Winter 2011
Project 50th
Construction Progress Campaign Update
Farewell to Dr. Koch Relics Discovered behind the Lockers Alumni News
Winter 2011
CBA
Features
Project 50th Construction on Target Project 50th Campaign Nearing Goal June Family Picnic Becomes New CBA Tradition Eileen Donohue Retires Garry Koch Resumes Studies for the Priesthood The CBA Music Program Brother Ralph Visits Benin Focus on Students CBA Archaeology: Relics Discovered behind the Lockers Fall Sports Cross Country Soccer Crew Sailing Matt Adler ‘00 Regional Reunions Begin with New England Gathering Alumni Association Commitment to Project 50th 2010 Alumni Association Clambake 16th Annual Alumni Awards Dinner Alumni-at-Large In Memoriam
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Christian Brothers Academy 850 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft NJ 07738 Phone: 732-747-1959 • www.cbalincroftnj.org Brother Frank Byrne, FSC, President Brother Ralph Montedoro, FSC, Executive Vice President Brother James Butler, FSC, Principal Peter Santanello, Associate Principal for Academic Affairs Ross Fales, Associate Principal for Student Affairs CBA Today is a publication of Christian Brothers Academy, a Catholic boys’ college preparatory school in the Lasallian tradition. News, comments and suggestions are welcome at any time. Please contact Rita Reilly, CBA Advancement Office, 850 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ 07738, RREILLY@CBALINCROFTNJ.ORG Design and printing: Jersey Printing Associates
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Winter 2011
CBA
President Winter 2011
Dear Alumni, Parents and Friends,
Those of you who live nearby have probably seen the activity taking place here at the school,
with the construction of the new library, offices and science rooms. Construction of Phase II of Project 50th started this summer and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2011. You’ll get a chance to see the details inside this issue.
We ended our 50th Anniversary Year with a Family Picnic Day in early June. Over one
thousand alumni, faculty, students and their families took part in the day. The day was such a success that we have decided to hold another Family Day this year on June 11. Be sure to mark your calendar!
Last October we held an alumni gathering in Massachusetts which was
attended by twenty-five alumni and their spouses. Other gatherings will take place this year in Florida, Illinois, Connecticut and California. These are a great way to connect with fellow alumni and keep informed about what is happening here at CBA. If this issue has not been delivered to your current address, please let us know, so that we can send you an invitation to a gathering in your area.
After 28 years on the faculty, Garry Koch has entered the Immaculate
Conception Seminary to study for the priesthood, and Eileen Donohue has retired after 28 years of dedicated service in the Advancement Office. We are grateful for all they have done for our students, and we wish them all the best.
I hope that you enjoy reading this issue of CBA Today. If you are in
the area, be sure to stop by and check out the new construction.
May God continue to bless
all the members of the CBA community. Sincerely,
Br. Frank Byrne, FSC ‘75 President St. John Baptist de la Salle, pray for us! Live Jesus in our hearts! Forever! 3
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CONSTRUCTION Project 50th Becomes a Reality
After years of discussion and planning,
construction is proceeding on the new academic facilities that are part of Project 50th, the capital campaign named in honor of CBA’s 50th anniversary in 2009-10.
New athletic facilities — the final
phase of Project 50th — will be constructed later.
The main entrance familiar to CBA students
since 1961 was demolished just before school started last fall, as were the school offices, the adjacent library wing, and the classroom corridor behind it.
Temporary accommodations for the
displaced library, offices and classrooms were arranged elsewhere on campus, and by the time students and faculty returned in September, all was in readiness. The library is housed in Henderson Hall (the converted stable that was CBA’s first school building), and the guidance department is in Benilde Hall, (the former horse trainer bunkhouse that has been used over the years for temporary classrooms and office space).
For the
time being, the main entrance for students is the theater and gym entrance at the rear of the school building, and the school office has temporary housing in what is ordinarily the theater box office.
Students, teachers, and staff have adapted
to the temporary arrangements with good grace. “For the time being, everyone has to do a lot more walking around,” says Brother James Butler, “but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.” In fact, some students have remarked that they actually enjoy having to walk from building to building in order to get to the library or the guidance office. “It’s sort of like a college campus,” one senior commented.
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Site Plan Consulting Kennedy Consulting Engineers, LLC Red Bank, New Jersey
Project Management General Contractor Hall Construction Company, Inc. Woodward Construction Company Howell, New Jersey Matawan, New Jersey
The area in front of the school is now a busy
construction site, and since September, students and faculty arriving each morning have seen the new front wing going up before their eyes. The new wing will house the library and media center and the guidance center and school offices, and the layout of the new facilities is gradually becoming visible. Progress on the new front wing can be viewed via the live webcam on the Project 50th section of the CBA website — www.cbalincroftnj.org.
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Another construction site is at the rear of
the school, on the formerly grassy area beyond the science wing constructed in the 1990s. This wing will contain a new life sciences lab and a longterm projects lab as well as five new classrooms.
The cost of the current construction
— Phase II of Project 50th — is $6.7 million, and the project is proceeding on schedule and on budget.
All at CBA are eagerly anticipating
completion
of
the
new
facilities,
scheduled
for midway through the 2011-12 school year.
New Track Barn A new storage barn has been erected next to the outdoor track, for track and field equipment storage.
The barn
replaces the assortment of trailers and temporary storage units where pole vault equipment, hurdles, and bars were kept previously.
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Campaign Progress Project 50th Capital Campaign Leadership Joseph R. Tort ‘76 Executive Chair
Jack Kelly Co-Chair, Major Gifts Committee
Sean Pattwell Co-Chair, Major Gifts Committee
The Project 50th capital campaign was officially launched during CBA’s anniversary celebration last year, following three years of discussion and planning. The new facilities going up before our eyes are part of Project 50th Phase II. The overall goal for this phase is $10 million, which
Robert Kortenhaus ‘79 Chair, Alumni Committee
Coach Vinnie Cox Honorary Chair, Alumni Committee
Bill Davidson’63 Chair, Alumni Phonathon
includes the current construction as well as a strategic endowment growth objective and much needed improvements to the Brothers’ Residence. As this issue of CBA Today goes to press January 2011, more than $7.5 million has already been raised toward
Joseph Bergamo Co-Chair, Parents Committee
Kathleen Cali Co-Chair, Parents Committee
the $10 million goal. The generosity of donors from all sectors of the CBA community has been extraordinary, as has the tremendous time and energy that our campaign volunteers have put into their work.
Bill and Betty Barnett Co-Chairs, Past Parents Committee
But we still have a considerable way to go, and we still need your help. Your commitment to Project 50th will help CBA provide young men with the resources they need to succeed in tomorrow’s world. The encouragement that Project 50th has received from so many alumni and parents is an eloquent testimony to the value they place on what CBA offers its students. Please join us. Joseph R. Tort ‘76 Campaign Chair
Tom Wilkens ‘94 Chair, Aquatic Center Committee
Randy MacDonald Honorary Chair, Aquatic Center Committee
Brendan O’Connor ‘72 Chair, Endowment Committee
Additional information on Project 50th is available on the CBA website, www.cbalincroftnj.org, or call George Grima, CBA advancement director, at (732) 747-1959, ext 213.
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Groundbreaking 50th Anniversary Picnic Final 50th Anniversary Celebration Sparks a New Annual Tradition CBA’s 50th anniversary year culminated last June in a day of fun and camaraderie for CBA alumni, students, present and former faculty, friends and families. Organized cooperatively by the Fathers’ Club, Mothers’ Club, Alumni Association, and students, the 50th Anniversary Picnic coincided with the formal groundbreaking for Project 50th Phase II, which provided a special celebratory start to the day. The Picnic was a resounding success, thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended, and too much fun to be left as a memory of 200910. The 2nd Annual CBA Alumni Reunion and Family Picnic will take place this year on Saturday, June 11. Check the CBA website — www.cbalincroftnj.org — in the spring for advance information and tickets.
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Project 50th Groundbreaking June 12, 2010 Brother James Butler (Principal), Brother Ralph Montedoro (Vice President), Brother Frank Byrne ’75 (President), John Giunco ’70 (Chairman, Board of Trustees), Joseph Tort ’76 (Campaign Chairman, Project 50th )
Mark your calendars now for the 2nd Annual CBA Reunion Picnic On the CBA campus, Saturday, June 11, 2011 A day for alumni to reconnect, for families to herald the beginning of summer, and for students and faculty to celebrate the end of the school year. 9
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Eileen Donohue
Assistant to the President Retires Staff member Eileen Donohue retired in December after nearly three decades of service in the development office and the office of the president. Mrs. Donohue joined the CBA staff in 1982 as development secretary to assist principal Brother Andrew O’Gara in creating a fundraising strategy for the then relatively young school. She provided office support for Brother Andrew through two capital campaigns, Project 80s and Project 2000, which together raised the funds for two new classroom wings, the present science wing, the chapel, the Henderson Theater and the McKay Gym. Working with Brother Andrew through his years as principal and after 1991 as president, she also helped to create CBA’s alumni database and to establish the annual Alumni Giving appeal which underwrites CBA’s financial aid program. She helped to foster alumni activities with alumni directors Vinnie Cox and later Pat McGann ’71, worked with Brother Andrew to publish the alumni newsletter that became CBA Today, managed the annual Century Club appeal and Pot of Gold raffle, and supported the Fathers’ Club and Mothers’ Club in organizing their social events and fundraisers.
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In Brother Andrew’s last years, and more recently as assistant to his successor Brother Frank Byrne, Mrs. Donohue provided staff support for planning and launching the Project 50th capital campaign. Mrs. Donohue and her husband Joe are the parents of four (including CBA alumni Joe Donohue ‘86, Thomas Donohue ‘88, and Keith Donohue ‘89) and grandparents of eleven. She will be greatly missed in Fleming Hall, where a staff of some half dozen people carry on the work that she and Brother Andrew began.
Pot of Gold Raffle W inners!
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The winners of the 2010 POT O’ GOLD RAFFLE were:
Brother Frank Byrne hosted the annual
Presidential Dinner in December, honoring benefactors who have been extraordinarily generous to CBA over the preceding year.
Sean Duffy ’70, Brother William Martin, Paul Denig ‘70
1st prize, Dr. Sandor Paskin, a longtime friend of CBA 2nd prize, Patrick and Suzanne McCarren, parents of Patrick ’10 and John ‘13 3rd prize, Michael Whelan, Michael ‘10
Michele Olton and Vincent Polifrone, Maureen and Brian O’Malley 10
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Charles Hayes ’79, Anne and Jim Dengler, Diane Hayes
Mark Hall ‘71, Tom DeFelice ‘70
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who supported this successful event.
Dr. Garry Koch
Following more than 25 years as religion teacher, activities moderator, mentor and friend to hundreds of CBA students, Garry Koch resigned at the end of last year to resume studies for the priesthood. Koch, who holds a B.A. from the University of Scranton, had already completed a master’s in theology at Mary Immaculate Seminary before he came to CBA in 1982, and earned a doctorate in ministry in 1992. He is now at Immaculate Conception Seminary on the Seton Hall campus in South Orange, completing preparation for ordination as a priest for the Diocese of Trenton. “After years of mulling over this decision, things just seemed to all fall in place to return to the seminary after all of these years at CBA,” said Koch. “In so many ways the atmosphere and community at CBA continued to nurture my vocational development. After years of talking to CBA men about their own vocational development and choices, I realized it was time that I answered my own questions.”
Among his many contributions to Christian Brothers Academy was Koch’s work with CBA’s unique peer ministry program. Known informally as “GURU,” the program trains seniors to lead discussion series that are part of the freshman religion course. Following the death of Ron Boro who initiated the program in the late ‘70s, Koch built on Boro’s vision and guided the program not only to address specifically religious topics but also to provide mentorship on moral questions and values in general — as he says, to foster “growth in terms of becoming a successful person, a man of faith and vision.” Koch’s own classes were both rigorous and extremely popular with students — an uncommon achievement for a high school teacher. In addition to teaching, he filled a wide variety of other roles at CBA with generosity and aplomb. He served as sacristan for school community Masses, as timekeeper at varsity and JV basketball games and wrestling matches, adviser to the CBA chapter of the National Honor Society, director of the intramural sports programs and coadvisor to Pegasus. He was faculty representative to the Board of Trustees, editor of CBA Today and then director of advancement under Brother Andrew O’Gara.
Among Koch’s most lasting gifts to the CBA community are the abiding friendships he maintains with students and alumni. An honored guest at college and graduate school commencements as well as numerous weddings each year, “Doc” keeps in contact with students long after they have graduated, mentoring their progress in college and careers and applauding their successes as they move forward. Koch reports that he is enjoying his time at Immaculate Conception, where he lives with 73 other seminarians studying for various dioceses. Among those in the seminary with him are Jarlath Quinn ’85 and Matthew White ’05. White was a student of Koch’s at CBA, and now they are taking a couple of classes together, an irony which they both enjoy. The question everyone has is “how long will it take to be a priest?” and to that Koch has no clear answer. His unique academic and formation background puts him on an abbreviated course to ordination, but there is no specific date. “Suffice it to say,” he responds, “that it will be sometime in the next two or three years.” Thousands of people — students and parents, faculty colleagues, and alumni across the country and around the world — have benefited from Koch’s years at CBA, and look forward to his ordination. 11
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The CBA Music Program The CBA music program is in crescendo mode this year, with nearly double last year’s roster of student musicians and a dynamic new director.
The annual
Christmas Concert — jazz ensemble and choir, with both vocal and instrumental soloists — impressed most of the audience as the best they had heard in years. It was an “extraordinary performance,” said principal Brother James Butler.
For the first time this year, the student musicians’
talent and hard work have been recognized with varsity letters. At the Christmas Concert, associate principal Ross Fales walked onto the stage just before the last number, and made the surprise announcement that letters would now be part of the music program. Fales and music director Karen Gold presented letters to three seniors — drummer John Cancillieri, brass baritonist Christopher Kirby, and pianist Robert Ticse — and four juniors — trumpeter Peter Colonna, guitarist Doug Gatta, bass guitarist John Pietruska, and saxophonist Frank Saverino.
In another innovation for the music program,
plans are underway for entering a series of interscholastic competitions, beginning in the 2011-2012 school year.
The CBA music program is a multi-faceted
extracurricular
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activity,
offering
opportunities
for
students to develop their instrumental and vocal talents in a number of ways, depending on the students’ interests, their skill level, and the instruments they play. Gold offers small-group lessons on Saturday mornings, sectional lessons for jazz ensemble instrumentalists, and lessons in the art of accompaniment for pianists. The concert choir meets for after-school practices weekly, and the jazz ensemble, twice weekly. Several of the instrumentalists also play in small combos, practicing on their own, and some of them also participate in the Music Ministry program, which provides liturgical music at the school community Masses several times a year, under the direction of religion teacher and guitarist, James Tortorici.
An important part of the music program in the spring semester is the
annual spring musical. The production for this year is Grease, which will open on February 25th for a two-weekend run. Most members of the concert choir auditioned successfully for singing parts in the
Karen Gold joined
CBA’s faculty in 2010 as music program director, following seven
musical, and instrumentalists, for parts in the
years in teaching (general and
pit orchestra. Gold serves as music director for
vocal music, and music theory),
the production, working closely with theater
band and choral direction, and
director Mark Fleming ’79 and with the student
high school musical theater. At
directors.
Union High School (Union, New
program
Jersey), she developed an AP music
continues through the spring with its own
Meanwhile,
the
music
theory course, directed an award-
practices, preparing for competition and for
winning marching band, and
the annual Spring Concert.
In addition to the practices, lessons and
rehearsals, the music program offers students the opportunity to expand their musical knowledge and develop new musical interests through group discussions and guest presentations. Brother James Butler, a devoted opera aficionado, was a guest lecturer last fall, giving an introductory lesson on opera to the student jazz musicians.
worked on theatrical productions of musicals including Aida, Les Miserables, and Fame.
An accomplished pianist
and oboist, Gold is also familiar with most of the other band and orchestral instruments. She
At the beginning of every weekly rehearsal, Gold asks a student to
holds a B.A. in music education
play one of his own favorite pieces of music, which the group then discusses.
from New Jersey City University
“They can’t just say ‘I like it,’ or ‘I don’t like it,’” says Gold. “It has to be ‘I
and a New Jersey teacher of music
like it because…,’ or ‘I don’t like it because….’ They’re learning to respect one
certification in K-12 instrumental
another’s musical tastes. We all have our differences and similarities, but no
and vocal music.
matter what, we’re all musicians.”
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in Africa
Brother Ralph with the Most Rev. Eugene Cyrille Houndekon, Bishop of Abomey CBA’s vice president (and
without electricity or running
past principal) Brother Ralph
water. Still, Ste. Jeanne d’Arc’s
Montedoro has made several
graduates routinely excel on
trips to Benin, West Africa, over
national exams, and most of
the past few years, to visit Ste.
them go on to study at the
Jeanne d’Arc, a boarding school
university level.
for girls in the town of Abomey.
The Benin Project at St.
He is assisting with establishing
Vincent Ferrer has so far funded
a twinning relationship between
a new water tower on the
Ste. Jeanne d’Arc and St. Vincent
grounds of Ste. Jeanne d’Arc,
Ferrer, a Dominican high school
eliminating the need for the
for girls in Manhattan.
girls to fetch water for their daily
Built nearly 50 years ago
needs from distant wells, as well
by French Catholics, Ste. Jeanne
as a chicken coop, so that the
d’Arc was a showplace when
usual diet of beans and rice can
it opened in 1962, with up-
be augmented with occasional
to-date
meat and eggs.
and
classrooms,
dormitories.
offices,
None
of
that remains. Years of neglect,
More projects
are planned as funds can be found.
followed by years of poverty
Those interested in learn-
have left the original facility an
ing more should contact Brother
empty shell, largely unusable.
Ralph. Anyone wishing to make
The African Sisters who teach
a monetary contribution to help
the school’s 300 students have
improve living conditions for
only outdated textbooks, no
the girls at Ste. Jeanne d’ Arc
computers, and only primitive
may mail a check (payable to St.
science equipment, and both
Vincent Ferrer Benin Project) to
the Sisters and the girls live
Brother Ralph at CBA.
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Students at Ste. Jeanne d’Arc
Welcome Ceremony for Bishop Houndekon, Brother Ralph, and Dominican Sister Christine Cosgrove
focus on
students Branch and the surrounding area by finding resources for people
National Merit Honors
in need, fostering individual and family development and creating partnerships for community wellbeing. Tomasello LBC’s
Andrew Tomasello ’11 Senior Andrew Tomasello has been honored for extraordinary volunteer service and leadership by the Long Branch Concordance. Over the past two and a half years, Tomasello has contributed more than 750 hours of volunteer service to the LBC, a non-profit agency established in 2004 to improve the lives of families in Long
Colin Hassell ’11
has
annual
chaired fall
the
fundraiser’s
Junior Committee, has served as administrative assistant for the Youth Task Force, and led the “Back to School” project which supplies school uniforms, supplies and backpacks to more than 300 students. “I love seeing
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the joy on a child’s face — and a
semifinalists and commended students in this year’s
CBA
students
were
recognized
as
sense of relief and gratitude on a
National Merit Scholarship academic competition.
parent’s face — when I hand him a
Of the roughly 1.5 million students who enter the
nicely pressed uniform and a bag
competition each year, only about 3% are named
loaded with new school supplies,”
commended students or semifinalists. Congratulations
Tomasello says.
“That gratitude
to our students for this extraordinary accomplishment.
alone is what fuels me to continue
Pictured here, with Colleen Hayes, guidance chair,
working at the LBC.”
and Peter Santanello, associate principal for academic affairs, are (back row, from left) Andrew Richter (Cliffwood
Ciro Saverino ’10
Beach), Eamon Collins (Freehold), Evan Weihs (Tinton Falls), Gregory Graff (Middletown), James McLaughlin (Manasquan), Michael Felicetta (Manalapan), Kevin Johnston (Eatontown), Vincent Cooper (Point Pleasant), and (front row, from left) Michael Basile (Colts Neck),
Senior Colin Hassell has set a new record for student initiative in the annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. In each of the past three years, Hassell has solicited warehouse stores and supermarkets for donations and discounts, organized car washes and similar events to raise cash, stacked hundreds of cases of groceries in his parents’ garage, and with a borrowed truck and his father’s help, delivered cans and boxes to CBA — a three-year total of nearly 46,000 non-perishable food items. A tradition at CBA for many years, the annual Thanksgiving Food Drive benefits area food banks and soup kitchens.
Christopher Podracky (Middletown), John Michael Colon (Wayside), Vincent Whalen (Eatontown), Cody Barron (Tinton Falls), Anthony Khoudary (Manalapan).
Andrew Tort ’14 Charles Herbermann, Brigantine, New Jersey, presents Ciro Saverino with a scholarship check from a fund established by Herbermann in memory of his late wife. Brother Frank Byrne and Diana Saverino, Ciro’s mother, look on. The Laura Lovering Herbermann Scholarship is awarded to a graduating senior with unusual musical talent. Saverino, currently a freshman at the University of Scranton, is an accomplished pianist.
Freshman Andrew Tort took first place in an Asbury Park Press essay contest this October. In answer to the Press’s question, “What was the fondest memory of your summer vacation?” Tort wrote about being wakened before dawn on the first day of his summer vacation to watch the sun rise over the ocean with his father (Joe Tort ’76). “My dad and I must have sat there for 30 minutes before he told me that his father took him to the beach to watch a sunrise, and that he hopes that I someday will take my son. This was indeed a moment that I will never forget.” 15
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The demolition process along the front corridor uncovered fascinating relics of the past. These remarkable hallmarks of an era long gone have withstood the test of time, some more so than the rest.
This scrap was tucked away like a tiny time capsule for almost 40 years. It seems to have been intentionally hidden with the hope that one day it would be uncovered by the people of the future. It reads: This was put in the grate on 10/28/1973 The A’s beat the mets in the series. (over) the Dolphins are in first, and the Buffalo Braves in Basketball have not won yet.
A tiny cheat sheet with miniature writing explains the ins and outs of the cell membrane. Since no date can be linked to this artifact, all alumni are off the hook! (Actual size)
A courtesy reminder for John Heidelberger ‘85 to return overdue books from Middletown Township Library. - 4 / 10 / 1984 16
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What seems to be answers to a pop quiz on Hamlet. Sal Izzo ‘78 scored an 80% on this quiz that dates back to November 15, 1976
This blank Student Council Questionnaire was also recovered. From textual evidence it is clearly over forty years old. Some of the last page is time torn and rendered unreadable. The questionnaire asks:
1.) Do you have any suggestions on
7.) What are your views on appropri-
11.) Any suggestions on promoting
the Coffee House?
ating an ice cream machine? Would
School Spirit?
you be in favor of the proposed I.D. 2.) Do you have any suggestions ho
cards?
12.) What are your opinions on the
how to make the open meetings more
previous dances held at C.B.A ? Any
beneficial? Or any suggestions on the
8.) Do you feel that the lottery sys-
agenda used at the closed meetings?
tem is a fair system for the picking
3.) Your views on what the Student
Suggestions on how to improve them?
of Exchange Students? What schools
13.) We would like to thank the stu-
would you like to see exchanges with?
dent body for its time in...
9.) The project of
Council has accomplished to this date?
the Monmouth
(The following text was not fully
County Student Council is BROTH-
recoverable, but in short thanks the
4.) We need your suggestions! What
ERHOOD. Do you have any sugges-
student body for participating in the
type of assemblies would you like to
tions on how we might be able to
questionnaire, and is signed -The
see? Would you be in favor of a gym
promote this spirit throughout the
Student Council)
suit wash?
Student Body?
5.) What are your views on the Stu-
10.) The Student Council would like
Are you on a committee? If not and
dent Forum? Do you feel it would
to evaluate your opinion of the Modu-
you would like to be, contact us or the
be beneficial if it were put to use? If
lar System. Do you feel it is benefi-
committee chairman.
yes, would you be willing to help the
cial? Are there any improvements you
Social: Kevin Ruscio, Charlie Hopkins
Communication Committee run it?
would like to see done? Do you feel
Publicity: John Giunco, Fred Scovell
that we should keep the system for
Athletic: Tom Carroll,
P.S.
6.) Do you have any suggestions on the running of Pep Rallies?
next year?
Mark Bulvanoski Communications: Mike Hart Religious: Bill Way, Ken Utz
A home-made campaign button support David Gluck ’74 in his successful run for Student Council secretary.
No, probably not a relic of the 1972 Nixon – McGovern contest. Nine McGoverns have graduated from CBA over the years, and many of them ran for Student Council. Patrick McGovern ’85 made a successful bid for the vice-president’s slot for his senior year. 17
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State Champion Mike Mazzacaro ’11
Winners of CBA’s 22nd XC state title
Cross country has a long and distinguished
George Kelly led the way, with an extraordinary group
history at Christian Brothers Academy — a dual XC meet
of back runners, who showed what they could do at the
one month after CBA opened was the first interscholastic
Monmouth County Championship in October. Junior
athletic event on campus. Undefeated in dual meets
T.J. Mullen and sophomores Aaron “Sandy” Liberatore,
since 1973, the Colts have had
Billy Bragg, and Jack Boyle all came
many triumphant seasons, but
in under 17 minutes, with junior
2010 was truly historic.
Conrad Lippert right behind them
at 17:03.
“It was a pretty incredible
ride. The guys on this team were
certainly a special, special group,”
nger guys broke 17 at Holmdel,
said Coach Tom Heath ’65. Heath
they started to see that they could
has headed the program since
run faster,” said Heath, “and then,
1971; assistant coaches are Chris
boom, everything started to come
Bennett
together.”
’94
(individual
state
“When so many of the you-
XC champion in 1993) and Karl
Torchia.
In 2010, they worked
Shore Conference title with one
with arguably the best team of
of the best performances in CBA
harriers in CBA history — and
history and possibly in New Jersey
possibly the best in state history.
XC history, sweeping the team
Seniors Mike Mazzacaro
and Dan Mykityshyn, and junior 18
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Dan Mykityshyn
’11
The Colts took their 27th
and individual titles in each, and breaking all six course records.
Cross Country
2010 State Champions Mike Mazzacaro ’11
“Shore Conference pretty much told us that we could run with anyone in the country,” said Coach Heath.
Two weeks later, Mazzacaro won his second state
title, and led the Colts to their 22nd state title in one of the best state championship performances ever run on the Holmdel Park course. The Colts scored 35 points and averaged 16:17 to set a Parochial A meet record and
Both Mazzacaro and Mykityshyn will be
running for elite universities next year. Mazzacaro has verbally committed to Princeton, where he plans to major in either history or economics. Mykityshyn is going to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Back in Lincroft, Kelly, Lippert, Mullin, Boyle, Bragg and Liberatore will be leading the long blue line into another successful season.
a NJ State Group Championships record. CBA, with all seven runners in the top 20, finished 25 points ahead of second place Don Bosco Prep, ending Bosco’s three-year hold on first. Kelly finished third, Mykityshyn seventh and Lippert tenth, while sophomores Bragg, Boyle, and Liberatore also finished in the top 20.
On November 28, the CBA runners captured
the Colts’ first ever regional championship at the NXN Northeast Regional at Bowdoin Park in New York, besting Pembroke (Massachusetts) High School by 47 points in one of the most decisive wins among all the NXN regional champions.
On December 4, the Colt harriers finished fifth
in the nation at the Nike Cross Nationals at Portand Meadow, Portland, Oregon (where the squad ran as the Lincroft XC Running Club). Mazzacaro took 15th place individually among the 200 entrants.
At the state championship race, standing from left, Coach Tom Heath ’65, George Sheehan ’63, Brother Frank Byrne ’75, Steve Ham ’74, Matt Coleman ’95, Steve Apostolacus ’80, Kevin Brandon ’80 Allan Brandon, Sean O’Brien ’79, Michael Liberatore (father of sophomore runner Aaron Liberatore), Doug Twyman ’79. Front row from left, Andy Filachek ’00, Chris Horel ’06, Eric Reulbach ’01, Assistant Coach Chris Bennett ’94 (individual state champion in 1993), Kyle Gorman ’10 19
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Soccer
The soccer team enjoyed
With a majority of the
one of its finest seasons in school
players returning next season,
history, finishing with an 18-1-
the prospects look strong for the
1 record.
Colts to be one of the top teams
It was a remarkable
record for a team defined by
in the state again.
youth, with only five seniors on the roster this year.
The Colts captured a
Division Title (A North) and a Shore Conference Tournament Title, winning an amazing 18 straight games after falling to Delbarton in the season opener. “Our seniors really stepped up and led the team this year,” said Coach Dan Keane.
Junior Bob Cartas heads the ball for a goal at the Shore Conference final.
“They’re
leaving knowing they did the program proud.”
Brian Smith on defense against Toms River North
Crew
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in the 2,000m Philaldelphia Frostbite Regatta on November 13. At the 1,500m Bill Braxton Memorial Regatta the following day, the two Colt freshman 8+'s came in 2nd and 3rd in their heats, and the JV 8+ won their heat. Crew — a dual season sport — will be back again in spring 2011.
Photos courtesy of Sport Graphics
The Colts team had a strong fall season, and one that bodes well for the future with a freshman roster longer than any in the program’s history. At the 2010 Head of the Schuylkill — one of the oldest and largest rowing competitions in the country — CBA’s "A" senior 4+ finished 8th out of the 47 entries in their heat, a 5,000m race. The senior 8+ took third place at the Head of the Christina, another 5,000m race, this one on the Christina River in Wilmington, Delaware. The senior 8+ and the JV 8+ both took first place in their respective heats
Sailing
sailing
States Coast Guard Academy in
team debuted as CBA’s newest
October, CBA went up against
interscholastic
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sport.
This
fall,
the
competitive
After several years as
teams
from
across
the
country, including a team from
a club for sailing enthusiasts,
the U.S. Virgin Islands.
the program was elevated to
Colts finished 9th, exceeding all
team status beginning this year,
expectations.
largely through the efforts of
senior captain Jason Lutz, who
scholastic Sailing Association’s
has worked tirelessly over his
Atlantic Coast Championship
CBA career to create a Colts
was the second national event,
sailing team. His dream has now
held this year at the Toms River
become a reality.
Yacht Club on November 13-14..
This past fall, in its
The regatta featured competi-
debut season, the team became
tion stiffer than any the Colts
one of the more successful and
had had previously faced, as
consistent teams in the New
they sailed against eighteen of
Jersey
Sailing
the best schools from Maine to
League.
Interscholastic They
started
The
2010
U.S.
The
Inter-
their
Georgia. The team had a hard
season off positively with a 3rd
time dealing with the difficult
place finish at the annual Sailfest
conditions on Saturday, but on
Regatta in Toms River. Lutz’s
Sunday, they regained their form
younger brother, Jonathan, who
and finished the regatta strong.
was this season’s second, led
Jonathan Lutz won a race with
the way, winning his division
Brother James Butler on hand to
by finishing in the top three or
witness CBA’s only winner of the
better in all of the eight races.
weekend.
Other highlights of the
Sailing is a dual season
season include a CBA 2nd place
sport, like crew, competing in
finish in the Toms River Fall
both fall and spring. The theme
Series, with the Colts narrowly
of this first fall season became
missing
‘exceeding
first
behind
league
Jason Lutz '11 and Christian Koerwer '12 at the US Coast Guard Academy Invitational, October 16
expectations,’
and
powerhouse Toms River South,
the team will be working hard
and finishing 4th in the highly
to continue their success in the
competitive New Jersey team
spring.
race regatta.
be departing at the end of this
One of Lutz’s goals for
year, but with eleven sailors
this first season to have the
remaining on the roster (four
team compete in a national
juniors, four sophomores, and
regatta. The team exceeded that
three freshmen), the team will
goal, sailing in two national
be in good shape for years to
events. In the first, at the United
come.
Jonathan Lutz '13 and Jay Milnes '12 at the US Coast Guard Academy Invitational, October 16
Senior Jason Lutz will
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Matt adler
Adler at Lehigh’s Ph.D. hooding ceremony. “If you look closely, you’ll notice I’m wearing my CBA ring.”
Matt Adler is a Ph.D. mechanical engineer with the Jacobs Engineering Group at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. His primary role is comprehensive fellowship in support of NASA MSFC’s Damage Tolerance Assessment Branch supporting the space shuttle, international space station, and Project Constellation. A specialist in the field of experimental fracture mechanics, he played an important role in analyzing the failure of a high-pressure gaseous hydrogen flow control valve aboard space shuttle mission STS126, the Endeavour, launched in November 2008. Adler’s work in analyzing the valve failure was critical in providing for the timely return of the shuttle fleet to flight. Adler was offered a position at Jacobs before he had completed his Ph.D., which he was awarded in 22
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2009 at Lehigh University, where he had previously earned his B.S. in mechanical engineering. His graduate study was supported by a National Science Foundation Integrated Graduate Research
Traineeship and a NASA Graduate Sponsorship Researchers Program Fellowship, two of the most competitive fellowships awarded to graduate engineering students in the United States. He is the recipient of a NASA Space Act Award for the development of a
new enabling technology that represents a new paradigm in mechanical testing, and has developed an algorithm for the automated linear-fitting of a test record which has led to two peerreviewed technical publications. He is a voting member of the ASTM E08 Committee on Fatigue and Fracture and various other ASTM committees, and cochairman of the E08.06.02 task group on Environmentally Assisted Cracking. (ASTM International is the globally recognized leader in the development of standards used by industry and governments worldwide to ensure materials quality and safety.) Adler has achieved a remarkable degree of success in his engineering career in just a few years, and he attributes it all to the education he received and the values he learned at CBA. “CBA,” he says,
“was a tour de force. In every way that I have succeeded, it has been because of CBA.” Some of his teachers at CBA, in his estimation, are the best teachers he has ever had, and some of his high school courses were “of high enough caliber to be taught for credit at almost every undergraduate college and university in the country.” Equally important, he says, was the confidence and persistence that he gained from teachers who “always treated the students as equals,” and from his years on the varsity wrestling team under Coach Mike Baldi. “My sophomore year at CBA was my first year on the varsity wrestling team. I distinctly recall sitting on the mat after winning a match to go 2-2 on the season, aiming to be 0.500 for the year as a reasonable goal. I then lost 19 straight matches to end the season 2-21. Somebody should check into whether that is a state record. “I worked hard and got better. In my senior year, I won 14 times. One of those wins came against Manalapan, a school that CBA had never beaten. It was the third straight dual meet against a school in CBA’s division. The previous two meets had both been decided by my match, and I had lost both and let the team down. “In this third match I led early by one point, but could not pull away, and trailed the match by one point in the final period. My opponent had me locked in an unfamiliar
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hold and I did not know how to escape. I was confused. I had no idea how much time was left, but expected the final buzzer at any second. I was going to lose again. It was a terribly empty feeling. “But suddenly I thought of something Coach Baldi had said to me months earlier in a practice when I was not giving 100%, “Matt, stop feeling sorry for yourself!” In that moment I had an epiphany, and the match was reversed. I decided not to lose, my body simply exploded with energy, and my wrist was immediately torqued to my opponent’s neck like a vise of steel. Two points for the reversal and CBA won. “It was moments like these that taught me that victory only comes to those who refuse to quit. Graduate school is much the same. It is a brutal marathon
and you need to be stubborn and resolute and fortified and never give in. This is life. You will not be the fastest, or the strongest, or the smartest. There have been so many nights, too innumerable to count, awake for too many hours staring at too many equations that are unknowable, calculations leading to nowhere, year after year, with one procedure, exam or qualification stage after the next, with seemingly no end. At times like these, it would be all too easy to quit. But in the Coach Baldi era of CBA wrestling, quitting would be as unnatural as it would be to stop breathing. “It is precisely because I am from that era that I have a PhD. Because of the support I had at CBA, I did not quit, and I will never quit now. Don’t ever give up. I love CBA.”
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New England Event Kicks off Series of Regional Reunions Brother Frank and Coach Vinnie Cox welcomed alumni from Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island to “A CBA Gathering in New England” on October 13 — the first in a series of regional alumni reunions planned for 2010-11.
Seated, left to right: Mary Buletza, Karen Baker Zizik, Brother Frank Byrne ’75, Jeanne Fox, Mary Ann Barrows, Bob Kortenhaus ’79. Standing, left to right: John Morning ’02, Tim Yaecker ‘96, Rob Musci ‘91, John McWilliams ‘72, Bill Howell ‘74, John DiBenedetto ‘79, Larry Smith ‘69, Roy Zito-Wolf ‘72, Tom Streep ‘82, Dave Zizik ‘72, Vic Gerdes ‘82, Bob Barrows ‘75, Tom Meyer ‘72, Brian Kean ‘72, Tom Brennan ‘86, Coach Vinnie Cox, Joe Fox ’78
Held at the Framingham Country Club through the kindness of Dave Zizik ’72, the event gave alumni the opportunity to connect or reconnect with fellow CBA grads and hear the latest news from Lincroft.
Similar gatherings are
planned for early 2011 in Florida, Connecticut, and Chicago, with others to be scheduled later.
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Joe Fox ’78, Jeanne Fox, Tom Streep ’82, Vic Gerdes ‘82
COLT CONNECT – open to CBA alumni only – is a great way to find and contact fellow alumni, network about job opportunities, share interests and ideas, and more. When you create your profile in COLT CONNECT, you have the option to mark all or part of you information private, making that information available only to the CBA Alumni Association for mailings, etc. Or you may choose to make your information visible to other alumni COLT CONNECT members. COLT CONNECT pages are not visible to the general public, or to non-registered alumni. To register and log in to COLT CONNECT for the first time, you will need your alumni ID number. Your alumni ID number – which is no the same as the student ID number you had while you were
Dave Zizik ’72, Roy Zito-Wolf ‘72, Brother Frank, Rob Musci ‘91
a student at CBA – is printed near your name on the address panel of this magazine. If you do not have your alumni ID number, or if you have any questions, please contact webmaster Martin Birdsall ‘02 (birdsall@cbaalumnitoday.com Go to CBAAlumniToday. com – or click on ALUMNI at the main CBA website, CBAlincroftNJ.org – and follow the COLT CONNECT registration instructions to create your own user name and password.
Makes $400,000 Commitment to Project 50th At the June 12th groundbreaking, from left, Scott Garley ’74, Pat McGann ’71, Hal Soden ’00, Mike Warshaw ’68, Spiro Pappas ’71, Bill Davidson ’63, John Shibles ’96, John Giunco ’70, Walter Brasch ’70, Bob Kortenhaus ’79, Mark Hall ’71. Brother Frank Byrne ’75. Joe Tort ‘76
Our thanks to all those who responded to our recent survey about Alumni Association activities. Check our website for a complete report — CBAalumnitoday.com, or go to the main CBA website,CBAlincroftnj.org, and click on ALUMNI. The current focus of the Alumni Association
is
reconnecting
—
reconnecting alumni with each other, and with CBA. It’s been great to see so many of you at our Clambake, Awards Dinner, Golf Outing, and Networking Nights! As we get together and talk about our memories of CBA, we think back to the Brothers, the faculty and coaches, and the unique camaraderie The CBA Alumni Association, which supports CBA with funds
that make CBA what it is. Let’s keep
raised by Association events and projects, has pledged to
the spark alive!
contribute $400,000 to Project 50th, independent of the pledges
project
and contributions made by individual alumni. The $400,000 gift was announced at the Project 50th groundbreaking on June 12, and in October, Alumni Association president John Shibles ’96 and treasurer Jim Cerwinski ’83 visited Brother Frank to deliver a $250,000 check for the first payment on the Association’s pledge. John Shibles ’96 Alumni Association President
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The 2010
Alumni Association Clambake Several hundred CBA parents and alumni gathered on September 10 at the Merri-Makers’ Waters Edge in Sea Bright, to enjoy this year’s Clambake and support the Alumni Association Scholarship Fund.
Faculty members Pat McGann ’71, Jeannine Maloney, and Brother Stephen Haubrich
Paul Molzon ’72, Frans van Riemsdyk, Bob Farrell
Jon ’72 and Holly Schwartz with Rick Bott ’72, Merri-Makers CEO
John Giunco ’70, Naomi Reiter and Scott Shibles ‘94
Doug Twyman ’79 with John ’69 and Roberta Kilduff
Jack Kelly, Kathy and George Doehner
John Shibles ’96, Scott Garley ’74, Tim Strachan ’63
Jerry Molzon ’78, Nancy and Mark Hall ’71
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Martin Birdsall ’02, Chris Delany ’00, Tim Burke ’01, Hal Soden ‘00
An impromptu ’75 reunion — Pat Melosh, Bill Moss, Brother Frank Byrne, Bernie Yostpille, Bernie Arnella, Andy Zapcic, and Mark Schepp
More than 200 alumni and their guests were on hand at the PNC Arts Center on November 19 to honor this year’s recipients of CBA’s Alumni Awards.
1965 CBA Basketball Team 2010 Team Award Winners of the 1965 Parochial State Championship — the first state title for CBA’s sports program — ’65 Colt basketball initi-
Daniel Mulholland ‘78
ated the championship tradition
2010 Alumnus of the Year
at CBA.
Mulholland, a physician specializing in orthopedic surgery and
Mike Sullivan
sports medicine, has generously
2010 Colt Spirit Award
given of his time for more than
Founding coach of CBA varsity
12 years to provide training room
swimming, Sullivan coached Colt
services for CBA athletes. He also
swimmers for 18 years, winning
provides volunteer services at Red
18 Shore Conference and Mon-
Bank’s Parker Clinic and Our Lady
mouth County titles as well as a
of Providence Clinic, Neptune.
1998 state championship.
Alumni Association president John Shibles ’96 congratulates Daniel Mulholland ’78
Vito Chiaravalloti ’99, Sullivan’s successor as CBA swim coach, presents Sullivan with an honorary 2010 state championship ring.
Members of the ’65 basketball team and their coaches, from left, Jim Leo (assistant coach), Rich O’Brien ’65 (team manager), Marty Kenney ’66, Mike
Colt basketball coaches Ed Wicelinski (1981-2007), Vinnie Cox (1962-81), and Geoff Billet ’95 (2008 to date)
Barrett ’66, Bob Woodward ’67, Ray Lena ’65, Paul Christopher ’66, Bill Hlatky ’67, Vincent McCarthy ’65, Vinnie Cox (coach)
Tom Wilkens ’94, Rob Kelly ’93, Brian Dorgan ’01
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Robert Boyd — chairs the department of orthodontics at the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry. His primary research interest involves quantifying potential damage to periodontal tissues during orthodontic treatment. He is the author of more than 100 scientific articles, chapters and abstracts, and has presented more than 375 continuing education courses and lectures to dental organizations Robert Boyd ‘63 worldwide. A diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics, a fellow of both the American and International Colleges of Dentists and a member of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, Boyd has received numerous awards throughout his career. Prior to his work at Pacific, he was a professor and chair of the division of orthodontics at the University of California, San Francisco. He earned his DDS at Temple University, postgraduate certificates in periodontics and orthodontics from University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in education from University of Florida.
‘65
Charles Friedrich — is a partner with Stryker,
Ray Lena — is proprietor of Anjelica’s Restaurant,
He has two sons and a three-year-old granddaughter.
Sea Bright, and the Elberon Beach Club Restaurant. He and his wife, Phyllis (a former RBC cheerleader and retired teacher) are the parents of two and grandparents of four.
Robert Woodward — has devoted the past
Vince McCarthy — is senior northeast counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, a Washington-DC based firm, litgating cases and providing legal counsel mainly in the areas of free exercise of religion, the protection of pro-life speech, and marriage. He and his wife, Ann-Louise, live in Litchfield, Connecticut with their ten-year-old daughter Anna Rose. Vince’s son, Joseph, is a senior at Fordham, and his daughter, Mary, is a sophomore at Salve Regina.
Pete McGuiness — is general manager of the Custom Supply Corporation in Providence, Rhode Island. He and his wife, Kimberly (Keefer) are the parents of four and grandparents of five.
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Mike Barrett — is with Subex, a revenue assurance solutions firm. Previously he had worked for 30 years in the telecommunications industry at New York Telephone, NYNEX, Bell Communication Research, and Telcordia. He and his wife have three children and three grandchildren.
Paul Christopher — is principal at the
Tams and Dill, Newark. He served as law secretary fo the Hon. Richard J. Hughes, chief justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court in 1974-75, and was an adjunct professor of law at the Rutgers School of Law, 1979-80.
Marine Academy of Science and Technology (MAST), a post he has held since 1988. Previously, he taught, coached or served in administration at Red Bank Catholic High School and Brielle Elementary School.
Michael A. Guadagno — is a New Jersey
Marty Kenney — retired from the CBA
Superior Court judge. His wife, Kim Guadagno, is Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, having won the 2009 election as the running mate of Governor Chris Christie. The Guadagnos’s son Michael is a freshman at CBA.
faculty in 2008 but he continues to head the Colts baseball program. His 664 wins rank him fourth among the most successful baseball coaches in New Jersey, and he was recently inducted into both the Jersey Shore and the NJSIAA Halls of Fame.
Rich O’Brien — retired in 2004 from his automotive service career. He was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame by the Automotive Service Industry Association in 1989. Ordained a deacon for the Diocese of Metuchen in 2001, he currently serves at St. Mary’s in South Amboy. He and his wife, Mary Catherine, have three daughters and six grandsons.
‘67
Bill Hlatky — has been a licensed general Michael Guadagno ‘65 holds the Bible at the swearing in of his wife, NJ Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno
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contractor, commercial and residential, for more than 35 years. Over the years, he has owned and operated companies in Vermont and Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York, California, and Arizona.
four decades to the fine and performing arts, having graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971 with a degree in microbiology. Based in Philadelphia, he runs a performance art and face painting company under his clown name Peanutbutter®, engaging a troupe of artists who have performed and decorated faces all over the world. Woodward is also a sculptor, painter and jeweler, and has exhibited his work at the Philadelphia Art Museum, the Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, and the Kavehaz Gallery in New York. He was commissioned by the City of Philadephia in the 1990s for a two-ton sculpture near the Philadelphia Airport, and in 2010 for a project to be completed this year.
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Ron Guido — lives in Annandale, New Jersey, with his wife of 36 years, Jeanne Calleo Guido (RBC ‘70). Ron is a vice president at Johnson & Johnson in New Brunswick, where he has worked for the past 33 years. In his spare time he teachers marketing courses at Rutgers, and still plays baseball in a “senior” league on weekends.
Chris Hill — has been director of athletics since 1987 at the University of Utah, where he also serves as special assistant to the president. Hill began at Utah as a graduate assistant basketball coach in 1973-74, and in his 24 years at the helm, the Utes have achieved two BCS bowl wins, nine NCAA team championships (four by the gymnastics team and five by the ski team) and national runner-up finishes in men’s basketball (1998), football (2008), and gymnastics (2000, 2006, 2007, 2008). Hill’s work in positioning Utah as a national player resulted in an invitation last June for Utah to join the PAC-10 “Conference of Champions.” The recipient of numerous sports and educational awards, Hill holds a bachelor’s degree in math education (Rutgers), a master’s in education and a Ph.D. in educational administration (both from Utah). He currently serves on the boards of Regence BlueCross BlueShield and Catholic Community Services of Utah. He and his wife, Kathy (a faculty member in special education at Utah), have two children, Aly and Christopher, and three grandchildren.
John Weinstein — lives in Chantilly, Virginia. He recently completed his 27th year of service with the Federal Government, having spent the last 22 years with the U.S. Nuclear Command and Control System Support Staff in Washington, DC. He is chief of the Assessments Division, which evaluates the safety, security, control and reliability of US nuclear weapons and supporting
19831994 operations. Over the years, he has also become a certified police officer, and is currently the (parttime) chief of the Quantico Town Police Department.
‘74
Steve Lubetkin — is the managing partner of Lubetkin & Co. LLC, a diversified public relations, internet broadcasting, and communications consulting practice, and its Professional Podcasts LLC subsidiary, which produces audio and video podcasts. Steve formed the firms in December 2004, after a successful 25-year career in corporate public relations, including managing communications during the privatization of Consolidated Rail Corporation in 19851987, and supporting completion of the $47 billion Bank of America-Fleet Bank merger. He also helped manage news coverage of the earlier $7 billion acquisition of Summit Bancorp by Fleet Bank. Steve Steve Lubetkin ‘74 is a senior fellow of the Society for New Communications Research, a global nonprofit think tank dedicated to the advanced study of new communications tools, technologies and emerging modes of communication, and their effect on traditional media, professional communications, business, culture and society. A seasoned technology futurist, Steve has included an email address on his business card since 1988.
‘77
Ivan Shidlovsky — is with the National Joint Operations and Intelligence Center at the Pentagon. He was recently promoted to full colonel, following his second tour in Iraq. Last summer he attended the Army’s War College with fellowship at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort McNair, Washington. “CBA is partially responsible for my joining the military,” he writes. “Thinking of my time at CBA always brings a smile to my face.”
‘79
Vincent Miller — is a thoracic oncologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. A specialist in lung cancer, he leads research initiatives aimed at improving patient outcomes, developing targeted therapies and Vincent Miller ‘79
2010
distinguishing among types of cancers and patient characteristics to find the subset of patients most likely to respond to a specific therapy. “The pace of discovery in bringing new understandings to the biology of lung cancer has substantially accelerated,” he says, “albeit at a pace still too slow for patients or their loved ones.”
‘80
Bob Holtz — was recently appointed pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish in Maple Shade, New Jersey. Father Holtz had been serving as parish administrator for the previous year.
‘83
Jim Gagliano — is president and chief operating officer of The Jockey Club, the breed registry for all thoroughbred horses in North America. He had previously served as executive vice president and chief administrative officer. Prior to joining The Jockey Club’s management team, Gagliano served as executive vice president of Magna Entertainment Corporation’s Maryland racing operations, as president of MEC OTB, and as executive vice president and general manager of Greenwood Racing Inc., and worked in various roles during a 10-year stint with the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority. In October 2010, the International Federation of Horse racing Authorities’ Executive Council appointed him its new vice chairman representing the Americas. He holds a B.A. from Providence College.
Tim Kircher — has opened his new psychotherapy office in Shrewsbury, specializing in adolescent and family counseling services. He worked previously with school districts across New Jersey, and served as a social worker at High Point School in Morganville.
‘88
Steve Mietz — is superintendent of the Missouri National Recreational River, a unit of the National Park Service, based in Yankton, South Dakota. The Missouri, along the Nebraska – South Dakota border, was used as a thoroughfare by native Americans for thousands of years, and later by the Lewis and Clark expedition, trappers, traders, and frontier settlers. “My career really started Steve Mietz ‘88 across the street from CBA at Thompson Park,” Mietz writes. “Brother Pat, Joe Fili and so many others at CBA were instrumental in my
success as a biologist and now as manager in the park service.” Mietz heads a staff responsible for preserving and protecting the native ecosystem while enhancing the waterway’s exceptional recreational opportunities. He also represents the National Park Service on the Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee which has nearly 70 members representing a wide array of local, state, tribal, and federal interests throughout the Missouri River Basin. Prior to this appointment last summer, Mietz served as deputy chief of science and resource management at Grand Canyon National Park, and worked on various natural resource management and GIS projects for the Grizzly Bear Recovery Program, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation in Pablo, Montana, and the Monmouth Country Park System. He holds a B.S. from Cornell University and a master’s degree in environmental management from the University of Montana. He and his wife, Stephanie, and their son, Jack, enjoy hiking, camping, and many other outdoor activities.
‘90
Chris Fortunato — has been appointed dean of students at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. Fortunato, who holds advanced degrees in both law and social work, holds a bachelor’s degree (major in government) and a law degree from Harvard and a master’s degree in social work. After working for a time as an attorney, he founded and served for several years as executive director of the Teen Reach program, an innovative program for at-risk youth in Newton, Massachusetts. Most recently, he was in the administration at Providence College as vice president for student affairs, 2008-10.
‘92
Eric Somers Somers — earned his B.A. in psychology and M.A. in special education at the University of Colorado. He lives in Denver, and teaches at the I-Team Manor, an alternative high school for atrisk students in Cherry Creek School District.
The Somers brothers — Steven ’89, Eric ’92, and Michael ‘99
‘93
Mark Jarmon — and his wife, Cathy, are the parents of Juliette Helen Jarmon, born on August 10, 2010. Mark is in his sixth year on the faculty at CBA, where he teaches English and coaches the bowling team. 29
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a new baby boy, Maxwell Andrew, on May 16. Older siblings Zachary and Abigail are thrilled.
at CBA, and according to Justin, is “loving every minute of it.” Justin married Andrea Meyer of Howell in 2004. Their daughter, Madison, is a kindergartner at Saint Peter School in Point Pleasant Beach.
‘96
David Nagle — is a US Air Force captain with the
Scott Cirillo — and his wife welcomed
Peter Marturano — and his wife Meghann became parents with the birth of Andrew Peter Marturano earlier this year.
74th Fighter Squadron as an A-10C “warthog” fighter pilot. Between deployments to Afghanistan, he has been working on his MBA at Valdosta State University, near Moody Air Force Base in Georgia. He and his wife, Jayne, are the parents of two-year-old Andrew.
Chris Dolan — is a professional golfer Peter Marturano ’96 and family
based in Orlando. He is currently trying out for the PGA Hooters Tour and the Canadian Tour, and will go to qualifying school for the PGA Tour in 2011.
Neal Fitzsimmons — married Pamela Rios
Michael Stapleton — married Jessica
in June 2010 in Ardsley, New York. Fitzsimmons, a graduate of LaSalle University, is currently a senior director in the advertising sales branch of MovieTickets. com, Hollywood.com & Spill.com. Pamela, a Villanova University graduate, holds a masters degree in childhood education from NYU, and currently teaches fourth grade at Manhattan School for Children in New York. During their wedding vows, Neal was joined by his brothers and fellow CBA alumni John Fitzsimmons (’83), Kevin Fitzsimmons (’85), Michael Fitzsimmons (’86) and Brian Fitzsimmons (’88). Daniel Noesges ‘97 and Erik Grimsgaard ’97 also took part in the ceremony, at which Neal’s father, Deacon John J. Fitzsimmons, former CBA guidance counselor officiated.
Vasta of East Brunswick in September of 2009. He is currently with Portfolio Evaluations, Inc., a financial consulting firm in Warren, New Jersey, where he provides corporate investment advisory services.
Greg McCabe — graduated last June with an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business, where he specialized in financial instruments and markets, as well as global business. He currently works for Invesco in New York.
Terence Rozier-Byrd — is a fourth year Associate at Baker Botts in their New York office.
‘98
Andrew
Dombrowski — graduated
last June from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business with an MBA degree, and is now working for Deutsche Bank in New York. He was married in December 2009 to Dana Gordon.
Justin Macko — has been a patrolman with the Sea Girt Police Department since 2004. He was recently elected to the executive board of the New Jersey PBA Local 50, a police labor union representing eight southern Monmouth County police agencies. Justin’s younger brother, Brett, is currently a freshman 30
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Adam Stivala — recently completed his doctorate in physical therapy at the University of Miami, and is now a resident in geriatric physical therapy at a rehabilitation hospital in Hialeah, Florida, preparing for the geriatric clinical specialty examination. An avid runner, he has qualified for the 2011 Boston Marathon. Adam, who says that he “had no idea what I wanted to do for a career when I was at CBA,” would be glad to talk with any students who might be interested in careers in physical therapy. He can be contacted through the guidance office.
Vincent Vitale — is at the University of Oxford, in England, where he is a candidate for the degree of D.Phil. and works as a tutor in apologetics at Wycliffe Hall, a theological college that is part of the University of Oxford.
‘00
Robert Russo — married Jacqueline Storer on May 15, 2010 at St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, Connecticut. Robert is a research associate at the asset management firm Neuberger Berman LLC in New York, and has just completed his MBA at NYU’s Stern School of Business. Robert and Jacqueline live in Hoboken.
‘01
Trevor Rozier-Byrd — recently TrevorRozier-By the New York State bar exam. associate with Sidley Austin in
‘02
Erik Dombrowski — is with Google in Chicago, in their marketing/advertising group.
‘99
‘97
Judge, in New Brunswick. Simone earned his J.D. at Rutgers University School of Law, where he received awards for outstanding service as editor-inchief of the Rutgers Conflict Resolution Law Journal, the New Jersey Bar Foundation Street Law Prize, and the Eric R. Neisser Pro Bono Service Program. Simone’s undergraduate degree is from Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
passed He is an New York.
Dante Simone — is clerking for the Honorable Diane Pincus, a Middlesex County Superior Court
‘04
Matt Keefe — graduated from the University of Delaware in 2008 with a BS in health behavioral management (concentration in sports management). After a summer in Dublin, working for Basketball Ireland, the national governing body for the sport in Ireland, Keefe spent a year as assistant director of team events at the Hoop Group, Neptune, New Jersey, before moving on Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, where he is director of basketball operations. Now in his second year with the Texans (NCAA Division II, Lone Star Conference), Keefe is also “a thesis away” from his M.Ed. degree in kinesiology.
Mike Zales — completed the course work for his master’s degree in public health at the Boston University School of Public Health in 2009, and has been in Africa since then working with Grassroot Soccer, a non-governmental organization that trains African soccer stars and youth leaders in the world’s most HIV-affected countries to deliver an interactive HIV prevention and life skills curriculum to young people. Zales spent 2009-10 with Grassroot Soccer in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, as an intern in monitoring and evaluation. It was, he says, “hands down the best year of my life.” Upon completing the internship in June, he accepted a one-year fellowship with Grassroot Soccer Zambia to serve as chief monitoring and evaluation officer in a program funded by the Elton John Aids Foundation, which will enable Grassroot Soccer Zambia to extend its outreach to youth with HIV prevention.
‘05
Mike Roscitt — graduated from Notre Dame in 2009, with a degree in finance and economics. During his junior year, he spent a semester in Uganda with the School for International Training Development Studies Program, doing research with the United States African Development Foundation in Kampala and Fort Portal, Uganda. He returned to Africa in October 2010, this time to Malawi, where he will be working for two years with The Hunger Project on microfinance initiatives. Information on The Hunger Project is at www.thp.org.
In Memoriam
Alumni
Robert Bruce Kemp ‘63, Brother of Gerald Kemp ’65 (deceased) and James Kemp ’65, uncle of Michael Kemp ’99, Phillip Kemp ’99, and Kevin Kemp ‘01
Lawrence S. Petrula ‘63 Gerald H. Ganz ‘64 Stephen J Ganz ‘64 John J. (Jack) Feeley ‘66
& Friends
Robert E. Pomaski ‘66, Brother of Dennis J. Pomaski ‘70 Charles L. Petermann ‘71 Kenneth M. Holland ‘77 William Wolf III ‘90 Kenneth P. Bambach ‘91
Family
Joseph W. Adelhardt, Father of Craig Adelhardt ’96 and Chad Adelhardt ‘99
Greg Alexanian, Father of John G. Alexanian ‘86
James W. Genecki, Brother of Thomas Genecki ‘68 Catherine “Kay” Germano, Mother of Denis Germano ‘63 and Robert Germano ‘64
Claire O’Grady Bailey, Mother of Douglas Bailey ‘87
Jane Glover, Mother of Harvey Glover ‘68
Henry J. “Hank” Bailey, Father of Douglas Bailey ‘87
Harry Jackson, Father of Lawrence Jackson ‘71
Christian M. Benedetto, Sr., Father of Christian Benedetto ‘85 and
John P. Keffer, Jr., Father of Michael Keffer ’94 and David Keffer ‘95
Michael Benedetto ‘86
Isabel I. Bibby, Mother of Thomas Bibby ‘67 Anna M. Bongiovanni, Mother of Theodore Bongiovanni ‘63 Donna Bruno, Mother of Nicholas Bruno ‘85 J. Joseph Clifton, Jr., Son of J Joseph Clifton ‘63 Colin J. Costello, Father of Patrick Costello ‘95 and Andrew Costello ‘99 Thomas P. Cox, Brother of Vinnie Cox, retired faculy Mary Winifred “Win” Curran, Mother of James Curran ‘68
Karen E. Masucci, Mother of Michael Masucci ‘89 and Peter Masucci ‘93 John E. “Jack” McWeeney, Father of John E. McWeeney, Jr. ‘73 Vincent J. Miller, Father of Vincent Miller ‘79 Olga J. Norkus, Mother of Gerard Norkus ‘66 and Donald Norkus ‘67, grandmother of Stephen Norkus ’90 and Mark Norkus ‘92
Chung Soon Fwhang O’Dwyer, Mother of Patrick O’Dwyer ‘79 and John O’Dwyer ‘90, grandmother of Timothy O’Dwyer ‘11
Mary Ellen O’Mara, Mother of William O’Mara ’77, Thomas O’Mara ’80, and Peter O’Mara ‘85
Julia D. DeFelice, Daughter of William DeFelice ‘72
George Odell Ovitt, Father of George Ovitt ‘66
Laura Deno, Mother of John Deno ‘89
Joseph V. Purpuri, Father of James Purpuri ’68 and Richard Purpuri ‘70
Mary DiChiara, Grandmother of Thomas DiChiara ’95, Joseph DiChiara
Ronald P. Riddle, Father of Craig Riddle ‘80 and Brian Riddle ‘87,
’96, Jeffrey DiChiara ’00, and Nicholas DiChiara ‘00
Thomas DiChiara, Grandfather of Thomas DiChiara ’95, Joseph DiChiara ’96, Jeffrey DiChiara ’00, and Nicholas DiChiara ‘00
Joseph Dobrowolski, Father of Chrisopher Dobrowolski ’87, father-in-
grandfather of Ryan Riddle ’08 and Connor Riddle ‘13
Francis “Frank” Sannelli, Father of Thomas Sannelli ‘72 William R. Satz, Father of Peter Satz ‘71
law of Carol Dobrowolski (faculty)
Joan Smith, Wife of Steven Smith (retired faculty)
Frank X. Doyle, Father of Frank X. Doyle, Jr. ‘73
Patricia A. Szlasa, Mother of James Szlasa ‘82
Margaret Mary Manton Dries, Mother of Brother James Dries, F.S.C.
Mathilda Tracey, Mother of Patricia Tracey (retired faculty)
John “Jack” Duggan, Father of Glen Duggan ‘89
Francis G. Trpisovsky, Father of Francis Trpsovski ‘73
Joan Elman, Mother of Grant Elman ’79 and Paul Elman ‘83
Rayomnd B. Valerio, Brother of Donald Valerio ’65 and James Valerio ‘67
Gunter F. Erbrecht, Father of John Erbrecht ‘87 R. Edward Fitton, Father of Alex Fitton ‘09
Lillian “Grace” Van Deman, Mother of John F. Van Deman ‘65
Jeanne Ganz, Mother of Gerald Ganz ‘64 (deceased) and Stephen Ganz
Vorbach ‘81 and Kelan Vorbach ‘83
‘64 (deceased)
John L. Vorbach, Father of John Vorbach ‘75, Charles Vorbach ‘77, Thomas Harry Yamka, Father of Ryan Yamka ‘93 and Kevin Yamka ‘95
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Friday – Sunday, February 4-6, 2011
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Annual Mothers’ Club Art Show and Sale Preview Reception on Friday evening
Welcome to Spring Fling, Featuring the Billy Lawlor Band Sponsored by the Alumni Association, Fathers’ Club and Mothers’ Club
Thursday, February 24, 2011 Honors Convocation
February 25 – March 5, 2011 Spring Musical: Grease
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Saturday, March 5, 2011 Alumni Mothers’ Club Craft Show
Sunday, March 6, 2011 51st Annual Father/Son Communion Breakfast
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011 Spring Concert and Grandparents’ Reception
Thursday, May 19, 2011 Class of 2011 Commencement
Friday, June 10, 2011 Alumni Association “Whackers and Hackers” Golf Outing
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Annual Mothers’ Club Retreat
2nd Annual CBA Family Barbecue for students, alumni, faculty and friends
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Annual Mother/Son Dinner
10th Annual Father/Son Golf Outing