Jaynotes | Vol. 33 No. 1| Katrina Special Edition, Summer 2006

Volume 33, Number 1

JAYNotes The Magazine of Jesuit High School in New Orleans

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SUMMER 2006

The Special Edition: Blue Jay Spirit Soars as Jesuit Rebounds from the Katrina Deluge

Inside this Issue: Graduation 2005 Katrina Submerges Jesuit Graduation 2006 Jesuit Today—Resilient, Rebuilding, Rejuvenated

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Jaynotes Returns After an Extended Absence A year has gone by since the last issue of Jaynotes was published. We were in the final stages of preparing the Graduation 2005 issue when Hurricane Katrina interrupted all of our lives. Jaynotes was put on the back burner until a sense of normalcy returned to Jesuit.

Our efforts were focused on several important projects, not the least of which was helping the administration with the satellite school for Blue Jays at Strake Jesuit in Houston. Alumni director Mat Grau ’68, who also serves as Jaynotes editor, was called back to the classroom in the first semester following Katrina and taught English to displaced Blue Jays at Strake Jesuit.

Meanwhile, we established the funding mechanism to help with repairing the millions of dollars in damages caused by Hurricane Katrina. We are pleased to report that the Katrina Restoration Fund is more than halfway to reaching its goal of $5 million, thanks in large part to significant contributions by other Jesuit institutions, Blue Jay alumni and parents, and foundations. In February 2006, we appealed to parents in an abbreviated PAG drive, raising more than $1 million. A few weeks later, our faithful alumni responded generously to the annual (and also abbreviated) LEF drive, pledging more than $730,000. Coupled with the amount donated to the Katrina Restoration Fund, Blue Jay alumni have contributed an astounding $1.7 million to their Alma Mater.

Class reunions in spring and summer have brought together Blue Jays from years ending in “1” and “6,” events that have been infused with a refreshing spirit of camaraderie in these post-Katrina times.

We have made a valiant effort to keep pace with the frequent changes of addresses experienced by many alumni affected by Katrina. In most cases, our database has been successfully changed to reflect your new address and contact information. However, the amount of mail returned to us as “undeliverable, left no forwarding address” indicates we need to do a better job of locating you. We hope you can help us find you by sending any relevant contact information by e-mail to: alumni@jesuitnola.org. Or you can phone Jesuit’s alumni office at 504-483-3815.

For many months after the hurricane, the post office did not deliver bulk mail. Therefore, publishing and mailing Jaynotes would have been an expensively futile project. Now that the post office has resumed delivering bulk mail to most zip codes in the New Orleans area, we have cooked this special edition of Jaynotes which encompasses an entire year of events at Jesuit High School, including two graduations, Katrina, and Jesuit in the here and now.

We hope this issue reaches your mailbox and you enjoy devouring its contents.

We can only hope and pray that this sense of normalcy stays with us for a long, long time.

Pierre DeGruy ’69

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2005 Valedictory Address Awards Where Did They Go? Scholarships Offered Principal Reviews 2004-2005 Sports: Magical “6”

Graduation 2006 47 48 50 56 64 66 67

2006 Valedictory Address Awards Where Are They Going?

Scholarships Offered Principal Reviews 2005-2006 State of the School Address Michael Puente ’06 —Presidential Scholar

Hurricane Katrina Coverage 26 30 31 32 34 36 39

Jesuit Under Water Fr. Anthony McGinn, S.J. ’66 Opines that New Orleans Needs an Attitude Adjustment A Million Thanks to All Fr. Raymond Fitzgerald ’76 Offers “Reflections of a Religious Nature” The Blessings that Katrina Brought Guest Authors Jaynotes Interviews: Br. William Dardis, S.J. ’58 and Michael Prados ’83

Jesuit Today 71 72 74 76 81 82 84 85 86

Paul Frederick Celebrates 50 Years Guest Author: Dave Lagarde ’65 The Life of St. Ignatius of Loyola Where Y’at!

Jeopardy Champ Kevin Marshall ’03 Sports: Old Hats & New Faces 2005 Alumnus of the Year Bib List In Memoriam

SUMMER 2006 Jaynotes, the magazine for and about alumni, parents, and students of Jesuit High School in New Orleans, is published three times annually by the Development and Alumni Affairs Office including a special Graduation issue in the summer. Opinions expressed in Jaynotes are those of the individual authors.

President Fr. Anthony McGinn, S.J. ’66 mcginn@jesuitnola.org Director of Development and Public Relations Pierre DeGruy ’69 degruy@jesuitnola.org Jaynotes Editor Mat Grau ’68 Director of Alumni Affairs grau@jesuitnola.org Director of Special Projects Bro. William Dardis, S.J. ’58 dardis@jesuitnola.org Coordinator of Development & Alumni Affairs Mary Tschantz tschantz@jesuitnola.org Design & Layout Design III Printing Harvey-Hauser Photography Harold Baquet, Mike Barberito Photography, Chris Barberito ’08, David Castillo ’06, Nick de la Rua ’06, Karl Fiegley ’06, Paul Fitzmorris ’06, Jonathan Rowan ’06 Letters, photographs, and correspondence are welcome and can be either submitted by e-mail (grau@jesuitnola.org) or mailed to: Jaynotes Jesuit High School 4133 Banks St. New Orleans, LA 70119 Address changes should be submitted to alumni@jesuitnola.org or contact Jesuit’s Alumni Affairs office at 504-483-3815.

Parents: If you are receiving your son’s copy of Jaynotes and he no longer lives with you, please let us know so we can change our records and send the magazine directly to him. If you enjoy reading your son’s copy of Jaynotes, let us know that as well. We will be glad to send a copy to his new address and a copy to you.

It is easy to make a donation online to benefit Jesuit High School. You can donate to the Katrina Restoration Project, the Living Endowment Fund, and the Parents Annual Giving by going to Jesuit’s website: www.jesuitnola.org. Clicking on Jayson in the upper left corner will take you to Jesuit’s secure online donations page. Please know that the Jesuits deeply appreciate your generosity.

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GRADUATION 2005

There were four valedictorians among the 266 graduates of the Class of 2005.

A few weeks before Hurricane Katrina, the valedictorians returned to Jesuit for a photo taken on the roof of the school.

They are, from left to right, Dustin Chase Alonzo, Jayson Joseph Lavie, Daniel Patrick Murphy, and Randall Paul Folse. On the following page, our 2005 vals were photographed crossing Banks Street, in a scene vaguely resembling a certain album cover by the Beatles some 37 years ago.

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

“Unanswered Prayers” Delivered to the Class of 2005 at the Commencement Ceremony held May 26, 2005 at the Municipal Auditorium.

My fellow graduates who are of the class of 2005: Many times you have heard me say that everything is God’s gift. Personal happiness is found in recognizing those gifts and acknowledging that we are only stewards. Nothing is ours forever. We will be called to give an account of our stewardship.

Our talent is on loan from God. A man who is much wiser than I once said, “Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.”

Not all of your dreams will be fulfilled, not all of your goals will be met, not all of your ambitions will be accomplished.

Disappointment, frustration, and defeat are as much a part of your future as are success, accomplishments, and personal satisfaction.

God has blessed us with a great tool for dealing with unanswered prayers. Our emotional resilience helps us manage disappointment.

On the other hand, we all have a weakness that militates against the gift of resilience. Too frequently we fall into self-deception. The capacity for resilience and the capacity for self-deception both seem almost limitless. It is the interplay of these two abilities that will determine your happiness, how well you fulfill the plan God has for you, and how well you live in service to the community.

Self-deception manifests itself in our refusing to take

responsibility, in our shifting the blame, and in our denying that we need to change. Often we refuse to believe that our friends can make mistakes, so we try to defend what is indefensible. We deny our responsibility when something goes wrong, and we can even blame the victims whom we have injured. We have the ability to justify the most horrendous acts, and we can rationalize our most anti-social and egocentric choices.

Fortunately, God created us with a tremendous capacity for resilience. We have the ability to accept disruptive changes and bounce back. Each of us is responsible for finding a way to deal effectively with adversity. We are responsible for how we use God’s gift of resilience. Life is about change; nothing ever stays exactly the same. Adaptability and flexibility free us from being slaves to our own insistent and often irrational demands. Putting our disappointments in perspective and looking at them objectively strengthen us when we are tempted to give up hope. Take as your heroes those among your number who have shown courage in the face of significant personal challenges. Resilience empowers us to face the next series of challenges with optimism.

My hope for you is that as you look back on your life fifty years from now you will be able to say, “Some of God’s greatest gifts were unanswered prayers.”

Anthony McGinn, S.J. ’66

2005 VALEDICTORY ADDRESS Reverend Father McGinn, Mr. Giambelluca, faculty of Jesuit High School, relatives, friends, and classmates of the class of 2005: As I stand before you this evening, there is little I can say to you that is more than mere cliché. Thousands upon thousands of Blue Jays have sat here where we are tonight, their faces ruddy with the gleam and expectation of facing the world, straddling the threshold of one era to the next, with their backs to the past and their eyes towards eternity.

After so many generations, words of wisdom, hope, and inspiration of poets, sages, and saints have lost their meaning, their power.

Standing before you now, I do not presume to possess the eloquence of a poet, the insight of a sage, or the virtue of a saint, nor do I wish to fill you with words of one. Nevertheless, tonight, this evening, when we leave behind much of what we cherish, the place we have called our home, I offer you this one thing: that we are not alone. Countless numbers like ourselves have sat in these very seats, have worn these very clothes, about to embark upon the same journey that lies before us tonight. We are not the first ones to have walked this road, nor will we be the last. When we feel the pain of the weight of the world on our shoulders, we are not alone. When our eyes gaze upon the arduous road before us, we are not the only ones to see. Together, we have come this far, to this place; together, we trod onward.

For there is nothing in this world that our four or five years at Jesuit High School have not prepared us for. Already we have experienced much that life has to offer. And we will experience many of these things again, in different times, in different places, in different ways; but pain is pain, and loss is loss; triumph is triumph, and victory is victory. We have exulted with trophies high above our heads, with the exhilaration of all our efforts having come to fruition; and we have watched while others have done the same, feeling the agony of defeat even though we had done nothing different, worked no less hard than at any other time. But we are still here, here with the consolation that nothing we have done has been in vain.

As representative of the class of 2005, it is my privilege, honor, and duty to say goodbye. Goodbye to parents, teachers, and coaches, who have worked as tirelessly as we have, allowing us to be here, to bask in glory. Goodbye to those we have called classmates, teammates, and friends, with whom we have shared every sorrow, every victory these past five years, those whom we will hold dear to our hearts until the day we die. Goodbye to the red bricks and the halls of Carrollton and Banks, that for such a short time we have called home, with the hope that what we have experienced and learned in our days at Jesuit High School, the good and the bad, the ups and the downs, may ultimately lead us to our eternal home.

Jayson Lavie ’05 Thank you and God bless you.

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Blue Jays’ Achievements Recognized Each year Jesuit students are recognized for their achievements. The following awards and their recipients were announced at the Commencement Ceremony and at the Awards Assembly.

AWARDS PRESENTED AT GRADUATION The Reverend Father President’s Spiritual Leadership Award is awarded to the student who has exerted the greatest spiritual influence on others by living a life exemplifying his Catholic faith. The President’s Spiritual Leadership Award is given to that member of the senior class who manifests to the rest of the school community his dedication and commitment to Christ and the Church through his personal life, concern for others, and Christian example.

By vote of the faculty, this year’s award was merited by John Brennan Stanton ’05.

The Harry McEnerny, Jr. Memorial Plaque is awarded to that member of the senior class who not only has a good scholastic record, but is also proficient in an athletic activity his senior year, has participated in extracurricular activities outside of athletics, and possesses those qualities which symbolize the most representative Jesuit High School student. He should be a leader among the students and his leadership should be in the area of preserving school spirit.

The student who has been judged deserving of this award by a vote of the faculty is John-Michael Early III ’05.

John Brennan “Jack” Stanton (above) received the Spiritual Leadership Award while John-Michael Early (left) was honored with The Harry McEnerny, Jr. Memorial Plaque and The Father Pedro Arrupe Award.

The Father Pedro Arrupe Award is made each year to the senior who has exemplified the spirit of being a man for others by his participation and excellence in service. This year, by vote of the faculty, the Father Pedro Arrupe Award is merited by John-Michael Early III ’05.

The Blue Jay Parents’ Club Award for excellence in scholarship is awarded to the seniors who graduated with the highest grade point average for four years at Jesuit High School and are named co-valedictorians of the class.

This year it was merited by Dustin Chase Alonzo ’05, Randall Paul Folse ’05, Jayson Joseph Lavie ’05, and Daniel Patrick Murphy ’05.

AWARDS PRESENTED AT ASSEMBLY The Frank T. Howard Memorial Award for English was merited by Jayson J. Lavie ’05.

The Jesuit 500 Club Award for Latin was merited this year by Randall P. Folse ’05.

The William Helis Memorial Award for Greek was merited by Matthew J. Caverly ’05.

The Loyola University Award for Mathematics, given to the senior with the highest overall average in mathematics, was earned by Randall P. Folse ’05.

The Reverend William J. Ryan Memorial Award for History, donated

by Dr. J. Joseph Ryan, was merited by Jayson J. Lavie ’05.

The Frank T. Howard Memorial Award for excellence in Physics was merited by Jayson J. Lavie ’05.

The Paquette Family Award for excellence in French was merited by Jay E. Trusheim, Jr ’05.

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The Ubaldo Trelles Memorial Award for excellence in Spanish was merited by Sean M. Brennan ’05.

The Giunio Socola Memorial Award for excellence in Public Debate in the Senior Division, donated by Mrs. Anita Socola Specht, was merited by Ian P. Gunn ’07.

The Philelectic Society Award for outstanding achievement in Dramatics was merited by Nicholas W. Simoneaux ’05.

The Professor Michael Cupero Memorial Award for band leadership, donated by his grandson, Hamil Cupero, was merited by Ryan E. O’Malley ’05.

The Coach Edwin W. Toribio Memorial Award, given to the member of the graduating class who best combined scholarship and athletics, was presented to Johnny A. Giavotella, Jr. ’05.

The Susan and Garic Schoen Award for excellence in Computer Studies, awarded to the graduating senior who has made outstanding progress in and contributions to Computer Science, was awarded to Randall P. Folse ’05.

The Larry Gilbert Family Memorial Award for the best allaround athlete on the varsity teams for the current year was awarded to Anthony J. Scelfo ’05.

The Jimmy Kuck Award for excellence in Chemistry was merited

by Ernest K. Svenson ’06.

The Award for Excellence in Biology was merited by Robert C. Mattamal ’05.

The Culture of Life Award for exemplary leadership in the Jesuit Pro Life Club, profound belief in the inviolable dignity of human life 4

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from conception to natural death, and consistent respect and concern for others in daily life was awarded to Jeremy H. Call ’05.

The Lea Naquin Hebert Memorial Award for excellence in Public Debate in the Senior Division, donated by her sons F. Edward and Gordon Ray Hebert, was merited by Allen C. Porter III ’06.

The Aloysius J. Cahill Memorial Award in Oratory was merited ex aequo by Lee J. Gresham ’08 and Paul M. Leingang ’08.

The John D. Schilleci Memorial Award for Elocution in the Senior Division was merited ex aequo by Gavin S. Atilano ’06 and Nicolas J. DiRosa ’06.

The Felix J. Hebert Memorial Award for Elocution in the Junior Division, donated by his sons F. Edward and Gordon Ray Hebert, was merited by David A. White, Jr ’06.

The Reverend Francis A. Fox, S.J., Memorial Award for proficiency in instrumental music, donated by Mr. Harry J. Morel, Sr., was merited by Christian M. Bautista ’06.

The Vincent J. Liberto Award for Second Place in Instrumental Music, donated by Mr. Vincent J. Liberto, was merited by Justice V. J. Buras ’05.

The Reverend Elwood P. Hecker, S.J. Award given to the bandsmen who show dedication to music, honesty, understanding, dependability, and Blue Jay spirit was merited ex aequo by Brett C. Bodin ’05 and Eric H. Simmons ’05.

The Robert T. Casey Memorial Award, given to the varsity athlete who manifested the best sportsmanship during the current year was awarded to Jeremy J. Chenier ’05.

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The Coach Gernon Brown Memorial Award for the best allaround athlete of the junior varsity teams for the current year was awarded to Jamaan L. Kenner ’08.

The “Rusty” Staub Award to the senior baseball letterman manifesting outstanding sportsmanship, leadership, and spirit for the current year was awarded to Jerad J. Comarda ’05.

The Award for the Best Football Lineman for the current season was awarded to Eric D. Block ’05.

The Award for All-Around Athletic Ability was awarded to Brett L. Guidry ’06.

The William D. and Maybell Postell Award, donated by Mr. John Blake Postell, to the senior basketball player who manifested leadership, scholarship, and spirit during the current season was presented to Nicholas A. Darensburg ’05.

The Fighting Jaylet Award, donated by Mr. Charles W. Heim, Jr., in honor of the 1968 Fighting Jaylets, to the junior varsity basketball player who has demonstrated the highest quality of excellence as a student athlete, was presented to Scott L. Saunders ’07.

The Morris B. Redmann Memorial Award for the senior football letterman who best combined scholarship and athletics was presented to Alexander J. Farge ’05.

The Edwin F. Stacy, Jr. Wrestling Award to the senior who has made a major contribution to the team, excelling in academics, exhibiting exemplary leadership, and sacrificially working for the benefit of his teammates was awarded to George Paul Hebbler III ’05.

The Michael D. Conway Award for the most valuable player on the current soccer team was awarded to Jay E. Trusheim, Jr ’05.

The Rodriguez Family Most Valuable Swimmer Award for the senior who made significant contribution to the team, exhibited exemplary leadership, and performed in an outstanding manner in meet competition was awarded to Robert T. Casey II ’05.

The Chester M. Rieth Award for the senior track letterman manifesting sportsmanship, leadership, and spirit for the current year was awarded to James S. Truxillo ’05.

The Stanley Ray Award for the most improved track letterman during the current year was awarded to Kyle M. Rose ’07.

The Most Valuable Golfer Award for the golfer who has made a significant contribution to the team, has exhibited exemplary leadership, and has performed in an outstanding manner was presented to Neal A. Ajubita ’06.

The Most Valuable Tennis Player Award for the senior tennis player who has made a significant contribution to the team by having exhibited exemplary leadership and having performed in an outstanding manner was awarded to Taylor M. Fogleman ’05.

The Christopher Morgan Memorial Award for the cross-country letterman who has best exemplified courage, leadership, sportsmanship, and spirit was awarded to Brett M. McMann ’05.

The Joseph Michael Worley Memorial Award, given to the graduating senior who by his unselfishness, sportsmanship, and spirit during his career at Jesuit has enhanced the athletic program as a player, manager, trainer, or student, was presented to John-Michael Early III ’05.

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WHERE DID THEY GO?

From Los Angeles to Boston, from Hammond to Chicago, from the cozy environs of Carrollton and Banks to unfamiliar campuses around the country, members of the Class of 2005 headed off to…

Baton Rouge Community College Daniel K. King II Royce Palmer Martin also accepted to Southeastern Louisiana University Blaine Dennis Rogers also accepted to Spring Hill College, University of New Orleans Belmont University William Paul Herrington, Jr. also accepted to Louisiana State University (Honors College), University of New Orleans Clemson University Scott Aron Rosman also accepted to University of Dayton, Christian Brothers University Dartmouth College Matthew Jean Caverly also accepted to Brown University, University of Virginia, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Boston College, Loyola University New Orleans, Miami University—Ohio (Honors College), Louisiana State University (Honors College) Michael William Magner also accepted to California Institute of Technology, Cornell University, University of Michigan (Honors College), Pomona College, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Honors College), Carnegie Mellon University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Louisiana State University (Honors College) Delta State University Philip Michael Blancher also accepted to University of Alabama, Lehigh University, University of Southern Mississippi, Louisiana Tech University Terrence Michael Ibert, Jr. also accepted to University of New Orleans East Carolina University Reece Daniel Thomas also accepted to Christian Brothers University, University of Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Coastal Carolina University, University of North Florida, University of North Texas, University of Mississippi Florida State University David John Brennan, Jr. also accepted to University of Alabama, Auburn University, Louisiana State University Fordham University Michael Lawrence Mantese also accepted to Louisiana State University (Honors College), Saint Louis University, University of Georgia Benjamin Howard Prentice also accepted to Santa Clara University, University of San Francisco Georgetown University Daniel Patrick Murphy (Early Action) also accepted to Boston College (Honors College), Villanova University (Early Action) Ithaca College Jeremy Cole Reese also accepted to University of Northern Colorado (Honors College), Fordham University (Honors College), New York University, Emerson College (Honors College) Louisiana State University Philipp Dmitrievich Akchurin Leonard Clarkson Alsfeld

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Travis Magner Andrews also accepted to University of Alabama (Honors College), Baylor University (Honors College) Travis James Barbara also accepted to Our Lady of Holy Cross College Jesse Lee Beckemeyer also accepted to Tulane University Bradley Joseph Begault also accepted to University of Alabama David Corey Benoit Brett Charles Bodin also accepted to University of New Orleans, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Brett Colin Bordelon also accepted to University of San Francisco Brett Nations Bourgeois (Honors College) Kyle Adrian Breaux (Honors College) also accepted to Mississippi State University, Tulane University Sean Michael Brennan (Honors College) also accepted to University of Southern California Timothy Michael Brinks (Honors College) also accepted to Tulane University (Honors College), Loyola University New Orleans (Honors College) Cory Lannan Burks Christopher David Capps Jeffrey John Carey also accepted to Auburn University, College of Charleston Sean Harrison Casey also accepted to Mount St. Mary’s University, Spring Hill College, University of Mississippi, University of Alabama Jeremy Joseph Chenier Matthew Anthony Chivleatto (Honors College) Patrick Martin Cotogno Kevin Patrick Cowley (Honors College) also accepted to Clemson University Benjamin Worth Cozad Daniel Joseph Currault (Honors College) also accepted to University of Miami Brycen Joseph Timothy Daniels Craig Stephen Daste, Jr. (Honors College) also accepted to Emory University, Tulane University (Honors College), Loyola University Chicago, Loyola University New Orleans Daniel Cole Dudley also accepted to University of Houston, University of Florida, Florida State University Christian David Dupré also accepted to University of Louisiana at Lafayette, University of Alabama Talmadge Williford duQuesnay also accepted to University of Mississippi, Loyola University New Orleans, Spring Hill College John-Michael Early III also accepted to University of Tennessee at Knoxville Alan Joseph Elmer, Jr. also accepted to Loyola University New Orleans, Tulane University, University of New Orleans Stewart Austin Estopinal Cameron Hodapp Eustis Alexander James Farge also accepted to University of Alabama, University of Southern Mississippi Matthew John Farmer (Honors College) Timothy William Finn also accepted to University of New Orleans, University of Southern Mississippi, University of Mississippi, University of Alabama James Joseph FitzSimons III Matthew Joseph Flynn also accepted to University of New Orleans, Southeastern Louisiana University, University of Mississippi, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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Nicholas Emile Frisard (Honors College) also accepted to Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Georgia Keith Michael Gaffney Nicholas Salvatore Gambino (Honors College) Colin Lindhe Guarisco also accepted to Rhodes College Diego Alejandro Gutierrez also accepted to University of New Orleans Patrick Edward Haggerty, Jr. (Honors College) Eric Scott Hargrove Charles Andrew Harmon also accepted to University of Louisiana at Lafayette, University of New Orleans Brandon Daniel Hartmann also accepted to University of Georgia Bentley Joseph Harvey III also accepted to University of Miami, Loyola University New Orleans Christopher Bijan Hatamian George Paul Hebbler III (Honors College) also accepted to University of Florida (Honors College), University of Alabama, Auburn University, Texas Christian University (Honors College)

Michael Steven Heier (Honors College) William Thomas Hibert Aaron L. Hoover Peter Michael Hopkins also accepted to University of New Orleans Christopher Joseph Hornberger also accepted to University of Southern Mississippi Brett Steven Jackson also accepted to University of Alabama, University of Florida, University of Miami, University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, Tulane University Tyler Brice Jaynes Todd Jared Jones Matthew Phillip Juge also accepted to University of New Orleans (Honors College) Stephen Michael Krobert also accepted to University of New Orleans Cody Anton Kucera Leo Alvin Labourdette III Graduation 2005

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Charles Grant Lade III also accepted to Auburn University, University of Alabama Andrew Hubert Lafont (Honors College) also accepted to Spring Hill College Christopher Chan Liaw also accepted to University of New Orleans, Loyola University New Orleans Cameron Joseph Loebig (Honors College) also accepted to Loyola University New Orleans (Honors College) Andrew Schaefer Lowe Mark Alan Madden Robert Chen Mattamal (Honors College) also accepted to Boston College, Boston University, Emory University, Vanderbilt University Ryan Cameron McCall Brett Michael McMann (Honors College) also accepted to Tulane University James Andrew Miceli also accepted to University of Southern Mississippi Michael Cavanagh Mims (Honors College) also accepted to Tulane University (Honors College), University of Georgia Ryan Matthew Monica also accepted to University of New Orleans, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Michael Edward Morse, Jr. (Honors College) also accepted to University of Southern Mississippi Kyle Austin Murray also accepted to Tulane University, Georgia Tech University, Vanderbilt University, University of New Orleans Andrew Gerrets Necaise Stephen Charles Newitt also accepted to Spring Hill College Ryan Edward O'Malley (Honors College) Jon Pierre Pastorek also accepted to Rhodes College (Honors College), Spring Hill College (Honors College), Christian Brothers University (Honors College) Blake James Perez Paul William Perron also accepted to University of Southern Mississippi, University of Alabama, University of New Orleans Wayne Daniel Pierce also accepted to Clemson University Ernesto Armando Posadas James Wilson Raley also accepted to University of New Orleans, Southeastern Louisiana University Daniel Christopher RĂŠ (Honors College) Brandon James Retif also accepted to Christian Brothers University Robert Devin Ricci (Honors College) also accepted to Baylor University, Loyola University New Orleans, University of Alabama, Tulane University (Honors College), University of New Orleans Andrew Javier Rodriguez also accepted to Loyola University New Orleans Miles Thomas Rowan also accepted to Auburn University, University of Buffalo, State University of New York (Honors College), Stony Brook, State University of New York (Honors College), University at Albany, State University of New York John Eisenhauer Ryan also accepted to University of Louisiana at Lafayette Bradley Jason Schwab also accepted to University of Southern Mississippi William Alden Settoon III Eric Harold Simmons Douglas Spencer Smith, Jr. Nicholas Joseph Steckler Alex Robert Stuart Jeffrey Ross Sullivan (Honors College) also accepted to Tulane University (Honors College), University of Miami (Honors College), Fordham University Timothy Andrew Torres Jay Edward Trusheim, Jr. (Honors College) also accepted to Millsaps College, Christian Brothers University Ryan Joseph Tusa also accepted to University of Mississippi, University of New Orleans

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Joseph Maxfield Vincent (Honors College) also accepted to St. Edward’s University, Saint Louis University Bryan Michael Whalen Matthew Allen Wilson also accepted to University of Southern Mississippi Ryan James Wischkaemper Edwin Alexander Zavala also accepted to University of New Orleans Louisiana Tech University Zachary Clay Daigle also accepted to Louisiana State University Aaron Michael Henry Ranson also accepted to University of Louisiana at Monroe Geoffrey Joseph Thibeau Loyola Marymount University John Connor Montgomery also accepted to Boston University, University of Miami, Tulane University, Occidental College, University of Southern California Adam Thomas Parkinson also accepted to University of Colorado at Boulder, University of San Diego, Santa Clara University, Saint Louis University, University of California at Santa Barbara Loyola University Chicago John William Murray also accepted to Baylor University, University of Dallas Nicholas Webster Simoneaux (Honors College) Loyola University New Orleans Gregory Roger-Alfred Agid also accepted to College of Santa Fe, Berklee College of Music, University of New Orleans Joseph Elias Daher also accepted to Tulane University, Louisiana State University (Honors College) Carlo Nicholas Loria Stuart Michael Schneider also accepted to University of Alabama, Spring Hill College, University of Mississippi, University of New Orleans Jere Richard Smith III Evan James Stoudt also accepted to Louisiana State University Ramon Antonio Vargas also accepted to Tulane University Justice Victor Joseph Buras (Honors College) also accepted to Southern Methodist University (Honors College) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ryan Michael Daspit also accepted to University of Notre Dame (Honors College), Texas A&M University (Honors College), Georgetown University Mississippi College Kyle David Kruse also accepted to Spring Hill College, Oglethorpe University, Millsaps College, University of Southern Mississippi, Northwestern State University, Our Lady of Holy Cross College, Louisiana State University Purdue University Michael Patrick Schafer (Honors College) also accepted to University of Michigan, Clemson University (Honors College), Auburn University, Louisiana State University (Honors College) Rhodes College Michael Hughes Tufton also accepted to United States Naval Academy, Boston College, Tulane University, Louisiana State University (Honors College), Washington and Lee University Saint Louis University Brian Gerard LeBon, Jr. also accepted to University of Alabama, University of Mississippi, University of Tennessee

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John Pauly Leonard, Jr. also accepted to Louisiana State University (Honors College), Vanderbilt University, Texas A&M University Brendan Michael Murphy also accepted to Spring Hill College, Louisiana State University Thomas Gerard Nuttli, Jr. also accepted to Texas Christian University, Spring Hill College, Loyola University Chicago, Loyola University New Orleans, Louisiana State University, Millsaps College Savannah College of Art & Design Troy Anthony Herbert, Jr. also accepted to Louisiana Tech University Southeastern Louisiana University Justin Michael Armond Matthew Christopher Druen Jarred David Lang Lester Joseph Millet IV also accepted to Nicholls State University, Louisiana State University Norman Timothy Roussel, Jr. Jose Adrian Sardina Southern Methodist University Daniel Aurelio Montenegro also accepted to United States Coast Guard Academy, Baylor University, Catholic University of America, University of Miami, Pennsylvania State University, Florida State University, Louisiana State University Spring Hill College David Edward Amrock Matthew Benjamin Bertucci Richard William Kelly also accepted to Louisiana State University Leland Barkerding Smith (Honors College) also accepted to Southern Methodist University, Louisiana State University Stanford University Nicholas Anthony Darensburg also accepted to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wake Forest University, Vanderbilt University, University of Notre Dame, Emory University, Tulane University, Georgetown University, Duke University, Harvard University, Syracuse University Randall Paul Folse also accepted to Boston University (Honors College), Tulane University (Honors College), Harvey Mudd College Stony Brook University, State University of New York Andrew William McGowan (Honors College) also accepted to University of New Orleans, Louisiana State University (Honors College), Loyola University New Orleans, State University of New York at New Paltz Texas A&M University Hersh P. Fernandes also accepted to Purdue University, Louisiana State University Leonard Francis Lasecki (Honors College) also accepted to University of Miami (Honors College), Tulane University, University of Arizona (Honors College), Baylor University (Honors College), Arizona State University (Honors College), Texas Christian University (Honors College), Auburn University (Honors College), Georgia Tech University, North Carolina State University (Honors College), University of Texas at Austin, Virginia Tech University (Honors College) Evan Clayton Tate also accepted to University of Notre Dame, University of Florida Joseph B. Testa III also accepted to University of Texas at Austin, Louisiana State University, Tulane University, Georgia Institute of Technology

Texas Christian University Joel Maurice Hron II (Honors College) also accepted to Georgia Institute of Technology, Vanderbilt University, Virginia Tech University, Tulane University, Christian Brothers University (Honors College), University of Central Florida (Honors College), University of Dallas, Trinity University, University of San Diego, Texas A&M University, Louisiana State University (Honors College), Florida Institute of Technology Gregory John Stokes (Early Action) also accepted to Tulane University (Early Action), Trinity University (Early Action), Louisiana State University, University of Tennessee (Early Action), Spring Hill College (Early Action), Millsaps College (Early Action), College of Charleston (Early Action), University of the South (Sewanee) Trinity University George Terence Fisk also accepted to American University, Boston College, Eckerd College, Louisiana State University (Honors College), Regis University, Rhodes College, Saint Louis University, Spring Hill College, University of Dallas Tufts University John Baker Potts III Tulane University Grant Matthew Adolph also accepted to Louisiana State University, University of Mississippi Nicholas Robert Bernard (Honors College) also accepted to Louisiana State University (Honors College), Loyola University New Orleans (Honors College), University of New Orleans (Honors College) Phillip Anthony Berns also accepted to Louisiana State University Namdi Victor Brandon (Honors College) also accepted to Boston University, Swarthmore College Jeremy Hite Isaac Call also accepted to Fordham University, Florida State University, College of Charleston, Louisiana State University, University of Louisiana at Lafayette John Tinsley Haley, Jr. also accepted to Louisiana State University, Louisiana Tech University, Purdue University Bryan Stephen Hayes also accepted to Louisiana State University Benjamin Dozier Johnson Thomas Joseph Krouse also accepted to George Washington University, Loyola University Chicago, Loyola University New Orleans Chase Montague Markovich also accepted to School of the Art Institute of Chicago Scott Charles Ponoroff Anthony Jude Scelfo also accepted to University of Alabama, University of Mississippi, University of Southern Mississippi Imran Muhammad Shuja also accepted to Loyola University New Orleans, Louisiana State University (Honors College) Thomas Eamon Slattery (Honors College) also accepted to College of William and Mary David Vincent Swetland (Honors College) also accepted to George Washington University (Honors College), Georgetown University, Boston College Robert Franklin Wood, Jr. (Honors College) also accepted to Millsaps College, Texas A&M University (Honors College), Louisiana State University (Honors College) United States Air Force Academy Blaise Louis DiLeo United States Military Academy Stephen Paul Baxter also accepted to Tulane University, Texas A&M University

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United States Naval Academy Michael Christopher Krouse also accepted to Boston College (Honors College), Loyola University New Orleans (Honors College), Rhodes College (Honors College), Tulane University (Honors College), University of Georgia (Honors College), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Saint Joseph’s University (Honors College)

University of Georgia Douglas Joseph deVerges also accepted to Boston College, College of Charleston, Louisiana State University Ignatz Gerard Kiefer III Matthew Houston Plummer also accepted to Saint Louis University, Louisiana State University

University of Alabama Robert Patrick Bruce also accepted to University of New Orleans Roy Guste Bruno Michael Louis Gonczi also accepted to University of New Orleans, University of Southern Mississippi (Honors College) Dale L. Hanan also accepted to University of New Orleans Martin Haynes Hayden Jeffrey Richard Hymel, Jr. also accepted to Louisiana State University Westley Richardson Keiser Taylor Kellers Mitchell Adam Joseph Perricone (Honors College) also accepted to Boston College, University of Georgia, University of Nebraska (Honors College), Louisiana State University (Honors College), Saint Louis University Nicholas Stephen Schindler

University of Illinois Eric David Block

University of Dallas Joseph Thomas Wilson also accepted to Louisiana State University, University of Alabama University of Florida Michael Alan Brodt (Honors College) also accepted to Arizona State University (Honors College), Louisiana State University (Honors College), University of Southern Mississippi, Louisiana Tech University

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University of Louisiana at Lafayette Michael George Bartlett Timothy Donald Hyde Stephen Scott McCall, Jr. University of Louisiana at Monroe James Santiago Truxillo also accepted to Louisiana State University, University of Louisiana at Lafayette University of Maryland at Baltimore Jim Yu also accepted to Baylor University, Rutgers University, University of Mary Washington University of Mississippi John William Becknell III also accepted to Louisiana State University, Loyola University Chicago Alexander Matthew Wheatley also accepted to Mississippi State University University of New Orleans Eric C. Baas

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Bo Daniel Bellow Timothy Dewayne Borgardt also accepted to Louisiana State University, Loyola University New Orleans Steven A. Castay also accepted to Southeastern Louisiana University John Anthony Cerniglia (Honors College) Jerad Joseph Comarda also accepted to LeMoyne College, Loyola University New Orleans, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Samford University, University of Southern Mississippi Sean Keefer Cowan also accepted to Delgado Community College Brook James Danos David Sheldon Dietz, Jr. also accepted to University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lonny Anthony Ford, Jr. Paul Charles Forstall, Jr. also accepted to Spring Hill College, Loyola University New Orleans, College of Santa Fe Fernando Manuel FurlĂĄn also accepted to Louisiana Tech University Johnny Arthur Giavotella, Jr. also accepted to Southeastern Louisiana University, Louisiana State University Sean Michael Gipson (Honors College) also accepted to Louisiana State University Sean Michael Gonzales Christian Reisch Grundy Todd David Hack Michael James Haydel, Jr. also accepted to University of Louisiana at Lafayette Brett Joseph Hornsby Zachary James Hudson (Honors College) also accepted to Loyola University New Orleans, Tulane University Roger Gerard Irion II Neil Jonathan Larrieu Anthony Michiele Livaccari Gregory Steven Pellerin David William Prieur Kyle Julian Sanderson also accepted to Louisiana State University, University of Louisiana at Monroe Shane Andrew Simoneaux John Elwin Worrel III also accepted to Belmont University, Louisiana State University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Taylor McNeilly Fogleman also accepted to Louisiana State University University of Notre Dame Paul Desbon Cordes III also accepted to Georgetown University (Early Action), Boston College, Tufts University University of Pennsylvania Robert Taylor Casey II also accepted to Emory University, Villanova University, Clemson University (Honors College), Texas Christian University (Honors College), Louisiana State University (Honors College) Jonathan Spencer Hayman also accepted to Boston College University of San Diego Christopher George Johnson also accepted to Louisiana State University, Spring Hill College (Honors College), University of San Francisco, Loyola University Chicago, Loyola Marymount University University of Southern Mississippi James Earl Bonck also accepted to Louisiana Tech University, University of New Orleans, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, University of Alabama, Northwestern State University Brian Talbot Bosworth

Spencer Charles Cedor also accepted to University of Alabama, University of New Orleans Troy Mitchell Christen Sean Michael Cronin also accepted to University of Alabama, University of Mississippi, University of New Orleans, Southeastern Louisiana University Todd Michael Javery also accepted to University of Alabama Christopher William Legrand also accepted to University of Alabama, University of New Orleans Anthony Macaluso also accepted to University of Mississippi, University of Louisiana at Monroe, University of New Orleans Thomas Joseph Maestri also accepted to Spring Hill College, Christian Brothers University, University of Mississippi, Louisiana State University Andrew George Messina II also accepted to University of Alabama, University of Mississippi John Ryan Ovella Hauser George Reboul Paul Nicholas Saputo, Jr. (Honors College) also accepted to Rutgers University, William Paterson University (Honors College) University of Texas at Austin Cash Evan Kennedy also accepted to Texas A&M University, Louisiana State University University of Virginia Kenneth Bruce Ruello III also accepted to Boston College (Honors College), Tulane University (Honors College), Vanderbilt University, Washington and Lee University Vanderbilt University Jayson Joseph Lavie also accepted to University of Notre Dame, Duke University, Georgetown University, Washington University in St. Louis, Tulane University (Honors College), Loyola University New Orleans (Honors College), Louisiana State University (Honors College) Washington and Lee University Dustin Chase Alonzo also accepted to University of Notre Dame, Washington University in St. Louis, Louisiana State University (Honors College), Tulane University (Honors College), University of Georgia (Honors College), Loyola University Chicago (Honors College), Vanderbilt University Lee Reiss Eagan Michael Coleman Gretchen also accepted to University of the South (Sewanee), George Washington University, University of Georgia, Catholic University of America (Honors College), American University John Brennan Stanton also accepted to University of Notre Dame, Louisiana State University (Honors College) West Virginia Wesleyan College Brandon Mario Chagnard also accepted to University of New Orleans Worchester Polytechnic Institute Andrew Cambre Sandefer also accepted to Boston University, Tulane University Undecided Christopher Robert DeTrinis accepted to University of New Orleans David Scovell McChesney accepted to Louisiana State University, University of New Orleans, University of Alabama Daniel Charles McCullough accepted to Washington University in St. Louis, University of Richmond, Washington and Lee University The 2005 Jesuit Yearbook is now available and can be picked up in the president’s office on the third floor of the Banks Street residence. The 2006 Jesuit Yearbook is scheduled to be published by the end of 2006.

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SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED

More than $17 Million in Scholarships Offered to the Class of 2005 The 266 members of the Class of 2005 were awarded $17,623,065 in scholarships to colleges and universities throughout the United States.

Grant Matthew Adolph—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship, University of Mississippi Out-of-State Fee Waiver

Philip Michael Blancher—Delta State University Football Scholarship, Louisiana Tech University Academic Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award Eric David Block—University of Illinois Football Scholarship

Gregory Roger-Alfred Agid—Berklee College of Music 2004 World Scholarship Tour, College of Santa Fe Christian Brothers Scholarship, College of Santa Fe De La Salle Scholarship, College of Santa Fe Dean’s Merit Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Loyola Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Music Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Decennial Scholarship

Brett Charles Bodin—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Lafitte Scholarship James Earl Bonck—University of Southern Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi Leadership Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award

Philipp Dmitrievic Akchurin— TOPS Opportunity Award Brett Colin Bordelon—TOPS Opportunity Award Dustin Chase Alonzo—Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola University Chicago Damen Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, University of Georgia Charter Scholarship/Regents Waiver, University of Notre Dame University Scholarship, Vanderbilt University E. D. Johnson, Jr. Family Scholarship, Washington and Lee University W&L Scholar Award, Washington University in St. Louis Thomas H. Eliot Scholarship Leonard Clarkson Alsfeld—TOPS Opportunity Award Travis Magner Andrews—Baylor University Academic Achievement Scholarship, Baylor University Presidential Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award

Timothy Dewayne Borgardt—Loyola University New Orleans Loyola Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award Brian Talbot Bosworth—University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award Brett Nations Bourgeois—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Opportunity Award Namdi Victor Brandon—Boston University Engineering Scholars Award, National Achievement Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award Kyle Adrian Breaux—Louisiana Young Bankers Association, Mississippi State University Out-of-State Tuition Waiver, TOPS Honors Award

Eric C. Baas—University of New Orleans Regents Scholarship David John Brennan, Jr. —TOPS Opportunity Award Travis James Barbara—TOPS Opportunity Award Michael George Bartlett—TOPS Opportunity Award Stephen Paul Baxter—Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, Tulane University Founders Scholarship, United States Military Academy Appointment Jesse Lee Beckemeyer—TOPS Opportunity Award John William Becknell III—Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award Bradley Joseph Begault—TOPS Honors Award, University of Alabama President’s Cabinet Scholarship David Corey Benoit—TOPS Opportunity Award

Sean Michael Brennan—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors Award Timothy Michael Brinks—Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Future Leaders in Research, Louisiana State University National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, Pro Deo and Pro Patria Scholarship for Columbian Squires Michael Alan Brodt—Arizona State University National Merit Scholarship, Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana Tech University National Merit Scholarship, Texas A&M University Merit Plus Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Florida Merit Finalist Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi National Merit Scholarship

Nicholas Robert Bernard—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, University of New Orleans Chancelors Scholarship, University of New Orleans Study Abroad Program

Justice Victor Joseph Buras—Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Music Scholarship, Southern Methodist University National Merit, Southern Methodist University Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award

Phillip Anthony Berns—TOPS Opportunity Award

Cory Lannan Burks—TOPS Opportunity Award

Matthew Benjamin Bertucci—Spring Hill College Faculty Jesuit Scholarship

Jeremy Hite Isaac Call—TOPS Performance Award Christopher David Capps—TOPS Honors Award

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Jeffrey John Carey—TOPS Opportunity Award

Jeremy Joseph Chenier—TOPS Opportunity Award

Robert Taylor Casey II—Clemson University IPTAY Academic Scholarship, Clemson University Swimming Scholarship, Clemson University Trustee Scholarship, Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Texas A&M University Out-of-State Tuition Waiver, Texas Christian University Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Villanova University Scholarship, Villanova University Swimming Scholarship

Matthew Anthony Chivleatto—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Opportunity Award

Sean Harrison Casey—Mount St. Mary’s University Mount Scholarship, Spring Hill College Academic Jesuit Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship

Troy Mitchell Christen—University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award Jerad Joseph Comarda—Lemoyne College Ignatian Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Loyola Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Alabama Non-Resident Scholarship, University of New Orleans Decennial Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award Patrick Martin Cotogno—TOPS Opportunity Award

Steven A. Castay—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Napoleon Scholarship Matthew Jean Caverly—Dow Jones Foundation National Merit Scholarship, Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola University New Orleans Jesuit Identity Scholarship, Miami University-Ohio General Scholarship, Miami University-Ohio Millett Scholarship, Miami University-Ohio Oxford Scholars, Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award Spencer Charles Cedor—University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award John Anthony Cerniglia—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Regents Scholarship Brandon Mario Chagnard—TOPS Performance Award, West Virginia Wesleyan College Academic Scholarship, West Virginia Wesleyan College Soccer Scholarship

Kevin Patrick Cowley—TOPS Honors Award Benjamin Worth Cozad—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Opportunity Award Sean Michael Cronin—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Privateer Book Award, University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award Daniel Joseph Currault – Louisiana State University National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors Award, University of Miami Bowman Foster Ashe Scholarship Joseph Elias Daher—Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award Graduation 2005 13

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Zachary Clay Daigle—Louisiana Tech University Academic Performance Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award

Daniel Cole Dudley—Louisiana Tech University Outstanding Student Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Decennial Scholarship

Brycen Joseph Timothy Daniels—TOPS Opportunity Award Christian David Dupré—TOPS Opportunity Award Nicholas Anthony Darensburg—Duke University Scholarship, Emory University Dean’s Achievement Scholarship, Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship, Stanford University General Scholarship, Stanford University National Achievement Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, Vanderbilt University Chancellor’s Scholarship, Alpha Phi Alpha Ernest Morial Scholarship Ryan Michael Daspit—Massachusetts Institue of Technology MIT Scholarship, Texas A&M University Merit Plus Scholarship, Texas A&M University Out-of-State Tuition Waiver, Texas A&M University President’s Endowed Scholarship, Texas A&M University Southwest Louisiana A&M Club Scholarship, University of Notre Dame University Scholarship Craig Stephen Daste, Jr.—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola University Chicago Damen Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award Douglas Joseph deVerges—TOPS Opportunity Award

Talmadge Williford duQuesnay—Loyola University New Orleans Loyola Scholarship, Spring Hill College Academic Jesuit Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award John-Michael Early III—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, National Council on Youth Leadership Award, TOPS Performance Award, University of Tennessee at Knoxville J. Wallace & Katie Dean Scholarship Alan Joseph Elmer, Jr.—Louisiana State University Balanced Man Scholarship, Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana State University Petroleum Engineering Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, Tulane University Founders Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award Stewart Austin Estopinal—TOPS Opportunity Award Cameron Hodapp Eustis—Cytec Industries Inc. National Merit Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award

David Sheldon Dietz, Jr.—University of New Orleans Claiborne Book Award Alexander James Farge—TOPS Opportunity Award Blaise Louis DiLeo—United States Air Force Academy Appointment Matthew Christopher Druen—TOPS Opportunity Award

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Matthew John Farmer—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Opportunity Award

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Hersh P. Fernandes—Texas A&M University ROTC Scholarship

Charles Andrew Harmon—TOPS Opportunity Award

Timothy William Finn—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Claiborne Book Award

Brandon Daniel Hartmann—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Opportunity Award

George Terence Fisk—Eckerd College Honors Scholarship, Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Regis University Board of Trustees Scholarship, Regis University St. John Francis Regis Award, Rhodes College Spencer Scholar, Saint Louis University Dean’s Scholarship, Spring Hill College Presidential Jesuit Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, Trinity University National Merit Scholarship, Trinity University President’s Scholarship James Joseph FitzSimons III—TOPS Opportunity Award Matthew Joseph Flynn—Knights of Columbus Catholic Youth Leadership Award Taylor McNeilly Fogleman—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tennis Scholarship Randall Paul Folse—Boston University Trustee Scholarship, Mu Alpha Theta Scholarship, National Merit Finalist Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Dean’s Honor Scholarship Paul Charles Forstall, Jr. — College of Santa Fe Christian Brothers Scholarship, College of Santa Fe De La Salle Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award, Spring Hill College Academic Jesuit Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Lafitte Scholarship

Bentley Joseph Harvey III—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, University of Miami Bowman Foster Ashe Scholarship Christopher Bijan Hatamian—TOPS Opportunity Award Bryan Stephen Hayes—TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Faculty/Staff Tuition Waiver George Paul Hebbler III—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana State University National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Texas Christian University Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, University of Alabama National Merit Scholarship, University of Alabama Presidential Scholarship, University of Florida Merit Finalist Scholarship Michael Steven Heier—Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana State University National Merit Finalist Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, St. Bernard Parish Alumni Association Scholarship William Paul Herrington, Jr.—Belmont University Music Scholarship, University of New Orleans Lafitte Scholarship

Nicholas Emile Frisard—TOPS Honors Award

William Thomas Hibert—TOPS Honors Award

Fernando Manuel Furlan—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Claiborne Book Award

Aaron L. Hoover—TOPS Opportunity Award

Keith Michael Gaffney—TOPS Performance Award

Peter Michael Hopkins—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Lafitte Scholarship

Nicholas Salvatore Gambino—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Opportunity Award

Christopher Joseph Hornberger—TOPS Opportunity Award

Johnny Arthur Giavotella, Jr. —TOPS Performance Award, University of New Orleans Baseball Scholarship, University of New Orleans Decennial Scholarship

Joel Maurice Hron II—Christian Brothers University Buckman Scholar Award, Christian Brothers University Engineering Scholarship, Florida Institute of Technology Academic Scholarship, Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana State University Pegues Engineering Scholarship, Texas A&M University President’s Endowed Scholarship, Texas Christian University Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Trinity University Trustees’ Scholarship, Tulane University Founders Scholarship, University of Central Florida Pegasus Gold Scholarship, University of Dallas UD Scholar Award, University of San Diego Trustee Scholarship

Sean Michael Gipson—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Chancellors Scholarship Sean Michael Gonzales—TOPS Opportunity Award Michael Coleman Gretchen—Catholic University of America Alumni Scholarship, Catholic University of America Parish Scholarship, Catholic University of America University Scholarship Colin Lindhe Guarisco—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Opportunity Award

Brett Joseph Hornsby—University of New Orleans Lafitte Scholarship

Zachary James Hudson—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Lafitte Scholarship Timothy Donald Hyde—TOPS Opportunity Award

Diego Alejandro Gutierrez—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Decennial Scholarship

Jeffrey Richard Hymel, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Alabama Engineering Academic Scholarship

Patrick Edward Haggerty, Jr.—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Opportunity Award

Terrence Michael Ibert, Jr.—Delta State University Football Scholarship

John Tinsley Haley, Jr. —TOPS Opportunity Award

Brett Steven Jackson—Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, University of Alabama Presidential Scholarship, University of Miami Bowman Foster Ashe Scholarship

Eric Scott Hargrove—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Opportunity Award

Roger Gerard Irion II—TOPS Opportunity Award

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SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED

Todd Michael Javery—University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award

Cameron Joseph Loebig—Italian American Society Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award

Benjamin Dozier Johnson—TOPS Opportunity Award Christopher George Johnson—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage Scholarship, Spring Hill College Trustee Honors Jesuit Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of San Diego USD Scholarship

Carlo Nicholas Loria—Loyola University New Orleans Loyola Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award Andrew Schaefer Lowe—TOPS Opportunity Award Anthony Macaluso—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award

Todd Jared Jones—TOPS Performance Award Mark Alan Madden—TOPS Performance Award Matthew Phillip Juge—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Decennial Scholarship Westley Richardson Keiser—University of Alabama Music Scholarship Richard William Kelly—Spring Hill College Academic Jesuit Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award Cash Evan Kennedy—TOPS Honors Award Stephen Michael Krobert—TOPS Opportunity Award Michael Christopher Krouse—Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, Rhodes College University Scholarship, St. Joseph’s Presidential Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, United States Naval Academy Appointment, University of Georgia Charter Scholarship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Naval ROTC Scholarship Thomas Joseph Krouse—Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago Loyola Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Loyola Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Legislative Scholarship

Thomas Joseph Maestri—Christian Brothers University Presidential Scholarship, Spring Hill College Faculty Jesuit Scholarship, St. Francis Xavier Seelos Essay Contest, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi Leadership Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award Michael William Magner—Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, National Merit Finalist Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, University of Michigan LSA Scholarship, University of Michigan Scholar Award Michael Lawrence Mantese—Fordham University Dean’s Scholarship, Fordham University National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Saint Louis University Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award Chase Montague Markovich—School of the Art Institute of Chicago Academic Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, Tulane University Arts Award

Kyle David Kruse—Millsaps College Millsaps Award, Mississippi College Heritage Scholarship, Mississippi College Leadership Scholarship, Spring Hill College Family Incentive Jesuit Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award

Robert Chen Mattamal—Boston University Engineering Scholars Award, Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Future Leaders in Research, Louisiana State University National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Metropolitan Republican Women’s Club Essay Contest, TOPS Honors Award

Cody Anton Kucera—TOPS Opportunity Award

Ryan Cameron McCall—TOPS Opportunity Award

Andrew Hubert Lafont—Spring Hill College Trustee Honors Jesuit Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award

David Scovell McChesney—TOPS Opportunity Award

Leonard Francis Lasecki—Arizona State University Sun Devil Scholarship, Baylor University Merit Scholarship, Texas Christian University Faculty Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Founders Scholarship, University of Arizona Excellence Scholarship, University of Miami Bowman Foster Ashe Scholarship Jayson Joseph Lavie—Loyola University New Orleans Jesuit Identity Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, Tulane University National Merit Scholarship, Tulane University Valedictorian, Vanderbilt University Academic Achievement Scholarship, Vanderbilt University National Merit Finalist Scholarship Christopher William Legrand—University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award John Pauly Leonard, Jr.—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Saint Louis University St. Francis Xavier Leadership Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award Christopher Chan Liaw—TOPS Opportunity Award Anthony Michiele Livaccari—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Claiborne Book Award

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Daniel Charles McCullough—Washington University in St. Louis National Merit Finalist Scholarship Andrew William McGowan—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Music Scholarship, State University of New York Presidential Recognition Scholarship, Stony Brook University National Merit Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award Brett Michael McMann—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana State University Pegues Engineering Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award Andrew George Messina II—University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award James Andrew Miceli—TOPS Opportunity Award Michael Cavanagh Mims—Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, University of Georgia Charter Scholarship

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Ryan Matthew Monica—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Privateer Book Award Daniel Aurelio Montenegro—Baylor University Dean’s Baylor Scholarship, Catholic University of America Award, Catholic University of America Parish Scholarship, Southern Methodist University Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, United States Coast Guard Academy Appointment John Connor Montgomery—Occidental College Director’s Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Miami George Edgar Merrick Scholarship Michael Edward Morse, Jr.—TOPS Honors Award, University of Southern Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award Brendan Michael Murphy—Saint Louis University Ignatian Scholarship, Spring Hill College Academic Jesuit Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award Daniel Patrick Murphy—Georgetown University Bellarmine Scholarship, National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Villanova University Scholarship John William Murray—Baylor University Academic Achievement Scholarship, Baylor University President’s Baylor Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage Scholarship, University of Dallas Scholar Award Kyle Austin Murray—Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, University of New Orleans Chancellors Scholarship

Andrew Gerrets Necaise—TOPS Opportunity Award Stephen Charles Newitt—Spring Hill College Family Incentive Jesuit Scholarship Thomas Gerard Nuttli, Jr.—Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Loyola Scholarship, Saint Louis University Ignatian Scholarship, Saint Louis University Residence Scholarship, Spring Hill College Academic Jesuit Scholarship, Texas Christian University Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award Ryan Edward O'Malley—Fred J. Miller Higher Education Scholarship, Louisiana Federation of Music Club Scholarship, Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors Award Adam Thomas Parkinson—Loyola Marymount University Jesuit High School Scholarship, Saint Louis Unversity Dean’s Scholarship, Santa Clara University Preferred Scholarship, University of Colorado Chancellor’s Achievement Scholarship, University of San Diego Trustee Scholarship Jon Pierre Pastorek—Christian Brothers University Presidential Scholarship, Rhodes College Award, Spring Hill College Presidential Jesuit Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award Blake James Perez—TOPS Opportunity Award Adam Joseph Perricone—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Saint Louis University Provost Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, University of Alabama National Hispanic Presidential Scholarship, University of Nebraska National Hispanic Recognition Scholarship Graduation 2005 17

SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED

Paul William Perron—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Alabama Non-Resident Scholarship, University of New Orleans Claiborne Book Award, University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award

Student Aide Award, Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, University of New Orleans Adventure Abroad Award, University of New Orleans Chancellor’s Scholarship

Wayne Daniel Pierce—TOPS Honors Award Matthew Houston Plummer—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Saint Louis University Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award Scott Charles Ponoroff—TOPS Opportunity Award Ernesto Armando Posadas—TOPS Opportunity Award Benjamin Howard Prentice—Fordham University Dean’s Scholarship, Fordham University National Merit Finalist Scholarship James Wilson Raley—TOPS Opportunity Award

Andrew Javier Rodriguez—Loyola University New Orleans Loyola Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award Blaine Dennis Rogers—Spring Hill College Jesuit Service Scholarship Scott Aron Rosman—Christian Brothers University Lasallian Achievement Scholarship, Christian Brothers University Soccer Scholarship, Clemson University Soccer Scholarship, University of Dayton Achievement Scholarship Norman Timothy Roussel, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award Miles Thomas Rowan—Stony Brook, State University of New York Provost Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, University at Buffalo, State University of New York Honors Scholarship

Aaron Michael Henry Ranson—TOPS Opportunity Award Jeremy Cole Reese—Fordham University National Achievement Finalist Scholarship, Ithaca College ALANA Scholarship, Ithaca College Dean’s Scholarship, Ithaca College Premier Talent Award, New York University J. Eckhouse Scholarship, New York University Tisch Scholarship, University of North Colorado Dean’s Scholarship

Kenneth Bruce Ruello III—Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, Vanderbilt University National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Washington and Lee University Francis P. Gaines Scholarship John Eisenhauer Ryan—TOPS Opportunity Award

Brandon James Retif—Christian Brothers University Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Performance Award

Andrew Cambre Sandefer—TOPS Honors Award, Worchester Polytechnic Institute University Award

Robert Devin Ricci—Baylor University President’s Scholarship, Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s

Kyle Julian Sanderson—TOPS Opportunity Award

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Paul Nicholas Saputo, Jr.—Rutgers University Merit Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi Presidential Scholarship, William Paterson University Presidential Scholarship Anthony Jude Scelfo—TOPS Opportunity Award, Tulane University Football Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award Michael Patrick Schafer—Clemson University Philip H. Prince Alumni Scholarship, Clemson University Presidential Scholarship, Purdue University Academic Success Award, TOPS Honors Award, University of Michigan Scholar Award

Texas A&M University Lindsay Scholars Program, Texas A&M University Merit Plus Scholarship, Texas A&M University National Merit Finalist Sponsorship, Texas A&M University Out-of-State Tuition Waiver, Texas A&M University President’s Endowed Scholarship, Texas A&M University Recognition Award Joseph B. Testa III—Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets Scholarship, Texas A&M University NROTC Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award Reece Daniel Thomas—East Carolina University Soccer Scholarship Timothy Andrew Torres—TOPS Opportunity Award

Stuart Michael Schneider—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award, Loyola University New Orleans Reverend Janssen Award, Spring Hill College Family Incentive Jesuit Scholarship, University of New Orleans Claiborne Book Award Bradley Jason Schwab—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Southern Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award William Alden Settoon III—TOPS Opportunity Award Imran Muhammad Shuja—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Founders Scholarship Nicholas Webster Simoneaux—Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago Presidential Scholarship Thomas Eamon Slattery—TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Dean’s Honor Scholarship, Tulane University National Merit Finalist Scholarship Douglas Spencer Smith, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award Jere Richard Smith III—Loyola University New Orleans Loyola Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award Leland Barkerding Smith—Southern Methodist University Scholar, Spring Hill College Faculty Jesuit Scholarship, TOPS Performance Award

Jay Edward Trusheim, Jr.—Christian Brothers University Trustee Scholarship, Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors Award James Santiago Truxillo—University of Louisiana at Monroe Football Scholarship Michael Hughes Tufton—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Rhodes College Presidential Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, United States Naval Academy Appointment Ramon Antonio Vargas—Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Founders Scholarship Joseph Maxfield Vincent—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Saint Louis Unversity St. Francis Xavier Leadership Scholarship, St. Edward’s University Trustees Distinguished Achievement Scholar, TOPS Honors Award Bryan Michael Whalen—TOPS Opportunity Award Joseph Thomas Wilson—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Dallas President’s Leadership Award, University of Dallas Scholar Award Matthew Allen Wilson—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Southern Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award Ryan James Wischkaemper—TOPS Honors Award

John Brennan Stanton—Knights of Columbus Catholic Youth Leadership Award, Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, National Merit Finalist Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Washington and Lee University Francis P. Gaines Scholarship, Washington and Lee University National Merit Scholarship

Robert Franklin Wood, Jr.—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Millsaps College National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Millsaps College Presidential Scholarship, Texas A&M University President’s Endowed Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, Tulane University National Merit Finalist Scholarship

Nicholas Joseph Steckler—TOPS Opportunity Award John Elwin Worrel III—TOPS Opportunity Award Gregory John Stokes—Spring Hill College Faculty Jesuit Scholarship, Texas Christian University Faculty Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, Trinity University Academic Scholarship

Jim Yu—University of Maryland, Baltimore County President’s Scholar Award Edwin Alexander Zavala—TOPS Opportunity Award

Evan James Stoudt—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award, TOPS Opportunity Award Alex Robert Stuart—TOPS Opportunity Award Jeffrey Ross Sullivan—Fordham University Loyola Scholarship, Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, University of Miami Bowman Foster Ashe Scholarship David Vincent Swetland—George Washington University Presidential Academic Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Dean’s Honor Scholarship

The results of the 2005 PAG drive were outstanding—$1,076,013 donated by 1,046 families. Jesuit thanks its parents for their unwavering generosity.

A special thanks goes to Stephen Bruno ’75, who chaired the 2005 PAG drive.

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P R I N C I PA L ’ S C O R N E R

2004-2005: The

At the conclusion of every school year, the administrators of Jesuit High School spend a day reflecting on the year. This day typically involves discussing what went well during the year, what could be improved, how this improvement might take place, and what we are looking

their stellar work in representing Jesuit this past school year. The MCJROTC cadets also made us proud in their various competitions and services to the New Orleans community. The rugby and in-line hockey clubs continued their winning ways as well as the varsity and junior varsity quiz bowl teams.

Faculty There were also numerous faculty highlights for the year. At the top of the list is Malcolm Villarrubia’s new position as director of professional development. Working with department heads, assistant principal Kathleen Juhas and me, Malcolm is primarily responsible for the daily professional development of teachers’ classroom instruction so that they are in the best position to help

Spirituality Enhancing the spiritual dimension of the school were many activities.

Monthly Mass, adoration every Friday, religious retreats, faculty/ student trips to events/locations with religious themes, Mission Drive, and Thanksgiving Drive all contributed to the creation of a spiritually charged school atmosphere.

Student Life Concerning students overall, school spirit and student council leadership were great. Welcome Week and Homecoming Week enhanced student life and school spirit. Numerous Brown Bag Concerts, organized by student activities director Mike Prados ’83, enhanced the students’ break from studies and filled the Traditions Courtyard with a variety of sounds.

Academics Academically, scholarships earned by graduating seniors, college acceptances, and the continued stellar performances in National Merit and State Rally competition were all mentioned prominently in our reflections.

Athletics Never before in the history of the school have our athletic teams claimed 6 state championships and 7 district championships (out of a possible 10). What a tremendous testament to the dedication, hard work, and teamwork of our student-athletes and coaches!

The Arts Artistically, our students had much success. Mentioned specifically were the Philelectic Society members doing a great job in performing the two plays Dead Man Walking and Singin’ in the Rain. Also, several student/faculty trips with artistic themes outside New Orleans enhanced classroom learning.

Co-curriculars Co-curricular programs and clubs continued their excellent ways in 2004-2005. The Blue Jay Marching Band and Jayettes continued 20 JAYNotes

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Year in Review forward to in the next academic year. The following selections in no way reflect all the successes/challenges of this past year, but they reflect what we as administrators recalled when we met in late May. Student success occurred throughout the spiritual, academic, athletic, artistic, and co-curricular realms of the school.

our students succeed. Other faculty highlights were the faculty retreat last January directed by former Jesuit faculty member Fr. Tony Corcoran, S.J. and the multitude of workshops, conferences, and classes attended by faculty throughout the year.

Events Various events enhanced the educational atmosphere of the school year. Mat Grau ’68, director of alumni, and Mike Prados ’83 were responsible for the myriad alumni who spoke to the student body at morning assembly. These speakers truly connected with the students. Mat was also responsible for making possible Dana Gioia’s visit to Jesuit. He was Jesuit’s first visiting poet.

Other events that were mentioned as successful were the

Town Hall meetings, the visit of Father General of the Society of Jesus, Open House, Investiture, the presidential forum, the used-book sale, the dedication of Will Clark Field, and first-time events of Prom-Fest and senior career shadowing.

Challenges With successes, always come challenges. We had our share of challenges in 2004-2005. Students and faculty experienced a great deal of suffering and loss of loved ones. The circumstances of Fr. Boudreaux’s departure saddened us all. Fr. Hermes is leaving us for the Philippines at the beginning of the 2005-2006 academic year to complete his tertianship, the next stage in his formation as a Jesuit priest. We had a close call with Hurricane Ivan, and we lost four school days as a result. And with all the athletic honors comes the real challenge to learn how to handle success with grace, humility, and thankfulness.

2005-2006 As we close 2004-2005, we look forward to many things in 20052006; namely, the addition of three Jesuits for the coming year, the addition of thirteen total new faculty, an August faculty in-service day focusing on the behavior and motivation of the adolescent male, Dave Moreau in the new position of assistant athletic director, and dozens of Jesuit students making a pilgrimage with current and former Jesuit faculty to World Youth Day in Germany in August, an October faculty in-service on the Profile of a Jesuit Teacher, and a mid-February three-day province-wide colloquium at Strake Jesuit (Houston) focusing on social justice issues.

St. Ignatius Loyola viewed himself as a pilgrim on a journey to become more and more of the person God wanted him to be so that he could serve God more and more. As we begin a new school year, we have the same motivation. We pray that we will be open daily to the grace of what God wants from Jesuit High School in 2005-2006 and that we will have the strength of spirit to carry through with His will for us. AMDG. Michael Giambelluca ’82 Graduation 2005 21

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SPORTS

In sports, numbers can be significant.

For the 2005 Blue Jays, “6” happens to be magical.

In fact, some numbers are indelibly etched in fans’ collective sports minds. Quick. Who comes to mind when you hear “Baseball 61” or “Basketball 100” or “Cycling 7”?

Jesuit High School has its own collection of significant numbers. 4 —undefeated state championship teams in 1946.

18—state swimming titles in a row (1988-2005). 3—state basketball championships in a row (1964-1966). 11—state wrestling titles in a row (1988-1998). 19 —state baseball championships.

And now we add to this list the number “6”—the number of state championships won by Jesuit teams during the 2004-2005 school year. “6”—the most state championships in a single school year in the school’s history. “6”—two more than the most state championships in any other school year in Jesuit’s history.

Competing in ten sports in the state’s top classification 5A, Jesuit won state in six. Incredible. Never before had Jesuit won state in five sports. Several times Jesuit has won four state championships in a single year.

Of course, one of those years was the 1945-46 school year in which the Blue Jays not only won state in the four major sports football, basketball, baseball, and track—but also won state with undefeated records in all four sports. That’s an entire school year without a loss!

The Blue Jays began their trek into the record book in November 2004 by running away from the competition in the state cross country meet—for the second year in a row. A week later the Jays swam their way to the second state title of the year when they brought home the state swimming title—for the 18th year in a row. In February the wrestlers were the third Jesuit team to hold a state trophy high this year as they captured state for the second consecutive year. Then the soccer team tied the school record for state titles in a year when they marched into Tad Gormley stadium

and marched out with the state trophy. The honor of breaking the school record for state titles in a single year goes to the tennis team which brought home the state title for the seventh year in a row. But five definitely was not enough as the baseball team ended the sports year by winning for the school a memorable and historic sixth state championship.

Add to the year’s accomplishments a 13-1 football record with an undefeated district championship, a basketball team with the most wins in the school’s history, and state titles in non-LHSAA sports rugby and inline hockey, and you have arguably the most successful sports year in the 159 years of Jesuit history.

By the way, were you 3-3 in naming Roger Maris, Wilt Chamberlain, and Lance Armstrong as those sports heroes whose numbers earned them iconic status?

Jesuit’s long-time athletic director Frank Misuraca put the accomplishment in perspective. “At the end of the year, I did think of the song ‘We Are the Champions.’ But this great achievement is really an exercise in humility for our students. All that each state championship means is that that particular team performed better on that particular day in that particular contest.”

But a great performance is the result of much preparation, hard work, and great execution. Misuraca recognizes that, too. “Our student-athletes and our coaches did a great job this year preparing and executing.”

And so we quietly, humbly, but proudly add the number 6 to the list of significant numbers at Jesuit High School. And from now on when one hears the two words “Jesuit” and “six” in combination, no doubt he will think immediately of the 2004-2005 school year and the great achievements of the school’s athletes and those who supported them.

In winning six state championships in 2004-2005, Jesuit once again captured the Southern Quality Ford Cup for Class 5A—Louisiana’s coveted All-Sports Trophy. The award recognizes the school with the most outstanding overall athletic successes during the year. Jesuit has won the award five times in its nine-year existence. Seated alongside the state championship trophies are Daniel Walk (left) and Danny Zimmermann, both of the Class of 2006.

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Class of 2005 Profile SAT SCORES

Jesuit Mean Verbal Jesuit Mean Math

INTERNATIONAL GREEK EXAMINATIONS

628 638

ACT SCORES

Jesuit Mean Composite

26.1

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Semifinalists Finalists Commended

32 31 32

NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT SEMIFINALISTS

3

NATIONAL HISPANIC SCHOLARS

4

SCHOLARSHIPS

$17,623,065 was offered to 216 of 266 graduating seniors of 2005. More than $76,884,957 has been awarded in academic and athletic scholarships to colleges and universities throughout the United States in the last five years.

COLLEGE CREDIT AWARDED

93% of the 196 students taking Advanced Placement examinations received college credit.

INTERNATIONAL LATIN EXAMINATIONS

4 67

Perfect Scores Gold Medals

4

Blue Ribbons

STATE RALLY

3 2 4 1

First and Overall First Places Second Places Third Place

DISTRICT RALLY

4 12 15 13

First and Overall First Places Second Places Third Places

SUPERIOR SWEEPSTAKES RATINGS

Jesuit Blue Jay Concert Band Jesuit Blue Jay Marching Band STATE AND NATIONAL RANKINGS

Junior Varsity Quiz Bowl—National & State Championships Chess—State Championship 6 ATHLETIC STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

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HURRICANE KATRINA Jesuit High School in New Orleans

AUGUST 29, 2005

The unnatural disaster caused by the sudden failure of the floodwalls submerged Jesuit High School and the Mid-City neighborhood in almost six feet of rancid water. When the water finally drained two weeks later, Jesuit began an intensive clean-up and remediation program—becoming the first New Orleans school that flooded to reopen and welcome back students on its home campus.

The Indomitable Blue Jay Spirit Drives the Recovery, Upholds Tradition, and Rallies the Jesuit Community

by Julie Bourbon

The story of Jesuit High School’s recovery from Hurricane Katrina is as much about its past as its future.

In its 159-year history, Jesuit has graduated thousands of young men. Of its living alumni, about 70 percent still call New Orleans home, which would be high for almost any other city but not for this one.

How many of them suffered losses in the storm is hard to say. What is clear, however, is that the Ignatian ideal of educating men for others has manifested itself in a myriad of ways since the floodwaters rose and receded, weeks later.

It is in the way the school’s faculty and staff stayed behind to safeguard the school buildings rather than their own homes, then went ahead to Houston, to Dallas, to Metairie to open branches of Jesuit in those cities; it is in the way students and staff in those other cities welcomed their Jesuit brothers in their hour of greatest need; and it is in the way alumni have responded with time and money to bring the Blue Jays back to Banks Street for the spring semester and for another century and beyond.

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for final exams, a few weeks later than usual, what’s normal and what’s not often run up against each other in unexpected ways. One floor below, the front windows are still boarded up and the stairwells and cafeteria remain a construction site.

A combination of FEMA money, insurance, and donations should cover the $12-$13 million total costs for rebuilding structures and replacing everything from computers to football equipment. Daily, they are making strides both physically and financially between now and August 21, when construction ends, classes begin, and a tradition continues.

“Saving the school and ensuring the future of the school,” were paramount, both in those first days of chaos and flooding, and then the long months in exile that ensued, said Grau.

He ended up in Houston, teaching English, along with 34 other Jesuit faculty from New Orleans.

Mike Prados lived two blocks from Jesuit and, in a compromise to concerned friends and family, evacuated to the school building the night of the storm. The director of student activities and a 1983 alum, Prados spent the night on the

second floor, creeping up to the roof occasionally and watching the roof of the physical education building across the street blow away. The next day he walked home to find his house had escaped the storm unscathed. Then the water began to rise.

The larger picture is well-known by now, but the little details, the quiet heroics that carried the day and the months to follow, are less so. Prados, Br. Billy Dardis, S.J. ’58, and a group of others saved a large mural that hung in a hallowed spot on the first floor when the water was just inches from it; they stacked tables ever higher and higher, the mural resting on top, and rescued a statue of the Virgin Mary, who “kept making this journey up the steps,” Prados said.

It was Prados and Br. Larry Huck, S.J. ’87, who paddled out into Mid-City once the water stopped flowing, making an enormous loop down Carrollton, across Tulane, past the ruined province office on Jeff Davis, down Canal and back to the school.

“It was clear we were just one building among many, many buildings in this neighborhood that was full of people,” he said. Help could not come fast enough for many, including the

staff and about 60 neighbors who had sought refuge at Jesuit.

When rescue boats finally took the last of them to safety, a group remained behind at the school.

Prados left when he received a text message—one of the only working forms of communication—that he was needed in Houston, where colleagues had managed to set up a school in less than one week.

“Basically, we created a small school,” said Peter Kernion ’90, assistant principal for student affairs. And they did it without access to student records, or textbooks, or school supplies, or even dry clothes and housing. Kernion began calling faculty— first those who were single, then with no children or with older children—to implore them to come to Houston. He didn’t have to ask twice.

The Strake Jesuit College Preparatory community didn’t even have to be asked once. While initially planning to absorb 50 students from New Orleans, once the ranks swelled to more than 400, they opened their school up in the evenings for a second session of classes, taught by displaced New Orleans Hurricane Katrina 27

faculty and staff. Strake parents gathered clothes, school supplies, bookbags and toiletries; the cafeteria served dinner; the students made t-shirts that proclaimed them all “brothers’ keepers.”

“Some faculty had to leave families and didn’t have a place to stay,” said Kathy Juhas, assistant principal for academics, a daughter and mother of Jesuit alumni. “People were very generous, teaching out of their departments.”

Not a single New Orleans student who wanted to attend Strake was turned away.

“There was a certain amount of luck involved,” said Kernion, another alum, who left two youngsters behind with their mother. “Everything just sort of worked out.”

The months that followed were a blur of activity, an embarrassment of kindnesses heaped upon the young men from New Orleans. From the adopt-a-date program for the homecoming dance to the lights strung up in the quad so that the evening students could continue their intramural football games during dinner, Strake never dropped the ball.

“That’s an example of how much they did for us,” said Grau, recalling the unprompted appearance of the outdoor lights once daylight savings time made the intramural football games, a lunchtime tradition during simpler times back home, impossible.

All told, more than 1,000 Jesuit New Orleans students attended Jesuit high schools, tuition-free, throughout the country. Those who could return to New Orleans in October attended satellite classes at St. Martin’s Episcopal, again set up by Kernion, this time with a little more time to plan and a little more experience under his belt.

More than 88 percent of the student body returned to finish the school year in New Orleans, and next year’s admissions are up slightly. No teachers lost their jobs in the storm’s aftermath, although some weren’t able to come back due to their own changing life circumstances.

Two hundred sixty-one students graduated outside the city (at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner) for the first time in the school’s history this year. Approximately 85 spent the entire school year away and will return in the fall. There will be some sort of welcome for them, but otherwise, fingers crossed, the next school year will begin like any other.

“We’ll start school without dwelling on it,” said Prados.

“Normality will be shown by being normal.”

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With repairs well under way, the school has many generous alumni to thank. In a typical year, they give about $850,000. In this most atypical year, they have given $1.7 million, but the need is still great; the school must raise about $5 million from outside sources to cover expenses that FEMA and insurance will not. They are over halfway to that goal. They’re counting on alumni and other community members to keep giving until the rebuilding is complete.

“Our alumni want to see this school come back,” said Prados. “People want to send their kids here.”

Julie Bourbon is on staff at the National Jesuit News in Washington, D.C. Her article is also being published in the Jesuits’ Southern Province magazine.

Jesuit thanks Julie and the Southern Province for their permission to publish the article for Jaynotes’ readers.

The cafeteria (opposite page, top left) sustained major damage, as did the auditorium, bathroom, Student Commons, 11 classrooms, the maintenance shop, and the switchboard area. In the large photo above, taken from the roof of the school by principal Mike Giambelluca, rising water on the Monday after the storm quickly covered the school yard and the athletic field, with another four feet yet to come. Jesuit lost a total of six buses, two cars, and three trucks. In the lower left photo, Banks Street and the adjacent Mid-City neighborhood appear all but deserted in mid-September, except for the workers brought in to begin the clean-up and remediation (lower right).

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Laid-back Town Needs an Attitude Adjustment

by Anthony McGinn, S.J. ’66 When the second semester began on January 23, 2006, Fr. McGinn addressed the 1,275 Blue Jays at assembly. His timely and memorable remarks to students were subsequently published on the op-ed page of The Times-Picayune.

For decades New Orleans has suffered from attitudes that have contributed to the malaise that has kept it from prospering. After Katrina, New Orleans needs to rebuild its homes, businesses, schools, hospitals, and other institutions. But we also need a new way of thinking, an attitude adjustment, for a rebuilt New Orleans.

I told our reunited student body on the first day back at Jesuit High School that each of them had a special calling to contribute to rebuilding our great city. All New Orleanians are called upon to change.

A great event such as this hurricane should not leave us unchanged, especially in our attitudes. We can never solve our problems with the same level of thinking that got us here in the first place.

We need to change four fundamentally flawed attitudes that have permeated our city for generations. For too long we have been a city of lethargy, parochialism, self-indulgence, and self-pity. Every neighborhood, every economic and social class, and every subculture in New Orleans shares these selfdestructive attitudes.

Much of the charm of the city is attributable to its laid-back demeanor, the sense of pride in our uniqueness, the good times we show our visitors, and our fascination with our past. Our problem is that reliance on charm can get us only so far. The unfortunate downside of this quality is a spirit of lethargy that permeates New Orleans culture. All segments of New Orleans suffer from a lack of achievement and motivation and an exaggerated sense of entitlement.

For years we have decried the brain drain to other cities of the South. Even more significant is the “hustle drain,” the loss of talented and highly motivated young people. We have lost not only their intelligence but also their ambition and eagerness to make changes.

The downside of the pride in our unique city is our parochialism. For too long the charm of our culture has blinded us to the need to look outside of our city to see how and why other cities are successful. Our smug sense of superiority over bland Houston, for example, has not gotten us very far. In fact, it has impeded our progress. New Orleans can only be enhanced when its young people return after experiencing other places.

The current situation also challenges us in the area of self-indulgence. Many tourists come to New Orleans for our food and drink, but too much food and drink make us lethargic and unmotivated. We need self-discipline to emerge from this devastation. The same addiction to comfort that makes us resist needed changes also keeps us uninvolved, passive, and content with mediocrity.

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Our fascination with the good times and our laissez faire attitudes, especially at Mardi Gras, have led to an epidemic of underage drinking that will surely have grave consequences.

Finally, we have a long history of self-pity in this city. Before

the Civil War, New Orleans was the nation’s sixth-largest city. But we have declined ever since we started feeling sorry for ourselves when the city surrendered to Admiral Farragut and his federal troops in 1862.

Blaming others and refusing to take responsibility for our development led to our being surpassed, first by Dallas, Houston, and Atlanta, and then by Birmingham, Austin, and Memphis.

How long will it take us to fall behind Gainesville, Pascagoula, and Macon?

Self-pity destroys confidence and ambition. The rebuilding of New Orleans demands that we have a realistically optimistic attitude and confidence in our ability to restore the greatness of our city. Focusing on what was lost makes it difficult for us to have the strength to rebuild.

God has blessed New Orleans. He has blessed us with the gifts we need to come back strong. He has blessed us with the opportunity to make the changes that will restore that greatness. Let us remove those attitudes that keep us helpless, focused on the past, and comfortably mediocre.

Before we condemn our elected leaders for their mistakes, let us look to ourselves, and change our thinking, our passivity, and our way of blaming.

Thank You We preach the importance of being Christ-like, of being men for others, of being agents of change for the better. Perhaps no time in the school’s history have we been more in need of and the recipients of man’s love than during the past year.

In the faces of those who helped Jesuit High School, those men and women who gave of themselves to soothe our wounds and make our lives better, we clearly see Christ.

The Jesuit order, the Southern Province, and the U.S. Jesuit high schools themselves all quickly came to the school’s aid. Every U.S. Jesuit high school opened its doors to Jesuit’s displaced students to offer schooling and comfort—at no charge. The financial support of the Jesuit order, the Southern Province, and the Jesuit schools provided for the replacement of lost supplies and, in general, helped with the recovery of the school. Mike Rodrigue ’73 provided Jesuit’s administration with working space in the headquarters of his Fore!Kids Foundation. And when the city was reopened and families returned, St. Martin’s Episcopal School made its facilities available for evening classes.

Incredibly, Ryan Gootee General Contractors had the school and the physical education building demolded, cleaned, sanitized, and ready for student life on November 28, just three months after Katrina hit.

Many of Jesuit’s students took refuge in Houston and Dallas, and the Jesuit schools there responded with open arms. Seventy Blue Jays attended Jesuit College Prep in Dallas. Strake Jesuit’s president, Fr. Dan Lahart, quickly marshaled his troops of students,

Teaching as many as 400 Blue Jays who attended evening classes at Strake Jesuit in Houston for the first semester, 35 members of Jesuit’s faculty (pictured above) made sacrifices that will never be forgotten. At left, Peter Kernion, assistant principal for student affairs, was largely responsible for successfully organizing student’s schedules, first at Strake, then St. Martin’s, and a third time when students returned to New Orleans.

faculty, staff, and parents to provide school facilities, support, and housing for 310 students.

When Fr. McGinn put out the word that teachers were needed in Houston, 35 responded, though many of them had suffered serious losses themselves. Other faculty made significant sacrifices to teach Jesuit’s students at St. Martin’s when it opened in October.

And when the word got out that Jesuit’s financial burden to make the school whole again would require $5 million in donations, the community of alumni, parents, Jesuit institutions, friends, and foundations responded, giving the school just over half the needed amount as of June 30, 2006.

The anchor is rebuilding. Jesuit will be whole again, perhaps even better than before. And it will be because of the generosity of so many who gave of themselves to help “the other,” in this case, Jesuit High School.

Thank you.

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Why?

Of course, immediately following the experience of Katrina, the question was asked.

And it continues to be asked. The following two articles in no way answer the question. They simply deal with it. The first article is by Fr. Raymond Fitzgerald ’76, former teacher at Jesuit and now a teacher and rector at Jesuit College Prep in Dallas.

Hurricane Katrina: Reflections of a Religious Nature

by Raymond Fitzgerald, S.J. ’76

All of us who acknowledge New Orleans as our home have been through an experience that we fervently hope is a “once-in-a-lifetime” experience.

You in your teenage years certainly can say that you’ve seen nothing like this before. The same, though, can be said by me at the age of forty-seven—and indeed, could be said by my parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents. I remember very well the day before Katrina hit New Orleans telling another Jesuit here at the high school in Dallas, “I’ve studied enough history to know it when I see it; and this is history.”

No one can say that his life is going to be exactly the same as it was before. To one degree or another, each of us was directly affected; we also have some sense of the collective harm done to our community as a whole—and this touches each of us to some degree as well.

In the face of Katrina and its aftermath, then, it is very much in the order of human reflection for us to ask “Why?” There is a lot of emotion packed into this simple but powerful cry of the heart. The very act of posing that question, whether we breathe it in the silence of our prayer or shout it with the full force of our lungs, can have a cathartic effect, a cleansing of the mind, heart, and soul, a letting loose of those thousands of feelings and reactions that attend such a disaster.

However, if we go beyond the level of venting our feelings, we can enter into the realm of a true religious reflection, one in which we employ all that we are: not just our feelings, not just our fears and hopes, but also our reason, our faith, our whole heritage as Christians. This is not an easy task; it demands much of us.

Not everyone will have the energy, the time, and the inclination for such a reflection at one and the same time. However, I wish to offer some thoughts and reflections of my own on this matter that has touched our lives so dramatically.

That simple question “Why?”—like most simple questions— actually contains more content than meets the eye. I suggest that there are really two ways to approach such a “Why?” The first is to ask “What caused this storm to happen?” This form of the question looks backward. And at this stage, I suggest that such a look backward is almost never satisfying. Certainly, we can investigate the kind of meteorological causes that produce hurricanes of this magnitude. We can look to the protection of our region and the ways in which it could have been better. We can consider the ways in which we prepared or failed to prepare as families or as civic communities for such dangers. These inquiries may yield helpful information that may save untold lives in the future, but they leave us with the feeling that there was something else in the cause.

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We may seek to know why such storms exist in our world in the first place. Here again, an investigation back into the causes fails to yield a satisfying answer. The temptation to attribute Katrina to God’s immediate action is just that, a temptation.

Fatal calamities—whether general like Katrina or individual like cancer—are not special punishments that God thinks up for sin.

Evildoing’s ultimate punishment is that which we inflict on ourselves: making ourselves into evil, even hellish, persons.

Ultimately, we will never—in this life anyway—get a completely satisfying account of the backwards “why” of something like Katrina. And this is a good thing. Such a completely satisfying account would have us to say, “Ah, yes, I now see that this storm was a necessary, even good thing to have happened and that any loss was well spent.” And that’s not something that I think we are inclined to say—or should be inclined to say.

On the contrary, we know for a fact that we live in a world in which all kinds of things happen that we rightly sense ought not to happen. We know that good people suffer as much as—often even more than—evil ones. We know that virtue and wisdom do not always make our lives immediately easier; in fact, they often lead us to face more and more difficulties. As Christians, we take as a key symbol of our faith the cross, something that we acknowledge would not exist in a perfect world, something that shows that the good do indeed suffer, even if they pray like Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane that they be spared this cup of pain. And this assumption of the cross by Jesus, God made man, points to another way of looking at the “why” of a great evil like the hurricane and its aftermath.

This “why” looks rather to the future and very much links us with the will of God. It poses the question this way: “Granted that this evil has happened, what is God’s will for me, for us in the face of this reality?”

How are we to be part of God’s providential power that can bring good out of even the greatest of evils? How do we let our pain—especially pain that is undeserved—be incorporated into the saving work of Jesus? Can we find in our being joined with Christ on the cross that our suffering loses its greatest sting, its pointlessness, and is granted a meaning that is both a transformation and a source of salvation?

Just as each one of us has been affected uniquely by this storm, so too each one of us is uniquely called to cooperate with God in seeking and doing His will under circumstances that were unimaginable six weeks ago. Each one of us has been called to

In assembling the first post-Katrina school newspaper, the editors of The Blue Jay asked Fr. Fitzgerald for his thoughts on the question. The second article, by Jesuit’s alumni director Mat Grau ’68, is a response to the same question posed to him by the editors of MAGISine, an annual publication of the Jesuit Secondary Education Association. Both articles are reprinted with permission of the respective publications.

discover strength and generosity that we never knew we had because we never needed it before. Each of us has been called to put aside our thousands of daily worries and anxieties that so filled our preKatrina days and to learn what is truly and unalterably important in our lives. Each one of us has been called to face challenges beyond our individual abilities to solve and thus to join with others both in giving and receiving help, comfort, and encouragement.

Each one of us has—in the final analysis—been called upon to experience something of the cross of Christ and thus to be able to enter even more fully into His Resurrection. And each one of us has been called to experience the unity in the one Body of Christ.

In this one Body we are touched by the troubles of others and they are touched by ours. In this one Body we are to find Jesus present in our sufferings and to be the voice, hands, and presence of Jesus in the sufferings of others. In this one Body we see that our final hope does not lie in ourselves and what we can produce on our own; and thus we can move forward with courage and confidence. This courage and confidence are born of the confession in faith that there is no evil, no loss, no suffering so great that God cannot bring good from it. Christ’s passion and death, which in a sinless and perfect world would not have happened, led to the shattering of the bonds of sin and death in the Resurrection.

And so, I would like to close with these questions for our reflection, prayer, discussion, and action on how we may seek the forward-looking “why” of God’s will in these difficult circumstances: • What are my current duties to family, to friends, to my work or studies, to others whom God has now put into my life for service?

• What are the particular talents and strengths of body, mind, spirit, and heart that can be inflamed with God’s spirit for doing His good work in these next days, weeks, and months?

• Can I grow in gratitude for these gifts, a gratitude that is all the greater as the need for them is greater?

• How am I a voice and an example of encouragement and comfort to those around me?

• How do I allow myself to be comforted and encouraged by those around me?

• What are those words and mottoes from life at Jesuit, such as AMDG, the Prayer for Generosity, the images of Christ, that are now finding new reality and meaning in this situation?

How has the best of Jesuit High School and its formation prepared me for the historic role that I have?

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“Many people believe that God was absent during and after Hurricane Katrina. They are wrong. God has an outpouring of love for us, and He would never abandon us. People expect God to fix all things, to snap His fingers and all to be better. God does not work in that fashion. During the storm, God was present and acting in the lives of everyone. Everyone can say that there was one instance where someone acted on his or her

God’s Presence in the Trial, Blessing of Katrina

by Mat Grau ’68

OK, let’s just get it out there quickly. You know, the question. Just where was God on August 29, 2005?

It’s an easy question to ask. After all, the God we know, or at least think we know, would never allow us to experience the absolute misery of such a catastrophe as Katrina. Yes, it’s an easy question to ask. And we do ask it. We asked it on September 11, 2001, when terrorists shattered our secure domestic lives. We asked it on December 26, 2004, when a tsunami washed away more than 200,000 lives. And we asked it on January 4, 2006, when twelve lives perished in a coal mining accident in West Virginia. And we will ask it again. We will ask it as we turn from the coffin of a young alumnus who will take his own life. And we will ask it as we try to explain to our students why their classmate chose to drive after drinking, killing himself and several other young people.

How arrogant of us to think that we can ask such a question, that we can shake our giant collective finger at some entity that we just know is supposed to take care of us, that we even deserve an answer. “Snap, snap” as Jonathan notes. This posture is just too easy. And it’s just a short step from pathetic self-pity. “The Katrina experience would have been one of defeat and self-pity without the grace of God in all of those people lifting me up, sustaining me, loving me, encouraging me,” says Jesuit teacher Kathi Tomeny, who was one of 35 teachers who made their way to Houston to teach the Jesuit students in exile at Strake Jesuit.

What saved Kathi was God’s greatest creation—mankind.

Certainly, as all tragedies do, Katrina had a distilling effect on those who experienced the event. It pushed aside the clouds of materialism and vanity and misdirection and sharpened our view of this life’s essentials. It clarified, even purified. Routines were shattered, and mindless action was replaced by deeds thought out and deeply considered. It slammed us right in the face with a challenge to reconsider and ultimately embrace what really matters to us. The experience reminded us of our relationship with our God and our place in His creation. Aaron Pidel, S.J., first year regent who had all of five days of teaching under his belt when Katrina hit, became refocused: “I am always as dependent upon God and neighbor as I was when first displaced by the storm, but this dependence is often hidden from me and far from my mind and heart…this helped to chip away at my illusions of selfreliance.” Such refocusing is always a practice in humility. “I was forced to lean upon God in a way more childlike than I have experienced in years,” notes Pidel, S.J. “I am always as poor before God as on the day of my birth. Katrina was and continues to be a vehicle of that grace for me.”

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As men and women of faith, God is the center of our universe, though the things of this world often present an attractive alternative. Janet Tedesco, Jesuit High School geometry teacher, noticed a return to God by many. “For weeks after Katrina, churches were packed. God got His word to many who had not heard it in years.” Indeed, Katrina tore through the façade of materialism. “Priorities were realigned,” says Tedesco.

“Family, friends, God all became more important to us than physical items.” Helen Swan, science teacher and director of service projects at Jesuit, found inspiration and strength in the experience: “God has given me newfound inner strength and a renewed zest for life, a greater appreciation for humanity in seeing how much good can come out of people, and a realization of how fulfilling self-sacrifice can be and how big of an impact sacrifice can have on others.”

Yes, God was where He always is—in His creation here on earth, at work in our fellow man. Attorney Pat Veters ’79, father of two current Jesuit students, says, “I found Him in an assistant to one of my clients, someone I had never met before, who spent over two weeks finding housing in Houston for me and my family; I found Him in the smile—and free coffee certificate—of the girl who worked at Starbucks; and I found Him in the unconditional acceptance and charitable love that I experienced as a pilgrim from the Strake Jesuit community in Houston.” Like Pat, I found God in those who offered their love unconditionally to me and others of the Jesuit New Orleans community exiled in Houston: John and Elizabeth Jamerlan and their two young sons Emilio and Jaquin who shared their home with me for nearly four months; Dan Lahart, S.J., president of Strake Jesuit, who was relentless in his efforts to provide a secure educational environment for us; Ginny Sullaway, wife and mother of Strake alumni, who secured housing for literally hundreds of displaced Jesuit faculty, students, and their parents. And the list goes on and on and on.

In a moment, our lives changed. The unimaginable became a reality for us. We lost loved ones. We became separated. We hurt. The experience of Susie Veters, Pat’s wife, sadly is typical.

“I honestly could never have imagined a scenario in which our home would be destroyed, our children’s schools would be closed, our friends and family would be scattered, and my husband and older sons would be forced to move to Texas leaving me and my youngest son living with family in a suburb of New Orleans.”

Indeed, we suffered. But in that suffering we came to understand

behalf. God was there in that someone. Since Katrina, so many people are offering compassion and assistance to us and our city. God is there in these people. Everyday I see God around me—in the relief workers trying to ease our pain, in the local business owners fighting to keep the city alive, and in the schools around the country who offered assistance.”

— Jonathan Rowan ’06

an essential truth of our faith, “that it is only through union with the Cross that we are able to persevere through our trials,” says Veters. “Suffering teaches us the really important lessons in life in a way we could never learn them otherwise. God has now blessed us abundantly with the trial of Katrina, as we have learned that our blessings are not our prized material possessions, but instead our loved ones. I am not sure we could have learned that in any other way but through the suffering of separation we have experienced.” God’s love for us is Christ on the cross. In our suffering, we feel God’s love most deeply.

Kathy Juhas, Jesuit’s assistant principal and acting principal of the “second session” at Strake Jesuit, reminds us that those who do not see and feel God’s presence in this Katrina experience are embodied in the persona of the prayer “Footprints”: “Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you, you’d walk with me all the

way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints; I don’t understand why when I needed you most you would leave me.”

The Lord replied, “My precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.”

Anthony McGinn, S.J., president of Jesuit New Orleans, carried us by his incredible decision to provide the security of a job and a salary through the first semester. Dan Lahart, S.J., carried us as he told us, “Come to Strake and we will comfort you.” And so many others carried us as they offered a smile, a tear, a hand to us. “God was there in that someone…God is there in these people…

Everyday I see God around me.”

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GUEST AUTHORS All of our alumni living in the New Orleans and Gulf Coast regions when Katrina hit have a story to tell. Some of these stories are written down. Some exist only in our hearts. Here are a few of the written ones. Look for more Katrina stories from our alumni in future Jaynotes.

Michael Varisco ’83

September 3, 2005 I lived a life in four days. It was like a drug.

I cried with despair. I cried with thankfulness. I cried over the dead. I cried with the living. And I cried because I had to leave.

I’m crying as I write to you. I will never be the same. It will be a while before I am back to where I was on last Sunday. I only pray that I will be a better man because of it.

I prepared for the hurricane on Saturday and Sunday. My wife Jenny and the kids left for Austin on Saturday, so they were ok. I gathered two generators, 150 gallons of gas, 150 gallons of water, and all the food I could fit in my pantry. My two friends and I were ready by Sunday night.

I’ve never experienced wind like that before. I have no idea how strong it was, but the rain was like getting a tattoo all over your body. When a leaf hit you, it left a bruise. The trees either snapped or doubled over and bounced back.

On Tuesday, I drove a boat with my friend, Guy Clesi, through New Orleans trying to rescue people in their attics. We launched on the Old Hammond Hwy. at the 17th street canal bridge. We were asked not to bring out the dead, only the living.

We found one dead man on the corner of Jewel and Sardonyx Streets and could only tie a rope around his ankle and to his porch so that he would not float away. I prayed for his soul as I left him there.

We found Maurice Fitzgerald (of Fitzgerald’s Restaurant) who is currently teaching at Delgado. He is 80 years old and graduated from Jesuit in 1943. He had a broken hip and was exhausted and delirious.

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building behind the old Robert E. Lee Theater, sitting on his balcony with the water right below him. We climbed into his apartment, packed his bag with clothes and medicine, and took him over the balcony into the boat. We rode five miles in the boat ten feet above Pontchartrain Blvd. and brought him to be processed by FEMA at the 610/ I-10 split to be heli-vac’d to Baton Rouge.

On Wednesday, we rode the boat through Lakeview, something I will never forget. Mt. Carmel Academy had water two feet below the third floor. One-story houses in Lakeview barely had their roofs sticking out of the water. On Harrison Ave., St. Dominic’s statue’s head was under water.

Each day we did something different.

The first night, Monday, we walked from house to house tying front doors closed. I used over 700 feet of rope simply tying doors and windows shut. The second day, Tuesday, we went to check on people who we knew were still there. We offered to take whoever wanted to leave. No one wanted to leave.

A buddy of mine on assignment in Israel called me on a satellite phone to ask me to check on his 80 year-old mother-inlaw and father-in-law to see if they were ok.

The old man, it turned out, had a broken hand. He begged us to take his wife because she was, he said, driving him out of his mind. We called his daughter and son-inlaw, Peter Zuppardo ’70, and everyone cried when they found out they were ok.

Seeing the national news for the first time has been very upsetting. I assure you that for every one thug, 3,000 people are busting their butts trying to help each other. I came across at least 1,000 strangers through my four-day excursion. Every

single one asked the same question, “Do you have enough food and water? If you don’t, I can give you some.” I did not do anything that any one of you would not have done. When I went out in the boat, we were one of about 300 civilians in boats beating on roofs with paddles trying to find people trapped in their attics.

The sensational and insatiable thirst of the press to focus on the worst of the human element is sickening. I witnessed the most heroic people that had no personal ties to my city work to exhaustion every day, and I know that they are still there working to exhaustion.

We will overcome this adversity to rebuild our lives and our city. I am emboldened by all of the good that I saw. I cannot tell you how many times I cried to myself out of despair. I can tell you, however, that I cried twice as many times out of thankfulness to God for not making that storm hit twenty miles to the west. I cannot tell you how thankful I was to have my rosary in my pocket so that I could pray.

two months later…

Emotionally over the past two months I have felt like a post in the center of a torrent of uncertainty and despair. At times, I thought that the soil that held me in place would erode from beneath me; however, the waters have ebbed, the current is now a trickle, and yet I remain in the place where I stood when I spoke to you last. I have had your support, good wishes, and empathy to thank for this good fortune. When I felt overwhelmed, I received either a phone call or an e-mail from one of you, which emboldened me to keep the path and hold on tight. We live in the greatest place in the world. This is because of people like you.

The offers to help are uncountable. The welcome we received in the surrounding and remote communities (in spite of ourselves) has been beyond the expectations of the most active imagination.

My office is still a shambles, my neighborhood has branches and roofing materials strewn from one end to the other, and the grass is brown, but I shall rebuild my office, I shall clean my neighborhood, and I shall sow the most beautiful garden I have ever owned. Fortunate and grateful is me.

Though I am not in heaven, I am nowhere ■ near hell.

During the week of January 10th, Notre Dame students from around the country joined with local students and alumni to assist the Helping Hands program run by Catholic Charities of New Orleans to identify and clean houses for people who cannot do it on their own. The student group, and indeed the entire effort, was spearheaded by New Orleanian and current Notre Dame sophomore Baker Jones. This account by Baker was originally published in the University of Notre Dame Alumni Association Newsletter (online).

Baker Jones ’04

January 24, 2006 Originally I wanted to be home for the entire semester to help out with the hurricane relief effort. I had made plans to swap the spring and summer semesters at Notre Dame, which I believed would land me in a better academic position with a better chance of going abroad next year.

Ultimately I decided I had better stay in South Bend. I still wanted to contribute, so I got with some friends and we decided to make our own service project. After a little bit of recruiting and some on-campus fundraising, the trip was rapidly taking form. Three guys from my dorm and five of our girl friends would come to New Orleans. We connected with Catholic Charities and decided to work with their Helping Hands program. We would be gutting houses, a little different from the general cleanup of churches, schools, and parks I had originally planned, but I was excited for the change.

The first night we were in New Orleans, we had Mass and a gathering in the Notre Dame seminary. I thought it was an appropriate way to start our service oriented trip and am grateful to Fr. Pat Williams for having us there. The gathering offered us beignets and cafe au lait from Cafe du Monde (erasing one obligation from my personal list of things to show/ feed my friends). Claire also gave us the address of our first house to gut.

Tuesday morning we arrived at Mrs. Jerri Heigel’s shotgun double on Woodlawn Place in Lakeview. (Miss Gerry had no flood insurance on the home she owned outright. A week before Katrina hit, she had finished her 33rd and final radiation treatment for breast cancer. The folded American flag on her front porch once had lain across her husband’s casket, and it was not to leave the property. Despite applying three times, Gerry had not yet gotten a FEMA trailer.)

After some initial introductions and the arrival of tools from Catholic Charities, we got to work. Everyone grabbed either a sledge hammer or a crowbar, and we tore down the sheetrock and plaster with enthusiasm. By lunchtime we had nearly a half foot of debris covering the entire floor, and part of the group began the interminable task of removing it. We left Tuesday with most of the walls down.

Wednesday and Thursday was more of the same, but the further we went along, the more attention we could pay to the smaller details. Wednesday we got the ceiling down, tackled the bathrooms, and knocked out most of the baseboards.

Thursday consisted of finishing whatever walls were left, pulling up the old floors to expose her relatively unharmed hardwood, and beginning the arduous task of nailpulling. Friday was touch-up day with the removal of the rest of the nails and other minor details followed by a generous spraying of Clorox. It was amazing to see

the mold colonies on the white woodwork disappear in seconds leaving a brilliance that likely hadn’t been seen in years.

Seeing the joy and love in Mrs. Heigel’s face was amazing. Her attitude was incredibly refreshing—a lady who had lost many of her friends and neighbors, who had no insurance, facing the prospect of rebuilding a house without the aid of a contractor, only her son. She said numerous times that she never cried about the storm, that that would not have done any good. She was resolved to pick up the pieces and rebuild her house and her life. She called us her angels.

All in all, I was very satisfied with the trip. The work was immensely rewarding, and I got to show some of my friends more than they saw on TV. My friends’ attitudes and comments at the end of the week showed me that people outside New Orleans have no idea what we are dealing with until they experience it first hand.

I’m glad I was able to make more people ■ aware.

Members of the Jesuit High School Chapter of YRNO—Youth Rebuilding New Orleans—pose for a photo after cleaning the Lakeview home of Jesuit fine arts teacher Meg Feinman.

YRNO is a city-wide, high school service organization that unites New Orleans’s youths who can help restore various aspects of our city. On weekends YRNO cleans and guts homes that were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

ANNUS MARABILIS With all the talk about “That Thing,” we thought it would be interesting to see how Jesuit responded when Hurricane Betsy struck New Orleans.

Looking through The Blue Jay of October 8, 1965, we discovered The Challenge of Love, an editorial written by editor-in-chief Ralph Adamo ’66.

Four decades later, Adamo’s words are inspiring and should be part of our current state of mind in these post-Katrina times.

The Challenge of Love

by Ralph Adamo ’66

Betsy has taken away, and Betsy has given…

The most obvious aspect is the taking away, the physical loss she caused. Some lost homes, cars, most of the material possessions they had. Some lost relatives and close friends. Some lost their lives. Betsy did take away a great deal, much of it irreplaceable. And such loss is always a cause of suffering.

Yet, what has she given us and can it ever be compensation for her great thefts?

In a very real sense (though one which suffering almost necessarily blinds us to), she has given to some an opportunity to broad growth and deepening through their very loss. The persistent, indomitable human spirit has been challenges… To go on, or not to go on? To rise up…begin again…? For those who accept the challenge, success and growth are inevitable.

Others, those who did not suffer loss, face a different and conceivably more difficult challenge...To help, to love as Christ has taught us to love…? Or to be indifferent? For those who accept the challenge of love, reward is immediate and soul-filling: another human being is better off because of their existence—there can be no greater satisfaction. For the indifferent, the profiteer, hell remains the suffering of being unable or unwilling to love. And there can be no greater sorrow.

It may sound all too abstract to those whose physical loss was great, but what Betsy has given to us is a chance to glimpse into our souls; she held a mirror to our hearts and let us see ourselves with new clarity. And we cannot help but profit from such insight.

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A New Orleans Lampooning of Katrina: The Making of The Creole-Tomato by Ryan Mayer ’97 In the weeks following Katrina, Jesuit alumni in New York City wanted to help their friends back home. They sent care packages and set up a website with helpful information. And in the process, they made people laugh. a great block party to raise money for Red Cross. I was bound for During the weekend before the storm, I left New York City for a Lafayette, Louisiana, the following day. On my way to Jacque-Imo’s, quick respite on the Jersey Shore. I watched the storm approach on I was walking down Columbus Avenue in Manhattan with Jeff and television. I called my dad, my uncle, and my best friend. At that Charlie. We were ridiculing the old shabby New Orleans institutions point, the calls were more of an excuse to say hello than expression (i.e. the school board, crime rate, overwhelming poverty) we’ve all of concern. We’d dodged other hurricanes for so long I didn’t think encountered. Though we didn’t know how devastated our home was, our number was up. Everyone knows what happened next. we were joking about the possible directions New Orleans could take In New York City, I had recently taken a terrific new job. After with the Katrina-made Tabula Rasa. Would the school board be as the storm I couldn’t pay due attention to it. I wanted to help my inept, would accounts of municipal corruption fade into history? flooded hometown. I called all the New Orleanians I knew in Would we come together in this rising of Atlantis, would we make a Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. I had better city or fall in step behind the grim and dangerous woes of old them over for jambalaya so we could discuss what we could do to New Orleans? pitch in during the crisis. Not very much, to be sure, but those in Quickly the conversation became very funny—we envisioned the room were creative, skilled, and enthusiastic about wanting to scenarios and potentially outrageous headlines gracing the covers of do whatever we could. Among Mount Carmel alumna Jamie The Times-Picayune during and after the storm. With the wild and Neumann, Dominican alumna Alison Gootee, and Orleansophile passionate citizenry of New Orleans confronting such a great deluge Susan Heitmann were Jesuit grads Charlie Veprek ’96, Ben Eberle and disaster, we could only concoct the ridiculous. Our jokes rolled ’97, Jeff Simno ’97, Patrick Plaisance ’97, and I. We came up with a into a teasing of the good and strong institutions of number of tasks we could perform that would be useful to those New Orleans as well. The Creole-Tomato was born. affected.

Immediately, Jeff and Charlie took the helm of The Immediately we set up the website Creole-Tomato, an online parody news website, www.nycnolahelp.org. During the critical www.thecreoletomato.com. The design resembles days after the levee failure, Plaisance had a news site like NOLA.com, but the distinction the evacuee contact information database is that The Creole-Tomato contains nothing real, up and running. We sent care packages to important, valuable, or even socially redeeming. displaced friends and family, and George It is designed to make people laugh, spread Jeansonne ’97 had organized a local fundraisgood cheer, and encourage exploration of the er in Manhattan. With the website at our New Orleans culture as a unique and resilient disposal, Eberle began setting up links to tradition. Most importantly, it helps us and relief source websites and taking over duties others feel connected to home. as webmaster. Alison Gootee, a commercial Veprek and Simno have accomplished photographer, suggested we put up a photo that mission and continue to put forth high gallery of shots that were distinctly Katrinadevastation free. Wary of slanted media covermato.com quality comedy. They have published Jesuit grads John ecreoleto Dunne ’95, Matt Welch ’96, and me. However, Charlie and age, we believed a meaningful rendering of the www.th Jeff do the lion’s share of the writing themselves. Eberle designed city for which we care deeply would inspire hope. the look, maintains the page, and updates the stories.

Early in September, we published the first newsletter, The New The website, with its humble aims, has received compliments York Times Picayune, with the idea that it could be a forum by which and scorn, but relies on two things: the sense of humor of its readers friends, relatives, and neighbors could keep up-to-date with each and the fact that “if you ain’t from here, you won’t get it.” In our first other. It would be a place to catch up since all the New Orleans web posting, we lampooned Jesuit High School as having moved the grocery stores and restaurants were under water. It has since evolved elusive pool on the roof to the flooded ground floor. into a sound online rag by which contributors can share stories, Our modest efforts had paid off in inspiration, and we artwork, or any other form of expression. Contributions are hereby became determined to keep it up. We even received a cease and encouraged. desist letter from a lawyer claiming to represent one of the satirized.

By mid-September, I felt I could do more. I called Jesuit grads We figured you know you’re doing something funny when a lawyer Michael DeGruy ’97 and Ryan Gootee ’91, who operate a commerthreatens to sue. cial construction company in New Orleans to find out if they could What started out as humor among friends produced a use me on their team. As it happened, Ryan Gootee Construction well-crafted piece of collaborative art. The aim of The CreoleCompany was awarded the contract for, and indeed the honor of, Tomato was to foster hope. Hope, based on the opportunities and restoring Jesuit High School from the destruction of the storm. possibilities imagined only by humankind, is the mortar in every As I had acquired some experience in New York in construction new course of brick laid. Hope is the singing of steel whenever a management, they hired me immediately. I was to start in a couple of hammer hits home the shiny head. Hope is the reconstruction of days. I booked a plane ticket for Thursday and quit my new job.

New Orleans.

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“I figured here comes another hurricane…I’ve been here since 1963 and stayed through Betsy and I’ve never left this building.

I didn’t have any fear at all. Absolutely none.”

—Brother Dardis

The Katrina Adventures of Brother Dardis and Mr. Prados Our Jaynotes Interview for this special issue features two of the many faces that give Jesuit its distinct identity—Brother William Dardis, S.J. ’58 and Michael Prados ’83. As director of special projects, Br. Dardis wears many hats, perhaps none more important than serving as caretaker of the Jesuit’s residence on the fifth and sixth floors of the Banks Street building.

A friendly fixture at Jesuit since 1963, Brother Dardis single-handedly was responsible for turning the lights back on after the storm, restoring the school’s phone service, and working alongside the many people who are laboring to repair the damage.

“Mr. Prados,” as students call him, is a popular English teacher who has been a member of the Jesuit faculty since 1990.

In addition to his classroom duties, Mr. Prados is director of student activities, overseeing the myriad extracurricular activities offered to Blue Jays. Along with a few other Jesuits, faculty, and staff, Brother Dardis and Mr. Prados bunkered down at the school and rode out Hurricane Katrina. It was only after the storm passed that their adventures began in earnest.

Jaynotes: Take us back to August 28, 2005, the Saturday before Hurricane Katrina.

Br. Dardis: We were just getting prepared for the storm, making sure that all the windows, doors, and everything were closed. The flooding of the first floor never even entered my mind. We have never flooded from a hurricane or tropical storm in this building.

So I really wasn’t worried about the first floor. I figured here comes another hurricane. I’ve been here since 1963 and stayed through Betsy and practically every storm that’s come through here. I’ve never left this building. I didn’t have any fear at all, absolutely none. To me it was just a hundred mile-an-hour wind going by.

Mr. Prados: I was supposed to go to a dinner with several people Saturday night but found out that most of them had evacuated and were in Texas or Florida. I was watching more and more weather and the mayor was on every TV channel saying this is a big one, you need to get out. I still wasn’t going to leave. But Fr. (Richard)

Hermes, (S.J.) suggested I stay at school. He said we had a generator if the power goes out. And as much as I intended to stay in my house, I knew that if the big oak tree in front of my house fell on the roof, it could be a problem. So somewhat reluctantly, I packed an overnight bag, a t-shirt, toothbrush, and my sleeping bag and came over to the school. I set up camp outside the chaplain’s office on the second floor, figuring I’d just spend the night down there and then head back home after the storm.

Jaynotes: When Katrina did arrive, what was it like?

Mr. Prados: We watched the roof of the (Roussel) physical education building just get ripped right off and that yellow insulation was flying everywhere. It was quite a sight to see. There was a lot of noise from the wind and things were blowing around.

Br. Dardis: We lost power about 2 a.m. Monday, and by 3:30 a.m. the storm’s coordinates were above New Orleans, so I went outside Hurricane Katrina 39

“There was a huge piece of metal from the gym roof that was blowing around and banging against things. Then, right in front of us, it banged in one of those big new windows, and shattered it.”

—Mr. Prados

to take a look on Banks Street. The water was up to the second step of the main entrance. I thought this was nothing. We escaped everything. So I actually decided to go to bed. And that’s when I’d say disaster struck.

Mr. Prados: In the morning we found some broken windows.

Brother (Larry) Huck, (S.J. ’87) and I were walking on the fourth floor, on the Banks Street side of the school building, and there was a huge piece of metal from the gym roof that was blowing around and banging against things. Then, right in front of us, it banged in one of those big new windows, and shattered it. That was a sight to see. We went to the theology office which had a number of broken windows that we boarded up.

Mr. Prados: The confusion was that although the storm had stopped the water was rising. And that didn’t seem to make sense.

We couldn’t get the mural out the doors. So we put another four tables on top of four more tables. It took all of us to lift that mural to the top of those eight tables. And we said if the water gets any higher, the mural’s done.

Br. Dardis: At a certain point we made a decision that there were some things that we could not save.

Jaynotes: The water’s rising. It’s now inside the school.

It’s serious. What were your thoughts about the potential here?

Br. Dardis: Other than a couple of broken windows and the roof of the Roussel building, the damage from the hurricane was almost nothing. That’s why I felt we were safe, high and dry, and everything was wonderful. Then Mike (Giambelluca, Jesuit’s principal) came running up to the sixth floor of the residence to tell us the water was rising. And I said it couldn’t be.

Br. Dardis: In all sincerity I don’t think we were worried about the potential. We figured we had gotten the stuff out of the way that was worth getting out of the way and we were just going to settle in. We had dinner and then we just relaxed and talked.

Mr. Prados: We noticed the water on Banks Street, but again it floods all the time. there was some water in the school yard and on Palmyra Street. But when I got to my street, South Alexander, there was water, and my street has never flooded. My neighbors came out and said that we had dodged a bullet. My house was fine, so I returned to Jesuit. We kept thinking the water was going to go down, but we noticed it was coming up. And it was coming up in the schoolyard. Those of us who had our cars in the yard moved them once, and then the big question was whether we should move them onto the new bricks of the Traditions Courtyard. As the water rose in the yard, we decided to move the cars again. (Laughs) But we were worried we’d get in trouble moving them on top of those new bricks.

Br. Dardis: Then everybody just tried to sleep. The next morning, this would have been Tuesday, all of a sudden, we heard the front doors banging. Someone was trying to break through the front doors. We had a generator and lights at night, and it was a beacon up here.

Mr. Prados: Brother invited us all up for steaks.

Mr. Prados: Fr. Hermes and I went up to the roof and saw a boat by the doors at the corner of Carrollton and Banks. We went down into that stairwell and saw that a few guys in the boat had broken the window, trying to find higher ground. These people had been in their homes all day and all night as the water was rising. So they broke in and were looking for somewhere to go. They had a lot of elderly people and children who had a pretty rough night. We realized Jaynotes: How did you guys save the we needed to help them. So we got a mural in the Student Commons? ladder and put it on the inside. They had (The mural is a rendering of Jesuits, their little ladder on the outside and they faculty, and alumni through the made numerous trips back and forth and years.) brought in some elderly people. There were people of all ages, including a lady in Mr. Prados: The water was now in the her 90s and some very young children. Bit Commons and coming into the adjacent by bit, with help from Brother Dardis, hallways when I thought of the mural. It’s Brother Huck, and others, we got them up attached to the wall and sits up on a onethrough the window and into the stairThe Blue Jay Shop and bookstore took a mighty inch base, and the water was near the top well. A few people got cuts from some hit from the water. of that base. I ran upstairs and got Br. glass.

Dardis, Br. Huck, Mike (Giambelluca), “Big Mike” (McKnight, who works in the maintenance department), and Fr. Hermes. We Br. Dardis: We decided to take their names, ages, and addresses. started ripping that mural off the wall. Big Mike knew how well We went in one of the classrooms, room 231, and asked them to they had screwed that thing in and it took some doing to rip it off declare whatever they brought with them, food as well as anything the wall without damaging it. We put four of the round tables else. To our surprise, two people had guns, a .45 and a .38 caliber, together and laid the mural on top of them. The tables are 30 inchthat they gave to us to keep. es high, so we figured the mural would stay above water.

Mr. Prados: At this point it was 30, maybe 40 people. We found Br. Dardis: After we took the mural off the wall and set it on those out if they had any special medical problems. We prayed with them four tables, it was only five or six hours later when the water got first, which I thought was important, and they were all very open even higher. to that idea. We prayed and welcomed them, and we gave them 40 JAYNotes

ground rules—stay in the hallway on the second floor near the Banks Street area where they could use the bathroom.

Br. Dardis: We raided the walk-in coolers (downstairs by the maintenance offices and in the cafeteria). Probably the worst area was the cafeteria. There were plastic containers with cereal in the cafeteria manager’s office. They floated and the cereal did not get wet. It was difficult because the refrigerators and freezers were all over the place. We had to climb over them, and the water was grimey because the grease from the three fryers was floating on the top. We were slimey. The only consolation was that we still had enough hot water in the heater to take a lukewarm, tepid shower.

Mr. Prados: We met with the people and gave them all quite a bit of water and cereal, and they brought some things themselves.

Some of them were even barbecuing on the balcony overlooking the courtyard. The people were very cooperative and very appreciative.

Most of them were able to put on some dry clothes. They had been up all night in their homes with rising water not knowing what was happening and I think it was such a relief for them to be on dry, solid ground, that they went to sleep. They were completely exhausted.

Br. Dardis: Meanwhile, the number of people was increasing. How were we going to feed them all? We had enough water, but we were not set up to feed 60 people. It was somewhere around late Tuesday evening or early Wednesday morning when we sat down to talk about the situation. We were beginning to pick up people a lot faster than we could handle them.

Jaynotes: There came a time when the decision was made to begin evacuating all of these folks from Jesuit. Tell us what happened.

Mr. Prados: My house had two feet of water inside and it’s raised three feet. I got my own canoe and paddled back to school. From the roof, Brother Huck and I could see a lot of activity on the Pontchartrain Expressway and the interchanges below. We thought if we could go down Carrollton and reach the on-ramp to the interstate, that would be an escape route. So Brother Huck and I paddled down Carrollton. We saw people in all the buildings and on top of the overpass that leads from Tulane Avenue to Airline Highway. It was full of people who had been there all night long.

And the water itself went all the way up to the train trestle. We realized we couldn’t get to the other side of Carrollton, and there was no way to get onto the interstate. So we proceeded down Tulane towards Jeff Davis and almost every building was full of people who were calling out to us, “Come help us, come rescue us.” But we couldn’t do anything—we were just two in a canoe. We returned to school and made it clear to everyone that we’re just one building among many, many buildings in this neighborhood full of people.

We’re not getting out of here tonight. And this is just one small part of the city. So we realized the seriousness of our situation. We kept trying to come up with plans. What could we do?

Jaynotes: In the midst of this chaos, a plan, in fact, did emerge, correct?

Mr. Prados: Early Wednesday Fr. Hermes and I decided to head out towards City Park Avenue. We took the canoe down Banks, went down South Alexander to Canal Street and headed toward the cemeteries. When we greached City Park Avenue, which is on the Metairie Ridge, we saw the first green grass. Water was still on City Park Avenue, but not much, and we actually got out and walked down to the interstate on-ramp. There were rescue boats with people from Lafayette and we convinced two of them to come with us back to Jesuit. We tied my canoe to the back of one of their boats.

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A neighbor took this photo of Jesuit English teacher Mike Prados who had just retrieved his canoe from his home on S. Alexander Street, just three blocks from the school. At the time, the water was rising and Prados was preparing to launch a rescue and evacuation mission.

All along the way people were calling out to us. Back at Jesuit, we decided to move the elderly first. We also put two young teenage girls in my canoe. Their mother was very, very concerned because it was the first time in their life they’d been in a boat. But I said, “Don’t worry, they’re in good hands.” The mother said, “Okay, Mr. Mike, you got ’em.” I said, “I got ’em and they’re gonna be fine.”

The rescue boats were loaded and we left Jesuit. One of the boats towed my canoe with the girls and me. We went down Canal Street, City Park Avenue, onto the interstate on-ramp, and then to the train bridge that crossed the interstate. The water there was very deep. We unloaded everybody at the train bridge, and on the other side of the bridge bigger boats were taking people up to the I-610 split, then to buses, and eventually Causeway and I-10. Someone in one of the rescue boats saw a tattered American flag in Metairie Cemetery, and hung it from the interstate bridge, a little patriotic gesture. During this first trip, I realized there was a shortcut straight down Banks Street to the interstate. Instead of taking people all the way to the train bridge, we could bring them more quickly to the end of Banks Street where they could walk along the train tracks to board boats for the next leg of the trip. With the different boats going back and forth, we finally evacuated everyone. I paddled a lot of people straight down Banks Street, including the last group of Jesuits and some teachers.

Br. Dardis: At the end of Banks Street, we walked along the railroad tracks to where the new pumping station is next to Metairie Cemetery. Then we all got in a boat and were taken to the I-10/610 split. We were put in a van which went only about two blocks.

People in the van were then separated into medical and non-medical. Those who needed medical attention went one way; those who didn’t climbed into another van and were brought to the main staging area located at Causeway and I-10 to board buses.

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down at Jesuit. Big Mike (McKnight) had decided he was not leaving. I wasn’t leaving either. I was staying. At the time, I was hungry and dehydrated so I found some water and a sandwich. By this time, I had already taken a few loads in my canoe, including three Hondurans who didn’t speak much English. They lived on Banks and wanted to stop at their house because one of them needed his passport. So I paddled the canoe onto their porch, which was under water, and they worked the front door open. They disappeared into the darkness and eventually came out with a soaking wet passport.

Jaynotes: Meanwhile, Brother Dardis, you and several of the other Jesuits found yourselves at the main staging area of Causeway and I-10 waiting to be bused somewhere out of the city with thousands of others. Tell us what happened.

Br. Dardis: Fr. Hermes, Fr. (Tony) Rauschuber, (S.J.), Fr. O’Neal, Brother Huck, Mr. (John) McCullough and his friend, Mike Giambelluca and his wife Donnamaria, and I were all there. It was funny when we first got there because Fr. Hermes and Fr. O’Neal were spotted by the Sister Servants who were boarding a Baptist bus. The sisters stopped the police and said, “Those are our two priests.” And so Fr. Hermes and Fr. O’Neal got on that bus right away and were taken to Baton Rouge. The rest of us then stood in line by the police barricades and waited for buses. From about three till about seven in the evening it was pretty rough. It was hot, humid, and people needed water. It became a little sticky when the buses did not show up with the frequency that they had earlier. One young lady had her three kids lined up to board the bus. But she couldn’t hold onto all three and one would disappear and she would have to take the others off the bus. Brother Huck and I helped put her on a bus to Baton Rouge. When we reached Gonzales, the bus stopped at the outlet mall. I’m getting nervous because we are surrounded by armed guards and there must be 30 or 40 buses in the

“I’ve never felt more needed in my role in what I do.

I gathered some of my English II teaching materials and textbooks and threw them in a bag, took my overnight bag with a few things…and eventually ended up at Strake for the semester.” —Mr. Prados parking lot. We sat there for about 25 minutes. Apparently one of the young troopers announced that nobody was getting off the bus.

There was an elderly man sitting in front of Br. Huck. The man turned around and said to us, “You know, I don’t understand you two. You were there the whole time with us, you never lost your temper, you never got excited about anything. You were just calm and everything was wonderful.” Finally the lady driving the bus tells us we’re driving to Pineville. And I said to myself, “We’re not going out there.” Well, we’re on the interstate maybe four or five minutes when the driver suddenly exits at College Drive and pulls into a Wal-Mart parking lot. The driver sasaid, “If you have friends here you can get off.” So I called my sister and about 10 minutes later, she picked us both up.

Jaynotes: You prayed during all of this?

Br. Dardis: I guess about 1:30, 2:00 in the morning, I asked the Blessed Mother, “I would be appreciative very much if you would stop a bus in front of us.” It was funny when the police moved the barricade and put it right where we were standing. One problem was young kids in uniform with rifles trying to deal with people who were not in their best condition. I don’t think these kids were prepared to handle that, and you didn’t see an officer or somebody who was mature, who could’ve helped. But, Br. Huck and I talked to everybody. I mean, it didn’t make any difference—black, white, purple, green, blue, orange, nationality, had nothing to do with it. We talked as if we were the best of friends.

Jaynotes: They knew you were Jesuits?

Br. Dardis: No, they did not. It was not the best of conditions out there. It really was an adventure, and I appreciated the experience. My sister yelled at me, but that’s what sisters are for. She wanted to know if I understood what “mandatory evacuation” meant. I wasn’t in her car five minutes when I got that sermon. But I know they were worried about me. I guess I had faith in the good Lord that He would take care of me.

Jaynotes: Mr. Prados, you and Big Mike McKnight were the only two left at Jesuit. How did you pass the time?

Mr. Prados: Big Mike did not want to be evacuated. I reassured him that we would be fine here. Then one day just led into the next.

I’d walk around the school building and check things. If you looked in any direction, you would always see four or five helicopters. The sound of helicopters was constant day and night. Each night before going to sleep, I went to the roof just to seek a little bit of quiet, but it really wasn’t quiet because of those helicopters. It was pitch dark everywhere you looked, the whole city was dark. We decided the longer we were there, the less we wanted people to know we were there. We didn’t want the lights in the building to be shining into the neighborhood because we were no longer in a position to take people in. And, quite honestly, we didn’t want to get rescued. So we

would eat a little dinner before dark, and then we’d close the blinds and turn down the lights. We watched the news and thought they would fix the breech much sooner than they did. Every day we’d get up and look at that water line on the side of the Blue Jay band trailer parked in the yard. And every single day the water mark stayed at the same level.

Jaynotes: At some point, your routine was interrupted.

Mr. Prados: We were trying to keep a low profile. One morning, men wearing bullet proof vests and carrying guns showed up in a boat. We could see them in the schoolyard from the window of the residence kitchen (on the sixth floor). They pulled up to the “boat dock,” as we called it, which was the steps in the courtyard that go up to the balcony. We weren’t too concerned, but suddenly, they were in the building. They had broken the glass on the door to get inside and I couldn’t understand why they did that. There were signs that people had been there because we still had a few things on the balcony, including the trash that I put out. Big Mike was getting nervous because he didn’t want to be forcibly evacuated.

They went all over the building and for some reason never came up to the sixth floor. When they finally left, we were relieved, but now the building was open and not as secure as it had been. But nobody else came around.

Jaynotes: Of course, there were rumors going around.

Mr. Prados: The best rumor was the dead person found on the second story balcony.

Now that was absolutely false.

Br. Dardis: There was also the rumor that I was beaten up while stopping the ransacking of some trophy cases on the second floor. When some alumni called and wanted to know what was going on, I told them nothing had happened. One alumnus didn’t believe me and had to come over to make sure that I was all right. Nobody broke in to damage the trophies. The only damage done was by the National Guard to the front door and the roof of the residence.

Jaynotes: Mr. Prados, you had every intention of staying put until a text message came through on Big Mike’s cell phone.

Mr. Prados: It was Saturday afternoon that Big Mike got a text message from Fr. Hermes, who said that there were 200 Jesuit students in Houston looking to enroll at Strake Jesuit. He said they needed teachers. I was hit with that call. I’ve never felt a greater call to be a teacher in my life. I’ve never felt more needed in my role in what I do. I gathered some of my English II teaching materials and textbooks and threw them in a bag, took my overnight bag with a few things…and eventually ended up at Strake for the semester.

Jaynotes: Looking back, how do you begin to describe your experiences?

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In addition to losing buses and vehicles, Jesuit sustained catastrophic damage to its auditorium (renovated just three years ago), cafeteria, bathroom, and Student Commons.

Br. Dardis: I just say it was an adventure.

When they first told me the water was rising, my first impression was they shut the doggone pumps off. The neighbors who stayed with us at Jesuit were good and very friendly.

As soon as people realized Jesuit was on high ground and that we had food and water, we were inundated. There was absolutely no way to handle 60 people. You need an awful lot of food and there’s only so much in the cafeteria and on the sixth floor. And as you start to run out, attitudes and demeanor and character all change as I learned very much on the interstate.

Mr. Prados: To me, the most important thing we did that whole week was welcoming those people inside. They were tired, they were hungry, and they were scared. The water was in their homes. They were elderly, they were young, and there was no question that it was important that we invited those people into the school. Everything we’re all about, being men for others, being men of conscience and compassion, doing things for the greater glory of God, to me that’s all clear as to why it was so important that we took care of the least of our brothers here. I hope that I run into some of them again because it’ll be fun to go back and reminisce. They were just so appreciative to be here, and we welcomed them. That’s why they all went to sleep! It was like the first peace these people had in 36 hours.

Br. Dardis: I will admit that the guns bothered me. I’m not one who likes guns. We eventually returned them, except we kept the bullets.

curb on Carrollton Avenue. I snuck back in with a little help from a few friends. The front doors had already been broken, so I went inside and brought some computers outside to load them into a car. I went back inside and took my first look at the basement and it was a mess. It was probably the first time I really got choked up. I realized what other people were going through with their houses that had flooded.

It was black, it was gooey, and it stunk. I padlocked the front doors, and as I came down the front steps, a police car turned from Canal Street onto Carrollton. I knew I was in a “no-fly zone” and no one else is with me. Two more police cars turn onto Carrollton and I thought, “Oh Lord, they think I’m looting.” Well, the first police car pulls up, and the window rolls down. I don’t know who the young man was, but the first words out of his mouth were, “Brother, what are you doing here?” [Laughter] The nice officer happened to be one of our graduates.

Mr. Prados: Fr. (Anthony) McGinn, (S.J., president of Jesuit High School) immediately deciding to continue to pay the faculty after Katrina was extremely important. (Assistant principal for student affairs) Peter Kernion scheduling Houston, St. Martin’s, the second semester, and now scheduling the coming year, was unbelievable.

(Assistant academic principal) Kathy Juhas took on the role of acting principal at Strake Jesuit. There are many stories about teachers and their personal sacrifices.

Jaynotes: Brother, when did you return to Jesuit for the first time?

Br. Dardis: The primary objective was to take care of our kids.

And I think, in all sincerity, everybody looked at it that way. The inconvenience to them didn’t take precedent over what it meant to take care of our kids.

Br. Dardis: About two weeks after the storm. The water was not quite off of Banks Street. There was maybe a foot of water at the

Jaynotes: You both told a wonderful story. Thank you very much.

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GRADUATION 2006

The 261 Blue Jays who comprise the Class of 2006 will always be remembered as the Katrina class, which is not necessarily a negative. Confronted with disruptive change and dislocation, the Class of 2006 proved themselves to be resilient, hard-working, dedicated, and compassionate Blue Jays. Upon returning to Jesuit for the start of the second semester on January 23, 2006, the seniors belatedly received their rings at Ring Mass, then proudly displayed them on the following Tuesday morning at assembly.

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

“Hope is an Anchor” Delivered to the Class of 2006 at the Commencement Ceremony held May 24, 2006 at the Pontchartrain Center My fellow graduates who are of the class of 2006: Our goal has been to prepare you for the life that lies ahead. We have given you an anchor, a compass, a map, and, we hope, the ability to read the stars so you can know where you are.

As I look at this class, I see great hope. Hope is an anchor. We hope not in ourselves but in God who is the source of all that we are, all that we have. He is the source of our ambition, our resilience, and our compassion.

What do we hope for God to give us—a convenient, comfortable life; a life free of challenges; a life of instant success; a life free of frustration, disappointment, and defeat? I certainly hope not. Our hope is that you will have the power to overcome the temptation of the self-defeating choices of self-indulgence, self-pity, and self-aggrandizement.

An anchor provides stability. We hope that God’s power in your life will provide the stability you need in time of trouble, in times when you are tempted to be less than who you are called to be. Your map and your compass are the conscience and the compassion we have called you to develop. If you don’t know where you are, how will you know where you are going?

You are now near the end of your adolescence. It is time to leave the harbor. You face a choice more important than the choice of a college, more important than the choice of a career, and almost as important as the choice of your spouse. One of the most important choices you are called to make is when you decide to leave adolescence. Unfortunately many people before you have chosen to prolong their adolescence well into their twenties, thirties, and forties. You can continue to be approval-focused. You can continue to live for today and give no thought to your long-term responsibilities. Without the compass and map, you may drift about on a sea of self-indulgence or become stuck on a lonely island of self-pity.

Social and economic pressures may encourage you to stay where you are, to extend your adolescence well past the appropriate time.

You know well my thoughts on how excess in the choice of leisure activities leads to prolonged immaturity.

You owe it to yourself, to your family, to your city, to your future to leave the comfortable patterns of adolescence that do not expect much of you, that do not challenge you.

The challenges of this year offer this class a special opportunity to use the compass and read the map.

The decisions you make will have profound influence not only on your lives but on the lives of so many people who will depend on you for courageous, self-sacrificing choices.

May God guide your choices as you grow into the men He calls you to become.

Anthony McGinn, S.J. ’66

Steve Morgan ’68 Instilled Passion in the Hearts of Seniors and Urged Them to Make a Difference in the World Nationally acclaimed motivational speaker Steve Morgan ’68 was the keynote speaker at the 2006 Seniors’ Commencement Luncheon on May 12. Now in its fifth year, the event brings together the old and the new, pairing alumni and seniors at the tables, and ushers the new graduates into the ranks of Jesuit alumni which now total more than 12,500.

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2006 VALEDICTORY ADDRESS

After graduation rehearsal, the 2006 valedictorians got together to ponder life after Jesuit. They are, left to right, Allen Calvert Porter III; Paul Joseph Sampognaro; Timothy David Shea; Adam James Tosh; Ryan Michael Boudreau; Michael Albert Puente, Jr.; and Louis William McFaul IV, who delivered the valedictory address.

Seniors, teachers, parents, relatives, friends: Wednesday, May 24th, 2006 is by no means an end: it is the beginning of our mission to live on our own Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, for the greater glory of God. Consider a box. If you have resided in the box for most of your life so far, then life in the box is actually quite comfortable. As Rosencrantz, an old friend of Hamlet, once said, “Life in a box is better than no life at all.” Most people assume that the box implies a life lesson on freethinking and individuality, that we should break out of the box. Everyone in this auditorium knows better. The people inside the box did not break free to the reality outside; rather, the reality of surging waters breached the walls of our box and broke in.

There’s an old Chinese curse that says, “May you live in interesting times.” This class, along with Top and Mr. Giambelluca, arrived at Jesuit just before 9/11; this class leaves just after Katrina. But the class of 2006 has not fallen victim to the self-pity that Father McGinn has warned us about; this class not only endured but also prevailed, triumphantly returning with three state championships, six district championships, and several other incredible awards reflecting the seniors’ talent, dedication, and focus. After being Fifteen members of the Class scattered across the country for the first semester, this class and the teachers came back. of 2006 began this academic To our parents, relatives, friends, and everyone who helped us to arrive at this moment—we thank you year in August at Jesuit High for your incredibly selfless support, for supporting our clubs and cheering our teams, for encouraging us to School. However, after merit academic honors and motivating us to win athletic championships. We thank you, our parents for Katrina, for various reasons they were not able to return all you have sacrificed, public and private, in order to ensure that we could continue our education and our to New Orleans to complete lives. their academic year at Jesuit.

To the faculty, coaches, staff, administration, and every employee of Jesuit High School—you, along They are: John M. Alsfeld, with our parents, made us who we are today. You have taught, trained, and tested us for the past five years, Samir M. Bhatti, Louis M. and though the course was often arduous, it was well worth the effort. As you look upon another Brantmeyer, Edgar M. Dixey, graduating class, know that it was your commitment to our mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing that William H. Edwards, Jr., Justin enabled us to earn these diplomas. Although we can never fully repay you for what five years of C. Gettys, Jeremy B. Green, formation and experience at Jesuit is really worth, we sincerely thank you and will always remember your Timothy P. Keogh, Philip M. profound influence on us.

Mahne, Nicholas A. March, To the class of 2006, you who made yourselves men of faith and men for others, you Kyle P. Salzer, Brian T. Smith, who took the initiative and dedicated yourselves to ROTC, band, philelectic society, student Julian B. Terry, Andrew H. council, and every other club; you who gave your blood, sweat, tears and represented Jesuit by practicing, Wiltz, and Zhiyang M. Yu. training, and winning on the track, field, court, and every other arena—as you all march forward to every corner of this country from California, to Texas, to New York, never forget who you are and who formed you—you are the Blue Jays of Jesuit High School of New Orleans, and no one can ever take that away from you.

There are those who believe that the old Blue Jay Spirit is not as strong as it used to be. I suggest that the Blue Jay Spirit is more evident and clearly defined this year than it has ever been since 1847. Consider those alumni who stayed behind and searched the flooded city in boats people stranded on rooftops in an otherwise-abandoned city, and those who kept the Thanksgiving Drive going during an extremely demanding year. Consider those incredibly selfless members of the faculty and staff who moved their lives to Houston for the students, for us, for our education and our wellbeing. Remember those who worked and continue striving tirelessly and unceasingly behind the scenes coordinating the satellite schools and the forever-changed Jesuit, not out of concern for recognition or visibility, but out of concern for the students’ futures.

Also, remember those seniors who dedicated themselves to the newspaper and coordinated people across several states to write articles, those seniors who kept the traditions of senior lunches, brown bag concerts, welcome week, and a smorgasbord of other activities. Finally, consider those seniors who even in incredibly disruptive circumstances, including the loss of homes, friends, and family and with shortened seasons, continued to excel in arts, academics, and athletics. This year there are 62 seniors graduating summa cum laude, 68 graduating magna cum laude, and 64 graduating cum laude. In addition, this class achieved 11th place in the nation in mock trial, a score of 96% and a rating of outstanding in the annual 6th Marine Corps District inspection, state championships in cross country, tennis, and wrestling, and district championships in those three plus swimming, basketball, and soccer. Blue Jay Spirit remains not only alive and well but also stronger than ever, found in the community of Jesuit High School—parents, alumni, faculty, staff, students, and especially seniors.

And so, congratulations, class of 2006. Today you receive your hard-earned diplomas. You deserve them.

Louis W. McFaul IV ’06 Graduation 2006

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AWA R D S

Blue Jays’ Achievements Recognized Each year Jesuit students are recognized for their achievements. The following awards and their recipients were announced at the Commencement Ceremony and at Awards Night.

AWARDS PRESENTED AT GRADUATION Matthew S. Dozier (above) received the Spiritual Leadership Award, Daniel B. Walk (right) received The Harry McEnerny, Jr. Memorial Plaque, and Adam J. Tosh (below) was honored with The Father Pedro Arrupe Award.

The Reverend Father President’s Spiritual Leadership Award is awarded to the student who has exerted the greatest spiritual influence on others by living a life exemplifying his Catholic faith. The President’s Spiritual Leadership Award is given to that member of the senior class who manifests to the rest of the school community his dedication and commitment to Christ and the Church through his personal life, concern for others, and Christian example. By vote of the faculty, this year’s award was merited by Matthew Samuel Dozier ’06.

The Harry McEnerny, Jr., Memorial Plaque is awarded to that member of the senior class who, not only has a good scholastic record, but is also proficient in an athletic activity his senior year, has participated in extracurricular activities outside of athletics, and possesses those qualities which symbolize the most representative Jesuit High School student. He should be a leader among the students and his leadership should be in the area of preserving school spirit. The student who has been judged deserving of this award by a vote of the faculty is Daniel Beslin Walk ’06.

The Father Pedro Arrupe Award is made each year to the senior who has exemplified the spirit of being a man for others by his participation and excellence in service. This year, by vote of the faculty, the Father Pedro Arrupe Award is merited by Adam James Tosh ’06.

The Blue Jay Parents’ Club Award for excellence in scholarship is awarded to the seniors who graduated with the highest grade point average for four years at Jesuit High School and are named co-valedictorians of the class.

This year it was merited by Ryan Michael Boudreau ’06, Louis William McFaul IV ’06, Allen Calvert Porter III ’06, Michael Albert Puente, Jr. ’06, Paul Joseph Sampognaro ’06, Timothy David Shea ’06, and Adam James Tosh ’06.

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AWARDS PRESENTED AT ASSEMBLY The Frank T. Howard Memorial Award for English was merited by Kenneth J. Lota ’06.

The Jesuit 500 Club Award for Latin was merited this year by Alexander D. Buras ’06.

The William Helis Memorial Award for Greek was merited by Andrew P. Lambert ’06.

The Loyola University Award for Mathematics, given to the senior with the highest overall average in mathematics, was earned by Ernest K. Svenson ’06.

The Reverend William J. Ryan Memorial Award for History, donated by Dr. J. Joseph Ryan, was merited by Delos M. Flint ’06.

The Frank T. Howard Memorial Award for excellence in Physics was merited by Samuel A. Just ’06.

The Paquette Family Award for excellence in French was merited

by Alexander J. Schneider ’06.

The Coach Gernon Brown Memorial Award for the best all-around athlete of the junior varsity teams for the current year was awarded to Rontrell P. Edwards ’09.

The “Rusty” Staub Award to the senior baseball letterman manifesting outstanding sportsmanship, leadership, and spirit for the current year was awarded to Barry M. Butera, Jr. ’06.

The Award for the Best Football Lineman for the current season was awarded to Jean-Marc V. Bonin ’06.

The Award for All-Around Athletic Ability was awarded to Jaron S. Villafana ’06.

The William D. and Maybell Postell Award, donated by Mr. John Blake Postell, to the senior basketball player who manifested leadership, scholarship, and spirit during the current season was presented to Richard W. Coffey, Jr. ’06.

The Fighting Jaylet Award, donated by Mr. Charles W. Heim, Jr., in honor of the 1968 Fighting Jaylets, to the junior varsity basketball player who has demonstrated the highest quality of excellence as a student athlete, was presented to Christopher D. Joseph ’08.

The Morris B. Redmann Memorial Award for the senior football letterman who best combined scholarship and athletics was presented to Matthew S. Dozier ’06.

The Edwin F. Stacy, Jr. Wrestling Award to the senior who has made a major contribution to the team, excelling in academics, exhibiting exemplary leadership, and sacrificially working for the benefit of his teammates was awarded to Bradley R. Gruezke ’06.

The Michael D. Conway Award for the most valuable player on the current soccer team was awarded to Jeffrey K. Romig ’06.

The Rodriguez Family Most Valuable Swimmer Award for the senior who has made significant contribution to the team, having exhibited exemplary leadership, and having performed in an outstanding manner in meet competition was awarded to Cullen M. Wheatley ’06.

The Award for Excellence in Biology was merited by Delos M. Flint ’06.

The Culture of Life Award for exemplary leadership in the Jesuit Pro Life Club, profound belief in the inviolable dignity of human life from conception to natural death, and consistent respect and concern for others in daily life was awarded to Scott J. Delatte ’06.

The Aloysius J. Cahill Memorial Award in Oratory was merited ex aequo by Lee J. Gresham ’08 and Paul M. Leingang ’08.

The Reverend Francis A. Fox, S.J., Memorial Award for proficiency in instrumental music, donated by Mr. Harry J. Morel, Sr., was merited by Christian M. Bautista ’06.

The Chester M. Rieth Award for the senior track letterman manifesting sportsmanship, leadership, and spirit for the current year was awarded to Michael D. Modica ’06.

The Stanley Ray Award for the most improved track letterman during the current year was awarded to Yuki T. Dunn ’07.

The Most Valuable Golfer Award for the golfer who has made a significant contribution to the team, has exhibited exemplary leadership, and has performed in an outstanding manner was presented to Ryan D. Peters ’06.

The Most Valuable Tennis Player Award for the senior tennis player who has made a significant contribution to the team by having exhibited exemplary leadership and having performed in an outstanding manner was awarded to Paul J. Sampognaro ’06.

The Vincent J. Liberto Award for Second Place in Instrumental Music, donated by Mr. Vincent J. Liberto, was merited by Christian A. Gonzalez ’07.

The Christopher Morgan Memorial Award for the cross-country letterman who has best exemplified courage, leadership, sportsmanship, and spirit was awarded to Brett L. Guidry ’06.

The Reverend Elwood P. Hecker, S.J. Award given to the bandsmen who show dedication to music, honesty, understanding, dependability, and Blue Jay spirit was merited ex aequo by Jonathan Mann ’06 and Domagoj Jursic ’06.

The Joseph Michael Worley Memorial Award given to the graduating senior who by his unselfishness, sportsmanship, and spirit during his career at Jesuit has enhanced the athletic program as a player, manager, trainer, or student, was presented to Maxwell D. Gruenig ’06.

The Robert T. Casey Memorial Award, given to the varsity athlete who manifested the best sportsmanship during the current year was awarded to Craig M. Schnell ’06.

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WHERE ARE THEY GOING? It’s a migratory thing. Every summer Blue Jays leave the unique climate of Carrollton and Banks for destinations far and near. Check the list on the following pages to discover where the 2006 Jays will be nesting.

Arizona State University Cameron Michael Chamberlain also accepted to Louisiana State University, University of Alabama, Colorado State University Cullen Michael Wheatley also accepted to University of Mississippi, Louisiana State University (Honors College), University of Florida Baton Rouge Community College Dustin William Dantin also accepted to University of Southern Mississippi Richard William Coffey, Jr. also accepted to Loyola University New Orleans Matthew Glenn Finney Stephen William McMahon also accepted to University of New Orleans Philip Fernandes Moseley also accepted to University of Alabama Baylor University Robert Byron Farber II also accepted to Louisiana State University Belmont Abbey College Christopher Lee Ragusa, Jr. also accepted to Spring Hill College Boston College Ryan Michael Boudreau (Honors Program), also accepted to Georgetown University, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Tulane University (Honors Program), Duke University Barry Michael Butera, Jr. also accepted to Tulane University, University of Alabama (Honors Program), University of Georgia, Loyola University New Orleans, Texas Christian University, Providence College, Samford University Danminh Quy Mui Mark Andrew Singer also accepted to Vanderbilt University, College of Charleston (Honors Program), Spring Hill College, Tulane University (Honors Program) William Michael Varney also accepted to Tulane University Catholic University of America Lawrence Agusta Comiskey also accepted to Mount Saint Mary’s University, Saint Joseph’s University, Louisiana State University Patrick Thomas Cragin also accepted to Louisiana State University Christendom College Scott Joseph Delatte also accepted to Louisiana State University, Catholic University of America, Spring Hill College Clemson University Neal Albert Ajubita also accepted to Mississippi State University, University of Alabama, Texas Christian University, University of Mississippi, Florida State University, University of South Carolina Gerald William Vocke, Jr. also accepted to Texas Christian University (Honors Program), Louisiana State University, Tulane University College of Santa Fe Gavin Solis Atilano also accepted to University of New Orleans, Loyola University New Orleans Nicolas Joseph DiRosa also accepted to Louisiana State University Christopher George Woods also accepted to Loyola University New Orleans, Spring Hill College

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Colorado State University Victor Alexander Perez also admitted to Louisiana State University Columbia University Michael Joseph Bossetta, Jr. also accepted to University of Maryland, Boston University, Arizona State University Timothy David Shea (Early Decision) also admitted to Tulane University (Honors Program) Dartmouth College Alexander Kane Assaf also accepted to Tulane University, University of San Francisco, Colorado School of Mines, Kettering University, Louisiana State University Duke University Ernest Knute Svenson also accepted to Rice University, Boston College (Honors College), Trinity University, Tulane University, Louisiana State University (Honors College), Georgia Institute of Technology (Honors Program) Flagler College Luke Andrew Prados also accepted to University of New Orleans Georgetown University Eric Claude Cusimano also accepted to College of the Holy Cross, University of Richmond, Furman University, Gettysburg College, Randolph-Macon College (Honors Program), University of Mary Washington (Honors Program), Centre College, Tulane University, Wake Forest University, The College of William and Mary, Dickinson College Kevin Ashton Laborde, Jr. also accepted to Florida State Gregory Noel Re also accepted to Washington University in St. Louis, University of Notre Dame, Boston College Paul Joseph Sampognaro also accepted to University of Virginia, Vanderbilt University, Louisiana State University (Honors College) Georgia Institute of Technology Christopher Joseph Combes also accepted to Louisiana State University Harvey Mudd College Samuel Andrew Just (Early Decision) Louisiana State University Ryan Scott Adams Matthew Gerard Babin also accepted to University of Southern Mississippi, University of New Orleans Jeffrey Michael Bandera Christian Marc Bautista (Honors College) Cory Alan Bender also accepted to University of Louisiana Lafayette, Spring Hill College, Centenary College, University of New Orleans Roy Edward Blossman II (Honors College) Robert Gerald Boesch also accepted to Auburn University, University of Southern Mississippi, Spring Hill College, Tulane University Youssef Estevan Bou-Mikael also accepted to University of Louisiana Lafayette, University of New Orleans Patrick Wayne Braud, Jr. Kyle James Briscoe also accepted to University of Louisiana Lafayette

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Andrew Michael Browning (Honors College) Shane Michael Buchler also accepted to Tulane University, Loyola University New Orleans Andrew Michael Cambus also accepted to University of Louisiana Lafayette Vincent Steven Campo Stephen Parker Carriere also accepted to Tulane University Carey Carter Celestin Casey Nicolas Chimento also accepted to University of New Orleans, Tulane University, Florida State University, University of Wisconsin, University of Georgia, University of Alabama, University of Texas at Arlington, University of Mississippi, University of Louisiana Lafayette, University of Southern Mississippi, Southeastern Louisiana University Kyle Timothy Christiansen David James Creighton (Honors College) also accepted to Creighton University Gabriel Michael Cusimano George Anthony Cvitanovic also accepted to Spring Hill College, Loyola University New Orleans, University of Mississippi Matthew Thomas Daniel (Honors College) James Corey Day Christopher Michael Drewes Jason Noel Dubos Adam Michael Duvernay also accepted to University of New Orleans Jeffrey Michael Farnet Jonathan Norwood Finney (Honors College) also accepted to Catholic University of America Paul Stephen Fitzmorris (Honors College) also accepted to St. Louis University (Honors Program), University of Dallas (Honors Program), Emory University, Tulane University (Honors Program), Loyola University

New Orleans (Honors Program), University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University David Michael Fraychinaud Jeffrey Michael Ganucheau (Honors College) also accepted to Mississippi State University (Honors Program) Gerard Joseph Gaudet also accepted to Tulane University (Honors Program), Rhodes College, Millsaps College Michael Edward Graham II (Honors College) also accepted to Southern Methodist University (Honors Program) Andrew William Graziano (Honors College) also accepted to Purdue University, Tulane University, Loyola University New Orleans Collin Robert Green also accepted to Arizona State University, Colorado State University, University of Alabama Michael Connaugh Grennan also accepted to University of Southern Mississippi, University of Louisiana Lafayette Taylor Michael Grimm Bradley Robert Gruezke (Honors College) Brett Leonard Guidry also accepted to Tulane University, Loyola University New Orleans Jeffrey Sanford Guin, Jr. Evan Joseph Harrington also accepted to University of Southern Mississippi Stuart Robert Hart, Jr. Robert Lee Hatfield III (Honors College) Ryan Brandt Hathaway also accepted to University of Southern Mississippi John Alcide Helmstetter Andrew Michael Herpich also accepted to University of Mississippi, University of Alabama Graduation 2006 51

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Joshua Michael Hess also accepted to University of New Orleans, Georgia Institute of Technology, Mississippi State University Brandon Lee Hicks Mario Jose Hurtado, Jr. Robert Anthony Johns Shelby Charles Johnson Lee Brenan Jones Michael Bowen Jones (Honors College) also accepted to Southern Methodist University (Honors Program), University of Georgia, Tulane University Stefan Eleftherios M. Karasoulis also accepted to Spring Hill College Jason Charles Kincl Sean Andrew Lajaunie also accepted to University of Louisiana Lafayette, University of Southern Mississippi, Loyola University New Orleans, Tulane University John Hartson Leary, Jr. also accepted to Auburn University, University of Mississippi, University of Alabama, University of New Orleans Samuel John LeBlanc Clay Justin LeGros, Jr. also accepted to Tulane University Richard Brian Maia also accepted to Tulane University Marc Joseph Mandich (Honors College) Jonathan Frey Mann (Honors College) also accepted to Tulane University, Loyola University New Orleans, St. Louis University, Spring Hill College, Fordham University, University of New Orleans Cooper William McGregor also accepted to University of Alabama, University of Mississippi Patrick Timothy McKay (Honors College) also accepted to Wake Forest University James David McManamon also accepted to Arizona State University, Florida State University, University of Alabama, University of Mississippi, Spring Hill College Thomas Francis Meagher IV also accepted to California State University Fullerton, Mississippi State University Sean Stephen Melendreras Gunther Richard Michaelis III also accepted to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Tulane University Jordan Thomas Milazzo also accepted to Tulane University Derek Alan Mnichowski also accepted to Rhodes College Michael David Modica (Honors College) also accepted to Duke University, Georgetown University, University of Notre Dame Casey William Moll also accepted to University of Mississippi, Texas Christian University Matthew William Mondello Daniel LeDoux Montgomery also accepted to Ave Maria University Eric Thomas Murray also accepted to Tulane University, University of New Orleans, University of Mississippi, University of Miami Derek Joseph Naccari (Honors College) Darrell Charles O’Neill, Jr. also accepted to University of Louisiana Lafayette, University of New Orleans Jason George Papale (Honors College) also accepted to Spring Hill College, Tulane University, Millsaps College, Loyola University New Orleans Ryan Dean Peters Joseph Gohres Pretcher also accepted to Baylor University (Honors Program), University of Mississippi, Tulane University Stephen Michael Procido also accepted to Loyola University Chicago Shane Andrew Quirk Christian Michael Rabito Frank Joseph Rabito III Blake Stephen Raggio Gregory Joseph Raymond, Jr. also accepted to University of Louisiana Monroe

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Michael Howat Raymond Benjamin Francis Reed Sean Michael Regan also accepted to University of Alabama, University of Mississippi, University of Louisiana Lafayette Jean-Paul Richard also accepted to University of Mississippi, University of Alabama Kevin Thomas Rizzo Colin O’Neill Roberson (Honors College) also accepted to Fordham University, Tulane University Rustin Lance Roberts Leroy Joseph Rogers, Jr. also accepted to Texas A&M University Joshua Thomas Romig also accepted to University of Alabama, University of Southern Mississippi Kevin Avery Rooney (Honors College) also accepted to Tulane University, Baylor University Joseph J Sabrier IV (Honors College) also accepted to Vanderbilt University, Southern Methodist University, Tulane University (Honors Program) Robert James Schindler Stephen Thomas Sewell also accepted to University of Mississippi Kevin Vismay Shah William Parker Stewart, Jr.

Jaron Sean Villafana also accepted to University of Southern Mississippi, Millsaps College, Louisiana Tech University, University of Alabama, Louisiana Tech University Robert Nicaud Commagere also accepted to University of Louisiana Lafayette Loyola University Chicago Matthew Scott Davis also accepted to Marquette University, Louisiana State University (Honors College), Tulane University Christopher James Fox Francis William Huete III also accepted to Tulane University, University of Colorado Boulder, Georgia Institute of Technology Christopher Joseph Riehlmann also accepted to Loyola University New Orleans, Fordham University, Louisiana State University Loyola University New Orleans Philip Michael Boyd also accepted to Tulane University, Louisiana State University, University of Florida

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Christopher Alan Brown David Anthony Camacho Castillo also accepted to Tulane University, Louisiana State University, Fordham University, Spring Hill College, University of San Francisco Mitchel Tyler Cross also accepted to Tulane University Matthew Samuel Dozier also accepted to University of Southern Mississippi, Spring Hill College, University of Louisiana Lafayette, Louisiana State University Ralph Roger Eyles III also accepted to Tulane University, Louisiana State University (Honors College) Brandon Christopher Ford also accepted to University of New Orleans Brian Anthony Gabriel, Jr. also accepted to Louisiana State University, University of San Francisco, Seton Hall University, Hawaii Pacific University Dante William Gandolini also accepted to Tulane University, Louisiana State University, St. John’s University Michael Sean Hohan also accepted to University of New Orleans Bradley Stephen Kellett also accepted to Tulane University, Louisiana State University, University of New Orleans, University of Arkansas Marc Joseph Melancon also accepted to Nicholls State University (Honors Program), University of Louisiana Lafayette (Honors College) David Christopher Rigamer also accepted to University of New Orleans

Princeton University Louis William McFaul IV also accepted to University of Notre Dame, Vanderbilt University, Rice University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Boston University, Louisiana State University Allen Calvert Porter III (Early Decision) Providence College Jeffrey Keenan Romig (Early Decision) Rhodes College Lester Joseph Madere III also accepted to Louisiana State University Allen Joseph Orgeron also accepted to Auburn University, College of Charleston, Louisiana State University, Loyola University New Orleans Rice University Michael Albert Puente, Jr. also accepted to Baylor School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, Tulane University (Honors Program), University of Notre Dame, Emory University, Vanderbilt University Savannah College of Art and Design Dominic Angelo Graves also accepted to California Design Institute Southeastern Louisiana University Brent Alexander Gruber Spring Hill College Devin Richard Golden also accepted to Regis University, Marquette University, Louisiana State University, Wofford College Michael Houston Horchoff also accepted to Louisiana State University, Texas Christian University, Loyola University New Orleans, University of New Orleans, St. Edward’s University Carlos Enrique Labadie also accepted to Loyola University New Orleans, Tulane University Dante Salomon Posadas also accepted to Louisiana State University

Jonathan Patrick Rowan also accepted to Westminster College Nicholas de la Rua also accepted to Tulane University, Loyola University Chicago, Louisiana Tech University Michael Francis Schott, Jr. Mark Joseph Seither also accepted to Tulane University, Louisiana State University, Fordham University, University of New Orleans Andrew Christopher Todd Carlos Miguel Vera Santos also accepted to Tulane University, Fordham University Michigan State University Domagoj Jursic also accepted to University of Colorado Boulder Mississippi State University Kaled Matthew Mustafa (Honors Program) Northwestern University Delos Michael Flint (Early Decision)

Texas Christian University Nathan Louis Levenson also accepted to Birmingham Southern College, Samford University Clayton Edward Richardson (Honors Program) also accepted to Louisiana State University, Loyola University New Orleans, Tulane University, University of Alabama Douglas Matthew Stokes also accepted to University of San Diego, University of Alabama, University of Mississippi, Louisiana State University, Tulane University Texas A&M University Ryan Michael Amedee also accepted to St. Louis University (Honors Program), Catholic University of America, Louisiana State University, Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Loyola University New Orleans, Florida Institute of Technology Julien Charles Petit also accepted to Loyola University New Orleans, Louisiana State University, Texas A&M University Galveston Russell Edward Trahan III also accepted to University of Central Florida, Auburn University, St. Louis University, Mississippi State University Tulane University Michael Stephen Blaum (University College) Alexander David Buras (Honors Program) also accepted to University of Florida (Honors Program), Texas A&M University (Honors Program), Vanderbilt University (Honors Program), Emory University James Carl Cronvich also accepted to Georgetown University, University of Texas at Austin Graduation 2006 53

WHERE ARE THEY GOING?

Robert Michael Gardner (Honors Program) also accepted to Colorado School of Mines (Honors Program) Kenneth Jude Lota (Honors Program) also accepted to University of Richmond, Rhodes College, Louisiana State University (Honors College), Emory University Alexander Julien Schneider also accepted to University of Texas at Austin Matthew Rhea Slattery (Honors Program) Leo Joseph Webb, Jr. also accepted to Southern Methodist University, Rhodes College, College of the Holy Cross United States Naval Academy Lawrence Walter Stoulig III also accepted to Colorado School of Mines, Tulane University, Georgia Institute of Technology University of Alabama Robert Bradley Alpaugh also accepted to College of Charleston Joel Thomas Block (Honors Program) also accepted to Louisiana State University (Honors College), Westminster College, Tulane University Jean-Marc Vincent Bonin Andrew Braddock Burns Gregory Gill Glaeser (Honors Program) also accepted to Loyola University New Orleans, Tulane University David Conway Kepper, Jr. also accepted to Auburn University (Honors Program), University of Mississippi, Tulane University, Louisiana State University, Clemson University Adam Michael Klock (Honors Program) also accepted to Loyola University Chicago, Loyola University New Orleans, Tulane University, George Washington University, Boston College, Louisiana State University (Honors College) Benjamin Marion Oertling also accepted to University of South Carolina, University of Tennessee Bradley Taylor Oster also accepted to Louisiana State University University of Colorado at Boulder Paul Hilbert Joseph Loeb also accepted to University of Southern California, Arizona State University (Honors Program) University of Florida Matthew Michael Hobbs also accepted to Tulane University, Louisiana State University, University of Alabama, Texas A&M University University of Georgia Matthew Taylor Lorio also accepted to Louisiana State University (Honors College), University of Alabama (Honors Program) University of Louisiana Lafayette Dustin James Broussard also accepted to University of Louisiana Monroe Craig Crosby Forshag also accepted to University of New Orleans, University of Alabama Cameron Geoffrey LaCoste James Michael Linn IV also accepted to University of New Orleans Chad Matthew Naremore also accepted to University of New Orleans (Honors Program), Southeastern Louisiana University (Honors Program) Tyler Winner Schaefer also accepted to Spring Hill College Gary John Toca Kyle Joseph Vincent John Christopher Viviano also accepted to University of Mississippi Christopher Wayne Vizzini

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Cory Joseph Vogel (Honors College) also accepted to Miami University Ohio, University of New Orleans, Loyola University New Orleans (Honors Program) Eric William West also accepted to Regis University, University of California Berkeley Matthew Alexander Willard also accepted to Oxford College at Emory, University of Dayton, Alcorn State University (Honors Program) Chad Robert Zibilich University of Louisiana Monroe Alex Clayton Deshowitz also accepted to University of Southern Mississippi, Louisiana State University, University of Louisiana Lafayette, Louisiana Tech University Frederick Bratton Holley IV also accepted to University of Houston, University of Mississippi, Creighton University, Xavier University, Campbell University James Nicholas Vitale also accepted to University of Alabama, Northwestern State University University of Miami Craig Michael Schnell also accepted to College of Charleston, Hendrix College, Tulane University, Louisiana State University, University of Southern Mississippi University of Michigan Ann Arbor Bolaji Tunde Akingbola also accepted to Tulane University, Louisiana State University University of New Orleans Nicholas Claiborne Breaux (Honors Program) Shelby Pickett Grosz, Jr. (Honors Program) also accepted to Loyola University New Orleans, Tulane University Maxwell Duke Gruenig Gordon Gately Hall David Erwin Junker (Honors Program) also accepted to Louisiana State University, Loyola University New Orleans Joseph John Laura IV (Honors Program) Casey Michael McGann Ryan Joseph Nauck Justin Michael Pigford John Edward Pivach also accepted to Millsaps College, Louisiana State University, Auburn University, Loyola University New Orleans Michael Robert Slattery Steven Michael Swanson, Jr. also accepted to Louisiana State University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Adam James Tosh also accepted to Boston College (Honors Program), Tulane University (Honors Program), Louisiana State University (Honors College) University of Notre Dame Christopher Ryan Green also accepted to University of Southern California, Washington and Lee University, Villanova University, Tulane University, University of Alabama (Honors Program), University of Florida Vincent Howard Scelfo also accepted to Tulane University (Honors Program), University of Florida David Michael Theriot also accepted to Tulane University University of Pennsylvania David Allen White, Jr. (Early Decision)

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University of Rochester William Joseph Knighten also accepted to Rhodes College, Emory University, Loyola University New Orleans, Tulane University, Xavier University University of South Alabama Tariq Mohammed Yousuf also accepted to Tulane University, Loyola University New Orleans, Louisiana State University, University of New Orleans University of Southern Mississippi Marcus Paul Dufour Charles Francois Wilson also accepted to Louisiana State University, Florida State University University of Texas at Austin Jonathan Stephen Frischhertz also accepted to Clemson University, Louisiana State University Michael John Mestayer, Jr. also accepted to Louisiana State University, University of Miami, Providence College Daniel Beslin Walk also accepted to Duke University, University of Notre Dame, University of Virginia, Rice University, Tulane University, Louisiana State University, University of Florida, University of Alabama Vanderbilt University Dominik Joseph Cvitanovic also accepted to Washington and Lee University, Tulane University, Louisiana State University (Honors College) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Marc Stephen Sketchler also accepted to Washington University in St. Louis, Trinity University, Tulane University (Honors Program), Georgia Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University

Wagner College Gilbert Eugene Hebert also accepted to Marymount Manhattan College, Fordham University Washington and Lee University Andrew Pierce Lambert also accepted to New York University, Tulane University, American University, Boston University, University of Texas at Dallas, University of Mississippi Marion Peter Tripp Roy III also accepted to Louisiana State University (Honors College), Tulane University, Southern Methodist University (Honors Program) Washington University in St. Louis Sean Ellis Rhoads also accepted to University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Washington and Lee University, Rhodes College, Furman University, Davidson College Westminster College Karl Anderson Feigley Matthew Stuart Repman also accepted to Tulane University, Spring Hill College (Honors Program) West Virginia University Rouglas Jose Odor also accepted to University of Hawaii at Manoa Xavier University of Louisiana Alexander Long Nguyen also accepted to University of New Orleans Undecided Ross Michael Lehnhardt Ross Michael Reboul accepted to University of Southern Mississippi, University of Louisiana Lafayette Graduation 2006 55

SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED

More than $16.5 Million in Scholarships Offered to the Class of 2006 The 261 members of the Class of 2006 have been awarded $16,683,228 in scholarships to colleges and universities throughout the United States.

Ryan Scott Adams—Louisiana State University Baseball Scholarship

Cory Alan Bender—Spring Hill College Swimming Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award

Bolaji Tunde Akingbola—TOPS Opportunity Award Ryan Michael Amedee—Catholic University of America Alumni Award, Catholic University of America CUA Award, Catholic University of America Parish Scholarship, Louisiana State University ROTC Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award, Saint Louis University Billiken Scholarship, Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award Alexander Kane Assaf—Kettering University Scholarship, Kettering University Trustee Scholarship, TOPS Performance Award Gavin Solis Atilano—College of Santa Fe Christian Brothers Scholarship, College of Santa Fe De La Salle Scholarship

Joel Thomas Block—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana State University National Hispanic Scholarship, TOPS Performance Award, Tulane University Founders Scholarship, University of Alabama National Hispanic Scholarship, Westminster College National Hispanic Scholarship Roy Edward Blossman II—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Honors Award Robert Gerald Boesch—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Southern Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship Michael Joseph Bossetta, Jr.—Boston University Wrestling Scholarship

Jeffrey Michael Bandera—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Opportunity Award Christian Marc Bautista—LMA Music Award, Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana State University Distinguished Freshmen Award, Louisiana State University National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Louisiana State University Tiger Band Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award

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Ryan Michael Boudreau—National Merit Finalist Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Dean’s Honor Scholarship Youssef Estevan Bou-Mikael—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Opportunity Award

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Philip Michael Boyd—Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola University New Orleans Ignatian Scholar, National Merit Finalist, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Founders Scholarship

Andrew Michael Cambus—TOPS Opportunity Award

Patrick Wayne Braud, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award

Stephen Parker Carriere—Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Honors Award

Nicholas Claiborne Breaux—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Regents Scholarship Kyle James Briscoe—TOPS Opportunity Award Christopher Alan Brown, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award, Loyola University New Orleans Academic Scholarship Andrew Michael Browning—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Opportunity Award

Vincent Steven Campo—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Performance Award

David Anthony Camacho Castillo—Loyola University New Orleans Academic Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Music Scholarship, Spring Hill College Jesuit Academic Honors Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award Carey Carter Celestin, Jr.—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors Award Cameron Michael Chamberlain—TOPS Opportunity Award

Shane Michael Buchler—TOPS Opportunity Award, Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award Jean-Paul Bujol—Spring Hill College Jesuit Service Award Alexander David Buras—Texas A&M University President’s Endowed Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Dean’s Honor Scholarship, Tulane University National Merit Finalist Scholarship Barry Michael Butera, Jr.—Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, Providence College St. Catherine of Siena Scholarship, Texas Christian University Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Founders Scholarship, University of Alabama Presidential Scholarship

Casey Nicolas Chimento—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Honors Award, University of Louisiana Lafayette Distinguished Freshman Scholarship, University of Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship, University of New Orleans Chancellor’s Scholarship Kyle Timothy Christiansen—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Honors Award Richard William Coffey, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award Christopher Joseph Combes—Georgia Institute of Technology Army ROTC Scholarship, Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Honors Award Graduation 2006 57

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Lawrence Agusta Comiskey—Catholic University of America CUA Award, Mount St. Mary’s University Mount Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award

Ralph Roger Eyles III—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola University New Orleans Loyola Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award

Robert Nicaud Commagere—TOPS Opportunity Award

Robert Byron Farber II—TOPS Performance Award

Patrick Thomas Cragin—Catholic University of America Musical Theatre Scholarship, Catholic University of America Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award

Jeffrey Michael Farnet—TOPS Opportunity Award

David James Creighton—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Honors Award James Carl Cronvich—Georgetown University Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Dean’s Honor Scholarship Mitchel Tyler Cross—TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, National Merit Finalist, Loyola University New Orleans Ignatian Scholarship Eric Claude Cusimano—Centre College Colonel Scholarship, Gettysburg College Dean’s Scholarship, Randolph-Macon College Presidential Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Founders Scholarship, University of Mary Washington Scholastic Excellence Award Gabriel Michael Cusimano—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Honors Award Dominik Joseph Cvitanovic—Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, TOPS Opportunity Award, Loyola University New Orleans Loyola Scholarship

Karl Anderson Feigley—Westminster College Alumni Scholarship, Westminster College Trustee’s Scholarship Jonathan Norwood Finney—Catholic University of America Academic Scholarship, Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana State University Walter Hitesman Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award Paul Stephen Fitzmorris—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola University New Orleans Jesuit Identity Scholarship, St. Louis University Presidential Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, University of Dallas Scholar Award Delos Michael Flint—National Merit Finalist Scholarship Brandon Christopher Ford—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award Christopher James Fox—Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage Award David Michael Fraychinaud—TOPS Performance Award Jonathan Stephen Frischhertz—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Honors Award

Matthew Thomas Daniel—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana State University Pegues Engineering Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award

Brian Anthony Gabriel, Jr.—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award

Matthew Scott Davis—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage Award, Loyola University Chicago Loyola Scholarship, Marquette University Jesuit High School Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award

Dante William Gandolini—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, St. John’s University Scholastic Excellence Scholarship, TOPS Performance Award, Tulane University Scholarship

James Corey Day—TOPS Performance Award

Jeffrey Michael Ganucheau—Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Mississippi State University Academic Excellence Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award

Nicholas Marcel de la Rua—Louisiana Tech University Outstanding Student Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage Award, Loyola University New Orleans Academic Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award Scott Joseph Delatte—Christendom College Presidential Scholarship, Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, Spring Hill College Jesuit Presidential Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award Alex Clayton Deshowitz—TOPS Opportunity Award Nicolas Joseph DiRosa—College of Santa Fe Christian Brothers Scholarship, College of Santa Fe De La Salle Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award Matthew Samuel Dozier—Loyola University New Orleans Academic Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award, Spring Hill College Jesuit Academic Honors Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award Christopher Michael Drewes—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Honors Award

Robert Michael Gardner—Colorado School of Mines Academic Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award Gerard Joseph Gaudet—Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Millsaps College Else Scholarship, Millsaps College Second Century Scholarship, Millsaps College TOPS Scholarship, Rhodes College Honors Scholarship, Rhodes College Performance Award, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award Gregory Gill Glaeser—Loyola University New Orleans Jesuit Identity Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Founders Scholarship, University of Alabama President’s Cabinet Scholarship Devin Richard Golden—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, Marquette University Ignatius Scholarship, Regis University Achievement Award, Regis University St. John Francis Regis Award, Spring Hill College Jesuit Academic Honors Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award

Jason Noel Dubos—TOPS Performance Award Adam Michael Duvernay—TOPS Opportunity Award

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Michael Edward Graham II—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Honors Award

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Andrew William Graziano—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, Loyola University New Orleans Academic Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award

Francis William Huete III—Loyola University Chicago Damen Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage Award, TOPS Performance Award

Christopher Ryan Green—TOPS Performance Award, University of Alabama National Achievement Scholarship, University of Florida National Achievement Scholarship

Mario Jose Hurtado, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award

Michael Connaugh Grennan—TOPS Opportunity Award

Shelby Charles Johnson—TOPS Opportunity Award

Taylor Michael Grimm—TOPS Opportunity Award

Lee Brenan Jones—TOPS Opportunity Award

Shelby Pickett Grosz, Jr.—Loyola University New Orleans Academic Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, University of New Orleans Decennial Scholarship

Michael Bowen Jones—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Southern Methodist University Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Founders Scholarship

Robert Anthony Johns—TOPS Opportunity Award

Brent Alexander Gruber—TOPS Opportunity Award Maxwell Duke Gruenig—TOPS Opportunity Award Bradley Robert Gruezke—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Performance Award Brett Leonard Guidry—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Honors Award, Loyola University New Orleans Business Scholarship Jeffrey Sanford Guin, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award

David Erwin Junker—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award, University of New Orleans Lafitte Scholarship Samuel Andrew Just—Harvey S. Mudd Merit Award, National Merit Finalist Scholarship Stefan Eleftherios M. Karasoulis—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Opportunity Award Bradley Stephen Kellett—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, McDermott Scholarship, TOPS Performance Award, Tulane University Scholarship, University of Arkansas Dean’s Scholarship

Evan Joseph Harrington—TOPS Opportunity Award

Robert Lee Hatfield III—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors Award

David Conway Kepper, Jr.—Auburn University Academic Scholarship, Freeport McMoran & R. Vangh Memorial Scholarship, Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Performance Award, University of Alabama Engineering Leadership Scholarship, University of Alabama President’s Cabinet Scholarship

Ryan Brandt Hathaway—TOPS Opportunity Award

Jason Charles Kincl—TOPS Opportunity Award

Gilbert Eugene Hebert—Marymount Manhattan College Academic Excellence Scholarship, Marymount Manhattan College External Competitive Scholarship, Wagner College Academic and Theatre Studies Dean’s Scholarship

Adam Michael Klock—George Washington University Presidential Scholarship, Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, Loyola University Chicago Damen Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage Award, Loyola University New Orleans Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Founders Scholarship, University of Alabama National Hispanic Scholarship

Stuart Robert Hart, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award

John Alcide Helmstetter—TOPS Opportunity Award Andrew Michael Herpich—TOPS Opportunity Award Joshua Michael Hess—TOPS Performance Award, University of New Orleans Decennial Scholarship

William Joseph Knighten—Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, Rhodes College Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, National Merit Finalist, University of Rochester Renaisance Scholarship, Xavier University of Louisiana Howard Hughes Scholarship, National Achievement Scholarship

Brandon Lee Hicks—TOPS Opportunity Award Matthew Michael Hobbs—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors Award, University of Alabama President’s Scholarship, University of Florida National Merit Finalist Scholarship Michael Sean Hohan—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award, TOPS Opportunity Award Frederick Bratton Holley IV—Campbell University Scott Ellis Scholarship, Creighton University Jesuit HS Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Louisiana Monroe Academic Achievement Scholarship, Xavier University of Louisiana Xavier Scholarship Michael Houston Horchoff—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award, Spring Hill College Jesuit Academic Honors Scholarship, Spring Hill College Soccer Scholarship, St. Edward’s University Academic Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award

Carlos Enrique Labadie—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award, Spring Hill College Jesuit Gautrelet Award, TOPS Opportunity Award Cameron Geoffrey LaCoste—TOPS Opportunity Award Sean Andrew Lajaunie—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Southern Mississippi Out-of-State Fee Waiver Scholarship Andrew Pierce Lambert—American University Dean’s Scholarship, National Merit Finalist, Boston University National Scholar’s Award, TOPS Opportunity Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, University of Texas at Dallas Academic Excellence Scholarship

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SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED

Joseph John Laura IV—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Lafitte Scholarship

Marc Joseph Melancon—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award, Nicholls State University President’s Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award

John Hartson Leary, Jr.—TOPS Performance Award Sean Stephen Melendreras—TOPS Opportunity Award Samuel John LeBlanc—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Honors Award Clay Justin LeGros, Jr.—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Honors Award

Michael John Mestayer, Jr.—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Miami Bowman Ashe Scholarship Gunther Richard Michaelis III—TOPS Opportunity Award

Nathan Louis Levenson—Birmingham Southern College Greensboro Scholarship Paul Hilbert Joseph Loeb—University of Colorado Air Force ROTC Scholarship, University of Colorado Chancellor’s Achievement Scholarship, Arizona State University Academic Scholarship, University of Colorado National Merit Finalist Scholarship, University of Colorado Naval ROTC Scholarship Matthew Taylor Lorio—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Performance Award Kenneth Jude Lota—Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Alumni Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Rhodes College Cambridge Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award Lester Joseph Madere III—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, Rhodes College Award, TOPS Honors Award Richard Brian Maia—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Performance Award Marc Joseph Mandich—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors Award Jonathan Frey Mann—Fordham University Jogues Scholarship, Griffin Industries Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Leadership Scholarship, Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, Loyola University New Orleans Loyola Scholarship, Saint Louis University Scholarship, Spring Hill College Jesuit Faculty Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Decennial Scholarship

Jordan Thomas Milazzo—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Opportunity Award Derek Alan Mnichowski—TOPS Performance Award Michael David Modica—Georgetown University Bellarmine Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Alumni Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana State University Distinguished Freshmen Award, Louisiana State University National Merit Finalist Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award Casey William Moll—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Mississippi Chancellor’s Leadership Scholarship Matthew William Mondello—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Opportunity Award Eric Thomas Murray—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Scholarship, University of Miami George Edgar Merrick Scholarship, University of Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship, University of New Orleans Chancellor’s Scholarship Kaled Matthew Mustafa—Mississippi State University Academic Excellence Scholarship, Mississippi State University College of Engineering Scholarship, Mississippi State University Non-Resident Tuition Scholarship Derek Joseph Naccari—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Opportunity Award Rouglas Jose Odor—TOPS Opportunity Award Darrell Charles O’Neill, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Decennial Scholarship

Louis William McFaul IV—Boston University Trustee Scholarship, J.P. Morgan Chase Scholarship, Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, National Merit Finalist Scholarship, University of Notre Dame Scholarship, Vanderbilt University Merit Scholarship

Allen Joseph Orgeron—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award, TOPS Opportunity Award

Casey Michael McGann—University of New Orleans Regents Scholarship

Jason George Papale—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, Millsaps College Millsaps Award, Spring Hill College Trustee Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award

Cooper William McGregor—TOPS Opportunity Award

Bradley Taylor Oster—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Opportunity Award

Patrick Timothy McKay—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, Texas Christian University Faculty Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship

Victor Alexander Perez—TOPS Opportunity Award

James David McManamon—Spring Hill College Jesuit Academic Honors Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award

Julien Charles Petit—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, Loyola University New Orleans Business Scholarship, Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets Scholarship, Texas A&M University Out-ofState Fee Waiver Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award

Thomas Francis Meagher IV—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors Award

Ryan Dean Peters—TOPS Honors Award

Justin Michael Pigford—TOPS Opportunity Award John Edward Pivach—Loyola University New Orleans Scholar’s Award, Millsaps College Else Scholarship, Millsaps College Second Century

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Scholarship, Millsaps College TOPS Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Baseball Scholarship, University of New Orleans Decennial Scholarship Allen Calvert Porter III—National Merit Finalist Scholarship Dante Salomon Posadas—Spring Hill College Jesuit Gautrelet Award, TOPS Opportunity Award

Frank Joseph Rabito III—TOPS Opportunity Award Blake Stephen Raggio—Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Honors Award Christopher Lee Ragusa, Jr.—Belmont Abbey College Hintemeyer Catholic Leadership Scholarship, Belmont Abbey College Saint Benedict Academic Scholarship, Spring Hill College Jesuit Faculty Scholarship

Luke Andrew Prados—University of New Orleans Regents Scholarship Michael Howat Raymond—TOPS Opportunity Award Joseph Gohres Prechter—Baylor University Achievement Scholarship, Baylor University President’s Scholarship, Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Opportunity Award, Tulane University Legislative Scholarship

Gregory Joseph Raymond, Jr.—Louisiana State University Charles McClendon Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Louisiana Monroe Academic Achievement Scholarship Gregory Noel Re—National Merit Finalist

Stephen Michael Procido—Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage Award, TOPS Opportunity Award Michael Albert Puente, Jr.—2006 Presidential Scholar, AXA Achievement Scholarship, Best Buy Children’s Foundation Scholarship, Emory College Liberal Arts Scholarship, National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Scholarship, Rice University Century Scholarship, Rice University Trustee Distinguished Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Dean’s Honor Scholarship, Vanderbilt University A&S Dean’s Select Honor Scholarship, Vanderbilt University Chancellor’s Scholarship, Washington University in St. Louis Annika Rodriguez Scholarship, Washington University in St. Louis Entrepreneurial Scholarship, Robert C. Byrd Scholarship

Ross Michael Reboul—TOPS Opportunity Award Sean Michael Regan—TOPS Opportunity Award Benjamin Francis Reed—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Opportunity Award Matthew Stuart Repman—TOPS Honors Award, Westminster College Churchhill Scholarship

Shane Andrew Quirk—TOPS Performance Award

Sean Ellis Rhoads—Furman University Achiever Scholarship, Rhodes College Cambridge Scholarship, Washington and Lee University Robert E. Lee Honor Scholarship, Washington University in St. Louis Mylonas Scholarship

Christian Michael Rabito—TOPS Opportunity Award

Jean-Paul Richard—TOPS Performance Award Graduation 2006 61

SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED

Clayton Edward Richardson—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola University New Orleans Scholar’s Award, Texas Christian University Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award Christopher Joseph Riehlmann—Fordham University Jogues Scholarship, Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage Award, Loyola University Chicago Presidential Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Academic Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award David Christopher Rigamer—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award, TOPS Opportunity Award Kevin Thomas Rizzo—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Opportunity Award Colin O’Neil Roberson—Fordham University Loyola Scholarship, Louisiana State University Centennial Award, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Scholarship Leroy Joseph Rogers, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award Joshua Thomas Romig—TOPS Opportunity Award Kevin Avery Rooney—Baylor University Provost’s Scholarship, Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Opportunity Award

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Jonathan Patrick Rowan—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award, TOPS Opportunity Award, Westminster College Founder’s Scholarship Marion Peter Tripp Roy III—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Southern Methodist University Distinguished Scholar Award, TOPS Honors Award, Robert C. Byrd Scholarship Joseph J. Sabrier IV—Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Southern Methodist J. Lindsay Embrey Scholarship, Southern Methodist University Distinguished Scholar Award, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award Paul Joseph Sampognaro—Georgetown University Bellarmine Scholarship, Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, National Merit Finalist, TOPS Honors Award, Vanderbilt University Academic Achievement Scholarship Vincent Howard Scelfo—TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, University of Florida Out-of-State Fee Waiver Scholarship Tyler Winner Schaefer—Spring Hill College Jesuit Service Award Alexander Julien Schneider—TOPS Opportunity Award, Tulane University Founders Scholarship, University of Texas August Kunz Scholarship

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Craig Michael Schnell—Hendrix College Academic Scholarship, Hendrix College Odyssey Distinction Award, TOPS Performance Award, University of Miami George Edgar Merrick Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi Leadership Scholarship Michael Francis Schott, Jr.—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award, TOPS Opportunity Award Mark Joseph Seither—TOPS Opportunity Award, Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award

Jaron Sean Villafana—Louisiana Tech University Academic Award, Millsaps College Else Scholarship, Millsaps College President’s Service Award, Millsaps College Scholarship, Millsaps College TOPS Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Southern Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship Kyle Joseph Vincent—TOPS Opportunity Award John Christopher Viviano—TOPS Opportunity Award Christopher Wayne Vizzini—TOPS Opportunity Award

Stephen Thomas Sewell—TOPS Opportunity Award Timothy David Shea—TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award Mark Andrew Singer—Boston College Scholarship, College of Charleston Presidential Scholarship, Spring Hill College Jesuit Presidential Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, Tulane University Scholarship Marc Stephen Sketchler—TOPS Honors Award, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Trinity University Murchison Scholarship, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, Robert C. Byrd Scholarship Matthew Rhea Slattery—TOPS Opportunity Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award William Parker Stewart, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award Douglas Matthew Stokes—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship Lawrence Walter Stoulig III—Colorado School of Mines Merit Scholarship, National Merit Finalist, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Scholarship, United States Naval Academy Appointment Ernest Knute Svenson—Georgia Institute of Technology President’s Scholarship, Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, National Merit Finalist, TOPS Honors Award, Trinity University Murchison Scholarship, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, Robert C. Byrd Scholarship Steven Michael Swanson, Jr.—Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors Award, University of New Orleans Chancellor’s Scholarship David Michael Theriot—TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, National Merit Finalist Gary John Toca—TOPS Opportunity Award Andrew Christopher Todd—Loyola University New Orleans Scholar’s Award, TOPS Opportunity Award Adam James Tosh—Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, National Merit Finalist Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Dean’s Honor Scholarship Russell Edward Trahan III—Saint Louis University Ignatian Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award William Michael Varney—Boston College Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, National Merit Finalist, Tulane University Founders Scholarship Carlos Miguel Vera Santos—Loyola University New Orleans Academic Scholarship, TOPS Performance Award, Verizon Foundation Scholarship

Gerald William Vocke, Jr.—Clemson University E. H. Gregory Scholarship, Clemson University Out-of-State Fee Waiver Scholarship, Clemson University Trustee Scholarship, Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, Texas Christian University Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Scholarship Cory Joseph Vogel—Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award Daniel Beslin Walk—Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Alumni Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana State University Pegues Engineering Scholarship, Rice University Century Scholarship, Rice University Trustee Distinguished Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Dean’s Honor Scholarship, University of Alabama Engineering Leadership Scholarship, University of Alabama President’s Scholarship, University of Texas at Austin Engineering Scholarship, University of Texas at Austin National Merit Finalist Scholarship Leo Joseph Webb, Jr.—College of the Holy Cross Scholarship, Southern Methodist University Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, Tulane University Scholarship Eric William West—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Honors Award Cullen Michael Wheatley—Arizona State University National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Opportunity Award Matthew Alexander Willard—Alcorn State University Scholarship, TOPS Performance Award, University of Dayton President’s Scholarship Charles Francois Wilson—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Southern Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award Christopher George Woods—College of Santa Fe Creative Writing Talent Award, College of Sante Fe Christian Brothers Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award, TOPS Opportunity Award Tariq Mohammed Yousuf—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, Loyola University New Orleans Loyola Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, University of New Orleans Chancellor’s Scholarship, University of South Alabama President’s Scholarship Chad Robert Zibilich—TOPS Opportunity Award The 2006 PAG drive, typically held on the last Sunday of September, was postponed as the result of Katrina. It was re-scheduled on February 12, 2006 and, even though the response time to the drive was considerably abbreviated, Jesuit’s parents showed their generosity.

With approximately 250 fewer families participating because of evacuation and relocation, 953 families pledged $1,108,626, an overwhelming and gracious response in difficult times for all. A special thanks to Jesuit families who donated to PAG, and a special commendation to Tommy Milazzo ’75, who enthusiastically chaired the drive.

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P R I N C I PA L ’ S C O R N E R

2005-2006: The As they do at the end of each school year, the administrators of Jesuit High School met in June to reflect on the year. Obviously, all of what we reflected on this year was shaded by

As the second semester began, Blue Jays who attended Jesuit high schools elsewhere were able to sport that particular school’s colors.

In the photo at right, the cast and crew of Twelve Angry Men happily performed.

Katrina When asked to relate the most positive aspects of the 2005-2006 school year, we mentioned the following things. In spite of all the suffering the storm caused, it has helped us become better people.

Losing so many material possessions has taught us what is truly important; namely, the health and safety of those we love. We are not what we have.

Living with other people other than family members has taught us how to receive graciously the kindness of others. Living in various locations around the country has also provided many of us with the opportunity to see things from new perspectives. Many faculty and staff members who normally would not have worked closely together on a daily basis at Jesuit were able to make new connections with each other because they found themselves literally thrown together in tighter working environments at Strake Jesuit in Houston and at St. Martin’s. These newly-formed relationships have made us a stronger faculty and staff.

Many of us listed the strong leadership of Fr. McGinn as paramount throughout the ordeal. We mentioned how important it was for us to establish so quickly night schools in Houston and in Metairie. We will always be eternally grateful to Strake Jesuit, to the other Jesuit high schools throughout the country, and to St. Martin’s for welcoming our students and our families into their school communities.

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occasion in heeding the call to travel to Houston, and others just a couple of weeks later answered the call to start things up at St. Martin’s. Many of these same faculty and staff, both in Houston and back home, did all this at the same time they were dealing with extraordinary losses of their own. Yet, even with all this loss, we found the faculty and staff to be extremely compassionate to students who were also dealing with extraordinary losses of their own. We also found encouraging the flexibility, patience, and understanding that students and parents gave to faculty, staff, and administrators. It has been gratifying to know what our school community can do when we’re all pulling in the same direction.

Back to Normal

We all mentioned how important it was for us to make the year as normal as possible for the students. We maintained our academic standards throughout this entire school year, and this has provided students with stability. We set as a priority to salvage as much of the student retreat program as we could, and we were able to do so.

Contributing to the spiritual continuity at Jesuit were daily morning

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Year in Review the experience of Katrina. The following selections in no way encompass all the successes/challenges of this past school year, but they reflect what we as administrators recalled when we met this past June 16.

Masses, school monthly Masses, and adoration every Friday in the small chapel.

We were able to have Ring Mass on January 21. What a special time this was for the seniors, who were together for the first time since the Friday before the storm. Because of the generosity of the Class of 1983 and the hard work of many students and faculty, we were able to keep alive the tradition of the Thanksgiving Drive.

Having the Mission Drive, presenting the Homecoming Court, staging Brown Bag concerts at lunch, and serving hot food in the cafeteria were all important events contributing to the “can-do” spirit of this school year.

and coaches in wrestling and tennis for winning state championships, and we are equally proud of the semi-final finishes of the baseball and soccer teams. The basketball team is to be commended on its district championship, especially considering they were not able to play even one game in our stormravaged gymnasium. In such a turbulent year, we are proud of all our student-athletes in all sports.

Athletics

Being able to participate in the three fall sports was a major accomplishment. What an important event it was for the entire school community when the football team, with only four days of practice, took the field to compete against Holy Cross in late October. Being able to win the third consecutive state championship in crosscountry and to finish second in state in swimming (literally by a second in the last event of the championship meet) were incredible accomplishments. We are extremely proud of our student-athletes

Co-curriculars

We also singled out the successes of other co-curricular activities.

The Blue Jay newspaper was mentioned as having its finest year in recent memory. The student-directed play, Twelve Angry Men, held in St. Ignatius Hall, was a major accomplishment as well. The newly formed student group, Youth Rebuilding New Orleans, has spent (and continues to spend) many hours on weekends gutting houses and doing other needed work in the local community. The Jesuit Mock Trial team won the school’s first ever state championship and performed extremely well in regional competition.

We commended our graduating seniors on college acceptances, and we mentioned the continued stellar performances in National Merit and State Rally competitions. The Blue Jay marching band and Jayettes, MCJROTC, rugby, in-line hockey, and varsity/junior varsity quiz bowl teams all continued their excellent work in representing Jesuit.

As we close 2005-2006, we look forward to many things in 2006-2007. While we are saddened by the departure of 24 faculty and staff members, we look forward to the positive contribution that will be made by those individuals who will be starting their tenure here. In addition, the faculty will participate in an August in-service focusing on the Profile of a Jesuit High School Teacher; and we will be sending a number of faculty to Strake Jesuit to participate in a February province-wide colloquium focusing on social justice issues.

As we begin 2006-2007, we pray that we will be open daily to the will of God at Jesuit High School and that we will have the strength of spirit to carry through with His will for us in the new school year. AMDG. Michael Giambelluca ’82 Graduation 2006 65

T H E S TAT E O F T H E S C H O O L

Senior Day has become a tradition at Jesuit. On the seniors’ last day of classes, they get to celebrate, well, being a senior. Actually, they get to celebrate the end of being a senior, the end of daily classes, the end of high school. At the seniors’ final morning assembly, the president of the student council delivers a “state of the school” address, his overview of the school year and of his time spent at Jesuit.

Life’s greatest questions are unanswerable: Why are we here?

Where are we going? How did Charlie Conway get so good between Mighty Ducks 2 and Mighty Ducks 3? And why did Katrina have to happen? We could spend our time searching for an excuse or an answer that does not exist, but of what benefit is that? It’s just a wild goose chase.The answers are unimportant. The way we respond is the important thing. After the hurricane—the most destructive and uncalled for natural disaster in our history–after everyone returned from Houston, Baton Rouge, Washington, wherever, we responded.

The thing people want most in post-Katrina New Orleans is this “sense of normalcy.” When people see things getting back to normal, hopes are heightened. I remember I thought New Orleans would never be the same again. Then the Saints scheduled all of next season’s home games in the Dome. Then parades rolled down St. Charles. Then Five Happiness reopened. Then Jazz Fest returned, better than ever.

Meanwhile, Jesuit High School was doing its part to restore the normalcy. Once the second semester began, we preserved the school’s most-known attribute—its commitment to excellence.

Once again, we had the highest number of National Merit Semifinalists in the state. Once again, we were dominant in sports program in the state: we won state and district championships in cross country, wrestling, and tennis and won district championships in swimming, basketball, and soccer. One of our seniors is even a Presidential Scholar. We put on a great play without money or a faculty director. We assembled some of the most memorable issues of The Blue Jay ever published. We proved our title as “men for others” through continued community service, such as Youth Rebuilding New Orleans. We accomplished a lot.

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responsible for our success in such trying times. We should be very proud of ourselves.

I came to Jesuit in eighth grade, knowing a handful of students and not knowing what to expect. My apprehension faded, and in no time I was feeling like a bona fide Blue Jay. I remember my first PH—from Fr. Hermes for chewing gum. There were many that year. I was an alleged al Qaeda member and Teenage Terrorist.

I composed dirty sentences in Latin. I failed a geometry honors test or two. I filled out guide sheets. I fell asleep in Mr. Powers’s class. I learned about life from “Prof ” in Greek. I drew pictures of dragons. And I struggled in calculus. I ate chicken patties and shepherd’s pie. I went to football games. I played in soccer games.

I received random calls on my cell phone from trainer Kevin.

I went to back-to-school-dances and to the prom. I received my Blue Jay pin and I received my Blue Jay ring. And, in just over a week, I will receive my Blue Jay diploma.

That last event—graduation—sounds much more important than the ones I mentioned earlier. But graduation would be an empty experience were it not for the late nights, hard work, successes, failures, and beautiful memories that got me there. I owe these beautiful memories to every faculty member and to every friend I have made here. When I remember high school, I will remember all of you.

These last few months were difficult for all of us. We were expected to meet the same high standards in less-than-ideal conditions. We rose to the occasion and once again proved what we are made of. We strive for excellence. We strive to be the best. I was proud to represent this student body. I am proud to graduate in the class of 2006. And I am proud to be a Blue Jay. Jimmy Cronvich ’06, Student Council President

G R A D U AT I O N 2 0 0 6 Presidential Scholar Michael Puente (left) selected English instructor Michael Prados as his most inspirational teacher while attending Jesuit.

Michael Puente ’06 Honored as Presidential Scholar Michael Puente ’06 has been chosen as a 2006 Presidential Scholar.

As one of only 141 students in the nation to be named Presidential Scholars, Michael has received perhaps the nation’s highest honor for high school students.

The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program honors some of our nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors. The Scholars represent excellence in education and the promise of greatness in young people. They are chosen on the basis of broad academic achievement, essays, school evaluations and transcripts, as well as evidence of leadership, community service, and demonstrated commitment to high ideals.

As a Presidential Scholar, Puente enjoyed an expense paid trip to Washington, D.C., in June to meet with government officials, educators, authors, musicians, scientists, and other accomplished people. He was awarded the Presidential Scholar medallion at a ceremony sponsored by the White House.

All Presidential Scholars are asked to identify those educators who have most influenced them. Puente named Mike Prados as his most inspirational teacher. Prados, too, was invited to D.C. and presented with the Teacher Recognition Award at a special reception to recognize and thank him for his efforts. Only two Scholars are chosen to read their essays about their teacher, both selected on the content and quality of their essays. Puente was one of them, and spoke of his English II class with Prados as “the most challenging class that year” and “English boot camp,” yet

“the highlight of my freshman year” and “a turning point in my life.” And he spoke of his teacher as someone who “pushed all his students to the limits of their ability and demanded their very best,” someone who “was thinking not of himself but of his community” as he remained at the school and helped neighborhood people in the aftermath of Katrina, and someone “who made a difference in my life.”

Soon Puente will be taking off for China as part of the U.S.China Student Leaders Exchange. Each year only 12 Scholars are chosen for this program through which the students spend two weeks in China learning about China’s successes and struggles and, in general, its culture.

At Jesuit Puente did a lot more than just study. As editor of the school newspaper, he was the driving force behind the publication of the paper while the students were in exile. Also, he created Jesuit’s Politics Club. Puente will attend Rice University.

At the ceremony’s program, Puente said, “Even though I was born in Texas, evacuated to Texas, and will soon be educated in Texas, I am still a proud Louisianian and know that New Orleans is where my heart lies.”

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J The 2005-06 student council executive board was recognized at the final assembly in May. They are, from left, Jeff Schott (junior class president), Daniel Walk (senior class president), Matt Hobbs (executive aide), Drew Lambert (director of communications), Andrew Simoneaux (secretary), Doug Stokes (treasurer), Andrew Herpich (vice president), and Jimmy Cronvich (president).

Class of 2006 Profile SAT SCORES

Jesuit Mean Verbal Jesuit Mean Math

INTERNATIONAL LATIN EXAMINATIONS

Not yet available Not yet available

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Perfect Scores Gold Medals

INTERNATIONAL GREEK EXAMINATIONS

4

ACT SCORES

Jesuit Mean Composite Not yet available NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Semifinalists Finalists Commended

31 26 27

NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT SEMIFINALISTS

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NATIONAL HISPANIC SCHOLARS

3

PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR

1

Blue Ribbons

STATE RALLY

2 4 7 1

First and Overall First Places Second Places Third Place

DISTRICT RALLY

6 3 5

First Places Second Places Third Places

NON-ATHLETIC STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHOLARSHIPS

$16,683,228 was offered to 214 of 261 graduating seniors of 2006. More than $93,568,185 has been awarded in academic and athletic scholarships to colleges and universities throughout the United States in the last six years.

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Mock Trial Rugby Quiz Bowl 3 ATHLETIC STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Cross Country Wrestling Tennis

Jesuit High School in New Orleans

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The 2005-2006 school year began with 1,458 Blue Jays. Then along came Hurricane Katrina which forced the permanent relocation of several Jesuit families. Jesuit lost 24 faculty members, some who retired (longtime social studies teacher Mr. Jim LeBeau is in that number), while others were relocated by Katrina (such as former head football coach Vic Eumont). The admissions process earlier this year resulted in Jesuit successfully recruiting a full class of 59 new freshmen and 274 pre-freshmen.

Jesuit begins the 2006-2007 term with a full house of 1,413 Blue Jays.

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FA C U LT Y R E C O G N I Z E D

2006—(pictured left to right) Kathi Tomeny, Tim Powers, Juanita McCabe, Andrew Schiro, and Rosalyn Moreau 2005--(below, pictured left to right) Denise Dupuis, Jim LeBeau ’60, and Jackie Bruno

25 Years At Jesuit: Silver Honorees Recognized At the annual end-of-the-year faculty luncheon in May, Jesuit’s teachers and staff are recognized for their years of service to the school. The 25-year silver anniversary honorees are pictured at right and above for 2005 and 2006.

Jesuit Community Loses Three Who Made a Difference During the past year the Jesuit High School community lost three of its members who had a significant impact on its students and programs. Pat Allison, Sidney Menard ’49, and Steve Rodi, Sr. ’32 all left their imprint on the school they embraced so fervently. Pat Allison taught English for 18 years at Jesuit. She died on August 6, 2005, after waging a valiant battle against leukemia. Sidney Menard died on September 22, 2005. Sidney was a popular English teacher and counselor from 1966-1998. Steve Rodi came to Jesuit in his retirement years and became just as successful as he was in the business world. Through Steve’s efforts the Boys Hope Girls Hope program became firmly established as a foster program for children from dysfunctional families. Steve was Jesuit’s Alumnus of the Year in 1997. Steve died on December 29, 2005.

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Jesuit Leads the World in AP Latin Each May many of Jesuit’s students take Advance Placement exams that provide the opportunity for them to receive college credit based on the results.

In February, Jesuit’s Classics Department received a nice nod from the College Board, which administers the AP exams. “Congratulations on your school’s achievement in leading the world in one or more areas of Advanced Placement Program participation and performance.” The Board cited Jesuit for having one of the nation’s Exemplary AP Latin Programs. “These schools lead the world in helping the widest segment of their total school population achieve an exam grade of 3 or higher in AP Latin.” Congratulations to Jesuit’s Latin teachers Joe Knight, Mitch Chapoton, and Clayton Acy.

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Trabajo Magnífico: A Half-Century of Dedicated Service

Here’s to You, Señor Paul Frederick!

At a Mass and ceremony in the Chapel of the North American Martyrs on April 11, 2006, Jesuit High School honored Paul Frederick for his 50 years of dedicated service to the school. Paul came to Jesuit in January of 1955 and is still going strong.

Through the years, Paul has been a mainstay in the modern foreign language department as a Spanish teacher. Paul has also served as department chair, prefect of discipline, academic assistant principal, director of faculty, and principal.

In recognizing Paul’s achievement, Mike Giambelluca, Jesuit’s principal, spoke of Paul as “the absolute model of discipline, scholarship, hard work, and Christian charity” and as someone whom “the members of the Jesuit High School community look to with a very high level of respect for his tremendous contribution to this school community.”

Speaking at the ceremony, Gary Mannina, former Jesuit teacher and current principal of St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, remembered Paul as an “imposing presence” for a young teacher seeking a job. Young Blue Jays who experienced Paul as their disciplinarian might agree with Gary’s profile of Paul.

What impressed Gary most, though, beyond that imposing presence was Paul’s “passion and enormous commitment not only to instruction but to the education—in the Latin sense educere, to bring forth, to raise young men.”

“Repetitio est mater studiorum, or repetition is the mother of studies,” said Paul, adding, “You might remember that from your Latin class.” Of course. Paul estimates having taught approximately half of Jesuit’s 12,500 alumni. “I tell the students repeatedly that they need to be aware of their responsibilities, whether it’s in sports or in the classroom,” he said. “As in sports, I tell them they are not going to stay on the team unless they produce. Same thing in the classroom—they need to produce. They just cannot come in and sit down and do nothing.” In teaching and leading with passion and commitment for so many years, Paul has become a model of professionalism and dedication.

Faculty toasted Paul Frederick at a reception held in his honor in St. Ignatius Hall.

Mr. Frederick’s first official Jesuit photo appeared in the 1955 Yearbook.

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Enjoying the Ride

by Dave Lagarde ’65

After a long career as sports columnist for The Times-Picayune, Dave Lagarde ’65 retired and mused on a few memorable moments he experienced while covering the beat. At Jesuit, Dave was a member of the golf team. No surprise, then, that his most passionate writing was about golf. Several times Dave was named Columnist of the Year by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association, and four times the Associated Press recognized his column as the Sports Column of the Year in Louisiana-Mississippi.

For me it was all about the ride.

For 42 years mine took place in the Toy Box, a.k.a., the sports department of New Orleans’ major daily newspaper. Sometimes smooth, sometimes turbulent, sometimes up, sometimes down.

Sometimes it tilted and whirled all around. But one thing it wasn’t was dull.

It started, innocently enough, with part-time work when I was a junior at Jesuit and picked up steadily as I moved on to Loyola, where I received a journalism degree. This was a time when the only strikes were called by umpires, when the only race card was the one held at the Fair Grounds, when athletes had less money than John Beresfoot Tipton, when the only word in the sports vernacular that ended in “r-o-i-d’’ began with “h-e-m.’’

The ride ended quietly on Halloween of 2004 with nary a ghost or goblin in sight.

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In between I had a front-row seat, where I watched an ever-changing world of sports on all fronts—professional, amateur and recreational. It grew like mushrooms after a summer thunderstorm, from something regionalized into a global behemoth.

I truly was fortunate enough to observe, inquire and describe the games people play and watch with equal parts wide-eyed fascination and uncommon fervor.

Ah, the games. Among the unforgettable standouts: The Sugar Bowl in 1973, when Notre Dame upset unbeaten Alabama for the national title…

North Carolina’s NCAA championship victory against Georgetown in the Superdome on freshman Michael Jordan’s dagger from the left wing…

Chris Webber’s ill-fated time-out call…

Pistol Pete lighting up the Knicks for 68 in the Superdome…

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LSU’s domination of Oklahoma for a BCS title…

Tulane’s first NCAA Tournament victory over St. John’s in Atlanta after the comeback from the scandal…

Jack Nicklaus’ incredible victories at the Masters in 1975 and 1986—at the age of 45…

The Tiger Slam, one that started in 2000 and spilled over into 2001…

Two Cubs victories over the Padres in the National League Championship Series on a Wednesday and Thursday in 1984 followed by Walter Payton breaking Jim Brown’s rushing record against the Saints on Sunday…

David Toms’ victory in the 2001 PGA Championship, less than a month before our world changed forever…

I could go on, but I believe you get my drift. I’ve been blessed.

And then there are the memories and the people I’ve met and the places I’ve been along the way. It is overwhelming when I reflect on how a kid who grew up on Pine Street got to rub elbows with some of the biggest and best.

These are some of the indelible ones: A solitary week spent with Muhammad Ali at his training camp in the hills of Pennsylvania before he defeated Leon Spinks in the Superdome. He took me in his confidence, allowed me into his home and once did about two hours of magic tricks as actress Dina Merrill and I sat wide-eyed…

A trip to New York with Peyton Manning on draft weekend, when the New Orleanian was selected first, ahead of Ryan Leaf…

A quiet lobster dinner with Tom Watson and Jack Weiss in Augusta, Ga., in 1977, the year Watson won his first Masters…

A scheduled 15-minute interview with Martina Navratilova at UNO Lakefront Arena that lasted almost an hour and a half. At one point a press flack poked her head into the room and tried to usher out the tennis star, who said, “It’s O.K. I’m really enjoying this.’’ About knocked me off my chair…

Caddying twice for Kelly Gibson on the PGA Tour. And making each cut…

A Friday night recruiting trip with Tim Floyd when he was at Iowa State. We boarded a twin-engine plane and were in the air for 10 minutes when one of the engines blew. I could only imagine the headline: Floyd Perishes in Cornfield Crash, Three Others Aboard Killed…

A late Saturday night in a Birmingham hotel suite, hours after Alabama had steamrolled Auburn, 35-0, to set up the Sugar Bowl matchup with Notre Dame in 1973. Duffy Daughtery and John McKay sat conversing with Mary Harmon Bryant, the Bear’s wife.

Meanwhile Bryant sat over by a picture window, his ear glued to a portable radio. I could hear Bryant saying, “Man, they’re going to cut Charlie Mac to pieces.’’ He was listening to Tulane defeat LSU for the first time in 25 years.

Hey, I’m a lucky guy.

Fr. Norman O’Neal Offers Spiritual Exercises to Alumni Dear Alumni: Each year I offer the alumni the opportunity to make the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.

This modified version covers the total Exercises but over an extended period rather than for thirty days straight as St. Ignatius originally gave them.

Usually known as The Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life, they originally involved praying over the week’s prayer for four or five hours each day for thirty days.

In my modified version, the meditations are taken one at a time. The amount of time to go through all of them in this manner takes about five months. It is not for everyone. But for those who are interested in furthering their religious life and advancing in their prayer life, this is a wonderful way to do so without taking a whole month off.

If you are interested, contact me by writing me here at Jesuit or calling me at 483-3907. There will be no obligation to pursue this, just an opportunity to discuss whether you think this would be for you.

Norman O’Neal, S.J. Alumni Chaplain SUMMER 2006 73

The Life of Saint

By REV. NORMAN O’NEAL, S.J.

The second installment of Fr. Norman O’Neal’s The Life of St. Ignatius of Loyola presented Ignatius’s spiritual experience at Manresa and his return to school to prepare himself for the priesthood. We concluded the last installment with Ignatius being ordained a priest.

Retired from the classroom, Fr. O’Neal now serves as Jesuit’s Alumni Chaplain. To receive Fr. O’Neal’s booklet, contact the Jesuit Provincial Office at 504-571-1055 or 1-800-788-1719.

The Company of Jesus Ignatius, along with two of his companions, Peter Faber and James Lainez, decided to go to Rome and place themselves at the disposal of the Pope. It was a few miles outside of the city that Ignatius had the second most significant of his mystical experiences. At a chapel at La Storta where they had stopped to pray, God the Father told Ignatius, “I will be favorable to you in Rome” and he would place him (Ignatius) with His Son. Ignatius did not know what this experience meant, for it could mean persecution as well as success since Jesus experienced both. But he felt very comforted since, as St. Paul wrote, to be with Jesus even in persecution was success. When they met with the Pope, he very happily put them to work teaching scripture and theology and preaching. It was here on Christmas morning 1538, that Ignatius celebrated his first Mass in the church of St. Mary Major in the Chapel of the Manger. It was thought that this chapel had the actual manger from Bethlehem; so if Ignatius was not going to be able to say his first Mass at Jesus’ birthplace in the Holy Land, then this would be the best substitute.

During the following Lent (1539), Ignatius asked all of his companions to come to Rome to discuss their future. They had never thought of founding a religious order; but now that going to Jerusalem was out, they had to think about their future—whether they would spend it together. After many weeks of prayer and discussion, they decided to form a community, with the Pope’s approval, in which they would vow obedience to a superior general who would hold office for life. They would place themselves at the disposal of the Holy Father to travel wherever he should wish to send them for whatever duties. A vow to this effect was added to the ordinary vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. Formal approval of this new order was given by Pope Paul III the following year on September 27, 1540. Since they had referred to themselves as the Company of Jesus (in Latin, Societas Jesus), in English their order became known as the Society of Jesus. Ignatius was elected on the first ballot of the group to be superior, but he begged them to reconsider, pray, and vote again a few days later. The second

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ballot came out as the first, unanimous for Ignatius, except for his own vote. He was still reluctant to accept, but his Franciscan confessor told him it was God’s will; so he acquiesced. On the Friday of Easter week, April 22, 1541, in the Church of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls, the friends pronounced their vows in the newly formed Order.

The Last Years Ignatius, whose love it was to be actively involved in teaching catechism to children, directing adults in the Spiritual Exercises, and working among the poor and in hospitals, would for the most part sacrifice this love for the next fifteen years—until his death—and work out of two small rooms, his bedroom and next to it his office, directing this new society throughout the world. He would spend years composing the Constitutions of the Society and would write thousands of letters to all corners of the globe to his fellow Jesuits dealing with the affairs of the Society and to lay men and women directing them in spiritual life. From his tiny quarters in Rome he would live to see in his lifetime the Society of Jesus grow from eight to a thousand members, with colleges and houses all over Europe and as far away as Brazil and Japan. Some of the original companions were to become the Pope’s theologians at the Council of Trent that played an important role in the Catholic Counter Reformation.

At first, Ignatius wrote his own letters; but as the Society grew in numbers and spread over the world, it became impossible to communicate with everyone and still run the new order. Therefore a secretary, Fr. Polanco, was appointed in 1547 to help him in his correspondence.

We know that Ignatius wrote almost 7000 letters during his lifetime, the vast majority of them after he became the Superior General of the Jesuits. Ignatius considered the correspondence between members of the Jesuits one of the most important elements in fostering unity.

Separation of Jesuits throughout the world was one of the greatest dangers to the growth, apostolate and unity of the Society. He not only wrote, therefore, to all the houses of the Order, but he also required the various superiors throughout the world to write to Rome regularly,

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informing him of what was happening. This information could be passed on to the houses of the Society everywhere.

In his letters to members of the Society, he treated each one as an individual. He was overly kind and generous with those who gave him the most problems. On the other hand, with those who were the holiest and humblest, he seemed at times to be too harsh, obviously because he knew they were able to take his corrections without rancor, knowing that Ignatius loved them and was looking only to their greater spiritual good. Fr. James Lainez, one of Ignatius’s original companions, was the provincial in northern Italy. He had done a couple of things that put Ignatius on the spot. He made commitments that Ignatius could not fulfill. In addition Lainez had expressed his disagreement to others about a change of personnel, which Ignatius made.

Ignatius wrote to Lainez through his secretary Polanco: “He, (Ignatius) has told me to write to you and tell you to attend your own office, which if you do well, you will be doing more than a little. You are not to trouble yourself in giving your view of his affairs, as he does not want anything of the kind from you unless he asks for it; and much less now than before you took office, since your administration of your

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own province has not done much to increase your credit in his eyes. Examine your mistakes in the presence of God our Lord, and for three days take some time for prayer to this end.” So much for the saints being all sugar and spice.

It was to Lainez’s credit that he took this severe reproof with humility and grace, asking to be assigned several harsh penances, such as being removed from office and being assigned the meanest job possible in the Society. Ignatius never even referred to the incident again, leaving Lainez to carry on as before. Lainez was to succeed Ignatius as the second Superior General of the Jesuits.

A superior of somewhat less humility than Lainez could not see the importance of writing to Rome of all the happenings in his house. With tact and kindness, so as not to hurt the Superior’s feelings, but perhaps with a touch of sarcasm, Ignatius wrote: “It will not be a matter of surprise to you to learn that reproofs are sometimes sent out from Rome…

If I have to dwell at some length on them, do not lay the blame on your own deserts alone, but also on the concept that has been formed here of your fortitude, in the sense that you are a man to whom can be said whatever needs saying…you did well to observe obedience in the matter of writing every week…What you should have done was to try to find someone, once the letters were written, to carry and deliver them.”

While zealous to bring people to God and to help them spiritually, Ignatius still remained a person of practicality and common sense.

A Jesuit had complained of having trouble with overly pious people who monopolized his time for no good reason. Through Polanco, Ignatius instructed him on how to deal charitably with such people without giving offense. “Our father (Ignatius) made another remark as to how to free oneself from one whom there was no hope of helping.

He suggests talking to him rather pointedly of hell, judgment, and such things. In that case he would not return; or, if he did, the chances are that he would feel himself touched in our Lord.”

There was a bishop who had a great animosity to the Society. He refused to have this new Order in his diocese, and he excommunicated anyone who made the Spiritual Exercises. He was known as Bishop “Cilico” by the Jesuits (that is, “the hairshirt bishop”). Ignatius told the Jesuits who were worried about his attitude to relax. “Bishop Cilicio is an old man. The Society is young. We can wait.”

Next: “The Jesuits and Schools,” “Ignatius as a Man,” and “Last Illness” SUMMER 2006 75

W H E R E Y ’ AT

Ed Harrigan ’38 lost his house and his car (“with me in it,” says

Ed) to Katrina. Ed was rescued by helicopter and flown to Shreveport. “I thought I was back in the Navy Air Force in WWII going back to Japan!” writes Ed. Eventually, Ed’s son Mike brought him to Kalamazoo, MI to live with him. Ed summarizes his experiences this way: “After a plane crash and other injuries in WWII, I’m getting tired.”

Robert B. Anderson, Jr. ’42 reports that

his son, Fr. R. Bentley Anderson, S.J., was on the Sri Lanka Beach preparing to go snorkeling December 26, 2004 when the tsunami hit. Fr. Anderson became an eyewitness of the terrible devastation.

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Dr. Albert J. Simon ’44 is teaching at Jackson State University where another Jesuit graduate, Ronald F. Mason, Jr. ’70, is president.

Rev Victor B. Brown, O.P. ’45 is chaplain to a monastery of cloistered Dominican nuns in Lufkin, Texas. He congratulates Kerry P. Redmann ’45 on the publication of his book of WWII remembrances.

Judge Adrian Duplantier ’45 has established the Judge Adrian G.

Duplantier Jesuit High School Scholarship that will be awarded annually to a Loyola Law School student who graduated from Jesuit of New Orleans and one of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States. Judge Duplantier remains a very active Blue Jay. In addition to being the Chairman of the Board of Boys Hope/Girls Hope, he is a member of the President’s Advisory Council and a leader in the organization of the many activities of the Class of 1945.

Peter Finney ’45 in June 2005 reached

the 60 year mark as a print journalist with The Times-Picayune. On June 22, 1945 Peter wrote his first story as a staff writer for the paper—an advance on a summer league baseball game between Jesuit and the Comiskeys.

Finney

Alec Gifford ’45 was honored at the Press Club of New Orleans’ 48th Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards gala for his fifty years as a broadcast journalist with WDSU-TV. Kerry Redmann ’45 honors his brother’s memory in his book Unfinished Journey: A World War II Remembrance, published on January 1. The story centers around the letters of the oldest of Kerry’s eight brothers, Morris B. Redmann, Jr. ’40, written home to his family from October 20, 1943, through January 11, 1945.

Morris was killed in action on January 14, 1945. Kerry’s son, Kirk ’79, says, “This book is a labor of love…it is a compilation of his letters home that were steadfastly kept by his father and preserved for all time by my father. It was the infamous shoebox full of letters that Uncle Morris wrote home that my dad kept in the attic and always said he would write a book about them one day.

Well, he did! And what we have is a heart-warming glimpse into a young American boy’s life, one that he sacrificed gladly for his country and for the liberty that we all enjoy.” Kerry was fourteen years old when Morris left for the military. He now lives in

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Covington, Louisiana. His brother Morris is buried in the Luxembourg American Military Cemetery at Hamm, Luxembourg.

Donald Wetzel ’46, who revolutionized personal banking with his invention of the automatic teller banking machine (ATM), has been named recipient of the 2006 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Simon Ramo Medal. The IEEE is the world’s leading professional association for the advancement of technology. Today, more than 371,000 ATMs in the United States process 30 million transactions a day. There are at least another 700,000 ATMs worldwide.

Ron King ’51 is now one of the 3,500 inhabitants of Rifle,

Colorado. He resides at the Crossroads Assisted Living Home where he is rehabbing his spine, hips, and legs. Ron says, “One of my motivations to shed my walker and wheelchair is to be able to join my classmates for our 55th year reunion. I missed the 50th but have been studying the group picture from the event. I marvel at how we all got so old so fast.”

John D. Shea, D.D.S. ’51 received the Order of St. Louis

Medallion in 2004 and the Distinguished Service Award of the Louisiana Dental Association in 2005.

Will Billon ’54 and Brian Hughes ’93 were two of the seven 2005 inductees into the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame. Starting every game of his Tulane career, Will was a two-way football player for the successful Green Wave teams of 1955-57. He led the team in receiving in 1956. After his senior season, Will was chosen to play in the 1958 Blue-Gray All-Star game. Brian was a standout Tulane baseball player from 1995 to 1998 playing both catcher and outfield. When he finished his Tulane career, his name was atop the school’s record books in many categories, Hughes Billon including games played, at-bats, doubles, and stolen bases. In 1996 and 1998 Brian earned first team All-Conference USA honors and was the MVP of the Conference USA tournament in 1998. A career .355 hitter, Brian earned the team’s Leadership Award in each of his four seasons and was named the squad’s MVP as a freshman and as a senior.

Peter Quirk ’54 received the 2006 Jimmy Fitzmorris Award.

The ceremony’s program notes, “With a distinguished career and devotion to his family, friends, and his faith, Peter Quirk embodies the qualities of this award’s namesake, Jimmy Fitzmorris ’39. Mr. Quirk leads an exemplary life filled with exceptional service to others in all his civic, professional, and spiritual commitments.” Peter is the executive director of the department of development and the Catholic Foundation of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Rev. Warren F. Chassaniol ’58 has been retired since July 2005,

with almost forty years of active ministry, the last 13 years of which were spent as pastor of Our Lady of the Isle Church, Grand Isle.

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Mike Elvir ’58 retired from the banking business last August, having served as executive vice president for BOKF Corporation, a bank holding company headquartered in Tulsa, OK. In January Mike and his wife Sondra moved to the heart of the Texas Hill Country. Mike spends a fair amount of time in New Orleans. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Ursuline. Mike and Sondra have been married 42 years and have four children, one a Blue Jay and one a graduate of Jesuit Dallas. Mike and Sondra have seven grandchildren. Mike has served on several civic boards over the years, including Junior Achievement in three cities, Habitat for Humanity, and zoos in two cities. Active in the church, Mike has served on parish councils and has been a lector and a Eucharistic minister. During his time in New Orleans, Mike served on Jesuit’s President’s Advisory Council and was president of the Parents’ Club.

After visiting the school in February, Mike noted that he was happy to see the school’s recovery progressing so that young men will continue to benefit from the Blue Jay experience just as he did.

Ronald Jung ’58 was honored by Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes for his twenty-five years of volunteer service to the Archbishop’s Community Appeal which raises money for the poor and underprivileged in our community.

Richard L. Baringer ’59 was recently named professor of history

emeritus by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. He retired in 2003 following a 36-year career at Georgia Southwestern State University where he was a professor of history, department chairman for 22 years, and, when he retired, interim dean of the school of arts and sciences. In retirement, he and his wife, Abbie, are dividing their time between their home in Americus near the University and a farm near Butler, Georgia.

Ronald J. Bonck ’59 has been acting in movies. He played the brother of Mary Tyler Moore in Snow Wonder, a Christmas family movie.

Robert M. Caswell ’60 has recently retired after thirty-five years of

law practice. Bob is now well-known as the founder and executive director of the nationally famous annual Medina Lake Cajun Festival for the last twenty-five years despite having serious Multiple Sclerosis.

John D. Nolan, Jr., D.D.S. ’61 received the Order of St. Louis

Medallion in 2004.

Jim Amoss ’65, editor of The Times-Picayune, has been named

Editor & Publisher’s 2006 Editor of Year. He is being honored for directing his newsroom in its remarkable coverage of Hurricane Katrina. Also, under Jim’s leadership, The Times-Picayune won two Pulitzer Prizes, a gold medal for meritorious public service and a prize for distinguished reporting of breaking news. After Katrina hit, more than 200 staff of The Times-Picayune and their family members were forced to flee the paper’s downtown offices in delivery trucks. But photographers, reporters, and editors stayed in the area continuously, and the newspaper never ceased publishing, posting online editions for three days, then returning to print editions as well on Sept. 2. “As our city was being ravaged, our citizens dying, our market destroyed, our homes lost, with chaos and lawlessness reigning—while this was happening, we came together as a team,” Amoss said, “and fulfilled a mission that is sacred to us: to publish no matter what—no matter whether our house was destroyed, whether we knew what had happened to our families, or what the

future held.” Speaking of Jim’s leadership, Ashton Phelps, Jr., president and publisher of The Times-Picayune, said, “I remember being in this room on the Tuesday after Katrina hit, and Jim Amoss told our team, ‘This will be the biggest story of our lives.’ He was right. And our team rose to the occasion.”

Tom Kitchen ’65 has been named the acting CEO of Stewart

Enterprises. Tom joined the Stewart Board in February 2004 and became the company’s chief financial officer in December of that year.

Ashton Ryan ’65 has opened a new First NBC in the very

building once occupied by the first First NBC. The new bank set a state record with the amount of capital raised for a bank start-up, bringing in more than $56 million. The bank will focus on small businesses involved in recovery efforts.

Glenn Gennaro ’66 has been appointed principal of the Jefferson Community School for the 2006-2007 school year.

For the last seven years, Glenn has served as the Fellows Director of the School Leadership Center of Greater New Orleans, where he assisted in the development of school improvement plans for schools throughout the metro area.

Glenn has served as principal of St. Clement of Rome and St. Christopher elementary schools and Pope John Paul II High School and as the director of guidance and admissions director at Jesuit.

Timothy Flynn III ’75 has been appointed to the rank of rear admiral of the U.S. Navy. Rear Admiral Flynn is Acting Vice Commander of SPAWAR. As Vice Commander, he is responsible for development, acquisition, and life cycle management of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems for the Navy, select Marine Corps, and joint service programs. After graduating from Jesuit, Rear Admiral Flynn received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy Flynn where he earned a B.S. in Marine Engineering. He completed nuclear propulsion plant operator training in 1980 and was later awarded master of science degrees in National Security Affairs and Mechanical Engineering from the Navy Postgraduate School. His decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal (four awards), the Joint Commendation Medal, and the Navy Achievement medal (three awards). Pats on the back—Tim’s back, that is--were plentiful at the ’75 reunion in June 2005 when Tim’s classmate and friend David Paternostro announced the nomination. We, too, salute Rear Admiral Flynn and wish him well in his new leadership position.

Michael Cahill ’76 starred as Felix Ungar in Rivertown Repertory Theater’s March production of The Odd Couple.

Since 1988 Michael has been active on the stage and in front of the camera in the New Orleans area.

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David H. Bernard ’80 recently moved from Maryland back to the

New Orleans area and is living in Hammond. David is an assistant professor of voice in the music department of the University of New Orleans.

Tim Parenton ’80 was the third base coach for the national

runnerup Florida Gators in the 2005 College World Series. After serving as Samford University’s head coach for several years, Tim moved to Florida two years ago as an assistant coach.

songs from the 2000 musical he wrote, Thou Shalt Not, was released. Also that week the series finale of Will & Grace aired with Harry reprising his role of Grace’s ex-husband Leo Markus.

Daniel J. McCabe, Jr. ’86 has begun a new career at Bollinger

Shipyards in Gretna as the Materials Coordinator.

Lt. Col. Alexander R. Barthe ’81 manages all air force aircrew

Daniel R. Shea, D.D.S. ’86 received the prestigious Mastership Award of the Academy of General Dentistry in 2004 for completing 1,100 hours of continuing dental education in the sixteen disciplines of dentistry.

flight simulators at Eglin AFB, Florida. Alex and his wife Adele have two children.

Dean Cochran ’87 recently joined the cast of a new season of

Will Clark ’82 is among ten

legends of collegiate baseball that comprise the first-ever induction class in the new College Baseball Hall of Fame in Lubbock, Texas. Will starred for Mississippi State from 1982-85 and was honored as college baseball’s player of the year with the 1985 Golden Spikes Award.

He earned All-American and All-Southeastern Conference team honors in 1984 and Clark 1985. He hit 61 home runs in 175 games and compiled a school-record .391 career batting average, including a .420 batting average in 1985 when he helped lead Mississippi State to a school-best third place finish in the NCAA College World Series. Will was the second player selected in the Major League Baseball draft in 1985 and went on to a 15-year major league career compiling a .303 batting average with 2,176 hits, 284 home runs, and 1,205 RBIs. Kyle S. Brue ’84 has been serving as a special investigator for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management working national security clearance and investigation cases for agencies such as the Department of Defense, Department of Justice, FEMA, IRS, and DEA. Kyle received his BA from SMU in 1988 and his MA from LSU in 1990. He lives in Dallas with his wife Glenda, their one and a half year-old daughter Holly, and Glenda’s 14 year-old daughter, Miranda.

Fred Weller ’84 continues with his acting career at full throttle.

In August of 2005, Fred completed his run in the Broadway revival of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glenn Ross. Fred shared the stage with Alan Alda, Liev Schreiber, and Tom Wopat. This August in New York, Fred joins Meryl Streep and Christopher Walken in the production of Mother Courage and Her Children, a new translation by Louisiana playwright Tony Kushner. In the play, Fred plays Streep’s elder son. Like most of us, Fred is quite impressed with Meryl Streep—“As good as she is in movies, she’s incredible on stage.”

Harry Connick, Jr. ’85 received a Tony nomination as best actor in a musical for his Broadway debut in The Pajama Game. Harry plays a pajama factory boss who falls for a union adversary. The week of the Tony Awards show was quite a week for Harry. Harry on Broadway, his double CD of The Pajama Game cast album and

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I Wanna Be a Soap Star on digital cable’s SOAPnet. This season’s ten contestants are playing to land a 13-week stint on One Life to Live. A die-hard Saints fan, Dean says, “I actually tried to sneak my Saints hat onto the set of Soap Star, but they confiscated it.”

When not in front of the camera, Dean is behind the scenes working for Regency Films, an independent production house for TV and movies.

Sean Doles ’88, best-selling author of last year’s Saving Mr.

Bingle, has published the second book in his series of New Orleans Stories. All Saints Day is a novel that involves a losing team, a desperate owner, a football-loving Pope, and a kicker that looks like Jesus. Inspired by true events, All Saints Day is a magical story about winning, losing, and the meaning of faith that will make you laugh, make you question your own beliefs, and make you take note of the tiny miracles surrounding us every day.

Troy P. Roddy ’89 is the first head of St. John Berchman’s School

for boys at the Academy of the Sacred Heart at Grand Coteau, LA. The school will educate young boys PK through the 2nd grade, adding grades as needed and will maintain the goals/ principles of the Sacred Heart schools network. Troy received his second master’s degree—this one in educational leadership— from UNO in May and will continue toward the PhD. Sal Liberto ’90 is now the vice president for enrollment at Newbury College. Sal and his wife Amy live in Boston.

Jay ’91 and Mark ’95 Duplass, aka The Duplass Brothers, are

making quite a splash in the indie movie scene. Acting as writers, producers, and actors—well, Mark, at least—the Duplass Brothers have created The Puffy Chair, a feature film about a guy, his girlfriend, and his brother, all of whom embark on a road trip designed to deliver a La-Z-Boy chair. The movie premiered at Sundance 2005 and was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards.

Kurt Werling ’91 came back. In March, Kurt, his wife Lisa, and

their family moved back into their fully renovated Lakeview home. Kurt hopes that all of his friends and neighbors will quickly join him in renovating and moving back into their Lakeview homes.

Daniel Mitchell ’92 is the executive chef at the Bayou Grill in Chelsea, Alabama. A Delgado Culinary School graduate, Daniel has created an Acadian retreat in the Birmingham area and would love to greet any Blue Jays traveling through.

Dr. Stephen A. Morgan, Jr. ’92 has partnered in a family dental practice in Houma, Louisiana, where he, his wife Amanda, and their three children reside.

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Captain Ross Parrish ’92, U.S.M.C., has received the Bronze

Star Medal for meritorious achievement in connection with combat operations involving conflict with an opposing force while serving as a company commander in Iraq.

Kyle Ruckert ’92, chief of staff to U.S. Senator David Vitter, has been named a “rising star” by Campaign & Elections Magazine. Only forty “rising stars” were named nationally.

Capt. Brad J. Butler ’93, after training as a UH-1N “Huey”

instructor pilot, is stationed at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, and NAWS China Lake, California, as one of six pilots selected for the operational evaluation of the new UH-1Y helicopter.

Ben Grau ’93, his wife Camey, and their son Benjamin now live

in Frisco, Texas. Ben is an associate with the law firm of Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP.

The year he graduated from Jesuit, Nick Rauber ’97 created Swollfest, a fishing rodeo dedicated to benefiting the American Diabetes Association. The rodeo has grown to include over 100 sponsors and 600 participants. In the past four years, Swollfest has donated $40,000 to ADA, benefiting its educational and research efforts.

Nick Lama ’99, a University of New Orleans senior, has won a sales

competition for New York Life Insurance Co. interns. More than fifty New York Life offices around the country competed to see which could generate the most sales by college interns. The New Orleans office won the honor despite having only one intern: Nick Lama.

Joseph M. Rausch ’99 served as executive assistant to the chairman,

Dominic Massa ’94 took home

first place awards at the Press Club of New Orleans’ 48th Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards gala for his 2005 WYES production Stay Tuned: New Orleans’ Classic TV Commercials and for his production of WWLTV’s Eyewitness News at 6. In Dominic’s nostalgic tour of New Orleans’ classic commercials, once again we hear from Al Scramuzza, Mr. Bingle, and the “Special Man.”

volunteer with the Peace Corps in Cameroon. He will be gone June 2005 through August 2007.

55th Presidential Inaugural Committee and was appointed special assistant for investment funds, The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) in the second Bush administration.

Robert L. Crist, Jr. ’00 graduated in May 2005 from University of

Louisiana at Lafayette with a B.S. in education kinesiology with a minor in exercise science. B.J. was a four-year letterman on the UL Football team and had 38 catches and 2 TDs in his senior season.

He is presently in Los Angeles pursuing a modeling/acting career.

Scott Madden ’00, Tim Guidry ’02, and Peter Connick ’04 were Massa

Chad Perniciaro ’95 and his wife and two children have been

Houston residents since January 2001. Chad is the founder and principal owner of Computer Training Services, Inc. In 2005 he entered Altiris Software’s President’s Club for selling over $3 million in software and services.

Jeffrey Melancon ’96 received the 2004 LSU Alumni Association

Distinguished Dissertation Award in Science, Engineering, and Technology. Jeffrey’s dissertation is helping pave the way for new and more effective treatments against herpes-related diseases.

Jeffrey received both a bachelor’s degree in microbiology and a doctorate in molecular virology from LSU. Daniel Riche ’96 and Bob Wynne ’98 were the valedictorians of their respective classes at 2005 spring commencement exercises.

As the student with the top scholastic record at UL-Monroe’s Pharmacy School, Daniel delivered the address to the faculty.

Bob was recognized for having the highest GPA in the graduating class of Loyola University’s Law School.

Todd E. Berger ’97 has left The National Aeronautics and

Space Administration for a position with the National Science Foundation. He has been assigned to McMurdo Station, located in Antarctica (where temperatures can reach –50 degrees centigrade!). He will be working on solar astronomy and cosmic ray physics studies, focusing on long-duration balloon flights.

Dr. T. Christopher Forstall, Jr. ’97 received a doctor of

veterinary medicine degree in January 2005. He practices at the Ark Animal Hospital in New Orleans.

Conan M. Magee ’97 is leaving the Federal Railroad

Administration in DC to become a small enterprise development

members of the Tulane baseball team that participated in the 2005 College World Series.

Kevin Rosier '00 graduated in May 2006 from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy receiving a Masters of Arts in law and diplomacy. In 2003, Kevin was awarded the U.S. Department of State Thomas Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship. He will join the U.S. Foreign Service this September as an economic officer.

Nicholas B. Spindel ’00 graduated from Tulane in May 2005 and

received a Fulbright grant to teach English as a second language in Dresden, Germany, to high school students. He also received the Bodo Gotzkowsky award from Tulane for excellence in German.

Two members of the Class of 2002 have been named recipients of the Thomas B. Crowley, Sr. Scholarship at the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York. Midshipman Henry Peterson ’02 was awarded $3,000 as the first place recipient, and Midshipman Kevin Duffy ’02 received a $1,000 award. The criteria for the scholarship include scholastic achievement, demonstrated leadership skills, initiative, teamwork skills, history of community service, and involvement in the maritime industry.

Jason Brown ’02 earned dual degrees from the University of Georgia at the May commencement, a B.S. in biology and a B.A. in political science. In August, Jason continues his dual degree approach as he enters Emory University’s Medical School to work on an MD and a masters in public health in policy and administration. Jason’s Foundation Fellowship, UGA’s most prestigious undergraduate scholarship, provided for his travel to Europe, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Tanzania, South Africa, and China.

Benjamin Moise ’02 graduated from the University of Southern

California in May 2006. He earned a B.S. in computer science with minors in classics and video game programming.

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W H E R E Y ’ AT Homecoming 2006 Return Home to Celebrate the Blue Jay Spirit Nathan Stibrich ’02 graduated with honors from the

University of Georgia with a B.S. in chemistry. He received the American Chemical Society’s Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award for UGA and the 2005-2006 Dick Bestwick Scholar-Athlete Award as the graduating senior athlete with the highest GPA at Georgia. A Phi Kappa Phi honor student, Nathan was a contributing author for two published articles. Nathan will pursue a doctor’s degree in chemistry. Nathan was a four-year letterman in swimming and was consistently placed on the All-Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll. He has been involved in many service projects and currently is doing volunteer work with the Lutheran Disaster Response Team, helping families affected by the hurricanes.

Back-to-Banks Homecoming Celebration Saturday, October 21, 2006 3:00 p.m.-- 6:00 p.m.

Homecoming Football Game Saturday, October 21, 2006 7:30 p.m.

Jesuit vs. St. Augustine Tad Gormley Stadium

Alumni Mass and Jazz Brunch Sunday, October 22, 2006

James Truxillo ’05 and Eric Block ’05 were two of the

forty-four Louisiana players in the third-annual Bayou Bowl in which Louisiana defeated Texas, 10-7.

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Kevin Marshall ’03 asked all the right questions to pocket a cool $100,000 playing Jeopardy!

Like most New Orleanians, I evacuated because of Hurricane Katrina. Fortunately for me, however, my experience turned out to be much luckier than most. For as long as I can remember, my family has watched Jeopardy! And since I played quiz bowl in grammar school and at Jesuit, I wanted to be a contestant. I chose to audition for the regular show rather than the College Tournament, hoping that I could become the next Ken Jennings and win millions in the process.

In February 2005, I went to Atlanta to audition. Along with about sixty other people, I took a fifty-question written test. When the scores were counted up, I had managed to pass the test. Those of us who passed played a mock game and answered a few potential interview questions so that the contestant search team could make sure we had the poise and energy to be on the show. After the mock game, we were told that we could be called at any time during the next twelve months.

So I returned home, waiting for the phone call. I waited. And waited. And waited. By the end of August, I still had not been called.

With Katrina headed for New Orleans, my family and I evacuated, first to a Red Cross shelter in Natchez, Mississippi, and then to a hotel in Vidalia, Louisiana.

When I heard that Loyola would be closed for the fall semester, I started searching for a college.

I chose the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Holy Cross has as good a reputation for classics (my major) among the nation’s Jesuit universities as our alma mater has among the nation’s Jesuit high schools.

Three weeks after I had settled in at school, I finally got the call I had been waiting for. On October 26th, I would fly to Los Angeles to appear on Jeopardy! I spent a month studying for the show; I made lists of Oscar winners and Shakespeare plays. I read the World Almanac. On October 25th I flew to Los Angeles. My family, who by that time had already moved back to our home (which had eight inches of water), flew out to watch me compete.

When the big day came, I went to the studio at 8:30 a.m. The day’s contestants were given a chance to practice on the stage. One thing people may not realize is that Jeopardy! tapes five episodes a day. Each tape day starts with a defending champion from the previous tape day. The two challengers are selected from a pool of ten waiting contestants only fifteen minutes before a show.

I was not one of the first challengers picked, so I got to watch a game as it was being taped. I saw Tom Kavanaugh win his eighth game. After that game, the names of the next contestants were picked. This time, I was picked. Less than fifteen minutes later, I was on stage and ready to play.

Things were tough at first. Though I knew many of the questions, I had trouble buzzing in. Fortunately, I started to get the hang of things, and by the end of the first round I was leading by $2,200. With just a few questions left in the second round, I had a big lead. The only category left was “Women Poets.” I knew one Daily Double was left, so I jumped around trying to find it. Unfortunately, Tom Kavanaugh beat me to the buzzer, so he got a chance at the Daily Double. I led by $5,200.

He wagered $5,201. He was unable to think of the correct response, and I won the game.

I now had to rush backstage to change into a new suit.

Fortunately, years of shows with the Phils had prepared me for quick costume changes! I won another nailbiter in my second game, then yet another one, before winning by a slightly wider margin in the day’s last game. I would return on All Saints’ Day to tape at least one more episode. I took a red-eye flight back to Boston so I could be in class the next day. On November 1st I was back in L.A. I went to the studio, this time as the defending champion. I won two more games before I lost. I took a bittersweet flight back to Massachusetts—losing is always a somewhat bitter experience. But considering that I had won over $100,000, things were not all that bad.

When I returned home for Christmas, I let everyone know that I would be appearing on Jeopardy! on January 10th. For four days, we had parties at our partly gutted house, as my friends and family nervously watched one close win after another. But when our kitchen was ripped out, it was time for the party to move— some of our friends were gracious enough to offer their homes for the remaining parties.

The experience was nerve-wracking, exhilarating, and incredible.

But most of all, it was fun. It brought back memories of quiz bowl practice every day during the first half of lunch. And my time at Jesuit certainly helped—what other high school would have taught me enough to guess “What is zootheism?” in response to “Found in many ancient cultures, it’s the religious worship of animals”?

I hope my appearance on the show brought a smile to Blue Jays and New Orleanians everywhere at a time when many of us desperately needed it.

Kevin Marshall ’03

“I’ll Take ‘Ancient Religions’ for a Thousand, Alex.”

Former Quiz Bowler Kevin Marshall would be proud of this year’s Quiz Bowl team, which finished with a ranking of 19th out of 774 teams in the world.

Coach Ron Rossi’s team was the highest ranking team from Louisiana.

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SPORTS Following Jesuit’s victory in the 2005 state championship game, Coach Dave Moreau receives a congratulatory hug from his father, Don Moreau ’54.

In the photo below, Matt Dozier ’06 is flanked by his parents, Edie and head baseball Coach Sam Dozier, after signing a commitment to play baseball for Loyola University’s Wolfpack.

Shortly after his selection as Jesuit’s new head football coach, Sid Edwards introduced himself to the Blue Jay football team.

New Coaches For Baseball, Football After a 23-year run as the leader of Jesuit’s successful baseball program, Dave Moreau started the 2005-2006 school year as the school’s first assistant athletic director.

The demands of an athletic program with ten sports, some with four teams—8th, 9th, JV, and varsity—dictate the creation of the new position to assist long-time AD Frank Misuraca. Dave is responsible for the direct supervision, evaluation, and support of the junior high programs, and particularly the part-time coaches. Also, he coordinates all practices, activities, and competitions in the Roussel Building and on the Will Clark Field.

Dave’s career coaching record at Jesuit of 532-161 puts him in an elite group of prep baseball coaches at the national level. The record book of the National Federation of State High School Associations lists no other Louisiana coach with more than 500 victories.

Dave went out on top as his Blue Jay team won the 2005 state championship.

Sam Dozier took over as Head Baseball Coach for the 2006 season.

For the past five years, Sam has coached the freshman baseball team. Counting his years before coming to Jesuit, Sam has put in 23 years coaching high school athletics. With Coach Dozier at the helm, the 2006 Jays finished 30-6 and made it to the quarterfinals of the state tournament.

Sid Edwards replaces Vic Eumont as Head Football Coach for the 2006-2007 school year.

Coach Edwards comes to Jesuit from Central High in Baton Rouge. A native of Baton Rouge, Edwards has held teaching and coaching positions at several schools, but his tenure as head coach at his alma mater, Redemptorist, stands out. While head coach from 1997-2004 at Redemptorist, Edwards compiled a 75-25 record and won two state championships.

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Ryan Adams ’06

Sean Regan ’06 maneuvers himself into a winning position.

Drafted by Orioles Blue Jay Ryan Adams ’06 is now a bird of a different feather. Ryan was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the second round of the Major League Baseball draft. With the 58th overall pick, the Orioles chose the Blue Jay short stop, who emerged last summer as one of the top high school prospects in the class of 2006 by playing in the Aflac All-American Classic, a showcase endorsed by Major League Baseball as the nation’s marquee prep All-American baseball event. Before this season, Ryan signed to play at the collegiate level with LSU. Meanwhile, three other Blue Jays will head to college on scholarships to play baseball. Eric Hymel signed a scholarship pact with Southeastern Louisiana University, Matt Dozier will play for Loyola University New Orleans, and John Pivach signed to play with the University of New Orleans.

A Year of Competing, A Year of Champions In a year in which just competing was the greatest victory, Jesuit’s sports teams once again were quite successful. First, Peter Kernion’s cross country team won state for the third year in a row. Then the wrestlers, led by first-year head coach Carlos Bertot, brought the state trophy home for the second year in a row. Finally, Mitch Chapoton’s tennis team won their eighth State Championship in a row.

Dramatically and gallantly, the Blue Jay swimmers took the state runner-up spot. The team competed with only twelve swimmers and was in the running for the state title right up until the last race. Chris Jennings’s basketball team, playing without a home court, won the district title. Under first-year head coach Sam Dozier, the baseball team made it to the quarterfinal round of the state tournament.

And the soccer team won district and advanced to the quarterfinals of state.

In competing during this extraordinary year, the Jays were indeed champions.

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HOMECOMING

B Accolades for Arthur Mann III—Jesuit’s 2005 Alumnus of the Year Arthur S. Mann III, a tireless volunteer and leader for all things Jesuit, and current president of the school’s board of directors, was honored at the annual Homecoming as the 2005 Alumnus of the Year.

Jesuit’s Homecoming, traditionally held in the fall but delayed until Sunday, January 29 because of Hurricane Katrina, brought together more than 600 Blue Jays, including the Classes of 1955 and 1980 that were recognized on their golden and silver anniversaries, respectively.

Mann, a graduate of the Class of 1964, received a standing ovation when Fr. Anthony McGinn, S.J., president of Jesuit High School, presented him with the award at the conclusion of Mass in the Chapel of the North American Martyrs.

"Arthur has been a tremendous help to me personally and to Jesuit," Fr. McGinn told alumni. “Even before Katrina, Arthur gave me the ‘big picture’ insight, that a school also needed to be operated as a business. His steady leadership and sensible guidance have been invaluable to Jesuit through the years.”

In accepting the award, Mann told his fellow Blue Jays that he was part of “the illustrious class of 4F” and is used to difficult situations.

“Actually, we graduated in a high position—you know, that last row of risers at the auditorium was probably 16 feet off the ground,” said Mann, who reminded alumni that “we—all alumni—and I am here as proof that Jesuit High School is all about students, then and now. We are its strength, its major source of funding, and its promise for the future.”

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can be measured in many ways—academics, athletics, and spiritual growth. “But most importantly, in one special way, success is achieved when we become less of a ‘me’ person and more of a ‘Man for Others’,” said Mann.

When a Jesuit graduate gets a job, or enters a profession, or raises a family, or is ordained a priest, “he is looked on as being successful, and this is good but not heroic.”

“I suggest he is a true success, a true hero, when he speaks out for social change for the better, or involves himself in neighborhood and community matters, or demands accountability from those in charge, or takes the lead,” said Mann, adding that all of us have confronted “lifetimes of experiences” during the past several months as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

“Young or old, we, the students of Jesuit High School, must continue to be the true successes, these heroes I refer to,” he said.

“Our city, region, and country desperately need our individual strength and determination to serve as the anchor in the storm.

Don’t let us be fooled into thinking otherwise.

“To the extent that you and I, in the here and the now, are living the life of this ‘Man for Others’, we become symbols of the success of Jesuit High School, and in a profound way, each one of you is a perpetual alumnus of the year,” concluded Mann. “All I have to do now is figure a way to distribute this plaque to each of you over the next year.”

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BIB LIST Deacon and Mrs. Gerard J. Fasullo, Sr. ’51 on the birth of their fourth grandson, Ryan Jude Bravo, January 31, 2005.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Gendusa ’51 on the birth of their fourth grandson, Anthony John Guernsey, July 5, 2005.

Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Blereau ’53 on the birth of their third grandchild, a girl, Hailey Ann Denning, May 25, 2005.

Mr. and Mrs. John J. Dardis ’59 on the birth of their granddaughter Katherine Therese Barket, October 30, 2005. Katherine is the grandniece of Bro. William Dardis, S.J. ’58, the late Francis Xavier ’62, and Joseph M. Dardis ’64 and the niece of John J., Jr. ’88, William C. ’90, and Stephen P. Dardis ’97.

Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Schlater ’61 on the birth of their grandson, Cooper Mitchell Crow, July 4, 2005.

Mr. and Mrs. Pierre V. DeGruy ’69 on the birth of their first grandchild, Isabelle Margaret DeGruy, April 4, 2006.

Mr. and Mrs. Brian E. Adorno ’77 on the birth of their daughter, Hayley Marie Adorno, June 18, 2005. She is the sister of Brian E., Jr. ‘07 and Andrew E. Adorno ’10. She is also the niece of Earl L. Mangin, Jr. ’77 and Paul G. Mangin ’80.

Mr. and Mrs. Sean T. Stratton ’83 on the birth of their daughter, Elena Kathryn Stratton, June 12, 2005.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Adams III ’85 on the birth of their son, C. William Adams IV, May 20, 2004. William is the nephew of James M. Adams ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Walter T. Gamard III ’85 on the birth of their first child, a daughter, Leila Whitney Gamard, March 15, 2005. Whitney is the granddaughter of Walter T. Gamard II ’60 and the niece of Christopher J. Gamard ’88.

Dr. Michael J. Thomas ’85 and Dr. Rachel L. Moore on the birth of their son, Maddox Jacob Thomas, June 25, 2005. M.J. is the grandson of the late Mire J. “M.J.” Thomas ’48.

Mr. and Mrs. John J. Zollinger IV ’85 on the birth of their daughter, Quincy Taulli Zollinger, March 3, 2006. Quincy is the great granddaughter of the late John J. Zollinger, Jr. ’29, the granddaughter of John J. Zollinger III ’54, and the great niece of William D. ’58, Robert W. ’60, Karl D. ’67, and Philip I. Zollinger ’69 and the niece of Lloyd E. Huck ’87.

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. McCabe, Jr. ’86 on the birth of their daughter, Elizabeth Leigh McCabe, May 5, 2005. Elizabeth is the niece of Kevin C. McCabe ’88.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Bradley Murret ’86 on the birth of their twins, Matthew Graham and Mary Grace Murret, October 7, 2005. Matthew and Mary Grace are the great-nephew and great-niece of Eugene J. Murret ’50, Charles W. Murret ’47 and the nephew and niece of Donn H. Murret ’88.

Mr. and Mrs. David W. Watermeier ’86 on the birth of their third daughter, Ashley Elaine Watermeier, August 25, 2005. Ashley is the greatgranddaughter of the late Ralph N. Watermeier ’30, the granddaughter of Ralph N. Watermeier, Jr. ’61, niece of Blake A. Watermeier ’91, John W. ’86 and Vincent E. Hummel ’88.

Mr. and Mrs. Sean R. Dunn ’87 on the birth of their second daughter, Katherine Hansen Dunn, May 17, 2005. Katherine is joined by her sister Ashley who is 26 months.

Dr. and Mrs. Nate J. Normand ’87 on the birth of their second daughter, Emily Caroline Normand, February 18, 2005. Emily is the niece of Newell D. Normand ’76 and the cousin of Dr. Robert D. Normand ’71.

Mr. and Mrs. James J. Treigle, Jr. ’87 on the birth of their son, Harry Mills Treigle. Harry is the nephew of Kevin M. Treigle ’94.

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Browne, Jr. ’88 on the birth their daughter, Carson Louise Browne.

Carson is the great-granddaughter of the late Stephen F. Browne, Jr. ’41, the granddaughter of Patrick J. Browne ’56, the great-niece of John T. Browne ’48, and the niece of Stephen B. Browne ’91.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Gatti IV ’88 on the birth of their son, Jackson “Jack” Ross Gatti, May 3, 2004.

Jack is the grandson of Frank R. Gatti III ’62 and the great-grandson of the late Frank R. Gatti, Jr. ’38.

Mr. and Mrs. James M. Adams ’88 on the birth of their second child, Elizabeth Claire Adams, February 19, 2004. Elizabeth is the granddaughter of Adrian A. Colon ’59, the niece of Adrian A. Colon, Jr. ’83 and Charles W. Adams III ’85 and the great niece of Leed J. Colon, Jr. ’57 and Malcolm J. Colon ’66.

Mr. and Mrs. Keith C. Maresma ’89 on the birth of their son, Matthew Gerard Maresma, September 22, 2005. Matthew is the nephew of Bradley A. Maresma ’94, Edgar A. Maresma ’53, and Kevin J. Mulligan ’76.

Mr. Troy P. Roddy and Mrs. Meghan Holahan ’89 on the birth of their daughter, Irene Catherine Roddy, September 24, 2005. Irene is the granddaughter of John M. Holahan ’49, the niece of John M. Holahan, Jr. ’75, Trent P. ’97, and Travis B. Roddy ’01.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Dietz ’90 on the birth of their son, Harrison Edward Dietz, August 28, 2005. Harrison is the nephew of Timothy A. Dietz ’94.

Mr. and Mrs. Henri M. Friloux ’90 on the birth of their daughter, Margo Allison Friloux, May 28, 2005. Margo is the granddaughter of Henry J. Friloux, Jr. ’57, the great-niece of Nash J. Friloux ’61, and the niece of William J. Scheffler IV ’88.

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Milazo ’91 on the birth of their daughter, Sarah Virginia Milazo, April 12, 2005. Sarah is the granddaughter Dr. Nicholas J. Milazo ’65 and the niece of Joseph M. Milazo ’92 and Timothy J. Milazo ’97.

Mr. and Mrs. Ryan C. Orgeron ’91 on the birth of their second child, a daughter, Ellen Ryan Orgeron, February 3, 2005.

Mr. and Mrs. Ryan J. Quinlan ’91 on the birth of their daughter, Eleanor Michele Quinlan, October 4, 2005. Eleanor is the granddaughter of William J. Quinlan ’61, the niece of the late C. Gregg Quinlan, Jr. ’59, M. Michael Quinlan ’69 and William J. Quinlan, Jr. ’86.

Mr. and Mrs. Blake A. Watermeier ’91 on the birth of their son, Brady Patrick Watermeier. Brady is the great-grandson of the late Ralph N. Watermeier ’30, the grandson of Ralph N. Watermeier, Jr. ’61, and the nephew of David W. Watermeier ’86.

Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Werling ’91 on the birth of their son Luke Jude Werling, October 26, 2005.

Luke is the nephew of Adam Werling ’99.

Mr. and Mrs. Mason G. Couvillon ’92 on the birth of their daughter, Bryce Surgala Couvillon, December 15, 2005. Bryce is the niece of Scott A. Couvillon ’92, Tucker H. Couvillon ’04, J. Monore Laborde ’65, and John P. Laborde ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Mitchell ’92 on the birth of their second daughter, Emily Rose Mitchell, May 18, 2005. Emily is the great niece of Leonard N. Bouzon ’64 and Robert W. Bouzon ’69.

Dr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Morgan, Jr. ’92 on the birth of their daughter, Adeline Bell Morgan, May 25, 2005. Adeline is the granddaughter of Stephen A. Morgan ’68 and the niece of the late Christopher M. Morgan ’95.

Dr and Mrs. Roland S. Waguespack III ’92 on the birth of their son, Roland Simeon Waguespack IV, April, 15, 2005.

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Duggan ’93 on the birth of their daughter, Caroline Elizabeth Duggan, February 19, 2005. Caroline is the niece of Mark T. Duggan ’04.

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin R. Grau ’93 on the birth of their son, Benjamin Roth Grau, Jr., February 8, 2006. Benjamin is the grandson of Matias J. Grau, Jr. ’68, the nephew of Matias J. III ’92 and Brett A. Grau ’99, Ignatius P. ’80, David P. ’88, and Salvadore A. Liberto ’90.

Mr. and Mrs. William P. Newman ’93 on the birth of their son William Paul Newman, Jr., August 31, 2005.

Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Spreen ’94 on the birth of their first children, Amelia Nicole and Abigail Leigh Spreen, April 18, 2005. Amelia and Abigail are the nieces of Irwin C. Spreen III ’92 and Aubrey R. Spreen ’99, and the great-grandchildren of Milton W. Seiler ’39.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Quintana ’94 on the birth of their son, Joshua Robert Quintana, December 14, 2005. Joshua is the grandson of Robert R. Quintana, Jr. ’55 and the nephew of Donald E. Quintana ’01.

Capt. And Mrs. Eric J. Moore ’94 on the birth of their second child, Megan Hudson Moore, March 27, 2004.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Guste ’95 on the birth of their son, Henry Joseph Guste, December 28, 2004. Henry is the grandson of Ralph W. Junius, Jr. ’66, the nephew of the late Tristan P. Junius ’71, Cletus A. Junius ’81, Bernard R. Guste, Jr. ’93, R. William Junius III ’93, and Nathan J. Junius ’97.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Laborde ’98 on the birth of their second child, Brady Jacob Werling Laborde, August 5, 2005. Brady is the great-grandson of the late Robert W. Krieger ’51 and the nephew of Christopher J. Laborde ’02.

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Looney ’98 on the birth of their daughter, Abigail Elizabeth Looney, April 8, 2005.

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IN MEMORIAM Each edition of Jaynotes lists those members of the Jesuit High School community who have died. Please remember our recently deceased in your prayers.

Clement Betpouey, Jr. ’24, James P. Turner ’27, George F. Indest, Jr. ’28, Edward J. Martin, Sr. ’29, Rene E. LaBruyere ’29, Alfred E. Grady ’30, Charles A. Roccaforte ’30, Edward M. Aubert ’31, Gerald J. Rantz ’31, Frank W. Trapolin ’31, Anthony P. Schiro III ’31, Stephen B. Rodi ’32, VanNorman J. Bailey ’34, John H. Edwards, Jr. ’34, Karl L. Koster, Jr. ’34, George R. Simno, Jr. ’34, Joseph G. Boudreaux ’35, George F. Escoffier ’35, Raymond M. Jurado ’35, Harry N. Charbonnet, Sr. ’36, Jesse A. Danna, Sr. ’36, Albert P. Gaude, Jr. ’36, Gustave L. Heintz, Jr. ’36, Edward W. Patterson ’36, John J. Alloy ’37, Dudley C. O’Dowd ’37, Robert J. Doskey, Sr. ’38, Hubert Fielder, Jr. ’38, Emile J. Laiche ’38, Bates J. MacGowan ’39, Russell J. Schonekas ’39, George J. Wetzel ’39, Edward L. Fernandez ’41, Henry D. Lancaster ’41, Roy J. Mossy ’41, Robert L. Ory ’42, James A. Bertel, Jr. ’43, George W. Davila, Jr. ’43, F. Pat Quinn, Jr. ’43, Louis D. Matherne, Jr. ’43, John H. Miller, C.S.C. ’43, John N. Oglesby ’43, Robert A. Philibert ’43, William V. Redmann ’43, Joseph B. Williams ’43, Gerald L. Bertucci, Sr. ’44, James R. Boudousquie ’44, Peter L. Hilbert ’44, Augustus H. Jelks ’44, C. C. Clifton, Jr. ’45, Chandler R. Craig ’45, Vincent J. Greco ’45, Aberlardo J. Massa ’45, Ernest A. Haydel, Jr. ’46, Robert I. Ballina ’47, Robert J. Bordes, Sr. ’47, Ernest W. Hupperich ’47, Joseph M. Lichtenstein, Jr. ’47, Louis J. Bernard, Jr. ’48, Charles J. Larue ’48, James J. Brothers ’49, Sidney J. Menard, Jr. ’49, Juan V. Velasco ’49, Robert C. McClure II ’50, Raymond M. Rocker ’50, Rene J. Lorio ’51, Theodore Tumminello ’51, Denis E. Rufin III ’51, Daniel M. Foley, Jr. ’52, Oscar J. Robert, Jr. ’52, F. Benjamin Toledano ’53, Robert G. Miller ’54, John F. Klees III ’55, Frederick W. Veters ’55, Blaise M. Carriere ’56, Warner C. Vogt, Jr. ’56, Frank B. D’Arcangelo ’57, Salvatore J. DeMatteo ’57, Joseph A. Plaideau ’57, Ronald D. Molony ’59, William F. Enright, Jr. ’60, Louis J. Buisson, Sr. ’61, James K. Treadway, Sr. ’65, Roger I. Dallam ’61, Thomas E. Motto, Jr. ’61, Michael J. Muldrey ’61, Michael J. Casteix ’70, Charles V. Bellone ’72, Alvin A. Meliet ’72, Geoffrey J. Orr ’76, James K. Terrio ’81, Gavin C. Willem ’82, Dwight L. McNamara ’85, Kyle J. Acosta ’89, Joseph R. Loproto ’98, James W. White ’01.

WIFE OF Anthony C. Amadeo ’53, the late David T. Arceneaux ’65, the late Forest J. Arnondin, Jr. ’46, Earl T. Bellanger ’46, the late Harry F. Blust, Jr. ’38, the late William P. Boulet ’37, the late Pierre V. Bowman ’33, the late J. Martin Brinkman ’31, the late George W. Byrne ’37, the late Rudolph J. Classen ’42, the

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late James L. Crandell, Jr. ’30, Charles J. Cyrus, Jr. ’58, the late Herbert F. deBuys ’26, the late Charles I. Denechaud, Jr. ’31, the late Maxime J. Derbes, Jr. ’39, the late Thomas W. Dubourg ’33, the late Joseph D. Early ’42, J. Michael Early ’33, Allen J. Ecuyer ’55, the late Millard L. Falcon ’18, James L. Flood ’38, the late George P. Gagnet, Jr. ’34, the late Jacob G. Hecker, Jr. ’33, the late Lawrence W. Holzenthal, Sr. ’36, Patrick J. Johnson, Jr. ’73, the late Otto A. Kempff ’33, the late Earl H. Kent ’25, the late Albert Kreider ’25, the late Philip P. LaNasa ’34, the late George F. Lagroue ’39, the late Carroll P. Lincoln ’39, the late Vincent J. Liuzza, Sr. ’30, the late J. Leonhard McGinn ’35, Warren J. Mermilliod, Jr. ’30, the late Oliver S. Montagnet ’28, Matthew C. Morgan ’76, Alvin L. Murphy ’52, the late Henry F. O’Connor ’23, the late Clement F. Perschall ’27, the late Hugh A. Prats ’36, the late Joseph C. Pritchard ’31, Richard P. Redmann ’47, the late Peter J. Ricca ’39, the late Cedric F. Riche ’39, the late Warren C. Ruello, Sr. ’32, the late John C. Schneider ’27, Charles A. Sill, Jr. ’47, the late Santo E. Taormina ’35, the late Nicholas P. Tardo ’31, the late James P. Turner, Sr. ’27, Andrew A. Yuratich, Jr. ’41, Kent J. Zimmermann ’40, the late Lawrence L. Zeringer ’40.

FATHER OF Kenneth W. ’81 and Brian J. Andrieu ’84, Gerard A. Ballanco ’60, Robert S. Baxter ’58, James A. Bertel III ’67, Clement Betpouey III ’55, Alvin J. Bordelon, Jr. ’63, Jorge J. ’63 and Brock L. Bravo ’65, Benjamin D. Brickner ’07, Michael A. ’72, Andre J. ’74 and Emile J. Broussard ’76 (stepfather), Jarrod J. Broussard ’86, Claiborne W. Brown ’91, Christopher S. Burmaster ’02, Louis J. Buisson, Jr. ’84, Carlos A. Calix, Jr. ’92, Daren B. ’79 and Christopher Carriere ’86, Ryan M. ’01 and Mark M. Casteix ’08, Michael J. Chaix ’07, Mason G. ’92, Scott A. ’92 and Tucker H. Couvillon ’04, Colin J. Crumbley ’09 (stepfather), W. David Crumhorn ’71, Frank N., Jr. ’55 and Richard C. Cusimano ’57, Lionell Daggs III ’09, Jesse A. Danna, Jr. ’60, Daniel G. ’76 and George W. Davila ’80, Saverio J. DeMatteo ’83, Joseph J., Jr. ’50 and Frank G. DeSalvo ’61, Thomas P. Dolbear ’83, Walter C. Doskey ’74, Michael E. Driscoll ’71, John A. Edwards ’63, John L. Faciane ’80, the late Ambrose C. Farley, Jr. ’61, Raymond R. Fitzgerald, S.J. ’76, Gerald M. Frances, Jr. ’71, David E. Franz ’88, Wallace E., Jr. ’75 and Stephen D. Gammon ’81, Andrew L. Gangolf III ’72, George Gant II ’99, Servando C. Garcia III ’63, George A. Geerken, Jr. ’61, Melvin M. III ’04 and Gregory M. Gerrets ’06, Devin R. Golden ’06 (stepfather), William H.

’70 and James D. Grady ’75, Stanley B., Jr. ’68, Kendall P. ’70 and Robert S. Green ’72, Timothy D. Griffin ’02, Bruce M. Guenin ’66, Ernest C., Jr. ’51 and Gerard P. Hansen ’57, Andre J. Harrell ’86, James H. Harvey, Jr. ’68, Odom B., Jr. ’56 and Marvin G. Heebe ’61, Gerald C. Heintz ’79, Brandon L. Hicks ’06, Peter L., Jr. ’70 and Kevin D. Hilbert ’73, Donald G., Jr. ’73, Bruce M. ’75, Daniel, Jr. ’77, David M. ’78 and Blaine H. Hoppe ’82, Michael C. ’79 and Worthing F. Jackman ’82, D. Scott ’74, Jeffrey L. ’80, William J. ’81 and Walter D. Jacobsen ’88, Raymond J., Jr. ’69 and Allan J. Jeandron ’74, Rene A. LaBruyere II ’78, John M. III ’60 and Michael G. Lachin ’67, Michael J. ’74 and Zachary J. Landry ’78, Hal A. LeBlanc ’61, Hobson E. LeBlanc ’51, Louis R. LaBruyere III ’63, Stephen F. Leech ’55, James A. Lochridge, Jr. ’81, Stephen M. Looney ’98, Daniel J. Lorentz ’75, Thomas J. Lowenstein ’86, Kevin F. Mackenroth ’82, Walter S. III ’61 and Howard G. Maestri ’64, Edward J., Jr. ’53, Robert J. ’55, David J. ’57 and John J. Martin ’60, W. Thomas McElroy, Jr. ’85, Brian K. McSwain ’02, Brett R. Meliet ’98, Robert G., Jr. ’78 and David G. Miller ’80, Brandon S. ’01 and Marcus A. Montgomery ’04, James M., Jr. ’65, Stephen A. ’68, Matthew C. ’76 and Mark T. Morgan ’77, Paul H. Morphy III ’71 (stepfather), Ross M. Muller ’70 (stepfather), Eric H. Nungesser ’81, John M. ’81 and Robert G. O’Brien ’82, Keith R. Perrier ’71, J. Maurice Pilie, Jr. ’66, F. Walter Pitts ’65, Daniel J. Poolson, Jr. ’99, F. Pat Quinn III ’72, Philip D. ’61 and Raphael J. Rabalais, Jr. ’65, Mark J. ’75, Frank J., Jr. ’77, Carl F. ’79 and Chris C. Rabito ’82, Albert A. III ’62, William H. Reinhardt, Jr. ’62, John F. ’64 and Randolph E. Robbert ’65, Stephen B., Jr. ’58 and Mark O. Rodi ’59, Otha L. Sandifer ’83, Richard C. Scofield ’01, Brian G. ’80 and Kevin G. Shearman ’87, George R. Simno III ’65, Roy J. ’89 and Kyle J. Smith ’91, Juan M. ’79 and Rick D. Thomassie ’95, Earl A. Thompson, Jr. ’64, W. Ray Trammell ’58, Timothy J. Trapolin ’63, James K. Treadway, Jr. ’97, Theodore, Jr. ’81, Kevin J. ’82 and Paul J. Tumminello ’83, John T. Velasco ’88, Gregory M. Verges ’71, Patrick J. ’79 and Frederick W. Veters, Jr. ’85, Andrew C. ’82 and James C. Webster ’87, Richard E. Wentz ’80, Paul B. ’79 and Kevin E. Wolf ’80, the late Mark S. Zumpe ’67.

MOTHER OF Harley O. Albert ’54, Donald C. Allenbach ’64, Joseph V. Anzelmo ’63, Gary M. Artigue ’78, Digby W. ’55 and the late Eugene J. Barrios ’48, J. William Barrios ’64, Robert E. Bauer ’63, Gerard J. Becker ’57, Brandon J. Benion ’03, Sidney J. Berger ’66, Bruce E. Bernard ’64, H. Joseph Bernard ’65, Stephen

J E S U I T T O D AY M. ’68 and Wayne E. Blust ’73, George E. Booker, Jr. ’62, Kenneth C. Bordes ’00, William P., Jr. ’73, John G. ’75, Andrew J. ’76, and Thomas M. Boulet ’79, Samuel T., Jr. ’66 and Thomas H. Burguieres ’68, Stephen F. ’72 and Patrick H. Campbell ’81, John J. ’75 and Anthony C. Classen ’76, Fletcher W. Cochran ’61, J. Michael Collins ’67, Rhett D. ’87 and Richard D. Collins ’90, John M. III ’73 and Gregory O. Currier ’75, Charles J. Cyrus III ’88 Michael F. deBuys ’64, Charles I. Denechaud III ’59, Christopher W. van Dervort ’98, James C. Dinsmore ’60, the late Vincent S. Dominici ’54, Kevin C. Downs ’72, Roy A. Dubourg ’60 (stepmother), James D. Dupre ’76, Robert L. Ebberman, Jr. ’67, Henry A., Jr. ’51 and Gregory J. Ecuyer ’56, Lonn E. Ellzey ’87, Matthew J. Farley ’70, Joseph III ’68 and Jerome Fein ’69, William F. ’65 and Dennis J. Fitzgerald ’66, Arthur J. Franz IV ’91, P. H. Fred ’82, the late Joseph D. Friedman, Jr. ’55, the late G. Peter Gagnet III ’61, Clifford J. ’77 and David K. Glaviano ’80, the late Edwin L. Gros, Jr. ’45, James A. Guderian ’63, Raul B. Guevara ’66, John J. ’65, William A. ’67, and Robert A. Hardin ’74, Boris C. III ’65 and F. Philip Haase ’71, Zachary T. Heard III ’64, Robert D. Hess, Jr. ’62, Richard G. Hibbs, Jr. ’66, Lawrence W. Holzenthal, Jr. ’62, Jacob S. Janoe ’92, Alfred J. Jeanfreau ’60, Patrick J. III ’02, Daniel H. ’04 and Michael J. Johnson ’07, the late Frederick P. Kelly ’75, William R. Kelly, Jr. ’49, Wayne R. Kempff ’59, John H. Knauer III ’79, Harold H., Jr. ’68 and Frederick T. Kolb ’69, James I.. Kotter, Jr. ’74, George E. Kreider ’56, Joseph O., Jr. ’42, Robert G. ’47, Kenneth A. ’57, and the late Conrad M. Kuebel ’50, Matthew V. Landry ’88, Keith D. LaRose ’66, Lester J. Lautenschlaeger, Jr. ’50, Donald E. ’92 and Joseph F. Lavigne ’94, Bruce J. LeBlanc ’70, Hal A. LeBlanc ’61, Bernard J. LoCascio, Jr. ’68, Albert J., Jr. ’43 and Gordon J. Lousteau ’47, August S. Martin, Jr. ’89, Jerry M. McElwee ’73 (stepmother), J. Patrick McGinn ’73, Henry C. Mender ’76, Michael D. Mitchel II ’95, Earl T., Jr. ’76 and Michael J. Monson ’79, Oliver S. Montagnet, Jr. ’62 (stepmother), the late Daniel F. Mouney ’66, Barry W. ’63 and the late Albert C. North, Jr. ’57, Henry F., Jr. ’61, James J. ’62, and John M. O’Connor ’72, Thomas R. ’56 and Alex J. Ortolano ’59, the late Pascal R. Palmisano ’53, Wayne P. Palmer ’74, Neal F. III ’76 and Robin L. Pendleton ’80, Keith R. Perrier ’72, Frank J. Randazzo ’57, Michael J. Raymond ’68, Richard P., Jr. ’85 and James G. Redmann ’86, Mark S. Rettman ’76, Michael E. Reyes ’86, Boroskie J. Richard ’79, Ronald D. Riche ’64, Thomas M. Rodgers ’69, J. Michael Rooney ’59, John Ruckert, Jr. ’64, Harold L. ’52 and Steve L. Salaun ’54, James P. C. Scalise ’54, Frederick L., Jr. ’71, Keith N. ’76 and Scott G. Schmitt ’80, Joseph P. Schneider ’77, Julius A. Smith, Jr. ’54, Joseph G. Stassi, Sr. ’53, Calvin C. Stein, Jr. ’64, Paul S. ’70 and Robert K. Stevens ’74, James P., Jr. ’60 and William T. Tallon ’66, Anthony S. ’63 and Santo E.

Taormina, Jr. ’64, Robert A. Tardo ’58, Timothy H. ’61 and Jon T. Terrell ’66, the Rev. L. Pike Thomas ’60, John I. Trapen ’71, Charles V. Vodanovich, Jr. ’66, William E. Wahden, Jr. ’58, Robert U., Jr. ’62 and James R. Weiss ’65, Eugene J. ’76 and Karl J. Zimmermann ’78.

BROTHER OF Blaine G. Austin ’82, the late Charles H. ’31 and the late Stephen J. Bailey ’34, Harold R. ’36 and Dario F. Ballina ’39, Antoine M. Barriere ’80, Christopher J., Jr. ’70, James L. ’74, and Michael G. Bellone ’78, Alvin C. ’39 and the late Emile A. Bertucci, Jr. ’37, the late Edmund J. ’37 and the late Robert J. Bordes ’47, the late Angelo A., Jr. ’42, the late Frederick P. ’44 and the late George H. Boudousquie ’48, James A. Buisson III ’56, Gerard H. ’36 and Harold J. Burke ’36, the late Paul G. Charbonnet, Jr. ’36, W. Richard Couturier ’60, the late John G. Cronan ’42, the late Charles E. DeGeorge ’37, the late Maurice R. Duplantier ’34, the late Thomas M. Edwards ’40, Paul M. Elvir ’58, Lawrence J. Ernst ’24, Raymond J. Fagot ’45, Emile J. Fossier ’35, the late Thomas V. Flynn ’31, the late Walter T. Geary ’26, Holger F. Heap ’83, Robert J. Klees ’58, the late Philip P. LaBruyere ’29, Louis P. ’47 and the late Ferdinand L. Larue, Jr. ’33, Edward P. LaBruyere ’37, Scott D. ’84 and Brett M. Leonard ’90, the late Jules A., Jr. ’37 and the late Fernand D. Lorio ’40, Allen W., Jr. ’53, Donald F. ’55, Gerry M. ’66 and the late Patrick J. McClure ’57, the late J. Leonhard McGinn ’35, the late Evander MacGowan ’39, J. Price McNamara ’82, the late Joseph T. ’34, the late Conrad U. ’37, and the late Charles A. Miller ’39, Wiley L. Mossy, Jr. ’39, Barry J. Muldrey ’63, the late Henry M. Nunmaker, Jr. ’45, the late Fred R. O’Dowd ’27, Robert C. Oglesby ’39, the late James M. Perrier ’38, the late Louis Prima ’28, C. Randall Orr ’65, Bryce F. Pussegur ’68, Arthur J. Rantz, Jr. ’40, George B. Recile ’71, Kerry P. ’45, Richard P. ’47, Ralph C. ’50, Ronald L. ’51, David E. ’56, Robert E. ’58, the late Morris B. Jr. ’40 and the late Jerome J. Redmann ’53, Louis G. Riecke, Jr. ’43, Louis L. Robein, Jr. ’69, the late Henry O. Rocker, Jr. ’49, Claude G. Scanlan ’48, David E. Schof ’56, the late Jacob F. Schwab ’42, the late James P. ’27, the late Sylvester J. ’30, and the late Terrence R. Turner ’34, Paul S. Vogt ’59, James H. ’37, Thomas D. ’42 and Donald C. Wetzel ’46, Garrett C. Willem ’87, George A. Williams, Jr. ’42.

SISTER OF The late Joseph Arrigo ’46, J. Dudley Atkinson, Jr. ’29, the late Raymond P. Augustin, Sr. ’38, Victor E. Babin, Jr. ’38, Thomas J. Bryne ’43, James A. Cannon ’64, Robert H. ’46, the late Malcolm G. ’37 and the late Clayton J. Charbonnet ’38, Thomas J. Conners ’40, the late John G. Cronan ’42, Nelson J. Daigle, Jr. ’59, the late John H. Dees, Jr. ’33, Robert E. ’57, the late Irl J. ’37 and the late John R. DeSilva ’42, Thomas J.

Difulco ’67, William J. Dunlap ’59, the late Thomas M. Drury, Jr. ’64, Phillip D. ’55, Franklin V. ’56 and the late Donald P. Endom ’53, Louis J. Ferry, Jr. ’52, John R. ’61 and James P. Glas ’64, the late Thomas J. Godelfer ’21, Andrew F. Gonczi ’37, Henry W. Hinrichs, Jr. ’69, the late James H., Jr. ’29 and the late Stewart J. Kepper ’36, William H. Lawton ’38, Louis R. LaBruyere III ’62, the late Rev. Jean M., S.J. ’11, the late Emile M. ’13, the late Andre C. ’15, the late Bro. Martial O., S.J. ’26, the late Fernand S. ’27 and the late Felix H. Lapeyre ’32, the late Rev. Dennis P. Lonergan, S.J. ’47, the late Sal J. Maggiore ’39, Pierre V. ’55 and Martin O. Miller II ’62, Dimitry M. Morvant, Jr. ’59, George E. ’46, the late Gabriel J. ’33 and the late Warren E. Mouledoux ’39, Rev. Jerome H. Neyrey, S.J. ’57, the late Ernest B., Jr. ’33 and the late J. Robert Norman ’34, Joseph J. Quartana ’40, the late Dennis P. Ritter ’47, the late Joseph S. Reynaud ’32, the late Charles J. Roccaforte ’30, Arthur O. ’36, Rev. Paul W., S.J. ’40, Steven H. ’46, Patrick M. ’47, Matthew J. ’53 and the late Bernard J. Schott ’37, the late Alvin F. Short ’29, the late William H. Seemann, Jr. ’24, Thomas J. Tiblier, Jr. ’70, the late Charles W. Tschirn ’42, Robert J. Viator, Jr. ’54, Edward C. III ’59 and Gerald W. Vocke ’68, Daniel O. ’39, the late J. Oswald, Jr. ’25, the late Clifford A. ’27, the late Warren O. ’30, and the late Chester O. Weilbaecher ’34.

SON OF The late Marcel H. Bouby ’27, Samuel T. Burguieres, Jr. ’66, Jason M. Cerise ’95, James A. Cobb ’44, John D. Couturier ’33 (stepson), the late Hartman C. Daniel ’41, the late James C. Decuers, Sr. ’37, the late Vincent C. Manguno ’55, A. J. McNamara ’54, the late J. Edward Muldrey, Jr. ’35, the late Jules J. Mumme, Jr. ’26, the late Robert L. Newman ’54, Mark H. Olivari ’72, Louis L. Robein, Sr. ’38, Larry J. Radosta, Sr. ’62, William V. Renaudin, Jr. ’55, the late Louis B. Trenchard, Jr. ’27.

DAUGHTER OF Anthony Morales, Jr. ’72, the late Harry M. Nolan ’13, the late Thomas J. Tiblier, Sr. ’41.

GRANDFATHER OF Roy E. ’92 and Brian J. Alexander ’95, David M. Alfonso, Jr. ’97, John M. Alongia ’09, Stephen W. Andrieu ’09, Albert J. III ’93 and Brandon B. Aucoin ’96 (step-grandfather), Paul J. Bacino ’98, Christopher M. Barberito ’08, Jordan D. Barkoff ’09, Brad P. Bennen ’08, Philip M. Blancher ’05, Mikel G. Bonano ’00, Kevin J. Bordes ’98, Ramsay P. Burch ’10, Scott V. Bracey ’91, Jorge J. III ’86, Eric M. ’89 and Christopher P. Bravo ’94, Geoffrey C. Brien ’97, Jeremy D. Burke ’97, Christopher E. ’07 and Ryan W. Cabos ’09, David C. ’90, Brandon C. ’94 and Colin B. Cambre ’00, Leon A. III ’01 and Christopher M. Cannizzaro ’03, Michael C. Canseco ’07, Jeffrey C. ’02 and Gregory T. Chatelain ’03, Benjamin C. Childress ’03, Stephen M. ’04 SUMMER 2006 87

IN MEMORIAM and Thomas P. Combes ’07, Christopher P. ’92 and Joseph A. Cretini ’94, Joseph E. Daher ’05, John J., Jr. ’88, the late Frank J. Dassing ’44, William C. ’90, and Stephen P. Dardis ’97, Timothy N. ’04 and Christopher C. Deano ’07, the late Charles I. Denechaud, Sr. ’31, Frank G. DeSalvo, Jr. ’89, Todd A. ’85 and Scott S. Dittmann ’89, Henry C. ’02 and Talamage W. duQuesnay ’05, David R. Dyer ’85, Bently T. Early ’96, Ryan L. Ebberman ’07, Christopher F. Eriksen ’89, John L., Jr. ’07 and Joshua L. Faciane ’11, Van C. Falgout ’87, Ryan P. ’04 and Matthew G. Finney ’06, Joseph J. Fradella III ’99, Brady P. Gallwey ’01, Kenneth W. Gaulter III ’09, John P. Gebbia ’99, Bret P. Gessner ’01, Joseph I. Giarrusso III ’94, Scott M. Gibson ’90 (step-grandfather), Angelo J. ’00 and Mario J. Giorlando ’02, Christopher J. Glueck ’10, Jeffrey P. Green ’98, Michael B. Grodsky ’98, Charles J. ’02 and Martin H. Hayden ’05, Marcus R. Hayes ’95, Michael S. Heier ’05, Jeremy T. Hernandez ’03, Duval H. Hilbert ’07, Douglas M. ’94, Stephen J. ’03, and Daniel M. Hoskins ’04, Scott L. Hutchins ’00, Raymond J. Jeandron III ’02, Andrew R. Jensen ’10 (step-grandfather), Robert S. Keller ’00, John P. Kippers ’08, Zachary R. Ladner ’11, Adam L. LaHoste ’10, Hal A. LeBlanc ’97, Maurice J. III ’97 and Spencer P. LeBlanc ’07, John C. Leech ’75, Keith C. ’97, Ignatius P. ’80, David P. ’88 and Salvadore A. Liberto ’90, the late Theodore L. Lightfoot ’96, Cameron J. Loebig ’05, Jason D. ’04 and Jared D. Lorentz ’10, Patrick T. Madore ’08, Walter P. ’89, Jeffrey M. ’91, Scott H. ’95, and Andrew M. Maestri ’97, Michael A. Mahone, Jr. ’02, Murphy J. ’94 and Philip C. Majoria ’98, Dane M. Mannina ’04, Edward J. III ’78, Robert J., Jr. ’80, David J., Jr. ’83, Logan J. ’84 and Stephen J. Martin ’86, David R. Melius ’97, Benjamin G. ’95 and Ted M. Mineo ’98, McDonald P. ’98 and Scott P. Mirabile ’99, Lucien S. Miranne III ’04, Stephen A. ’92 and the late Christopher M. Morgan ’95, Benjamin L. Mumphrey ’91, Brendan M. Murphy ’05, Stewart E. Niles ’94 (step-grandfather), Steven J. Perrier ’02, Stephen M. Pesce ’97, Christopher M. Pilie ’92, David M. ’86 and Stephen A. Pitre ’90, James L. ’97 and Michael S. Quinn, Jr. ’01, M. Scott ’87, Sean P. ’89, Frank M. ’93 and Raphael J. Rabalais III ’95, Matthew J. ’04, Christian M. ’06 and Frank J. Rabito III ’06, William C. Richard II ’93, Matthew M. ’02, Christopher J. ’06 and Michael N. Riehlmann ’10, Peter J. Rivas ’00, Thomas F. ’78, Stephen E. ’83, and Joseph P. Ryan ’85, Drew J. ’03, Graham H. ’04 and Parker D. Ryan ’09, Edward D. Sarrat ’94, Myles D. ’99, Andrew P. ’01, and McClain R. Schonekas ’03, Brian R. Seay ’07, Jared M. ’08 and Brandon P. Shearman ’11, Andrew E. Stahel ’11, Robert A. Steiner, Jr. ’04, Randolph E. Thibodaux ’93, Michael C. Touchey II ’02, Paul G. Trepagnier ’98 (step-grandfather), Michael J. Varnado, Jr. ’01, Christopher C. ’07 and Ryan P. Veters ’09, L. Keith, Jr. ’94 and Kyle J. Vincent ’06, Ryan E. Wall ’95, Neil P. ’99 and Eric W. West ’06, Joseph D. Wright III ’89, Bradley J. ’99 and Alexander C. Yoder ’03.

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GRANDMOTHER OF Troy M. Albert ’92, Paul J. Bacino ’98, Broderick A. ’94 and John D. Bagert ’04, James M. III ’97, William C. ’02 and Christopher L. Baldwin ’07, Robert C. ’97, Andrew W. ’01, Stephen P. ’05, and Robert J. Baxter II ’08, David L. ’87, Eric H. ’91, Mark V. ’93, Kevin C. ’94, and Jon A. Beach ’95, Jonathan H. Becnel ’02, Eric B. ’92 and Todd E. Berger ’97, Devin P. Black ’87, Jack M. Boasberg ’89, Dennis J. Booth ’87, Keith B. ’96, Kevin M. ’98, and Ken M. Bode ’01, Harold J. ’76, John T. ’79, and Paul G. Bosworth ’83, Edward L. III ’98 and Nathan M. Boudreaux ’01, Kenneth T. Bourgeois ’10, Nicholas B. Braden ’97, Kyle A. Breaux ’05, Bryan A. Brothers ’03, Brian P. ’89 and Christopher L. Broussard ’95, Christopher M. Brown ’04, Ryan P. Callegari ’08, Dino L. Carlomagno II ’85, Bradley S. Carson ’99, William D. Cass ’75, Frank J. Catalano ’89, Michael J. Chaix ’07, Donald E. ’87 and Anthony P. Clogher ’92, James T., Jr. ’01 and Blasé P. Connick ’07, Robert C. III ’99 and Casey L. Creel ’01, Michael V. D’Aquila ’99, Brook T. deBuys ’95, Daniel D. Dehon ’03, Stephen J. ’00, Thomas E. ’02 and Paul J. Delahoussaye ’04, T. Michael ’97 and Kevin N. Dietz ’01, Matthew C. W. ’04 and Jeffrey A. W. DiLeo ’10, Daniel C. Duke ’97, Jared N. Dupaquier ’01, Pierre M. Dupleix ’00, Bentley T. ’96, Brian S. ’00, and John-Michael Early III ’05, Ryan L. Ebberman ’07, C. Greg Eckert ’83, John J. Elmer, Jr. ’03, Joshua P. Favalora ’00, Stewart A. Estopinal ’05, Ian C. ’04 and G. Mason Eustis ’08, Darryl T. Failla, Jr. ’79, Todd M. ’92 and Ian S. Fitzgerald ’09, Robert W. Fitzgerald ’90, John E. III ’86, Timothy C. ’88 and Corey M. Fitzpatrick ’88, Michael D. Fontaine ’02, Ryan W. ’04 and Christian M. Fraught ’10, Bryan M. Funck ’98, Brady P. Gallwey ’01, Jeffrey J. Gelpi ’08, Jeffrey P. Gernon ’90, Nicholas D. Glaviano ’10, Thomas M. Gordon III ’04, Patrick C. ’07 and Michael K. Grace ’10, Michael B. Grodsky ’98, Rev. Edwin L. Gros III, S.J. ’68, Ian P. Gunn ’07, Robert M., Jr. ’98 and Andrew J. Hamilton ’07, Ardley R. III ’85, Christophe L. ’88 and David T. Hanemann ’03, Darrenn J. Hart ’76, Robert L. Hatfield III ’06, William M. Heim ’04, Robert D. III ’85 and Reed P. Hess ’86, Ryan ’04 and Devin Hildebrand ’08, Adam R. Husty ’99, Raymond T. ’85 and Ronald D. Huxen ’90, Craig A. Juneau ’04, Ryan T. Kambur ’01, Mason B. Katz ’09, John M. IV ’89 and Christopher G. Kinabrew ’90, Ryan P. ’01, Sean J. ’03 and Kyle D. Kruse ’05, John L. Krummel ’89, Jay O. ’72, Donald A. ’76, and Conrad M. Kuebel, Jr. ’77, Owen J. III ’86, Gregory S. ’88, Stephen M. ’90, and Jeffrey B. LaCour ’94, Stewart J. ’84, John K. ’85, Paul V. ’87, James K., Jr. ’89, Thomas E. ’93 and Jean Paul Lagarde ’94, Russell L. Laine ’90, Sean A. Lajaunie ’06, Keith M. Landry ’85, Brian M. ’94 and Bradley J. Landry ’97, Edward J. ’82 and Rev. John A. Lasseigne, O.M.I. ’82, Justin E. LeBlanc ’99, Craig M. Levet ’01, Bernard M., Jr. ’90, Gregory J. ’93 and Matthew W. Lousteau ’07, Aaron G. Lowe ’90, James M. III ’79, Kevin P. ’82,

Michael E. ’87, and Robert J. Linn ’97, Brian J. Lusher ’88, Brandon M. ’98 and Kyle N. Maitre ’02, Michael J., Jr. ’97 and Christopher J. Messonnier ’03, Jules D. ’77 and Timothy G. Morales ’84, Stephen A., Jr. ’92 and the late Christopher M. Morgan ’95, Richard C. Moss ’96, Thomas G. ’99, Michael G. ’02, and Millard P. Mule ’02, Michael IV ’94 and Colin J. Offner ’97, James J., Jr. ’93, Clayton H. ’95, and Andrew C. O’Connor ’99, John Orr ’02, Christopher A. Palermo ’00, Steven J. Perrier ’02, Scott M. Phillips ’91, William T. Pique ’01, Calvin A. Rauch, Jr. ’70, Gregory J. Raymond, Jr. ’06, Daniel M. ’98, Andrew M. ’00 and David J. Riche ’03, John J. III ’85 and Michael G. Ripoll ’95, Dwight M. Robinette, Jr. ’89, Richard D. II ’93, Matthew A. ’02, and Mitchell D. Roniger ’04, J. Michael, Jr. ’84 and Mark G. Rooney ’89, Kyle D. Ruckert ’92, Robin H. Ruffino ’98, Ryan W. Santangelo ’99, Cory M. Schexnaildre ’08, the late Robert A. Shields ’89, Clifford M. ’85 and Peter D. Smith ’92, Kyle D. Smith ’98, Donald E. Songy ’07, Brandon D. Spann ’99, Joseph G. Stassi, Jr. ’82, Robert E. Stevens ’04, Carl J. Stiebing II ’97, Warren M. Surcouf III ’97, Alexander A. Talbot ’09, Eric S. Testerman ’03, Jonathan L. ’94 and Wilkinson M. Therio ’95, Darren T. Torres ’02, William P. Trist ’86, L. Keith, Jr. ’94 and Kyle J. Vincent ’06, Albert L. III ’98, Cameron A. ’08 and Peyton W. Vitter ’11, Ralph S. Voorhies IV ’94, Nicholas M. Walsh ’07, David W. ’86 and Blake A. Watermeier ’91, Elliot L. Williams ’08, Joseph D. Wright ’89, Kollin J. ’02 and Kory J. Zimmermann ’09.

GRANDSON OF Henry M. Cerise ’68, Leo L. DuBourg, Jr. ’48, Gerald R. Fucich ’50, the late Joseph L. Kreller ’38.

GRANDDAUGHTER OF The late Jules J. Mumme, Jr. ’26.

GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF John C. Leech ’97, Edward J. Martin IV ’07 and Graham M. Belou ’08.

GREAT-GRANDMOTHER OF Roger A. Bacon III ’10, Ian C. Blackburn ’97, George J. ’92 and Kurt D. Buchert ’95, Andrew T. Failla ’09, Barry L., Jr. ’99 and Andre M. Gros ’01, Evan C. Hart ’95, Christopher J. Heneghan ’09, James M. IV ’06 and Garrison C. Linn ’10, Patrick T. ’06 and Sean M. McKay ’08, Kevin M. Poche ’03, Stephen V. ’07 and Sean C. Salassi ’10, Alexander A. Talbot ’09 (step-great-grandmother), Casey M. ’10 and Tyler P. Treuting ’10, Kenneth L. Verlander, Jr. ’00.

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