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Alumni Class Notes
1956 ________________________________________________________________________________ After 54 years in the Design/Build & Construction Business WILLIAM CARR is planning to retire soon. He enjoyed his time at Malvern Prep and credits his experience at Malvern with helping him obtain his Architectural Engineering degrees.
1960 ________________________________________________________________________________ TIMOTHY FLANAGAN was one of 40 Catholics in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to be honored by Pope Francis for their dedication and exceptional service to the church. The ceremony took place on September 5, 2019, at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul.
1963 ________________________________________________________________________________ BOB McINTYRE celebrated 50 years of marriage in June 2019 and retired from USLI in July 2019. His 12th grandchild is due to arrive in February 2020.
1966 ________________________________________________________________________________ Congratulations to FRAN DUNPHY who was inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday, November 7, 2019, at SugarHouse Event Center. Dunphy is part of the 15-member class that was inducted.
1967 _________________________________________________________________________________
FRANK ESPOSITO was named the winning mentor in a nationwide best new business contest. He partnered with Mimi and Moto, children’s books featuring two lovable motorcycle monkeys and their adventures. Frank has over 35 years of hands-on experience in business and the motorcycle industry.
1969 _____________________________________________________ REV. GARY McCLOSKEY, O.S.A., was the Keynote and Closing Speaker for the Augustinian Family Educators’ Congress 2019 in Bacolod, Philippines.
1976 ______________________________________________________ PAUL CELENTANO’S memoir and expose, Fire Alarms Kill People (Unless Used as Directed) has been published. His book includes over 80 stories about fire alarms and the alarm industry.
1986 ______________________________________________________ JIM STEWART, JR., has returned to campus as Malvern’s Director of Athletics. Congratulations!
1992 ______________________________________________________
MIKE LERARIO, HUNTER JONES, BRENDAN McCONNELL, “MOOSE” MURPHY, AARON FLORE, ROB HRACHO, DAMIAN DELLAVECCHIA, SCOTT PALMER, AND SEAN MacNEAL gathered at La Cabra Brewing to reconnect with one another.
1996 ___________________________________________________ MATTHEW CANTWELL married Meltem Sogok on September 7, 2019. Matthew was recently named Chief Strategy Officer at McGraw-Hill, and Meltem is a manager at a fashion company. They live in New York City.
1998 _____________________________________________________
MARCUS TOCONITA and NINO CUTRUFELLO’S company, Callahan Ward, received multiple American Institute of Architects Design Awards (AIA) for several of their recent projects. Among others, their “Tiny Tower” project, a 12’ wide tiny home won the 2019 AIA National Housing Award and 2018 AIA Philadelphia Honor Award; their “XS House,” a 60’ tall, 7-unit apartment building on an 11’ wide lot in Philadelphia, won the 2019 AIA Pennsylvania Design Award, 2019 AIA Philadelphia Design Award, and the 2019 AIA Tri-State Silver Medal; and their Outside In House won the 2018 AIA Pennsylvania Bronze Award.
1999 ______________________________________________________ MARK ELLIS cofounded his company, Remark Glass, in South Philadelphia. They have won numerous awards and have been featured on several TV shows, commercials, and in recent articles. Some of the company’s work is also featured in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
2001 ______________________________________________________ STEPHEN DiORIO and his wife, Sarah, welcomed their third child, Stephen Blake, into the world on October 2, 2019. 2005 _____________________________________________________
Congratulations to SEAN VINCENT and his wife, Anne, on the birth of their first child, Rory Killian Vincent.
Fr. Duffy Christmas Party Honors Four Malvern Faculty and Staff Members
There was no shortage of holiday cheer at this year’s Rev. David J. Duffy, O.S.A., ‘48 Alumni Christmas Reception. More than 185 members of Malvern’s community came together to celebrate the holidays on Thursday, December 19, 2019, in The St. Augustine Center for Social Impact. This year, Jeff Hilliard ‘95 was honored as the recipient of the 2019 Alumni Loyalty Award. Jackie White, Jim Kirchner, Mark McLaughlin P‘03, and Gary Duda ’88 P‘26 were celebrated for 25 years of service to the school. Congratulations to Jeff, Jackie, Jim, Mark, and Gary on their accomplishments.
2005 _______________________________________________________________________ BRAD COSGROVE received his master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, in addition to welcoming his firstborn daughter, Aubrey Grace, into the world with his wife, Vicki.
2006 ____________________________________ On June 29, 2019, STEPHEN McGILL married Rebecca Steinmeyer at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Cambridge, MA. WILLIAM McGILL ‘07 and NICHOLAS McGILL ‘09 were Best Men. MICHAEL SPLAIN ‘07 and CHAD BURNS ‘09 were also in attendance. Stephen received his Ph.D. in 2016 and works as a research scientist at the Toyota Research Institute, while Rebecca is a Ph.D. candidate in Robotics at Harvard University.
U.S. Marine Corps Captain MICHAEL MAGGITTI married May Do in Santa Ana, CA, on November 16, 2019, at Our Lady of La Vang Catholic Church. Rev. Stephen Curry, O.S.A., Ed.D. presided over the Mass, which was also attended by classmate and former Marine Corps Captain PATRICK RYAN.
THAD KIRK and his wife, Katie, welcomed their first child, Lucy Margaret, on June 4, 2019. Lucy weighed 10 lb., 4 oz., and was 21 ½ inches at birth. Thad is an attorney at De Luca Levine in Blue Bell, PA. He was named to the 2019 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars list.
2007 ______________________________________________________ JASON DUMAS works for KRON4 in San Francisco, CA. He is a sports anchor for the station and covers the six Bay Area professional sports teams and travels with them during postseason play.
Congratulations to PATRICK WELDE who was recently recognized for the second year in a row by Forbes within their “Next Generation Wealth Advisors” lists. He is entering his eighth year at Merrill Lynch. Patrick and his wife, Danielle, recently welcomed their first child, Avery Ann, in October.
2008 ______________________________________________________ BEN LEVY married Lauren Isern in a ceremony in Cartagena, Colombia, in March 2019. A number of Ben’s Malvern classmates attended. MATT RIFKIN was Best Man.
ROBERT J. RUMER IV graduated from the Mendoza College of Business with a Master’s of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame. He graduated summa cum laude.
FRAN McGILL was recently recognized by PR Week on their “40 Under 40 List.” He currently lives in New York City running communications at the activist hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.
2009 ______________________________________________________
FRANZ BERLACHER and his wife, Suzanne, welcomed their firstborn son, Franz Joseph Berlacher IV, on November 1, 2019, weighing in at 8 lb., 9 oz., and 21 inches long.
Connolly ‘11 James with Adam Sandler
Dan Connolly ’11 had the surprise of a lifetime when Adam Sandler asked him to play guitar with him in his New York City music shop, Rudy’s Music. Sandler was in the shop as part of an interview with 60 Minutes.
“The subject of the interview, at least the portion shot in my shop, was talking about Adam’s musical interests and his upbringing of playing guitar and writing comedy songs,” shared Connolly.
Congratulations to JUSTIN FARRELL who recently took over as the Assistant Athletic Director for Marketing & Promotions at Dickinson College. In addition, Farrell oversees Dickinson alumni engagement with former student-athletes.
Brigadier General Curtis Buzzard ‘88 Shares His Story with Student Body
On Friday, October 11, the Malvern community welcomed Brigadier General Curtis Buzzard ‘88, a 1988 graduate of Malvern Prep, to campus. BG Buzzard is the 78th Commandant of Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. BG Buzzard has been deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan and has received numerous awards and decorations for his military service. BG Buzzard addressed the entire student body in the Our Mother of Good Counsel Chapel about his experience at Malvern Prep, and the values he learned while attending the school. BG Buzzard shared his story, how he got to West Point, and how Malvern Prep prepared him for the role in which he is now serving the United States of America. In speaking about his experience, BG Buzzard noted that “there are things I can trace back to Malvern with faith, personal resiliency, confidence, optimism” that have served him in his military roles. “Every day you’re going to face difficult decisions — the harder ‘right’ or the easier ‘wrong’-- you have got to make the right choice. Throughout my career, I have been in many difficult situations, and I can trace a lot of my own moral compass to back here at Malvern.”
2011 ____________________________________________________ COLIN LAWS married Faith Schmidt on August 24, 2019. DAVID LAWS ‘09 was Best Man and NICK WHITE ‘11 was also in attendance. Colin and Faith live in Newark, DE, where Colin worked after college as an AmeriCorps member and then as a Behavior Interventionist. He recently began coursework for his M.C. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.
Congratulations to CARL NASSIB who was selected by his teammates to be a 2019 team captain on defense along with Lavonte David for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Nassib and David were joined by fellow captains: Jameis Winston, Mike Evans, and Ali Marpet on offense and Dare Ogunbowale on special teams.
2012 ______________________________________________________ CHRISTOPHER TIBERI married Maura Daly on Saturday, October 26, 2019, at St. Anastasia’s Church in Newtown Square, PA, with a reception following at Overbrook Country Club. Rev. James R. Flynn, O.S.A., officiated the ceremony. Congratulations to JULIAN VENONSKY (coxswain) who, along with his teammates, placed fifth in the men’s eight at the World Rowing Championships. This ranking earned them an Olympic qualifying spot.
2013 ______________________________________________________ MATT CORNELL recently finished aviation school and is now a Black Hawk pilot in the U.S. Army. He married his college sweetheart, Kelly Hamilton, in the fall of 2019, and both are enjoying married life at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, CO.
CHRISTIAN DAMBLY recently accepted a position as Assistant Developer with Pennrose Properties, Inc., a Philadelphia-based real estate development firm specializing in multifamily affordable and market rate housing.
MARTIN FARRELL graduated from St. Joseph’s University in 2017 and is currently the Director of Development and Community Relations at St. John’s Hospice in Center City Philadelphia, PA.
2015 ___________________________________ MATTHEW LANETTI is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program for Chemistry-Materials Sciences at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is also working as a Teaching Assistant and Researcher.
DAVID LANETTI is enrolled in a dual master’s program for Architecture and Sustainable Design. He is working in Campus Ministry and as a Teaching Assistant.
JOHN NASSIB returned to campus on Tuesday, October 8, to meet with the football team. Nassib spoke about the importance of brotherhood, and how the bond the boys form will continue well after they graduate high school and college. Nassib attended the University of Delaware on a football scholarship and majored in finance.
Congratulations to JOE CANUSO who starred as Frank Abagnale, Jr., in the production of Catch Me If You Can at The Candlelight Theatre in Wilmington, DE.
Congratulations to STEVEN PETERSON on his graduation from Dickinson College and commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He also completed Finance and Comptroller School and is a Finance Office in the U.S. Army Reserves in Fort Dix, NJ.
Webb ’17 Visits with Studio Art Class
On Tuesday, January 28, 2020, Amir Webb ‘17 stopped by campus and spent some time with Mrs. Jackie White’s Studio Art classes. He shared with them his experience, what he has learned since graduating Malvern, and took some time to show the students his own artwork and answer any questions they had. When asked about advice he would give the boys, he encouraged them to “keep drawing and stay observant.” Webb is a junior at Temple University’s Tyler School of Art.
Congratulations to KYLE ANDERSON (Harvard University), JARRETT DONAGHY (Franklin & Marshall College), ADAM GOLDNER (University of Pennsylvania), and ADDISON MUELLER (Rhodes College) on being named 2020 lacrosse team captains at their respective colleges. They were voted on by their peers in the NCAA.
MICHAEL FARRELL graduated from St. Joseph’s University in 2019 and is currently participating in a year of service with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Juneau, AK, as a Youth Wellness Coach.
JACK PARIS graduated from St. Joseph’s University in 2019 and is currently participating in a year of service with ACE/SJU in Philadelphia, PA.
2016 ____________________________________
Congratulations to MIKE NARZIKUL who was profiled in The Tower, Catholic University’s newspaper. Mike credits his versatility as a player to his time at Malvern Prep. During his time at Catholic U, he has been named to the team’s leadership council every year since his sophomore year.
Basketball Reunion Honors Former Athletic Director Joe Cellini, 1,000 Point Scorers
On Friday, January 17, 2020, The St. Augustine Center for Social Impact played host to over 130 alumni, friends, and families of Malvern Prep as the school honored former Athletic Director, teacher, and coach Joe Cellini, Jack Waldron ‘48, and the fourteen 1,000 point scorers in Malvern’s basketball history.
Jim Stewart, Sr. P‘86‘94 PT Hon, Fran Dunphy ‘66, and Joe Rosati ‘75 shared personal reflections of Cellini, the former Athletic Director, teacher, and coach from 1971-1981. Many of Cellini’s former students and players from the 70s came out in support of him.
Waldron was honored for setting a then-record 28 points in a single game during his senior year. He received a scholarship to play basketball at Bucknell University. Before the game, Waldron was able to meet Deuce Turner ‘20, who will be attending Bucknell University in the fall to continue his basketball career.
Following the event in The Augustine Center, Cellini, Waldron, and the 1,000 point scorers were recognized at mid-court prior to tip-off in front of a full crowd in the O’Neill Sports Center. The Friars went on to beat Haverford 76-49.
Congratulations to Boston University lacrosse players SEAN CHRISTMAN and MATT HILBURN ‘18 for receiving the award for Most Improved Players for the 2019 season. The award was presented by their coach, RYAN POLLEY ‘95.
2018 ______________________________________________________
OWEN PRESTON is a freshman Packing Engineer major at Michigan State University. He was also part of the 2019 Men’s Water Polo team that won the Big 10 Championship.
In September, ISAAC SALINAS and STEPHEN SALLE met up after the U.S. Naval Academy played against Brown University at the Princeton Invitational.
Congratulations to ISAAC SALINAS who was named an Honorable Mention to the 2019 Men’s Water Polo All-America Team by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC). Salinas is the first midshipman to earn the accolade since 2016. Congratulations to TYGEE LEACH who was named the Patriot League Special Teams Player of the Week. Leach is a freshman at Lehigh University.
T o p S o c i a l P o s t s
P h o t o s
(June 2019-February 2020)
Dr. Terry Abbott ‘62
Brian Ameche ‘71, brother of Alan Ameche ‘72, Michael Ameche ‘76, and Paul Ameche ‘78
Russell Atkinson, father of Russ Atkinson ‘76 and Andrew Atkinson ‘78, grandfather of Russell Atkinson ‘12
Patrick W. Bilder ‘94
Rita Cascio, mother of Greg Cascio ‘99 and TJ Cascio ‘03
Phil Castagna, former Malvern Prep faculty
Luke DePiano, son of Joseph DePiano ‘86
Richard DePiano, father of Rich DePiano ‘85
Dee Downs, father of Derrick ‘96, Chris ‘98, and Tony ‘98
Phillip Duffy ‘62
Richard Ellison, father of Rick Ellison ‘76
Mary Englebert, mother of Bob Frankenheimer ‘87, grandmother of Cooper Frankenheimer ‘21, mother-in-law of Assistant Athletic Director, Mary Fran Frankenheimer
Louis Fischer, father of Paul ‘81, Steve ‘84, and Michael ‘89
J. Thomas Flanagan III ‘58, brother of Tim Flanagan ‘60; Dennis Flanagan, who attended Malvern in 1965; and Rev. Brian Flanagan ‘66 Edmund Ford, father of Jack Ford ‘18 and Sam Ford ‘19
Fr. Anthony Genovese PT
Yvonne Ihlenfeld, mother of Drew Ihlenfeld ‘94
Robert Melton ‘66
Lynda Pacitti, mother of Anthony Pacitti ‘15, niece of Fr. Donald Reilly
Susan Rosati, wife of Joe Rosati ‘75
John J. Stretch III ‘53
Albert W. Tegler, father of Albert W. “AJ” Tegler III ‘86, James T. Tegler ‘88, and Thomas M. Tegler ‘90, grandfather of Harry Stinger IV ‘19, James T. “Jimmy” Tegler Jr. ‘20, Chris Datz ‘22, Jake Stinger ‘23, Nicholas Stinger ‘23, and Matthew Tegler ‘22, father-in-law of Harry Stinger III ‘86 and Chris Datz ‘93
Emilia Tribuiani, mother of Rob Tribuiani ‘86 PT
Rosemary Wall, mother of Brian Wall ‘81 and Dennis Wall ‘88
Antonia “Toni” Wheeler, former Malvern Prep Assistant to the President and Head of School
Kelly Wright, mother of Connor Wright ‘23
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