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In Memoriam
In Memoriam We acknowledge the passing of the following alumni. This list reflects notifications received at the Office of Alumni Engagement between October 1, 2018 and November 30, 2019.
Sr. Marie McCloskey, O.S.U '36 Daniel J. Barrett, Jr. '38 Randle L. Vulliet '41 Octavia Benintende DiLeo '43 Elve Newman Ireland, P.D '43 Mary Anna Rivet Miranne '43 Dr. Richard C. Oster, D.D.S. '43 Betty Aschenbach Bomar '44 Hazel Holthaus LeBlanc '44 Mary Cain Leftwich '45 Madeline Miller Comar '46 Dr. Harcourt M. Stebbins, D.D.S. '46 Camille C. Grefer '47 Eugene J. Blanke '49 Stanley L. Bridges P.D. '49 The Hon. Pascal F. Calogero, Jr. '49, J.D. '54, H '91 Charles J. Canepa '49 Frank A. France '49, M.Ed. '56 Elroy F. Perrien, Ph.D. '49 Joaquin Velasquez, Jr., P.D. '49 Mildred Duffy Bossetta '50 Salvador Cinquigranno '50 Patricia Finney Daniels '50 Antoinette Minardi Giovinco '50 Dorothy M. Hatrel '50 John D. Lambert, Jr. '50, J.D '53 Leonard V. Lassalle, Jr. '50 Dr. Bryce LeBlanc, Sr., D.D.S. '50 Elizabeth Ayers Armstrong '51 Gwendolyn Betpouey Dwyer '51 John J. Englert, D.Pharm. '51 William J. Farrell, Jr. '51 John F. Fox, Jr., J.D. '51 Robert H. Fray, J.D. '51 June Marquer Harrold '51 Thomas N. Lennox, J.D. '51 Donald A. Lindquist, J.D. '51 Dr. Charles E. Myler, Jr. '51 The Hon. Patrick M. Schott, Sr. '51, J.D. '53 William J. Sommers, P.D. '51 Frank G. Stewart, Jr. '51 Thomas Stone, Jr., P.D. '51 Wilson O. Toups, Jr. '51 Robert B. Anderson, Jr. '52 Dr. John H. Douglas, D.D.S. '52 Yvonne Huhn Groetsch '52 Dr. David G. Keiffer, Jr. '52 William G. Madary II '52 Luke W. Reine, P.D. '52 Adrian B. Cordes '53 John P. Dolan '53 Dr. Warren J. Ferrand, D.D.S. '53 Ann Escousse Griffin '53 Richard J. Hebert, Sr., P.D. '53 Alice Fox Hymel '53 Dr. James B. Weyman, D.D.S. '53 Ola Morgan Becnel, P.D. '54 John A. Bessolo '54 Gertrude Braden Bischoff '54 Henry J. Burch '54 Dr. Gaston A. De La Bretonne, Jr., P.D. '54 Dr. Joseph F. Guenther '54 Claire Favrot Killeen '54, M.Ed. '74 James H. Kussmaul '54 Louis J. Lavedan, Jr. '54 Howard P. Mendelson '54 John F. Prieur, Sr. '54 Thomas Wallbillich, Jr. '54 Harold M. Westholz, Jr. '54, J.D. '69 Charles M. Gremillion, J.D. '55 Don A. Hamlin '55 Robert J. Landry, Sr. '55, J.D. '60 John A. Stewart, M.E. '55 Richard E. Treuting '55 Sr. Joseph Louise Brandner '56 John T. Browne '56 Eugene Kaufman P.D. '56 Kay Page Mese '56 Sr. Mary M. Prenger, O.S.U., M.A. '56 Robert J. Abadie, Sr. '57 Sr. Jane R. Aucoin, C.S.J. '57 Dr. Norman J. Berger, D.D.S. '57 Noreen H. Faulds '57, M.E. '60 Sr. Mary Mildred Gelis, O.S.B. '57 Joan Arnold Keller '57 Betty Hippler Laurent '57 Sam J. Mattina, J.D. '57 Edward P. Puyau, Jr., M.A. '57 Christel Reuther Robbins, M.Ed. '57 Emile J. Buhler III, J.D. '58 Mary Wetzel Collins '58 Armand B. Cox '58 Peter E. Duffy, J.D. '58 Eugene O. Lockhart '58 The Hon. H. C. Gaudin, J.D. '58 Richard X. Patin '58, J.D. '65 Charles R. Sicard, D.D.S. '58 Dr. Joseph A. Almerico, D.D.S. '59 William H. Cahill, Jr. '59 Chester J. Doll '59, M.E. '63 The Hon. Thomas A. Early, Jr., J.D. '59 Patrick C. McGinity '59, J.D. '69 Dr. Marcel J. Remson, D.D.S. '59 Carol Schroeder Schutzmann '59 Joseph P. Briuglio, Jr., P.D. '60 Ronald A. Chevis, J.D. '60 Dominic A. LaNasa '60 John S. Sciambra, J.D. '60 James W. Schwing, Sr., J.D. '60 The Hon. William M. Detweiler '61, J.D. '63 Dr. Jackson T. Devine, D.D.S. '61 Dr. Paul R. Lucker, D.D.S. '62 James F. McCune, Sr., P.D. '61 Estelle Poirrier Papania '61 Dr. Charles E. Smith, D.D.S. '61 Edward H. Booker '62 Sr. Carolyn Brady, C.S.J. '62 Richard J. Cook, Jr., P.D. '62 William L. Crull III, J.D. '62 James L. Hingle, Jr. '62 Sr. Mary Bertrand Lieux, C.S.J. '62 Sr. Mary S. Safford, O.C. '62 Thomas J. Bevans '63, J.D. '64 Benjamin J. Birdsall, Jr., J.D. '63 Clifford J. Francois III '63 John V. Marsiglia '63, J.D. '65 Maria Rabalais '63 Dr. Jordon N. Steele, D.D.S. '63 Dr. Daniel E. Haro, Jr., P.D. '64 Leon K. Hebert, Jr. '64 Lois A. Owens '64 Judith Diamond Poche '64 Philippi P. St. Pé, J.D. '64 Catherine Lund Vaughn '64, M.E. '70 Pat F. Vulcano, M.E. '64 Shirley Porter Washington M.Ed. '64 Glenn D. Whiteman, M.B.A. '64 Dr. John H. Gallaher, D.D.S. '65 Dr. Howard H. McGregor, Jr. '65 Gregory N. Nolte, Jr. '65 Vera Rogachenko Nuschler, M.S. '65 Donald A. Smith '65 Ronald E. Virgets '65 Paul F. Vitrano, M.Ed. '65 Joan Tipery Akin '66 Robert H. Belou, D.D.S. '66 Edward V. Grace, M.B.A. '66 Ardley R. Hanemann, Jr. '66 Michael G. Songy '66 Morris A. Stephens '66 Dr. Robert F. Tarpy, M.D., '66 Philip O. Wilson '66 Deborah A. Bertinot '67 Michael P. Curry '67 Barbara Clay Dallam '67, M.Ed. '69 Cornelius R. Heusel, Sr. '67, J.D. '67 Daniel P. Kenny '67 William J. Murphy '67 James R. Sutterfield, J.D. '67 Stephen V. Vallot, M.B.A. ’67, J.D. '74 Bette Meyer Adam '68 Daniel A. Bell '68 Joan Ruiz Harper '68 Lawrence J. Springer, J.D. '68 Richard P. Terrebonne '68 Dr. Lloyd G. Van Geffen, Jr., D.D.S. '68 Raymond J. Brandt ’69, M.B.A. ’72, J.D. '79 Robert R. Brehm '69 Patricia A. Garland '69 Mary Rapp Ince '69 Laine Spangler Seiler '69, M.E. '70 Stephen G. Scully '69 Frank G. Sullwold, M.B.A. '69 Jon B. Wimbish, M.B.A. ' 69 Michael Bosworth '70, J.D. '73 Katherine J. Blake, M.E. '70 Edward F. Butler '70 Gustave A. Callery, Jr. '70 Marion Johnson, M.Ed. '70 Marie Villere Mattingly '70 Edward D. McInnis '70 Nicolette Hunter Prevost '70 Nancy Lowe Prieur '70 Henry J. Watermeier, Jr. '70 John D. Demarest '71 C. P. Marshall '71 Edward J. McNamara, Jr. '71 Sr. Elizabeth Merkel, O.C., M.A. '71 Catherine Banos Schneider '71 Salvador J. Barcelona, Sr., J.D. '72 Earl J. Falgoust '72 Dorothy C. Leonards '72 Sara F. Merritt, M.B.A. '72 William H. Berger, Sr. '73 James W. Brodtmann, J.D. '73 Pamela Ciko '73 Tara Quinn Derbes '73 Leonard J. Fine, M.Ed. '73 Gwen Bagneris Janssen, M.Ed. '73 Ann Kowis Pope '73 Dr. William L. Rosenbaum, M.E. '73 Ronnie D. Sheffield '73 Sidney A. Usner III '73, M.B.A. '77 Richard A. Lafargue '74 Cynthia A. Littlefield '74 Leon G. Merchant '74, M.P.S. '02 Joseph L. Porter '74 Barbara Davis Robertson, M.Ed. '74 Michael J. Tarantino '74 Ellis Williams '74, M.C.J. '81 Patricia A. Woodley M.Ed. '74 George L. Carmouche, J.D. '75 Joya Smith Ellow '75 John C. Keating '75 Jules H. Killelea '75 Michael S. Mathews '75, M.P.S. '01 Toney F. Pumilia '75 Tanya F. Williams '75 Gregory J. Ciolino '76 David P. Dumestre, M.A. '76 Anne G. Garland '76 Philip G. Lombardo '76 Bruce J. McConduit, J.D. '76 Joseph E. Fick, Jr., J.D. '77 Noel E. Vargas II, J.D. '77 Glenn C. Viau '77, M.S. '80, M.P.S. '97 Arthur W. Bancroft '78 Patrick F. Lee, J.D. '78 Robyn M. Reso '78 Susan Rose Reynolds '78 Wayne J. Troyer '78 Benjamin F. Welman, J.D. '78 Antoine H. Williams '78 Stephen P. Bartlett '79 Mary E. Beck '79 Frank A. Flynn, J.D. '79 James R. Bickford, M.S. '80 Claude A. Levet '81 Jack A. Ricci, J.D. '81 Margaret Stulb Ruli '81 Harold J. White, Sr. '81 Joseph E. Dugas III '82, J.D. '85 Daniel S. Junot, M.M. '84 Marian Porterie, J.D. '84 The Hon. Angelique A. Reed, J.D. '85 Beverly Guyton Rhymes, M.R.S. '84 Roger F. Emrich '85 Elise P. Medrano, M.E. '85 Matthew C. Dabadie '86 Helen B. Guillot '86 Fr. Lee S. Mc Colloster, J.D. '86 Robert J. Mykoff '87 Judith C. Chassaignac '88 Sr. Grace Flowers, O.P., M.P.S '88 Anne Guillot, M.R.E. '88 Gregory T. Discon '89 Julien F. Jurgens, J.D. '89 William G. Stowe, J.D. '89 Debra M. Brent, J.D '90 Verna B. Clouatre, M.R.E. '90 Joseph B. Roy III '90 Jane B. Johnson, J.D. '91 Alice L. Lewis, M.S. '91 The Rev. Joseph R. Wilson, Sr., J.D. '91 Norval F. Elliot, Jr. '92 Jennifer N. Fennell '92 Stacy T. Snow '92 Samuel Beardsley, Jr., J.D. '93 Beverly C. Mire, M.P.S. '93 Christopher J. Bellone, Jr., M.S.T. '94 Randal J. Ferrara, M.B.A. '94 Charlotte Harris Zamjahn, M.B.A. '94 Karen Cooney Duncan, J.D. '95 Paul P. Tusa, J.D. '95 Gerald P. Dwyer, M.R.E '98 Sharon A. Curtis, M.R.E. '99 Sarah Murray Keith 99, M.S. '02 King Solomon Wells, M.Q.M '99 Frances E. Rohrer, M.R.E. '01 Michael P. Atkinson '02 Cheryl A. Pawlowski, M.P.S. '02 Adrienne Lenz Steuer '02 Kathleen A. Lammay, M.P.S. '03 Renaud L. Holcombe '04 Carol Barton Huffard M.R.E. '05 Paul L. Palma, M.P.S. '05 Veronica P. Archambault, M.P.S. '07 Keri L. Burke, M.P.S. '07 Douglas B. Eckert '10 Nicole M. Candiff, M.S.N. '11 Alexander K. Tan '11 Gayden W. Robert '11 Steven J. Matt, J.D. '15
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ALUMNI PROFILE The Lead Role
S. Derby Gisclair '73, graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, received the 2019 Integritas Vitae Award at Loyola’s annual 1912 Society Dinner in December.
Meaning “life of integrity,” the Integritas Vitae award is one of the university’s highest honors and is given annually to a leader whose life’s work powerfully demonstrates the values of Jesuit education. Gisclair received the 2019 Integritas Vitae Award in recognition of his leadership during Loyola’s recently completed Faith in the Future fundraising campaign, the most successful in university history.
The son of Loyola alumni, Gisclair grew up in New Orleans and served early in life as an altar boy at Holy Name of Jesus Church. He graduated from De La Salle High School, then Loyola, where he received a B.A. in drama and speech and was honored as a University Fellow. Gisclair showed his entrepreneurial spirit as an undergraduate by partnering with Tulane students to share feature films for movie nights at the respective universities. His time in Loyola’s drama department exposed him to the business of theater-- from building stages and sets, to marketing, to tallying ticket sales. Encouraged by the Rev. Ernie Ferlita, S.J., and other Loyola faculty, Gisclair expanded his undergraduate education to include studies at Santa Clara University and the American Academy in Rome.
For graduate school, Gisclair studied at the University of New Orleans and the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, earning the designation of Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA). He then began his career with Paine Webber in 1982 and worked for Drexel, Burnham, Lambert and Prudential Securities before heading out with three partners in 2002 to establish one of the largest independent investment management consulting firms in Louisiana, where Gisclair served as chief operating officer. In 2010, he then established Crescent Capital Consulting, LLC and retired in 2016 after nearly 35 years in the investment management consulting industry.
Fourteen years ago, Gisclair met with representatives from his alma mater in a fundraising capacity for the first time, says Vice President of University Advancement Chris Wiseman. At this meeting with thenLoyola athletic director Mike Giorlando, Gisclair’s giving and forthright character was on clear display. “Coach Giorlando didn't have time to ask Derby for anything, because Derby beat him to the punch,” says Wiseman. “Early in the lunch, Derby simply asked, ‘What do you need, and how can I help?’ Within months, Loyola had a newly renovated locker room in the University Sports Complex, thanks to Derby’s generosity.”
Since then, he hasn’t stopped helping Loyola, Wiseman says. Gisclair spearheaded the Faith in the Future campaign, which resulted in $101 million in new resources for Loyola, co-leading the campaign with Anne Gauthier from 2011 until October 2019. He generously helps organizations throughout the city, from De La Salle High School to Tulane baseball. And he rallies others to do the same, whether he’s helping to preserve New Orleans history or improve resources for academic institutions.
“In his personal life and professional life, his scholarly endeavors, his volunteer work and his philanthropy, and as a proud citizen of his city and his country, Derby has lived
out the values and philosophy of a Jesuit education – strong moral character, service to others, and unquestionable integrity,” says Wiseman.
A keen fan of baseball, Gisclair has turned his love of sports and history into “a real service to his city and to fans of baseball and other sports,” Wiseman says. Known for his wit and love of language, Gisclair wrote Baseball in New Orleans (2004), Baseball at Tulane University (2007), and published two books this year: Early Baseball in New Orleans: A History of 19th Century Play and The Olympic Club of New Orleans: Epicenter of Professional Boxing, 1883-1897. Gisclair has written articles on baseball history for New Orleans Magazine and Louisiana Cultural Vistas and created several websites on the history of baseball. He is a member of the Society of American Baseball Research (SABR) and sustaining member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and also serves on nominating and selection committees for the Greater New Orleans Professional Baseball Hall of Fame.
Gisclair has served in various professional organizations and as a board member of the Louisiana ‘Committee of 100’ for Economic Development. But his greatest gifts are to Loyola, where he is now serving his second term as a leader on the Board of Trustees. He and his wife, Claire, are active benefactors of Loyola and members of the university’s Society of St. Ignatius. The couple established the Derby and Claire Gisclair Athletics Scholarship for First Generation Students in 2012 and the Derby and Claire Gisclair Distinguished Professorship in
Theatre Arts in 2013. The couple frequently attends Loyola events and has hosted events for the university as well.
“Derby epitomizes the values of a Jesuit education. He has lived a life of utter integrity, both personally and professionally. Through volunteer work and philanthropy, he has served others. And he lives the Jesuit value of lifelong curiosity, teaching us all the history of New Orleans in his books,” says University President Tania Tetlow. “He serves as a wonderful and inspiring example to Loyola students, alumni, and community.” The Faith in the Future campaign generated an unprecedented amount of support for Loyola and required a tremendous amount of sustained effort and optimism. But Gisclair’s acceptance remarks at the 1912 Society Dinner were as simple and hopeful as ever:
