Gonzaga Magazine - Spring 2024

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• THE JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL •

Highest Honors

Alumni Brody Mullins ’92 and John Ismay ’95 returned to Gonzaga to talk about their paths to earning journalism’s most prestigious honor –the Pulitzer Prize – which both were awarded in 2023.

Gonzaga College High School is a Roman Catholic, private, independent, college-preparatory school for young men, sponsored by the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic Order, and governed by an independent board of Trustees.

PRESIDENT

Rev. Joseph E. Lingan, S.J. ’75

CHAIR OF THE GONZAGA BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Tim Flynn ’72

VICE CHAIR OF THE GONZAGA BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Mary Beth Connell, MD

HEADMASTER

Thomas K. Every II

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Stephen M. Neill ’89

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF ALUMNI & ADVANCEMENT

David Dugan ’98

DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS

Byron T. Harper ’84

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EDITOR

Mary Clare Glover

DESIGNER

Brea Neri Deutsch

CONTRIBUTORS

Daniel P. Costello ’72

Byron T. Harper ’84

Katie Murphy

Annie Rosello

Conrad Singh ’00

PHOTOGRAPHY

James Kegley

Conrad Singh ’00

Renee Spencer

Jessica Taglieri

Matthew Taglieri ’04

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Mullins ’92 and John Ismay ’95

Dear Gonzaga Community,

This past fall, as many of you know, Gonzaga embarked on the process of developing a new strategic plan. First and foremost I want to thank the thousands of alumni, current and past parents, students, faculty, and staff who participated in in-person focus groups and responded to our surveys. Your responses offered specific, thoughtful, and detailed insights into our school and community that are essential to this important strategic planning process.

We are currently finalizing the strategic plan, which we look forward to sharing with you in the months ahead. However, I hope it will come as no surprise that at the heart of this plan will lie a deep recommitment to our Catholic, Jesuit mission of educating young men for and with others – a commitment that you will see countless examples of as you page through this issue of Gonzaga Magazine

I hope you all enjoy, as much as I did, reading the interview on page 20 with Brody Mullins ’92 and John Ismay ’95, who were both awarded the Pulitzer Prize last year. Having two alumni earn this prestigious honor in the same year is nothing short of extraordinary, and it was with great pride that I read about how their Gonzaga education

first sparked in both of them a passion for words and love for writing. Congratulations Brody and John, and thank you for sharing with us your career journeys since leaving Eye Street.

On the pages that follow, you will also find a story, written by longtime Gonzaga Religion teacher Ms. Katie Murphy about her Social Justice in Action class, a senior elective that integrates service into the curriculum and is an excellent example of Gonzaga’s commitment to instilling in our students a faith that does justice. In addition, you will read stories about the Gonzaga-Washington Jesuit Academy Science Fair, an exhibit celebrating 50 years of the Onyx Club on Eye Street, and more.

As always, we also include photos of recent events such as the Carmody Lynn Open, Grandparents Day, the Gonzaga Mothers Club Gala, and Fall Reunions. We hope that all of these stories and photos combine to offer you a small window into this dynamic, spirited place of learning, friendship, and growth.

Thank you as always for your continued support and dedication to our shared mission at Gonzaga.

Sincerely, with every best wish,

Rev. Joseph E. Lingan, S.J. ’75 President

Grandparents Day Mass and Breakfast

September 17, 2023

1, 2. Gonzaga students with their grandparents. 3. Former Gonzaga Trustee Mark Tuohey, father of three Gonzaga alumni and grandfather of one current Eagle (Joe Tuohey ’26), gave remarks during brunch. He’s pictured here with his wife Marty, a recipient of the St. Al’s Medal, and their grandson. 4., 5. Grandparents enjoying the Mass in St. Aloysius Church. 6. The crowd of more than 500 enjoyed brunch in the Carmody Center following the Mass.

More than 500 Gonzaga students and their grandparents joined us in mid-September for Gonzaga’s Grandparents Day, which included Mass in St. Aloysius Church celebrated by Father Lingan, followed by brunch in the Carmody Center.

Carmody Lynn Open

October 27, 2023

Hundreds of Gonzaga alumni and friends gathered on Friday, October 27 for the 38th annual Carmody Lynn Open, played at P.B. Dye and Worthington Manor golf clubs. Played in honor of Kevin Carmody ’62 and Michael Lynn ’94, this annual event raises tuition assistance for Gonzaga students who do not have a father in their lives.

1., 2. Golfers were greeted with clear blue skies and leaves at peak fall color. 3. Rob Grant ’89 (left) and Steve Anders ’91. 4. Michael Murray ’62 (left) and Erica Lynn. 5. From left to right: Mike Nickolaus ’83, Jimmy MacFarlane ’83, Gonzaga Alumni Relations Director Byron Harper ’84, Tommy MacVittie ’83, and John Brophy ’83. 6. Left to right: Andre Bryan ’94, Matt Somerville ’94, Aaron Smith ’94, and Javon Parris ’95.

The Gonzaga Mothers Club transformed Eye Street into a Christmas wonderland for the Gonzaga Gala in early December. With the clever theme of “Angels We Have Heard on Eye,” the evening included silent and live auctions, a seated dinner, and dessert and dancing, all in support of the Gonzaga Annual Fund, which directly benefits our current students.

43rd Annual Gonzaga Mothers Club Gala

December 2, 2023

1. From left to right: Jennifer Moody, Alison Heafitz, Father Lingan, Shannon Merkle, and Olivia Dorieux. 2. A live nativity scene – complete with current students dressed as shepherds and live goats! – greeted guests on Eye Street. 3. Before dinner began, guests were able to bid on hundreds of silent auction items. 4. The beautiful tablescapes fit in with the angelic theme. 5. Dinner guests turn their attention to the televisions in the front of the room, where a video celebrating the impact faculty members have on students was aired. 6. A highlight of the evening was a group of students singing “Angels We Have Heard on Eye,” followed by one student dressed as an angel being raised up above the crowd.

Gonzaga Athletics Gonzaga Athletics

by the numbers

The breadth of sports at Gonzaga means that there are countless opportunities to compete. In fact, last year, 749 Gonzaga students – or roughly 80 percent of the student body – played at least one sport. Gonzaga’s Athletic Department offers sports that many incoming students have already played (soccer, basketball, baseball, lacrosse) as well as sports they might never have tried before (water polo, rugby, fencing, and crew). And with at least one no-cut sport offered every season, every student who wants to play gets to play.

offered at Gonzaga 18 18

FALL SPORTS FALL SPORTS

WINTER SPORTS WINTER SPORTS

Basketball Ice Hockey Indoor Track Squash Swimming & Diving Wrestling

SPRING SPORTS SPRING SPORTS

Baseball Crew Fencing Golf Lacrosse Rugby Tennis Track & Field

43 43 AND COUNTING AND COUNTING

Number of members of the Class of 2024 who have committed to play a college sport

Number of athletic teams 37 37 12-15 12-15

Number of teams that are no-cut each year, depending on how many student-athletes try out 11

Number of new varsity sports that were added during the 2023-2024 school year. Fencing is competing as a varsity sport for the first time this spring. 80 80

Percentage of students who participate in at least one sport each academic year 26 26

77

Percentage of students who participate in at least two sports each academic year

Percentage of students who participate in three sports each academic year

Stepping up to the Plate

Following a nationwide search that began last Fall, Gonzaga announced in January that Mr. Terry Kernan ’08 would serve as our next Athletic Director. An educator by vocation, Mr. Kernan is a longstanding member of Gonzaga’s math department and had been serving as Assistant Athletic Director prior to this appointment. He played both football and basketball at Gonzaga and continued his football playing career at St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

Mr. Kernan returned to Eye Street fulltime in 2015 to teach math and coach, before transitioning to the Athletic Department three years ago. He earned his Master’s degree from the University of Scranton in Curriculum and Learning in 2019. Below Mr. Kernan talks about his experiences as a student, athlete, teacher and coach on Eye Street as well as his vision for Gonzaga Athletics.

Life lessons: “Playing football and basketball at Gonzaga taught me the values of teamwork, time-management, discipline, and leadership. I was fortunate to play for many great coaches who helped me to become not just a better player, but, more importantly, a better person. I learned how to deal with both failure and success, and I learned the importance of representing Gonzaga in a positive way, regardless of the outcome of a game.”

An extension of our Jesuit mission: “Athletics is not its own entity, but rather part of the formula that helps develop young men for and with others at Gonzaga. Aside from the valuable life lessons that are taught through playing sports, each team is also encouraged to hold team Masses and participate in community service as a team. We also recently added religious retreats for teams that are run by our Campus Ministry department. I believe that one of the best ways to become more religious, loving, and committed to doing justice is by growing and exploring your faith alongside your friends, teammates, and coaches.”

Finding balance: “High school student

athletes are under intense pressure from themselves as well as from friends, family members, social media, and other outside influences to excel both in the classroom and in their respective sport. Gonzaga has so many resources for these students and people to go to for advice on how to balance everything they are juggling. As educators and role models, our goal is to send them off to college with the skills they need to live a balanced, fulfilling life, eager to engage and make a difference in the world they encounter.”

Leading with love: “One of the most important lessons that I have learned throughout my time at Gonzaga is to care for every student in my class and every player on my team. I love helping students gain confidence in their math skills, just as I love

helping my players improve their skills on the court. I have learned to devote the same, if not more, of my time and effort to the students and players who are struggling or feeling down. As Athletic Director, I plan to care for every sports program to ensure that every athlete and coach has a chance to compete, learn, and develop in the sport that they love. It is important for each athlete, coach, and program to feel loved.”

Purple pride: “Gonzaga Athletics is in a great place right now, and I want to make sure that we remain competitive and continue to be one of the best athletic programs in the country. Following the example and great legacy left by Coach Joe Reyda, I also want us to continue to use athletics as a way to develop future leaders and men for and with others.”

Eagles Taking Flight

Last year, a group of Gonzaga students came in second place in a national aviation design competition hosted by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association. Their challenge? Design a small single-engine airplane, maximizing its fuel and

efficiency for a specific flight path.

This fall, as a congratulations for their excellent work, the students had the chance to meet U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, a combat veteran and former U.S. Army helicopter pilot, as well as take part in a two-day flight

simulation here at Gonzaga. The seminar taught them how to navigate, communicate with, and ultimately fly a single engine airplane. Congratulations to these high-flying Eagles!

Portrait of Promise

Congratulations to Kai Jones ’25 whose painting, "Pharaonic Self-Portrait," was deemed "Highly Commended" by a judging panel of the Washington DC Chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters. The commendation earned Kai a Winston Visual Art Scholarship, which is awarded to young artists who demonstrate exceptional talent and promise of future success.

Science with Heart

The Gonzaga-WJA Science Fair took place in February in the Carmody Center. The culmination of months of hard work by students from both schools, the fair this year featured the work of 27 pairs of students.

“The fair fosters the development of lab skills outside a classroom setting, grows the relationship between WJA and Gonzaga students, and develops in the young men a passion for STEM,” says Gonzaga Science teacher Mr. Drew Hudspeth, who has helped spearhead the fair since its inception three years ago.

In the months leading up to the event, there were 10 open lab sessions on Fridays after school, when students from WJA would spend two hours at Gonzaga with their partner, planning and working on their projects. In the end, the resulting projects addressed a wide range of interesting topics – from machine learning and electrolyte levels in sports drinks to the diet of microscopic nematodes.

Congratulations to the following winning pairs:

Overall Winners: Elijah Jimenez and Michael Corso ’26

Project Title: Finding the Optimal Tilt Angle for Solar Panels

Runner Up - Best Conclusions/Real World Application: Yared Yeshewalul and Michael Licamele ’25

Project Title: The Effects of Different Variables in Machine Learning

Runner Up - Best Background Research: Jason Knight and Beppe Boglione ’26

Project Title: Maximizing the Efficiency of a Water Wheel

Runner Up - Best Scientific Method: DeMir Boddy and Tyler Harry ’25

Project Title: Finding the Best Antibacterial Agent for Hospitals

Against All Odds

Before finally making it over the Southern border of the United States as a teenager in 1990, Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala tried and failed to cross three times. Born in El Salvador and fleeing war-torn Central America, Menjivar-Ayala eventually entered America in the trunk of a car.

More than twenty years later, Pope Francis named him auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Washington – making him the first Salvadoran bishop for the United States. On Friday, September 22, Gonzaga was honored to welcome him to Eye Street as celebrant of an all-school bilingual Mass to mark the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month.

“Gonzaga and the great Church of

St. Aloysius has been witness to many momentous events, and today was another of those moments,” said Mr. Jonathan Ruano, Associate Dean of Students and Latino Student Success Coordinator. “The bishop’s immigrant story serves as a reminder and a motivation that with hard work and God on our side, anything is possible.”

During the bishop’s homily he highlighted the contributions of the Latin American community at Gonzaga, in Washington DC, and across our country. “We are privileged to be part of a rich multicultural city and community,” he said. “The Archdiocese of Washington is a great mosaic of people and cultures that reflect the diversity of our country.”

Celebrating 50 Years of the Onyx Club

As part of our Black History Month celebrations this year, an exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Onyx Club was unveiled in early February.

Through a series of photographs outside the Innovation Commons, the exhibit tells the stories of notable Onyx alumni, as well as – in a section called “The Shoulders We Stand On” – trailblazing Black students and alumni who attended Gonzaga before Onyx was founded.

Those highlighted include Dr. Gabe Smith ’54, Gonzaga’s first Black graduate; Mr. Darryl Hill ’60, the first Black student-athlete to play at the University of Maryland and in the ACC; Mr. Jake Simmons ’65, the first Black Commander of the White House Communications Agency; and Colonel Benjamin “Alvin” Drew ’80, a NASA astronaut who was the final African-American to fly on board a Space Shuttle before the spacecraft system was retired.

The exhibit also talks about some of the renowned speakers Gonzaga has hosted at its Black History Month Assembly over the years, including the late Congressman John Lewis in 2017 and Congressman James Clyburn in 2022.

“Five decades of Onyx has produced

hundreds of Gonzaga men who are successful in many different ways, and we are proud of them all,” one of the panels in the exhibit says. Though there is not enough space to recognize everyone, the examples in the exhibit “define Black excellence and will hopefully inspire generations of future students.”

1. Through photographs and captions, the exhibit highlights notable Black Gonzaga alumni. 2. Dr. Gabe Smith ’54, Gonzaga’s first Black graduate, talks with leaders of the current Onyx Club. 3. The display also remembers many of the renowned speakers who have come to Eye Street, including Congressman John Lewis, Congressman James Clyburn, and activist and author Bryan Stevenson.

A Fitting Tribute

Over the summer, Gonzaga officially dedicated and named the rotunda in our new Innovation Commons the Rohleder Rotunda in memory of Eric Rohleder ’01, who passed away in 2018. Eric’s parents, Stephen and Giselle Rohleder, chose to remember and honor their son with a generous gift that made the Innovation Commons possible. Their hope is that the space enables students to develop skills in technology that they can use in pursuit of the common good. Last summer, Stephen and Giselle came down to Gonzaga, along with family and friends, for a blessing and dedication of the new space (pictured at right). In addition to this capital gift, the family generously endowed a fund – the Eric Rohleder Endowed Scholarship Fund – that provides tuition assistance to deserving students.

Current student Jack Scalding ’24 used equipment in the Innovation Commons, including 3D printers and laser cutters, to make the signage that now graces the rotunda. “This space means so much to me,” says Jack about the Innovation Commons. “It allows my creativity and interest in engineering to flourish. It was an honor to work on this project – and also a lot of fun.”

Part of the Family

Matt Ruesch ’98 has always admired the strength, courage, and kindness of his brother, Christoph, who has lived with significant developmental disabilities from a young age. “Christoph has challenges that have never limited his incredibly positive and infectious personality. He’s an inspiration to many, including myself,” says Matt.

It was with Christoph in mind that Matt and his wife Jenae recently generously endowed a new tuition assistance fund to support Gonzaga families with children with disabilities. “My family understands well the financial cost that can accompany caring for a child with developmental differences – making sure that they are not only loved but well cared for,” says Matt. “My family was fortunate to be able to provide my brother Christoph with the care he needs and deserves, while also being able to send me to Gonzaga. We wanted to help make that possible for other families in similar circumstances.”

The newly created Ruesch Family Endowed Scholarship Fund will provide tuition assistance to Gonzaga families

who are facing financial hardship due to raising a child with an intellectual or developmental disability. “The reality is, raising a child with disabilities comes with unique financial challenges for many families,” says Matt. By focusing on these families, the Rueschs are making sure that medical and caregiving costs for one child do not become a factor for a family who wants to send another child to Gonzaga.

The Ruesch family has a long history of generosity to Gonzaga, and when Jenae and Matt were considering making a gift during Gonzaga’s Bicentennial campaign, they knew they wanted to combine their family’s philanthropic focus on those with intellectual and developmental differences with Matt’s family’s long-standing devotion to Gonzaga. “This truthfully felt like a win-win,” says Matt.

David Dugan, Gonzaga’s Senior Vice President of Alumni and Advancement and a classmate of Matt’s from the Class of 1998, says that every year Gonzaga has families who apply for tuition assistance citing the very real financial challenges of raising a sibling of a Gonzaga student who has

a physical, intellectual, or developmental challenge. “For Jenae, Matt and the Ruesch family to focus their philanthropy on these Gonzaga families is an extraordinarily thoughtful and caring approach,” says David. “It also helps to set a welcoming tone for these families when they become part of the Gonzaga community. We couldn’t be more grateful for their generosity.”

Matt shared his belief that students who have siblings with developmental disabilities often come to Gonzaga possessing a high level of empathy, compassion, patience, and understanding due to their relationship with their sibling. “With this fund, Jenae and I wanted to make sure that the diversity of the Gonzaga community includes young men who have a brother or sister with developmental or intellectual differences, and that Gonzaga isn’t financially out of reach for their family as a result,” says Matt. “While those siblings themselves may not attend Gonzaga, they and their families become a part of the broader Gonzaga community, adding to our sense of diversity, understanding, and compassion as a whole.”

The Ruesch family from left to right: Elizabeth, Matt, Otto, Lilah, Jenae, Christoph, and Jeanne.

Eagle Athletics

Fall 2023 marked the first season without Gonzaga’s beloved longtime Athletic Director, Joe Reyda ’85, at the helm in over two decades. Despite feeling Coach Reyda’s absence deeply, Gonzaga’s Athletic Department has banded together in his memory and honor, and has continued to create meaningful opportunities for growth both on and off the field.

Soccer

Despite having graduated 16 seniors last year, Soccer battled all season to reach both the WCAC and DCSAA finals. On October 19, Gonzaga defeated The Heights 3-0 under the lights on Eye Street. Heading into the game, the visiting Cavaliers were undefeated and ranked #1 by the Washington Post. Additional highlights included Charlie Waller ’27 scoring the game winner in the WCAC Semifinal at Good Counsel (1-0) and Copeland Marshall ’24 netting the game winner in the DCSAA Semifinal versus Washington International School (2-1). This coming fall, the team will return the majority of its starting lineup including captains Ivan Hughes ’25 and Thomas Gabay ’25. The future is bright on the pitch for the Eagles!

Cross Country

Cross Country enjoyed its best season since 2019, winning both the WCAC and DCSAA Championships. “It was great to return another championship banner to Eye Street,” said head coach John Ausema after the WCAC win on October 28 at Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens. Will Buckley ’25 and

Anthony Sarro ’26 finished second and third respectively to lead the Eagles. One week later, Sarro earned silver again at the DC Championship. Buckley, Lucas Rohde ’24, Matt Podratsky ’25, and John Hirko ’25 all finished in the top 10 to help earn the DC Title. The team also won the Glavin Cup as the top Jesuit school at the McQuaid Invitational and earned All-Southeast Region honors for their finish at the Nike Southeast Regional Championships. Additionally, Coach Ausema was named DCSAA Coach of the Year for the 6th time.

Football

Football started off the year defeating Archbishop Carroll on the road and Calvert Hall at home. In week three, before defeating Fordham Prep in New York City, the team practiced at Rutgers University and visited the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. “Visiting the 9/11 memorial allowed us to understand and internalize how important the time we have together is,” said senior captain Darius Wise, Jr. in reflection. After beating Belen Jesuit from Florida in week five, the team captured a thrilling 16-13 overtime victory over Friendship Collegiate on

Buchanan Field. On October 21, the Eagles defeated McNamara on the road 17-9 with a great team effort to earn a playoff berth and a spot in the WCAC semifinal.

Water Polo

Water Polo had a strong year, finishing 15-8 overall and winning their final game of the season at Easterns 15-10 over Malvern Prep. Earlier in the year, Matt Clifford ’24 scored the game-winner in a thrilling triple overtime win in the quarterfinal of the Beast The East Tournament to defeat Upper Merion 15-14. The team then avenged an earlier loss to Loyola Blakefield in the tournament to earn a spot in the championship match. In the final regular season match of the year, the team earned a 26-12 victory over Landon with nine seniors playing significant roles in the dominant victory.

Fall All-WCAC Selections

Cross Country

1st Team: Will Buckley ’25, Anthony Sarro ’26, Lucas Rodhe ’24, Matt Podratsky ’24, John Hirko ’25

Football

1st Team: Conall Brannan ’24, Kaleb Cole ’25, Lincoln Fisher ’25, David Fred ’25, Kedric Golston II ’26, Daniel Holmes ’24, Kainoa Winston ’25

2nd Team: David McMorris ’24, Tyson Harley ’26, John Holley ’25, Darius Wise, Jr ’24, Cody Hobson ’24, Jaylen Christian ’26

Honorable Mention: DeVinchi Arnold ’25, Jadon Bumbaugh ’24, Aidan Conrath ’24, Lonnie McAllister III ’25, Rex Stinchcomb ’25

Soccer

1st Team: Daniel Bollman ’24, Sam Riley ’24

2nd Team: Ivan Hughes ’25, Charlie Waller ’27

Honorable Mention: Marshall Copeland ’24, Thomas Gabay ’25, Dylan Franklin ’24

Fall All-Met Selections

Cross Country

2nd Team: Will Buckley ’25

Honorable mention: Lucas Rohde ’24, Anthony Sarro ’26

Football

1st Team: Daniel Holmes ’24

“The bruising 6-foot-6 edge had six sacks and 14 tackles for loss on a stout Gonzaga defensive line. He will play at Florida State.” -Washington Post

Honorable mention: Lincoln Fisher ’25, Kainoa Winston ’25

Soccer

2nd Team: Sam Reilly ’24

Honorable Mention: Daniel Bollman ’24, Ivan Hughes ’25, Charles Waller ’27

Flying High at the Next Level

As of February 7, 43 seniors have committed to play a sport in college. Here’s a list, organized by sport, of the athletes and where they will play next year:

Baseball

Jack Feehery (Duke University)

Mason Green (Pomona College)

Keenan Reynolds (New York University)

Tyler Kim (New Jersey Institute of Technology)

Joseph Zorc (Princeton University)

Jackson Wilburn (Bentley University)

Basketball

Blake Harper (Howard University)

Connor Amorosi (Washington & Lee University)

Jack Gatjanis (Colby College)

Crew

Nathaniel Abrials (Columbia University)

Jimmy Corcoran (Lehigh University)

Brady Heafitz (Stetson University)

Benjamin Lacuesta (US Naval Academy)

Kyle McHugh (Williams College)

Football

Connall Brannan (US Military Academy West Point)

Jadon Bumbaugh (US Military Academy West Point)

Aidan Conrath (Hobart College)

Cody Hobson (Merrimack College)

Daniel Holmes (Florida State University)

David McMorris (University of Pennsylvania)

Darius Wise (Cornell University)

Golf

Jack Hartman (Bucknell University)

Patrick Pritsios (Bucknell University)

Lacrosse

Robert Bath (Washington and Lee University)

Freddy Fowler IV (Colgate University)

Johnny Gardiner (University of Maryland)

James Gardiner (University of Maryland)

Joe Matan (Ohio State University)

Michael Michaelis (St. Joseph's University)

Reilly Pablo (Colby College)

Ryan Pels (Brown University)

Jack Slater (Mount St. Mary’s University)

Justin Weeda (Rochester Institute of Technology)

Rugby

Brody Johnson (University of Arizona)

Jeffery Hudson Chiow (Dartmouth College)

William Breslin (Boston College)

William Steele Dombo (University of Cal-Berkeley)

Kieran Downs (Trinity College Dublin)

Andrew LaFrankie (Notre Dame University)

Kimani Laumoli (University of Cal-Berkeley)

Max Overman (Wake Forest University)

Swim & Dive

Finn Bacon (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Tennis

Jack Sherner (Villanova University)

Finding the Sweet Spot

In a lab for his AP Biology class, Mr. Paul Hamm ’03 tasked his students with figuring out the sucrose molarity of different colored solutions, using the process of osmosis. “Each group had to design their own experiment using dialysis tubes which act like a cell membrane, allowing water, but not sucrose, to flow through,” said Mr. Hamm. “If the students were successful then their data would help them determine which colored solution matched the molarities I gave them. In addition, some students cleverly relied on a good old fashioned ’taste test’ or ’stickiness test’ to see if they could determine which had the most sucrose.”

Masters of their Craft

Brody Mullins ’92 and John Ismay ’95 were both awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2023. Their paths to winning the most prestigious award in journalism both began on Eye Street.

INTERVIEW BY DANNY

COSTELLO ’72

Brody Mullins ’92 remembers being at the 2023 Pulitzer Prize ceremony this past fall, sipping champagne with fellow Wall Street Journal reporters, when someone tapped him on the shoulder and asked, “Weren’t we in the same carpool to Gonzaga?”

It was John Ismay ’95, a reporter for the New York Times. The pair of Gonzaga alumni marveled at the odds of two graduates from the same high school working for rival newspapers winning the Pulitzer Prize in the same year. Offering what seemed to be the only possible explanation, John said, “Eagles Fly High!”

Established in 1917, the Pulitzer Prize is awarded annually by Columbia University and regarded as the nation’s highest honor for journalism, literary achievement, and musical composition. Awards are given in 21 categories. Gonzaga alumnus Joseph Ellis ’61 was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for his book, Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation.

Following Gonzaga, Brody Mullins attended Northwestern University, considered to have one of the best journalism schools in the county. “But they [the school of Journalism] rejected me,” Brody says. Undaunted, Brody majored in history and political science and took as many journalism classes as the university would allow. To get reporting experience, he worked for the school paper covering local elections. After graduation, he worked for several newspapers before landing a position with the Wall Street Journal in 2005.

John Ismay came to his journalism vocation in the aftermath of an impressive career in the United States Navy. Having graduated from the

United States Naval Academy, he was assigned to a destroyer in San Diego. After 9/11, he became an explosive ordnance disposal technician. Deployed to Iraq in 2007, John began writing secret-level reports on insurgent weapons and tactics. His knowledge would later lead to an A1 story in the New York Times. Before going to work full-time for The Times in 2017, John worked as a reporter for Southern California Public Radio and as a weapons investigator for Amnesty International.

Though their journeys to winning the Pulitzer Prize differ, both Brody and John say that their paths to journalism began on Eye Street. In a joint interview for Gonzaga Magazine, the two accomplished reporters shared how their Gonzaga teachers and experiences played significant roles in their success as journalists.

How did Gonzaga prepare you for your writing life?

Brody: Gonzaga taught me how to write both in the classroom and more practically. Mr. Rick Cannon forced students to write draft after draft after draft in his creative writing class –something that made me realize that each successive draft of a story was slightly better than the last. Good writing takes hard work – it can’t simply be dashed off thoughtlessly.

The “Links” courses that we were taught back then helped me learn how to organize an article or any writing – and how to make an argument and support it with facts. The “Links” method of writing frames the basis of most of my writing today.

Finally, in my junior year, I was able to take a journalism class with

Mr. Allan L’Etoile. Part of that class involved producing The Aquilian, which taught me how to write real stories aimed at students and faculty. At some point in my senior year, I started a one-page, daily newsletter called The Swampoodler that included mostly sports stories about the games from the day before. It was super fun!

John: During my junior year on

Eye Street I took an English class from Mr. Rick Cannon and it introduced me to the idea that effective writing was a skill that could be learned, and the process of doing so could be a whole lot of fun.

Mr. Cannon believed in us. He always found a way to encourage folks to do their best and trust in the idea that they could get better with practice. His love of words was infectious, and challenged us to think about language differently than we had before. A big revelation for me was – if I am paraphrasing him here correctly nearly 30 years later – that there are no bad words but merely more or less appropriate uses of words.

He drove that point home in his classroom with a pile of dictionaries that he called “magic instruments.” Sometimes he would have us pass them around and we would try to stump him with the meanings of words we’d find, but I think the larger lesson he wanted us to learn was that the English language was so much bigger and more beautiful than perhaps we had known, and it was all there for us if only we’d crack the cover open and take a chance.

Describe your journey to a career in journalism.

Brody: My road to journalism ran right through Gonzaga. When I graduated college, I began figuring out how to get a job as a reporter. I sent 150 letters to newspapers around the country asking if they had job openings. And then I remembered back to a scrawny freshman named Chris Warren ’95. When I was a senior, I drove a carpool

to Gonzaga and Chris was one of six to seven people I picked up each morning in my parent’s full-sized, stick-shift van. I remembered that Chris’s dad, Paul Warren ’68, was a journalist in Washington.

The Warren family ran an influential newspaper in Washington called Communications Daily that covered the communications and

technology industry.

So one day, I picked up the phone and called him. My plan was to invite Mr. Warren to lunch to ask him about how he first broke into journalism. Luckily, Mr. Warren agreed and realized that I really just wanted a job. Within a few weeks, I was making $24,000 a year writing stories about big companies like AT&T, Comcast and DirecTV for Communications Daily.

After getting some experience, I moved to a few other newspapers before starting at The Wall Street Journal in 2005.

John: Thanks to Rick Cannon’s class at Gonzaga, I came to really like writing but I had no idea how to make that a career, or if a job somehow involving writing was even possible. So, I stuck with my original game plan and went into the Navy. The 9/11 attacks happened a couple years after I got commissioned, and I got busy with deployments and then volunteered for what we were told was the most in-demand job for officers because of the war: EOD, for Explosive Ordnance Disposal.

I really threw myself into that field and worked hard to learn as much as I could. All along the way, I still liked writing and did whatever I could whenever I could, even if it was only writing a good evaluation or an award recommendation for one of my sailors.

As I was about to leave the service, I saw a New York Times piece online that was strangely right up my alley as an EOD tech, professionally-speaking. I wrote to the author, a reporter named C. J. Chivers, never expecting to hear back, but a few days later he respond-

ed. It ended up opening a door to journalism I had never expected to find.

There’s my life before I sent that email, and then there’s my life after I sent it – and they are two very different things. So I guess I’d recommend that when somebody opens a door for you, step through it and don’t look back.

What advice do you have for Gonzaga students aspiring to be journalists?

Brody: Go for it. Journalism is a ton of fun, but requires people who are curious and self-starters. Don’t wait for someone to assign you a story or tell you what to write about. Find something that you are interested in and write about it. If you like art, go to the Portrait Gallery and write a story about what you saw. If you like sports, cover the Gonzaga basketball team. The best part about journalism is that you can ask questions and learn more about the things that you are interested in.

John: Many years ago, my mentor told me, “Journalism is the ideal job for the curious,” and I think he’s right. Whatever you’re into, whatever you like more than anything else – that is something you can dig into and write about.

Pick one of those topics, a field of interest – what we’d call “a beat” –and make it yours by reaching out to people in that world and ask them as many questions as you can. The more folks you talk to, the more likely you are to find something new that isn’t public yet. Once you’ve got that, you’re off to the races.

When did the journalism “light bulb” turn on and you said, “I have to do that as my career”?

Brody: During my junior year at Gonzaga, I took Mr. Allan L’ Etoile’s Journalism class. After one or two classes, I decided that I wanted to be a reporter. I was never a huge fan of the writing process – but I loved that journalists were allowed to go to events, games, happenings and tell other people about them. I also realized the power that journalists had. There were several times when I was writing stories for either The Aquilian or The Swampoodler when Gonzaga’s

Headmaster called me into his office because he was worried about what I was going to write about certain topics. That was heady stuff. I realized that the most important person at Gonzaga – the Headmaster, a guy who could kick me out of school – respected me and thought that what I wrote in print could impact how people felt about Gonzaga, sports teams and him!

John: C.J. Chivers, the reporter I mentioned before, is a former Marine infantry officer, and I found that his reporting from war zones was very much in line with the kinds of intelligence reports I began writing in Iraq in 2007.

When the Libyan civil war broke out in the spring of 2011, he started sending me some photos of munitions he was encountering and asked if I could help him identify them. I was really surprised that my Navy training could be useful in helping the public understand what was happening in the world, so I readily agreed to do whatever I could.

After about a year of working together like that, he encouraged me to write something of my own. I decided to give it a shot, and found a story that really got my wheels turning. We published it together for the New York Times in August 2012. Not long after, I was applying to grad school for journalism.

Can you describe the project that earned you the Pulitzer Prize?

Brody: I led a team of reporters who won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for a series of stories that found that hundreds of senior government officials in the Executive Branch trade stocks in companies they regulate as part of their jobs for the

“During my junior year on Eye Street I took an English class from Mr. Rick Cannon and it introduced me to the idea that effective writing was a skill that could be learned, and the process of doing so could be a whole lot of fun.

Mr. Cannon believed in us. He always found a way to encourage folks to do their best and trust in the idea that they could get better with practice. His love of words was infectious, and challenged us to think about language differently than we had before.

– JOHN ISMAY ’95

government. We found people at the Environmental Protection Agency who owned stock in oil and gas companies. We found officials at the Defense Department who bought and sold shares in defense-contracting companies. We found employees of the Food and Drug Administration who owned shares of food and drug stocks. In all, nearly 2,000 federal officials owned or traded stock in Google, Amazon, Facebook and other Big Tech firms as the government sought to crack down on the tech industry.

John: In early 2022 a colleague from our graphics team asked if I would look at some files she and some others had collected from inside Ukraine. She wanted to know if there was a story they could report based on them. It ended up being a couple thousand

photos and videos, and I saw plenty of evidence of Russians using weapons in ways that violated international humanitarian law – specifically something called the “law of armed conflict,” which uses four different principles to govern what is and is not permissible in warfare.

I offered a possible framework that could tie all of this together, and my colleague agreed that it was workable. So we were off to the races, and our story published that June. It was part of a series of stories from across our newsroom that won the Pulitzer for International Reporting.

The day I found out we’d won (the Pulitzer Prize), I was at my mom’s house helping to set up a new mesh

Wi-Fi system that I’d gotten her. I’d been on the phone struggling with Verizon customer service for like 45 minutes when call-waiting beeped in with a New York number I recognized, and I realized what that might mean but I wasn’t going to hang up until I’d gotten this doggone network finally up and running. So I quickly clicked over, got the good news and then had to tell this very nice and understandably excited editor that I had to call him back later.

Mom comes first, right?

Is there an event or individual person from your Gonzaga days who you believe is story-worthy?

John: Anyone who ever took European History from Mr. Mike Carolan would devour an entire television series about that man. If you saw the recent Paul Giamatti movie The Holdovers you’d be immediately reminded of how Mr. Carolan ran his class. That guy was absolutely brilliant and was not afraid to hand out some large slices of humble pie.

Brody, you and your brother, Luke ’96, have a book coming out in May titled, The Wolves of K Street. Tell us about it.

Brody: The Wolves of K Street (which comes out May 7) documents the rise of corporate power and lobbying in Washington through three lobbying

dynasties—one Republican, two Democratic—that have enabled corporate interests to infiltrate American politics and change policies away from regular Americans and toward corporate America. The book lays bare what decades of outsize corporate influence has wrought. We follow the lobbying industry from the days of smoke-filled rooms and handshake deals in the 70’s to the more modern system of “shadow lobbying” that aims to whip up public outcry from constituents.

What are you currently reading?

Brody: Because I have just finished writing my own book, I have a tall stack of books at home that I wanted to get started on. I am currently reading Senator JD Vance’s book, Hillbilly Elegy. I will soon turn to Dark Money by Jane Mayer, Broken Code on Facebook by Jeff Horwitz and First Women by Kate Anderson Brower.

John: I’m trying to read more fiction these days, so I’m working my way through Mick Herron’s Slow Horses series.

How does a career as a journalist fit with the Ignatian ethos of Service and Justice?

Brody: Being a journalist is a great way to fulfill the Gonzaga mission of being a Man for Others. A famous description of reporters states that our job is to “comfort the afflicted and

afflict the comfortable.” Journalists work hard to help everyday Americans and the country by holding powerful people, corporations and institutions accountable. Our job is to stick up for the little guy and to protect democracy from powerful interests that want to use the government to help themselves.

John: Several years before I got to Gonzaga, Mother Teresa gave the Kohlmann Address in St. Al’s and I remember seeing a quote from her speech around the halls that said something to the effect of “do small things with great love.” I’ve thought about that sometimes as a reporter, because I think it really focuses the idea of being a Man for Others in this profession. It means you spend the extra time to get the small details right. You take the person who has nothing in this world just as seriously as the person who wields incredible amounts of power.

As a reporter, it helps early on if you realize that not every story you work on will change the world, or will even get read by anyone other than your editor. So if you’re in it just to right wrongs, you may be disappointed quickly. But what you can do is your best, every day, no matter what. Ninety-nine percent of the job is really just grinding away, with your laptop, your phone and your walking shoes.

Learning By Heart

BY KATIE MURPHY

Inside a senior elective class that actively forms men of compassion and jus-

through service, prayer, study, and reflection.

Early on a recent Wednesday morning, I met my students in Our Lady’s Chapel for a quick prayer before boarding a school bus parked on North Capitol Street. The group of students was taking my Social Justice in Action elective class, a semester-long service learning seminar for seniors. Students must apply to take the course and only 14 are accepted each semester. The class requires that each student gives up a free period weekly to serve at the McKenna Center, which is located on Gonzaga’s campus in the basement of St. Aloysius Church. Its primary text is experience and its most significant teacher is a homeless man or mother seeking food at the pantry at the McKenna Center.

On this recent morning we were heading to DC Central Kitchen, which is led by alumnus Mike Curtin of the Class of 1982. DCCK is a social enterprise which offers top-notch

culinary training to persons with high barriers to work. Every employee at DCCK makes a living wage and receives benefits. Every day, DCCK makes 7,000 farm-to-school meals from scratch for inner city schools in DC. Far from a charity, DC Central Kitchen is a means to liberate people from poverty and provide a banquet of quality food for the poorest of our city through a sustainable business.

I began teaching Social Justice in Action as a senior elective in 2016, my sixth year teaching at Gonzaga. Over the years, I have learned that it is a course primarily of listening – to clients at the Father McKenna Center, to the Gospel, to what’s inside students’ own hearts. It is also a course of social analysis that seeks to fuse Jesus’ vision of the Kingdom of God to just policy. Ultimately, it is a course that seeks to Continued

forge the students’ hearts and minds into steel conviction to be architects of a more just world.

Service is the primary text and teacher of Social Justice in Action. My students learn from the clients and the McKenna Center staff. The clients challenge implicit biases about persons who are homeless and hungry. Getting to know the clients personally and learning their stories moves my students away from simplistic judgments to authentic solidarity. They learn first hand how hard it is to get an ID and how grueling it is to apply for elusive services. They see how strong the clients are to keep coming back and try yet again. Students develop what Father Greg Boyle, S.J. calls “a compassion that can stand in awe at what the poor have to carry rather than stand in judgment at how they carry it.”

From the McKenna staff, they learn that dignity demands a clean and orderly center with top notch food and services. It means being called by your name and being known. The McKenna Center is a special place because of the heart and hard work put into it. It is a “taste of the Kingdom” as one student put it in one of his reflections this year, a place where the last are first and the Gospel is concretely lived. It bursts with beauty and little

miracles that the students write about each week.

Class lessons are wrapped around the service. In addition to writing weekly reflections about service, students pray and share the Gospel. We reflect on Catholic Social Teaching and analyze root causes of homelessness and hunger. We read current articles, watch documentaries and study policy. Assessments and assignments are action based, such as creating care packages to share with unhoused persons or writing advocacy letters. Guest speakers often come in, like alumnus Matt Gannon ’18, a Marshall Scholar at Oxford University who studies the impact of stigma on homelessness, and we often go out on field trips around the neighborhood.

For instance, we study the housing first model which provides apartments for chronically homeless persons and then we visit the Conway House, located across the street from Gonzaga on North Capitol Street, to see the model first hand. We work on forging a moral imagination and ways to solve pressing social problems that respect human dignity and promote the common good.

Probably the best example of this is our visit to DC Central Kitchen. During

In Their Words

Perhaps the best way to understand this class and the impact it can have on a young man is to read the students’ own words. It is, as Ms. Murphy writes, “a class of listening” after all. Below are a handful of excerpts taken from student reflections written during the Social Justice in Action class.

“There is nothing harder in life than living on the streets. Most people appear to look down on you and are too busy going about their own lives to help you. People think that you are lazy, addicted and stupid. However, after working with the homeless, you realize the homeless are stronger than all of us. They endure freezing rain and loud city streets. Some even have jobs while not having a home. They do not have soft warm beds. They cannot shower when they feel dirty. They cannot go home when they are tired. The homeless endure this physical and mental pain and move forward. They do not give up. They do not grow angry at anyone. They move forward.”

–Ryan Pels ’24

“People view homelessness as if it is just a normal part of society. I never want to reach a point where I just accept poverty and homelessness and do not see the deep, intrinsic wrong in it. People are sleeping in tents where we walk as others are debating which fancy boat or mansion they should buy. Lots of people dislike homelessness for the wrong reason - because they make the cities look bad or are an eyesore. Compare the two burdens: a wealthy person walking by and being ‘uncomfortable’ when they pass a homeless person versus that homeless person struggling to find food, a place to sleep, dignity, a recognition of their humanity, eye contact with another human being, shelter. We need to start targeting homelessness for the right reasons, and to do that, we must address the root causes.”

–Caden

Madden ’24

“Accompanying the poor shows love up close. As Mike Curtain told me, working with marginalized populations should never become a means to an end. A right relationship with those on the edges of society unlocks love -- it’s an awakening of sorts. The world is flipped upside down and accompanying the immigrant family on the border, the formerly incarcerated mother of two, or the dog-owner living in poverty under a bridge is how we achieve social justice.”

–Henry Sullivan

’20

“I saw a little boy come in with his mom to the McKenna Center. He was running around with his toy motorcycle and going up to everyone, all while his mom tried to keep him under control. I could tell this was a troublesome kid and it made me laugh. He did things wrong on purpose and I loved it. He would hide behind the door his mom told him to stay away from, he’d run his motorcycle into people’s shoes. Apparently that is exactly how I was as a kid. I would steal, run into other kids on my bike, and no one could make me behave. I was a nightmare for my poor mom and teachers. But I never misbehaved at a food pantry because I never went to one. I was lucky enough to be born into a family that never had to go without eating or rely on others’ generosity because we couldn’t afford it. This kid wasn’t. There are so many generous people, but there are also selfish people who obtained their wealth by chance and hold onto it when it was never really theirs. This kid helped me realize we are all one family, but we still don’t treat everyone like family.”

–Federico Silvani ’22

“This class has helped me to break through indifference, forcing me to see homeless people as innately dignified human beings. Now, when I run into a man or woman asking for money on the street, I acknowledge their presence. Whether it is just a nod or smile, or if it is something more like handing them one of the granola bars I had brought that day to eat after a workout, I have started to try to make these people feel noticed and loved. I know there is a lot more that I can do, but to me, this is a first step in the right direction, and only after the first step can the rest of the journey begin.”

–Tyler

Kaczmarek ’22

“I will live with love and through love. I will always value others over money. I will work tirelessly to make sure everything I do will positively impact myself and others. Always move forwards; never backwards. I will take advantage of every opportunity to form connections with others. I will be quiet and listen. I will have my eyes open to the injustices of this world. I will live a life of love.”

–Zach Crilley ’18

the trip, students chop vegetables and package fruit alongside graduates of DCCK’s job training program, as well as have a chance to hear Mike Curtin tell his story. I want my students to see that Jesus’ vision of the Kingdom is not pie in the sky stuff; it is what love looks like in public policy, business, and graced social structures. It is DCCK in action. I want my students to be able to envision what the life of a Man for Others can look like and to have the imagination to apply that vision to whatever career they choose. In the end, Social Justice in Action is a training ground for Men for Others. Through a semester of prayer, service at the McKenna Center, and study, we strive to form men who are lit up by the love of Christ to work for justice.

Mrs. Katie Murphy has taught Religion at Gonzaga since 2010.

Upcoming Reunions on Eye Street

Saturday, May 4

Golden Reunions for the Classes of 1949, 1954, 1959, 1964 and 1969

Friday, May 31 - Sunday, June 2

Class of 1974 Jubilarian Reunion

Friday, October 25 - Saturday, October 26

Fall 2024 Reunion Weekend

Friday

Carmody Lynn Open Saturday

Class Reunions for the Classes of 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, and 2019

Please check Gonzaga.org/Calendar for more details as well as links to register as each reunion date approaches.

Welcome Back!

Thank you to the many alumni who joined us on campus this past fall to celebrate their reunions.

Alumni from the Classes of ’78, ’83, ’88, ’93, ’98, ’03, ’08, ’13, and ’18 joined us on Saturday, October 28 for their Class Reunions.

Row 1: Bill Maksymiec, Clifton Chatman, Michael Selden, Spencer Kelley, Joe Aukward, Mark Shreve, Donald Sheridan

Row 2: Peter Weigall, Keith Crawford, Paul Walsh, Steve Wilson, Paul Cunningham

Row 3: Greg Forte, Terry Flynn, Anthony Belson, Matt Rice, Karl Olsen

Row 4: Christian Zapatka, Paul Carrocio, Tom O’Reilly, Earl McFarlane, Bill Bittman, John Woodland, Bob Wadden, Leo Shreider

1978 1983

Row 1: Tom Macvittie, Jimmy McFarlane, Mario Silva, Walter Hill, Mike Nicholas, George Miller, Joe Hennessey

Row 2: Paul Moore, Ralph Seymour, John Brophy, Rob Jorum, Ron Sharpe, Steve Reyda, Tony Pang, Mike Williams, Tom Dugan, Jim Gavin

Row 3: Jim O’Hare, Kevin Collins, Emmett McGroarty, George Kucik, Harold Knight, Dave Donnelly, Joe Viola, Steve Royston

Row 4: Jack Smith, Danny Leonard, Steve Dimisa, John Gardiner

Row 1: Will Buchanan, Chris Gergen, Mike Scanlon, Billy McMurtrie, Tom OKeefe, Hector Nicodemus, Eddie Donahue

Row 2: Bill Cleary, Mike Clancy, Jay Blomquist, Bill Keefe, Shawn Berger, Tim Grisius, Richard Chisolm, Matt Carbone

Row 3: Andrew ONeill, Chris Stone, Ted Lynch, Josh Phillips, Joe Ralston, Marty Stanton

Row 4: Matt Johnson, Tim Monohan, Jim Keenen, Brian Henneberry, Ted Henneberry, Dylan Tate

Row 5: Bill Campbell, Nick Sweazy

1988 1993 1998

Row 1: Tim Costello, Kofi Graham, Brendan Coleman, Sean Redmond, Omar Hanif, J.P. Tierra, Pat Doyle, Dan Mallon

Row 2: Mark Moran, Tye Mains, Chris Utley, Barney Guacheta, Durand Ford, Sean Felix, Jason Gallo, John McHugh, Antonio Cordero, Tom Zorc, Brock McClung, Colin McEnearney

Row 3: Jorge Alday, James Holman, Dave Forbes, Chad Stackhouse, Tom Farley, John Matelis, Scott Berg

Row 4: Pete Takacs, Brian Crawford, John Copes, Shannon Thompson, Matt Brown, Steve Potenza, Christian Webber

Row 5: Frank Wells, Joe Powers, Shane Cotter, Ron Josey, Mike Fleischer, Luke Van Belleghem, Dave LeNard, Carlos Garcia-Tunon

Row 6: Justin Kortanek, Jason Gropper, Ian Tate, Clyde Edwards, Sean Britain, Sean Olmsted, Vince Terlep, Joe Wallace, James Remuzzi

Row 1: Brendan Coppinger, Devin Myler, Lexie Lewis, Jerry Weeda, John Tuck, Nate Chaisson, Joe McGowan, Saaagar Thakkar

Row 2: Pat Coley, Pat Veith, Emilio Allen, Billy Bryant, Sean Callanan, Dan Mullarkey

Row 3: Ben Bannister, Chris Cummiskey, Brian Gallagher, Dan Sweeney, Tim Hagan, Adam Johnson

Row 4: Brendan Hart, Drew Walsh, Just Sausville, Chris Jacobs, Kyle Weidie

Row 5: Rob Lucas, Joe Coleman, Dave Dugan, Tim Funkhouser, Marcus Washington, John Healy, John Mullins

Row 1: Chris Tuck, John-Peter Patrizia, Brien Hampton, Daniel DiGilio, John Tramazzo, Ryan O’Boyle, John Eager, Matthew Glading

Row 2: Conor Catliota, Anthony Trevisan, Kevin Kelly, Frank Samolis, Andrew Marin, Aaron Palmer, Alexander Von Fricken, Joseph Kurry

Row 3: Ryan Sullivan, Wiliam Cox, Anthony Bell, John LaMonica, Azim Ross

Row 4: Brendan Connors, Ryan Cantwell, Austin Ayers, Doug Smith, Mark Dillon, Daniel Sarsfield

Row 5: Jamie Long, Nick Duda, Brian Slattery, Robert Hutchinson, Peter Comstock, Neal Sonnenberg

Row 6: Paul Hamm, John Warring, Andrew Leach, John Cordero, Patrick Falwell, Seamus McCullough, Brian Berry, Joseph Haynos

2003 2008

Row 1: Terry Kernan, Kevin Dempsey, Christopher Taylor, Matt Long, Drew Wurst, Wes Dunning, Carter Ward, Johnson Bademosi, Daniel Lopez-Riveira

Row 2: Wilson Duggan, Chris Beauregard, Colin Maccarthy, Tim Cullen, Ben Weeda, Brian Beatty

Row 3: Pat Mccormick, Mick Newkumet, Brad Edwards, Mark Hoover, Andrew Ross, Austin Alderdice, Justin Welch

Row 4: James Lichtenfels, Eric Chavous, Eric Wiggins, Bobby Stubbs, Devin O’Reilly

Row 5: Joe Howard, Alfredo Perez, Conor Frickel, Nick Pugleise, Eduardo Sacasa, Peery Lewis

2013

Row 1: Alex Corboy, Logan Leathers, Matt Borda, Tavon Blackmon, Connor Ennis, Rafael Moreno

Row 2: Clay Ellis, Matt Malloy, John McElhattan, Brady Malone, Marshall Marks

Row 3: Nico Corriveau, Jack Slater, Paris Person, Will Boland, Mike Formant, Mikey Glynn

Row 4: Pat Myers, Bo Conaghan, Charles Glover, Pat Steele, Connor Bliss, Max Beauboeuf

Row 5: Jake Furnary, Danny Leonard, Greg Goulding, Oscar Zelaya, Micheal Hickey, Stephen Santos

Row 6: Jimmy Kuzma, Erik Dekelbaum, Alex Freed, Ashton Gouldin, Charles Butler, Andrew Robinson

Row 7: Ryan Dowd, Brian Frey, Matt Flynn, Drew Williams, Rudy Knott, Darien Gray, John Hulede

2018

Row 1: Chris Delaney, Jack Gretschel, Dan Cindea, Brad Kim, Andres Borjas, Christian Oliverio

Row 2: Charlie Russell, Andrew Jopeck, Jacob Hardney, Nick Escoto, Josh Floriza

Row 3: Andrew Metro, Liam Chang, Michael Chehade

1941

Centenarian Joseph A. Norris ’41 turned 100 on September 14, 2023, and is believed to be Gonzaga’s oldest alumnus. A graduate of Georgetown University and its law school, he paused his college studies in November 1942 to serve during World War II. He landed on Omaha Beach on November 1, 1944, was taken as a prisoner of war, and returned home in April 1945. “It’s difficult to put in words just how impactful my Gonzaga experience was,” he said recently. “I’m very fortunate because of my Gonzaga friends, teachers, and memories.”

Edward A. Trott, Jr. ’54 recently reported that he’s still living in Falls Church, has been married for 63 years and has six children and nine grandchildren.

Lionel Banda ’59 checked in recently with the following good news: “Still kicking.” We’re glad to hear it, Lionel!

1960

Sculptor Brendan O’Neill ’60 recently traveled to Durant, Oklahoma, to install a sculpture that he created for the Choctaw Nation as a gift. The sculpture, which now stands in the Choctaw Cultural Center, represents the bond between the Choctaw Nation and the Irish people – a bond that dates back to 1847 when the Choctaw Nation sent money to Ireland during the potato famine.

1954 1959 1961

Jack Dunn ’61 reported happy news: “I married Susan DeCamp on August 12, 2023. We said our vows at Our Lady of Grace Church, the Catholic parish of Leisure World of Maryland. We adjourned for a reception to the Montgomery County Club in Laytonsville, MD. I recommend marrying at my

age; it’s much more satisfying this time around.” Congratulations!

1967

Tom Murray ’67 retired from federal service as an environmental specialist in 2016, is living in Ocean City, Maryland, and writing novels. He published his first novel, Operation Quicksilver, in 2023, and its sequel, Vulcan, this year. Both are available on Amazon as e-books and paperbacks. “I owe it all to my days at Gonzaga,” Tom says. “Enjoy! Go Eagles!”

1971

David “Stick” McGowan ’71 married Wilma McGowan at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Derwood, Maryland on September 23, 2023. Stick’s best friend since kindergarten Pete Quimby ’71 served as best man, and his close Gonzaga friend William Malloy ’71 served as groomsman. Congratulations to the happy couple!

1980

All-time winningest and recently retired Hampden-Sydney football coach Marty Favret ’80 was honored by the Touchdown Club of Richmond as the 2023 recipient of the Ray Tate Memorial Award. The “Tater” is presented annually to an honoree who exemplifies the commitment and dedication to the sport of football as exemplified by the late Virginia football legend Ray Tate.

1981

On November 7, 2023, Brian Hanlon ’81 was confirmed as the first permanent Director of the DC Department of Buildings (DOB) by the Council of the District of Columbia. A native Washingtonian and accomplished administrator, leader, and registered architect, Brian has more than 35 years of public and private sector experience.

James Shea ’81 recently released a

Left: Joseph A. Norris ‘41

Right: David “Stick” McGowan ’71 married Wilma McGowan on September 23, 2023, with Gonzaga classmates and lifelong friends Pete Quimby ’71 and William Malloy ’71 at his side.

new song called “Waiting My Turn,” which relays the story of a canal boatman in the waning days of the C&O Canal in the early 1900s. It can be found on YouTube by searching “Waiting My Turn (On the C&O Canal).”

1994

On January 1, 2024, William “Billy” Cannon ’94 became Managing Principal at Offit Kurman, an AmLaw 200 Firm and one of the fastest growing in the U.S. He now serves on the firm’s five-person management committee with Tim Lynch ’87

In October, Jeff Clay ’94, visited a Forensic Science class here at Gonzaga to discuss his career as a DC homicide detective. He shared several real cases that he helped solve and was able to walk the students through the entire process of collecting evidence, questioning witnesses, tracking and interrogating suspects, getting search warrants, making an arrest, and closing the case in court.

1995

Andrew Deerin ’95 attended the World Economic Forum in Davos “with the rest of the global elites” and summited the Swiss Alps rocking his Gonzaga gear.

Brian McNally ’95 was promoted to Senior Director, Digital Content for Monumental Sports Network, the TV

home of the Washington Wizards, Capitals, and Mystics. He and his wife, Sara, live on Capitol Hill, not far from his Eye Street roots. In his spare time, Brian is writing a book about his grandfather’s World War II experiences with the American army fighting in his native Italy.

1996

Kevin McHugh ’96 and his wife, Talia Salem of Moraga, California, welcomed the birth of their son, Laith Edward McHugh, in October.

1998

On June 6, Dave Mackie ’98 welcomed a son. Congratulations!

The Great ’58

On September 18, 2023, members of the Great Class of 1958 gathered for lunch at Washington Golf and Country Club. According to Jim Ring, “We had a great time remembering our good times together at Gonzaga!”

In September, Patrick O’Shea ’98 checked in to report that he and wife Karla Ortiz are happy and healthy with a four-year-old son.

1999

Former faculty member and Gonzaga alumnus Adrian Oryshkevych ’99 and wife Tanya welcomed a baby boy, Jeremy Stephen, on July 18, 2023. They also recently moved to Chicago where Adrian continues to teach history at Saint Ignatius College Prep.

2001

Markian “Maki” Dobczansky ’01 is currently in his second year as Associate Director of the European Union

Left: Andrew Deerin ’95

donned Gonzaga gear atop the Swiss Alps.

Right: Adrian Oryshkevych ’99 with little Jeremy Stephen, born July 2023.

From left to right, Danny Wells, Fred Lillis, Bill Hall, host George Ruppert, Steve Weber, Mike White, and Jim Ring.

Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He enjoys working with students and professors, managing grants, connecting the Midwest with Europe, and putting the German he learned at Gonzaga to good use.

2003

Mark Dillon ’03 and his wife, Marjie, welcomed Griffin Gillespie Dillon on September 28, 2023. Griffin joins his sister, Dru Posey Dillon, who was born in August 2021. The family resides in DC.

Alex Oryshkevych ’03 checked in with this update: “Married to my wife, Deanna, for over nine years and have three young boys. Currently residing in the beautiful Finger Lakes region near Rochester, NY.”

2006

Great news from Ryan Gerrety ’06: “My wife (Georgia Katinas) and I welcomed our second child, James Phillip Gerrety, in June 2023. He has already attended his first Gonzaga football game to watch his cousin Grady Sullivan ’27 and is excited to cheer on the Eagles in the future!”

2007

Mark Esposito ’07 lives in Oslo, Norway, with his wife and two-year-old son. He is now doing humanitarian work in eastern Europe with the global NGO Norwegian Refugee Council.

2008

Vincent Ness ’08 checked in to report that he and his wife “have four beautiful kids and many blessings from God.”

James (JC) Roberson III ’08 and his wife celebrated the birth of their second child, son James Curtis Roberson IV (nicknamed LJ) in November; daughter Leilani was born in 2020 while JC was in medical school. He is currently a third year Emergency Medicine Resident in Detroit, Michigan. He recently matched in a Sports Medicine Fellowship at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. “The family and I are excited about this new journey, with the ultimate goal of getting back to the DMV in 2025,” JC reports.

2009

Peter McGrath ’09 and his wife Molly recently welcomed their first child, Nora Mae. They reside in Farmington, CT.

2010

Patrick Crilley ’10 and his wife, Anne Carter, welcomed baby Henry on November 17, 2023. Proud grand-

New York, New York

In December 2023, Mike Miller ’78 graciously hosted a Gonzaga gathering of friends and alumni from across the decades in the Big Apple. Thank you to everyone who came out for the festivities!

Top Left: Alex Oryshkevych ‘03 with wife Deanna and three young boys.

Top Right: Mark Esposito ’07 pictured on a recent work trip to Kherson, Ukraine.

Bottom Left & Right: Emergency Medicine Resident and proud new father James (JC) Roberson III ’08.

father Michael Crilley ’80 shared the happy news.

2011

Kenny Abod ’11 and his wife, Carolyn, are happy to announce the birth of their first child, daughter Holly Rose Abod.

2012

Eric Baumgardner ’12 married Krista Frowein in August 2023 in Big Sky, Montana. More than a dozen Gonzaga alumni were on hand to celebrate with the happy couple, including Gonzaga President Father Joseph Lingan, SJ ’75, who celebrated the wedding ceremony.

2014

Jake Miller ’14 married Kelly McCabe at the University of Notre Dame on October 7, 2023. Both Jake and Kelly are graduates of Notre Dame.

Top Left: Holly Rose Abod, daughter of Kenny Abod ‘11 and his wife, Carolyn.

Top Right: Jake Miller ’14 and Kelly McCabe married on October 7, 2023, at their alma mater, the University of Notre Dame.

Bottom: Alumni in attendance at the August 2023 wedding of Eric Baumgardner ‘12 and Krista Frowein: Nick Adagio, Justin Meyer, Jack Slater, Freddy Sacasa, Johnny Williams, Danny Williams, Sean Sullivan, Jack and Pat McCarty, Mike Taglieri, Max Adagio, Alex Adagio, Brendan Gilday, Brendan May, Jack Evans, Christian Sanson, Will Hendon, Charlie Asmar, Dennis Nalls, Johnny Ganssle, Will Hendon, Tony Dattoli, George Seals, Floyd Adagio, Stacy Adagio, Maureen McCarty, Fr. Joseph Lingan, Krista Frowein (bride), Marie Duellman (Baumgardner).

Eagles Take to the Sea

Three Gonzaga alumni recently served on board the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), an aircraft carrier deployed to the Mediterranean. Said LT Riley C. Mazariegos ’15, “We all come from families of Gonzaga alumni and were happy to find each other on board.” Thank you for your service to our country!

Senior Medical Officer/Carrier Strike Group 12’s Senior Medical Authority CDR Terrence Bayly, M.D. ’01; Dental Officer CAPT Patrick McGroarty, D.D.S, ’81; and LT Riley C. Mazariegos ’15, Nuclear Surface Warfare Officer

2015

Friends since middle school, 2015 classmates Liam Fitzpatrick and Timmy Monahan ran the Marine Corps Marathon together on October 29, 2023. They hatched the plan one night and started training last summer. They supported each other throughout the race and even ran into fellow Gonzaga Lacrosse brother Patrick Myers ’13.

2016

Patrick Hesse ’16 recently received his Wings of Gold and is designated as a Naval Aviator. He will fly the F/A 18 Super Hornet from NAS Lemoore, California.

Gonzaga Brothers Rock Nashville

Brothers Matt Nolan ’07 and Kevin Nolan ’12 play drums and guitar alongside country music star Lainey Wilson. On November 8, 2023, the bandmates performed with Wilson at the Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee, where she took home awards for Entertainer of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, and Album of the Year.

2018

Aidan Duffy ’18 and Dan Cindea ’18 visited Jack Hogan ’18 in Anchorage, Alaska, where Jack works for the U.S. Department of the Interior. They all flyfished in the Kenai River and hiked in the Chugach Mountains. Additionally, Jack has been playing ice hockey, going ice fishing, snowmobiling, enjoyed two Iditarods, and viewed the Aurora Borealis from a mountaintop yurt outside Fairbanks.

Zachary Crilley ’18 was featured in the Washington Business Journal as one of the region’s top young innovators under the age of 25. A graduate of Babson College, Crilley is CEO and Co-Founder

of GovFuse, LLC, which modernizes government procurement by helping government users buy items online. Zach has encouraging words for other young entrepreneurs: “You will be well served by taking time to think about the easiest possible way to take action on your dreams today, then doing it.”

Christian Oliverio ’18 reports that he moved to Texas to work for a military helicopter manufacturer.

2019

After being identified by bone marrow donation program Be The Match, Jake Winters ’19 flew to Houston, Texas, to donate peripheral blood stem cells to help save the life of an adult who is battling leukemia.

Top: Liam Fitzpatrick ’15 and Timmy Monahan ’15 complete the 2023 Marine Corps Marathon.

Middle: Patrick Hesse ’16 is awarded his Wings of Gold by ADM Patrick Walsh, USN (ret).

Bottom: Bone marrow donor Jake Winters ’19 quite literally “bleeds purple.”

Kevin Nolan ’12 (left) and Matt Nolan ’07 (right), with popular country music star Lainey Wilson.

Gonzaga in the Windy City

On October 18, 2023, alumni and friends met at Harry Caray’s 7th Inning Stretch on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile for a reception with Gonzaga President Fr. Joseph Lingan, SJ ’75, and Board Chair Tim Flynn ’72. Many thanks to all who attended - it was great to see so many familiar faces.

Three 2019 classmates and 2023 college graduates have returned to Eye Street as members of the Alumni Service Corps. Samuel Clukey (Virginia Tech), John Thompson (Fairfield University), and Gavin Farley (West Virginia University) serve as substitute teachers, club moderators and coaches. Each brings unique interests and talents to inspire current students. Welcome home!

2020

Olu Fashanu ’20 is in his fourth year at Penn State University and was honored as one of 16 finalists for the Campbell Award, college football’s top scholar-athlete award commonly referred to as the “Academic Heisman.” According to the National Football Foundation, the William V. Campbell Trophy recognizes “an individual as the absolute best in the nation for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership.”

Fordham University senior Henry Sullivan ’20 is a double major in urban studies and theology, and an aspiring filmmaker working on a documentary, “Questions on the Catholic Imagination(s)” which offers unique perspectives on how Catholics creatively imagine their faith. The film, which features artists and religious figures including Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York,

can be found on YouTube.

2021

Arthur Ferridge ’21 recently visited Mrs. Teresa Jackson’s journalism class on Eye Street. In his final year at Newcastle University in northeast England, he is majoring in English literature and history with the aim of becoming a sports journalist; he also serves as sports editor for the student newspaper and host of campus radio and TV shows. A retreat leader and four-year rugby player at Gonzaga, Arthur is a lifelong supporter of Chelsea FC, and all DC teams, for better or worse.

Left: Campbell Trophy finalist Olu Fashanu ’20 Top: Alumni Service Corps members Samuel Clukey, John Thompson, and Gavin Farley back on campus.

Norma Anders-Mapp, mother of Eric Anders ’91 and grandmother of Eric Anders ’22

Bernadette M. Aukward, sister of the late Joseph A. ’41 and the late John Q. ’43; aunt of Frank J. Rooney ’65, Stephen J. Aukward ’67, and Joseph P. Aukward ’78; grandaunt of Michael J. Rooney ’03 and Joseph F. Aukward ’15

Stephen M. Brown ’68, brother of the late Michael M. ’65 and Timothy S. ’72

Adelina P. Callahan, mother of Daniel F. ’80 and Brian R. ’83, grandmother of Daniel F. ’15

Sr. Clelia Cecchetti, SP, sister of Ralph Cecchetti ’50 and Richard Cecchetti ’61

Thomas J. Cody ’51

Dennis J. Collins ’72

Kevin E. Connelly ’73, brother of James M. ’71

Barbara A. Connolly, mother of Paul Connolly ’80; grandmother of Evan ’14, Grant ’17, and Quinn ’22

Rev. Brian J. Cook ’74, son of the late John B. Cook ’30; nephew of the late Martin A. 1914, Richard F. 1923, and Paul F. 1928; brother of James ’66 and Thomas M. ’69; uncle of Patrick B. Clancy ’86, Michael B. Clancy ’88, and Christopher J. Clancy ’91; great uncle of Joseph M. Clancy ’15, Benjamin M. Clancy ’17, and Peter J. Clancy ’24

Ella M. Cullinane, daughter of Brendan T. ’99; granddaughter of the late Kevin ’69, niece of Sean K. ’01 and Matthew P. ’02

William F. Delaney ’58

Leonardo M. DeLeon ’52

Malcolm W. Diggs, father of Greg Diggs ’79

Paul G. Dimond, grandson of the late George Garner 1886; nephew of the late Francis E. Garner, SJ 1915; brother of the late Elliott T. Dimond, Jr. ’46, the late Michael F. Dimond ’49, and Francis E. Dimond ’54; uncle of Leo M. Dimond ’81 and Stephen M. Dimond ’84; great uncle of Matthew G. Dimond ’17, Michael P. Dimond ’18, Robert J. Dimond ’21, Christian A. Muckerman ’15, and Joseph E. Muckerman ’19

Rev. Leonard James Downs ’58, brother of Paul ’66

William I. Fallon, III ’79

William L. Fallon ’58, father of the late Michael ’89

Alice Flynn Fleury, wife of the late Albert F. ’40; sister of the late Maurice J. Flynn ’38; sister-in-law of the late George J. Jr. ’33; grandmother of John K. Fleury ’15 and GCHS staff member Mary Clare Glover; aunt of Michael T. Flynn ’66, George J. III ’71, John G. ’75, the late William F. ’77, and Peter W. ’82; great aunt of Peter M. Flynn ’95, Luke H. Ryan ’98, John F. Ryan ’00, Christopher D. Forte ’02, Brian F. Forte ’04, Paul G.’07, Patrick B. ’08, William C. ’10, Matthew J. Kerns ’15, and Daniel F. Kerns ’18

John Joseph Fleury, son of the late Albert F. ’40, father of John K. ’15, and uncle of staff member Mary Clare Glover

Robert J. Frank, father of Andy Frank ’89 and grandfather of Paul J. Molinaro ’23

Joseph P. Ganey, father of Brian ’93

Elinor R. Gibbons, daughter of the late Frank D. O’Connell 1910; mother of Joseph F. ’75, Michael D. ’76, and David J. ’78

Michael M. Gill, father of Sean F. ’18 and Brian J. ’19

George F. Hickey, Jr. ’49

Chandler Hottel ’61

Joan H. Hunter, mother of Glenn ’71 and Tommy ’73; grandmother of Brian ’99 and Coley ’19

Michael V. Irons, Sr., father of Michael V. ’24

Edward B. Johansen, Jr. ’57, brother of the late Robert A. ’64

Mary Jacqueline Kelliher, wife of the late Daniel J. ’56

David J. Kiyonaga ’67

Susan Knauf, mother of Michael D. ’86, Andrew E. ’91, and Christopher A. ’91

Eric Labouvie ’58

Daniel J. Lane ’53, brotherin-law of William C. Rogers ’53; uncle of Leon A. LeBuffe ’62, Francis P. LeBuffe ’64,

James LeBuffe ’66, Vincent J. LeBuffe ’68, James W. Rogers ’73, and Timothy J. Rogers ’75; great uncle of James B. Rogers ’09

Herbert J. Lieberman ’50

K. Keith Long, father of Justin ’87 and Kyle ’91

Michael J. Loughrin ’55

Jeremiah T. Marsden ’50, brother of Joseph M. ’48, James P. ’45, John F. ’54, and the late Francis ’44

Peter L. Marchetti ’56, brother of Michael ’58, John P. ’63, and the late Marco A. ’53

Daniel S. Mazzuchi ’57, brother of John F. ’58

Mark H. McCaslin, father of Finn ’20

Patricia McGlynn, mother of Sean ’00 and Brian ’07

Edward McGroarty, father of Patrick ’81, Emmett ’83, Michael ’84, Brendan ’89, and Sean ’91; grandfather of Jude McGroarty ’24

Betsy McIntyre, mother of James A. ’81, Michael ’82, John F. ’86, and Joseph J. ’87; mother-in-law of Neal Owens ’89; great aunt of Luke Linthicum ’12

Robert D. Miller II, father of William N. ’12, Patrick V. ’14, Joseph F. ’18, and James K. ’22

James P. Moore ’59, brother of the late William G. ’57

William G. Moore ’57, brother of the late James P. ’59

William E. Morris, father of Terrance L. ’87

MaryJane Mortimer, mother of Gregory ’02, Christopher ’04, and Michael ’09

Emma Mullaney, mother of Edward J. Jr ’85; grandmother of Jack S. Draddy ’14, Samuel J. Draddy, Jr. ’18, and Colin E.Mullaney ’20; sister of Joseph J. Cella III ’66

Patricia I. Murray, wife of Michael J. ’62; mother of Joseph M. ’85, Timothy P. ’86, Jeffrey P. ’89, Matthew J. ’93, and Brian (Bo) ’95; sister-in-law of the late Martin V. Murray ’64, John T. Cavanaugh ’64, Kevin J. Murray ’72, and Matthew D. Sheridan ’72; aunt of J. Sean Cavanaugh ’87, Joe Sheridan

’99, Daniel M. Sheridan ’02, Michael P. Sheridan ’05, Christopher S. Baer ’04, and Patrick J. Baer ’08; grandmother of current faculty member Emily Murray

Manuel Raymond Pablo ’55, brother of the late Marcelino T. Pablo ’50

Alexander G. Pinachos ’95

Thomas F. Rafferty ’61, brother of the late William M. ’71

Mark S. Raysich ’78

Fred J. Rice III, son of the late Fred J. Rice ’40; brother of J. Matthew ’78

David C. Ridley, Sr., father of David Ridley, Jr. ’78

Samuel Rogovsky ’63, brother of the late Gregory ’64

Barbara G. Rossiter, mother of Michael J. ’74 and the late John D. ’81

Rosemary Roussil, mother of T. Keith ’97 and Colin M. ’00

Thomas F. Ryan, III ’61

Francis A. Ryder, father of Lawrence ’82

Nancy Garvey Scheigert, granddaughter of the late Bernard F. Garvey 1910; daughter of the late George A. Garvey ’45; sister of John Garvey ’71; aunt of Jack Garvey ’14

William L. Sheridan ’51

Bernard F. Skibinski III, father of Matthew ’12

Thomas M. Slattery ’51

John J. Soldano ’65, brother of Matthew M. ’61

James P. Soresi, father of James ’89

William F. Trapp ’54, brother of the late Theodore T. ’52

John D. Van de Putte ’58

Lee V. Walter, mother of Donald W. III ’10, Vance C. ’12, Matthew R. ’18

George V. Warren ’57

Robert S. Werner ’40

Lisa K. Williams, wife of Robert E. ’80; sister-in law of Michael T. ’83 and Christopher D.’88; aunt of Drew M. ’13

Mary Christine Castiglia Worch, mother of Ryan Worch ’95; mother in law of Mason Weeda ’97

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