Summer 2015 Volume XLII Number 2
You will be known. You will be loved...
Around the World.
FEATURE STORIES
Lou Graham Reflects on Historic U.S. Open Remembering the 90th Winter Winds Blow Past the Competition w w w. f a t h e r r y a n . o r g
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Board of trustees Executive Committee Judy Komisky Orr ’75, Chair David Glascoe, Vice-Chair Robert J. Mendes, Finance Committee Chair Betty Lou Burnett, Membership Chair Rev. Mark Beckman
ANNUAL FUND SETS NEW RECORD $670,643 Raised in 2014-2015 Campaign!
Committee Chairs Brett Wesnofske ’88, Facilities John Siedlecki, Advancement
Ex-Officio Members Most Rev. David R. Choby ’65 James A. McIntyre Dr. Therese Williams
Board Members
We are pleased to announce that Father Ryan’s community provided outstanding support to our Annual Fund campaign this year and helped us set a new record for the fourth consecutive year. Their generosity enabled us to top $670,000 for the first time and exceed the previous record by almost $50,000. This generosity was led by our faculty, staff and Board of Trust, who 100% rate in the beginning of the campaign. The Father Ryan community rode that momentum of giving throughout the year to produce these record-breaking results for this campaign. participated at a
More than 1,600 individuals made gifts, 469 of whom were first-time Annual Fund donors. More than 11% of our alumni gave, contributing in excess of $375,000, and nearly 50% of parents made Annual Fund gifts. The Junior class led the parent community with 54% participation. We especially thank May and John ’78 Bumpus for their leadership as chairs of the parent campaign. The Classes of 1967 and 1985 led alumni participation with 62% participation by the former and the most donors by the latter. We are blessed by the generosity demonstrated by all our donors. On behalf of our students, our faculty, and our staff, thank you to everyone who supported the
Thomas Bauer David Bohan ’66 Tommy Bradley ’81 Mary Brennan Lee Clark Warner C. Hassell Judith E. Hoover Steven Janicak Rev. Patrick J. Kibby ’73 Dr. Robert Labadie Philip M. Mattingly, Sr. ’69 Robert J. Mendes Patrick J. Nolan, III ’69 Rick Olszewski Jack Polson Ralph J. Schulz, Jr. William R. Stejskal III ’79 David Tehle
Life Trustees Thomas G. Connor, Sr. ’60 William H. Farmer ’65 Edward B. Gore J. Terry Hunter Vincent T. Phillips John C. Shea ’51 William F. Smith Edward A. Stack
Administration James A. McIntyre, President Paul Davis ’81, Principal Sara Hayes, Vice Principal and Academic Dean Michael La Haie, Dean of Students E lizabeth Coyle’02, Dean of Campus Ministry and Student Life Pat Lawson ’93, Athletic Director Connie Steinmetz, Chief Financial Officer
2014-2015 Annual Fund. Go Irish!
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A Tradition of Faith, Knowledge, Service
CONTENTS
Summer 2015
Cover Photo: Father Ryan student Will Tate sits with members of the Casa Hogar Orphanage in Guatemala. See cover story on PAGE 22.
Volume XLII Number 2
Feature
Table of Contents
2} In the News
Partnership with Public Library; Lancaster Saluted as Outstanding Teacher; New Staff; Maraniss Honored
6} Saluting our Teachers Faculty Retirements; Remembering Sr. Mary John.
7} Student Successes
Behind the Crest; Winds are World Champs!
2015 9} Graduation/Baccalaureate AP Success
12} Athletic News
State Titles; Record Number of Signings; Season Recap
16} Saluting Lou Graham ’56 18} A 90th to Remember Legacy Gala
21} Reunions 2015 22} A Tradition of Service 27} Class Notes Births,Weddings & In Memoriam
NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED. We are excited to have launched a new Father Ryan website, school information system, learning management system and enrollment management system at the beginning of the school year. This system replaced both PowerSchool and Schoology with one, integrated system that communicates with our website and other systems. The result is a website with responsive design that puts the power of our new technology in the hands of students, parents, alumni and faculty, all while enhancing communication with our families.
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In The News summer 2015
PARTNERSHIP WITH NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY BENEFITS ALL Prompted by both recent and historical events, Father Ryan entered into an exciting new partnership with the Nashville Public Library’s Civil Rights room in the spring of 2014. The partnership seeks to preserve the stories of past Irish generations for posterity, but the relationship has paid unexpected dividends for both the library and the students at Father Ryan, as well as the school itself. 2
Dedicated to preserving the legacy of the American Civil Rights Movement and educating the public on the importance of both remembering and honoring our past, the Civil Rights branch of the Nashville Public Library opened in 2004. Curated by Andrea Blackman, the Civil Rights Room is always looking for new or forgotten stories of Civil Rights heroism. Over the past year, in conjunction with Father Ryan’s Multicultural Student Union, it has featured two exhibits relating to the Civil Rights history of Father Ryan and Nashville. The first display recounted the 1954 story of Father Ryan’s first AfricanAmerican students, on what was their 60th Anniversary year. Father Ryan’s Class of 1955 was the first anywhere in the South to integrate, thanks to the bold and unapologetic decision made by then Nashville Bishop William L. Adrian and Father Ryan Principal Fr. Francis Shea. The exhibit was such a popular success that this winter the library agreed to
help Father Ryan continue to tell their history of Civil Rights pioneering, this time through the story of the 1965 Father Ryan basketball team, the first such high school team in the South to integrate. The exhibit’s dedication took place on January 5 of this year and drew an impressive crowd, including the entire Pearl-Cohn boys’ basketball team, whose forerunners at Pearl High School comprised the first traditionally all-African American team to square off against Father Ryan’s integrated squad, 50 years before. Past and present generations came together to celebrate the historic event and discuss both what the Civil Rights movement meant to the city of Nashville 50 years ago, as well as what it still means today.
Student Union has taken an active role in the preservation effort, alongside the staff of the Nashville Public Library. Beginning in early 2014, members of the Multi-cultural Student Union worked with library staff to reevaluate and update Father Ryan’s personal archives. This experience has proven priceless to the students, who learned more about the history and tradition of their school, as well as proper archiving techniques from professionals. The school itself has greatly benefitted from the exercise, as 90 years of records and stories are now being restored and preserved for Father Ryan posterity, and the students now possess the tools necessary to catalog any and all noteworthy happenings for years to come.
The Father Ryan–Nashville Public Library partnership isn’t just about telling stories, however; it’s about preserving our shared history for the future generations of Irish students and Nashvillians. Father Ryan’s student-run Multi-cultural
As the library partnership continues to grow and strengthen our shared bonds of community history, we can look forward to sharing more inspiring stories from Father Ryan’s past, present and future with both Nashville and the world. 3
LANCASTER NAMED TEACHER OF THE YEAR Randy Lancaster ’83 has been named the Bishop Alphonse Smith Teacher of the Year for 2015.
MARANISS RECEIVES SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR BOOK ON NASHVILLE ICON
Mr. Lancaster, who earned his B.A. from the University of the South, now serves Father Ryan as the English department chair, but has previously taught Adult Education at Father Ryan, Christ the King and St. Mary’s. He is an accomplished scholar, having received a Frist Grant from the Pencil Foundation Teacher Awards Program to study World War II Literature and Art in England, and also a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to study Dante’s Divine Comedy for six weeks in Italy. As a Shakespearean actor, he has participated in dozens of performances ,including his portrayal of Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center for which he received Circle Theater’s 2003 Best Actor in a Lead Role Award. He has even conducted Shakespearean Text Workshops for the NSF Apprentice Companies, and brings this impressive résumé to bear in the classroom, engaging and inspiring his students to a devotion of literature rarely seen at the high school level.
SENIOR STARTS COLUMBIAN SQUIRES CHAPTER Clayton Chamness ’16, a rising senior and swimmer at Father Ryan, is taking his service hours to the next level. Rather than treat his required service as a “chore,” Clayton has chosen to view it as an opportunity to practice his faith in the community, starting a Nashville chapter of the Columbian Squires at his home parish, Christ the King. Columbian Squires is the youth version of the Knights of Columbus; an opportunity for Catholic boys age 10-18 to explore and strengthen their faith and passion for service. Their mission—provide boys in the Diocese of Nashville with the means to serve those so often forgotten in our society, the poor and the marginalized. “As Catholics,” Clayton said, “it is important for us to reject society’s idea that the needy are inferior, and to live in solidarity with them.” Clayton also hopes that the wide age range—from 5th to 12th Grade— will introduce a mentorship aspect to the service. Younger members will be matched with role models in the older members, while the high school-aged squires will have the opportunity to develop as young men and leaders. While the Columbian Squire circle will be held at Christ the King and managed by the parish’s Knights of Columbus chapter, the group will be open to all young men of the Diocese of Nashville, not just Christ the King parishioners. All who are interested are welcome, according to Clayton.
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Andrew Maraniss, husband of Father Ryan Alumna Alison (Williams) Maraniss ’98, has received special recognition from the Robert. F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights for his recently published biography, Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South. The Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, founded in 1980, presents awards annually to books which “most faithfully and forcefully reflect Robert Kennedy’s purposes—his concern for the poor and the powerless, his struggle for honest and even-handed justice… and his faith that a free democracy can act to remedy disparities of power and opportunity.” Strong Inside is the first professional publication for Maraniss, a Vanderbilt University alumnus and partner at McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations here in Nashville. The biography tells the pioneering story of Perry Wallace, a Nashville native whose intelligence and talents on the basketball court led him to become the first African-American scholarship athlete to play in the Southeastern Conference in the late 60’s, and in the process become a Civil Rights icon both in Nashville and across the South. The book features prominently the 1965 Father Ryan vs. Pearl game and its impact on the city.
NEW FACES AT FATHER RYAN HIGH SCHOOL at Father Ryan. Casey has been with Father Ryan since 2006, working in the college counseling office since she began. She has excelled while on Norwood Drive, expanding the program and the students’ college interests since her arrival.
Elizabeth Coyle ’02
Casey Jones
Angie Coffey ’95
Christina Williams
Marisol Preston
Adrienne Spraggins
The New school year brings new and many familiar faces to the Father Ryan administration.
Replacing Casey as the Director of College Counseling is Christina Williams. She comes to Father Ryan after 13 years in the Vanderbilt admissions offices, serving as the Associate Director of Admissions for the Vanderbilt Law School program since 2007 and in Vanderbilt’s undergraduate admissions office for five years prior. Christina received her Master of Arts in Mathematics in 2002 and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Secondary Education in 1997 from Vanderbilt University. Also coming to Father Ryan from the Vanderbilt admissions offices is Adrienne Spraggins, the new Associate Director of College Counseling. While at Vanderbilt, she served as an Admissions Counselor for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions since 2012 and as the Program Coordinator for the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program from 2010-2012. Adrienne is a 2011 graduate of Vanderbilt, where she earned her M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration after graduating from the University of Delaware in 2006, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry.
One of Father Ryan’s own returns to Norwood Drive this fall, as Elizabeth Coyle ’02 replaces Tim Forbes ’93 as the new Dean of Campus Ministry and Student Life. She returns to Father Ryan with an impressive list of appointments and accolades on her résumé, most recently as the Co-director of Lydia’s House in Cincinnati, Ohio, a transitional house for women and children who are searching for long-term housing solutions. She has a master’s degree from Vanderbilt Divinity School and has taught theology at Pope John Paul II High School. Father Ryan also welcomes back Angie Jackson Coffey, a Class of 1995 alumna, who is the school’s new Annual Fund and Constituent Relations Manager. After spending 14 years as the Multimedia Account Executive for Comcast Spotlight, she returns with a wealth of experience as a sales executive and close ties with the Middle Tennessee community, having volunteered with the Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee, St. Edward School, Nashville and Rutherford CABLE, Meals on Wheels, the Smyrna Rotary Club and the North Rutherford YMCA over the past six years. Marisol Preston joins the Father Ryan family as the new Director of Admissions. She comes to Father Ryan from Jacksonville, Florida, where she has spent the last four years working in the admissions office at Jacksonville University, most recently as the Chief Admissions Officer. Fluent in Spanish, Marisol received her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from San Diego University in 2000, and has experience teaching Spanish in the classroom. Casey Cossitt Jones, formerly the Director of College Counseling at Father Ryan, takes over as the Director of Academic Counseling, replacing John Spore ’64 who retired after 44 years
SCIENCES TAKES FLIGHT Over the last several years, the ways for scientifically-minded students to become engaged at Father Ryan seem to have spontaneously combusted. Take the Science Olympiad team, one of Father Ryan’s most popular clubs, or the Rocket Club, which, under the supervision of Mr. Cyrus Pour, constructs everything needed to launch a two-to-three foot rocket, including launching device and fuel. It is a unique way to engage physics and chemistry students in a fun and challenging manner. No scientific expertise is required, just an interest in learning and discovery; as they say, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist. Such inquisitiveness isn’t just engaging outside of the classroom; however, it is yielding big results on test day too—last year, five Irish seniors earned perfect scores on the Science section of the ACT. 5
BEHIND THE AWARDS: SISTER MARY JOHN
FOUR FACULTY/STAFF MEMBERS RETIRE Father Ryan High School recently said farewell to four individuals who have dedicated years of service to many Irish students. They have lived lives of excellence and compassion through their careers and have shown through action what it means to live our mission. All of them are stalwart supporters of this school, and they will be sorely missed.
Graduation is a time for looking back, not just at the previous school year, but at the many that came before. Father Ryan has 90 years of history to draw from, after all. Many of the awards handed out on Senior Night are named after former Father Ryan teachers because it’s important to remember the lessons of the past, and the people who taught them. Take the Sister Mary John Award, given to the senior who has maintained the highest math grade point average over all four years of their Father Ryan tenure. Teachers like Sister Mary John, who taught upper level math at Father Ryan for 30 years, left indelible marks on entire generations of students, but who was this Sister, and why has Father Ryan named an award in her honor? Sister Mary John wasn’t just a teacher; she was a pioneer. In the late 1960’s, when mainframe computers began to emerge as cutting edge tools in the field of math, Sister Mary John worked with data staff at the National Life and Accident (NLT) to grant her students access to their computers. As a result, Sister’s students may have been some of the first high school students in the nation to learn to use the computer for mathematical processes. She also founded Father Ryan’s Mu Alpha Theta chapter, which continues to thrive, and regularly consulted with Vanderbilt math professors on both math6
ematical theory and curriculum to stay ahead of the curve. She was strong-willed. She may have been a Sister of Mercy, but inside the classroom, Sister Mary John was not one to “put up with any foolishness,” as John Spore ’64 describes her. A 44-year Father Ryan teacher and administrator himself, John was first a student of Sister’s during his high school stint, and got to experience firsthand the high standards to which Sister Mary John held her students. She wasn’t without her softer side, however; upon retiring she bequeathed her room to the student-turned-teacher Mr. Spore, and left him with a special request. He was to look after her potted plants. It was her final assignment, and she made sure Mr. Spore was kept on task with frequent visits. A math teacher with a green thumb is a rare thing, a teacher equipped to both instruct and nurture—that was Sister Mary John. The Sister Mary John Award honors her name as a testament of just how a life of charity can continue to inform a school’s present.
John Spore ’64
Steven Peden
Laura Beasley
JOHN SPORE ’64 has been a member Father Ryan faculty for 44 years. Starting in 1971, Mr. Spore taught Social Studies, World History, and Economics. He has served in the Guidance Office as Director of Admissions for the last 25 years. STEVE PEDEN joined the Father Ryan family in 2000, after working in the Metro school system for 30 years. He has taught in the English department and has served as a football and wrestling coach for the Irish. LAURA BEASLEY taught at Father Ryan for over 18 years, working in the Foreign Language and Social Studies departments. She served as the assistant moderator of the Senior Class in charge of Homecoming. MAUREEN SCHLACTER
Maureen Schlacter served as Librarian for Father Ryan High School for the past 10 years assisting students with research projects and collabMaureen orating with teachers to enSchlacter hance classroom instruction. She retired at the end of the 2015 school year to spend more time with husband Mike and all their grandchildren. Maureen will be greatly missed by all. These outstanding people have given generously of themselves to Father Ryan and its students for years, and we thank them for their many contributions to our school.
BROADCASTING & JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE CREST Father Ryan has always been a college preparatory school, but that doesn’t mean the faculty and administration don’t encourage their Irish students to think beyond their collegiate aspirations. Every year at Father Ryan, students explore new interests and launch new activities on the campus, and though those activities are often meant for recreation or hobby, exploration or simple fellowship, every so often a student will launch a venture that sets them up for success not just at the secondary and undergraduate levels, but as budding young professionals. This is what the sports journalism club Behind the Crest has become for a group of journalistically minded students here at Father Ryan. As the name suggests, Behind the Crest is “your all access pass behind the scenes of Irish athletics,” a one-stop source for all things sports. For every sport, at every event they are present to give you the highlights and the breakdowns, and to celebrate the talented students who step onto the fields, courts, rinks, pools and tracks for Father Ryan. Led by four members of the Class of 2015, the club has turned a love for sports, journalism and photography into a new broadcast network at the school, and in the process, they have channeled that experience into career pursuits. The club was founded in the fall of 2013 by a trio of teachercoaches and has been led since its inception by recently graduated seniors Donnelly Wolf, Juan José Rodriguez, Colin Fitts and Mark Newton. The club’s purpose was simple—highlight the accomplishments of Father Ryan’s student-athletes and provide students the opportunity to learn more about and participate in the fields of sports broadcasting, journalism, photography and video editing. Behind the Crest is largely student-run, and under its past president Donnelly Wolf has functioned to educate its members to the technical aspects and nuances of sports broadcasting, journalism, digital media, photography and video editing. Behind every national broadcast of the NFL and NBA is a similar team, and these enterprising students have made the most of the opportunity. The club continues to post new content to their blog several times every week featuring game re-
caps and player highlights, and online they have live-streamed at least one contest of almost every varsity sport that Father Ryan has to offer. The club has proved its own reward, but one of the most rewarding aspects of the work has been the response from the Father Ryan community. Through Behind the Crest’s efforts, Irish fans and alumni have been able to keep up with their alma mater’s athletic achievements like never before. They have brought Father Ryan sports and fandom into the 21st Century and made it that much more exciting to be Irish. Exciting and opportune. The real-world experience has proven invaluable, earning the students commendations and even scholarships. Juan José recently won the Fred Russell-Grantland Rice scholarship for sports writing at Vanderbilt. Donnelly, a member of the golf team, earned a PGA Management Trustee Scholarship at Coastal Carolina University, while Colin is off to Columbia University of Chicago, and Mark has accepted the Presidential Scholarship to attend the University of Alabama. They say, “do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life,” and these four young men are proving the maxim correct by taking their interests and converting them from simple résumé builders into professional skill sets and career-making opportunities. 7
FATHER RYAN WINTER WINDS ARE 2015 SCHOLASTIC WORLD CHAMPIONS Novel accomplishments are hard to come by at Father Ryan. After 90 years of student achievement, there aren’t many awards left that are yet to be won, but the Father Ryan Winter Winds Ensemble did just that earlier this spring when they competed in, and won, the Winter Guard International World Championships in Dayton, Ohio. After taking first place at the Winter Guard International Mid-South Regional at Western Kentucky University in the spring, the Father Ryan Winter Winds & Guard Ensemble traveled north to Dayton to compete in the first ever Winter Guard International Winds division World Championships in April. The group first performed in prelims on Saturday, April 11th at Wright State University and entered Sunday’s finals, held at the University of Dayton’s UD Arena, ahead by almost 30 points. Their finals performance sealed the victory for the Irish, and they were named the first ever WGI Winds World Champion in the World Class division, the highest division at the scholastic level.
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Winter Guard International Sport of the Arts is the world’s premier indoor color guard, percussion, and wind ensemble competition. A non-profit youth organization, WGI is called the Sport of the Arts because it brings music to life through performance in a competitive format. Now entering its 38th year in 2015, the sport continues to grow, with more than 36,000 participants at the regional level, and more than 12,000 participants at the Sport of the Arts World Championships. Congratulations to the Father Ryan Winter Winds Ensemble on its championship performance, and for bringing new accolades to the Irish community.
Commencement Weekend summer 2015
DIVERSE INTERESTS HIGHLIGHT TALENTED 2015 GRADUATES Another group of seniors has made the walk—the Class of 2015 are officially alumni. This year’s graduating class boasted six National Merit Award recipients, almost too many perfect ACT and SAT subject scores to count, dozens of athletic scholarships, hundreds of college acceptances, and millions of dollars in awarded academic scholarships. Father Ryan is always proud to see its students move on to bigger and better things, but it will still be hard to see such a talented group go. Here’s how a few top achievers have made their Irish education count. CATHERINE CLEMENTS, VALEDICTORIAN To 2015 Valedictorian Catherine Clements, a great education is like a welltended garden—give it your time, your care, your sweat, your love, and it will reward you ten-fold. And it is an apt metaphor for Catherine, in addition to growing herself during her four years at Father Ryan, brought more growth to the campus with her creation of the Gardening Club. The harvest—of both her education and her produce—has been strong. Her academic record boasts commendation as a National Merit Finalist, a weighted GPA of 4.8 and nine Advanced Placement courses. Outside the classroom, she’s an avid hiker and an 11-year veteran of Camp Marymount’s summer program, where she’s worked as a camp counselor the past two years. She also served her senior year as president of the Environmental Awareness Club. This fall Catherine will be attending Purdue University, where she plans to major in environmental engineering, and if her track record is any indication, Catherine is soon to be pushing the boundaries of the science and breaking ground on the technologies that will power and sustain our planet’s future.
VICTORIA CORREA, SALUTATORIAN Salutatorian Victoria Correa has found her own niche—science and service. These have been the defining disciplines of Victoria’s high school experience, and though she has excelled in every facet of her Father Ryan career—both academic and extracurricular—these are her true passions. Take, for example, Victoria’s Senior Service, in which she volunteered as a teaching assistant at Harris Hillman School for children with special needs. The most rewarding experience of her high school career, what really made the experience special was getting to see the children “just be kids,” having fun and growing despite their disabilities. As she moves into the next phase of her education, Victoria will look to mesh that love of service with her other love—science. She’s always known that her chosen path would involve the sciences, and with a lineage that boasts several generations of doctors and nurses on both sides of the family, one might say she is genetically predisposed to a medical career. She affirmed this vocation in her Anatomy and Biology classes, where she discovered a deep fascination with the nervous system, and how the mind functions. Victoria will explore her (continued on page 10)
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future specialization at Oxford College of Emory University this fall, where she will double major in Neuroscience and Spanish, disciplines which combine her personal interests with her proud Colombian heritage. BEN WEISEL We’ve all heard it before... “It’s about the journey, not the destination.” Well whichever it is, Ben Weisel is probably going to get there before anyone else. Like so many Father Ryan standouts, Ben is the personification of a scholarathlete, balancing the rigors of athletic and academic performance with seeming ease. On Academic Night he took home not one but two Academic Medals, in AP Statistics and AP Microeconomics, and as an Irish track star has earned and received athletic scholarship offers to Belmont University, Butler University, Mount Saint Mary’s University and Saint Louis University. In the end Ben chose Belmont as his collegiate destination, and he will begin his journey there this fall, likely at a dead sprint.
GRADUATES CONTINUE CATHOLIC EDUCATION Father Ryan’s emphasis on Faith, Knowledge and Service parallels the qualities that Catholic colleges and universities are looking for in their students. The Class of 2015 have been accepted to and many are attending the following Catholic colleges:
Ave Maria University Bellarmine University Belmont Abbey College Catholic University of America Christian Brothers University
ARIELLE MBULUPEYA As a member of Father Ryan’s Social Justice Club, Arielle Mbulupeya has spent time as a volunteer at both the Safe Haven Family Shelter and the downtown Nashville Room in the Inn, where she serves as a waitress to the homeless men and women who look to Room in the Inn’s charity just to survive. Any waitress would tell you that it is a hard enough job when you are paid for it, but in the true spirit of Faith, Knowledge and Service, Arielle committed her time and energy to serving the most humble in our society, dispensing a compassionate kind of justice one tray, and one smile, at a time. Arielle will be attending Auburn University in the fall.
DePaul University
MADDIE SAMPSON Maddie Sampson, a member of both the choral and musical theatre programs, is one of our most decorated singers. In the fall Maddie was selected to both the Mid-State Soprano-Soprano Alto-Alto (SSAA) and All-State mixed (SATB) choruses, the highest choral honor in the state of Tennessee, as well as a member of the 2013 All-National Honor Choir Ensemble by the National Association for Music Education. Maddie is the first Father Ryan student to be selected for this performance, and one of only ten that year from Tennessee. As a member of the Musical Theatre program she starred in several Father Ryan productions, and recently received both the Musical Theatre Academic Medal and the Bertie Strobel Choral Award at Academic Night for her contributions to the programs. She will be attending Birmingham-Southern College this fall on the Vicki Wonders Foltz Memorial Scholarship from the Metro Nashville Chorus.
Marquette University
Fordham University F ranciscan University of Steubenville Holy Cross College John Carroll University Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago Loyola University New Orleans Mount Saint Mary’s University Pontifical College Josephinum Saint Anselm College Saint Leo University Saint Louis University Saint Mary’s College Saint Xavier University Spring Hill College Thomas More College University of Dallas University of Dayton University of Notre Dame University of San Diego Villanova University Xavier University
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AP ACHIEVEMENT REACHES NEW HEIGHTS 86.4%—that’s the percentage of Father Ryan students who earned qualifying scores of 5 (extremely well qualified), 4 (well qualified) or 3 (qualified) on their A.P. Exams. This past May Father Ryan students took a record number of Advanced Placement exams (396) across our spectrum of 25 AP courses, and they produced one of the highest rates of qualifying scores in the school’s history. This furthers a trend now 16 years running, as every year the number of AP exams taken has increased and the qualify rate (a grade of 3 or higher) has remained at 80% or above, a remarkable record of academic achievement. Father Ryan has always prided itself on the academic abilities of its students, and our students reward that pride by continuing to shine in the national spotlight, excelling in the National Merit program as well as the SAT and ACT. This year on the ACT, 22 students earned at least one perfect subject score, and several students, all graduating seniors, were perfect in multiple categories. MICHAEL CANONICO was perfect in Reading and English, NICHOLAS PAGANO in Reading and Science. PETER CONNOR was perfect in the Reading, Math and Science sections and GRACE QUIGLEY scored perfect on Reading, English and Science. On the SAT, a perfect score in Reading went to WILLIAM LANDERS, in Math to RYAN HERRMANN, and in the Math 2 Subject Test, again NICHOLAS PAGANO. Sara Hayes, Vice Principal and Academic Dean at Father Ryan, had this to say about the achievement, “This year’s Honorees continue a long legacy of national academic successes. The
students here at Father Ryan receive an exceptional education from a committed and caring faculty. We offer a broad and diverse curriculum which allows our students to achieve consistently at the highest level in everything from our 25 AP courses to the National Merit program.” In addition to these honors, Father Ryan’s academic achievements are showcased through the National Merit Program, the National Honor Society, the Cum Laude Society and the Cardinal Newman Association, groups that honor academic achievement and that include more than 150 Father Ryan students among their membership. This year’s numbers are just the latest examples of the caliber of academic achievement our Irish students are demonstrating, numbers indicative of the time and effort put forth by the Father Ryan faculty and staff to make sure Father Ryan students are prepared for college and beyond. 11
Athletics summer 2015
WRESTLING AND TRACK TEAMS CELEBRATE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCES Congratulations to the Irish Wrestling Team, which brought home its record 21st State Title this spring at the TSSAA Division II State Wrestling Tournament. As a team, the Irish recorded a score of 249 points, beating out second-place Baylor by 10.5 points. In addition, Irish wrestlers Christian Simpson, Raymond Eason, Trey Chalifoux, Kirby Simpson, Eli King, Chris Wesnofske and Ben Stacey all captured individual state titles, putting the Father Ryan name at the top of seven of the fourteen weight classes. Several members of the team were also named All-State athletes. Christian Simpson, Kirby Simpson, Eli King and Chris Wesnofske were named to the 1st Team, while Raymond Eason, Trey Chalifoux, Nick Naughton and Ben Stacey were selected for the 2nd Team. Congratulations also to the Father Ryan Boys’ Track team. Ben Weisel recorded individual state championships in two events, the 1600 Meter Run, which he won with a time of 4:19.07, and the 3200 Meter Run in which he recorded a time of 9:30.82. The Boys’ relay team also placed first in the 4x200 Meter Relay with a time of 1:29.61, and the Irish finished the tournament second overall, behind only Brentwood Academy. Additionally, several runners set Father Ryan school records this year. Ben Weisel owns two records, for the 800m Run with a time of 1:53.36, and for the 1600m Run with a time of 4:10.16. In the Long Jump, Michael Callari set a new record with a distance of 23’ 2”. Two relay records were set as well—in the 4x200m Relay, the team of Quinn Robinson, Michael Callari, Jack Shoulders and Bryce Vickers set a time of 1:29.61, and in the 4x400m Relay, Ethan Jackson, Quinn Robinson, Ben Weisel and Jack Shoulders earned a time of 3:24.62. 12
Carly Bledsoe
Sarah Bossung
Brandon Benedict
Tyler Shoop
Robert Crawford
Andrew Rector
Cameron Towns
Jack Shoulders
Matthew O’Connell
Alex Horlak
Marcus Dean
Landon Knoll
Cody Oliphant
Will Neuser
LARGEST IRISH SIGNING DAY IN SCHOOL HISTORY Nineteen seniors from across the sporting spectrum signed their National Letters of Intent to continue their athletic careers collegiately this past spring, making it the largest signing class in the school’s history. “It’s an exciting day for Father Ryan,” said Athletic Director Pat Lawson ’93. “I couldn’t be prouder of these talented student-athletes.”
Ben Weisel
Andrew Triplett
John O’Dwyer
Natalie Davis
Irish Football produced signees from both sides of the ball, including defensive star ANDREW RECTOR, an ESPN and 247Sports three-star recruit who signed with Vanderbilt University, and wide receiver JACK SHOULDERS, a 247Sports threestar recruit who signed with East Tennessee State University.
Andrew O’Dwyer
Along with Rector and Shoulders, ROBERT CRAWFORD signed with Tennessee State University; ALEX HORLAK signed with Wofford College; CAMERON TOWNS signed with Butler University; MARCUS DEAN signed with Lindsey Wilson College; BRANDON BENEDICT signed with Thomas More College; and TYLER SHOOP signed with Pennsylvania State University.
Trae Rebel Ramsey
For soccer, CARLY BLEDSOE signed with Xavier College and SARAH BOSSUNG signed with Belmont University. In Rugby, MATTHEW O’CONNELL signed with Arkansas State University. For Track, BEN WEISEL signed with Belmont University; NATALIE DAVIS signed with St. Louis University, and ANDREW TRIPLETT signed with Birmingham-Southern College. For Swimming, CODY OLIPHANT signed with the U.S. Naval Academy; while WILL NEUSER signed with the University of Santa Cruz. In baseball, both ANDREW O’DWYER and JOHN O’DWYER have signed with Coppin State University; and TRAE REBEL RAMSEY signed to play baseball at Iowa Lakes Community College. 13
IRISH ATHLETICS RECAP
BASKETBALL The Lady Irish varsity basketball team rode a roller-coaster ride of a season to an appearance in the quarterfinals of the TSSAA Division II-AA State Tournament, but could not advance to the State Semifinals at Lipscomb University. The Lady Irish finished with an even 14–14 record overall. The Irish boys finished with a 9–17 overall record. The team seemed to be improving steadily, even if its 5-8 record against non-conference opponents appeared otherwise. Of the eight losses, one was a 5-point loss to eventual State Tournament runner-up Christian Brothers (Memphis), and half were by fewer than twelve points.
BASEBALL The Irish Baseball team fell in the opening round of the State Tournament to MBA in a best-of-three games series, dropping the first two games 5–3 and 13–4. Despite this, the Irish had 14
an encouraging season on the diamond and is sending two of its stars, John and Andrew O’Dwyer, on to Coppin State University to play ball collegiately.
BOWLING After a stellar regular season, the Girls’ Bowling team made a deep run into the TSSAA Division II State Tournament this year. They defeated rival Harpeth Hall by a score of 20–7 in the quarterfinals but succumbed to St. Benedict in the semis, 18–9. With one match left to play in their season, the girls rallied to a win and claimed Third Place in the State.
HOCKEY The Irish Hockey team went just 4–8–1 this season in regular season play, but three players, junior Cole Crocker and seniors Ricky Bohr and Owen Sherlog were named to the Greater
Nashville Scholastic Hockey League 2015 All Star team, representing the Irish as the best Nashville and the state of Tennessee have to offer.
LACROSSE This year the Boys’ Lacrosse team finished with an overall record of 13–6, making it to the State quarterfinals before falling to McCallie, 19–6. The team also had several players named to their division’s All-Region teams—Senior Patrick Lynch (middie) and junior Aaron Weisel (middie) were named 1st Team All-Region, and sophomores Quinten Green (attack) and Mitchell Bray (face off) were named to the 2nd Team.
titles. But two late goals by Baylor clinched the victory in the State semis and left the Irish one game short of their goal. Next year, though, looks good, with experience returning and new talent arriving.
SWIMMING The Irish Swim team traveled to Knoxville over Valentine’s Day weekend to participate in the State Championships. Most of the Irish had lifetime best times. A special congratulations go to Sam Wehby for swimming incredible times in the 200 IM and 100 Breaststroke, earning his place as swimmer of the meet.
SOCCER The boys had another impressive season that took them to the Final Four of the state, with a strong shot at back to back 15
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Two strokes—that’s all that separated the winner from the field at the 1975 U.S. Open Golf Tournament.
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hat year the Medinah Country Club outside Chicago played host to the national tournament, and all the biggest names in the sport teed off to determine the next national champion. The field was stellar—Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Ben Crenshaw, Arnold Palmer and a halfdozen other players made runs at the leaderboard that weekend, but all would ultimately fall short. Frank Beard would begin the Final Round with a three-stroke lead on the field, but shot a seven-over par round to finish tied for second. Palmer and Watson missed the lead by just three strokes, Nicklaus by two, and Crenshaw by only one. By the end of the day on Sunday there were only two men left, unexpected heroes who’d held off a field of golfing greats— John Mahaffey and Father Ryan’s own Lou Graham. The score was all locked up at three-over par after 72 holes, and a Monday morning 18-hole playoff would decide a winner between the two of them. To say Lou was a special athlete would be an understatement, and the drive to win was there from the very beginning. Once, after posting a score of 113 at the 1948 Tennessean/Metro Parks Schoolboy Golf Tournament, Lou complained loudly to his mother about how poorly he played. Oh yes, he was 10 years old. He vowed to improve, and went on to win the tournament three straight years, from 1953-1955, the first golfer to accomplish that feat. In 1953, Lou joined his brother Marty in hoisting the TSSAA State Championship for the Irish golf team. By his junior year, he was captain of the basketball team and the team’s leading scorer. Next for Lou was golf at Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis), which he attended for three years before being drafted into the Army, where he served as an Honor Guard over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. This lifelong spirit of dedication and his competitive drive are what Lou would draw from on that Monday morning to claim victory over his opponent, shooting an even-par round to Mahaffey’s two-over. After the parity of the first four rounds, the play-off was surprisingly one-sided, with Lou posting several birdies early and cruising to victory. Summing up the event in
the June 1975 edition of Sports Illustrated, Dan Jenkins wrote, “While a horde of celebrated contenders struggled as if in straitjackets, imperturbable Lou Graham found the key that locked up a crazy U.S. Open.” It was Graham’s first and only Major win, but marked his third victory on the PGA Tour circuit since becoming a professional in 1964. He would later add three more wins to his record, all in 1979, earning him Golf Digest’s “Comeback of the Year” award for that year. Aside from his individual successes, Graham competed for the USA on three winning Ryder Cup teams, as well as the winning 1975 World Cup team. After retiring from the PGA in 1985, Graham continued to compete as part of the Senior Tour, now known as the Champions Tour, and was inducted into the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame in 1992. The 2015-16 school year will mark the 60-year Reunion of Lou’s graduating class at Father Ryan, but Lou and his wife, Patsy, have long been active members of the alumni community, giving generously of both their time and efforts. Lou has lent his name, one of his PGA Tour trophies, the 1974 Kaiser International Open Invitational trophy, and his presence to Father Ryan’s annual golf tournament. Now dubbed the Lou Graham Alumni Golf Classic, the tournament has raised more than $80,000 for tuition assistance since 2008. The trophy is inscribed each year with the winning team’s names and is proudly displayed in Victory Hall. Lou still plays as well, at least twice a week, and can be found whistling tunes of his own invention as he hits those long, straight drives he was known for back in his PGA Tour days. It will be 40 years this summer since he sank that final putt at Medinah, but to Lou, it feels more like four weeks. He can still recall every hole, every shot of that final playoff round, and does so fondly—the competitiveness is still there, after all. We at Father Ryan look back to that proud time in Irish history as well, celebrating Lou’s accomplishment and everything he has achieved both in and outside the sport of golf.
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Honoring 90 Memorable Years
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he simple dignity and pride of Charles Kinnard ’55 and Richard Ordway ’56. The shy smile of 2015 Teacher of the Year Randy Lancaster ’82. The understanding of basketball athletes, separated by five decades but united by a shared history. Coach Bill Derrick ’48, surrounded by players from his historic teams, beaming in their presence, and they in his. 86.4%—the mark of AP success. The New York Times story, a mark of national standards met. A sign on the McDonalds tray, the mark of a city’s pride. It was the best of years…and it was the BEST of years. The 2014-2015 school year marked Father Ryan’s 90th school year, and it was one to remember. Six National Merit Honorees led the way. Wrestling won yet another state title, their 21st, and Track stars sprinted into both individual state glory and the Father Ryan record books. It was also a year of firsts. The Winter Winds Ensemble claimed national bragging rights. Here at home, the Norwood campus embraced the digital age with its 2:1 Technology Initiative. The Irish hosted the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, and watched their guests claim New Year’s success in the Music City Bowl. Every year at Father Ryan is one of service, but this in particular was a year to be proud of. In Nashville, students completed thousands of hours of service with charities like Room in the Inn, and organized nationally recognized events on campus like the annual Relay for Life and Special Olympics. Students also ventured abroad, travelling from South Carolina to Central America and everywhere in between. They gave their time, sweat, minds and hearts to their work, and spread the Irish promise of “You will be known; you will be loved,” wherever they went. Here’s to another 90 years as great as the first.
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Gala Honors 90-Year Irish Legacy What better way to cap the 90th year than with a celebration? For Father Ryan’s 36th Annual Legacy Gala, the Irish community of faculty, parents and alumni joined in a special celebration, honoring the school for which they had gathered and investing in its future for decades to come. Ninety years of Faith, Knowledge, and Service are a hard thing to encompass, and that’s why no one person from Father Ryan’s legacy was chosen as the honoree. With so many incredible men and women spanning nine decades, there was really only one choice that would do service to all of them and their contributions to Father Ryan: to choose them all. Through three locations and 90 years, Father Ryan High School has enjoyed a rich heritage of excellence and a tradition of challenging students to reach their spiritual, academic, and personal potential. Now, looking forward to the future of Father Ryan High School, that potential has never seemed greater, and that tradition, stronger. A crowd of over 650 gathered at the Omni Hotel in downtown Nashville to raise nearly $95,000 on the night for the programs at Father Ryan. On behalf of everyone associated with the night, the chairs, Julie ’88 and Ed Norfleet, all the volunteers, the staff, and the administration, thank you for your continued support of Father Ryan. Save-the-date for the 37th Annual Legacy Gala on February 20, 2016 at the Omni Hotel!
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Reunion Weekend 2015
Welcoming back alumni is always a thrill, but when it happens during Reunions, something special goes on. Maybe it was the 90th year itself, but more alumni returned to campus and to Nashville for the celebration than ever before. A record number of alumni and guests joined the celebration on Friday night’s Alumni Reception, and took tours, greeted old friends and marveled at the campus. The enthusiasm spilled over to Saturday morning for the Lou Graham Alumni Golf Tournament. Thirty teams turned out to navigate the links and raise funds for tuition assistance at Father Ryan. And that evening, at locales from the campus to across town, classes gathered to tell tales, relive great moments, remember lost friends, and celebrate a shared Irish heritage.
PATHFINDING CLASS OF 1965 INDUCTED INTO GOLDEN GRAD SOCIETY It is the highlight of the weekend, a morning of import and respect, made even more touching this year because of the men being honored. For this year’s Golden Grad Mass inducted the Class of 1965 into the Golden Grad Society, honoring a group of men who made history virtually from the day they arrived on campus in the late summer of 1961. This is the class of our diocesan leader, Bishop David Choby. A class of achievers. Clinic Bowl Champions of 1963, with many of these men manning the line or rushing the quarterback. But it is also a class of leaders, in the classroom and in the community, during a time when our nation and this city were confronting its difficult past. This is the class of Willie Brown, the first (along with Jesse Porter ’64) to integrate sports in the South. The class that led the team to the State basketball tournament as seniors, that faced Pearl High and changed the South—and themselves. A class of men engaged in changing their world in the simplest of ways…by being good men. A class that continues to leave its mark Father Ryan. Congratulations, Class of 1965, and welcome into the Golden Grad Society. You made us…and still make us…better. 21
Cover Story summer 2015
SERVICE, THE IRISH WAY Service—it is one of Father Ryan’s three core values of Faith, Knowledge and Service. Fostering a student’s faith and knowledge through acts of service which open students’ eyes, minds and hearts to the struggles of their fellow man is one of the surest ways to educate the whole person while also making the world around them a better, more Christlike place. Each year Father Ryan students answer this call to Service by performing acts of charity and giving of themselves in hundreds of different ways to the poor and marginalized. Here’s a look at just some of Father Ryan’s more successful and profound service endeavors.
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Guatemala Trip
n May 2015 the Father Ryan Campus Ministry took nineteen students and four adults to serve at Casa Hogar, an orphanage in rural Jalapa, Guatemala, where the students painted the front of their school building, four classrooms, a bedroom, and twenty-four beds. Each afternoon after their work was finished, the Father Ryan students played with the girls of the orphanage and read to them from Spanish children’s books which Father Ryan students had collected to be donated to Casa Hogar. The students also got to spend time with Mother Claudia, the remarkable 31-year old who runs the entire orphanage. She inspired the students with her story of how she came to devote her life to service. Students were also able to participate in the celebration of Mass at the orphanage and host a carnival of games for the children. Despite the differences in language and culture, true community was built during this experience, and the students left transformed by their time at Casa Hogar.
After leaving Jalapa, the students traveled to the city of Antigua, where they attended Mass in a historic cathedral and had dinner with two former Belmont students, Eric and Hilary Taft. Fueled by a passion developed in their own service work in college, the Tafts have moved to Guatemala to work with a school called Monte Cristo in Chimaltenango. Here, Father Ryan students were able to learn about sustainable practices and social entrepreneurship by listening to the Tafts explain how they started a successful cosmetics business whose profits help to sustain the school. The next day, they were able to visit the school and have lunch with the Monte Cristo students, play soccer with them, and learn more about the sustainable practices of the school, such as their carpentry workshop, a greenhouse, and the lab where the cosmetics are made on-site. Finally, they ended their day with contributing to reforestation efforts by planting coffee trees on the mountainside near the school. 22
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Special Olympics
n April, 400 young competitors arrived on Father Ryan’s campus to participate in a day of races, games and comradery, and they were greeted by 350 Father Ryan students who had taken the day off from school to assist Special Olympics Nashville in holding their annual event hosted on the Irish grounds.
Special Olympics Nashville is a sports training and competition program for people with intellectual disabilities in Metro-Davidson County. Terry Watkins, director of Special Olympics Nashville talked about the experience, and the important work Father Ryan students do by fostering tolerance and a sense of community through their work. “This helps them learn about people who live in a whole other world. It also helps the athletes because along with being able to exercise and carry health habits with them for the rest of their lives, these volunteers may be the people who will offer them future jobs,” says Watkins. Pat Lawson ’93, Athletic Director at Father Ryan, said the relationship between Special Olympics Nashville and the school goes back five years, when Father Ryan was contacted by Special Olympics about the organization’s need for a place to compete for its athletes. Lawson said the school was happy to provide that space for Special Olympics Nashville, and has ever since. Tim Forbes ’93, former Dean of Campus Ministry and Student Life, said more than just space availability connected the two. He said for a Catholic school the connection offered students a chance to live out their faith. “The mission of this school is to be a living example of the gospel,” Forbes said. “In the sense of serving others, this is the opportunity to do just that.” Jeremy Darvin, a three-sport athlete at Father Ryan in wrestling, football and rugby had this to say about the event. “I come from the public school system, where there were many more children with special needs,” Darvin said. “Coming out here, it’s a beautiful sight to see them compete and comfort each other. I just like to be able to give them this day. They are athletes just like us.”
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Mepkin Abbey
n March 2015, students from Father Ryan participated in an alternative spring break in conjunction with Homeworks for America. Father Ryan began its partnership with Homeworks for America, a non-profit organization with a mission of empowering teenagers to repair homes of the less fortunate or the elderly, in 2010 when the director, Hank Chardos, contacted the school with the opportunity to help the elderly in a different capacity. He said the elderly Trappist monks at Mepkin Abbey in South Carolina couldn’t maintain their facilities like they once had, and asked if Father Ryan students might like to use their spring break to help at the Abbey. Twenty-one students gave a facelift to a number of buildings of Mepkin Abbey. The first several days consisted of painting, with students working on the exterior of office buildings, water tanks, and a water treatment facility. For the rest of the week, the teams were split and spread throughout the 2,200-acre monastery. One group dug pavers for a retreat house, while another group applied stain to the outside of the monks’ reception room. The last team worked in the cloistered area repairing hand rails. Throughout the week, different teams also repaired wood rot on older facilities.
In the evenings, seven students were assigned to prepare dinner for the group. It wasn’t an easy week, but it was one they will not soon forget, as the students wholeheartedly embraced the prayer, sacraments, and community of the Abbey and lived out the joy they experienced in one another. During a special lunch with the students, the abbot of the monastery commented at how grateful the monks were with their efforts. He also said the students possessed a spirit that was inspiring to his community.
Relay for Life
In the Jim Carell Alumni Athletic Complex, Father Ryan students are setting records on the track, not only during athletic events but also when it comes to fighting cancer. Five years ago, the Father Ryan students, faculty members, and administrators joined hands with the community and the American Cancer Society to host Relay for Life to salute cancer survivors and to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. Tim Forbes ‘93, principal of St. Matthew School and former Dean of Campus Ministry and Student Life at Father Ryan, started our Relay for Life event, and his work on this program earned him the Chris Levering Spirit Award from the American Cancer Society. From the very first year, this event touched hearts throughout our family, and it generated a level of support that the American Cancer Society had not seen. In fact, last year’s event marked the fifth year in a row that Father Ryan hosted the largest student-led Relay for Life in the nation!
More than 800 participants commit their Saturday to help raise funds for the American Cancer Society. Cancer survivors from throughout our community and throughout Nashville lead the way around the track, and booths are set up for participants to relax and enjoy refreshments in between laps. The event is capped with the traditional Luminaria ceremony, where candles are aligned in the stands to spell out the word… “Hope.” As we celebrate the event’s fifth anniversary and prepare for the 2015 Relay for Life event on September 26*, we are proud to say that through the help of our honored guests, countless volunteers and generous supporters, Father Ryan has raised over $300,000 for cancer research as a host of Relay for Life these past five years. *At press time the 2015 Relay already surpassed last year’s total!
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ervice is an important part of each and every Father Ryan student’s education, but each year we salute those who have most totally committed themselves to lives of service while at Father Ryan through induction into the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Not surprisingly, the Society is brimming with talented and charitable young men and women, something of which we are very proud.
Typically, invitation to the society is extended only to seniors. However, in nine years two juniors have been invited to join. This year, the third junior, Gina Schmid, was inducted for her outstanding service to Room in the Inn, Olancho Aid in Honduras, and Mepkin Abbey.
With so many students lending their time to so many charitable organizations and efforts, it can be hard to pick just a The St. Vincent de Paul Service Society was created at few deserving of the honor, but the students in the St. Vincent Father Ryan to recognize students who have made significant de Paul Society have proven themselves as examples of what contributions of their time in service to the community—at Father Ryan hopes to instill in all its students: a passionate and least 120 hours, well beyond the requirements of the school. lasting commitment to service. Named after the order of sisters who served Nashville’s poor and marginalized for generations, the Society salutes students who have embraced the spirit and the vision of the school’s ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY Christian service initiative, and continue the legacy of the Daughters of St. Vincent de Paul. 2015 INDUCTEES This year, 18 students were inducted into the St. Vincent de Paul Service Society. These students have performed over 4,000 hours of service to the poor or the marginalized, both locally and abroad, as far away as Honduras and Rwanda, and have served at the following establishments: Room in the Inn, Catholic Charities, North Nashville Outreach, Dismas House, Thistle Farms, St. Mary’s Villa, Amazing Ministries in Africa, Adventures in Missions, Special Olympics, Habitat for Humanity, Soul for Safe Haven, Second Harvest Food Bank, Ronald McDonald House, Dress a Girl Around the World, Grace Works, Mepkin Abbey Monastery, Harris Hillman School, Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen, Catholic Refugee Resettlement, End Slavery Tennessee, and Olancho Aid in Honduras.
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Madeline Bellante
Ashley Lang
Madeline Brocato
Lexie Nangle
Brittany Butler
Cody Oliphant
Deming Callahan
Grace Quigley
M ary Clarke Carter
M ary Caitlin Spining
Bailey Dahl
Gina Schmid
Rebekah DeBuse
Cecilia Von Mann
Allison Fuchs
Grace White
Ryan Herrmann
Donnelly Wolf
Class Notes summer 2015
ALUMNI VET TO SWIM MISSISSIPPI Chris Ring, Class of 2005, is swimming the length of the Mississippi River to call attention to The Legacies Alive program, which recognizes fallen soldiers and the families they leave behind. Chris is a Navy combat veteran and has served his country in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom—Afghanistan. Swim for Their Sacrifice recognizes these soldiers and families and entails Chris swimming the 2,700 mile route in 4-6 months (approximately 14 miles per day). When successful, he will become the first American to accomplish this feat, all while raising awareness of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for their country and the families they have left behind. Take pride in this alum as he gives back and provides a living example of Faith, Knowledge and Service To keep up with Chris’s progress, visit www.facebook.com/LegaciesAlive
1964 MICHAEL BRUCE and his wife recently moved to Georgia after living in Florida for 45 years. They are enjoying retirement, travelling and being with good friends. They have three children: the oldest lives in New Mexico and is an RN, the second is a research scientist and teaches at Georgia Tech, and the youngest is a Zone Manager for Jiffy Lube in Florida.
phis, TN. Larry serves jointly as Vice President of Supply Chain Management for Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and as Chief Financial Officer at its recently opened Olive Branch Hospital just outside of Memphis. He gets all the Father Ryan updates from his father, Golden Grad John Fogarty 1945, who still attends every alumni gathering with his classmates.
1978 DR. JOE WEHBY has been selected as the recipient of the 2015 Special Education Research Award from the Council for Exceptional Children. Joe is Associate Professor of Special Education at Vanderbilt Peabody College of Education and Human Development and a Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researcher.
1984 LISA (KONZEN) BURBANK was ordained to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in American on February 22, 2015. In July she began serving as Pastor of Scenic Hills Lutheran Parish in Illinois.
1984 JIM WYATT was named one of the nation’s Top 10 best writers for newspapers with daily circulations between 75,000175,000 by the Associated Press Sports Editors. Jim received two other Top 10 awards, one for breaking news and one for 1980 LARRY FOGARTY and wife, Cyndie, have three chil- explanatory writing. After covering the Titans for The Tennesdren, Claire 21, Hattie, 15 and Jonathan 14 and live in Mem- sean since 2004, Jim left this summer to head up Titansonline.
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1986 MEGAN GRIFFIN was named the President and CEO of Make-A-Wish Idaho. The non-profit grants the wishes of children with life threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. This year they will grant more than 80 wishes to children ages two and a half to eighteen.
1986 DAVID PRITCHETT recently returned from Denver, CO where he was an instructor at The Wounded Warrior Umpire Academy. The Academy is an intensive seven day training academy for our nation’s active duty injured, wounded or ill and was attended by 20 Marines and sailors. After completion of the training, the students had the opportunity to umpire over 70 games at the Triple Play Qualifying Tournament in Boulder. This academy was founded to give service members an opportunity to learn a new skill and join a new brotherhood as they begin to make their transition out of the military. For details about the Academy, visit their Facebook page at Wounded Warrior Umpire Academy. 1988 MARY (CECIL) YORK , Academy
Director at Overton High School in Nashville, was the recipient of the 2014 Educator of the Year Award, presented by the Nashville Technology Council at their banquet in January 2015. Tom Cecil, Class of 1959, is very proud of Mary’s award. 1990 JOSEPH SROUJI lives in France with his wife and four children. He works for GE Capital as Senior Counsel for Regulatory Affairs.
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1992 STEPHEN SCOTT joined Avondale Partners’ Investment Banking team as Managing Director, focusing on companies in the healthcare sector. He has almost 20 years of investment banking and healthcare experience and has completed 40 healthcare M&A advisory, equity, and debt transactions during his career. Prior to joining Avondale, Stephen spent eight years at Stephens Inc. most recently as a Senior Vice President of the Healthcare Investment Banking team.
Offices of John Day PC. She was named to Nashville Business Journals 2015 40 Under 40 list. Laura also serves as president of the Lawyers’ Association for Women, an association with more than 400 members dedicated to advancing women in the law. 2000 MATT NICHOLSON was named
to Nashville Business Journal’s 2015 40 Under 40 list. He is a Manager of Business Development for Turner Construction Company. Matt is an active volunteer serving on the Board of the Boys and Girls Club of Middle Tennessee and sharing his time with The Phoenix Club of Nashville, Urban Land Institute and several professional organizations. 2004 LANCE BLOOM was named to the Nashville Business Journal’s 2015 Power Leaders in Commercial Real Estate. Lance is a senior associate at CBRE’s Nashville office.
1993 JOHANNES GREER is on the road
playing drums for the season 7 winner of The Voice, Craig Wayne Boyd. Johannes was also added to the Nashvillebased Mapex Drum artist roster and did a three week residency with Rascal Flatts at the Hard Rock Casino in Vegas and performed at the Kobalt 400 Nascar race playing for 100,000 people. For tour dates, visit www.craigwayneboyd. com. SARAH (ADGENT) DRENNAN is a clin-
ical social worker in Frederick, MD. She lives there with her husband, Chris, and children Gray (9), Oliver (7), and Frances (4). 1996 KACEY (HICKS) WILCOXSON is
the Administrator at Roger Dean Stadium, Spring Training home of the St. Louis Cardinals and Miami Marlins and home of the Palm Beach Cardinals and Jupiter Hammerheads, two of their High A Minor League affiliates. She says, “Being a football fan my entire life, I have come to love baseball, there is nothing like this great American game and especially being a part of making it happen!” 1999 LAURA (BISHOP) BAKER is an attorney and shareholder with the Law
2004 AARON RASEY and Nelli Moritz and were engaged in September and will be married in August. The couple lives in San Francisco, CA. 2005 ANDREA FERRER will be pursu-
ing her master’s degree in French and international education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this fall in their Professional French Master’s Program (PFMP). After graduating Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. in French from Christopher Newport University, Andrea lived with and taught English to a family in France for a summer. Following that stay, she was accepted to the Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF) and taught English in primary schools for seven months in Romans-sur-Isère, France. A Francophile at heart, these experiences enhanced her passion for the French language and culture and lead to this pursuit of a master’s degree.
2005 JESSICA GIANNONE played Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theater in the spring. Jessica is an alumna of the Graduate Acting Program at The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in the United Kingdom. 2008 DAVID JONES has joined Ray-
mond James in Knoxville as a Financial Advisor.
Taylor interned with the Warren County Stormwater Management team in Bowling Green, KY. 2011 EVIN EDENS graduated from Bel-
mont University with a degree in marketing. She lettered four years on the women’s golf team and served as president of the school’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee during her senior year. In addition, she earned several yearend awards, including the Bruin Pride Award and the Women’s Golf Academic Achievement Award from the Athletic Department and the Bruin Award from the Office of Student Affairs. 2011 PAUL LALLY and JOHN CARDEN
KEVIN MIX and his wife Molly recently
are members of Nashville’s newest professional sports team, the Nashville Nightwatch in the American Ultimate Disc League. They played their first home game at Father Ryan’s Giacosa Stadium in April. The two played lacrosse for Father Ryan and ultimate Frisbee for the club team at the University of Tennessee.
had their marriage blessed by Pope Francis.
2011 KATE SHOWERS received Clem-
2008 KATHLEEN VARALLO has joined Varallo Public Relations as an Account Coordinator and Graphic Designer. She was previously the Communications Manager for the Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee. 2010 KATIE BUTLER completed a year of post grad service with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest. During that time, she volunteered as a Public Health Nurse at Yakima Neighborhood Health Services in Yakima, WA, where she served pregnant women and newborn babies. 2011 TAYLOR BERZINS was awarded
a tuition scholarship of $1,000 by the Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals (KAMP) for his senior year at Western Kentucky University. He is a recent graduate of WKU, majoring in Geographic Information Science. While at WKU, he co-founded and was first president of the GIScience Club. He also participated in the KIIS Summer Study Abroad Program, studying topics of geography in Chile, South America.
son University’s Poly-Med Outstanding Senior Award in Bioengineering. The Department of Bioengineering award is given to a senior who places primary emphasis on scholarship and creativity, with emphasis on professional and extracurricular activities. She graduated in May with a degree in bioengineering from Clemson and is working at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Boston. 2011 MAX WORSHAM graduated in
May from Pace University Lubin Business School in New York City with the highest average GPA in his major, Quantitative Business Analysis. He graduated Summa Cum Laude and was inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society in Business. Max started his new job with Credit Suisse on Madison Avenue in New York City in June. 2012 RICKY FISHER , now a senior on the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy team, earned Scholar All-American honors from the National Wrestling Coaches Association. Fisher helped Merchant Marine finish tied for 21st in NCAA
Division III. Fisher, the 2015 Centennial Conference champion in the 197-pound weight class, competed in the Division III wrestling championships in March. 2013 SETH CAMPBELL completed his
baseball career at Jackson State Community College, as a shortstop and middle relief pitcher. He received an athletic scholarship to continue playing baseball at Kentucky Wesleyan College, in Owensboro, KY. Seth will continue playing middle infield and middle relief pitcher, for the KWC Panthers. 2013 LIZ HAYNES won 1st place in the properties competition at the Southeastern Theater Conference (SETC) this year. In the spring, she was the technical director for Twelfth Night at Clemson University where she is studying for a double major in Production Studies in Performing Arts and Spanish. Liz gained more theatre production experience this summer working as a staff carpenter at Williamstown Theatre Festival. 2013 ANDREW TOWNS signed to play
baseball with Clemson University this fall after completing a successful two years playing at Walters State. 2014 ADAM ASTA was awarded with
scouting’s highest honor, The Eagle Scout Award, on May 1. He left for Marine Boot camp in South Carolina the next day. Please pray for Adam’s safety and the safety of all our active military.
CORRECTION
In the previous edition of the Irish Ayes Stephen Zralek’s ’90 class note included information from the Tennessean which was incorrect. Here is the correct information: 1990 STEPHEN ZRALEK is a Member at the firm Bone McAllester Norton PLLC where he is a litigator helping clients resolve business, entertainment and intellectual property disputes. He has been recognized by his peers in Best Lawyers for copyright law and in SuperLawyers for IP litigation.
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Births summer 2015
Elizabeth Haupt Barth
Wyatt Alan Childs
Cheyenne Noel Corbitt
Annabelle Elizabeth O’Bryan
Benjamin Alexandar Pickney
William Tate Ryan
Margaret Claire Walsh
James Brandon Ward
Scarlett Teeps Wilson
Elizabeth Haupt to KENZIE (HOSTETTLER) ’03 and JOE BARTH March 24, 2015.
James Porter to
and MARborn on December
Williamson County Commissioner for the City of Franklin.
Wyatt Alan to JENNIFER (FRANCESCON) ’02 and DANIEL CHILDS, born January 15, 2015. He joins big sister Emma Luci who is 3 years old.
Annabelle Elizabeth to KATIE (MERZBACHER) ’01 and RANDY O’BRYAN ’98 (FACULTY), born on May 14, 2015.
Claire to ANN MARIE and JOSH WALSH, born onJanuary 14, 2015. She joins big brother, Thomas, and, big sister, Charlotte.
Cheyenne Noel to KRISTIN and BRIAN CORBITT ’00, born on April 4, 2014. Cheyenne joins big brother Riley Wade Corbitt. Brian is a Project Clerk for Phillips and Jordan in Knoxville, TN.
(GRAFTON)
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CUS ’03 ESPOSITO
MAUREEN
22, 2014.
Alexander to JENICA and MATT PICKNEY ’99, born on September 7, 2014. Benjamin
William Tate to APRIL and BRANDON Tate, who joins his two brothers, Jackson and Lawson, plans to be part of the Father Ryan Class of 2032! Brandon was also recently re-elected as RYAN ’91.
Margaret
(WIECK) ’00
James Brandon to
CHRIS WARD and JESSICA HOSTETTLER-WARD ’97, born
on March 17, 2015. Scarlett Teeps to ALLISON (SCHULZ) ’99 and MICHAEL WILSON , born on November 4, 2014. Scarlett joins older brother, Brandt, who adores her.
Weddings summer 2015
In Memoriam summer 2015 MARGARET “PEGGY” ADAMS:
Former Faculty.
Daughter of the late Jack Gunselman ’46 and sister of William Gunselman, Paula Beckett and Anne Redden ’78.
JACQUELINE GUNSELMAN AKEY ’79:
JOSEPH P. ARBUCKLE ’70: Father of Michael Arbuckle ’96, and brother of Ann Manning ’71, Denise Harper ’74, and Alice Brasel ’75.
Wife of Bill Archie ’51, and mother of Pam Stockard, Kim Cherry ’73, Rob Archie ‘76, Bud Archie ’78, Mia Sadler ’82 and Kay Grigg ’84.
MARIJO H. ARCHIE:
Mother of Gloria Ballard and Gwendolyn Patton ’72.
HAZEL B. BALLARD:
Mother of Chip Ballard, Cindy Darby and Mindy Van Tassel ’84.
JACQUELYN L. BALLARD:
EMILY STEWART ’08 and PATRICK AUCOIN were married
April 11, 2015, at St. Philip Catholic Church in Vacherie, LA. They are living in New Orleans where Emily works in Alumni Relations at Loyola University. KENZIE HOSTETTLER ’03 and JOE BARTH were married on
April 20, 2014, in Amelia Island, FL. Top, left. JENA SHOEMAKER and BEN BEASLEY ’06 were married on April 25, 2015, at Ravenwood Mansion in Brentwood, TN. Ben is the Warranty Manager at Pulte Group and Jena is a Manager and Physical Therapist at a Star Physical Therapy in Brentwood. EMILY RIANNE HARRIS ’00 and CLAY BRINDGER were
married on July 4, 2015, at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Gallatin, TN. The couple lives in Gray, GA where Rianne is a Title I teacher and Clay is a 7th grade teacher and the head football and baseball coach at his school. ASHLEY BARTH ’05 and ANDREW MCCUBBINS were
married on October 11, 2014, at St. Barbara Church in Edgewood, KY. BRITTANY FRANCESCON ’02 (FACULTY) and CHRIS MERIWETHER ’06 were married on June 6, 2015 at Christ the King
Church in Nashville, TN. The bride’s father, Sam Francescon, is a 1977 alumnus, and the groom’s father, Chuck Meriwether, is a 1974 alumnus. Bottom, left. PATRICIA LAUREN NEWSOME ’99 and MICHAEL W. MUNDY were married on April 4. 2015, at East Ivy Mansion
in Nashville. TIFFANY SCHOEN ’05 and TYLER EMERSON ’04 were mar-
ried on Saturday, June 27, 2015, in Brentwood, TN. and ANDREW SIEGENTHALER were married on March 14, 2015, at The Martin Center in Brentwood, TN. LEIGH
HERRUD
’99
CHERYL BARTH:
Mother of Ashley B. McCubbins
’05. Wife of the late Forrest W. Beavin, Jr. ’42; mother of Kitty Steffenhagen, Forrest III ’76, Paul ’77 and Patty ‘82 Beavin; and sister of Paul ’40 (deceased), Bill ’43 (deceased), Hugh ’47, Tom ’51 (deceased), Father Joseph ’54 and Father Philip ’57 Breen.
MARY JO BREEN BEAVIN:
Father of Mark Bielak, Kris Robbie ’79, Gail Robbie and Don Dahlinger.
ROBERT S. “BOB” BIELAK:
RUSSELL S. BOGUSKIE, JR. ’53. CARROLL J. BOURG:
Father of Julian ’87 and
Jonathan ’93 Bourg. Mother of Michael Boyd, Mary Foster, Barbara Carnahan, Betty Cochran ’75, Pat Ward ’81 and Janet Bruce ’83; and sister of John B. Warner, Sr. ’43, Patrick Warner ’45, James M. Warner, Jr. ’49, Thomas Warner ’52 and Stephen Warner ’53 (all deceased).
MARY W. BOYD:
JOSEPH W. BRADLEY: Father of JoAnne Atwood, Phillip Bradley ’75 and Barbara Tucker. MILTON PAUL S. BRADY, SR. ’54. SEAN N. BROOKS ’08:
Brother of Colin ’01 and
Adam ’04 Brooks. M. TERRY BURKHALTER: Father of Eileen Smith ’94, Jeff Burkhalter ’96 and Emily Burkhalter.
Brother of Eliza-beth Wasternack and Philip Burns ’13.
ANDREW D. BURNS ’04:
MARY ANN CLEPPER BURNS ’75:
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In Memoriam summer 2015 Scherrer, Jan Jaffe, Tim ’67 (deceased), Mike ’70, Pat ’72, Rick ’73, John ’75, Paul ’78 (deceased), Tom ’80 and Teresa Clepper ’80.
ceased), George Coode, Joseph Coode ’48 (deceased), Bedelia Brandt, Sister Judith Martin Coode, Victor Coode ’56 and Charles M. Coode.
Father of Jeff ’91, Jill ’92 and Jake ’96 Burns.
MARTHA A. COOK: Mother of Father Philip
WILLIAM L. “BILL” BURNS ’56:
Mother of Joanne, Edward, Mike ’74, Patrick ’75 and Anna Maria (deceased) Camm.
MARY ETTA CAMM:
Cook O.S.A. ’86 and Peter Cook ’89. STEPHEN W. “STEVE” CURLEY ’73:
Son of
the late Joseph Curley ’43.
EDWARD A. “EDDIE” CAMPION, JR ’68:
Father of Jan Baker ’81 and Jill Brown ’84.
Son of the late Edward A. Campion, Sr. ’37.
DOLORES
Son of Jim Carell ’54 (deceased) and brother of Richard (deceased) and Michael ’86 Carell, Christine Palmer and Eily Nicholson.
JAMES M. CARELL:
Wife of the late Jim Carell ’54; mother of Tina McIntosh and Jeffrey Ponchillia; and stepmother of Christine Palmer, Jimmy (deceased), Richard (deceased) and Michael Carell ’86 and Eily Nicholson.
JANET K. CARELL:
Father of Hunter ’13, Regan ’15, Jake ’19, and Ben Carell. Son of Jim Carell ’54 (deceased) and brother of Jimmy (deceased), and Michael Carell ’86, Christine Palmer and Eily Nicholson. RICHARD CARELL:
DOROTHY CARROLL:
Wife of the late
Eugene Carroll ’37. Mother of Aria Negri ’99 and Laura Cavaliere ’99.
MARY THERESA CAVALIERE:
Brother of Jan Jaffe, Christi Scherrer, Mary Ann Burns ’75 and Mike ’70, Pat ’72, Rick ’73, John ’75, Paul ’78 (deceased), Teresa ’80 and Tom ’80 Clepper.
TIM CLEPPER ’67:
Brother of John Coode III ’42 (deceased), Thomas “T” Coode (deceased), Margaret Morris (deceased), Ellen Varley (deceased), Sister Mary Demetrius (deceased), George Coode, Bedelia Brandt, Sister Judith Coode, Victor Coode ’56 and Charles M. Coode.
JOSEPH COODE ’48:
THOMAS H. “T” COODE: Brother of John Coode III ’42 (deceased), Margaret Morris (deceased), Ellen Varley (deceased), Sister Mary Demetrius (de-
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THOMAS N. CURLEY ’61:
“DOTY” DAVIS: Wife of Alphonse Davis ’53; and mother of Kelly Adelman, Anne Welton, Kathy Abernathy, Jeffrey Davis, John J. Davis, Philip “Bopper” Davis ’87 and Dan Davis ’95.
Father of Carmen Hummer ’80, Robin Lane ’81, Susan Peters ’82, Teresa Glasser, Tina Cox and Lisa Brown.
PAUL L. DEVINE:
Father of Bobby, Jr. ’78 and Barry ’84 Draper.
BOBBY C. DRAPER, SR.:
Father of J. Rob Duke III ’98 and son of John R. Duke, Sr. ’50.
JOHN R. DUKE, JR.:
FRANK G. ERWIN, JR.: Father of Jason ’87 (Faculty) and Ryan ’90 Erwin. LEON C. FARBES, JR.: Father of Michael (deceased), Leon ’60 and Sidney ’70 Farbes.
Mother of William A. Hall, Jr. ’69, Melanie Hall Hughen, Patty Hinson ’82 and Pam Brown ’83; and sister of the late Michael J. Petrone ’44.
MELINE “JANE” PETRONE FOGG:
Father of Sharon Potter ’81, Tracey Anderson and Jennifer Webb ’84. Brother of Amie Cunningham, Betty Frensley, Effie Marie Humbrecht and Thomas E. Frensley, IV ’51 (all deceased).
ROBERT O. “BOB” FRENSLEY ’57:
Father of Lenora Nash ’71, Debbie Wilson ’73, Angela Faber, Valverta Scarbourgh, Kim LeJune and Michael Fuselier.
TONEY FUSELIER:
Sister of Pat ’46 and Albert ’48 Malone.
LYDIA M. FURLOUGH:
WILLIAM C. GRIST: Father of Kimmi (Grist) Spence ’97 and stepfather David ’94 and Drew ’99 Pass.
Father of Marie Guess ’03 and brother of Harry Guess ’68, William Guess ’73 (deceased), Ann Nga ’77 and Tina Guess ’81.
FRANCIS S. GUESS:
Mother of Anita ’73 and Laurie ’75 Hays.
BEATRICE “SALLY” HAYS:
ROBERT J. “BOB” HENDERSON: Father of Matthew, Timothy, Andrew ’84, and Robert, Jr. (all deceased) and Anne Marie ’82, Patricia, Maura, Loretta, Martha, Thomas, Joseph ’84, Kenneth, Peter, Jay and Michael.
Brother of Bill ’54, Harry ’61, Charlie ’68, John ’69, Kevin ’74, Larry (deceased), Michael (deceased), Sharon Seckman, Colleen Geismann, Ellen Champlain, Wanda Baker, Maureen Hosey-Williams ’76 and Barbara Joern (deceased).
PATRICK J. HOSEY ’53:
WILLIAM
“LAMAR”
HOWINGTON
’53:
Father of Tammy ’76 and Randy ’81 Howington; and brother of Tommy ’43 and Maurice ’44 Howington, Margaret “Sugar” Morgan and Sister Mary McAuley (all deceased). Brother of Cheryl Turner and Michelle Hunt ’88.
GREGORY B. “GREG” HUNT ’81:
STEPHEN F. HUPKA, SR.:
Father of Steve
and John ’77 Hupka. FRANK L. IRWIN, JR. ’44.
Brother of Joanne Jewett, Jamie Bryan and Suzanne Catignani ’78.
WILLIAM R. “BILLY” JEWETT ’75:
TERESA J. JOHNSON:
Mother of Jessie
Johnson ’03. VICTOR S. KARABASZ, JR. ’58. JEREMY J. KAYE: Father of Patrick, Michael ’84 and Katie Kaye. MARY TERESA (BALTZ) LUCKETT: Mother
of Steven C. Luckett ’69, MaryAnn Schiavoni ’77, John R. Luckett, Jr., ’79, Lauretta DeMille ’80, William T. Luckett ’81, Neene Stone ’83, Theresa Burdge ’84 and Barbie Luckett Shahan
’86. Sister of Rev. John Baltz ’35 (deceased), Bill Baltz ’40 (deceased), Robert Baltz ’42 (deceased) and Edward Baltz ’37.
JENNIE PINKELTON:
Mother of the late
Shane Pinkelton ’87.
CHERYL T. LUSK: Mother of Alex Lusk ’14.
Brother of Tommy ’75, Mary ’78, Ray ’82 and Jim ’84 Pinkston.
L. GINO MARCHETTI, SR ’49: Father of Gino,
NORMA JEAN REESE:
Jr. ’69, Tony ’70, Kevin, ’73, Michael ’76, Mark ’78 (deceased) and Chris ’81 Marchetti, and Andrea Schaeffer ’74, Vicky ’79, Mary ’84 Marchetti; and brother of John Marchetti ’53.
Reese ’59.
BRADLEY
“HUNTER”
MCCLOUD
’99:
Brother of Brent McCloud ’96. IVAN G. MCELHINEY ’50:
Brother of Jim
McElhiney ’61.
JOSEPH “LEIGH” PINKSTON ’76:
Wife of George
Brother of Sister Anthony Reilly, Rev. Msgr. Francis J. Reilly ’27, Anthony, Leo, William, John and Joseph “Black Cat” Reilly (all deceased). JAMES L. “CHINK” REILLY ’38:
Wife of Phil
Husband of Wendy (Mounts) Mullins ’94; son of Charlie Mullins, Jr. ’71; and brother of Michele Jarrett ’91, Brian Mullins ’96 and Charlie Mullins III ’98.
CYNTHIA ROLAND ’78:
REV. JAMES B. MURRAY ’40.
Mother of James Mitchell, Jr. ’73 and Debbie Dupree.
JANICE GRUNDY NEELEY:
Roeser ’50. Sister of Pat Roland ’74, Tanya Todd ’76 and Lisa Redmon ’82.
LORENA B. ROSE:
DOLLENE M. MYLES: Mother of Ericka Dixie ’91 and Dereck Myles.
Wife of F.
Vincent Neeley ’73. RICHARD GARY “R.G.” NOLAN: Father of Mary Lynn Snyder ’81 and Greg Nolan ’84 (deceased).
Father of the late Chuck Northington III ’70 and Lynn Harbison.
CHARLES M. “DOC” ROTTERO:
Father of
Kevin Rottero ’74. MARY SNOW “EDDIE” ROTTERO:
Mother
ROBERT C. ROURKE: Father of Bob ’67 and Mike ’69 Rourke and Sharon Smith ’79. CHERYL L. SAUTER:
Mother of Gerald
Saltkill ’09.
ANN B. PALMER:
Daughter of the late Frank Baldinger ’35.
WILLIAM H. “BILL” SCHLATTNER, JR. ’42:
MICHAEL J. PHILBIN ’64: Husband of Shannon Philbin (Staff); father of Rob Philbin ’95 and Katie P. Butler ’97; and brother of Jeff Philbin ’60 and Susan P. Walsh (deceased).
FRANZ J. SCHUBERT, JR. ’47: Father of Lynn Schubert, Sandi Mitchell and Michael Schubert ’72.
Mother of Frank, Derks and John ’91 Phinizy.
WILLIAM B. SHAW, JR. ’65.
Father of Mary Byrne Dailey ’01, Connolly ’03 and Ellen ’08 Pigott. MICHAEL J. “MIKE” PIGOTT:
PATRICIA D. “PATTI” STRANGE:
Mother of
Kelley Strange ’07. Brother of the late Bob ’56 and Bill ’57 Strasser.
MONSIGNOR PHILIP FENN THONI ’42:
Brother of Edward ’39, Charles ’45 and Horace ’46 (all deceased). CHRISTOPHER V. UTLEY ’76: Brother of Alisa ’86, Antione and James ’68 Utley III.
Mother of Ronald Huey, Sr. ’63 and Yvonne Ogren and sister of Sr. Mary Evelyn Hailey, RSM (deceased) and Robert L. Hailey ’51.
EVELYN HAILEY HUEY WALKER:
Sister of Jack P. Wehby ’44 (deceased), Bill E. Wehby ’47 (deceased), Mickey Wehby ’50, Delores Young and Samuel Wehby.
SHIRLEY W. WELCH:
JEFFREY J. WILKINSON: brother of Steven, Kathleen’75 and Carlton’77 Wilkinson.
of Kevin Rottero ’74.
CHARLES J. NORTHINGTON, JR.:
MIRIAM-GAY D. PHINIZY:
EUGENE D. STEVENSON ’71.
EDWARD L. STRASSER, JR. ’52:
Stepmother of Jason Rehovsky ’91 and Jill Wentz ’93. MARY V. REHOVSKY:
MARY “BOOTSIE” ROESER:
CHRIS MULLINS ’94:
CARA R. SPENCE: Wife of the late Joe A. Spence ’43 and mother of Tony ’70, Don ’71 and Jeffrey ’75 Spence.
Brother of Henry Schlattner ’48.
KENNETH G. SEVIER ’55.
SUE M. SIMPSON: Mother of Michael ’70, Mark ’71, Pat ’74, Frank ’75, Jim ’78 and Paul ’82 Simpson, Sue Ann Enneis, Margaret Dunning and Kathleen Pearson ’80.
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Come home this fall and celebrate 25 years on Norwood October 16, 2015 & Open House on November 1, 2015
It’s another great night to be Irish. From the aromas of our 3rd Annual Pride in the Pit BBQ Contest to the arrival of WSMV’s helicopter, to the salute to our Homecoming Queens from years past, to the welcome of our Junior Irish fans from throughout the area’s elementary schools, this is a Homecoming to remember. A quarter century on Norwood…our soon-to-be Golden Grad from the Class of 1966, our honorary captains… and a top-notch game against a big rival. Join us and celebrate an Irish Homecoming. For more details, go to www.fatherryan.org/homecoming
Prospective families are cordially invited to attend Open House, Sunday, November 1 from 12:30 - 4:00 p.m. Please join our family of students, educators, parents and alumni to tour our campus and discover how Father Ryan is setting a new standard in Catholic education. Register at www.fatherryan.org/openhouse