tlamsa P 01
Mr. & Mrs. George Maglaras P 14
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Postel P 06 & 09
Ms. Teresa C. Wiese
Mr. Howard Mann
Ms. Magdalen K. Przystawski P 88
Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Zipf P 09
Mr. & Mrs. Francis S. Massey P 09
Mr. & Mrs. Rafael Ramos P 89
Mrs. Patricia A. McDonnell P 83
Ms. Diane L. Riegger P 01
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Mr. & Mrs. Anthony M. Damasco P 14
Mrs. Celeste Murphy P 08
Mrs. Maria J. Apyshkov G 15
Mrs. Margaret M. DeBona P 13
Ms. Nancy A. Passarelli P 02
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Archer P 10
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert C. DeGiovine P 00
Mrs. Laura Picardi-Buchanan
Mrs. Catherine Bingay P 89 & 92
Mr. Robert J. Florentino
Mr. & Mrs. Parmanand Ramphal P 13
Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Blenner P 09
Drs. Coleen & Christopher Gowans P 14
Mr. & Mrs. John Randazzo P 15
Mr. Joseph R. Brostek P 75 & 78
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Green P 08
Ms. Anne E. Reilly, Esq.
Ms. Kathleen P. Callahan
Mr. & Mrs. Rafael Hermoso P 88, 90 & 03
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Romero P 10
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Canzoneri P 14
Mr. Alfred H. Holzgruber
Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Scheer P 08
Mr. & Mrs. Craig W. Carey P 14 & 15
Mrs. Irene K. Hughes P 76
Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Schmucker P 15
Mr. Paul Celentano
Ms. Agnes Kirschner
Mrs. Barbara Sweeney P 85
Ms. Alejandra M. Chappell
Honorable Elisa Koenderman & Det. Kevin Koenderman P 10
Mr. Ron Swierski
Mr. & Mrs. Owen Clancy P 04 Mr. & Mrs. John Cotov P 14 Mr. Rodney Cox P 07 Mr. & Mrs. Ruben Cruz P 05
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Lammens P 09 Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Mangino, Sr. P 08 Mr. & Mrs. John McCabe
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Ms. Bernadette M. Gorman P 07
Mrs. Nimfa Patindol P 08
Dr. Michael J. Ball
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Governali P 82 & 86
Ms. Patricia C. Smith P 83 & 84
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Bohme P 10
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Gralton P 91
Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Stercula P 91 & 94
Ms. Christine Bowles
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Heedles P 11
Mr. Eugene J. Tiefenwerth
Mrs. Barbara Coletti
Mr. Fred Herron
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Wenzel, Jr. P 95 & 00
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Di Re P 11
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis C. Kelly P 95 & 99
Mr. Anthony N. Zizzamia
Mr. James J. Dillon
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Lohrey P 97 & 02
Dr. Edward T. Dunham
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Madonia P 97 & 98
Mr. & Mrs. James Finn P 12
S. Flora Marinelli CSJ
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Folchetti P 00 & 04
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald B. Martori P 02, 04, 09 & 11
Mr. Edward H. Frank
Mr. James O'Reilly 32
PARENTS BOARD OF TRUSTEES COUNCIL Mr. & Mrs. Mark C. Scapp P 17 MOTHER MARY LOUIS GUILD Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Murray P 18 ST. JOSEPH’S SOCIETY Mr. & Mrs. Teodor Badea P 16
Mr. & Mrs. Allan Larsen G 12 & 18
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Breslin P 17
Mr. & Mrs. David Mills P 18
CRUSADER CIRCLE Mr. & Mrs. Anthony M. Zanolla P 17 TMLA SOCIETY Mr. & Mrs. Miguel C. Alvarez P 13 & 16
Mr. & Mrs. Robert V. Gibson P 17
Mr. & Mrs. Evan Pappas P 18
Mr. & Mrs. William Baker P 18
Mr. & Mrs. Manuel Goncalves P 16
Mr. & Mrs. Carmelo Polito P 18
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Cannova P 18
Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Kessel P 16
Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Quan P 14 & 17
Mrs. Eleanor Commo G 10 & 15
Mr. & Mrs. Zbigniew P. Latek P 16
Mr. & Mrs. John Reiter P 18
Ms. Suzanne L. Donahue P 17
Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Manceri P 18
Mr. & Mrs. Eduardo Tejelo P 14 & 16
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Fenster P 18
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin McNulty P 18
Ms. Angela Torrenti P 16
Mr. & Mrs. Demetrios K. Giannopoulos P 16
Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. O'Brien P 11 & 17
BLUE & GOLD CLUB Mr. & Mrs. John P. Barry P 18
Ms. Margaret A. Schmidt P 17
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kundmueller P 18
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Sirna P 17
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Yap P 17
HILLTOPPER CLUB Mr. & Mrs. John Bonanno P 19
Mr. & Mrs. Scott W. Hanover P 11 & 17
Mr. & Mrs. Jose Toral P 17
Mr. & Mrs. Weler Bresier P 16
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin E. Lynch P 15 & 17
Mr. & Mrs. Stavros Zipitas P 18
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Clark P 17
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Posio P 16
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FACULTY & STAFF WEXFORD CIRCLE Anonymous
Mrs. Grace Scozzaro-Patchett
MOTHER MARY LOUIS GUILD Mrs. Ann Cordes
S. Marie E. Mackey CSJ
S. Filippa A. Luciano CSJ
S. Linda A. Pero CSJ
ST. JOSEPH'S SOCIETY S. Mary Ann Carotenuto CSJ
Mr. Kenneth Klein
Ms. Maryellen Pierce
CRUSADER CIRCLE Mr. Sean R. Belon
Mrs. Joanne McGrath
Mrs. Michelle Ezzo
Ms. Loriann Murphy
TMLA SOCIETY Mrs. Judy A. Belon
S. Joan L. Heptig CSJ
Ms. Kathryn A. Bruen
Mr. Joseph Lewinger
Mrs. Welita Chua
S. Kathleen McKinney CSJ, Ed.D.
S. Grace Avila Seckendorf CSJ
BLUE & GOLD CLUB Mrs. Cynthia Aguanno
Ms. Christa M. Codoluto
S. Margaret Secour Anella CSJ
S. Margaret M. Conway CSJ
Ms. Marianne C. Mocarski
HILLTOPPER CLUB Mrs. Josephine Bonanno
Ms. Bernadette M. Gorman
S. Lorraine A. O'Neill CSJ
Mrs. Jenny Durkin
Ms. Patricia Mooney
S. Joan A. Petito CSJ
Ms. Ellen F Geis
S. Patricia E. O'Keefe CSJ
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THANK YOU TO OUR SUSTAINER DONORS 2014-2015 Have you ever not made a gift to TMLA because you felt it would be “too small” to make a difference? Have you ever wanted to make a larger gift but it’s just too much to do at one time? Have you ever intended to make your gift to TMLA but simply forgot to send it in? You might be interested in our Sustainer Donor program. When you become a Sustainer Donor you provide TMLA with your credit or debit card information and authorize us to deduct an amount of your choosing each month. In this way some alumnae have found that by having $10 a month automatically deducted turned into a yearly gift of $120. Having $100 a month deducated turns into a yearly gift of $1,200…13% of a full year’s tuition! This unique form of generosity also helps to provide TMLA with a continual stream of revenue we can rely on when planning and implementing new advancements and programs! T. Elaine Adamson 54
Claudia Camurati Langworthy, D.P.M. 75
Kathleen L. Rickard 87
Melissa Cole-Curtis 93
Mary Jane Coyne McClintock 48
Kathleen Battiato Sama 04
Bridget Connolly, JD 78
Joan M. McEntee 65
Tamara Stephen, JD 88
Mary Reheuser Frohnhofer 55
Johannah M. Peiser 07
Adria E. Velazquez 74
Carmel Furtado 75
Therese Postel 06
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
I chose to become a Sustainer Donor because as a relatively young professional I haven't yet made the big bucks to donate enough for my own wing! But in all seriousness, TMLA has been a constant in my life for over 15 years and I know it always will be. A small monthly donation is just a tiny illustration of my gratitude for everything Mary Louis has already given to me. -Kathleen Battiato Sama 04
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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. Jim Anderson In Memory of Dorothy Overzat Anderson 43
Mr. Alfred H. Holzgruber In Memory of Mary Elizabeth Whitehouse Holzgruber 53
Dr. Michael J. Ball In Memory of Margaret O'Connor Ball 62
Honorable Paul R. Huot In Memory of Patricia Woods Huot, LL.B. 47
Mr. John J. Brabazon In Memory of Ann Beekman Brabazon 57 Accel
Mr. Thomas J. Kramer In Memory of Mary Wallace Kramer 50
Mr. M. Declan Brennan In Memory of Elizabeth Allen Brennan 67
Mr. Gerard M. McDonnell In Memory of Geraldine Reynolds McDonnell 57
Mr. Thomas M. Callahan In Memory of Carole Mitchell Callahan 56
Mr. Michael McKiernan In Memory of Nancy Hatala McKiernan 60
Mr. Stephen A. Carlino In Memory of Tara McManus Carlino 77
Mr. James O'Reilly In Memory of Annemarie Brennan O'Reilly 67
Mr. Michael Cavataio In Memory of Joanne Ackerman Cavataio 76
Mr. Gary A. Perrin In Memory of Janet Link Perrin, Ed.D. 61
Mr. Raymond Condon In Memory of Arlene Peirano Condon 50
Mr. Edward C. Radzik In Memory of Maria Giovinco Radzik 70
Mr. James J. Dillon In Memory of Ann Scanlon Dillon 51
Mr. Francis X. Russo In Memory of Gilda Russo Russo 53
Dr. Edward T. Dunham In Memory of Rosalie McManus Dunham 44
Mr. Brian Staples In Memory of Joan Sibilla Staples 66
Mr. Brian P. Fitzgerald In Memory of Ann Griffin Fitzgerald 54
Mr. Ron Swierski In Memory of Leonore Riley Swierski 56
Mr. Robert J. Florentino In Memory of Paula Tierney Florentino 47
Mr. Eugene J. Tiefenwerth In Memory of Rosemary Kusk Tiefenwerth 50
Mr. Edward H. Frank In Memory of Mildred Tierney Frank 47
Mr. William M. Trust, Jr. In Memory of Judith Holder Trust 60
Mr. Robert J. Gleason In Memory of Dorothea Casey Gleason 50
Mr. Anthony N. Zizzamia In Memory of Lorraine Lauri Zizzamia 67
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THANK YOU TO OUR SISTERS The touch of their religious zeal, their devotion to Catholic education, their splendid character and their ladylike culture is to be found in many aspects of our schools. They take up their duties with the flush of youth, they hold to them to the very end of their lives. It is a service of the heart that cannot be measured in terms of money. Out in the vastness of secular life they would command much attention and high salaries. It is our striking privilege that they have pledged themselves to consecrated lives and pass long years in the various pursuits of education, charity and the empowerment of young women for which we reap such fame.
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 2014-2015 academic year.
S. Margaret Secour Anella CSJ, M.L.S. S. Mary Ann Carotenuto CSJ, M.A. 57 S. Margaret Conway CSJ, M.A., M.S. 69 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. 54 S. Marie Mackey CSJ, M.S., M.A. 80 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. 67 S. Joan Petito 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.
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FOUNDATIONS & MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES
American International Group
New York Life Insurance Co.
Bank of America
New York Stock Exchange
Brooklyn Benevolent Society
Patchett Family Fund
Capital One
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Chevron Humankind Colgate-Palmolive Company El Paso Corporate Foundation EMK Contracting Corp. General Electric Foundation Global Impact IBM Corporation J.P.Morgan Chase Foundation McGraw-Hill Foundation Merck Company Foundation Morgan Stanley New York Life Foundation
Pfizer Foundation Quest Diagnostics Reader's Digest Foundation Stritter Foundation The JM Foundation The Josephine Foundation, Inc. The M & T Charitable Foundation TIAA-CREF Corporate Citizenship UBS Verizon Foundation Wells Fargo
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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 individuals, 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*
Rev. Denise Pariseau Mantell, Ph.D. 64*
Patricia Leuzzi Polak 63
T. Elaine Adamson 54
Barbara Brown Markell 69
Nora Eberhardt Quigley 46
Elaine Monks Alfano-Rees 52
Gerard M. McDonnell Husband of the late Geraldine Reynolds McDonnell 57
Jane Shea Regan 73
Anonymous Anne Russell Batchelor 56 Florence McHale Baur 53 Barbara Ann Becher, Ph.D. 49* Barbara A. Block, JD 65 Elizabeth Allen Brennan 67* Joan Messmore Carotenuto 48 Jacqueline Thornton Chambers 59 Claudia A. DeMonte 65 Rev. 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
Lois Meaney McGowan 53 Catalina Rios Meyer 86 Catherine Michaels* Retired TMLA Faculty Sally Ekenberg Mosher, JD 52 Denise P. O’Brien, Ph.D. 64 Mary Louis Nelson Oliva 55 Lillian Virgil Olszewski 53* Gloria Vetere Osborne 51 Geraldine M. Otremba, Ph.D. 63 Christine A. Pasquariello, M.D., JD 69
Margaret Howard Reilly 64* Nelson & Sita Reyes P 18 Elizabeth Grace Ricker 59* Dorothy Harrington Rij 71 Mary E. Sculley 77 Elizabeth A. Selleck 79 Laurence Telson 83 Patricia Izzo Thigpen 67 Alice M. Timothy, Ph.D. 49 Faith Rieg Victory 52 Nancy Morgan Voss 78 Judith E. Williams 60
Kathleen E. Person 65
Monica Reddy Wood, Ed.D. 72
Joseph A. Pino* Husband of the late Bettina Marino Pino 52
*Requiescat in Pace
Please notify us if you have included TMLA in your estate plans so that we can offer you membership in the Legacy Society. Members of the Legacy Society are recognized with a lovely luncheon at TMLA each June.
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LE PUY CIRCLE The LePuy 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 LePuy-en-Velay in France, where the Sisters of St. Joseph were founded. Fittingly for TMLA, “LePuy” translates to “The Hill”. We thank the following individuals for their great generosity in making leadership gifts to help ensure The Mary Louis Academy’s future.
Avon Foundation
Grace & ThomasPatchett
Baker Botts, LLP.
Regina M. Pitaro 72
Regina & Thomas Bradley P 00
Lynn Pfohl Quigley 54
Brooklyn Benevolent Society
Nora Eberhardt Quigley 46
Patricia Fili-Krushel 71
Sisters of St. Joseph - Brentwood
Patricia M. Hynes, JD 59
Mary & JohnWaldron P 98 & 05
Ann Pfohl Kirby, LL.B. 45
Wallace Foundation
Susan James Kropf 66
Monica Reddy Wood, Ed.D. 72
Madeline Papio Lacovara 62 The MacLean Family Mary Louis Nelson Oliva 55 Patchett Family Fund Arthur A. Patchett, Ph.D.
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ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS The following endowed or 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.
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Elizabeth Allen Brennan 67 Memorial Scholarship
Christine Caiafa Guarino 92 Memorial Scholarship At Fordham University
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.
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
Class of 1962 Scholarship Fund
Katherine Conway Maguire 71 Memorial Scholarship
The Class of 1962 Scholarship was endowed through donations made by members of the Class of 62 in honor of their 40th Anniversary of graduation from TMLA. This scholarship is awarded annually to a student who attains admission, scores in the 90th percentile or above and whose family exhibits economic need.
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 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.
August & Nora Eberhardt Memorial Scholarship
Mary C. Gyves 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
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
scholarship is awarded to a young woman who provides service to her community, is an “average” student and whose family exhibits economic need.
serious illness.
If you would like to establish an endowed or named scholarship or award in honor or in memory of someone, please contact the Office of Academy Advancement at (718) 297-2120 x286, or at advancement@tmla.org.
Margaret Howard Reilly 64 Memorial Scholarship
Patricia M. Hynes, Esq 59 Scholarship
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.
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
Susan James Kropf 66 Scholarship
Gilbert Mora Memorial Music Scholarship
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.
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.
Audrey Prager MacLean 46 Vocal Scholar Award
Geraldine Reynolds McDonnell 57 Memorial Scholarship
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.
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 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.
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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 – $10,000
Wallace Foundation – $175,000
The Brooklyn Benevolent Society generously awarded TMLA a
The Wallace Foundation awarded TMLA a very generous $175,000
$10,000 grant. This grant was used to provide tuition assistance for
grant. Through this grant juniors and seniors have a full time
students who demonstrate need.
college counselor, in addition to their guidance counselor, who
Josephine Foundation – $1,000
helps chart their paths up to and after graduation. Additionally,
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.
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
McGraw-Hill Foundation – $4,000
visit prestigious East Coast colleges, including Yale, Princeton,
The M&T Charitable Foundation – $1,500
Georgetown, Brown, MIT, Boston College, and Harvard. Thanks to
The McGraw Hill Foundation & the M&T Charitable Foundation
this grant our students are well prepared for life after TMLA.
generously awarded TMLA a combined total of $5,500 in grant monies. These grants are to underwrite some of the costs of our Robotics/Engineering Program.
The Mary Louis Academy gratefully acknowledges the following
We thank the following private foundations for their generosity:
unrestricted grants. Unrestricted grants provide invaluable assistance
Patchett Family Fund – $18,000
in helping us bridge the gap between our operating expenses and our income from tuition.
Stritter Foundation – $1,000 The Irving T. Bush Foundation – $5,000 The JM Foundation – $500
TMLA students visiting Boston College as a part of our Ivy/Elite College Program generously funded by the Wallace Foundation.
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REUNION CLASS GIFTS TMLA’s annual Alumnae Reunion was a great success, with almost 600 Alumnae returning to The Academy to reconnect with former classmates. Every year each graduating class donates to a Class Gift to 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 $40,000 to TMLA! Class of 1940:
$200
Class of 1980:
$985
Class of 1945:
$125
Class of 1985:
$1,595
Class of 1955:
$1,930
Class of 1990:
$50
Class of 1960:
$690
Class of 1995:
$2,150
Class of 1965:
$21,600
Class of 2000:
$905
Class of 1970:
$130
Class of 2005:
$835
Class of 1975:
$4,595
Class of 2010:
$390
A special thank you to the Class Reps who helped make the 2015 reunion such a tremendous success. Class of 1960: Frances Reheuser Simone & Rita Ortiga Waterman
Class of 1990: Jeannine Azan & Michele Ciotti
Class of 1965: Christine Marston Davenport, Barbara Fiscina Elliot, Kathryn Robilotti Fordham, & Rosemary Hannigan Sammon
Class of 1995: Luisa Blanco Cukro & Stephanie DeNicola Turner
Class of 1975: Jeanne Brostek Altenau, Eileen Connolly, Linda Rossel & Julie Malin Mansour Class of 1980: Gilma Alberti Caslin & S. Marie Mackey CSJ Class of 1985: Dawn Joseph Parker
Class of 2000: Deana Folchetti Puglin Class of 2005: Nicole Agnello, Roxanne De La Torre & Jessica Garcia Class of 2010: Laura Archer Beaudette, Christy Calderon, Nicole Gentilella, Alyssa Peluso & Jennifer Schmoll
REUNION RAFFLE
Congratulations to our Reunion Raffle winners!
TMLA would like to thank Michael C. Fina Jewelers for their donation of a beautiful 18” strand of Akoyo pearls valued at $2,000. This necklace was the first prize in TMLA’s Reunion Raffle.
First Prize: Joan Alpi Napolitano 53 Second Prize: Kelly McLaughlin Rado 95
We would also like to extend our thanks to an alumna from the Class of 1957 who wishes to remain anonymous. This “silent angel” generously donated a $500 Gucci gift card as the second prize in the Reunion Raffle.
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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, 2014 and June 30, 2015. Gifts received after June 30th will be included in the 2015-2016 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.
2015 MILAN EXPO FIRST PLACE WINNER
Alyssa Commo 15 (granddaughter of Eleanor Moakley Commo 59!)
The jury who judged the entrants was composed of the famous chef
was awarded First Prize in the prestigious Milan Expo, the theme
Lidia Bastianich, theatrical author Mario Fratti (playwright of “9"),
for the 2015 Expo was "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life". Alyssa
journalist and Vice-President of the Italian American Council on
was honored at a breakfast ceremony at the NYC location of Eataly,
Education Maria Teresa Cometto and the late journalist and President
the largest Italian marketplace in the world. Alyssa’s video, entitled
of the Società Dante Alighieri, Claudio Angelini. Congratulazioni
"Living, Eating, Growing" (Viviamo, Mangiamo, Cresciamo) was
Alyssa!
chosen out of thousands of entries submitted from students in 146 countries around the world.
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ANNUAL HILLTOPPER NATION 5K In the First Annual Hilltopper Nation 5K, over 500 participants ran
TMLA wishes to thank the Patchett Family Fund and the Sisters of St.
the streets of Jamaica Estates to raise money for The Mary Louis
Joseph for generously underwriting a portion of the event. Thanks also
Academy. After the race, participants were treated to a special
to all of the volunteers and contributors who helped to make the day
breakfast on the Senior Lawn complete with fresh fruit and French
such a wonderful success. We can’t wait to see everyone next year!
toast sticks prepared by mothers from TMLA’s Parents’ Club.
Second Annual Hilltopper Nation 5K scheduled for Saturday, April 23, 2016. The registration fee for participation in the run is $20 per person.
TMLA'S NEW FITNESS CENTER TMLA wishes to express our great thanks to St. Joseph’s College
dramatically enlarged space was totally renovated and redesigned into
in Brooklyn for their generous donation of over $20,000 worth of
our new Student Fitness Center. The new Fitness Center comes at
collegiate-level physical fitness equipment. This donation provided
an opportune moment as this year TMLA has added full time Sports
the impetus for a total transformation of our student fitness facilities.
Medicine staff on campus who make great use of the new facility. We
During the summer of 2015 construction commenced on combining
are so very grateful for the generosity of our benefactors who made
our existing Weight Room and Gymnasium Locker Room …the
this newest facet of a TMLA education possible.
St. Joseph’s College in Brooklyn was founded by Mother Mary Louis in 1916 as St. Joseph’s College for Women….the first Catholic college for women in Brooklyn!
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TMLA BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE Our "TMLA – Building for the Future" is modeled after the Academy's Main Building and graces the landing of our Main 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. This structure represents the tributes and memorials that alumnae, parents and friends choose to make. You may wish to honor a favorite teacher, cherished friend or say thank you to your parents or others who have made an impact on your life. All of the proceeds from the “Building for the Future” are used for scholarships, endowments and building renovations. For questions, please contact the Office of Academy Advancement at (718) 297-2120
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 $ 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
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Friend
Parent
made payable to The Mary Louis Academy.
State:
Parent of Alumna
PLEASE PRINT THE INFORMATION EXACTLY AS YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO APPEAR.
Zip:
REGIONAL RECEPTIONS
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. On December 9th, 2014 Miriam Smith Vagt 46 hosted a lovely reception at her home in Scarsdale, NY. Over 25 TMLA alumnae gathered to reminisce and reconnect with TMLA. On April 30th, 2015 Carolyn Paradise Wayrynen, M.D. 62 generously hosted a reception for over 40 TMLA alumnae at The Harvard Club in NYC. This was a truly wonderful evening during which TMLA women connected, networked and received an update from Sister Kathleen on TMLA today. If you would be interested in hosting a regional reception near your home please contact the Office of Academy Advancement at 718.267.2120 x286 or Advancement@tmla.org
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CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT
For over 33 years Sister Filippa Luciano has been a force of nature at and for The Mary Louis Academy. From her earliest days as a "Mariel-ite" it was clear that “Flip” Luciano not only would leave her mark on TMLA, but that TMLA would do the same for her. 49
SISTER FILIPPA
From the moment that 14 year old Filippa first walked through the
the right foot, Sister Filippa remained connected to every TMLA
wrought-iron gates at the main entrance of TMLA and into The
student throughout her four years at The Academy, doing all
Academy building she exemplified the "TMLA girl." A scholar,
that she was able to ensure that each girl would have the same
a leader, an athlete, a linguist, a performing artist, and a good
wonderful TMLA experience that she did.
friend, Flip brought new dimension to the TMLA experience. Upon graduation, Flip would carry her TMLA experience with her
Each fall Sister Filippa directed our annual magazine drive and
as she walked through another set of wrought-iron gates and into
later walk-a-thon teaching us that we all have a responsibility to
another building when she entered the Congregation of St. Joseph
support our beloved TMLA. A presence at almost every Academy
of Brentwood, NY and received the religious name, Sister Beata
event, from International Festivals to international trips, from glee
Joseph. Flip shared her gifts extensively in missions throughout
club concerts to athletic tournaments, from report card nights to
Brooklyn, Queens and Puerto Rico.
Spirit Nights, Sister Filippa was both our number one fan and our greatest cheerleader.
In 1982, the second home she had always loved beckoned her return and Sister Filippa was appointed Assistant Principal of The
Sister Filippa has truly embodied the mission of the Sisters of St.
Mary Louis Academy. Since that time, Sister Filippa Luciano has
Joseph at TMLA by tirelessly addressing the needs of our One
used her personal and professional gifts to further educational
Sacred Community, by her inclusive concern for others and by
excellence at TMLA. She has spent countless hours working with
striving for excellence in all her endeavors. Through all her efforts
students, teachers, counselors, deans, chairpersons, and staff
she has conveyed kindness, compassion, and love for all. Most of
members so that together we may provide the best personal and
all, she has provided us with a supreme example of the faithful and
scholastic growth experience possible for the young women of
faith-filled servant of Christ we all seek to become.
TMLA. As Director of Admissions, Sister Filippa welcomed and introduced more than 8,000 new families to TMLA. Not content with just filling out the paperwork and getting them started on
As Sister Filippa continues in her next missions, we send her off with our prayers, our gratitude and, most of all, our love. Fidem Servavi, Sister Filippa!
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PROFILES IN LEADERSHIP KATHERINE CHAN - CLASS OF 2004 The confidence Mary Louis instilled in me gave me the courage to reach further than anyone had ever told me possible. The world of finance is still lacking in women and it is a disappointment to see that many of the women who choose to leave the industry do so because of a cultural gap that can be bridged by the assertiveness that single-sex education instilled in me. Katherine Chan, a member of TMLA’s Class of 2004,
at Credit Suisse’s investment bank led her to further
was named to FORBES 2015 Top 30 Under 30 in
explore the financial career path she has since taken.
Finance. Katherine is a Partner and Senior Analyst at Anandar Capital Management, a hedge fund, started by Katherine and her friend Min Htoo, where they invest across the corporate capital structure in both equity and debt. Daily, Katherine explores different companies in a variety of industries while simultaneously learning by leading. Katherine also happily mentors students at TMLA today, teaching them the skills that have brought her success in her career. After graduation from TMLA Katherine went on to Harvard University on a full scholarship, graduating with an A.B. in Linguistics and Mind, Brain, Behavior with a secondary field in Human Evolutionary Biology. During her time at Harvard Katherine served as President of the Harvard Independent, the university’s weekly student newspaper. Her 2008 graduation left her on the footsteps of the world just as the financial crisis reached its worst. The front-row education she received during her internship the summer before
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After a year at Credit Suisse, she joined HG Vora Capital. This company was then a start-up distressed credit hedge fund; Katherine served as the fund’s third investment analyst. In 2013 she took a position as a Senior Analyst with Magnetar Capital before branching out to start her own hedge fund in 2014. In love with her New York roots, Katherine returned from Cambridge after college and currently resides in the West Village. In her off hours, she blessedly continues to putz around the city with her best friends from TMLA: Katya Makovik 04, Angelica Silva 04, and Sameeah Muhammad 04. She also advocates for an increase in the number of women in her field through her involvement as co-chair of the Next Generation Committee of 100 Women in Hedge Funds as well as her active mentoring of current TMLA students interested in pursuing careers in the financial sector.
PROFILES IN LEADERSHIP KENYA VELEZ - CLASS OF 2013 Kenya Velez, TMLA Class of 2013, is currently an undergraduate attending Pace University where she is pursuing a degree in Biochemistry with intentions of attending medical school. At the age of only 20 years old Kenya has already conducted research at two prestigious institutions, The State University of New York College of Optometry and Columbia University. Kenya is currently a Biomedical Research Intern at Columbia University doing research in synthetic biology. Kenya also conducts research at her university doing studies on antimicrobial properties. Kenya is proud to be a first generation college student who has many goals to accomplish. Working in the healthcare industry has always been her dream. Finding new medication, new cures, and researching disease prevention are what excites her the most about the healthcare industry. In her spare time Kenya enjoys being surrounded by different cultures, learning new things and taking adventures to new places. When asked about her future goals Kenya said simply “My goals are to be successful and obtain every opportunity that life has.” …truly the mantra of a TMLA Woman!
TMLA has given me the confidence as a woman to pursue a career in the medical field. It was where I met inspiring science teachers who pushed me to reach my full potential and to aspire to my dreams. TMLA prepared me both academically and professionally for my college years and I am so grateful for all that I continue to receive from The Mary Louis Academy.
LORIANA DONOVAN - CLASS OF 2016 TMLA Women…Writing the Code to a Brighter Future Loriana Donovan, TMLA Class of 2016, was featured on NY1 News
that she wanted to do something amazing over the summer and she
for creating a traffic-friendly mobile application that allows drivers to
certainly did! Loriana and her team from the Girl Scout Leadership
find parking spots much quicker! Loriana has always loved coding,
Institute used MIT App Inventor 2 to design the parking app and now
taking TMLA’s Advanced Computer Science course and being a
Verizon Wireless has offered to help Loriana run and further develop
member of both our Robotics/Engineering Program and Girls Who
the app! Congratulations Loriana! Mary Louis women are consistently
Code Club. Loriana ended the academic year in June of 2015 stating
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PROFILES IN LEADERSHIP PAULA TIERNEY FLORENTINO - CLASS OF JUNE 1947 Paula Tierney Florentino 47 lived a life that truly personified TMLA’s mission of leadership through unity, reconciliation and inclusive love. Born in 1929 in Richmond Hill Paula was raised in Floral Park and graduated from Our Lady of Victory School there. At TMLA Paula was involved in many activities including the Glee Club, on the staff of Mariel and as both President of her Freshman class and Secretary of her Junior class. Where Paula truly found her passion was as President of Genesians, a love of theater and the arts stayed with Paula for the rest of her life. Upon graduation from TMLA in 1947, Paula earned her BS in Education from The College of St. Elizabeth in New Jersey and then her Master’s Degree in Education from the State University of New York at New Paltz. In 1953 Paula married the love of her life, Robert Florentino. Paula and Bob made their home and raised their family in Port Washington, NY, where they began their long history of visionary involvement in a wide range of community organizations, which are far too numerous to mention. Focusing primarily on work in which they could have a direct impact on the people they helped, Paula was especially proud of their involvement with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, which provides direct assistance to the poor, and in Full Circle Associates, which involved working on weekends with residents in Spanish Harlem to renovate run-down tenement buildings to ultimately be owned by those residents. Paula also opened her home to many in need; through the STEP program of the New York Urban League. Paula & Bob housed a young black woman from Jackson Mississippi who was therefore able to escape the oppression and segregation of the Deep South in the 1960’s. This young woman was therefore able to attend high school in Port Washington for her junior and senior years and successfully graduate. As her children were growing up, Paula furthered her studies at the Bank Street College of Education where she focused on early childhood education. After working in a variety of pre-school settings, she focused on early intervention, working one-on-one with young, low-income mothers and their babies.
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In recognition of their enormous dedication to others, Paula and Bob together were named Citizens of the Year in Port Washington in 1989. In 1992 Paula and Bob retired to Newport, RI subsequently relocating to Jamestown, RI in 2003. In Rhode Island, Paula continued her civic involvement and was a particularly active steward at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Newport. A long time practitioner of yoga, she taught for several years at Innerlight Center for Yoga and Meditation and at the John Clarke Retirement Center, where she helped to teach both the physical and spiritual benefits of yoga to senior citizens. Paula continued her yoga practice until her death. In Jamestown, she served on the boards of the Friends of the Jamestown Library and The Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association. Paula passed away peacefully on July 31, 2013 at home with her family after living gracefully with cancer for two years. At her request Paula’s body was donated to Brown University School of Medicine in hopes that scientific examination of her remains may help to treat other cancer patients and further the search for a cure. In addition to her husband Bob, Paula is survived by her four children Katherine, Jane, Anthony and Sally; 13 grandchildren; and her sister Rita Tierney 44. Paula’s devotion to them, and theirs to her, is unending.
Congratulations on a life well lived Paula, we are so happy to commend you and Bob for all of the wonderful work you did to help those in need. Your life truly exemplified the Sisters of St. Joseph’s call to “love of the dear neighbor without distinction”, we are so very proud of “our girl”!
PROFILES IN LEADERSHIP TARRAH GIBBONS - CLASS OF 2012 Watching other TMLA alumnae excel in their studies and lives definitely inspired me to focus and succeed.
Tarrah Gibbons, TMLA Class of 2012, is pursuing her dreams by
key to success is networking. Always have respect for your professors
aspiring to a career as a journalist. Currently majoring in journalism
and mentors and show them that you are interested in what you love.”
at Columbia College in Chicago, Tarrah was selected for a prestigious J-term (winter term) abroad in Ireland. Selection for inclusion in this program, entitled “Covering Ireland”, involved an interview process that reflected upon the applicant’s grades and published works as well as their individual interview and people skills. The program is run in collaboration with Dublin Institute of Technology and entails covering news stories for an area of Dublin known as “the Liberties”. The specific beat assigned to Tarrah consisted of a store called Noels. This store was owned by a man named Noel and managed by his daughter Lauren. Lauren and Tarrah discussed the local crime rates and what it is like to be an entrepreneur in Dublin. Lauren was proud to illustrate how the local community in Dublin came together to help one another. Throughout the term abroad Tarrah and her fellow students also had the opportunity to visit prestigious news outlets in
Tarrah proudly states “TMLA has made me the young woman I am today. The Academy has taught me leadership qualities, how to respect others and how to multi-task in a work environment. The faculty at TMLA showed me that anything is possible if you put your mind to it. If I had to re do high school all over, I would definitely choose TMLA.”
Ireland – namely The Irish Times and The Detail located in Belfast. Since her return to Chicago, Tarrah has been published in Chicago’s Skyline Newspaper. She credits some of her success in getting published to her professor Peter von Buol who saw that she was a striving journalist who wanted to succeed and used his connections with Skyline to get Tarrah assigned topics to cover. Tarrah’s hard hitting pieces discussed anti-semitism in Europe and the water
Tarrah’s plan is to focus her future journalistic career on politics and science…two topics which she feels are both interesting and vital to the future of our world. Her goal is to continue on to graduate school and then become an on-air broadcast journalist in the Washington, DC area. We have no doubt that we will all be seeing, and reading, more from Tarrah in the very near future!
structure in Chicago. When asked for advice for her fellow TMLA sisters who wish to pursue the field of journalism Tarrah said “The
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PROFILES IN LEADERSHIP JOAN MCENTEE - CLASS OF 1965 Joan McEntee, TMLA Class of 1965 has spent her years since graduation in true Mary Louis style…as a trailblazer and pioneer in the highest levels of the federal government. Joan is currently the Chairman and CEO of Middle Kingdom Business Consultants LLC, (MKBC). MKBC concentrates on strategic consulting for a number of multinational firms with business activities in China. MKBC has offices in Washington, DC and Beijing, China, where her company leverages governmental relationships in both countries on behalf of company clients. Joan has visited China over 90 times and serves as an official economic advisor to several Chinese cities and Provinces. Among her Chinese advisory roles have been the Provinces of Yunnan and Jiangsu, as well as cities such as Kunming and Xian. Joan hails from Immaculate Conception parish in Jamaica Estates. During her years at TMLA Joan excelled academically yet still found time for involvement with the Student Service League, Sodality, Debate Club, Math Club, Library Club, Red Cross, Crusader staff, the Basketball team, Bowling team, as a Cheerleader, President of the History Club and Class President for both her sophomore and junior years. Upon graduation from TMLA Joan went on to attend Marymount College for undergrad and earned her Masters in Government & Public Administration from The American University and her Juris Doctorate from Washington College of Law at The American University. Finding herself in the nation’s capital at the completion of her academic studies Joan was able to successfully launch a career in the federal government. Joan was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice-President of the United States, George H.W. Bush and was then appointed Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs…in this position Joan blazed a path for women as the first female U.S. Senate Staff Director in history. As an example of the “masculine” mindset in government at the time, Joan gave birth to her son on a Sunday during the congressional Memorial Day recess and had to be back at work by that Friday as there was no job protection for women on maternity leave at that time. In 1988 Joan made her transition from the White House and Capitol Hill to the Department of Commerce serving for six years in a number of senior international trade positions in the U.S. government, covering communication, transportation, aviation, defense and environmental
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issues. As Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade, Joan was
position at Middle Kingdom Business Consultants. She maintains
a key policy advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on a wide
strong relationships with the Chinese government leadership at the
range of trade issues. In this position Joan participated in over 20
Ministerial, Provincial, and local levels throughout China as well as
meetings in the Situation Room of the White House, arguably the
the Chinese Embassy in the U.S. MKBC maintains a Representative
most important facility in the most important building in the world.
Office in Beijing, which Joan established in 2001 to help assist clients.
Joan was the only woman invited to the table for these meetings. In
In 2006, the National Development and Reform Commission, a
this role Joan personally argued about the FSX fighter aircraft and
cabinet level body under China’s State Council, designated Joan as
export controls against Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell,
an official economic partner. Working with her vast array of Chinese
CIA Director Bob Gates, Deputy Secretary of State Larry Eagleburger
relationships, Joan has successfully assisted companies in raising
and National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft among others. Joan’s
their visibility, resolving problems, and expanding production. Joan
colleagues came to hold her in such high esteem that she went on to
currently sits on the Council on Foreign Relations and the Boards of
later become law partners with Larry Eagleburger and was asked to sit
China’s NABI Investment Company, the National Alliance for Ovarian
on Brent Scowcroft’s policy board for years.
Cancer, the Forum for International Policy, the Atlantic Council, and is a member of the American and District of Columbia Bar
As Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, Joan
Associations. She enjoys life in the Capital District with her husband
was the senior policy official at the U.S. Department of Commerce
and son.
on technology transfer issues as well as the government's top official on controlling the sale of potentially militarily useful products to
When asked what impact TMLA has had on her life and exemplary
Communist and terrorist-supporting countries. In this role Joan was
career Joan replied
also appointed head of the joint negotiating team representing the Departments of State, Defense and Commerce in dealings with Japan over the FSX fighter aircraft. Joan was the only woman delegate to these international negotiations. In all her departmental capacities Joan was responsible for management of top trade policy issues as well as the public affairs, congressional affairs, and legal services offices. Upon ending her service at the Department of Commerce Joan joined the prestigious D.C. law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz. Joan rose to the position of International Group Chair, in the Washington, D.C. office, representing the interests of multinational corporations in international trade. Drawing on her high level previous experience in the U.S. Government, Joan assisted companies in meeting challenges in emerging and developed countries around the world, predominately China. Joan ultimately became a partner in the firm and continued charting new paths for women by becoming the first female member of Baker Donelson’s Board of Directors. Joan successfully parlayed her years of experience in international commerce and connections around the world into her current
“ TMLA encouraged me to never be afraid to challenge myself, academically and professionally…especially in ‘non-traditional’ occupations. Mary Louis taught me to question authority when appropriate and to appreciate the strength of women – as sisters, supporters, role models and superb friends. TMLA helped me to develop skills that I relied upon in my political, legal, business and family roles. At Mary Louis every leader, from the Captain of the Basketball Team to the School President to the Presidents of the varied clubs, were all women so it never occurred to me later in life that a woman couldn’t be anything at all that she might want to be. “
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PROFILES IN LEADERSHIP MELISSA MONSALVE - CLASS OF 2010 In her first rotation, Melissa worked as a point of contact for USGS involvement in the Urban Waters Federal Partnership, which revitalizes waterways in populated communities for economic, social and environmental benefits. She has also helped to form a federal committee for the New York City portion of the Urban Waters project. Melissa’s second 6-month rotation was with the USGS Science and Decisions Center (SDC). The SDC is housed within the agency's Energy, Minerals, and Environmental Health mission area. There Melissa worked with the SILUS (Spatial Melissa Monsalve, TMLA Class of 2010, has
Integration Laboratory for Urban Systems)
always been interested in environmental issues
research work; SILUS is a partnership between
and holistic sustainability; now she is following
the SDC and University of Pennsylvania Wharton
her dreams with a position as Special Assistant at
School GIS Lab. During that rotation, Melissa
The U.S. Geological Survey, an organization that
assisted in research on urban green infrastructure
focuses on delivering unbiased scientific work
and ecosystem services, and wrote about what
for a healthier and more sustainable America.
the (social science) effects of green infrastructure
Following her graduation from TMLA Melissa
implementation could be on communities
went on to earn her degree in Environmental
according to research. Concurrently, she assisted
Studies & Sociology from Connecticut College.
in the planning and organizing of a day-long
Upon graduation from Connecticut College
roundtable meeting of government officials and
Melissa had an idea that she wanted to do
members of NGO's and academia around the
sustainability work in the public service, but
same topics of urban green infrastructure and
was not sure how she would approach that goal.
ecosystem services; the purpose of the meeting
Melissa has found that the USGS enables her to do
was to bring together representatives from cities
work leading to a better quality of life for others,
that have been doing this work and partners
which has always been her goal. As one of the
involved to share best practices, lessons learned,
youngest employees in the organization Melissa
and next steps in the work.
is happy to say that USGS is excited to have younger individuals at work to help inspire future generations to get involved in science-related careers.
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Melissa’s current rotation is with the agency's International Programs office. She is currently working on two projects. The first project is
the creation of a social network between government agencies, academic institutions, and NGO's in the Mekong River Delta (in Vietnam; however, the Mekong river runs through 4 other countries in the region). The purpose of social network is to help facilitate science data sharing among entities working in the region and potentially alleviate the silos of data sharing across country boundaries, since these countries all have very different political orientations that cloud the science data sharing paths. The second project Melissa is involved with pertains to environmental health issues, specifically air quality concerns, in emerging megacities in the African continent. This project is currently in the process of refinement as discussions continue with partnering groups to see where USGS science can come in to play. Melissa feels very fortunate to have attended both a high school and a college that fostered a well rounded education, empowerment and dedication to service. When asked about the impact TMLA has made on her life Melissa said “As a woman in today’s society, it is difficult to find enclaves in which we are not being put down or judged on our physicality instead of being valued for our intelligence or personalities. However, TMLA was a positive space that pushed me and my peers for high goals: to dare to be powerful and intelligent women, to support each other, and to remember to give back. Connecticut College had similar ideals.” In both TMLA and Connecticut College, Melissa found an incredible wealth of support from peers and mentors; receiving a liberal arts training that is often taken for granted. Melissa feels that being pushed to constantly grow mentally has allowed her to take on her current position with The US Geological Survey with more excitement than fear. After she completes her assignment with USGS, Melissa intends to apply for a Fulbright fellowship to document issues of sustainability in South America. She also plans to attend graduate school to focus on urban studies. Ultimately, Melissa aspires to a career in which she will help to create and maintain more sustainable, resilient, and equitable cities globally. TMLA women truly change the world!
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PROFILES IN LEADERSHIP MARILYN HANOLD NEILSON - CLASS OF JUNE 1953 Marilyn Hanold Neilson, TMLA Class of 1953, a star of stage and screen during Hollywood’s “Golden Age,” has led a storied and exciting life since her graduation from The Mary Louis Academy! As a student at TMLA, Marilyn was a member of the Sodality, the Student Service League, President of her Freshman Class and, of course, President of Genesians. After graduation from TMLA, Marilyn went to The Wood School (today’s Wood Tobe-Coburn School) and earned her certification as a Legal Secretary. After working for a short time for a patent attorney in Manhattan, then briefly as a photographer's model, Marilyn was asked by famed director and producer George White to be the narrator for his new show in Las Vegas. Many stars were booked as part of this review and Marilyn found it stimulating to be a teenager experiencing the amazing new world of Las Vegas in its heyday in those years. She was thrilled to find herself as a headliner at only 19 years of age! From Vegas, the show then went to the famed "Ciro's" nightclub in Hollywood and did very well until George White lost all the money for the performers’ salaries and travel return. Although they were stranded in Hollywood, this misfortune turned out to be Marilyn’s stepping stone into the world of movies and television. In Hollywood, Marilyn landed a job at the famed "Moulin Rouge" nightclub on Hollywood Boulevard. She was soon featured there. At the “Moulin Rouge” Marilyn performed alongside such luminaries as Johnny Ray, Rock Hudson, Sammy Davis Jr., Liberace, Helen Traubel, Red Skelton, and Frank Sinatra! It was a wonderful era of glamour and excitement. After performances at the nightclub, the movie "Garment Jungle" was an important milestone. The casting for the movie started with three girls; eventually two were cut; Marilyn remained; and so her acting career was launched! Marilyn soon won a role in the movie "The Birds and the Bees" with George Gobel and Mitzi Gaynor. Marilyn’s next movie role was in "Solid Gold Cadillac," a Paramount Studios production. As a young person, Marilyn found it very thrilling to walk and work in Hollywood alongside actors who were famous celebrities. Next George Gobel asked Marilyn to be his sidekick in his show at the Riviera in Las Vegas. She was known as "Charlie," his Guitar-CarrierOuter. Johnny Mann was also part of their "three musketeers" group.
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Their travels from Los Angeles to Las Vegas to Chicago provided
After the show, Elvis came backstage. When she saw him, Marilyn
Marilyn with wonderful times and great memories. One night when
threw up her arms and shouted, “Elvis,” to show the other Marilyn
she arrived at the show of Louis Prima, he greeted her with "Ho, ho,
that she knew him. Only one problem: She had never met Elvis
ho, she's tall and that ain't all." Gobel, Marilyn and Mann were the
before! “I put my arms around him and whispered in his ear, ‘Please
toast of the strip and sat in company with Milton Berle, Jackie Carter
don’t give me away.’ And he said, ‘Don’t worry,’ and he put his arm
and Henny Youngman, the great comedians of the day.
around me and I could feel a thousand eyes boring into my back as we went down this long drive and into a beautiful big limousine.”
In the 1960’s Marilyn’s new agent Meyer Mishkin was able to parlay her success on the road into various auditions resulting
Elvis took Marilyn to dinner at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel where they
in appearances in many television series and movie productions
danced and he sang “Love Me Tender” to her. Marilyn recalls that
including the Three Stooges’ film “Space Ship Sappy” and, in 1966,
Elvis was very charming and very nice. Although he had a strange
the second season of the “Batman” television series. The legendary
collection of people hanging around him, she thought he was a very,
entertainer, Liberace played dual roles in that series as the villain
very nice person. And very good looking with that Southern style of
“Chandell” (aka “Fingers”) and his evil twin brother Harry. Marilyn
charm.
was cast as his partner in crime. When her role in the show required her to rob banks and wind up in jail, her 4 year old nephew was so
Despite Marilyn’s exciting times amid celebrities and industry
upset, he cried, “I have to get Aunt Marilyn out of jail.” Liberace
executives, when she met Rulon K. Neilson in the late 1960’s, Marilyn
was hugely popular at the time and these two episodes became the
knew immediately that he was the right one for her. They had a fairy
highest-rated ever of the two-and-a-half-year series.
tale wedding at the Beverly Hills Hotel and honeymoon in Europe. Their happiness seemed complete with the arrival of their three
Marilyn’s burgeoning television career also included work with Carol
beautiful daughters–Rulonna, Sabrina and Valerie. Marilyn cherishes
Burnett, Jonathan Winters and Sid Caesar. She appeared on “Candid
memories of the great years of their family life. The Neilson home in
Camera,” “The Ed Sullivan Show” and “Bewitched.”
Salt Lake City was a centerpiece for many activities for the arts and friends as the Neilson family was very active in the Utah arts scene,
Although Marilyn was thoroughly enjoying her successful career
especially with the Utah Symphony Orchestra and the Utah Opera
in Hollywood, she missed her family, so she returned to New York
Company.
and began again. TV shows included a role in "Ninotchka," David Suskind's production for TV. Marilyn also worked with Bob Hope,
After her husband Rulon died in 1993, Marilyn decided to offer her
Perry Como, Dean Martin, Mahalia Jackson and countless others in
time to various groups as a speaker and presenter. In retirement
the performance company or just backstage. Marilyn loved living in
Marilyn has even played the lead in the musical "Nine" and had her
New York and being near to her family and the Broadway scene.
photo on the back of every bus in the city.
Over the years Marilyn had quite an array of romantic interests, but
Marilyn feels that life is a great experience filled with joys and
she still has a particular fondness for one of her past flames–Elvis
sorrows, happiness and sadness, love and loss, highs and lows. For all
Presley. Marilyn fondly recounts the story about how they met. As she
of these, Marilyn gives daily thanks to the Lord. Asked about TMLA’s
was performing in a stage production and Elvis was in the audience,
impact on her life, Marilyn believes that Mary Louis is the source of
another woman named Marilyn — no evidence to suggest that it was
many fine influences in her life: “I firmly believe that our mission here
another famous Marilyn from the 1950s — was making a fuss over
is to love, support and serve one another.”
Elvis. Our Marilyn didn’t much like the other Marilyn carrying on over Elvis like that, so she played her whole part directly to Elvis while he sat in the audience.
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PROFILES IN LEADERSHIP THE HONORABLE ELIZABETH COOKE WHITE - CLASS OF 1980 On January 6, 2015
program to run more cohesively; writing
Elizabeth Cooke White
a Safe Routes to School grant along with
80 was sworn in as the
another resident, for which Allendale
first female Mayor of the
was awarded $250,000 for sidewalk
Borough of Allendale,
improvements; upgrades at Crestwood
NJ. The Honorable Kim
Lake–a "true jewel" of the community;
Guadagno, Lieutenant
acquiring grant money that was used
Governor of the State
to build special needs housing in the
of New Jersey was in
borough; paving 80 streets in eight years;
attendance. Liz said
and of course, four years in a row with zero
she was honored to
percent tax increase.
have the Lieutenant Governor be part of the
The Mary Louis Academy provided me with a great education and a solid foundation of core values. At Mary Louis I was able to further develop my sense of integrity, respect for others, leadership abilities, and self-confidence. These values along with my Catholic faith have allowed me to succeed in many areas of my life but most recently being elected the first female Mayor of Allendale, NJ. I will always be grateful for the wonderful nurturing atmosphere at TMLA that allowed me to flourish during my four years there. I treasure the lifelong friendships that I made thirty-five years ago as a student at The Mary Louis Academy. 61
Liz said it is an existing "sense of caring"
ceremony but was most surprised to find
among the Borough residents that will
her father waiting to see her sworn in as
hopefully continue to make a positive
mayor. She was overcome with emotion
impact over the next four years. "There's a
before beginning her first address as
real sense of respect among people and an
mayor. Liz thanked her family, friends,
acknowledgement that we all work for the
residents, supporters, current and former
common good–there's not a lot of personal
council members and mentors, giving a
agenda involved and that's really a blessing
“shout-out” to former Mayor Vince Barra,
to me, especially with our council," she
who presented her with flowers and said he
said. "Nobody is coming in with something
was "beyond proud" to see her succeed him
that is only of interest to them and that's
as mayor. Liz said that as mayor, she'll look
wonderful."
to continue community outreach and focus on the budget and taxes.
Liz said she was "floored" by the support and reaction to her being elected, and as
Liz initially began her service to the
the first female mayor–something she
Allendale community as a member
is very proud of. From cards, to flowers
and then President of the Allendale
and emails, the community shares her
Neighborhood Preservation Association.
excitement. Neighbors have even told her
She then joined the Parent Teacher
how their little girls are excited to see a
Organization (PTO) and eventually served
female mayor for the first time in the town’s
as President there, too, before being elected
121 year history–it's been an unexpected
to the Borough Council in 2006.
and "heartwarming" response.
Looking back, Liz reflected proudly on the
Congratulations Liz, all of your TMLA
accomplishments during her tenure on the
family are so very proud of you!
Council, such as creating the Allendale Sports Alliance during her first year, a feat that allowed the Recreation Department
PROFILES IN LEADERSHIP KEISHA GAYE ANDERSON - CLASS OF 1992 documentary series. Keisha-Gaye has also worked as a Producer/ Editor for Network News Service, a news sharing consortium between ABC, CBS and FOX. Keisha-Gaye is a screen writer, with credits on the show "New Morning," a Hallmark Channel program produced by Faith and Values Media, and the sitcom webisode, "The Married Bachelor." She has been a member of the Harlem Arts Alliance Screenwriting Workshop, led by noted screen writers Jamal Joseph ("NY Undercover"), Zach Sklar (Oliver Stone's "JFK"), and Edward Pomerantz ("Law & Order"), for close to a decade. In 2003, Keisha-Gaye self-published her poetry chapbook Circle Unbroken. She has performed as a spoken word artist at a number of venues, including Bowery Poetry Club, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, The Knitting Factory, and a number of college-based reading series. She is one of the founding poets of Poets for Ayiti, a collective of poets from diverse backgrounds committed to the power of poetry to transform and educate. The proceeds from their poetry collection For The Crowns of Your Heads has helped to rebuild Bibliotheque de Soleil, a library razed during the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Born in Kingston, Jamaica and raised in Rosedale, Queens, Keisha-Gaye Anderson Felix – TMLA Class of 1992–has always been a storyteller. She is the author of a collection of poetry, Gathering the Waters, which was selected from over 100 manuscripts by Jamii Publishing in 2014. In 2015 Keisha made a gift of her work to TMLA’s
Keisha’s poetry and essays have appeared in a number of national literary magazines, journals, and anthologies, including Poems on the Road to Peace, African Voices Magazine, Renaissance Noire, Mosaice Literary Magazine, The Mom Egg, Afrobeat Journal, Sometimes Rhythm Sometimes Blues, Small Axe Salon, the Killens Review
Library.
of Arts and Letters, Caribbean in Transit Arts Journal. She is the
After graduating from Syracuse University (Newhouse and College
Writers of Color and was chosen to participate in the 2013 Callaloo
of Arts and Science), she began her career in television production at CBS News, where she worked as an associate producer or field producer for long-form documentaries like "A&E Biography." Since the beginning of her career as a journalist, she has simultaneously contributed freelance articles to print and electronic publications, including Psychology Today, Black Enterprise, Teen People, Honey,
recipient of a 2010 fellowship from the North Country Institute for Creative Writing Workshop at Brown University. She was selected for the VONA Voices Speculative Fiction Workshop with Tananarive Due in 2015. Keisha-Gaye is a member of the Author's Guild (which hosts her personal site www.keishagaye.com). She currently works as Director
Upscale, and many others.
of News & Information at Brooklyn College of the City University of
She went on to work as an Associate Producer for the national
The City College, CUNY. Keisha currently lives in Brooklyn with her
prime time PBS news program "NOW With Bill Moyers" and then as a post-production Associate Producer on the independent documentary "Flag Wars," which kicked off PBS/ POV's summer 2003
New York. In 2014, she received her M.F.A. in Creative Writing from husband Martin and two children. We’re so very proud of all of your accomplishments Keisha-Gaye. You are truly a TMLA Renaissance Woman! 62
CLASS NOTES THE FORTIES S. Josephine Adams CSJ 45 fully retired in 1999 after twenty years teaching and twenty years as a Principal. S. Josephine moved to Stella Maris Convent, a living with assistance residence in 2009. During Super Storm Sandy she was evacuated to Bishop Kearney Convent in Brooklyn. Marie Martini Catuccy 48 and her husband became great-grandparents for the second time; two boys, ages two years and two months. Betty Jane Kelley Starr Chapple 40 has nine grandchildren who make for a busy time! Betty enjoyed a bridal shower in May and a wedding in June, both in Connecticut. In May, she attended her grandson’s college graduation in Amherst, MA. Jean Draffen Earley 44 and her husband, Tony, have twenty-three grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Mary Groenewold Griffiths 40 lives in a condo in Ohio and enjoys playing golf, shuffleboard and bridge. She is a widow, grandmother and great-grandmother! Irene McGoldrick Hughes 49 lost her husband, Dr. Arthur Hughes, on July 9, 2014. They were married for sixty-two years. Arthur was a professor of History at St. Francis College and also taught at St. Joseph’s College in Brooklyn. Kathleen Allen Kehoe 45 wishes she could have made it to the reunion in 2015. At
eighty-eight years old she was not up to the trip. She does get to Mass every Sunday when the weather permits. She enjoys watching TV, writing letters on her computer and sometimes playing computer games. Kathleen keeps in touch with Mildred Bogart 45 and if anyone has heard from Joan Murphy 45, Kathleen would appreciate her address. Ann Pfohl Kirby, Esq. 45 was sorry to miss the reunion; she was traveling with family and visiting friends. In early May of 2015, Ann attended the wedding of her grandson in Silicon Valley, CA (her second grandchild to be married, so possibly nineteen more to go!). Ann tries to keep in shape by playing tennis and taking an exercise class in Forest Hills. She loves being only a short subway ride away from "the City", Lincoln Center, museums, theaters and department stores. Ann also loves her family "camp" in the Adirondacks where she enjoys nature in the summer as well as during other seasons. Ann is very proud to be a TMLA graduate when she reads how well the recent graduates are doing. Congratulations to the students, their teachers and the Sisters of St. Joseph! June Bellucci Mauro 48 welcomed her first great-grandchild, Greta Jane Mauro, in February 2014.
was saying prayers for her future husband, Pat! Pat's outfit moved north after Normandy and he was wounded when they were fighting to take the town of St. Lo in France; he was not even nineteen years old. When Audrey graduated from TMLA she went on to Fordham University School of Business. Pat recovered from his wounds, was discharged and eligible to attend college under the G.I. Bill. He went to Fordham School of Business too, in 1949. They met, dated and got married in 1955. Agnes “Pat” Kelly Mensel 47 celebrated her eighty-fifth birthday with her children and grandchildren at her favorite place in the world, Lake George, NY. It is still as beautiful as when she first saw it seventy-four years ago! Marlene Meyer Nowicki 49 says that the best gifts of all are her two great-grandchildren, Romane and Joseph. Patricia McGeough Pinto 49 has six children, nine grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren with one more on the way. One of her granddaughters is in medical school in Toledo, OH. Another granddaughter is attending Amherst College and yet another granddaughter is attending the University of Ohio in Cincinnati.
Audrey O'Leary McKevitt 48 remembers that in 8th grade at Immaculate Conception School the Sisters of St. Joseph had all the students go into the hallway and say prayers for the soldiers landing on the Normandy beaches. Audrey did not know it at the time but she
Margaret "Rita" Tierney 44 says "Hello!" to all of her fellow 44ers.
their winters on Oakaloosa Island in Fort Walton Beach, FL, known as the "Emerald Coast." They return to NY in March.
years and are the parents of two children and six grandchildren.
Patricia Van Houten OP, Ph.D. 49 has been installed as an Associate of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill, PA.
THE FIFTIES Marianne Ruelius Albert 58 was married in 1961 and widowed in 2007. She has three daughters, two granddaughters and is an Adjunct Professor at St. John's University. Alberta Candia Begley 57 says that Mary Louis is always in her heart! Alberta and her husband, Jim, are now "snowbirds" spending 63
Christine Simone Bocchiaro 52 lost her husband Joseph Bocchiaro, Jr on December 18, 2014. They were married for fifty-eight
Barbara Wince Collett 59 retired after fortyone years as an elementary school teacher and mentor. She is now raising her granddaughter. "Everything old is new again".
CLASS NOTES Geraldine Terenzi-Costa, PhD 59 finds her special group of TMLA classmates truly sustaining in the aftermath of her husband’s passing. Eleanor Lucey Coyle 55 plays golf, golf and more golf! Eleanor and her sister Joan (Class of 59) spend every winter in Florida playing golf while her husband is home in NY skiing. Rose Cox Delaney 55 and her husband went on a pilgrimage in April 2014 to the Holy Land and Israel for two weeks. Rose volunteers with the St. Vincent de Paul Society and received a President’s Award from the Lions Clubs for helping in their charitable work in South Texas, supporting their Texas Lions Camp for Crippled Children and Down Syndrome Children. S. Joan A. Dillon CSJ 50 graduated sixtyfive years ago. This year two of her close friends from the Class of 1950 passed away. S. Joan still works full time at one of our sister schools, Bishop Kearney High School in Brooklyn. Alma Quinn Dolan 55 has been living in Florida for forty-six years! Her daughters, Cathy and Maureen, and her grandchildren are also in FL and keep her busy! Joan Vesce Dunn 55 moved to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area of Texas in 1982. Joan worked as a School Nurse in a Junior High School. Her daughter, Mary, is happily married to Perry Jacoby, they have a wonderful daughter, Emily. Joan’s son Paul is happily married to Nita and they have two wonderful children, Andrew and Maddie. Joan and her husband, Bill, belong to St. Michael’s Church in Bedford, TX and are both now retired. Estelle Gearon, Ph.D. 50 is a retired College Professor and Dean enjoying life in Maryland. She would love to hear from some of her classmates from the Class of 1950 or her former TMLA students (Sister Irene Francis).
Monica McCabe Schuck Gibson 55 is married and enjoys her eleven grandchildren; she lives in Hertford, NC. Monica keeps in touch with Loretta Meagher 55, Rose Cox Delaney 55 and Lenora McCabe Small 59. They enjoy traveling all over the US in their motor home. Lucille Muhs Gould 59 celebrated her fiftieth wedding anniversary on May 8, 2015. Lucille and her husband live in Florida during the winter. Lucille visits with her sister-in-law, Mary Anne McMonigle Muhs 59 and fellow TMLA alumnae Helen Nazaruk Fettig 59, Mary Perry Wasacz 59 and Kathleen McMonigle Marker 61. S. Elizabeth Graham CSJ 58 was inducted into the Christ the King Regional High School Hall of Fame in May of 2014. Alice Duffy Grant 59 retired as Chairperson of the Social Studies Department at Pelham Memorial High School and continues to do consulting for BOCES and the College Board. Alice has been participating in the national training for Consultants on the changes to the Advanced Placement U.S. and European History courses. Barbara Luscher Barling Grimes 55 is very active in the Boynton Women’s Club – a G.P.W.C. Florida Federation of Woman’s Clubs. Barbara has three great-grandchildren, participates in ballroom dancing, golf and cycling. She visits her children in Tampa, FL and NJ and spends several weeks each summer in East Marion, Long Island with her brother and his family. Barbara took a motor home trip out west during the summer of 2015. She is in good health. Jeanne C. Hickey 50 retired in 2008 as Administrative Assistant to the Chancellor of the R.C. Diocese of Venice in Florida. She has been volunteering at a Catholic Charities support center for men and women with HIV/ AIDS. Jeanne also volunteers at the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, FL as a "greeter".
Judith Roche Howath 55 "Hi to everyone!” She stays in touch with Claire Murcheck Blair 55 and Eileen O’Reilly Malcolm 55. They have all been married fifty-plus years! Judy and her husband Gordon have three children and five grandchildren and play lots of tennis. Joan 'Jackie' Cummings Kennedy 59 would love to receive emails from her classmates; email is Joan.Kennedy1492@gmail.com. Margaret Becht Kramer 50 continues to be very busy as a legal secretary for one of her sons. Margaret is the proud mother of eleven children, grandmother to thirty-one grandchildren and great-grandmother of two. She has been living in the same house for fiftyseven years and sings with the "Sweet Adelines of Greater Nassau Chorus". Justine Jannace Lomenzo 57 has four sons and eight grandchildren. Janice winters in Florida and has a new career painting in oils and acrylics. She is having great fun in her senior years! Eileen Dimon Masters 55 has retired as Vice-Principal after forty-two years in education. Now she is really enjoying her five grandchildren. Mary Ellen McGroary 59 sold her house in Valley Stream, NY after more than thirty-four years. She is now renting an apartment in a two-family house in East Atlantic Beach, NY and feels like a kid again. East Atlantic Beach is a great town for the young at heart. Mary Ellen had an ice-cream from a Mr. Softee truck this summer–it had been fifty years since she had done that! Anne Giddings Murphy 52 feels as if it’s been a lifetime since she graduated from Mary Louis in 1952, sixty-three years ago! Anne is eighty years old now and feels so blessed with her wonderful husband, Vincent, two great children and grandchildren. Anne has been a teacher, an innkeeper and an artist. She volunteers for the Fire Department as a Community Response person (CERTS), delivers food to shut-ins, is a Eucharistic Minister and an Arimethian, a person who 64
CLASS NOTES represents her parish at funerals. Anne plays golf, which she did not begin until she was seventy-two; it was not easy but she stuck with it! Anne loves to read, her librarian calls her an "eclectic reader" and she also belongs to a book club. Anne is a breast cancer survivor and was very lucky to have found it early! She thanks God every day for all of her blessings and prays for her family and friends. Anne says to remember to SMILE, God loves you! Gail Leonard Neill 56 is still teaching in a New York State prison in Stormville, NY. Gail teaches subjects that the young men need in order to gain a high school equivalency diploma. She enjoys her ten grandchildren and the eleventh grandchild was due on her husband’s birthday! Elaine Platt Noonan 55 and her husband, John, celebrated fifty-five years of marriage in August of 2014. They have five children and eighteen grandchildren. Two of their grandchildren graduated from college, three are attending college and the rest are assorted from a senior in high school down to the 6th grade.
Elaine and John live in Florida until Easter. She would love to hear from one and all of her classmates! Carol Oesch 59 is so proud to be a graduate of TMLA! She hopes TMLA keeps up the good work with each new class. God bless to all! Barbara Ellis Pisarchick 55 graduated from Villa Maria College in Erie, PA in 1959. She married Edward Pisarchick, who graduated from Gannon University in Erie, PA, the same year. They moved to Brockway, PA where Ed had a successful career in the glass container industry. They raised four children and have ten grandchildren. Barbara keeps in touch with Ann Kager O’Donoghue 55 and has wonderful memories of Mary Louis and the fine dedicated religious women who gave their lives for them. Thanks to the great education received at TMLA, Barbara won a substantial scholarship to Villa Maria College under the Sisters of Notre Dame of Northwest PA. Barbara did a lot of substitute teaching and her community service continues. She was voted Brockway Woman of the Year in 2013!
Mary Ann Sullivan 58 has enjoyed her travels to New Mexico, Ireland, Japan and the United Kingdom. She is also a Nassau County Literacy Volunteer. Barbara Griffith Sweeney 58 is proud to be the mother of a TMLA alumna, Barbara Sweeney Linder 85. Carol Kloss Traynor 54 states her seven children and family are still scattered across the eastern states except for her son Kevin. He and his family are in Saudi Arabia for the next two years, heading a team from Dow Chemical building chemical plants. Her grandchildren are thriving with one starting a Ph.D. in surgical ANA (Army) in the fall. Her grandson is in a teaching role in the Navy teaching other naval personnel to fly jets. One of her grandchildren will also be starting their residency in urology at UVA in the fall. Mary Jane Kenny Truckenbrodt 51 moved to Charlotte, NC in November 2014. Mary Jane misses NY bagels and corner delis. The people are polite and so are the drivers. Traffic is actually manageable; not choking like it is on Staten Island.
THE SIXTIES Catherine Tyne Bingay 60 is enjoying lots of time with her granddaughters, Marilyn (5) and Cara (3) who live nearby in Floral Park. She is also spending time at St. Augustine Beach in Florida. Virginia Ellis Beech 60 had a lovely, laughfilled dinner in NYC with her classmates, Jane Spaulding, Ruth Halligan and Mary McDermott. Ginny still works full time and has one handsome grandson named Cameron. Barbara Block, Esq. 65 had an interesting career in the U.S. Senate as a legislative staffer. She entered law school at age fifty and graduated in 2003. Since then, Barbara has been practicing law in the Washington, DC office of a NYC firm. She tries to squeeze a little time in for golf and for her brand new "honorary granddaughter".
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Christina Gannon Bradley 65 is the owner of Music Studio of Marin, and has been teaching piano in Marin County since 1976. She is certified in Yamaha, Pace and Musikgarten. Christina serves on the Board of Directors of the Marin Branch of the Music Teachers’ Association of California (MTAC) and is Chair of the MTAC Marin Branch Discovery Scholarship and Certificate of Merit Programs. For thirteen years, she taught the extremely popular Introduction to Piano classes for the Ross Valley Summer School and continues to teach privately at her studio in San Rafael. Christina’s students have won many awards in local and state competitions both in performance and composition. She has performed regularly both as a piano soloist and in a duo piano partnership with Lorraine Taber. She has performed in the College of Marin Summer Opera Workshop,
the Winifred Baker Chorale and the College of Marin Community Chorus and has accompanied for voice classes and recitals. In New York Christina studied piano with Gerda Bregman and in California with Robert Hagopian, William Clark and Paul Smith. She studied voice with Martin Frick, Alice Spears, Marian Marsh and currently studies with Linda Noble Brown. In 1993 Christina and Lorraine won the College of Marin Concerto Competition. She is a past recipient of the Carolyn Witt Memorial Scholarship and has won three MTAC Composers Today awards. Margaret Schwarzkopf Chludzinski 62 retired after teaching for thirty-five years. Peggy is enjoying spending time with her three grandchildren, Maddie, Jack and Mason.
CLASS NOTES Sylvia Stavropoulos Christakos, Ph.D. 63 is a professor of Biochemistry at Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School. Sylvia teaches medical students, graduate students and works on NIH funded research related to Vitamin D. Her husband, Dr. Manny Christakos, is a thoracic/ vascular surgeon. Laurene Gloddeck de la Vega 60 feels Connecticut is not Barcelona, Spain. She feels they had enough snow in 2015 to last a lifetime and wishes she could still ski. Karen Wendel Detormo 65 is an English teacher for corporate classes at Hewlett Packard & IBM. She is also Vice-Principal of St. Ignatius Loyola School in Madrid, Spain and has three children and seven grandchildren. Karen would have loved to attend the reunion but living in Spain made it impossible. She sends a big hug to all of her classmates.
She is a CPA and currently a Partner at D’Arcangelo & Co, LLP in Westchester, NY.
sectors. They have one granddaughter and two wonderful grandsons.
Aurea Mediavilla Hermoso 65 announces daughter, Teresa 88 was married in Madrid, Spain in July of 2014. Her daughter, Patricia 03 was engaged in April of 2015 and is now working as an English Teacher at Ms. Porter's School for Girls in CT.
Barbara Hines Fagan 65 graduated from the College of Mt. St. Vincent and Hunter College before relocating to Annandale, VA with her husband, Jim, and two sons. Barbara worked in the field of education for over thirty-five years, retiring from Arlington Public where she was Coordinator for the English as a Second Language Program. She now lives in Shenandoah County, VA and supervises student teachers for James Madison University. Barbara feels very fortunate to have five grandchildren who live in Virginia. She has very fond memories of TMLA.
Anne Marie Hutchinson Doran 66 retired as a teacher at Jericho High School in June of 2014. She has seven grandchildren and just bought a second home in The Villages, FL. Antoinette Baicich d’Oronzio 60 was sorry to miss the reunion but she was traveling in Yangon, Myanmar at that time volunteering in a program at the Aung San Suu Kyi Institute helping local teachers of English improve their skills.
Cathleen Scheele Einstein 65 and her Barbara Greene DiNapoli 65 married Edward husband, Tim, moved to Ocean View, DE. DiNapoli in 1977, and is the mother of two Cathleen retired in June of 2015 after fortyand grandmother of two. seven years in the financial and government
Regina Fagan 66 published her third book, a work of short stories entitled, Leave Me on a Sunday, in 2014. All of Regina's published books are available in TMLA's Library. Helena Kane-Finn, Ph.D. 63 and her husband Ambassador Robert Finn are the proud grandparents of Nora and Declan.
Dolores Anaya Curtis 40 and Grace Denon Williams 40 celebrating the 75th anniversary of their graduation from TMLA! Dolores and Grace were two of our very first students on September 14, 1936!
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CLASS NOTES Mary Catherine Finneran Folke 65 moved to Minnesota in 1973 and raised two girls and two boys. In 2010, Mary retired after twenty-five years in Minneapolis with the U.S. Postal Service. Andrea Vescia Foldessy 61 and her husband, Ed, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in August of 2015, thanks to the Sisters at TMLA. In senior year, the Sisters invited students from a number of local colleges (all male in those days) to attend a mixer at TMLA. Andrea met her husband-to-be at that function! Ed was from Iona College and Andrea cannot thank the Sisters of St. Joseph enough for helping to "introduce" them! Lorene Wetterhahn Forttrell 65 is busy quilting and serving as President of the Champlain Valley Quilters Guild of NY. Their one hundred and seventy members happily prepared for their quilt show in the fall of 2015 at SUNY Plattsburgh. Mary Elizabeth Vecsey Gembecki 60 is retired from the field of education, having served as both a teacher and a principal. She celebrated fifty years of marriage to her husband, Rich. Liz and Rich have sixteen young grandchildren. Rita Hanson Geoghegan 65 sends her best wishes to all of the Class of 1965. She visits with family and friends in Florida and so enjoys the freedom of retirement after fortyone years of teaching. Angela Gelabert Glover 65 is Athletic Director at Loretto Academy, an all girl college prep school run by the Sisters of Loretto. Angela is a seventeen year Breast Cancer survivor and is also a business owner of Sports Uniforms and Equipment, along with printing and embroidery. She has two children, R.J. and Vanessa. Patricia Sherlock Jones 65 retired from teaching and is busy with six grandchildren. She has such fond memories of her years at TMLA.
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Katherine Kucker Kenny 65 has retired from the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, wrapping up her career as a manager in the Operating Room of their Level I Trauma Center in Richmond, VA. Three cheers for having more time to spend with friends and family! Barbara Denk Kolesar 65 earned her Master’s Degree in English and has taught middle school English for thirty years in Westchester County, NY and Greenwich, CT. Barbara retired to North Carolina in 2006; she has two daughters, Jen, a research scientist at UVA and Beth, a math teacher. She enjoys her four grandchildren. Her husband, Michael, passed away in 2011. Carroll Kruger 69 went back to school after thirty-four years and graduated from NYU in 2012 with a Master of Science degree in Nursing Informatics. Carroll was inducted into Sigma Theta Tau (similar to "Phi Beta Kappa" but for nurses) in 2010. Carroll is working in the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit at New York Hospital Weill-Cornell Medical Center. Barbara Kwasnik, Ph.D. 65 is Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the School of Professional Studies at Syracuse University. Rosemary Gibbia LaGamma 60 retired in 2010 after forty-seven years in education; eighteen years as an elementary school teacher and the remaining as a Principal. Rosemary and her husband travel a great amount of the time. Mary Dixson Lashway 65 is enjoying life in the North Country of New York. She has seven grandchildren living from Washington, DC to Boston to her local area. Patricia Frayne LeGoff 60 was sorry to miss the reunion this year. She was on vacation in Australia and New Zealand.
Rose Erckert Long 65 is a retired Special Education Teacher. She is a very happy world traveler! In February, she went to Thailand and Burma and in September 2014, went to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. Anne Lisi Magidson 65 graduated from Fordham University in 1969, worked in publishing for Doubleday for several years, retail at Bloomingdales and Macys. Eventually Anne found a most interesting career in insurance as an Underwriter with Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance. She and her husband lived in NJ for many years before moving to Florida. Two years ago Anne’s husband, Bob, took a job with Genesco in Nashville, TN and they are really enjoying themselves, as they are country music fans. Anne is currently not working but might look for something soon. Bob loves his job and probably will not retire for a few years so they are in the process of house hunting, they’re outgrowing their apartment! Eloise Merlino Mangino 69 welcomed her second grandchild, Sonja Joy, in December 2014. Sonja joins her cousin, Ronan Michael who was born in September 2012. Joan McEntee 65 earned her MA and JD and moved to Washington, DC. She is married and has a son in San Francisco who works in a tech marketing firm. Her husband, Tommy Brooks, is also an attorney. Joan worked as the first woman US Senate Staff Director, in several Executive Branch agencies such as OMB, HUD and finally as Deputy Chief of Staff to Vice-President George H.W. Bush. She then worked as US Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade before practicing law for ten years at a firm in DC, beginning their business in China. Four years ago Joan started her own company, Middle Kingdom Business Consultants, by opening her office in Beijing, China. She is an advisor to companies doing business in China and travels there approximately six or seven times a year. Joan sits on several boards including the National Alliance for Ovarian Cancer; is a member of the Belgian Grove, US Council on Foreign Affairs and the DC Bar.
CLASS NOTES Margaret Lewis Moehl 65 has been married to the same great guy for forty-three years. They have lived in the same house in Bow, WA (70 miles north of Seattle) for thirty-six years. Their two daughters are Kristin (37) and Jennifer (34). In 2012 Peggy retired after forty-five years in healthcare. Her husband was jealous so he retired six months later. For the past three years they have traveled in "Winston", their motor home, exploring new places, favorite ones and of course biannual trips to visit their daughters in Colorado. Otherwise they enjoy their home and gardens overlooking the San Juan Islands of Washington. Her world is good, and she feels most fortunate and very blessed. Lee Kennedy O’Connell 65 retired from backstage work at the English National Opera. She is still working on comics, illustration and writing. Lee is happy to see how TMLA continues to evolve with time!
Suzanne Garvey Poggio 65 received her MBA in 1983 and worked in marketing communications for trade associations and software companies. She is now retired and has been married for forty-five years to her high school sweetheart. They have two grown sons, three grandchildren (17, 7 & 2) and live outside of Chicago with a second home in New Port Richey, FL. They travel extensively. Jane Cavalieri Sharnoff 65 has special fond memories of S. Irene Francis, who taught physics with great joy and enthusiasm. She also has great memories of PE teacher Angelica Petrides, who enlightened her in the pleasure of modern dance as an expressive art form. Joyce Zakierski Simmons 66 is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Sparta Historical Society in Sparta, NJ. Joyce retired from
teaching music but continues lecturing and traveling. She is the Music Director and organist at Our Lady of the Lake parish in Mount Arlington, NJ. Margaret A. Stamm 65 is a very happily retired Medical Laboratory Technologist. Maureen Daly Stroppel 60 is proud to announce that her niece had a baby boy in October of 2014. Toni Giambrone Tischler 65 has her own business in childcare and organizational consultation. She lives in Walnut Creek, CA. Rita Ortiga Waterman 60 attended the Class of 1960's 55th reunion. There were a dozen of her classmates present and they had a great time.
THE SEVENTIES Patrice Klaum Banahan 75 is sorry to have missed the reunion this year. Tracy and her husband were celebrating their thirty-fifth anniversary with a trip to Italy and did not return until after the reunion. She is currently working with the retired sisters from the religious order of School Sisters of Notre Dame in Wilton, CT. After all these years she is still saying "Yes Sister", "No Sister" and "You are absolutely right Sister"! Deborah Williams Bates 75 after living in NYC she moved to Sausalito, CA, where she lived for ten years. In 1999, she returned to NYC and began a consulting career that provided the opportunity to live in Europe for several years. Deborah has since moved (in 2005) to Atlanta, GA. Camille Mascolo Iovino-Coli 76 states daughter, Katie Iovino, will be graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School with her V.M.D. degree in May 2015. Camille is so proud of her hard work and dedication in her chosen field of veterinary medicine.
Constance Loverro DeSimone 75 lives in Medford, NY and has three sons. She and her husband own a restaurant in Patchogue, Main Street Italian Bistro. Constance has also worked at Cablevision as a Billing Operations Analyst for the past eighteen years. One son is a doctor and the other two are teachers. Zsuzsanna Kadas-Foote, Ph.D. 70 just celebrated thirty years as a Professor of Mathematics at St. Michael's College in Vermont. Mary Jane Guardino Franco 70 was forced to retire at a young age due to a ski accident in 1993. She took up quilting which she enjoys and for charity. Mary Jane’s children live on Long Island and her daughter’s five children keep them coming back to NY. Barbara Rudd Hajko 70 is excited that her niece, Juliana Zask, is a member of TMLA’s Class of 2018!
Marisa Matteoni Harney 76 writes that her son Brendan will be graduating from Lafayette College with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. Her son Brian, a senior in high school, was accepted to Champlain College where he plans to major in Computer Programming. Lorraine Tuohy Hickey 75 works as a Registered Nurse and is living the Southern California life with her husband, Chuck. They recently celebrated their thirtieth wedding anniversary! They have two daughters, Caitlin and Shelbie; like traveling every chance they can get (both stay-cations and awaycations!) She is enjoying finding old friends on Facebook! Catherine Gallagher Honerkamp 70 is working as a teacher’s aide and church cantor. She has three adult daughters and one granddaughter.
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CLASS NOTES Lilli Ann Abbene Kelly 75 is loving life in New Jersey! She has been married to Michael for thirty-eight years. Their oldest son Mike was married in October of 2014 and lives in Seattle; youngest son Steven is single and lives in Manhattan. Lilli enjoys work as a Health Coach, Fitness & Nutritional Consultant. Valerie Fodrowski Kirby 70 retired as a Hospital Administrator/ Executive Director of a non-profit agency. Her two daughters are engaged; Sara Beth is a physician in Florida and Julia is an attorney in NC. Valerie and her husband, Jack, have been happily married for forty years. Mary Elizabeth Beecher Koniarski 73 her oldest daughter Sarah will be going to school in PA. Marybeth’s oldest son earned his CPA in 2014; second son graduated with his degree in accounting and her younger daughter
is in her third year of nursing school at Binghamton University.
“Buddy Day” experience at TMLA. Keep up the great work TMLA!
Laura Osonitsch Kruszewski 70 retired from the NY State Court System in June of 2014. Laura and husband, Daniel, sold their house in Albany, NY and moved to Atlantic Beach, FL in November 2014. Their grandson, Logan, was born June 22, 2014 and is a happy and healthy baby who brings them much joy.
Nancy Rizzo Rothbaum 73 received the 2014 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service as an Academic Advisor at Nassau Community College. In 2014, Nancy and her husband Garry celebrated their thirtysixth anniversary
Claudia Camurati Langworthy, D.P.M. 75 retired from her practice of podiatric medicine. She lives in Key Largo, FL in the winter and Watch Hill, RI in the summer and is enjoying life! Eileen Fitzgerald McGrath 76 is happy that her daughter Caroline will be attending TMLA’s sister school, Sacred Heart Academy, in Hempstead, NY. Caroline enjoyed her
Antoinette Kogel Steenbeek 71 retired from LIJ Medical Center after working there for forty years as an RN. Toni and her husband will be retiring to their home in Vermont once their Long Island home has sold. JoAnn Tassone Tutino 74 welcomed her first grandchild, Charlotte Rose McCloskey, who was born May 27, 2014 to her daughter and son-in-law Laura and Kyle McCloskey.
THE EIGHTIES Marisel Pulido Aleman 80 is Co-Owner & President of Cruise Elite, Inc. in Ormond Beach, FL.
for twenty-one years and has two beautiful children, Matthew (18) and Nicole (16). They live in Nesconset in Suffolk County.
Marie-Therese Richardson Carty, Esq. 80 is Assistant School Manager, English Teacher and International Baccalaureate Diploma Program Coordinator at St. Dominic High School located on the island of St. Maarten. She is also a Soka Gakkai International District Leader for the Cape Bay District.
Mary Schubert Gang, V.M.D. 81 is a Veterinarian. Her husband is working parttime as an Engineer. Their oldest daughter, Emily, graduated from Ramapo College, summa cum laude, and is teaching Spanish and moving to New Mexico. Mary's son, Kevin, finished his first year of college in Engineering School at the University of Pittsburgh and youngest daughter, Deirdre, is fourteen and finished her first year of high school.
Darline Davermann-Reid 85 is married to Vincent Reid, M.D. and has two children, Tyler Anise (13) and Kyle Vincent (12). They moved to Cedar Rapids, IA in July 2012 because of Vincent’s job as Medical Director of Perrine Cancer Center, he is a Surgical Oncologist. Darline received her MA in Cell & Molecular Biology & Genetics and is an Adjunct Professor at Mt. Mercy University in Cedar Rapids. Eva Rizzo DiPietro 85 has been working in the Operating Room at North Shore LIJ Health System as an RN for the past twentyfive years. She has been married to Matt
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Cathy Savarese Gonzalez 80 is enjoying her husband of twenty-three years, an empty nest, being the Program Specialist at the O’Connor Center, serving her community and living in beautiful East Tennessee. Arlene Lohner Larsen 85 made a career change in 2003. She went back to college and in 2011 received her Master’s Degree in English Literature. Arlene is now a teacher at
Whitestone Academy in Whitestone, NY. She is married with an eighteen year old daughter. Deirdra Ross Moshette 89 married Sydney S. Moshette III on June 8, 2013, and they have a daughter, Savannah Rae. Caroline Concannon Reichert 83 wishes a Happy Birthday to the Class of 1983 as they all turn 50! God Bless! Teresa Hermoso Repiquet 88 married Jacques Repiquet in Madrid, Spain on July 12, 2014. Christine Muschitiello Sapienza 88 married Richard M. Sapienza on November 8, 2014 and resides in Mattituck, NY. Christine is still lifelong best friends with Angela Cervera Vincenzo 88. Marguerite Mariani Tonnesen 82 has written three books available on amazon.com, for Kindle. The students at TMLA might enjoy, The Pidgeon's Attempt.
CLASS NOTES THE NINETIES Laura Gluszak Blanco 95 is Director of Sales for Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative. She has been married to Eddie Blanco, Sr. for ten years and is the mother of Eddie Jr. and Isabel, living in sunny Hollywood, FL. Sara Kruzynski Chiarenza '95 moved to Millerton, NY with her husband and three children (Joseph, 9, and twins Jonathan and Daniel who are 6). She is Marketing Coordinator for Salisbury Bank & Trust Company. Chantal Santucci Giambrone 90 and her husband, Salvatore, welcomed their first child on December 23, 2013; a boy named Dario Vincent Giambrone. Chantal has also completed her School Building Leadership Certification at St. John's University. Susanna Ciambra Giaramita 95 has been teaching history in a middle school for the
past fifteen years. Susan has been married for twelve years and has a ten year old son and a seven year old daughter. Danielle Battaglia Lauth 95 celebrated her tenth year wedding anniversary in August of 2014. She has two children, Ryan (7) and Ashley (4). She is Laboratory Operations Manager of the Pathology Lab in Long Island Jewish Medical Center and lives in East Meadow, NY. Lisa Lindsay Lavelanet 90 resides in Smyrna, GA with her two lovely daughters, Laila and Lindsay. Lisa is Program Manager at SunTrust Bank; her hobbies include volunteering as a Girl Scout Leader, mentor for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and traveling to warm climate destinations. Magalie Rodriguez 99 after spending her entire life in NY, she made a rash and hasty decision to move to CA, and it is one of the
best choices she ever made. Magalie has found happiness, her true soul mate, and the strength she needed to start her own business as a Freelance Print Buyer & Graphic Designer. Magalie continues to enjoy her passion for the Arts. As a published poet twice over, she is currently working on a compilation to be released and published through Kindle Fire Direct Publishing. She is also a published photographer, whose work is featured in a New York Times interactive feature entitled "Joys of the Window Seat." Magalie is aspiring and currently working towards her dream to be published in National Geographic. Some of her work can currently be seen in their online photo gallery. Debra Lohrey Sabesan 97 and her husband, Mark, are happy to announce the birth of their second child, Justin Ryan, on November 13, 2014.
THE MILLENNIUM Vashnie Ambu 00 attended Remington College of Nursing and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing. She is currently an Oncology Surgical Nurse at UF Cancer Center of Orlando Health in Orlando, FL. Mariella Cavaleri Brunetti 00 is an art teacher for the NYC Department of Education. She was married in 2010 and has a beautiful three year old daughter and another daughter on the way! Juliet Crupi 00 is a Living Environment and Urban Farming teacher for the NYC Department of Education in Brooklyn, NY. Juliet was featured on Katie Couric’s Earth Day episode with Jane Goodall for all of the work her students have done with Ms. Goodall’s "Roots & Shoots Program." Juliet was Speaker at the Earthwatch Summit held at Harvard University where she spoke on the importance of Citizen Science & Expeditionary Learning.
Juliet is also the NYU Jhumki Basu Foundation’s Sci-Ed Innovator Fellow. Laura Dolce 06 received her Masters Degree in Criminal Justice Leadership at St. John’s University and subsequently joined the U.S. Navy. Laura is now working on an aircraft carrier, serving with diligence and honor. Rachel Dolce 08 received her Masters Degree in Government & Politics and is now an Adjunct Professor at St. John’s University. Patricia Hermoso 03 became engaged to Anthony Tata on April 24, 2015. She has been working at St. John's Prep High School as an English Teacher for the past three years. Patricia started her new position as an English Teacher at Ms. Porter's School for Girls in Connecticut in September 2015.
Lauren Hartnett LaMasa 00 and her husband are celebrating eight years of marriage. They have a two year old daughter. Samantha Lanigan, Pharm.D. 09 graduated on May 17, 2015 from St. John's University with a Doctorate degree in Pharmacy. She has a job as a Pharmacist at Rx Plus Pharmacy in Glendale, NY. Laura Mangino 08 is working at Dancing Dreams, a Bayside based nonprofit that provides dance classes to children with physical and medical challenges. Laura finds the job very rewarding and enjoys coming into contact with their TMLA student volunteers. Catherine Cervantes Morrison 00 is wrapping up her term as President of the Charlotte section of the American Institute of Architects. Cathy welcomed her first child to the world, Winifred Salvacion Morrison, born on December 28, 2014.
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CLASS NOTES Cassie Contino Murray 01 was married on March 24, 2012. Baby boy, Max Daniel Murray, was born on July 16, 2014.
Nicole Morgado Pierce 04 and her husband, Alex, welcomed their baby girl, Molly Violet, on April 23, 2015.
Brie DeFelice Sarakatsannis 00 and husband, Jimmy, live in Washington, DC, with their six month old son, Nicholas. Brie was working as a Pastry Chef and Bread Baker at LePain Quotidien and taught bread baking classes to the public before becoming a mom.
Stephanie Ogir 12 was named to the Dean's List for Academic Excellence for the fall 2014 semester at Johns Hopkins University. To be selected for this honor, a student must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale; in a program of at least fourteen credits, with at least twelve graded credits. Stephanie is majoring in Public Health Studies and will graduate in May of 2016.
Amanda Singh 10 is currently enrolled at Hofstra University pursuing a Master’s degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. After graduation, she hopes to land a full-time position in Human Resources. When not busy with classes she works as a Brand Ambassador promoting various liquor brands at bars, restaurants and liquor stores.
THE TENS Amanda Audette 10 graduated with her Bachelor’s degree in Art History with Honors. Ashley Hidalgo 10 will soon complete nursing school and will have obtained her BSN from Adventist University of Health Sciences. Ashley has been working as a nurse technician and absolutely loves it. Judith Lao 14 is so happy to be an alumna of TMLA! She is now at Brown University.
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IN MEMORIAM Remember the truth that once was spoken: to love another person is to see the face of God. As we loved them in life, let us now remember them in paradise. Jean Carey Boell 40 August 3, 2013
Sister St. Elizabeth Montgomery CSJ (Catherine Montgomery) 45 October 13, 2015
Marie Hillery Drake 40, sister of the late S. Nora Hillery CSJ 40, the late Monica Hillery O'Donoghue 43 and the late Margaret Hillery Pupplo 44, aunt of Nora O'Donoghue Wheeler 70 and cousin of the late Mary Hillery 43 November 19, 2014
Jean McKenna Kelly 46 March 11, 2014
Eileen Hawley Manion 41, mother of Eileen C. Manion 64 October 5, 2014
Rosemary E. Brady 47, aunt of Patricia Brady Finnican 63 April 25, 2014
Mary Leary O’Doherty 41, sister of the late Angela Leary Rochford 43 April 2, 2015
Paula Tierney Florentino 47, sister of Margaret "Rita" Tierney 44 July 31, 2013
Johannah Marie McCaddin Scully 41 October 6, 2014
Mary Elizabeth “Betsy” Andresen Hackett 47 (Class Rep) October 17, 2015
Marcella Bracken Adler 42 March 22, 2010
Margaret Lowe Wolfe 47
Mary Mearsheimer Yarmas 46 December 18, 2014
Sister St. Timothy Connolly CSJ (Gloria Connolly) 42 May 1, 2015
Joan O’Leary Wood 48, twin sister of Audrey O’Leary McKevitt 48 and sister of Ann O’Leary Healy 56 October 30, 2015
Grace Gehring Larkin 43 October 10, 2014
Barbara Ann Becher, Ph.D. 49 January 22, 2015
Patricia McDonough Masia 43 January 20, 2015
Mary Ann Prendergast Herman 49 May 6, 2013
S. Geraldine O'Brien 43 May 30, 2014
Arlene Callahan Ochs 49 August 20, 2015
Margaret Hillery Pupplo 44, sister of the late S. Nora Hillery CSJ 40, the late Marie Hillery Drake 40, the late Monica Hillery O'Donoghue 43, aunt of Nora O'Donoghue Wheeler 70 and cousin of the late Mary Hillery 43 July 2, 2014
S. Patricia Turner CSJ 49 October 26, 2014
Rita German Gambardella 45, mother of Mary Gambardella Bryant 75 August 2013
Arlene Peirano Condon 50, sister of Patricia Peirano Merola 54 August 12, 2013
Marian Hazelton Knowles 45 September 24, 2013 Ethel Lawler 45 March 24, 2014
Janet Fontana Varinos 49 October 5, 2013
Rosemary Kusk Tiefenwerth 50 May 20, 2014 Rosemary O'Hea Boyd 52 July 16, 2014 72
IN MEMORIAM Patricia Lane Brewster 52 May 8, 2015
Marjorie Valentine Horan 57 Accel March 28, 2015
June Hoffman Cafiso 52 January 23, 2014
Bernetta "Bunny" Wood Loser 57 July 24, 2014
Jeanne Shanley Comerford 52 January 12, 2015
Dorothy Galvin Curley 58 January 26, 2011
Rosemarie Ganss Danoski 52, mother of Elizabeth Danoski Burke 77 and Catherine Danoski Savage 78; grandmother of Alexis Burke 12 July 21, 2014
Marian Covelli Burridge 59 September 12, 2014
Mary Killian O'Donnell 52 February 25, 2015 Bettina Marino Pino 52 July 26, 2014 Regina Gallagher Wanser 52 July 23, 2014 Marie A. DeVito 53, sister of Mildred DeVito Hauser 56 December 12, 2014 Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Whitehouse Holzgruber 53 October 14, 2014 Phyllis Safarik Lombardi 53, cousin of Mary Anne Smith Healey 55 November 5, 2014 Kathryn Carmody Stevens 53 August 14, 2015 S. Anne Brennan CSJ, S.T.D. 54 February 20, 2015 Rosemarie Sannuto Comanda 55 May 26, 2010
Arline Eiermann Jacobs 59 2001 Genevieve Drake Tafreshi 59, sister of the late Patricia Drake 62 July 19, 2014 JoAnn Corso Clancy 65 May 24, 2010 Jacqueline Mulvihill Sheridan 65 October 20, 2014 Mary Ann Hilliard Sweeney 65 June 3, 2013 Elizabeth Zullo Tozzi 65 March 14, 1999 Leda Bandera Vucemilovich 65 December 30, 2013 Andrea White Van Wert 66 May 23, 2015 Pauline Jara Waller 68 September 12, 2015
Marilyn Buysse Wendorff 55 August 2013
Donna D'Agostino 70, sister of Debra D'Agostino, Ph.D. 73 and Denise D'Agostino Mistretta 75 February 24, 2013
Ann Flynn Cozzi 56, twin sister of Mary Flynn Wilson 56 August 28, 2011
Donna Drehner Popik 71 October 25, 2014
Mary Joan Cusack 57 July 3, 2014
Linda Lanuto Johnson 72 March 3, 2015
Lynda Lawler Forberg 57 April 2, 2015
Joyce Milza Zaccaro 74 September 17, 2015
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IN MEMORIAM Diane Spohr Dowd 77 December 29, 2014 Christine Walther Staszak 79, sister of Jacalyn Walther Reulbach 67 June 15, 2015 Barbara Brower Essig 81 February 17, 2015 Maria Victoria Figueredo 81 2010 Gabriella Messina 82, sister of Geraldine Messina Doddato 69, Maria Messina 71 & Rosalba Messina 79 February 19, 2015 Regine St. Victor Nelson 85 January 14, 2015 Bianca DiLorenzo 95 May 17, 2015 Sabrina Cammock 11 March 2, 2015
Sister Eugenia Calabrese CSJ General Councilor – Sisters of St. Joseph 2004-2015 November 1, 2015 Madelene Contino, mother of Cassie Contino Murray 01 October 10, 2014 Joseph A. Costa, Sr., brother of Joann Costa Daccardi 61 and former husband of Geraldine Terenzi Costa, Ph.D. 59 October 28, 2014 Kathleen Fish Cunningham, daughter of Anne Corrigan Fish 59 May 5, 2011 The Honorable Mario Cuomo, father of Margaret Cuomo Maier, M.D. 73 January 1, 2015 Donald E. Deegan, Esq., husband of the late Nancy Maurer Deegan 52 February 20, 2012 Peter F. D'Elia, husband of the late Kathleen Colton D'Elia 58 April 20, 2013
Richard F. Adolino, husband of Rose Coppola Adolino 53 May 31, 2014
Sister Margaret de Sales Grob CSJ TMLA Faculty 1960-1964 February 4, 2015
Michael Albert, husband of Marianne Ruelius Albert 58, 2007
Dr. Edmund J. DiLello, father of Laura DiLello 01 May 22, 2015
Giovanni Battista grandfather of Sofia Randazzo 15 June 7, 2015
Vita Dionisio, mother of Meryl Dionisio 74 March 7, 2015
Joseph Bocchiaro, Jr. husband of Christine Simone Bocchiaro 52 December 18, 2014
Deputy Chief Timothy Dowd, NYPD, father of Melissa Dowd Begg, Sc.D. 81 December 26, 2014
Samuel V. Byram, husband of Marisa de la Garza Byram 97 December 2, 2014 Robert Campbell, husband of Maureen Duffy Campbell 62 James Carney, father of Bridget Carney Titone 81 and father-in-law of Richard Titone–TMLA Faculty August 12, 2015 Ann Cataldo, mother of Valerie Cataldo Cofer 71 October 18, 2014 Sydney Cohen, husband of Geraldine Terenzi Costa, Ph.D. 59 2013
Joseph N. Fiscina, D.D.S., father of Bernadette Fiscina, M.D. 64 and Barbara Fiscina Elliott 65 June 28, 2015 John Fitzgerald, father of Eileen Fitzgerald McGrath 76 October 11, 2015 Charles F. Fish, husband of Anne Corrigan Fish 59 July 21, 2014 Terence R. Gelke, son of Charlene Lazard Gelke 67 January 28, 2014
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IN MEMORIAM Paul F. Gilvary, Jr., husband of the late Patricia McCrann Gilvary 57 Accelerated January 7, 2015 Ellen Gimblet, sister of former faculty member S. Elise Gimblet, CSJ TMLA Staff 1994-1997 June 16, 2015 Virginia Green, mother of Valerie Green 72 January 22, 2015 Jose T. Gueson, father of Christina Gueson Rivera 02 March 31, 2010 Patrick J. Honan, father of Deirdre Honan 85 and Anne Honan Walsh 89 January 10, 2015 Mona Sun Huang, Ph.D., mother of Grace Huang Weidmann 83 and Joy Huang 87 August 18, 2015 Dr. Arthur J. Hughes, husband of Irene McGoldrick Hughes 49, father of Jeanne Hughes 76 July 9, 2014.
Thomas F. Meade, husband of Joan Lang Meade 53 March 14, 2015 Joseph A. Pino, husband of the late Bettina Marino Pino 52 July 15, 2015 Denise Pullen Morton, daughter of Anne Tooker Pullen 55 October 21, 2014 Patricia Masia Murphy, daughter of Patricia McDonough Masia 43 May 12, 2013 Virginia R. Poole, mother of Ellen Minion Maguire 71 December 20, 2012 Olga T. Rizzo, mother of Nancy Rizzo Rothbaum 73 September 22, 2014 Agnes Rella, grandmother of Clare Jarosiewicz 13 February 8, 2015 Pauline Robinson, grandmother of Marisa Kavanaugh-Hogans 93 October 11, 2015
Anna Jarosiewicz, grandmother of Clare Jarosiewicz 13
Sister Margaret Patricia Ryan CSJ TMLA Faculty 1961-1965 January 25, 2015
Michael R. Kolesar, husband of Barbara Denk Kolesar 65 September 14, 2011
Dolores K. Sacktig, mother of Kelly Seufert 89 April 21, 2014
Christine M. Lay, mother of Krystin Lay Blauch 05 September 11, 2013
Anthony V. Santoro, father of Linda Santoro Travis 73, Barbara Santoro, Esq. 75
Frank T. Lloyd, Jr., husband of Sally Sloan Vescatel-Lloyd 56 May 2013
Laura Santoro Lamia 78 August 16, 2013
Frances K. McAuley, granddaughter of Lillian McCaffrey McAuley 44 October 21, 2001
Nunzio William Savino, father of the late Jane Savino Deyo 08 and Anne Savino Barracca 80 September 7, 2014
Joseph D. McAuley, son of Lillian McCaffrey McAuley 44 April 2011 Joseph J. McAuley, husband of Lillian McCaffrey McAuley 44 December 12, 1996 Richard McGahren, Esq, husband of Marjorie Mulvehill McGahren 56 April 15, 2015 Harry McNamara, husband of Irene Grealish McNamara 53 March 20, 2014 75
Gloria Scapp, grandmother of Julia Scapp 17 May 31, 2015 Arthur A. Seufert, father of Kelly Seufert 89 July 10, 2015 Insp. Matthew John Simeone, III, NCPD, husband of Sgt. Gilma Alberti Caslin 80 March 27, 2009
IN MEMORIAM Matthew John Simeone, Jr., son of Sgt. Gilma Alberti Caslin 80 October 23, 2014 Rosemary Sweeney, mother of Meagan Sweeney 06 and Elizabeth Sweeney 13 September 23, 2015 Frank Tomitz, father of Rebecca Tomitz Armstrong 77, grandfather of Alanna Armstrong 09 and Courtney McCool 17 January 30, 2015 Edward A. Trumpbour, Jr. father of Suzanne Trumpbour 79 April 17, 2013 Simone Trumpbour, sister of Suzanne Trumpbour 79 February 11, 2012 Tullio Thomaso Venturini, father of Rev. D. Alexandra Venturini Dyer 74 July 16, 2015 Genevieve R. Vulin, mother of Christine Vulin Cox 86 and Donna Vulin Reimers 88. Aunt of Monique Vulin Reynolds, Ph.D. 95 and Tanja Vulin 98. January 2015 Mary White, mother of Mary White Moore 74, Winifred White Mele 75 and the late Elizabeth White Regan 77 October 9, 2015
Please notify the school of the death of a TMLA alumna or family member. Please contact the Office of Academy Advancement at 718 297-2120 or mail to: The Mary Louis Academy Office of Academy Advancement 176-21 Wexford Terrace Mother Mary Louis Way Jamaica Estates, NY 11432
The Honorable Mario Cuomo, Governor of the State of New York from 1983-1994 passed away on January 1, 2015. Governor Cuomo was the father of Margaret Cuomo Maier, M.D. , TMLA Class of 1973. From 1969-1973 Mr. Cuomo was an integral part of the Father’s Guild and helped to run the annual “Pop Hop” (today’s Father/ Daughter Dance) during the years his daughter was at TMLA. He always held a special regard for The Mary Louis Academy and will be greatly missed. Governor Cuomo is survived by his wife Matilda, children Andrew, Maria, Margaret, Madeline and Chris and 14 grandchildren. Requiescat in Pace Mario.
HILLTOPPER NATION
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2014 NEW YORK STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONS!
TMLA's Tennis Team followed their undefeated regular season and their Brooklyn/Queens Championship Title with a defeat of St. Joseph Hill Academy of Staten Island for the State Championship Title. It was The Hilltoppers of Queens vs The Hilltoppers of Staten Island, as The Mary Louis Academy faced St Joseph Hill Academy for the New York State Championship. TMLA was coming off their epic win over St Francis Prep. While that victory was exciting it proved to be only the first step towards the State Championship Title! Congratulations to the entire team on a very successful season! Cross Country Track 2014 Brooklyn Queens Freshman Championship
JV Soccer 2014 Brooklyn Queens Championship
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GOLD KEY ART AWARDS
“I Wanna Be a Skunk When I Wake Up” Christina Chiaramonte 15
“Oh Hello There” Valerie Bressier 16
“Frizzy Izzy” Isabel Santos 16
TMLA RENAISSANCE WOMAN Diane Santomauro Bresee 65 is pictured here with her artwork “Lababia Warrior”. This piece was chosen for exhibition at the National Academy Museum in New York City. On May 15, 2015 twelve fellow TMLA alumnae attended the Opening Exhibition to show support for their TMLA “sister”. Congratulations on your well deserved recognition Diane! You can see more of Diane’s wonderful art work by visiting her web site www.dianebresee.com
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TMLA ABROAD
Since 2011 TMLA’s Italian classes, under the guidance of instructor Mr. Nicholas Maurantonio, have been video conferencing with students from the Istituto Secondaria Superiore, Gaetano Curcio in Ispica, Sicily. Mr. Maurantonio coordinates these conferences with the Istituto’s English teacher Mrs. Mary Puccia, who as luck would have it is the aunt of Karra Puccia, TMLA Class of 2013. In Ispica, Sicily besides teaching English, Mrs. Puccia is also responsible for a National High School Model United Nations Program in which she and her students travel to the United Nations in NYC for a yearly Conference held in March. For each of the past 4 years, as part of their UN visit, the Italian students and their chaperones have visited TMLA. The Italian students and their TMLA counterparts have always asked when TMLA would visit Ispica. This academic year, The Mary Louis Academy sponsored a Student
Nine young women from TMLA (3 Sophomores, 4 Juniors, and 2 Seniors) and faculty chaperones flew to Ispica, Sicily for an eight day stay with their previously arranged Italian host families. The TMLA student’s family are reciprocating by hosting the daughter of the Italian host family for a week in March of 2016. While in Sicily TMLA’s young women attended classes with Italian students and also took sightseeing trips to: the Greek ruins in Siracusa, the Duomo and restored town of Noto, the Valley of Temples in Agrigento, the storybook city of Modica, and also visited Taormina and Mount Etna. During the fall of 2015 partnered students (the Italian host student and family and TMLA’s host student and their families) used various conferencing and social media programs both in school and at home to contact each other and get to know each other. Months before the arrival in Italy, students and families have been able to use language abilities to develop relationships for the visits. TMLA is so very grateful to Mr. Maurantonio for all of his hard work establishing this program and to all of our benefactors whose generosity helps to make this wonderful cultural exchange opportunity available to our young women.
Cultural Exchange Program with the Istituto in February of 2016.
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ALS ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE CREATORS VISIT TMLA
On December 15, 2014 TMLA was honored to welcome home Jenn Flynn Quinn 03 and her husband Pat, two of the creators of the world renowned ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Pat, who was diagnosed with ALS in 2013, gave a deeply moving talk to an assembly of our students about what ALS is and the realities of battling this illness. The strength and positivity that shone forth from both Jenn & Pat was truly awe-inspiring. When asked who were his inspirations in his battle against ALS he responded, without hesitation, "My wife Jenn, a Mary Louis girl of course!". We are so very grateful to both Pat and Jenn for taking the time to provide the Mary Louis community with such a tremendous example of strength and faith. Our young women are truly inspired to spread awareness and continue to help in the fight against ALS. Please know that our thoughts and prayers remain with the Flynn & Quinn families. And remember Pat...when you married Jenn you became a member of the TMLA family as well. Be assured that Jenn’s 20,000 TMLA “sisters” are praying for you! We will “stay positive” for you both!
TMLA WOMEN: BUILDING A BETTER WORLD TMLA Trustee Pascale Saint Louis-Sablan, Class of 2001, was recently approached by the TV program “Great Spaces Movement” to record a short interview explaining her journey and career as an architect and her extensive international volunteer work. While Pascale felt that this moment was one of her crowning achievements an even greater honor was in store. In the summer of 2015 Pascale was invited for a personal meeting with President Michael Martelly, the President of Haiti. Pascale and President Martelly had a full conversation and dialog where they discussed her architectural and charitable work in Haiti, her education (BArch – Pratt Institute, MS – Columbia University..and of course TMLA!), her recent election as President of the New York City Coalition of Black Architects and the work, both professional and personal that she has been doing all over the world. They had a particularly engaging discussion about how a project Pascale designed for the city of Cap Haitien, Haiti has been winning awards and was featured on the cover of NOMA magazine. President Martelly was particularly impressed when Pascale informed him that, out of over 110,000 licensed architects in the United States, she is only the 315th black woman ever to become a licensed architect. Congratulations Pascale on all of your honors and achievements, we are so very proud of you!
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CHRISTMAS CONCERT IN MEMORY OF AUDREY PRAGER MACLEAN 46 TMLA’s Glee Club and Orchestra added to the season’s festivities with the annual Christmas Concert on Dec. 12th and Dec. 13th in our Auditorium. The 2014 Christmas Concert was dedicated in memory of Audrey Prager MacLean 46 whose family’s generosity allowed TMLA to design and develop the new Audrey Prager MacLean Music Conservatory located in our Main Building.
TMLA FORENSICS LEAGUE IS NAMED MOST SUCCESSFUL TEAM IN BROOKLYN AND QUEENS TMLA's Forensics League (Speech & Debate) won the prestigious Dr. Francis Giordano Award as the most successful speech team in Brooklyn and Queens! TMLA has won this award for 14 of the past 15 years!
TMLA LOST & FOUND
In 1985 Teresa Caliari Olya's home on Staten Island was robbed, among the jewelry stolen was her 1975 TMLA Class Ring. Fast forward 30 years to 2015 and TMLA received a phone call from Robert Hall…he found her ring by the Raritan River in Edison, NJ! TMLA reached out to Teresa and put her in touch with Mr. Hall and in October of 2015 he returned her ring to her. Mr. Hall is a veteran metal detector who belongs to a group called BRAVO which tries to unearth artifacts from the Revolutionary War. He has found many rings over the years but this was the first time that he was able to reunite a lost ring with its owner. As Teresa happily said “These things really do happen!”
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BEAUTIFUL ME program is funded by The Hance Family Foundation, which was established to honor the memories of Emma, Alyson, and Katie Hance, three beautiful little girls who died on July 26, 2009 in a tragic car accident on the Taconic State Parkway; they were only 8, 7, and 5 years old. There is a grim statistic we’d like to share with you: only 2% of women think they are beautiful. “Beautiful Me’s” basic lesson plans are designed to teach girls of all ages how to think positively and with assurance about their bodies, their skills, and their relationships with others. The mission of “Beautiful Me” is to extend the lessons Emma, Alyson, and Katie Hance taught by example through their all too short lives…that being comfortable with who you are makes you a better sister, daughter, and friend. A curriculum based program is administered in three 1-hour sessions by one of TMLA’s teachers and social workers that is designed around Students from TMLA’s new V.O.I.C.E. Leadership Program facilitated a “Beautiful Me” workshop at TMLA for our Freshwomen. The “Beautiful Me” program is a self-esteem program designed to educate young women by promoting appreciation for their genuine qualities, accurate self awareness, and the satisfaction of helping others. This
three core content areas – Emma’s Example, Alyson’s Art, and Katie’s Kindness. The instructors guide the conversations to also include important friendship-building skills and key concepts necessary for building and protecting each young woman’s individual gifts and talents.
TRIPLE CROWN The Mary Louis Academy Class of 2015 Salutatorian, Kylie Chow, and her twin brothers, Dylan and Brandon, are not just triplets… you might just call them the “Triple Crown”. All three Chow siblings ended their final year of high school as academic superstars, with each being honored as a valedictorian or salutatorian in the graduating classes of their respective schools. Dylan and Brandon, both graduated on June 6, 2015 from our brother school Holy Cross High School in Flushing. They had grade point averages only one point from each other, with valedictorian Dylan earning a yearly average of 105, and Brandon graduating with 104. Kylie graduated from TMLA on May 31, 2015 with an impressive GPA of 4.72. Both Kylie and Brandon are currently in their first year at Villanova University in PA, while Dylan is in his first year at Macaulay Honors College in NYC. 83
TMLA ARTISTS INVITED TO THE MET
Christina Chiaramonte 15
Isabel Santos 16
Valerie Bresier 16
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“I Wanna Be a Skunk When I Wake Up”
“Frizzy Izzy”
“Oh, Hello There”
TMLA is proud to announce that 3 of our Art Majors were invited to display their Gold Key artwork at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. TMLA’s student artists also received 25 awards in the 2015 Scholastic Art and Writing Competition, more than 3 times the number of awards received by any other school in Queens.
DANCING DREAMS TMLA’s students performed a vital, yet background
make-up, costumes and glitter, they do more than
role, when “Dancing Dreams” appeared on “The
they ever would try at their therapy session. “Dancing
Meredith Vieira Show” on September 8, 2014. Each
Dreams” has grown from five girls to more than 65
young dancer had her own student supporter who
(and growing!), ranging in age from three to 17 years
guided her as she performed in a full-scale dance
old.
recital, complete with costumes, make-up and spectacular sets.
To see these amazing ballerinas and their TMLA helpers in action you can go to www.YouTube.com
“Dancing Dreams” was started by Joanne Ferrara,
and search for “A Performance by the Girls of Dancing
a pediatric physical therapist with a background
Dreams”, posted by The Meredith Vieira Show.
in ballet, for her physical therapy patients who just wanted to be like all their friends in a dance recital. They practice weekly with a TMLA helper, doing moves that hurt, but since they will be on stage with
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CSI: JAMAICA ESTATES The Mary Louis Academy’s Forensic Science program won the award for “Best Crime Scene Processing” for the annual CSI Challenge at C.W. Post campus of Long Island University on April 24, 2015. “Best Crime Scene Processing” is one of the most coveted awards at this event. The CSI Challenge is a realistic, hands-on competition designed to provide students the unique opportunity to conduct a full-scale investigation of a fictional crime. Over 800 students from 50 schools in the NY Metro area are invited to participate. Each team of 12 students is given the same mock crime scene, with just seven hours to collect evidence, interrogate suspects and solve the case. Students spend hours sweating over dental molds and footprints, studying blood-spvatter patterns and keeping crime-scene logs. They also use electron microscopes, laptops, evidence bags and walkie-talkies. Teams are assigned numbers for the competition, and no one is supposed to say where they're from, so as not to influence the judges. Cell phones and consulting the Web are banned. Irrelevant evidence is also planted at each crime scene, making the case even tougher to solve. The students persevere, picking out the important evidence, running lab work and comparing notes. As each team reaches its conclusion, it crafts a presentation for the judges.
This is the third year in a row in which TMLA’s young women have achieved one of the top awards. In addition TMLA is the only all-girl school in the City of New York to have won the CSI Challenge!
ELLEN GIMBLET Pictured is S. Joan Petito CSJ (TMLA Principal 1986-1997) with Fr. John Lee, CP in one of TMLA’s Chapels. Fr. Lee is wearing the new vestments which S. Joan donated to TMLA in memory of Ellen Gimblet who passed away in 2015. Ellen served as the Secretary in TMLA’s Development Office from 1994-1997 and was the sister of TMLA’s retired School Nurse, S. Elise Gimblet CSJ.
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WHERE HAVE YOU BROUGHT TMLA?
Twin sisters, Katherine Harkay, Ph.D. 79 & Eva Harkay Kovassy 79, brought TMLA to Barcelona, Spain!
These members of the Class of 1979 brought TMLA along for a mini-reunion at the home of Marguerite Krecji 79 in Manhasset, NY!
Nan Adams 79 took THE Mary Louis Academy along with her to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA.
Nora Eberhardt Quigley 46 proudly takes THE Mary Louis
Denay Richards 15 brought THE Mary Louis Academy
Academy everywhere in Ballston Lake, NY!
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
GENESIANS SPRING
MUSICALE “MARY POPPINS” April 15 & 16
COMMUNION BREAKFAST April 17
HILLTOPPER 5K RUN April 23
NIGHT OF THE ARTS May 13
SPRING CONCERT May 13 & 14
ALUMNAE HAMPTONS RETREAT
May 14 & 15
For more information about tickets and registration for any of these events please contact TMLA’s Office of Alumnae Relations at: Phone : 718-297-2120 x 286 Email: alumnae@tmla.org Or visit our alumnae website at https://tmlaalumnae.site-ym.com/
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