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Rt. Rev. Giles P. Hayes, OSB, Abbot, St. Mary’s Abbey President, Delbarton School Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, Headmaster Rev. Rembert F. Reilly, OSB, Vice President for Development J. Craig Paris ’82, Director of Development
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FROM THE
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Dear members of the Delbarton community,
Jessica Fiddes
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n his latest book, The Element, best-selling author and creativity expert, Sir Ken Robinson, tells an interesting story. When he is touring, he likes to ask audiences to rate their own creativity on a scale of 1 to 10, with ten being the highest. He does a similar exercise with intelligence. He reports that “Out of perhaps a thousand people, fewer than twenty give themselves 10 for creativity. A few more will put their hands up for 9 and 8. On the other end, a handful always puts themselves at 2 or 1.”(55) He then asks the same audiences if they gave themselves different marks for intelligence and creativity. Usually between two-thirds and three-quarters of the audience will raise their hands. Robinson goes on to challenge the prevailing notion that somehow intelligence and creativity are two different things. He maintains that part of the problem is that popular culture generally mistakes creativity for imagination. One might think of the struggling writer closeted in a room desperately trying to come up with a new idea for his next work. The author is using his imagination. Now, Robinson does not disparage imagination, rather sees it as one of the highest of our human functions. The key is what one does with the ideas one imagines. In the author’s case, they might become the plot line for his next novel. He says by way of definition “You can think of creativity as applied imagination.” (67) This issue of Delbarton Today is peopled with individuals who are applying their imaginations in new and exciting ways. I hope that at least some of their success can be traced back to Delbarton. As a school, I believe we have always valued creativity in all its forms and will continue to do so. I am struck when I
see any list of skills that students will need to succeed in the 21st century. Creativity is inevitably near the top. Delbarton is committed to nurturing the imaginations of its students and helping them find ways to harness the creativity they have within. Hey, today it’s the Delbarton App, who knows what tomorrow will bring?
We teach to eternity.
Br. Paul Diveny, OSB
“Delbarton is committed to nurturing the imaginations of its students and helping them find ways to harness the creativity they have within. ”
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Delbarton Graduates Its Sixty-Second Class
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n June 6, 2010 the Class of 2010 celebrated its graduation from Delbarton with faculty, family and friends in St. Mary’s Abbey. A brief shower baptized the new graduates as they emerged from the church, then skies miraculously cleared for a classic reception in the Senior Garden...
Graduates assemble outside the Fine Arts Center to prepare for the Commencement ceremony.
Peter Wallburg Studios
Photos by Jessica Fiddes and J. Craig Paris ’82
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Excerpts From Four Graduation Speeches Abbot Giles Hayes, OSB, keynote speaker Bill Conley ’71 and Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny.
Soon-to-be graduates on their way into the Abbey Church.
Family and friends gather inside the Abbey Church.
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Baccalaureate Speech Scott Rusterholz ’10, School President
Scott Ruesterholz ’10, Delbarton School President 2009-10. Scott is attending Georgetown University this fall.
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“...Delbarton is not a school. Rather Delbarton is a community that has a school. We have really grown to be part of a family, which is why graduation will be such a bittersweet day. I like to call it an extremely “sad, happy day.” While we are moving on to great things and great schools, we are ending our time at this great place, though we forever remain a part of this community. That is why this school is so unique. Rather than completely leaving it behind after commencement, we are forever
Delbarton. Several weeks ago, Abbott Giles spoke to student leaders on “Benedictine Stability” and how monks commit to living in one monastery for their entire lives. This longlasting commitment permeates the entire community through the faculty and alumni, so while we will cease to be daily students here we never truly leave Delbarton. In a world of disloyalty and impermanence, it is comforting to know that this community will always stand by us and that we will always stand by it.”
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2010 Valedictorian Speech David Kersen ’10 “…I acknowledge the learning that we have acquired is a means to an end. But what end is that? Each of us here is given a choice: we can either take what we have learned and what we will learn in college and put it toward the betterment of the world, or we can focus on our immediate concerns – that is, devote ourselves to our careers and our families. The latter path is not a wrong path – in fact it is probably the one most of us, myself included, will take. But in the end, there must be some of us here who work to improve this world,
whether it is by directly helping people or by conducting research that will lead to improvements in the quality of life, or by something else entirely. Because, when we learned about magnetic flux in AP Physics, I noticed something interesting – it is not the flux itself that induces a voltage, but the change in flux that does so. In the same way, in our world, we must work continuously to improve things, to better the status quo, for truly I say to you, in stagnation and contentment lie the death of us all.”
Class of 2010 Valedictorian David Kersen ’10 is attending Harvard University this fall.
There were multiple photo opportunities. “Honey, don’t forget to take your cell phone out of your pocket!”
Photos by Jessica Fiddes
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As rain starts to fall, photo-snapping begins.
Derek Ruebling ’10 gets a congratulatory handshake from his dad, Assistant Headmaster Chuck Ruebling ’79.
Commencement Speaker Bill Conley ’71, Dean of Enrollment and Academic Services at Johns Hopkins University
Graduation speaker and Johns Hopkins dean William Conley ’71 with Jimmy Maguire ’10 and Jason Zhang ’10. Both boys will be students at Johns Hopkins this fall.
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“...In 1967, I was an eighth grader applying to Delbarton School; my older brother, Michael, graduated in the Class of 1966 and my parents were duly impressed by the school. I found myself sitting in the admissions director’s office, flanked by my mom and dad. Though I cannot recall his name (perhaps to be my fate as your commencement speaker), I do remember his rather somber lead into the conversation. “Mr. & Mrs. Conley, I need to
share some information about William’s application.” He then proceeded to describe my academic record at St. Vincent Martyr School as not particularly impressive (true enough, but I felt fortunate that he did not mention my two years in first grade at St. Patrick’s School); he also noted my test scores as not especially remarkable (I believe it was a polite way of asking: Did your son ever take any arithmetic courses?). Between the tone of his voice and his recitation of my underwhelming credentials, my mother must have anticipated where he was heading with all of this and politely interjected: “Father, someone has to be last in the class and I cannot think of a finer young man than my son to be that person.” Desperate times call for desperate measures. That I almost fulfilled that prediction in freshman year is beside the point. Mom, can you believe I am the commencement speaker at Delbarton School?”
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Faculty Farewell Sally Walsh P’10, English Department Chair who retired after 25 years on the Delbarton faculty “...In October of your sophomore year, 2007, the school mourned the loss of Brian Fleury. Most of you did not have the opportunity to know Mr. Fleury, except by reputation. Mr. Fleury was our Athletic Director, Varsity Baseball coach, and English teacher, but he was much more than that to our school. Many teachers and students, particularly those he knew well, could tell you stories of how he inspired them to be better people. In fact, many of you who play sports wear his initials on your uniforms to remember his legacy and the values he stood for. I learned two important lessons from him that I hope help you as you leave the school. First, Brian’s ethos of “I am third” provides a clear framework on how to live. First, put God into your life and then think of others before you think of
yourself…Second, Brian was a model to me of a fully developed person who valued the insight and deep truths he garnered from a work of literature as much as he did from the lessons learned through competition on the playing field. Certainly, baseball was his passion, but so were reading and teaching Shakespeare, Tim O’Brien, and Don DeLillo. So for all of you who view yourself as an athlete, an academic, a musician, or an artist, I hope you continue to embrace that aspect of yourself, but don’t stop there; allow yourself to develop many sides. Be a hockey player and an actor; a musician and a mathematician; forensics debater and a photographer. Follow your interests as you chose courses and simply enjoy the passion of another side of yourself.”
Retiring English Department Chair Sally Walsh, mother of graduate Alex Walsh ’10, gave the Faculty Farewell at the Senior Awards Ceremony on May 25th.
In spite of the quick downpour graduates made their way to the Senior Garden, and their optimism paid off. The skies soon cleared.
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The Bryan Bennett Award was established to honor the memory of a member of the class of 1994 who died at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. This award is for the “quiet hero”, a student who, like Bryan, has distinguished himself for his day-to-day work ethic, consistent nobility and unfailing kindness to others. This year’s winner of the Bryan Bennett Award was Kevin Sullivan ’10 , seen here with his family, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, and Bryan’s sister Lili Bennet O’Malley, standing second from left.
The Michael Patrick Sheridan Award was established in memory of a member of the class of 1984, presented to a senior who has manifested love for life and for the School and has significantly grown through challenge as implied in the School’s motto, Succisa Virescit. The 2009 Michael Patrick Sheridan award was presented to Kyle McMullan ’10. The award was presented to Kyle by Delbarton trustee and former Delbarton Alumni Association President Kurt Krauss ’81, far left.
The James E. Nugent Award, established in memory of a graduate of the class of 1969, is awarded to the Delbarton student who best exemplifies the spirit of giving himself to others. Nugent Award winner Matt Corwin ’10 stands with Fr. Hilary O’Leary, OSB, and and Nugent family representative Sheila Nugent Carter.
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The Peter B. Haas Award, established in memory of a 25 year old Marine pilot killed in Korea, is awarded for distinguished leadership within the School. This year’s winner of the Peter B. Haas Award was Tom Pesce ’10 who stands with his proud family.
Winner of the Corey T. Williams ’91 Award for excellence in Physics Dan Kearny ’10 with his family and, on left, Corey’s father Earl Williams and his sister Amber Williams.
Michael Zochowski ’10, Class of 2010 Salutatorian, and his family, including older brother Rob ’08, who also wears his Delbarton graduation tie.
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Mickey Moran ’10 and the entire Moran family, including parents Barbara and Mike, his sister, and brother Connor ’15.
Tom Killian with his proud parents Tom and Leslie and younger brother Matt ’13.
The Walsh family with their graduate, Alex Walsh ’10.
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New Delbarton graduate Kevin Prior ’10 and family, including younger brother Brendan ’14.
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Craig Paris ’82
Guys found a classic way to get wet – a dip in the fountain.
Three Soulas boys with their proud mom, Katey Soulas. From left, Christopher ’12, Katey Soulas, Tim ’08 and Andrew ’10.
Paul Nolle ’10 and his parents Paul and Katie Nolle on graduation day at Delbarton.
Hally and Jeff Toia and family congratulate Jeff ’10 on his graduation.
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Roy and Lisa Naturman now have four Delbarton graduates in the family. The most recent is this year’s graduate Matt ’10.
The Frech family celebrates with their graduate, Rob ’10.
The Maguire family with Jimmy ’10. His dad Jim graduated from Delbarton in 1979.
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Joe Petrucci ’10 with his family, including parents Jeanne and Jim Petrucci. Jim is a Delbarton trustee and an alumnus, Class of 1982.
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Ben Seligmann ’10 and his family. All three older brothers are Delbarton alums.
Kyle Walsh ’10 and his family, including two older Delbarton brothers Tom and Jared (we missed you, Brad ’04!). Kyle’s parents Ginna and Tom both served as presidents of Delbarton parent organizations during their fifteen straight years as Delbarton parents.
Pam and Joe Longo ’80, and family, congratulate their graduate Michael ’10.
Zach Bluestone ’10 models the Delbarton graduation signature look.
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The Kastners with Matt ’10. Dad Drew is a Delbarton alum, circa 1970, and so is older brother Andrew ’10, on left.
The Briand family celebrates another Delbarton graduation.
Thumbs up for Delbarton graduation!
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The Rouse family with Joe ’10. Joe’s father Bob Rouse is also a graduate, Class of 1979.
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Class of 2010 Colleges Zayed Abdalla.............Villanova Kenneth Agostino ......Yale Michael Ambrosia......Princeton Ryan Amspacher .........Villanova Alexander Balog ..........Lehigh Brendan Barry.............Colgate Zac Bluestone .............Washington U Gerard Briand.............Providence Narish Budhu .............Providence Alem Bulcha ...............Duke James Burke ................Middlebury Peter Calvanelli ...........Dartmouth Matthew Carlucci .......Georgetown John Colavita..............Pennsylvania John Colucci...............Colgate Collin Corcoran..........Notre Dame Matthew Corwin ........Providence Edward DaCosta.........Villanova Michael Darche ..........Notre Dame Michael DeFeo ...........Brandeis Michael Delle Donne..McGill Andrew DeRenzi ........Villanova Matthew DeRenzi.......Brown Dennis Dering ............Cornell John Descalzi ..............Dartmouth Terrence Dixon ...........St. Lawrence Tucker Doherty ..........Cornell Carl Eckert .................Colgate Ryan Elsman...............NYU Blaze Feury .................Penn State Derrick Flitcroft..........Embry Riddle Stephen Fradkin..........U Conn Robert Frech...............Columbia Jonathan Gancas .........Cornell Matthew Gelnaw ........Colby Erik Gobbo.................Harvard Chris Guerrieri ...........Villanova Joseph Guilfoyle..........Peddie Patrick Hand ..............Lawrenceville Ryan Hanley ...............Georgetown Thomas Hanley ..........Stanford
Matthew Hanna .........Boston College Michael Helmer..........Trinity Sean Henwood ...........Lehigh Jake Huff ....................Duke Matthew Iammatteo ...Villanova Matthew Infante .........Boston College Robert Kaminski.........Bowdoin Matthew Kastner ........Williams Daniel Kearney ...........Olin David Kersen ..............Harvard Thomas Killian ...........Amherst Nicholas Kowalski.......Pennsylvania Peter Kristiansen .........Notre Dame Mitchell Lawrence ......Harvard Michael Longo............Middlebury James Maguire ............Johns Hopkins Daniel Maldonado......Columbia Stephen Marino ..........Williams Sean McAuliffe ...........University of Virginia Matthew McGinn.......Carnegie Mellon John McHugh.............Northwestern Daniel McLaughlin.....Wake Forest Jeffrey McLaughlin .....Lafayette Kyle McMullan...........Fairfield Jack Miller ..................Tufts Devin Moore ..............Georgetown Michael Moran ...........Colgate Matthew Mulcahy.......Boston College Matthew Naturman ....Brandeis William Newman .......Hamilton Paul Nolle...................Princeton Kenneth Nyamekye ....Rutgers Charles Orzetti ...........Yale Tyler Otto...................Miami Nicholas Pellegrino .....Villanova David Persson .............UC Santa Barbara Thomas Pesce .............Middlebury Joseph Petrucci ...........Harvard Kenneth Pilanski.........Quinnipiac
Michael Pirovano........EJHL/Bruins Chris Preziosi..............Vanderbilt Kevin Prior .................Georgetown Stefan Rajiyah.............Georgetown John Recchia...............Franklin & Marshall Logan Rice..................Columbia Robert Rosa ................Georgetown Joseph Rouse...............Virginia Tech Derek Ruebling...........Gettysburg Scott Ruesterholz ........Georgetown Andrew Sawyer ...........Boston College Matthew Schellberg ....Northeastern Patrick Schellberg .......North Carolina Edward Schneider.......Franklin & Marshall Ben Seligmann............Georgetown Dhruv Sharma ............Georgetown Craig Soriano..............Virginia Tech Andrew Soulas ............Fairfield Theodore Stenger........Tampa Kevin Sullivan.............Georgetown Thomas Sullivan .........Georgetown William Sullivan .........Penn State Daniel Taeschler..........George Washington Matthew Toia..............Lehigh Brent Van Fossan ........Boston College Matthew Voda ............University of Virginia Ethan Vorel.................Middlebury Alexander Vrabel.........Penn State Judson Waite...............Lafayette Alexander Walsh .........Middlebury Kyle Walsh..................Cornell Kevin Woo..................George Washington John Wujciak ..............Georgetown Jason Zhang................Johns Hopkins Edwin Zipf .................Cornell Michael Zochowski.....Harvard
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...and they’re off!
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n May 28, 2010 three Delbarton alumni — Mike Campbell ’06, Bill McAloon ’05 and Mark Van Orden ’06 graduated from the United States Naval Academy and became commissioned officers in the US military. Among the many proud family members and Delbarton friends in attendance were Abbot Giles Hayes, OSB, and Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB. The Abbot later reported, “It was one of the proudest days of my life.” Acceptance into the Naval Academy was challenging enough: in 2006 10, 747 young
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men and women applied to the Academy, 1,510 were offered a spot, and 1,215 entered the Class of 2010. 1,028 Naval Academy graduates emerged after four gruelling years to receive bachelor of science degrees and commissions as U.S. Navy ensigns or U.S. Marine Corps second lieutenants. All three Delbarton alumni made the Green Wave proud during their four years at Annapolis. Mike Campbell ’06 was the USNA Class of 2010 Valedictorian: Ranked #1 in academics, military professionalism, and physical education. He earned a Bachelor of
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The valedictorian of the Class of 2010, Mike Campbell ’06, is the first to receive a diploma from Vice President Joe Biden.
Science in Economics with Honors. Among his many distinctions, Mike was one of 35 students nationally to receive a 2010 Marshall Scholarship which allows him to study at any university in the United Kingdom. In 2009 he was one of sixty college juniors nationally to receive a 2009 Harry S. Truman Scholarship, the single scholar selected from New Jersey for “exceptional leadership potential and commitment to public service.” He received the Peruvian Naval Medal of Honor to Merit, the only midshipman awarded a medal by a foreign military for superior overall performance. As a member of the Navy lacrosse squad Mike received the Vice Admiral E.C. Waller Lacrosse Prize for the midshipman of the lacrosse squad who contributed most to the spirit, morale, and well-being of the lacrosse team. He earned two varsity letters as a goalie before serving as an undergraduate assistant coach for goalies and substitutions during the 2009-2010 season, helping goalie R.J. Wickham earn All-America accolades. Bill McAloon ’05, spent a year at the Naval Academy Prep School, entered the Academy in 2006 and graduated with Merit with a Bachelor of Science in History and a minor in French. He received the distinction of
Honors in History for the successful completion of a thesis on the history of Annapolis housing. McAloon was on the Superintendent’s list for superior academic, military, and physical performance. He was selected to lead over 150 midshipmen from all four class years as 5th Company Commander throughout the spring of 2010. He was one of fewer than a dozen midshipmen annually chosen to do an exchange semester at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He also trained and competed with the Marathon Team. Mark Van Orden ’06 graduated with a rank of 67th overall, an Honors English Major with a German Minor. He excelled academically and distinguished himself in track and field. He was a Naval Academy Track Trophy Winner, 3- time Patriot League Track and Field Scholar Athlete of the Year, Navy Track Captain, Captain of Captains (voted as the team captain to lead the group of captains), 3rd Team Academic All American, 5 Time Patriot League Champion (3x Hammer / 2x Weight Throw), 4 Time All East Selection in Hammer and Weight Throw and the recipient of NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. The three young officers now take FALL/WINTER 2010
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Later the Delbarton contingent of family and friends celebrates. From Left, Jim Petrie ’03, Mike Campbell ’06, Matt Campbell ’08, Geoff Muller ’08 (current midshipman), Mark Van Orden ’06, Matt Van Orden ’08, Bill McAloon ’05, Andrew Rice ’05 and Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, in front.
On graduation day at the Naval Academy, from left, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, with Ensign Mark Van Orden ’06, Marine 2nd Lt. Bill McAloon ’05, Ensign Mike Campbell ’06 and Abbot Giles Hayes, OSB.
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The Herndon Climb During their plebe year, the three Delbarton grads participated in ‘Herndon Climb’ when, according to tradition, the plebe class works together to retrieve a white plebe ‘dixie cup’ hat from atop a lard-covered obelisk and replace it with an upperclassmen’s hat. The Class of 1998 gained quite a reputation around the Yard with their longest record of four hours, five minutes and 17 seconds. The fastest recorded times are three minutes for the Class of 1965 in 1962 and one minute, 30 seconds for the Class of 1972 in 1969 but both classes had a clear advantage. In 1980 upperclassmen got creative and added a thick coating of slippery lard to the mix, 200 pounds worth. Pictured here is the Class of 2010 in spring 2007 where the class finished with a respectable time of 1 hour, 32 minutes and 43 seconds. Note Mike Campbell on left, and Mark Van Orden on right, showing support for their Delbarton classmate, Reade Seligmann (#45) , who was then involved in the breaking news of the Duke lacrosse scandal. In 2010 the class of 2013 benefited from the fact that, according to Wikipedia, “Superintendant Vice Admiral Jeffrey Fowler indicated dissatisfaction that year with the risk of injury associated with the climbing tradition and a desire to discontinue it.” So greasing the obelisk was out. With no lard to impede their progress the class scaled the monument in a speedy 2 minutes and 5 seconds. But did they earn bragging rights with the Brigade of Midshipmen? “No, sir!”
different paths. Mike Campbell will spend next year studying at King’s College, London as a Marshall Scholar. Mark Van Orden begins aviation training in Pensacola, FL. and Bill McAloon enters basic leadership training as a Marine Corp officer. The young men are obligated to serve at least five years in their chosen fields, selected from opportunities available in naval aviation, surface warfare, submarines, Marine Corps and other naval service specialties.
Abbot Giles and Brother Paul were thrilled to celebrate with the Delbarton crowd after the traditional hat toss. Both monks reported feeling a mixture of excitement, pride and deep sentiment. The Abbot summed up his Naval Academy graduation experience this way: “Br. Paul and I are both pretty tough Irishmen. We were so touched that we cried.”
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Scott Krenitski ’s Next Step: Oxford
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elbarton’s class of 2006 continues to make an impact internationally through community and academic study. The Rotary Foundation selected Scott Krenitski ’06 as a 2010-2011 Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar. The Ambassadorial Scholarship serves “to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries and geographical areas,” and helps fund Scott’s pursuit of a Master of Science Degree in Refugee and Forced Migration studies at the University of Oxford. Scott’s dedication to community service, international development, and the plight of refugees began at Delbarton and has continued
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through his duration at Vanderbilt University. Selected as a Vanderbilt Ingram Scholar, a full tuition scholarship based on academic merit and community service, Scott received summer stipends to serve and conduct research all over the world. Over his four undergraduate years he has traveled to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and India. Last summer he pursued ethnomusicology research with Dr. Gregory Barz on the effects of music on the reconciliation process in Rwanda, and arrived back from Uganda last summer after working with fellow student Alice Bator to help develop peer education programs and teach reproductive health classes in the rural Kabarole district. At Vanderbilt, he
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served as the co-president of Manna Project International Vanderbilt, a student organization with over 100 volunteers that assists immigrant communities surrounding Nashville, and directed a music programming board that raised $40,000 for Haiti relief efforts. At his graduation in May Scott received the Willis D. Hawley Award, presented to the senior who exemplifies Peabody College’s (Scott’s college within Vanderbilt) commitment of service towards others. In addition, Scott received the Outstanding International Leadership and Development Award, given to the graduate who exemplifies the highest level of scholarship within his academic concentration. Scott was also selected as a Vanderbilt Top Ten “Outstanding Senior”. Scott’s experience and research in Rwanda has piqued an interest in the Rwandan refugee repatriation process, which he will continue to pursue with his studies at Oxford. He joins Delbarton classmates Michael Campbell (Marshall Scholar) and John D’Angola (Fullbright Scholar) abroad. As Scott puts it, “…the class of 2006 continues to spread the Delbarton ideals of brotherhood and unity on a global level.”
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Sean O’Dowd: The Diary of a Civil War Veteran Sean O’Dowd’s freshman project analyzed the journal of his great, great, great, great, great uncle Isaiah C. Hoover, a Civil War soldier of the 3rd Infantry California Volunteers. Sean researched the period’s history and culture, and added historical details to supplement Isaiah’s diary. After moving west from Pennsylvania, Isaiah enlisted as a private in the Union army in California Volunteers-F Company. He wrote of marching across the West, hearing Brigham Young speak, riding a camel in the desert, and dodging Indian raids. Sean’s research contradicted some long held family beliefs and he learned his ancestor, while carrying a nine pound gun on sixteen mile marches, was only fifteen years old, Sean’s age. After the war, Isaiah moved back to his native Pennsylvania, married, raised a large family and was 57 years old when he died. Isaiah’s final resting place, in a small church cemetery, illustrates the last page of Sean’s freshman project.
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Kevin Nei lson
Each spring Delbarton freshmen present Freshman Projects, independent studies where the subject matter is completely up to them. Here are four examples of interesting, well-executed projects from the Class of 2013…
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Kevin Neilson Introduces… The Delbarton App
for sale in the App Store. In September he offered the Delbarton App to the Delbarton community for .99 a download fee. Kevin receives 70% of the profit (Apple keeps 30%) and he is donating 10% of each sale to support Delbarton technology.
Jesssica Fiddes
For his freshman project Kevin Neilson created a Delbarton iPhone application. Kevin followed Apple instructions and used his Mac computer plus Xcode programming software. His app includes Delbarton announcements, calendar, news, class web sites and updates automatically. Kevin integrated multi-touch into the application, allowing users to pinch-and-zoom or double tap to magnify the text. iPhone and iPad users scroll through the articles, zoom in to get a better look at pictures. Kevin tweaked his design last summer, encouraged by School administrators to offer his App for sale when school reopened. In August Apple approved Kevin’s app and it joined thousands of others
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3 How to Build a Grandfather Clock A wood-working task was the first thing Matthew Molnar thought of when he heard about the freshman project. He and his dad enjoy building projects together, so Matt decided to construct a grandfather clock from scratch. Using a one page plan – “my new Bible” – he began framing the sides of the clock and finished them a few weekends later. “It was at that point… that I realized how long this was going to take.” Matt and his dad worked during every spare moment (‘my mom was not a fan of me working in the basement alone with power tools’) and slowly the clock began to take shape. The casement complete, the clock mechanism came together quickly and “before we knew it, we had a clock.” Last step: getting his creation to tell time. Matt put on the hands, hung the weights and pendulum. He swung the pendulum and watched the second hand start to count: 1…2…3…4….35…36…37... What? When it hit 37 seconds the hand stopped, stuttered, and started telling time backwards. Two days until his presentation and Matt’s clock refused to tell time. After hours of close inspection, reading and re-reading instructions he discovered that the seconds hand was getting caught on a bit of wood that protruded 1/16 of an inch past where he cut a hole for the little hand to attach to gears. He trimmed the wood and… “I slept well that night.”
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Luke Mairo Takes the Salem Witch Trials Personally For his freshman project, Luke Mairo did a Power Point presentation on a subject that has troubled his family for centuries. Luke’s maternal great grandmother, ten times removed, Rebecca Nurse, was found guilty and put to death by hanging in the Salem Witch Trials. Luke’s project examined the cultural and sociological underpinnings of life in Salem, Massachusetts in the late 1600s that led to a period of hysteria and courtroom drama. Incredibly, when he planned his first visit the Rebecca Nurse Homestead in Salem, Luke discovered that the site was managed by a distant relative from his father’s side of the family, Glenn Mairo, chair of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society. Rebecca Nurse is a central character in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible as well as many other dramatic treatments of the Salem Witch Trials.Luke’s evocative presentation captured the attention of his audience, and the unusual family connections added an eerie dimension to the tale of his relative’s tragic fate.
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n his sophomore year at Delbarton, Joe Discher read Romeo and Juliet in English class and didn’t particularly like it. Shakespeare’s play was written in English, but this wasn’t Joe’s Discher’s English and he slogged through the text like the typical sixteen year old boy. Twenty four years later, Discher is the Associate Artistic Director of The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey where he has lived and breathed Shakespeare and other classic playwrights for two decades. Founded in 1963 by Paul Barry and Philip Dorian, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey is the state’s only professional Actor’s Equity theatre company dedicated to Shakespeare’s works and other international classics. Based at the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre at Drew University, it is one of the leading Shakespeare theatres in the country and the longest running on the East Coast. This year, in its 48th season, productions included Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew and All’s Well That Ends Well, George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man (which Discher directed) Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land, James Goldman’s The Lion in Winter and Dodie Smith’s I Capture The Castle. The company was named “Regional Theatre of the Year” by the the Star Ledger in 2002, the same year The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation awarded it a $1 million Strategic Partnership Grant.
Discher, a member of Actors Equity, does commercials and voiceovers.
To be or not to be: After 20 years at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Joe Discher decided to take a six month sabbatical to focus on his second love, acting, and to travel. Pete Byron
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Joe Discher with his violin teacher and mentor the late Fr. Germaine Fritz, OSB. The rock band Hired Help, from left, Steve Teti ’87, Chris Schmidt (Morristown High) Joe Discher ’87, Matt Pietrucha ’87 and Lee Roberts ’87.
Joe Discher celebrated his 20th anniversary at the Shakespeare Theatre in 2010 where he supervises casting for the Theatre’s various acting companies, recruits for a training program that produces new American stage talent, and manages outreach educational programs. But the real joy for Joe is his role as a theatrical director. Over the past two decades he has directed productions ranging from The Tempest and Amadeus to Life On Of Mice and Men
“…timely and devastatingly effective.” –The New York Times
“…the play has seldom revealed the dusty and turbulent realism that director Joe Discher has unveiled…” – Variety
of Galileo and Much Ado About Nothing. His direction of Of Mice and Men garnered Best Revival of the Year from the Star Ledger, and the newspaper named him Best Director of a Musical for his production of The Fantasticks. In 2006 he travelled to St Louis where he directed Julius Caesar for The Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis. His production broke all attendance record, playing to 50,000 audience members in three weeks. But directing is only part of Discher’s 28
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story: he is also an actor, a member of Actors Equity Association and a winner of the National Society of Arts and Letters acting competition for New Jersey. He has played classic Shakespearian roles including Somerset in Henry VI: Blood & Roses, Amiens in As You Like It and Valentine in Twelfth Night. Discher sings professionally at St. Cassian Church in Upper Montclair and previously sang at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark. Joe was born in the Bronx in 1969 to George and Patricia Discher, the youngest of three children, a girl and two boys. A year later the family moved to Flanders, NJ where his father worked in retail, and eventually owned a Carvel Ice Cream store, and his mother worked in circulation for The Daily Record. Now retired, they still live in Flanders with their daughter Patricia, who has Down’s syndrome. Joe’s older brother George ’83, a track star at Delbarton, is now a dentist living in Branford, CT. Joe was always a musical child. He played the violin, sang in the church choir and it was his musicality that brought the Discher family to Delbarton. The connection began with the late Fr. Germaine Fritz, OSB, who gave him violin lessons while Discher was still in grade
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Joe Discher, back row center, sings with Schola Cantorum in the mid 1980s.
Classmates Joe Discher ’87 and actor Peter Dinklage ’87 on the front steps of Old Main.
school. Disher’s mother strolled around Delbarton while her son took his lessons, and got to know several of the monks. The beauty of the campus, and the values conveyed by the monks, convinced her that her boys should attend Delbarton. Son George applied to the School and was accepted, and Joe followed in his brother’s footsteps four years later. Discher’s four years at Delbarton cemented his passion for the arts. He played violin in the Abbey Orchestra, which accompanied the Abbey Players productions. In those days, before the 2006 opening of Fine Arts Center, all drama and musical productions were staged in the Gallery of Old Main, a charming but relatively tight space that required musicians to perform in an adjacent room. As a result, musicians could listen to but not see the performers. Joe recalls, “I could hear the audience having such a great time, and I knew I wanted to be a part of it.” He began to audition for plays and, over the next few years, performed in The Pirates of Penzance, Brigadoon, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. He recognized the talent right away in his fellow Sharon’s Grave actor Peter Dinklage ’87 (The Station Agent) and recalls, “You knew you were on stage with someone who would go places.” Discher sang with the School’s choral
24 years later Joe casts and directs productions at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, where he serves as Assistant Artistic Director.
Joe gets suited up for his senior portrait, circa 1987.
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“Joe Discher, the director, clears away the clutter at the right moments, letting the essential ideas land. There are plenty of them…” -The New York Times
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group, Schola Cantorum, and one memorable summer he joined the group’s European tour, performing at churches and abbeys throughout England and Scotland. He also participated in the School’s annual Christmas mission to Appalachia, an experience that opened his eyes to poverty in America. Playing in the rock band Hired Help with classmates Leigh Roberts, Matt Pietrucha and Steve Teti also appealed to this self proclaimed music and theater geek. He recalls rocking out at their senior prom and how great it was seeing athletes the group rooted for at games suddenly cheering for them. Frs. Richard, Elias and Justin taught Discher how to relate to and respect other people, and then-Headmaster Father Giles Hayes impressed him too. “When I was at school (Giles) seemed to be everywhere – I don’t know how he did it.” Dr. Roy Horton, Delbarton Director of Music, and his violin teacher, Fr. Germaine, both influenced the budding impresario. From field trips to
Broadway musicals and Schola tours, to Germaine’s famous film appreciation class, Discher learned discipline, persistence and precision. Germaine inspired the burgeoning director in Discher by teaching him how to recognize beauty in cinema, in classical music and even in a single note. Says Discher, “I think all the principles I learned helped me create memorable theatrical experiences. Playing the violin and being taught by Fr. Germaine led me to what I’m doing today.” Discher confesses that he faked his way through Shakespeare in his English classes at Delbarton, finding it “hard to understand, and often boring,” but he doesn’t attribute his ennui to the quality of teaching. Instead, he points to the fact that Shakespeare’s work was meant to be performed, not simply read. It wasn’t until he saw Shakespeare’s plays performed live that they were “illuminated in all their glory.” He realized that the plays were not just about a bunch of made-up characters. They were about humanity, in all its funny,
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In 1999 Discher appeared in As You Like It at the Shakespeare Theatre. Jessica Fiddes
Joe Discher directed Amadeus in 2008. On stage at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey are lead actor Jordan Coughtry and the ensemble cast.
In 2006 Discher directed Cymbeline at the Shakespeare Theatre.
On Amadeus:
“This young director is turning out to be much more of a Mozart than a Salieri.” –-The Star-Ledger
sexy, dramatic, profound, bloody, funny and ultimately exciting glory. “They are about us.” From Delbarton, Discher moved on to Drew University in Madison, NJ where he entered the theater arts program with a minor in writing. At Drew he acted in several shows, started an a cappella group –The MadAves, after the University’s street address – and was in an improv comedy group called Time is Funny. He enjoyed a semester aboard in London where he saw thirty three plays in three months and hitchhiked around Ireland on his spring break. In his senior year he tried directing. His first production was Andrea’s Got Two Boyfriends, about three mentally retarded adults in a state run facility and the social worker responsible for their care. He was hooked. “I realized that though I loved performing, I could say a lot more as a director responsible for the big picture.” In his final semester at Drew, to fulfil a requirement, he worked as an administrative intern at the then New Jersey Shakespeare Festival. Bonnie Monte had taken over as
In the recent “It’s Go Time!” ad campaign for the Jets football team Discher is the executive suited up for work (and the big game) in the lower left corner of this electronic billboard.
artistic director the previous October and the Theatre was an exciting place to be. Discher invited her and the managing director to one of his student productions and, after seeing it, they offered him a directing internship after graduation. The internship quickly developed into a full time job and that fall he was hired as assistant to the artistic director. Fast forward twenty years. Joe Discher has spent most of that time at the Theatre which, thanks to its proximity to Broadway and New York film production, draws actors and theatre professionals from Broadway, TV and film. As a stage director Discher’s learning curve was exponential. He has directed many of drama’s most significant plays and worked with some of America’s finest actors and received glowing reviews from The New York Times and the Star Ledger. What is his favorite play? “Whatever play I am working on,” he says, as if his productions are children who might be listening to his answer. Discher admittedly becomes “obsessed” with whatever production FALL/WINTER 2010 31
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On The Grades of Wrath:
“For years, Joe Discher has directed one solid production after another at the Shakespeare Theatre. This, however, is his crowning achievement. ” –The Star-Ledger
In 2006 Discher travelled to St. Louis to direct the Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis’ monumental outdoor production of Julius Caesar, with an audience of 50,000 over its three week run time.
Discher directed the Shakespeare Theatre’s production of The Play’s The Thing in 2007.
he directs. When pressed, he cites Amadeus as a favorite, in which playwright Peter Shaffer captures the struggle of two very different artists, Mozart and his rival, Salieri. Another favorite is Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, the saga of the Joad family in Depression America. Shakespeare’s comedies are also favorites, particularly Twelfth Night and As You Like It though he confesses that he is still figuring out the 16th century playwright. “I certainly don’t have all the answers on the first day of rehearsal,” says Discher. He and his cast begin a journey together that lasts until closing
night. He credits the Theatre’s artistic director Bonnie Monte for teaching him how to grab an audience’s attention by building a unified stage production from the smallest, most intimate detail to the big moment of truth. Twenty years have sped by. Discher, for all of his theatrical experience, is still a relatively young man with a lot to offer as a director and an actor too. He has continued to dabble in acting all along, doing voiceovers and commercials, including the recent “It’s Go Time!” for the Jets (look for Discher as the business executive with black stripes under his
If you have not already discovered
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, in performance from June through December at the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre at Drew University, learn more about it at
www.shakespearenj.org. Attend a single performance and you are sure to become a fan.
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Lending a Hand
A Delbarton Alum Makes a Difference in Photos by Mike Ryan ’07
Haiti
By Christopher Ryan ’00
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reported in a blog he shared with family and friends, “I went to Haiti because I wanted to help people who were in immediate need of relief. I also wanted to challenge myself to go to a place that was drastically different (economically and culturally) than any place I had been before…” As a member of All Hands Volunteers, Mike was assigned to Leogane, one of Haiti’s hardest hit areas. He led a team of volunteers that cleared rubble from damaged structures. On a typical day, that meant waking up at 6 am, grabbing a quick breakfast and joining his teammates for long, bumpy, pothole-filled journeys in Tak Taks (local slang for pickup trucks) to some of the most quake-ravaged areas. Once on site, Mike and his team spent much of the day knocking down and clearing unsafe infrastructure (homes, restaurants, bridges, etc.) that was badly damaged during the quake. Reports from Haiti suggest that, as recently as mid-July, approximately 98% of the estimated 26 million cubic yards of rubble created by the earthquake had yet to have been cleared. The team’s demolition work was hard but absolutely necessary for Haiti’s recovery. On one day in particular Mike commented, “I worked a rubble site today and to say that I have never been this hot or sweat this much before is an understatement.” Aside from clearing rubble, working in Haiti also gave Mike the chance to assume a leadership role as the site manager. He was responsible for coordinating the day’s activities
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Mike Ryan ’07, an All Hands Volunteer, with youngsters in Haiti last summer.
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and organizing the group according to skills and interests. He was pushed beyond his comfort zone as he experienced the on-theground realities in Haiti and developed an appreciation for the attitude of the local community. “It is truly incredible how their spirits are so high even when they have so little,” he reported of the Haitians. “They do not ask for much, just compassion and the means to improve their lives. It is a great struggle here… change is coming slowly, very slowly, but still it is coming.” Haiti continues to need help. Financial support, donations, and hands-on assistance from people like my brother Mike are all in short supply. To learn more about how you can help, check out All Hands Volunteers at www.hands.org or reach out to organizations such as Catholic Relief Services or the American Red Cross..
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AROUND DELBARTON Delbarton's newest faculty members include, from left, Matt Goldsmith ’04, Peter Durning, Angela Graziano, Br. Michael DeSaye,OSB, Michael Hicks and Br. Liam Mullin, OSB
U P D AT E Delbarton welcomes six new faculty members for the 20102011 school year. Dean of Faculty Anne Leckie managed the two part orientation program which included a half day early summer session and two full days in late August. New faculty members are also supported throughout the year through a mentoring program and a series of morning meetings. The comprehensive program ensures that new faculty members adapt quickly to life at Delbarton. New Delbarton faculty members include Angela Graziano teaching English a B.A. from University of Vermont and M.F.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University; Peter Durning teaching English with a B.A. from Trinity College; Michael Hicks teaching English and French with a B.A. from Haverford College. Also new this year is a graduate of Delbarton 2004, Matthew Goldsmith teaching AP US Government and working in Development with Alumni. Matthew is a graduate of Delbarton 2004 with a B.A. from Amherst College. Lastly, we are happy to have two members of the St. Mary’s Abbey monastic community join the Delbarton faculty: Br. Liam S. Mullin teaching in the Religious Studies Department with a B.A. from Creighton University, and Br. Michael DeSaye teaching music with a B.M. from Ithaca College. Phys. Ed. Faculty member Matt Bergh reports that the Delbarton Phys. Ed. (continued on page 37)
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Anne Leckie Honored by Trustees From left are Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, Board President Dan Scott ’62, Dean of Faculty Anne Leckie, and trustees Tim Catlett P’04,’06 and Kurt Krauss ’81.
At the annual Faculty Picnic for trustees, faculty and staff on September 10, 2010 President of the Delbarton Lay Board of Trustees, Daniel T. Scott ’62, presented the annual Trustee Award to Delbarton Dean of Faculty Anne Leckie. Many of Anne’s colleagues and their families, including Anne’s husband and daughters, were there to witness the presentation. 2010 marks Anne Leckie’s twenty-fifth year at Delbarton. She arrived at Delbarton in the fall of 1985 and immediately established herself as a superior teacher of the Spanish language. Her arrival coincided with an increased interest in Spanish by Delbarton students, and Anne’s expertise and enthusiasm were
immediately evident. Within a couple of years she assumed the position of Chairperson of the Modern Language Department. In that role, she became a mentor to the many teachers who worked in that department. She also sat on the Academic Council, where her experience and opinions were valued greatly. Anne is a person who brings enjoyment to her job. She is among the first to come dressed in costume on Halloween and Spirit Week, and many of her colleagues look forward to her creativity and flair for the dramatic. Speaking of which, Anne also regularly takes part in the student written one-act plays during Spirit Week, and while
no Academy Awards have yet been granted, her efforts are greatly appreciated by the students. In presenting the Trustee Award, Lay Board President Dan Scott summed up the Anne’s contributions at Delbarton and the respect she has earned from her colleagues: “Anne has served as Dean of Faculty for the last four years, and she has been a valuable resource for both veteran and novice teachers. Even fellow members of the school’s administration seek her judgment on a wide variety of school issues. Her experience and wisdom make her a worthy recipient of the Delbarton Trustees’ Award.”
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In March the Delbarton Model UN Club competed in the Washington Area Model UN Conference held at George Washington University that included over 900 delegates and faculty in a four day event. The boys visited several museums and heard guest speakers from the GW faculty. A few even had an opportunity to visit embassies of the countries they represented. The group did not return home emptyhanded: Brian Jung ’12 won a Verbal Commendation as the Foreign Minister of Ukraine. Model UN moderator Jack Diffley later reported, “Oh, and while he did not win an award Zack Ullman ’13 (playing the role of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin) did survive an assassination attempt.”
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department is teaching Junior Health classes First Aid/CPR/AED in the winter and spring terms with the ability to certify its students. English and Film teacher Michael Carr ’01 finished a Masters degree in English at Middlebury College this past August. This fall Director of Campus Ministry David Hajduk presented a two part workshop series hosted by The Diocese of Metuchen entitled Theology of the Body at the St. John Neumann Pastoral Center. One of the teachings of Pope John Paul II, Theology of the Body is the late pontiff’s integrated vision of the human person – body, soul and spirit. Hajduk earned his Master’s degree in Systematic Theology from Immaculate Conception Seminary, Seton Hall University, where he received the Pope John Paul II Award for Academic Excellence. In addition to his work at Delbarton he is currently an adjunct professor of Systematic Theology at Seton Hall. Former Assistant Headmaster Ed Kim was appointed to three-year terms on the governing board of the National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES). Ed is currently head of school at Breck School, an Episcopal diocesan day school in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for students in preschool through grade 12. He joined Breck in July 2007 after 21 years as a coach, teacher, administrator, and assistant headmaster at Delbarton.
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Duo Wins NJ Governor’s Award On April 29, 2010 Forensic Society members Andrew MacMaster ’11, on left, and Connor Buckley ’11, pictured with Forensics Moderator Br. Kevin Tidd, OSB, were awarded New Jersey Governor’s Awards in Arts Education, which honor high achieving students in the visual, musical, dramatic and rhetorical arts. The two boys earned recognition by winning the State Championship in Duo Interpretation at the New Jersey State Tournament of the New Jersey Forensic League. Jessica Fiddes
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Need investment advice? Consult with the Green Wave Stock Exchange members who won the 2010 Funny Money Contest. Over 60 students participated and moderator Mr. Sean Flanagan reports that each student was allocated $100,000 of ‘funny money’ to invest in any publicly traded company. Students bought and sold in real-time, and action was captured on website designed for mock trading. Kevin Zsitvay ’13 won first place, Jimmy Clark ’11 was second and Matt Molnar ’13 came in third. Two of the winners, Kyle on left, Matt on right, met with Mr. Flanagan for a photo in the Senior Garden, but Jimmy was nowhere in sight. Perhaps we should have checked the NYSE floor where traders would surely benefit from his — and Kevin and Matt’s — expert advice. Congratulations to all three funny money investors who won cash awards collected from the $5 pay-to-play pool.
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Three-Peat: Delbarton Wins Panasonic Challenge (continued from page 36) Kent Manno has been formally enrolled in the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is a uniformed component of Team Coast Guard in support of Coast Guard missions. Kent will be a member of Flotilla 10-07 in Lake Hopatcong. In October he attended the “Now and Then: Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan” Forum at the NJ Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Dan Szelingowski is pursuing a Masters degree in Education, Leadership, and Policy at Seton Hall University. As part of his work towards an M.A. in English, the new English Department Chair, Michael Vermylen, spent six weeks at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, taking graduate English classes on Renaissance Stage Comedy and Poetry Writing.
TIDINGS Last summer Science faculty member Nick Huck and Elizabeth O’Connor were married. Elizabeth is the guidance counselor at Villa Walsh Academy.
On April 14, 2010 Peter Godart ’11, Justin Park ’11 and Dan Taeschler ’10, shown here with Engineering Club moderator Greg Devine, beat 30 high school teams from across New Jersey in the final round at the NJ Performing Arts Center to win Delbarton’s third consecutive championship in the Panasonic Creative Design Challenge (CDC). Godart and Park were also on Delbarton’s winning teams in 2008 and 2009. In New Jersey’s top high school science and technology competition teams were challenged to build a remote controlled
robotic recycling device that could sort debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an area the size of Texas in the Pacific Ocean that contains an estimated 3.5 million tons of floating trash. The CDC competition closely mimics a real world engineering process: the team was judged on the device’s performance, quality of their written report, oral presentation and engineering logbook entries. Each Delbarton winner received $5,000 toward college tuition.
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Bleeding Green Delbarton’s 28th Annual Blood Drive on March 1st was a big success. School Nurse Barbara Pereyra marshalled a team of students and parents who worked with Blood Services techs to run the day-long effort. Parents, alumni and teachers stopped by to give blood — many Delbarton students (age 16 and up) including Jack Breit ’11, shown here, mustered the courage to donate blood for the first time and earned a highly collectible ’I Bleed Green for Delbarton’ button. FALL/WINTER 2010
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From left, Peter Godart ’11, Hunter Dougherty ’11, John Hastings ’11 and Junior Guidance Counsellor Kelly Gleason.
Junior Awards At the June 1 underclassmen awards ceremony 7th through 11th graders were recognized for their achievements throughout the year. Six members of the Class of 2011 were chosen to participate in competitive summer programs related to science and government. Peter Godart attended the 2010 Governor’s School for Engineering and Technology. Hunter Dougherty and John Hastings participated in the New Jersey Scholars Program this summer. Bud Peters was chosen for the challenging Partners in Science (PIS) program at the
Liberty Science Center (LSC). Gregory Ballanco and Gregory Scalera attended the American Legion New Jersey Boys State at Rider University in June. At the ceremony, for outstanding achievement in mathematics and science the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Medal was awarded to Peter Godart. For outstanding academic achievement and superior intellectual promise in the field of science the Bausch & Lomb Science Award was awarded to Adam Suczewski. The following book award recipients, pictured above in the
Senior Garden with junior guidance counsellor Kelly Gleason, were chosen by the entire Delbarton faculty for their academic promise, personal character and contributions to the School: The Columbia University Book Award: Thomas Pigott; The Williams College Book Award: Ethan Vorel; The Princeton University Book Award: Peter Godart; The Dartmouth College Book Award: Adam Suczewski; The Yale University Book Award: Nicholas Luzarraga; The Holy Cross Book Award: Jack Smith. The Saint Michael’s College Book Award for
Scholarship and Service, which is awarded to a student who has demonstrated a sustained and sincere commitment to community service, was awarded to Hunter Dougherty. The St. Anselm College Book Award, which is given to a student in recognition of exceptional leadership qualities and demonstrated academic success, was awarded to Wade Morgan.
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2010 Euro Challenge Kersen Named Presidential Scholar Senior David Kersen, shown here at graduation with his family, was one of 141 high school seniors from across the country named 2010 Presidential Scholars. The students were feted in Washington, D.C., from June 19 to 22 and recognized for demonstrating exceptional talent in the visual, literary and performing arts. Each U.S. Presidential Scholar invited an inspiring teacher to Washington, D.C. to receive an award from the Department of Education, and Kersen chose Delbarton physics teacher Mr. Greg Devine. “He’s a really great physics teacher,” Kersen told a Star Ledger reporter. “He’s the one who piqued my interest.” David is attending Harvard this year where his plan is to major in physics and minor in near-eastern studies.
Three Delbarton sophomores, Michael Woo, Tim Mason and Greg Keiser, competed against teams from 73 schools in 11 states and placed fourth in this year’s Euro Challenge. Each won $2500 in our favorite currency, cold hard American cash. The Euro Challenge continues to expand nationally, with teams from around the United States competing for awards underwritten by The Moody’s Foundation. High school students learn about the European Union and the euro, its shared currency, and then make oral presentations. Teams also pick one member country from the 16 EU euro-currency members, examine an economic problem, and devise policies to solve the problem. On April 27, 2010 at the final round at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, the boys showed a strong grasp of the current European debt crisis and deftly answered a broad range of questions from a panel of judges. Economics Club moderator Tom Brady, and Econ Club/Euro Challenge advisor Rob Auletti accompanied the boys to NYC and provided moral support.
Forensics Duos in Nation’s Top Ten The Delbarton Forensic Society finished the season in June 2010 with an outstanding performance at the National Forensic League’s major annual contest. The NFL National Tournament in Missouri from is the largest academic competition in the world and attracts 3200 students from all 50 states. Six Delbarton speakers and debaters competed in Duo Interpretation of Literature (Connor Buckley ’11 and Andrew MacMaster ’11) and Public Forum Debate (the teams of Dhruv Sharma ’10 and Kevin Sullivan ’10 and Bud Peters ’11 and Thomas Pigott ’11). Both Public Forum debate teams placed in the top ten out of 256 teams entered in their event. Dhruv and Kevin were 7th and Tommy and Bud were 6th. Delbarton was the only school in the United States to have two top ten teams in Public Forum. Each of Delbarton’s debaters also won a $1500 college scholarship and the School won its first School of Excellence Award in Debate, one of 17 schools out of over 600 competing in the tournament. 42
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In April five Delbarton Middle School 7th and 8th graders were honored by the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth for their achievements in standardized tests for college-bound students. From left are Josef Johnson ’14, Ian Sullivan ’14, Malachy Quinn ’15, Jonathan O’Brien ’14 and Middle School Guidance Counselor Mr. Rob Loia. (Not pictured: Clark Laraia ’14). The students were recognized for their outstanding performance on the 2009-2010 SAT with Distinction – scores at or above the mean of college bound seniors (501 in reading and 515 in mathematics) or High Honors – scores at or above 550 in reading and/or mathematics for 7th graders and 600 in either for 8th graders.
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On May 20, 2010 Delbarton’s Sociedad Honoraria Hispànica chapter had its annual induction ceremony organized by faculty member Paulina Irigaray and Language chair Inma Serrano (Serrano is shown here assisting at the ceremony). The event was followed by a family reception with pastries and coffee. Newly inducted students included juniors Matthew Albano, Kyle Brennan, Peter Chambers, Nicholas Cerrone, Clayton Haarmann, Spenser Huston, Robert Kautzmann, Ibrahim Khedr, Nicolas Luzarraga, Wade Morgan, Jonathan Picon, Gregory Scalera, Gregory Sweetman, Adam Suczewski, Alexander Tarnawski, Derik Velasco and Timothy White.
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Greg Devine Receives Princeton Teaching Award
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Delbarton faculty member Greg Devine was one of four New Jersey educators honored at Princeton graduation this spring. Since 1959 Princeton University’s Distinguished Secondary School Teaching Award has honored four outstanding New Jersey teachers. Six Delbarton alumni, who graduated from Princeton this year, witnessed Devine receive his award, including Conor Pigott ’06, seen here with Greg Devine after the ceremony.
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On May 8, 2010 six seniors spoke about their Delbarton experiences at the annual Delbarton Mothers’ Guild and Fathers & Friends Delbarton Experience Dinner. Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny OSB stands with the seniors he recruited for the event Tom Pesce, Michael Delle Donne, Robert Rosa, Kevin Sullivan, Robert Frech and Edward DaCosta, who recalled their days at Delbarton for a crowd of current and incoming parents. Each put a unique spin on their smart, funny, anecdote-filled and, finally, touching remarks.
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One Acts Festival 2010 Delbarton's One Acts Festival 2010, featuring single act productions written, directed and performed by Delbarton students, took place on April 23-24 in the Fine Arts Center Theater. Actors included Delbarton students, visiting thespians from Villa Walsh Academy, Kent Place School and Morristown High School and Delbarton several faculty members. Stephanie Almozara and Chris Pillette moderated the Festival, a collaboration that was the calm eye in a dizzying storm of dramatic, comedic and suspenseful one act plays.
Music at Delbarton During the month of May Music at Delbarton offered three concerts that were free and open to the public. On May 16th Delbarton's talented musicians hosted their annual Instrumental Concert. Next on the program was the Schola Cantorum Choral Concert (pictured here) on May 21st, followed by the May 23rd Abbey Orchestra Concert.
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Jazz with Jaffe On March 26 Williams Professor Andy Jaffe gave an intensive jazz tutorial for the Delbarton Jazz Ensemble. Jaffe is the Lyell B.Clay Artist in Residence in Jazz and Director of Jazz Activities at Williams College, and from 1999 to 2010 served as Artistic Director of the Williamstown Jazz Festival. Ensemble director Greg Devine, a former student of Jaffe’s at Williams, enjoyed watching his Jazz Ensemble musicians receive lessons from the master.
Art Exhibitions Delbarton welcomed American steel sculptor Drew Jordan and his show of new works entitled “Reclanation” to the Fine Arts Center in December and January. Using materials culled from renovation sites and re-tooled factories, Jordan explored the possibilities formalism, and found materials, in a collection of high relief wall hangings. In April and May Delbarton’s Artist in Residence Dane Borda (pictured here in his Old Main studio) presented his one man show, Mise- enScène, an exhibit of large scale oil paintings and charcoal drawings investigating the relationship between modern cinema and painting.
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Breaking the Code On May 22, 2010 Delbarton science students heard Matt Knabel, a Ph.D. candidate at Johns Hopkins , speak about careers in medical research. Knabel and Delbarton Biology teacher Dan Szelingowski were roommates at Hopkins. Knabel graduated with a B.A. in Biology, and worked for two years as a lab technician before entering a Ph.D. program in Human Genetics and Molecular Biology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He was finishing his second year and working on his thesis in a transplant lab. Researching the molecular mechanisms of liver injury, he hopes to use genetic therapy to reduce or even prevent liver injury. Knabel discussed career paths open to young research scientists, including professorships, international consulting firms, and new drugs development for global pharmaceutical companies. His talk inspired budding scientists/medical entrepreneurs in the Delbarton audience.
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The Business of Plants To end a unit on plants, on March 24, 2010 Mrs. Fran Bonalsky’s AP Biology class took a field trip to White Oak Farm in Hope, NJ. The privately-held family business (owned by the Dering family – Dennis Dering ’10 was in Mrs. B’s class) White Oak is in production year round, with a computerized one acre greenhouse and five acres of outside crops for 12 month large scale production. The boys learned the ins and outs of the nursery business and even took some plants home.
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The Art of Lobbying On May 19, 2010 Professor Bert Levine, author of The Art of Lobbying, addressed Kevin Conn’s AP American History classes. Levine, husband of Delbarton director of guidance Shelly Levine, is a former advance man for presidential candidates Nelson Rockefeller and Richard Nixon, corporate lobbyist for Johnson & Johnson, counsel for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and currently on the faculty at Colgate and Rutgers. He explained the nature of presidential power, and the role of lobbyists and campaign advance men. Professor Levine encouraged the boys to think seriously about the idea of working, at least for a short stint, as a campaign advance man, “one of
the best developmental experiences you can have, where you are thrust out into new places, meet new people, with the goal of leaving them feeling good about a candidate.” Advance men develop important communication and logistics skills that come in handy in many other professions and fields.
Modern Europe On Friday, April 30, the Delbarton History Club sponsored a discussion on the “Problems of Contemporary Europe.” The featured speaker was David Francis, European correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor and the German edition of the Financial Times. Mr. Francis discussed the challenges for Europeans today, among them the Southern European debt crisis and the problems of Muslim integration into European countries with strong national identities of their own. Francis is a 1996 graduate of Central Catholic High School is Pittsburgh, PA, with a B.A. from the University of Chicago and an M.A. in Russian and European Studies from Georgetown. In 1992 he was in the first freshman class taught by Delbarton history teacher Brother Kevin Tidd, OSB, seen here with his former student.
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Dancing with the... – with the girls from Kent Place School. On Friday, February 19, 2010 the Delbarton Spanish Club, joined members of the Kent Place School Spanish Club for a group lesson in the art of salsa dancing. A professional dance instructor patiently taught the students the basic steps and they practiced their footwork as a group before trying out their newly acquired skills with real, live partners. Just like on TV! When the music stopped, the amateur dancers moved from partner to partner, sort of like musical chairs but with people. After the lesson there was time for refreshments and socializing, so our men also had a chance to practice the lost art of friendly conversation.
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Denise and Keith Kulper ’70, P’99, Honorary Chairs for the DPGA Palm Sunday Mass and Brunch.
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Gary and Jo Ann Andrasko P’00, Mary Ellen and Ron Nicola ’98, ’00 and Linda and Ken Hodge P’98.
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Fr. Andrew Smith, OSB, Tom McIntyre P’96,’99, The Hon. Reginald and Marie Stanton P’84 and Eileen McIntrye P’96,’99.
Karen and Tom Leddy ’80 and family.
Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, Kendal Kulper, Sloan Kulper ’99, Keith Kulper ’70, P’99, Denise Kulper P’99, DPGA Presidents Ron and Mary Ellen Niloa P’98,’00 and DPGA Moderator Abbot Brian Clarke, OSB.
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The silent auction included Delbarton branded items, including this handsomely engraved magnum.
Two of our expert barkeeps, Steve Block ’71, P’12, on left, and Brian Kristiansen P’08,’10.
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From left, DMG President Deanna Kenny P’12, VP Virginia Darche ’07,’10,’11,’13, DMG Moderator Fr. Richard Cronin, OSB, Event Chairs Donna Otto P’10 and Tess Lewis P’03,’13.
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From left, DPGA moderator Abbot Brian Clarke, OSB, Marlene and John Iaciofano P’49, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, and Mary Alice and Fred Lawless P’03
Joseph Pawelczyk P’05 and Abbot Giles Hayes, OSB.
Gary Andrasko P’00, Louise Duffy P’89 and Fr. Andrew Smith, OSB. Rob and Mary Ellen Nicola P’98, ’00 with DPGA organizer Valerie Conroy P’87, ’90, ’98 in center. Guests tasted a wide variety of wines from Italy, paired with complementary foods.
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elbarton Parents of Graduates (DPGA) socialized with old friends and tasted Italian wines at Vino con Amici, the annual DPGA Wine Tasting held in Old Main on Saturday, April 24, 2010. The popular event has become a favorite way to reconnect with Delbarton friends each spring. Delbarton parents Marlene and John Iaciofano, and Mary Alice and Fred Lawless, chaired the event, and Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, guided the group through Italy's various viticultural regions as guests sampled Italian wine selections. Hors d'oeuvres and an elegant buffet dinner were designed to complement the wines.
The DPGA wine-tasting is a great way for Delbarton friends to reconnect. Photos by J. Craig Paris ’82 and Gary Andrasko P’00
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Global Delbarton How Green is my …Summer Vacation Last summer rising sophomores Will Carlucci ’13 and Kevin Neilson ’13 participated in Delbarton’s annual Glenstal Abbey student exchange to Ireland where the boys experienced life in three different homes and enjoyed Irish hospitality. Their travels began in County Mayo, then on to Dublin, and the south western coast of Ireland where they travelled by sailboat for several days. Their host family took them to their cottage close by the Irish Sea where the Green Wavers learned how to surf. The boys experienced the warmth and conviviality of the Irish people, and toured many historic sites, including Trinity College and Blarney Castle among many others. Delbarton will return the favor this December when Delbarton families host and entertain a group of students from Glenstal.
Kevin Neilson ’13 and Will Carlucci ’13 spent three weeks in Ireland last summer as part of the Glenstal Abbey Exchange program. Jessica Fiddes
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In December 2010 Delbarton families entertained Glenstal Abbey students, shown here with their Delbarton hosts and, on right, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, and, on left, Glenstal Exchange Moderator Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, OSB.
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Kevin Neilson ’13, Glenstal host Conor Hughes, and Will Carlucci ’13 learning the art of falconry at Ashford Castle in Co. Galway. Will and Kevin with Glenstal Exchange coordinator Fr. William Fennelly, OSB, in front of Glenstal Castle.
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Delbarton students with their German hosts in Germany this past June.
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The Delbarton group hikes in the Swiss Alps.
From left, Peter Godart, Tom Skea, Brian Brennan, Justin Park and chaperone Jack Diffley depart for two weeks in Germany on Delbarton’s annual exchange program.
Rising juniors Peter Godart, Tom Skea, Brian Brennan and Justin Park participated in Delbarton’s annual German Exchange over two weeks in June, 2010. Host families met them at the airport in Zurich and their adventure began with a tour of Friedrichshafen. Their busy schedule included a visit to the hosts’ school in Markdorf where they attended classes with their hosts and toured the town. The Delbarton students visited Neuschwanstein and Linderof (’Mad King Ludwig’s’ Castles), sailed on Bodensee, toured Meersburg (the oldest castle in Germany), hiked in the Swiss Alps, toured Stein on Rhein and the Rhine Falls in Switzerland. They took a trip to Stuttgart to visit Mercedes-Benz Museum and their weekend in Munich included a sobering tour of Dachau and a visit to the Deutsches Museum of Technology and Science. The trip ended with a boat trip across Lake Constance to Switzerland and a farewell dinner with their new German friends.
Faculty member Jack Diffley chaperoned the group, then moved on to Berlin to join a grant program endowed by the National Endowment for the Humanities to study and live in the city of Berlin for five weeks. The program was sponsored by Texas A&M and focused on the subject of Cosmopolitan Berlin. Sixteen participants from around the country, primarily high school teachers with a handful of grad students, took classes, visit museums, tour archives and enjoy guest lectures. They lived in Prenzlauer Berg in East Berlin which became, after German reunification in 1990, a centre for more bohemian Berlin youth and, more recently, an area of gentrification. One of the highlights was a visit to an area of Berlin called Kreuzberg a.k.a. Little Istanbul. The program’s goal was to help educators design a unit to address the topic of the multi-cultural make-up of modern day Germany. Mr. Diffley’s German students can expect a unique perspective on contemporary Germany in this year’s curriculum.
Sometimes cultural exchanges take place stateside. One example: On March 21, 2010, during their spring break, Delbarton Club Rugby squad players travelled to Keio, a Japanese boarding school in Purchase, NY. Rugby is a popular sport in Japan and a varsity sport at Keio. Delbarton adjusted to the speed of the game and answered with some offensives of its own, finally winning the game 26-10. In an example of
the great rugby spirit and global match play, Delbarton and Keio then played another period of mixed sides. Says Coach Tom Feury P’10,’12, “A lot of fun was had by all. It was especially amusing watching the Japanese speakers trying to communicate with the English speakers. Rugby itself became the language of choice.” Tom Feury
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Another rave review for the DAC Festival for the Arts, the late spring gem in the Delbarton calendar.
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Hungry? You came to the right Arts Festival.
Earlier this spring American Impressionist John Traynor ’79 painted in the Senior Garden. Jazz Ensemble Director Greg Devine congratulates several departing seniors.
Welcome to the annual Delbarton Arts Consortium Festival of the Arts.
Guests enjoyed music from the professional-quality Jazz Ensemble.
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Traynor donated his painting which was sold to the highest Live Auction bidder.
Inside the FAC, bidding was brisk at the silent auction.
The outdoor pig roast picnic continued
Artist and former Delbarton mom Joy Jackson P’01 donated this oil painting to the Live Auction.
Here are Denise and Keith Kulper ’70 P’99 with our jauntily attired Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB.
Next, a performance by the Delbarton String Ensemble.
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n May 17, 2010 Delbarton Fathers & Friends hosted its annual Golf Open at Ridgewood Country Club in Ridgewood, NJ. 160 golfers teed off for a great day on the links followed by cocktails and hors d'oeuvres overlooking the course. After dinner in the clubhouse CBS football announcer Don Criqui addressed the group.
Drinks on the patio followed a day of golf.
CBS play-by-play football announcer Don Criqui P’84, ’86, ’90, ’96– father of four Delbarton graduates – knows his Delbarton history.
From left, Open Co-Chair Mark Van Fossan P’10, ’13, Green Wave Athletic Director Dan Whalen P’13, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, and Co-Chairs Tom Prior P’10, ’14 and Tom Killian P’10,’13.
Don Criqui observed that, for an Irish guy, Br. Paul cooks Italian food surprisingly well. Dinner for 12 (with the Headmaster as guest chef) was a popular Golf Open silent auction item. Photos by Jessica Fiddes
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Varsity lacrosse, coached by Chuck Ruebling, finished as a co-champion of the Gibbs Division with a conference record of 8-1, which included an 8-3 victory over traditional rival Mountain Lakes. Playing one of the most difficult schedules in the state the Green Wave finished with a record of 9-8. The team was led by all-state players Ben Seligmann and Joe Petrucci , who was also named an All- American. Other senior standouts included Andrew Derenzi, John Wujack, Derek Ruebling, Jack Malloy, and Jack Miller.
The varsity baseball team completed its season with a record of 25-6. With seniors Mat Derenzi, Matt Kastner, Steve Marino, EJ Decosta, Sean McAuliffe and Craig Soriano leading the way, the Green Wave players were Morris County Tournament finalists as well as qualifiers for the NJSIAA state tournament. The season included victories over top ranked opponents like Don Bosco, Morristown, West Essex, Whippany Park, and Immaculata. The team was again led by coaches Bruce Shatel, Sean Gleeson, Matt Goldsmith, and Gerry Brophy.
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Tennis The varsity tennis team, under the leadership of Coach John Thompson, advanced all the way to the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions. Along the way the team won the NJAC, Morris County, Non Public North A, and Non Public A State Championships. The team was led by singles players Mike Defeo, Chase Savage, and Matt Massey, and doubles standouts Garrison Block, Spenser Furey, Tom Piggot and Ryan Maguire.
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Under the direction of coach Tom Feury, the 2010 Delbarton Club Rugby season opened by winning the Rugby Virginia tournament and finished with a record of 11-0, winning the MetNY rugby division II school Championship. The team was led by a strong group of 21 seniors, most of whom have gone on to play in college including: Blaze Feury and Alex Vrabel (Penn State), Zayed Abdalla and Ryan Amspacher (Villanova), John Colavita (U Penn), JT Colucci and Carl Eckert (Colgate), John Descalzi (Dartmouth), Matt Infante (BC), Dhruv Sharma (Georgetown), Matt Voda (Virginia), Dan Taeschler (GW) and David Persson (USCB). 58
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The Green Wave golf team, coached by Sean Flanagan with the assistance from Mark Gately ’04, far right, had another championship season winning the Morris County Championship, the NJAC Championship, the NJSIAA State Sectional, and the North Non Public A Championship while advancing to the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions. The team finished undefeated with a record of 17-0! The team was led by John Voetsch, Bob Kaminski, Nick Howard-Johnson, Frank Szucs, Mike Pirovano, and John McMahon.
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Cocoziello Field Dedicated On May 13, 2010 Delbarton’s Cocoziello Lacrosse Field was dedicated to Sharon and Peter Cocoziello and their sons Peter ’02, Dan ’04 and Alex ’05. Dan and Alex played for the Green Wave and continued on the college level, Dan at Princeton, and Alex at Cornell. Financial support from the family helped build a new synthetic football/lacrosse complex encircled by the Passarelli Track. The Cocoziello family, which includes Peter’s wife, Sofia Cocoziello,
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Delbarton athletic director Dan Whalen announced on February 3, 2010 that two more Green Wave athletes signed NCAA letters to play collegiate sports 2010-11. The boys signed the official documents in the Valentine Library with their proud mothers, coaches and headmaster looking on. Pat Schellberg ’10 signed on to the Division I track and field program at the University of North Carolina. Jeff McLaughlin ’10 signed a letter of intent to play Patriot League soccer for Lafayette College.
stood with the Green Wave lacrosse team as Abbot Giles Hayes formally blessed the field prior to a game against Kinnelon, the newly minted Morris County champions. (The Green Wave won the game 10-6.) From left, Abbot Giles Hayes, OSB,Peter and Sharon Cocoziello, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, Dan, Peter, Sofia and Alex Cocoziello. Photos by Jessica Fiddes
D’Agostino Drafted by the Penguins Green Wave hockey player Kenny Agostino ’10 was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins the NHL Draft in Los Angeles. He joined former teammate and good friend Alex Velischek ’09, another Penguins draft pick back in 2009. Agostino is Delbarton’s all-time leading scorer with 216 points over four varsity seasons, including a 50-goal, 83-point senior season when he led the Green Wave to another non-public schools state championship. The team finished the year ranked #2 in the country. Agostino now focuses on his collegiate career playing Divison 1 hockey at Yale University. Meanwhile three Green Wave hockey alums met up on the ice last summer at the Pittsburgh Penguins prospect development camp. In addition to Agostino and Velischek, Alex Smigelski ’06, a recent Williams D-III hockey standout, was invited to the Penguins development camp as a tryout and the Penguins liked what they saw. Three players from one high school at a single NHL camp attracted some media attention and in a NHL.com article described Delbarton as “a fertile hockey-producing factory.”
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By Rev. Edward Seton Fittin, OSB ’82
Abbot Giles Hayes, O.S.B. was elected to the office of president of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men (CMSM). Though he serves as president-elect until next summer, Abbot Giles will be well immersed in CMSM business. According to their website the CMSM “serves the leadership of the Catholic orders and congregations of the more than 20,000 vowed religious priests and brothers of the United States, ten percent of whom are foreign missionaries. CMSM provides a voice for these communities in U.S. church and society. CMSM also collaborates with the U.S. bishops and other key groups and organizations that serve church and society.” This fall, Prior Bruno Ugliano, O.S.B. was inducted into the Hall of Honor to recognize his many years of dedicated leadership to Delbarton School in a variety of capacities over the years—most especially as headmaster, and service in the church in many pastoral roles. He was thrilled and honored, thanked the alumni association for their accolades, and credited the many with whom he collaborated, especially the late Fr. Stephen Findlay, O.S.B. Presently Fr. Bruno serves as the local superior at the abbey and a weekend assistant at St. Ann Parish, Hampton. In addition, Fr. Bruno’s St. Benedict’s Prep classmate, Bishop Paul Bootkoski of the Metuchen diocese has asked Fr.
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On May 1, 2010, Abbot Giles Hayes and the monastic community witnessed the profession of simple vows for their two newest brothers, Liam (Sean) Mullin, on right, and Michael DeSaye. The liturgy was attended by relatives and friends of Brs. Liam and Michael, and followed the ancient rite as outlined in the Rule of Benedict, chapter 58.
In late May while in Los Angeles to officiate at a wedding, Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, O.S.B. ’82 enjoyed a home-cooked meal at the home of classmate, Peter Shoemaker, along with classmate Chris Benz. Fr. Edward Seton enjoyed dinner with classmate Michael Bloom several nights earlier.
On October 3, 2010 St. Mary’s Abbey welcomed two Cistercian monks of Our Lady of Grace Abbey in Vung Tow, an abbey of 80 monks located 80 miles south of Ho chi Min City in Vietnam. From left are Father Peter and Abbot Matthew from Our Lady of Grace, and Abbot Giles Hayes with Brother Tarcisius from St. Mary’s Abbey.
Fr. Benet Caffrey, O.S.B.
Bruno to assist part-time in the diocesan marriage tribunal. Fr. Luke Travers, O.S.B., continues on various school boards. Of late he travels to Richmond, Va., where he now serves as the canonical superior of Mary Mother of the Church Abbey. While maintaining residency at St. Mary’s Abbey Fr. Luke visits the Richmond community regularly. Fr. Patrick Hurley, O.S.B. reports that the Abby Gift Shop and Christmas Gallery has new hours of operation. The shop is located in the retreat center at Schmeil-O’Brien Hall. All are most welcome to browse (and purchase, of course!) the great selection of high-quality cards, religious goods, books and gifts,
as well as many Christmas items. In May, Fr. Elias Lorenzo, O.S.B. attended the bi-annual meeting of the Praesidium board on in Arlington, TX. Along with Abbot Giles and Fr. Luke he also attended the general chapter of the American Cassinese Congregation in his role as curial procurator for the congregation. In August with Abbot Giles, Fr. Elias attended the annual convention of the CMSM in Long Beach, Ca. During the fall, he attended the annual synod of presidents and gave a report on the “State of the College of Sant’ Anselmo.” The meeting was in Huysburg, Germany.
In June, Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, O.S.B. spend several days at St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville, Mn. attending a conference on music, liturgy and the arts: “New Music, New texts: Preparing for the New Missal.” At the end of June he traveled with Delbarton students to Ireland for the annual exchange with Glenstal Abbey School in Co. Limerick. In September Fr. Edward Seton traveled to Mount Saint Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, Md., his alma mater, for the dedication of the renovated and expanded Fine Arts Center. Abbot Giles has appointed him infirmarian, the abbey liaison with the Abbey Infirmary (continued on page 61)
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honored for their years of commitment: Fr. Elias for 25 years of profession; Abbot Gerard Lair, O.S.B., and Frs. Karl Roesch, O.S.B. and Regis Wallace, O.S.B. (who was unable to attend the Mass due to his illness and has since died) for their 50 years of ordination; and Br. John Babicz, O.S.B. for 50 years of profession. Br. John has been a quiet but faithful
Br. Kevin Tidd, O.S.B. spent two weeks in July honing his debate coaching skills at the Harvard University National Public Forum Debate Institute. The institute brought together students and coaches from top programs across the United States to study advanced debate theory and practice. In June the community retreat was conducted by Abbot Jerome Kodell, O.S.B., abbot of Subiaco Abbey in Arkansas. Abbot Jerome is a renowned scripture scholar whose conferences were extremely well-received. Yet what was most notable about the abbot is his warmth, humility and good home-spun southern common sense that colored his conferences and exchange with the community. At the annual Jubilee Mass, the following monks were
witness to monastic life and is a much-beloved confrere. Abbot Giles presented him the baculus, or staff presented to jubilarians at their golden anniversary. It usually bears an image of the cross and symbolizes the monk’s reliance on the Cross of Christ as his support throughout his monastic life. “Ad multos annos!”
Abbey Gift Shop
The Shop is located in the Abbey Retreat Center and offers a fine collection of books, religious goods, cards, and gifts suitable for baptisms, weddings, anniversaries and special celebrations. The Shop’s Christmas Gallery includes olive wood Nativity sets, plus ornaments, candle sticks, rosaries, Lenox gift items and more. Stop by and check us out when you are in the neighborhood. Monday – Friday: Saturday: Sunday:
7:30 – 11 a.m. & 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. 8:45 – 11 a.m. only 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
For more information, contact Fr. Patrick Hurley, OSB at 973.538.3231, ext. 2105 or email him at Patrick@Delbarton.org.
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John Bartko, father of John Bartko ’77 Minnie Bezzone, grandmother of Joe Bezzone ’83 and Robert Bezzone ’86 Daniel J. Callahan IV ’75, brother of Carey Callahan ’76 John Angus Diveny, Jr., father of Delbarton Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB Lorraine Farrell, mother of James Farrell ’61 and Robert Farrell ’64 Anne (Nan) Formichella, mother of Paul J. Formichella ’72 Deborah Goessling, wife of Daniel Goessling ’68, sister in law of David Goessling ’70 Linda Moore Grant, mother of Robert Grant ’68 Francis B. Hubert, mother of Thaddeus ‘Ted’ Hubert ’68 and grandmother of Thaddeus Hubert ’02 David C. Huse ’71 Virginia Kearney, mother of Austin Kearney ’70, Dennis Kearney ’72, Brian Kearney ’73, Kevin Kearney ’79; mother-in-law of Richard Darche ’72; grandmother of James Kearney ’99, Richard Darche ’07, Michael Darche ’10, Matt Darche ’11, Patrick Darche ’13 and Timothy Siegert ’06. Mother of 2010-11 DMG President Virginia Kearney Darche. Mary Lataro, grandmother of Brian Cargo ’03 and Michael Cargo ’07. Hilda Maloney, mother of Jim Maloney ’56, Thomas Maloney ’60, Edgar Donohoe ’62, William Donohue ’69, Michael Donohoe ’72, Walter Maloney ’76 (predeceased by sons Thomas Donohoe ’67 and John Donohoe ’60); grandmother of Ed Donohoe ’85, John Donohoe ’88, Thomas Donohoe Jr. ’95, Bryan Donohoe ’96, Gerald O’Mara ’88, Hugh O’Mara ’94, Matt O’Mara ’87, Robert O’Mara, Jr. ’84, Sean O’Mara ’98, John
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Goldsmith Jr. ’97, William Goldsmith ’00, Matthew Goldsmith ’04; motherin-law of Rob O’Mara ’61 Jeanette F. Masi, grandmother of John Masi ’06 Christopher C McDonough, father of John McDonough ’87 Jim McGough ’49 Judith Anne McLane, mother of Kevin McLane ’94 Elizabeth A. McLaughlin, grandmother of Tom McLaughlin ’09, Kyle McLaughlin ’11 and Sean McLaughlin ’14 John Mendiola, brother in law of A.J. Papetti ’82, uncle of Arthur Papetti ’13 and Vincent Papetti ’14. Carl William Menk, father of Paul Menk ’76 Dorothy B. Meszaros, grandmother of Alex Meszaros ’01 Jean Ostermueller, mother of Gary Ostermueller ’76 Rudolph Ostermueller, father of Gary Ostermueller ’76 Leonard Pace, father of Leonard Pace ’73, Daniel Pace ’79 and Thomas Pace ’81; father-in-law of Peter Lazor ’87. Linda Pirovano, mother of Michael Pirovano ’10 and Daniel Pirovano ’11 Lenord A. Romagna, father of John Romagna, Delbarton swim coach R. Nito Santiago, grandfather of Alex Santiago ’11 Jeffrey Schick, father of the late David Schick ’97, and of Matthew Schick ’00. Joan Smith, mother of David W. Smith ’79 Raymond A. Urci, father of Raymond Urci ’84 John Whipple ’52 Yali Wong, mother of Victor Kung ’11
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not thwart his desire for the monastic life and solemn vows. Father Regis courageously battled this disease for more than fifty years. His grit and will brought him through many a health crisis that might have rendered him an invalid or even taken his life Frater Regis began studies for the priesthood at St. Mary’s School of Theology in 1956 in Morristown, and was ordained in 1960. He had already begun his teaching career at Delbarton School in Morristown. In 1961 he moved to St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark. Father Regis also pursued graduate studies at Columbia University, and New York University, receiving his Master of Arts degree from the latter in 1968. He continued his studies of literature at the University of Birmingham in England and of educational administration at Montclair State University. In 1965, in the midst of a summer poetry fellowship at the Lawrenceville School, he received an unexpected letter from Abbot Patrick ordering him to report to St. Elizabeth’s Parish in Linden. He remained
Delbarton students, faculty and monks honored members of the St. Mary’s Abbey community who served in the military during a Veteran’s Day service in November.
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in Linden for two years until 1967. In 1967 Father Regis returned to St. Benedict’s Prep. In 1972, the year St. Benedict’s Prep closed, Father Regis asked to rejoin St. Mary’s Abbey in Morristown and return to teaching at Delbarton. In 1974, however, he once again took up pastoral work at St. Elizabeth’s Church in Linden. He was appointed an Advocate of the Matrimonial Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Newark in 1978. He continued this work in the Diocese of Paterson after he became pastor of Notre Dame of Mount Carmel Parish in Cedar Knolls in 1980. Father Regis
successfully rallied the parish to plan and construct a new facility. After serving for seventeen years as pastor in Cedar Knolls, and facing growing health issues, Father Regis was invited to return to the monastery. He was not ready to relax, however, and in 1998 once again became a parochial assistant, this time at St Catherine’s Church in Mountain Lakes where he remained until his return to the monastery in 2007. The borough council of Mountain Lakes designated June 17, 2007 as Father Regis Wallace Day. Father Regis continued to seek ministerial work. In 2009 he became chaplain at the St. Francis Residential Community in Denville, but his tenure there was short lived. After several periods of hospitalization and rehabilitation, he willingly confided himself into the hands of the loving Lord whom he has served so wholeheartedly. He is survived by his older brother, Francis, devoted cousins, loyal friends, and by his monastic family.
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he monastic community of St. Mary’s Abbey mourned the passing of Father Regis Peter Wallace, OSB on July 13, 2010. Fr. Regis' parents were Irish immigrants, ran a small grocery store in Newark and bought a home in East Orange. Peter (Regis in religion), the second of three sons of Helen and Francis, was born on November 27, 1933. Pater Wallace attended Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament in East Orange graduating in 1947. He continued his education at St. Benedict’s Prep, class of 1951, but had to work off his tuition in the Abbey Library and the school bookstore. After classes and on Saturdays, Peter worked in the family grocery store, a duty he found onerous. He entered the Benedictine College of St. Vincent in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, from which he received the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1956. He spent a year of novitiate at St. Benedict’s Abbey in Atchison, Kansas where he made his monastic profession in 1954. A diagnosis of diabetes did
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he monastic community of St. Mary’s Abbey mourned the passing of Abbot Thomas J. Confroy on August 23, 2010. Thomas Joseph Confroy was born on March 4, 1931 in Newark, New Jersey, the second youngest of the eleven children of Edward Aloysius Confroy, Jr and Jessie Gebhard. Thomas matriculated to St. Benedict’s Prep. Little did he know in 1945, as he found himself seated in Freshman A along with Caffrey, Clarke and Coughlin that he and they would eventually form of the four Cs, of the Benedict’s class of 1949 all of whom would eventually pursue parallel careers in college, novitiate, and in the monastery. Two of the four had distinguished careers as military chaplains and two would become abbots of the community. While at St. Benedict’s, Thomas distinguished himself academically and athletically, playing football and helping to inaugurate the sport of wrestling at St. Benedict’s. He was elected to class office all four years and continued his education at St. Vincent College, the Benedictine college in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. After his sophomore year of college Thomas entered the monastic novitiate at St. Benedict’s Abbey in Atchison, Kansas. He professed simple vows on July 11, 1952 and completed undergraduate studies at St. Vincent in 1954. Thomas joined the young clerics of St. Mary’s Abbey in its School of Theology and taught Latin at Delbarton. Following the profession of solemn vows in 1955, Frater Thomas began
graduate studies in classics during summers at Notre Dame University, achieving the degree of Master of Arts in 1962. He obtained another Master of Arts degree in guidance from Long Island University in 1972. In 1977, while in the Army, Father Thomas obtained a Master’s degree in religious education from Catholic University. Father Thomas was ordained by Bishop McNulty on May 31, 1958 at St. John’s Cathedral in Paterson. Father Thomas taught Latin, prefected boarding students, was appointed dean of students, and assistant headmaster. In 1964 Father Thomas entered the armed forces, choosing the Army because the need during the Vietnam War was greatest there. Father Thomas’ ministry as an army chaplain took him to a long list of posts during the course of the next thirty years. The highlights of his career were two deployments to Vietnam in 1965-1966 and 1970-1971. He was the subject of a photo-essay in Look magazine, July 12, 1966, “Father Tom Confroy: Church is in His Combat Pack”. Father Thomas was promoted to full colonel in 1983. He was three times elected to the Advisory Council of the Military Archdiocese and
Army Chaplain Fr. Thomas Confroy, OSB, says Mass for U.S. soldiers in Viet Nam.
received numerous military awards, among them the Army Commendation Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Services Commendation Medal, the Legion of Merit and Bronze Star. No medal, however, can match the personal tributes from soldiers and fellow officers in the military. Father Thomas retired from the uniformed military service in 1993 and received permission from his classmate, now Abbot Brian Clarke, to serve as a civilian chaplain at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana. With the closure of that base in 1995 Father Thomas concluded his distinguished military career. He returned to the Abbey in 1995 and accepted the office of treasurer, until, on June 25, 1998; he was elected ninth abbot of St. Mary’s Abbey. He continued to teach Latin at
Delbarton from 1998 until 2003. Abbot Thomas led the community until his seventyfifth birthday mandated his retirement from the abbacy. Pope Benedict XVI recognized Abbot Thomas’ outstanding and zealous service to the church both in the military and the monastery, presenting him with the Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice. He is survived by his brother James of Locust Grove, VA, his sisters Mary Mayer of Fanwood, NJ, Sister Theresa, S.C. of Convent Station, NJ and by the grateful community of St. Mary’s Abbey. On August 28, 2010 Abbot Thomas was laid to rest in the Abbey cemetery, accompanied by an honor guard of U.S. Army soldiers led by a fellow officer who served with the Abbot in Viet Nam.
Abbot Thomas was laid to rest in the Abbey Cemetery on August 28,, 2010 accompanied by an honor guard of U.S. Army soldiers led by a fellow officer who served with the Abbot in Viet Nam.
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David Wright is a builder/ contractor and lives with his wife Jacquelyne in Dunellen, NJ with their six children: Charlie (16), Natalie (12), Faith (10), David (8), Emma (7) and Matthew (5).
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John Dolan has a new position in the Essex County Vocationaltechnical School District where he is now the Interim Director for Adult/Vocational Education.
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Jeff Stanley won another national squash title in 2010. He and Gordon Anderson won the U.S. Century Doubles Squash Championship in New York this year. He has also been the University Club champion in New York for the last several
Facebook Reunion Greg Kelleher ’66 and several Philadelphia-area members of the class of ’66 got together at the Tir Na Nog pub in Trenton to greet classmate Brian O’Sullivan who was visiting family from his NC digs. Word of Brian’s visit spread via Facebook and the guys got together to enjoy “a great evening telling tall and short tales.” They lifted a glass to departed classmates and wondered where some others have wandered off to. From left are Brian O’Sullivan, Chris Dwyer, Mike Ruddy, Greg Kelleher and Paul Rauen, all proud members of the Class of 1966.
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Dan O’Malley’s Perk Street
In its June 22, 2010 issue The New York Times profiled Perk Street Financial, founded by Dan O’Malley ’96. Columnist Ron Lieber wrote, “At a time when many banks have become notorious for taking money away from checking account customers, a start-up is planning to double what it’s putting back in account holders’ wallets.” Perk Street, which began opening accounts for consumers last year, is not a bank but works with Bancorp Bank, a company with protection from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, to offer its accounts. O’Malley, Perk Street’s co-founder, is a veteran of Capital One. After discussing pluses and minuses of Perk Street’s services Leiber concluded “... if I were a debit card user and could keep a $5,000 balance, I’d probably roll the dice on Perk Street’s model. If it works, it will be one of the richest checking accounts in the land.”
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Penguins on Ice Three Green Wave hockey alums met up on the ice last week at the Pittsburgh Penguins prospect development camp. Two of the players, Kenny Agostino ’10 and Alex Velischek ’09, have already been drafted by the Penguin organization. The last, Alex Smigelski ’06, a recent Williams graduate where he led the D-III hockey team, was invited to the camp as a tryout. The Penguins must have liked what they saw. Green Wave Hockey fans will recognize Alex Smigelski #23 of the Pittsburgh Penguins in this picture, chasing after the puck in a game during the NHL Rookie Tournament on September 14, 2010 at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario.
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Major Matt Gioia is currently on a one year deployment where he is serving as Chief of Inspections for the US forces in Iraq. He and wife had their second daughter, Michelle Anne, in August of 2009.
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Christopher Costello and his wife Kim have three children, Emily,
Harry and Finn (born in April, 2010). He is a Director and Senior Counsel at Duetsche Bank in NYC and the family lives in Greenwich, CT. Steven Milewski was recently promoted to the rank of Commander in the US Navy.
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Rick Stanley and HeIdi Mader were married in Vieques, PR on June 12, 2010 where they had purchased a vacation home. Geoff Steinemann and Maria Butler were married on June 5, 2010 in Kildare Ireland. (See photos in the Wedding Album). After five years Geoff put his consulting company, Kildare Planning, on hold to work with Bobby Flay at his flagship New York restaurant, Mesa Grill. Geoff had specialized in distressed properties and is now working in concept development. He is also writing a book for professionals on
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Piano Man
Jazz pianist Rob Frech ’10 landed a nice summer gig in August, 2010. He soloed at the Bernards Inn in Bernardsville, NJ, where he entertained patrons including fellow Delbarton alumnus Gregory Niccolia ’82, who introduce himself to Rob one night in August. In September Rob entered Columbia where he is double majoring in music and economics.
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Gridiron Reunion
As Green Wave football players graduate and move on to college teams they meet each other on opposing sides. Example: on September 19, 2010 Dartmouth wide receiver #20 Peter Eileen Calvanelli P’10 Calvanelli ’10 and Middlebury defensive back #2 Murphy McCurdy’ 08 squared off in a scrimmage at Dartmouth’s Memorial Field in Hanover, New Hampshire. Go Wave Football…Middlebury and Dartmouth too!
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Jazz in Umbria Last summer Dr. Ron Rodriguez and his wife Ann took a great trip to Italy that included a visit to the 2010 Perugia Umbria Jazz festival in Perugia they met up with fellow faculty member Michael DelGuercio ’04 and his father Nicholas, and had a chance encounter with another Delbarton alum, Kevin McCarthy. Pictured from left are Kevin McCarthy ’04, ‘Doc Rod’, Ann Rodriguez, Michael Del Guercio ’04 and Nicholas Del Guercio.
Making Waves on Nantucket Last summer Delbarton had a multi generational island reunion on a Nantucket beach. From left are Joe Longo ’80, Donal Mastrangelo ’80, Michael Longo ’10, Andrew Longo ’16, Tom Killian ’10, Brendan Barry ’10, Connor McGrath ’14, John Baiocco ’13, Andrew McGrath ’13 and Pat Darche ’13.
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Heather Tully, Matt Tully ’01, Dave Tully ’04 and Dave’s friend Rose.
Tim Curry ’95 signed the official charter for the Delbarton Alumni Club of DC and Alumni Association President Brian Hanlon ’87 presented him, as the first ever President of the Delbarton Alumni Club of D.C., with the official chapter Bilaws and gavel.
On tax day, April 15, 2010 Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, and the Delbarton Alumni Association hosted at reception at Sequoia Restaurant on K Street which was a popular event... Delbarton alumni talk with President of the Alumni Association Brian Hanlon ’87 at the Delbarton reception, held on a beautiful spring evening in DC.
Tim McBride ’63, Taylor Price ’04 and Fr. Rembert Reilly, OSB.
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(continued from page 65) restaurant management. Maria currently runs a non-profit initiative, the PeaceWomen Project at the United Nations Office of WILPF. Maria also founded the non-profit Growth Reaching Africa. She holds a Masters in Human Rights from the London School of Economics, is a New York attorney and native of Ireland. The couple lives in Hoboken, NJ.
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Owen Dinsmore ’08, Director of Alumni & Development J. Craig Paris ’82, Brendan Renehan ’08 and Chip Altieri ’08.
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After managing a series of bands on and off the road – including Guster and Jars of Clay – Mike Corcoran, who is based in Nashville, is now managing country/folk artist Alison Krauss. In June Darren Gacicia joined Dahlman Rose & Co., an investment bank specializing in the global natural resources supply chain, as Vice President, Equity Research. In the new position, Darren focuses on the Oilfield Services sector. Darren was previously Vice President at Morgan Stanley, where he served on the Oilfield Services and Shipping team where he led research initiatives including indepth studies and publications for the offshore drilling, oil services, and tanker shipping sectors. John Hug and his wife Monica became parents for the first time on September 28, 2010 when their son Thomas Henry Hug was born.
Ed O’Donnell and Patricia Fukuda were married on June 5, 2010. Christine and John Peirano welcomed daughter Madeline Grace on August 18, 2010. Madeline’s older brother Jack is 3 years old. Troy Turick was recently married to Nicole Walter, a colleague of his at Trinity Catholic. Troy is pursuing his Masters in Education at Harvard. Joe Winters and wife Megan and had their third child, Reid Joseph Winters, on May 24, 2010. Reid joins his siblings Emily (4) and Pierce (2 and a half ). Megan and Joe celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary in June. The family had lived for nine years in the San Francisco Bay Area where Joe is an Executive Director in the investment banking division of Morgan Stanley.
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Brian Tully graduated from Georgetown School of Medicine in 2004 and completed his six year surgical residency in Urology at University of Maryland Medical Center in June 2010. Last summer he completed his Urologic Boards exam and, on September 1st, began a Division of Urology at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick, MD. He and wife Melissa have two daughters, Samantha (7) and Morgan (5).
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Christopher Dixon earned an MBA at the University of Virginia’s Darden School last May and is now employed as an associate brand manager with Heinz, NA. He lives and works in Pittsburgh, PA.
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Peter Cocoziello ’02 and Sofia Pasquel were married in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on May 1, 2010. In attendance were Peter’s two brothers and many Delbarton friends including, from left David Solimine’98, Phillip Lamparello ’02, Kevin Coleman ’02, Alexander Cocoziello ’05, Peter Cocoziello ’02, Daniel Cocoziello ’04, Grant Gillespie ’02, James Weichert ’01 and Peter McBride’ 02.
On June 28, 2009 Christopher Moore ’98 married Blair Uniacke at the Cathedral at Marymount College in Tarrytown, NY with many Delbarton friends in attendance. From left are Matt Richartz, John Rocco, Tom Perna ’98, Mark DeLotto ’98, Chris Moore ’98, Blair Uniacke Moore, Tim Moore ’01, Reza Watts ’98, Jason Wyatt ’98, and Ed Thompson ’98.
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Caroline Lessing and Tim Mullen ’01 were married on April 23, 2010 at St. Christopher Catholic Church in Hobe Sound, FL. Former Delbarton Headmaster Fr. Luke Travers, OSB, performed the ceremony and many of Tim’s Delbarton friends and their parents were on hand to celebrate with the couple.
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Geoff Steinemann ’93 and Maria Butler were married on June 5, 2010 in Kildare Ireland. Pictured here celebrating at the wedding are, from left, James Steinemann ’98, Jeremy Steinemann ’04, Geoffrey Steinemann ’93, Teddy Steinemann ’95, Patrick Steinemann ’09 and their father Geoff Steinemann. Geoff entered Delbarton in 1989, and Patrick graduated in 2009 – that’s twenty years straight at Delbarton School for the Steinemann family!
Christopher Kelly ’97 married Sarah Vandenbosch on May 22, 2010 at Blessed Sacrament Church, Hollywood, CA. The best man, on left, was classmate, David Spirig ’97 and Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, OSB ’82 was the officiate at the service.
Daniel Peralta ’99 married Krista Maynard on July 16, 2010, at St. Anthony Church, Portsmouth, RI. Andrew Peralta ’01, the bridegroom’s brother, served as best man and Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, OSB, ’82 was the celebrant at the Nuptial Mass. Pictured at the reception with the Narragansett as the backdrop are, from left, Bob Chandis ’64, Andy Peralta ’01, Dan and Krista Peralta, Mike O’Donnell ’99 and Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, OSB. ’82. The Peraltas make their home in Nevada.
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A great group of ’00 and ’03 guys catch up at the networking event.
Host Joe Ferraro ’95 with two of his classmates, Tim Haney ’95 and Andrew Kieley ’95. From left, Alumni Association President Brian Hanlon ’87, Matt Wetzel ’03, Rob Cedrone ’03, Pat Donnelly ’03 and Brendan Murphy ’03.
On April 20, 2010 the Delbarton Alumni Association hosted a networking event at Tiro a Segno, hosted by Joe Ferraro ’95.
From left, Owen Callahan ’99, Drew Eklund ’99 and Chas McLaughlin ’02.
From left, Michael Somerville ’91, Grant Hewit ’02, and Alumni Association President Brian Hanlon ’87.
Lorwin Gardner ’03, on left, and Tyler Gaffney ’03.
From left, Paul Schnabel ’83, Ty Barnes ’95 and Chris Siclare ’94. Photos by J. Craig Paris ’82 and Mark Gately ’04
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Alumni Association President Brian Hanlon ’87 presents Frank Haynes ’48 with the Argent Lion Award at the Chicago reception. Frank was the first ever President of the Alumni Association. The Argent Lion award is given to an alumnus who has dedicated years of service to Delbarton School and the Alumni Association.
From left, Guy and Peggy Trerotola PA ’85, ’87, ’93 with Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, and their son Mark Trerotola ’87.
President of the Delbarton Alumni Club of Chicago John Glynn ’90 signed the official Chapter Charter at the Chicago reception. Here he is congratulated by Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, and Alumni Association President Brian Hanlon ’87.
Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, and the Alumni Association hosted a reception on May 5, 2010 at Smith & Wollensky’s in Chicago...
From left are Rich Wickel ’78, Fr. Rembert Reilly, OSB, and Tom Pace ’81.
From left, Brendan Gorman ’04, Will Gano ’05 and Mark Gately ’04.
From left, Brad Schneider ’96, a recent transfer to Chicago, with Ryan Maguire ’97 and Brendan Gorman ’04, who also recently moved to the Windy City.
From left, Delbarton Alumni Association President Brian Hanlon ’87, Brad Schneider ’96, Ryan Maguire ’97, Doug Gowski ’98 and John Glynn ’90.
Ryan Luckey ’92, on left, and Tim McAnally ’99.
From left are Hugh Breslin ’83, Marc Mestanas ’85 and Tucker McDermott ’93.
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Chairman of Annual Giving Andy Barrow ’88 (far right) presented members of the class of 1979 with the Catch the Wave Award for having the most donors by December 30th: Bob Rouse, Greg Bock, Scott Sterner and Bart Henderson.
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Rain did not deter a large crowd of Delbarton alumni from meeting on campus for the June Dinner Meeting on June 9, 2010. A downpour forced the event indoors to the the Fine Arts Center. After several speeches and awards, the crowd helped itself to a buffet pig roast with all the fixings, then dined in the comfort of the FAC lobby.
Frank Visceglia ’85 with the bartender for the evening, Fr. Rembert Reilly, OSB. Joe Stefans ’01, in town from London, with his brother Nick Stefans ’05.
Departing Assistant of Alumni & Development Mark Gately ’04 and his colleague Jessica Fiddes. Matt Campbell ’08 with Mike Rosenhaus ’80.
Bill McFadden ’59, on left, and Brian Monaghan ’73. Curt Ritter ’89, on left, takes over the job of Alumni Association president from Brian Hanlon ’87.
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June Dinner Meeting The Class of 2010, the newest alumni class, was well represented Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, with William Gardner, EJ Schneider ’10 and Abbot Giles Hayes, OSB. EJ was awarded the Joseph “Red” Green ’56 Fighting Spirit award from the Class of 1956. Gardner is EJ’s grandfather.
From left, Tony Nugent ’74, Bill Waldron ’65, Fr. Andrew Smith, OSB, and Pat Burke ’57.
From the Class of 2008, Cameron Fiddes, Dan Naturman, Christian Mattia and Mark Pizzi.
From left, Ifiok Inyang ’07, Sumorwuo Zaza ’07, and recent graduate Joe Petrucci ’10. From left, Alex Cocoziello ’05, Chris Quick ’02 and Chris Butterfield ’08. Tim Hanlon ’84 and John Hanlon ’81 with Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, congratulate their brother, former Alumni Association President Brian Hanlon ’87, who is seated in his new Delbarton Chair, a parting gift from the Association.
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From the Class of 2003, Ted Lawless, Art Falgione and Antonio Mangione.
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(continued from page 67) Colin Newman was recently appointed Chief Counsel to the New Jersey Assembly Republicans. Colin previously worked as an attorney at Patton Boggs LLP in Newark, NJ. Earlier in his career, Colin served as a legal aide in the Office of Counsel to the President at the White House, congressional advisor at the United States Department of State, and law clerk to Chief Justice James Zazzali of the New Jersey Supreme Court. Colin graduated from Georgetown University College of Arts and Sciences with a BA in government and economics in 2000 and received his JD from Georgetown University Law Center in 2005.
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Christopher Kelly married Sarah Vandenbosch on May 22,2010 at Blessed Sacrament Church, Hollywood, Ca. The best man was classmate, David Spirig ’97 and Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, O.S.B. ’82 was the officiate at
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Cyrus Shey and wife Lindsey welcomed their daughter Ava Elizabeth on March 6, 2010. She joins big brother Julian. The Shey family resides in Singapore.
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Matt Kelly ’89 Makes Military Aviation History On June 10, 2010 Lt. Col. Matt Kelly ’89, pictured here at the controls, piloted an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter in the off-shore supersonic test track near Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland. During the flight, the short takeoff/vertical landing variant JSF climbed to 30,000 feet and accelerated to Mach 1.07, or 727 mph, breaking the sound barrier, making it the first STOVL aircraft to do so. (The sound barrier is 678 mph at 30,000 feet elevation or 761 mph at sea level, according to NASA.)
Sherry and Dany Mitchell ’66 are currently living in Provence, a small hilltop area called Le Barroux. Dany describes the setting this way: “Lots of lavender, rosemary, grapes and a local monastery that is probably a Benedictine community, although I have not yet checked. John Sanfacon sends another Delbarton grad abroad! Cycling here is grand, and I have the Mont Ventoux in my backyard for exercise.” FALL 2010
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Day at the Races The Alumni Association reserved The Grove at Monmouth Park, a secluded trackside area where food was served and bets were placed
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The Delbarton Alumni Association sponsored its first ever Day at the Races at Monmouth Park on June 11, 2010. Alums, parents and friends of Delbarton joined Director for Alumni & Development J. Craig Paris ’82 at The Grove where they enjoyed a great day of socializing and betting on the ponies. Race 2 was officially titled the “Delbarton Alumni Association – Jersey Shore Club”...
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Shout out to the Jersey Shore Chapter – they got naming rights for Race 2.
Bill Smith ’63 and Brian Hanlon ’87 show their racing colors.
Somebody proudly showed off his winning hand...
The Youngs made it a family affair: here are Janet and Ed Young ’72 with their son Tim ’06.
– wonder who what was? Another great day for Delbarton alums!
And they’re off! To the first Day at the Races sponsored by the Delbarton Alumni Association
Several lucky alums – including Brian Hanlon ’87, J. Craig Paris ’82 and Mark Gately ’04 congratulated the winning jockey after the Delbarton-sponsored race was run.
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Recent graduate Derek Ruebling ’10 is headed to Gettysburg this fall to play for the Bullets.
John Tonzola ’95 gets suited up for the annual alumni game.
Grant Cowherd ’03 and Dave Villano ’83.
These guys still have some very impressive wheels.
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From left are Tom Farnham ’68, Charlie Farnham, Sarah Krivak and son Nicholas, Charlie Lazor ’83, Mike Krivak ’00, Bill Trubeck ’92, Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, OSB ’82 and Sandrine Trubeck.
In late June Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, OSB ’82 attended a liturgy conference at St. John University, Collegeville, Min, an opportunity to organize the first-ever Twin Cities alumni gathering. Fr. Ed hosted a dinner at Bar La Grassa in downtown Minneapolis, and was joined by several alums from Minneapolis-St. Paul. (continued from page 75) Francisco in 2007 and moved to Washington, DC area where he is a postdoctoral research fellow at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. His wife Alice is a mechanical engineer in northern Virginia and the couple welcomed the arrival of their first child, John Lux Fawzi, on June 26, 2010. Eric Hodge is working at the Raine Group, a new private equity/advisory firm focused on media and entertainment. Andrew Holman is an MIS Manager at Wolters Kluwer Financial Services. He and wife Elizabeth have been married for three years and reside in Waltham, MA. On June 28, 2009 Christopher Moore married Blair Uniacke at the Cathedral at Marymount College in
Tarrytown, NY with many Delbarton friends in attendance (see photo in the Wedding Album). The couple lives in New York City where Blair is in Medical School at Columbia. Chris is in the Executive MBA Program at Columbia while continuing to work for Massey Quick in Morristown. Eddie Vazquez graduated in May 2010 from Mt. Sinai Medical School in New York. He is starting his residency in Anesthesia at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and lives in Manhattan.
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Sloan Kulper is heading back to China where he will be working with his colleagues at One Earth Design (OED). OED is dedicated to improving life by
designing products for the several billion people around the world who live off the grid. OED has won major grants from the MIT Design Challenge and others like them. One Earth Designs also recently won a 500,000 Euro award for the design of the SolSource 3-in1, a solar cooker, electricity generator and heat source for communities presently relying on harmful biomass fuels, and Sloan is off to Bangladesh in January to start a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue his research in social entrepreneurship. On July 16, 2010, at St. Anthony Church, Portsmouth, RI, Daniel Peralta ’married Krista Maynard. Andrew Peralta ’01, the bridegroom’s brother, served as best man. Fr. (continued on page 84)
On September 11, 2010 AJ Conley ’82 tried to keep up with his ‘much older brother’ Bill Conley ’71 in the 102.5 mile Civil War Century. The challenging bike route begins in Thurmont, MD. and visits three Civil War battlefields: South Mountain, Antietam and Gettysburg. It’s quite a ride, with 7,400 feel of uphill cycling, four mountain climbs and breathtaking mountain vistas along the way. This picture is at the 77 mile “sag” stop just outside Gettysburg, PA. “It was great fun!” reported the much younger AJ.
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San Diego Marathon Two members of the Class of 2004, Henry Swayne and Neil McNulty celebrated Delbarton brotherhood by running their first marathon together on June 6, 2010 in San Diego, CA. Henry lives in New York City and works as a Risk Analyst at Marsh USA Inc and Neil lives in Hoboken where he works for APX. Go Wave Marathoners! FALL 2010
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Players enjoyed a tour the new South Gate sports complex. That’s Jeremy Liebler ’09 in front.
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While there were no injuries on the field, crutches prevented one recuperating former Wave athlete from joining the action. From left, John Ferramosca ’05, Scott Caldwell ’07 (nursing a Cornell soccer injury), and Scott’s dad.
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n Saturday, July 17th, the Delbarton Soccer Program held its Annual Alumni Soccer game—a yearly tradition hosted by Green Wave varsity soccer coach Dave Donovan which brings back to campus former players. This year’s twenty alums (odd versus even graduating years) competed on the new synthetic turf Ryan Family Field. Wives and children were also in attendance and enjoyed a tour of the new lockeroom and training facilities. Prizes were given for the furthest travelled, the oldest graduate, and the M.V.P. Great food, great company, great fun, and, as Coach Donovan put it, “(thankfully) no significant injuries.”
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he weather was perfect, the crowd was lively, the grilled clams were plentiful and Summer Sizzler 2010 was a terrific party at the Jersey Shore. On July 31, 2010 Delbarton alumni, families and friends celebrated at the Belmar Fishing Club with dinner and drinks in the club and on the pier while reconnecting with Delbarton friends. Mark your calendars for next year’s Sizzler on July 30, 2011.
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From left, Mike Wade ’85, Frank Visceglia ’85 and Lee Esposito ’74.
2 0 1Sizzler 0 Summer Two friends from the Class of 1957, Pat Burke and Bernie D’Andrea, with Pat’s wife Bridget.
That’s Cory Terzis ’03 and his dad Jay Terzis ’65.
From left, Dave Lewis ’78, Jim Ferrante ’75 and Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB.
From left, Brian Hanlon ’87, Matt Goldsmith ’04 and Curt Ritter ’89. Brian and Curt are former and current Alumni Association presidents, and Matt is Delbarton’s new Assistant for Alumni and Development.
Tony Heaton met his classmate from the Class of ’81 Frank Delaney.
Faith and Mike McGarrity ’86 were there. Christina and John Tonzola ’95 made it in time for clams this year!
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Tom Criqui ’84 brought his wife Arianne and children Meghan and Kieran.
From left, James Olsen ’89 and wife Tracy, with Mike Curi ’88 and wife Lisa.
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ALUMNI NEWS The Class of 2003 was out in force at the Sizzler. From left, Rob Cedrone, Art Falgione, Nolan Harte, Scott Naturman, Niraj Patel and Ted Lawless.
Margie and Bob Farrell ’64 enjoyed sea breezes on the pier. Alex Cocoziello ’05 and Mike Rosenhaus ’80 – exactly 25 years apart! Mike is Delbarton’s Director of Senior Guidance.
Patti, on left, and Jim Esposito P’06 with Jessica Fiddes P’03,’05,’08. We spotted the Villanos in the crowd. From left Kenny ’81 and Liz P’10, and Dave ’83 with Kim P ’14.
Chad Jones ’02 and two friends enjoyed the great buffet.
Classmates from the Class of 1950 Greg Sullivan, on left, and Jerome Goetting enjoyed catching up with each other at the Sizzler
Pat Collins ’81 wears a hat well, don’t you think? His wife Jane agrees. She is Director of the Delbarton Fund. We ran into Perry Beneduce ’74 and classmate Frank Perrelli.
Director of Alumni & Development J. Craig Paris ’82, P’13,’15 with his son Regan. Here are Alumni Association officers Andy Barrow ’88 and Curt Ritter ’87.
Jules Spada ’48 and George Miller ’52 gathered at the Sizzler with family and friends.
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The Carter Cup
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The Carter Cup attracts the area’s top junior golfers who test their mettle on two championship courses at Baltusrol in Springfield, NJ.
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he eighth annual Carter Cup, the Metropolitan Golf Association’s Junior Stroke Play Championship, was held at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, NJ on August 4th. The invitational event is named in honor of the late Michael P. Carter ’00, an accomplished junior player and standout member of the Green Wave golf team who died in a car accident in 2002. Michael was a junior club champion at both Baltusrol and Winged Foot Golf Clubs and a promising player on the Penn State golf team. The Carter Cup features 45 top junior golfers in the metropolitan area playing 36 holes on Baltusrol’s two championship courses in the summer heat, a rigorous test of mental and physical endurance. Two-time Met junior champ David Pastore of Greenwich, CT shot a four-under, 36 hole total of 140 to win the 2010 Carter Cup.
(continued from page 79) Edward Seton Fittin, O.S.B. ’82 was the celebrant at the Nuptial Mass. Michael O’Donnell ’99 was also in attendance. The Peraltas make their home in Nevada. (See photo in the Wedding Album.) Joe Price married Kerry Shapleigh on April 24, 2010 in New York City. The couple met while they were students at Yale. Joe works in the New York office 84
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of International Creative Management where he books artists on tours as part of the contemporary artists department. The bride is an associate at Davis, Polk & Wardwell where she works in the tax department. Dean Tselepis and Mary Zeruos were married in Detroit, MI in 2009. The couple now lives in Manhattan.
Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB and Mary Lou Carter P’00, mother of the late Michael P. Carter ’00 with Michael’s sisters.
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Caroline Lessing and Tim Mullen ’01 were married on April 23, 2010 at St. Christopher Catholic Church in Hobe Sound, FL. Former Delbarton Headmaster Fr. Luke Travers, OSB, performed the ceremony and many of Tim’s Delbarton classmates and friends, including Chip Campbell ’02, Kevin Coleman
’01, Brian Mulholland ’01, Chris Quick ’02 and Mike McBride ’01 were on hand to celebrate with the couple. (See photo in the Wedding Album.)
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On stage in the FAC, speakers and organizers at the Delbarton Alumni Association’s Career Day 2010.
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n March 31, 2010 eight Delbarton alumni gave Delbarton juniors and seniors quick lessons in navigating paths to productive, fulfilling careers. Frank Visceglia ’85 and Lee Esposito’74 organized the event and participants included lawyers Andrew Anselmi ’83 and John Iaciofano ’99 (a junior lawyer in Andrew’s firm), Arts Foundation director Doug Beck ’85, law enforcement representative Steve Colello ’91, physical therapist entrepreneur Dr.Dave Cunic ’97, financial advisor Brian Hanlon ’87 (President of the Delbarton Alumni Association), his brother John Hanlon ’81, managing director of a bond trading desk, and entrepreneur Chuck Zimmer ’87. All shared interesting stories about career plans and goals, of false starts and serendipitous encounters. Several common themes wove through the remarks: Find something you love and do it well, keep ‘Delbarton’ on your resume and remember to use the Delbarton Alumni network for connections that may lead to your ideal profession and job.
– while Dr. Dave Cunic shared his insights about how to start, build and sustain a business.
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two brothers and many Delbarton friends. (See photo in the Wedding Album.) Ryan Headd graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in December, 2009 with a Master of Architecture. He is currently living in New Jersey
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Villanova Graduation Connor Esposito ’06 and Griffin Kern ’06 were good friends at Delbarton and roommates at Villanova. Here they are, celebrating graduation from Villanova School of Business on May 16, 2010.
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Scottsdale Reunion In late April Michael Murphy, on left, and Brian O’Keefe, both Class of 1967, had a mini reunion in Scottsdale, AZ. Michael was visiting with Brian while attending a wedding out west.
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Crotty ’05 Scores at Lax World Championship The Duke Men’s Lacrosse Team won the NCAA Division 1 National Lacrosse Championship on Memorial Day, May 31st at M & T Stadium in Baltimore, beating Notre Dame 6-5 in an overtime thriller. Later Duke Therese Patterson’07 Lacrosse teammates and Delbarton Alums Ned Crotty ’05, left, and Tommy Patterson ’09 celebrated at the post-game tailgate. (Former Green Wave player Ryan Foley ’09 was on the Notre Dame team). On July 24, Crotty scored two goals to tie and help win the game as the U.S. defeated Canada 12-10 in the title contest at the FIL World Lacrosse Championships in Manchester, England. Here is what Coach Chuck Ruebling ’79 said about Crotty’s achievements: “Ned has certainly positioned himself as one of the most accomplished athletes in Delbarton history. As a
student at Delbarton he was the New Jersey Player of the Year in two sports, lacrosse and hockey...As a college player, Ned has been recognized as a First Team All-American, The Tewaaraton Award winner for College Lacrosse’s Player of the Year, a member and captain of the Duke University National Championship team, and a member of the World Champion United States team.” While Ruebling couldn’t be in England to witness the world championship game, his son Derek, a member of Delbarton Class of 2010 and a former Green Wave laxer, was thrilled to be there for the win.
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John D’Angola ’06 is Fulbright Scholar
John D’Angola ’06 was named a 2010 Fulbright Scholar and is studying in Taipei, Taiwan this year. John taught English in Beijing the summer after his junior year at Georgetown and used his free time to travel, learn the language, and focus on his next ticket back to Asia - his Fulbright proposal. In May John graduated cum laude from Georgetown with a dual degree in Finance and Mandarin Chinese, and in September he became a Research Fellow for the United States Fulbright Program in Taiwan. For sixteen months he will study the Chinese language at Taipei’s Taiwan Normal University and conduct research in affiliation with National Chengchi University in Taipei. John is pictured here on the Great Wall shaking hands with Chen Zhu, a co-worker from Beijing.
with his Pug “Billie,” and works at the Morristown office of Gensler & Associates, the world’s largest architecture firm. After over two years working with Bloomberg New Energy Finance, in September John Romankiewicz moved to Washington DC to start a new job with Department of State, Bureau of Oceans Environment and Science, Office of Climate Change. After three years in China (learning Chinese, doing a Fulbright grant, and working for New Energy Finance) and one year in at Bloomberg, John continues his pursuit to understand China, this working with analysis and relationship building for China as it relates to international cooperation and negotiation on greenhouse gas (continued on page 87)
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Lonn Waters ’96 Last spring Lonn Waters ’96 was deployed to Afghanistan as part of Combined Joint Task Force PALADIN, the counter-improvised explosive device (C-IED) task force, which is part of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Lonn had been in the country since December working as the Chief Research Analyst in the Operations Research and Analysis cell, conducting geospatial and trend analysis on the roadside bombs. Here he is with some of the mountains of the Hindu Khush at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. The second picture shows Lonn in protective body armor in front of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle.
Doherty (with Duke) in the Rose Garden
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In June 1st Lt. Justin Collins was awarded a Bronze Star for his service in Iraq where he worked as a Battalion Maneuver and Mobility Support Operations Officer. Justin returned to the US in June and in August started a job in Washington, DC with Booz Allen.
JJ Zak graduated from Princeton in 2009 with a BA in Economics. He works as an analyst at Massey Quick Wealth Management and Investment Consulting.
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Mike Campbell was named to USA Today’s second team allUSA College Academic Team U.S. Naval Academy. major: honors economics. Among many other achievements, Mike was singled out for directing a conference that brought together nearly 200 delegates from more
Duke junior Taylor Doherty ’08 is the news editor of the university’s newspaper and manages the paper’s three main news departments: University news, Health/Science news, and local/national news. Last spring when the Duke Basketball team won the national title, the team was invited to a reception with President Obama in the Rose Garden. Doherty and several other Duke reporters received press passes to cover the event. After putting the Duke newspaper to bed, the group left Durham at 4 am to arrive in time for the reception. It was worth the trip. Says Taylor, “...it was especially exciting because this part of the White House is closed to the general public.” Note that in this picture Doherty, in the middle, is wearing his green and white stripe Delbarton graduation tie, eminently suitable neckwear for a White House reception. than 20 countries for discussions on national security. Sean Kaplan graduated from Loyola University in May 2010 and, after interning for two summers with Massey Quick, has joined the firm to focus on client service and reporting. Nathaniel Robinson graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University, with bachelors in Neurobiology.
While at Harvard, Nathaniel spent much of his time in the laboratory for the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology as a principle investigator. He was the recipient of the Harvard College Research Program grant which allowed him complete his senior thesis on horizontal cell morphology. Nathaniel also worked for three years as a (continued on page 88) FALL 2010
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A contingent of enthusiastic fans from the Delbarton Alumni Association showed up the August 10, 2010 Staten Island Yankees vs. Mahoning Valley Scrappers to watch Dan DeGeorge ’05 play ball. The summer road trip was organized and hosted by Director of Alumni & Development J. Craig Paris ’82 and the group included alumni, parents of alums and current students. The game was played at the Richmond County Bank Ballpark at St. George, Staten Island, home of the SI Yankees, which offers a dramatic view of the Manhattan skyline. DeGeorge, a Princeton graduate who plays for the Scrappers, a Cleveland Indians affiliate from central Ohio, had a great game. He started at second base and batted 2 for 4, with 2 doubles, 1 RBI and 1 run scored. After the game he signed autographs for his personal fan zone. 88
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On May 20, 2010 members of the Frozen Flashback hockey team and their coaches were honored by a Resolution passed in the New Jersey State General Assembly. The Resolution cited participants from Delbarton and St. Joseph’s, Montvale for “The Greatest Game Never Played”, the 1989 state hockey championship postponed due an outbreak of measles, which finally took place on April 3, 2010 after a twenty-one year delay. The game at Mennen Arena was witnessed by a capacity crowd, attracted nationwide attention and raised over $200,000 for cancer research. The Green Wave won the hotly contested game in a score of 3-2. The Honorable Mike Carroll ’76, Assemblyman (District 25), a former Green Wave hockey player, sponsored the official Resolution. Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny attended the session and Delbarton player James Olsen ’89, pictured here, thanked the legislators on behalf of the Green Wave players.
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Srinivas Iyengar ’91 is an Interventional Cardiologist in Bradenton, FL and recently became the first physician in the United States to place a brand new type of vascular research stent for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease. This is an international trial including centers such as Columbia University, University of Virginia, Ohio State University, as well as centers in Japan. He has also been chosen to become the ’Resident Doctor’ for the nationally-syndicated “Daytime” TV show which airs on Channel 8/NBC in Tampa. (continued from page 86) teacher’s assistant in the Department of Mathematics where he received the Derek Bok Center Certificate of Distinction in Teaching. He also served as a committee chairman of his house and volunteered as a tutor for the Cambridge Public Schools. Nathaniel lives in Cambridge,
Mass., and plans to attend medical school. Last May Navy senior Mark Van Orden was tabbed as the Patriot League Scholar-Athleteof-the-Year award winner for outdoor men’s track and field. Already the first men’s track athlete to receive the accolade on multiple occasions, Mark became (continued on page 89)
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John Collett and a Bucknell Lacrosse teammate earned the 2010 Patriot League Sportsmanship Award for their work in supporting former college lacrosse players now serving overseas in the armed forces. The players launched “A Bison Never Forgets,” an initiative designed to collect donations to send supplies and support to lacrosse alumni now in harm’s way in the military. A table was set up at every Bucknell home game where fans made cash donations to buy supplies for care packages with the military’s commonly askedfor items. Contributors received bracelets printed with “A Bison Never Forgets.” Collett’s brother, Mike ’04, is a 2009 Naval Academy graduate where he was a member of the lacrosse team. Bucknell’s annual Patriot League showdowns with Army and Navy inspired Collett and teammate to help their formal military rivals once they have moved on from the lacrosse fields. The Bison duo have also sent letters encouraging other college lacrosse teams, and other sports teams at Bucknell, to help out in a similar manner.
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the first male student-athlete from Navy and just the 11th in conference history to earn the top academic honor for his respective sport three times. Mark was a five-time Patriot League individual champion and Navy’s team captain during the indoor season. He was also named one of four Division I track athletes to earn an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
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ost entering St. Mary’s Abbey/Delbarton campus probably don’t notice the larger of two lakes that frame the East Gate road. Once upon a time, before the growth of trees and foliage rendered it all but invisible, a body of water to the east of the same road was an integral part of life at the newly acquired Delbarton estate for the first generation of monks and, later, for students. The lake served as a swimming pool and sports fishing resource. (A future article may recount the record-setting trout pulled from its waters.) Judging by numerous photos taken by early monks, the lake was considered a beautiful and idyllic addition to the estate. Clearly visible from the house, now Old Main, and accessible vía a cleared road, its spillway and south bank were adorned by statuary relocated from other places on the Kountze estate. Still later, during the 1950s and early 1960s, many a young boy in the early days of Camp Delbarton was taught to swim in its not exactly crystal waters and took his
Fr. Claude rowing in 1939.
A view of the lake from old Main in 1938.
Taking in the sun in 1938.
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Lake Vincent in the 1950s.
first unaided strokes off the beach constructed on its west bank. When deemed sufficiently proficient the camper could graduate to the enclosed “pool” on the bank by the spillway under the supervision of Father Adrian McLaughlin. (Construction of an outdoor pool was only approved by the Chapter of St. Mary’s Abbey in February 1962.) Lake Vincent is now an all-but-abandoned corner of the campus, regarded as a liability if regarded at all. Only one statue remains on the spillway and the old concrete dock is almost totally swallowed by the waters, which no longer echo happy shouts of monks and boys. The lake was the result of the vision and financial wizardry of Father Vincent Amberg, superior of Benedictine community at Delbarton and a monk got things done, often under the nose of the Chapter. There is, in fact, no record of money voted or permission granted to create such a major alteration of the Morristown estate. Perhaps it was a case of “out of sight, out of mind.” The only
paper trail is an application by St. Mary’s Monastery to the State of New Jersey, dated October 20, 1933, to construct a dam on a small tributary of the Whippany River to create a swimming pool. Permission was granted to proceed in November 1933 thus setting some kind of bureaucratic record. The dam, consisting of a rubble core wall with earth fill, was to be 530 feet long and thirteen feet high creating a four acre lake containing five million gallons of water. The site originally was traversed by a dirt road still partially visible in an aerial photo and, as the lowest spot on the estate, may have been wetlands, although in those days the term had perhaps not yet been invented. There is no record in the Abbey Archives of who built the dam (probably Alphonse Helmer, the jack-ofall-trades, especially masonry, in those
days), how long it took to complete, to fill, of who took the first plunge or caught the first trout. For the next three decades Lake Vincent was a recreational focal point for monks, students and campers. Τα Πáντα ρει (ta panta rhei), “everything flows”
First students Boating on Lake Vincent in September 1939.
Aerial view of the lake in 1934.
Swimmers in 1947.
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