Xavier Magazine: Spring 2017

XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL

The magazine for alumni, parents, and friends of Xavier High School

Spring 2017

SPRING 2017

FERNANDEZ-DUMINUCO HALL Commemorative Issue

SPRING 2017

Xavier High School Jack Raslowsky President Michael LiVigni Headmaster Rev. John Replogle, S.J. ’51 Assistant to the President Daniel Dougherty Executive Vice President Shawna Gallagher Vega, APR Director of Communications Editor, Xavier Magazine Contributors James Cappabianca ’05 Brian McCabe Mark Mongelluzzo Richard Nolan ’83 Thomas Nugent ’09 Helene Strong P’99 ’04 Lead Photographer Michael Marmora Contributing Photographer Ari Burling Design Erbach Communications Group How to Reach Us Xavier Magazine Xavier High School 30 West 16th Street New York, NY 10011 Email: editor@xavierhs.org Class Notes: classnotes@xavierhs.org

Xavier’s Mission

Founded in 1847, Xavier High School is an academically rigorous, Catholic, Jesuit, college preparatory school in New York City that educates intelligent, motivated young men of diverse backgrounds and means.

Xavier teaches students to take responsibility for their lives, to lead with integrity, to act justly in service of others, to pursue excellence in every endeavor and to deepen their relationship with God. Ultimately, Xavier forms young men who will go forth to transform the world for God’s greater glory.

On the Cover

Surrounded by history, students collaborate in the S/SGT John Simonetti Student Commons on the fifth floor of FernandezDuminuco Hall.

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IN THIS ISSUE 2. From the President

Jack Raslowsky on a seminal moment in Xavier history

3. News from 16th Street

The story of Fernandez-Duminuco Hall in numbers and photos

10. Realizing the Vision

A look at eight individuals who helped transform Xavier

22. The Master Plan The road to expansion

24. Teaching and Learning The people and spaces of Fernandez-Duminuco Hall

36. Back Story

Richard Nolan ’83 on the deal of a lifetime

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FROM THE PRESIDENT

The Power of Relationships Dear Parents, Friends, and Sons of Xavier: I could not be more pleased to share this magazine with you commemorating the opening of Fernandez-Duminuco Hall.

More than anything else, FernandezDuminuco Hall celebrates relationships. I wanted the building to bear the name of Mike Fernandez ’72. Mike is the lead donor for the project, and his story is the story of America: immigration, hard work, opportunity, quality education, service, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a deep belief in American values. Mike wanted the building named after his headmaster and mentor, Vincent Duminuco, S.J.† We agreed to compromise, and I’m so glad we did.

The building stands as a testament to the power of relationships, and relationships are the foundation of Jesuit education. The building honors the relationship between a young Cuban-American immigrant and his Italian-American headmaster, and it lifts up their conversations through the years as inspiration for others. Conversations about integrity, honesty, and hard work.

Conversations about the values important to live a good life, and a life that does good. Fernandez-Duminuco Hall stands in tribute to countless relationships forged at Xavier over the past 170 years on the Lower East Side, on 16th Street, at Bear Mountain, Monroe, Manresa, and countless other places; between teachers and students, coaches and players, classmates, teammates, Jesuits and their lay colleagues.

Relationships between Sons of Xavier through the generations.

At the heart of the Spiritual Exercises is the relationship between the creator and the created, between God and man.

Ignatius knew that God deals directly and individually with each and every one of us— loving us, caring for us, and inviting each of us to live life in its fullness. It is an invitation to holiness. Isn’t this what the relationships of Xavier have done for each of us?

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it opened, Carmela Barbieri P’10 said to me, “It’s amazing. It is absolutely beautiful.”

Now that it is open, I am amazed each day to see how students and faculty are using the space. The Gannon STEAM Classroom is alive with activity at all hours of the day.

When classes are in session, you’ll find Mike Chiafulio teaching at one end of the room while students are working on their robotics projects at the other end. In the middle, students are fabricating items with 3D printers while others are editing their films. Next door, the S/SGT John Simonetti Student Commons is never without young men planning events or doing homework.

On the floors below you might witness a production of Our Town with professionalquality lighting and sound; the jazz band hitting all the right notes and our stateof-the-art recording studio capturing it perfectly; or a solitary student practicing the piano, writing a poem, or meeting with his advisor. Throughout the building the mobile student desks allow the classroom geography to easily change, inviting teachers to teach, and students to learn, in new ways.

The graphics celebrate our history as they link past to present, and the nooks and crannies provide space for new relationships to grow.

There is a constant energy to Fernandez-Duminuco Hall: energy generated by students and teachers engaging in dynamic learning and growth.

Energy that is, at its source, of God. For 170 years God has invited Xavier’s Sons, faculty, coaches, and families into relationship with one another: God dwells at the heart of these relationships. It was true for Mike Fernandez and Vin Duminuco, S.J., and it is true for countless others.

The relationships honored by Fernandez-Duminuco Hall will give life to a host of relationships in the years to come. Relationships that will honor Mike Fernandez and Vin Duminuco, S.J. Relationships that will honor those who came before and who will come after.

Relationships that have and will transform the world for God’s greater glory.

Enjoy this magazine and its celebration of Xavier. It comes to you with my deep gratitude for your support of Xavier; for the leadership of Rich Nolan ’83; for the trustees who dared to dream big; for the donors who believed in those dreams; and for the faculty members, architects, and engineers who collaborated with so many others on the design and building of Fernandez-Duminuco Hall.

May we always “stand so all the world can see.” Be assured of my prayers.

Jack Raslowsky President

NEWS FROM 16TH STREET

A NEW XAVIER

RISES

When the College of St. Francis Xavier moved to its permanent home in Chelsea in the fall of 1850, few could have envisioned the Xavier of 2017. The neighborhood was rural. Farms and shade trees dotted the landscape.

Fast forward 167 years to a city bursting with 8.5 million people—a city where the only room to build is skyward, making the air itself valuable real estate. On West 15th and 16th Streets between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, Xavier remains a stalwart of Catholic, Jesuit education in great part because of its responsiveness and flexibility in the face of seismic change.

This is the story of FernandezDuminuco Hall. May she serve us well for another 167 years.

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FERNANDEZ-DUMINUCO HALL

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“Everything we do is for the students we serve, and that is the bottom line. I think Fernandez-Duminuco Hall realizes that mission.”

James Cappabianca ’05 Special Assistant to the President and Executive Vice President; Member of the Fernandez-Duminuco Hall Project Management Team

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years of planning and construction

James Keenan, S.J., with the cast of Our Town on opening night in Keenan Commons.

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classrooms

“The building is simply beautiful. It will provide amazing opportunities for Xavier students.”

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Carmela Barbieri P’10 School Receptionist

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“A key part of the FernandezDuminuco Hall project was designing an infrastructure that supports anything students and teachers want to do. The possibilities are limitless.”

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“ What a spectacular addition to Xavier High School! F-D Hall offers more space for each student and faculty member to explore and experiment with new ideas, methods, and activities. The S/SGT John Simonetti Student Commons in particular provides a unique area designed for clubs to hold meetings, give presentations, and perform activities for the entire community to see and enjoy.”

Alicia Psillos Director of Student Activities

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square feet of air rights sold

“ When I first entered the new building during senior orientation, I was amazed.

What struck me most was not necessarily the architecture of the building, but what the building represented. Through the pictures and simply the atmosphere, F-D Hall represents the ideals that Xavier is all about.”

Connor Buckley ’17

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History teacher and head football coach Chris Stevens ’83, a member of the F-D Hall graphic design committee

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“It was definitely a pleasure to be a senior at the commencement of Fernandez-Duminuco Hall. The new rooms and new technologies have increased participation in a lot of extracurricular activities, including theater.

I love that we’re able to grow in the Xavier Dramatics Society as we utilize this space.”

Harrison O’Callaghan ’17

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The Dedication September 15, 2016

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1. Bishop John O’Hara, Vicar for Lower Manhattan and Staten Island, at the Dedication Mass. 2. Michael LiVigni, Xavier’s 54th headmaster, welcomes guests to the dedication. 3. Frank Leahy P’10 with Giuseppe Ianni ’88. 4. Peter Seccia ’85, Jack Raslowsky, and Rich Nolan ’83. 5. Students watch the dedication ceremony in Keenan Commons of Fernandez-Duminuco Hall. 6. Board chair John Meditz ’66 with Irma Rodriguez. 7.

Hon. Ed McLaughlin ’63 and the Very Rev. John Cecero, S.J., Provincial of the USA Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus.

8. Gene Rainis ’58, Tom Keaveney ’63, and Tom Lavin ’67. 9. Bridget Mahoney, Ellen Colwell, and Mike Benigno ’00. 10.

Vincent Balardi ’80, Vin Handal ’80, Rev. James Keenan, S.J., Michael Barbieri ’80 P’10, and Carmela Barbieri P’10. 11. Tom Powers P’82, Mary Powers P’82, Margaret Conniff P’83 ’84, and Tom Conniff ’52 P’83 ’84. 12. Michael Tierney ’69 and Jennifer Mussi Nolan, Ph.D. 13. Bishop John O'Hara and his concelebrants at the Dedication Mass.

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REALIZING THE VISION

With its clean lines and modern aesthetic, the 15th Street entrance to Fernandez-Duminuco Hall symbolizes the forward movement of a historic institution.

So too do the people who made it happen—from Vincent Duminuco, S.J., to the loyal Sons of Xavier who gave generously to turn dreams of expansion into reality.

We are deeply grateful to them all.

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Main: Students walk past a Lynch Building image of Vincent Duminuco, S.J., left, leading Pedro Arrupe, S.J. into the Church of St. Francis Xavier for a Mass celebrating Xavier's 125th anniversary in 1972. Inset: Duminuco with a student in the early 1970s; with Moynahan Award winner Thomas Masterson ’73 and President Bill Wood, S.J. in 1973; and in his 1972 yearbook photo.

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Vincent Duminuco, S.J.†

By Shawna Gallagher Vega

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hen Vincent Duminuco, S.J.† arrived at Xavier in 1969, the intense, intellectual 35-year-old had just earned his doctorate in education, summa cum laude, from Stanford University. The Bronx-born son of a plasterer and a homemaker, he knew first-hand the transformative power of education—especially a Jesuit one.

A Fordham Prep grad, Fr. Duminuco entered the Society of Jesus in 1951 and continued his studies at Woodstock College, Fordham University, and under the palm trees of Palo Alto at Stanford. His education catapulted him from East 183rd Street to Rome as he emerged as one of the world’s foremost Jesuit thinkers and educators.

As Xavier’s 45th headmaster, the Jesuit Secondary Education Association’s second president, and later as Secretary of Education for the Society of Jesus, he left a lasting mark on Ignatian pedagogy and generations of students.

One of those students was Mike Fernandez ’72—“at best a C student” at Xavier, by his own recollection. A recent immigrant from Cuba at the time, Fernandez worked two jobs in order to pay half of his high school tuition. (His father paid the other half, having dismissed a scholarship offered to his son, saying the boy hadn’t earned it.) More than once, Xavier administrators suggested he apply to another school, but he held on, and Fr. Duminuco took notice. He asked the young man to come see him after school one day. It became a daily ritual, but the subject matter wasn’t what Fernandez expected.

“What he talked about was ethics, honesty, integrity, caring for others, humility, gratitude,” he recalled. “Those are the things that really define who you are in the long term.”

Fernandez went on to achieve enormous success in the healthcare industry, always with Fr. Duminuco’s lessons in mind.

In recent years, he has contributed more than $100 million to healthcare and education initiatives, including a seven-figure leadership gift to Fernandez-Duminuco Hall. All proceeds from his autobiography, Humbled by the Journey, benefited early childhood education in his adopted home of Miami.

A card tucked inside the front cover of Fernandez’s book paid tribute to his former headmaster, whose photo he keeps in his office. “At Xavier, I met Father Vincent Duminuco. Next to my parents, there was not a better role model,” the card read. “I became who I am because of the Jesuit principles I learned at Xavier.”

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fter his five-year tenure as Xavier’s headmaster, Fr. Duminuco took his considerable talents to the Jesuit Conference. In 1977, he became president of the Jesuit Secondary Education Association (now the Jesuit Schools Network),

transforming it into a vibrant organization of Jesuit high schools during his nine years at the helm. He inspired the 1980 writing of the Profile of the Jesuit High School Graduate at Graduation (colloquially known as “the Grad at Grad”), which described the ideal product of a Jesuit education as being open to growth, intellectually competent, religious, loving, and committed to doing justice.

That same year, Pedro Arrupe, S.J., 28th Superior General of the Society of Jesus, called 20 Jesuits to Rome to discuss the future of Jesuit education. Fr. Duminuco was one of the 20. He was ultimately asked to chair a commission that produced The Characteristics of Jesuit Education, signed in 1986 by Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., the 29th Superior General. “Ignatian Pedagogy: A Practical Approach” followed in 1993 with a foreword from Fr. Duminuco, who was by then the Society’s Secretary of Education.

“Those documents created a unified school system,” said Headmaster Michael LiVigni, who studied under Fr. Duminuco while pursuing a master’s degree at Fordham University. “We borrow ideas from each other. We have a common ideology when it comes to teaching. You don’t see that in other schools.”

LiVigni, who remembers his predecessor as a “challenging teacher,” said his influence on Xavier history is profound. “Vin made a real push for the sciences, for mathematics. He felt students should have responsibility and ownership over their own education. Things that our students couldn’t go without today were put into place by him. And he was a real advocate for the Grad at Grad. He felt there should be a different standard for a graduate of a Jesuit school.”

Fr. Duminuco gave faculty a similar sense of ownership over their work. “He put life into the faculty cabinet,” recalled James Keenan, S.J., Fr. Duminuco’s assistant headmaster and successor. “He made it more of a decision-making and consultation body. And he was very present at games and activities for the kids.”

In the last decade of his life, Fr. Duminuco returned to the Bronx, teaching at Fordham and serving as rector of the Fordham Jesuit Community. His connection to 16th Street remained strong.

During a 2002 tour of Ireland with Fordham’s Graduate School of Education, he learned that LiVigni, also on the trip, was a young teacher at Xavier. As students and professors sang songs on a bus ride from Belfast to Dublin, Fr. Duminuco asked him if he knew “Sons of Xavier.” But LiVigni was so new to Xavier that he didn’t know the lyrics.

“He was almost enraged,” he remembered with a laugh. “He sat down next to me and made me learn the words right then and there.

It’s my favorite memory of him. He loved Xavier.”

Shawna Gallagher Vega is Xavier’s Director of Communications. She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Boston College.

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Mike Fernandez ’72

By Shawna Gallagher Vega When Mike Fernandez ’72 first entered the completed Fernandez-Duminuco Hall, his late mentor’s memory followed close behind.

“Hi, I’m Mike,” he said, hand outstretched, as he introduced himself to every nearby student, teacher, and staff member. At a luncheon with student leaders, he walked from table to table, speaking to each young man personally. In the building that bears his name, it was more important for him to bear the values instilled in him by Vincent Duminuco, S.J.† “The Jesuit motto of ‘men for others’ is a beautiful thing, and it has a beautiful meaning behind it,” Fernandez said. “Not only the words are important. Fr. Duminuco taught me about loyalty and integrity, about love and caring. I make it a point to meet people, to extend my hand, and I teach that to my children, too. The key word is action.”

On the late October day he was inducted into the Xavier Hall of Fame, Fernandez addressed the Class of 2017 in Fernandez-Duminuco Hall’s Keenan Commons.

He also toured the six-story building, taking a genuine interest in classes and activities.

“You don’t have to look at the building. All you need to look at are the faces,” he said. “And the faces give you the answer you’re looking for. The kids lit up in the classes. It didn’t matter if it was the music class or the technology class or the math class, they were empowered by the tools that they now have access to.

That empowerment and their vision will help them contribute to society.”

Contributing to society, after all, was exactly what

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Fr. Duminuco expected of him. Xavier’s 45th headmaster would come to see his vision realized.

In 2000, Fernandez’s son, Alex, graduated from Miami’s Belen Jesuit Preparatory School. As fate would have it, the keynote speaker at Alex’s graduation was Fr. Duminuco, who before the ceremony had admired Belen’s Michael B. Fernandez and Family Main Building.

Afterward, Fernandez approached Fr. Duminuco for the first time in 28 years. “You validated everything I thought about you when I saw your name over the school’s administrative building,” Fr. Duminuco told him.

“You did what I thought you could do.”

They kept in touch until Fr. Duminuco’s passing in 2008, when the priest gave his former student one final challenge. Shortly before he died, he sent him a box containing his crucifix and a note. “If this was homework, I wouldn’t be asking you to do it, but this is a mission, and I know you can do it,” he wrote. “Would you take my crucifix to my home in Loyola?”

In the end, Mike Fernandez completed the mission.

During one of his journeys along the Camino de Santiago, the pilgrimage from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, he walked 100 miles out of his way to the Basque birthplace of St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus. He spent a weekend there, attended Mass with the Jesuits, and left his mentor’s crucifix in its rightful home.

Xavier’s expansion, another mission, is now complete, but Fernandez wastes no time on self-congratulations.

“I would imagine that Fr. Duminuco would say, ‘It’s done. Why are you dwelling on it?’” he said with a laugh.

“He would say, ‘Move on. What do we do next?’”

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John Meditz ’66

By Shawna Gallagher Vega Step into Keenan Commons, the soaring, two-story multi-use space that will play host to theater productions, special events, and assemblies for generations, and one instantly feels the historic nature of Xavier’s 15th Street expansion.

As chairman of Xavier’s Board of Trustees and the school’s most generous lifetime giver, John Meditz ’66 has long supported efforts to increase the endowment, enhance financial aid, and revitalize the physical plant. In 2005, the Meditz Family Library was named in recognition of his seven-figure gift to the project, a hallmark of the Stand So All the World Can See capital campaign he co-chaired with Daniel Denihan ’65, Gene Rainis ’58, and Fred Salerno ’61.

With his seven-figure leadership gift to the Fernandez-Duminuco Hall effort, Meditz once again earned naming rights for a show-stopping space. But in a building that memorializes a former headmaster, he felt it imperative to honor someone who had been influential in his own life— James Keenan, S.J., Meditz’s sophomore year homeroom teacher, who went on to serve as a beloved Xavier headmaster and president. “It seemed eminently appropriate, both because of my own personal feelings toward Fr. Keenan and for all that he’s done for Xavier, to name the space after him,” he reflected.

In fact, Meditz credits Fr. Keenan with helping him re-engage with Xavier as a young alumnus. Motivated by his own personal mission to keep Xavier accessible to every qualified student, Meditz joined the Xavier Finance Committee in 1991 and the Board of Trustees in 1993. He also serves on the Board of Trustees at Fairfield University, his collegiate alma mater, where he established a scholarship fund for students with high demonstrated financial need. Preference for that scholarship, unsurprisingly, is given to students from Xavier.

“Xavier was an inspirational place. I give in recognition of the excellent education I received. I think all graduates should,” said Meditz, who was inducted into the Xavier Hall of Fame in 2008. “My ongoing association with the school shows me that the mission continues to be well-executed, and my donations are put to very valuable use.”

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Daniel Denihan ’65

By Shawna Gallagher Vega When it became clear that selling Xavier’s air rights could have a transformative impact on the school, Xavier Hall of Famer and longtime trustee Daniel Denihan ’65 argued passionately for the construction of a new building in meetings of the Board and the 15th Street Task Force.

“I have always been intrigued by the fact that in New York City, you can actually buy and sell air,” Denihan, the Board’s vice chair, said at the September 15 dedication. “We had air rights, Alchemy had the need, we seized the opportunity, and this was, in our belief, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I believe Fernandez-Duminuco Hall is a watershed moment in the history of Xavier.”

Denihan later extolled the incredible effects the expansion will have on a Xavier education.

“It’s going to ensure sustainable academic excellence for Xavier for years and years to come.

It’s going to attract quality students and retain outstanding faculty,” he told Xavier Magazine.

“Every once in a while, you need an infusion.

You need a change. I understand that now, seeing this building completed.”

When Denihan learned that FernandezDuminuco Hall’s multi-use space would be named Keenan Commons, it inspired him to increase the size of what was already a six-figure leadership gift. “I met Fr. Jim in 1963. I was a sophomore and he was a rookie scholastic,” Denihan recalled. “He has been such a good friend to me, my family, and my extended family for over 50 years. He married Kathleen and I. He baptized my five children, buried my relatives. He is the greatest example of selflessness and the greatest example of the Ignatian ideal of men for others. He is always doing something for somebody else. Naming Keenan Commons for him is so appropriate, and I wanted to make a contribution in his name.”

“I feel proud and personally moved to have been a part of this effort,” Denihan continued. “I enjoyed the journey because we had so many talented professionals connected to Xavier on the Board, the Plant Committee, and the task forces. And I love the result.”

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Paul Gannon ’75

By Thomas Nugent ’09 At the beginning of the school year, students were treated to many surprises as they explored the classrooms and corridors of Fernandez-Duminuco Hall. The entire building has added much to the life and mission of the school, but one particular room may be its crowning jewel—the Gannon STEAM Classroom, a multi-purpose space made possible by the generosity of Paul Gannon ’75 and his wife, Patty.

The Gannons’ support for the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) classroom was long in the making—in fact, his own fond memories of his time at Xavier helped form it. “Xavier was a formative time of life for me, as it has the opportunity to be for many. Xavier reinforced in me the principles of giving back, of being men for others,” he said. “These ideas start at home but were reinforced at Xavier.”

“I always recalled the impact that Xavier had in my life,” he said. “At some point, Jack [Raslowsky] came to see me while he was in Boston, and I told him when the time comes and he had a meaningful project he wanted help on, that I would be there to support it.” After a few years, Gannon said, the time came, and Raslowsky approached him with the idea of a STEAM classroom to be built in the new Fernandez-Duminuco Hall. “I was impressed with the cleverness of the deal, selling the air rights, and the unique chance to tack on contiguous space. It was an extraordinary opportunity. It was the time to be supportive of an important initiative at Xavier.”

That initiative has resulted in a space with incredible opportunities that did not exist before for Xavier students. The STEAM classroom contains cutting-edge equipment for a wide range of educational endeavors in robotics, coding, engineering, and filmmaking, among a host of others.

“It seemed like a wonderful opportunity to help underwrite a part of the curriculum that is really important. If only 10% of students end up pursuing higher education or a career in the sciences who wouldn’t have had that opportunity before, it will have been worth it,” Gannon said.

Complementing the STEAM classroom are curricular changes at Xavier that put a higher focus on technical skills and fields. For the first time ever, all freshmen take a semester of computer science.

Those who decide to further their education in those areas have expanded options in computer technology, with courses available in Web Programming and Design and Advanced Computer Applications, along with mainstay technology courses in Robotics and Moviemaking and Editing.

Gannon said his appreciation for Xavier and his hopes for the future of the school were encapsulated at the dedication of Fernandez-Duminuco Hall. “The component of Xavier’s mission of pursuing excellence in everything you do was well manifested that evening. It is a core value that is very important to instill in young people,” he said. And like all new additions to the school, the Gannon STEAM Classroom doesn’t change what Xavier is; it only enhances the ways in which mission becomes action.

A graduate of SUNY Geneseo, Thomas Nugent ’09 works in Xavier’s Advancement Office. He attends Fordham University School of Law.

Bob Robotti ’71

By Mark Mongelluzzo Bob Robotti ’71 is a man who understands gratitude and appreciates the people and places that have shaped his life. Growing up in the Ravenswood section of Queens, he was the third of four children behind his sisters, Barbara and Jackie, and ahead of his brother, Larry.

The Robotti family lived with four generations sharing one apartment above a dry goods store his grandmother operated. Today, Robotti and his wife, Su, live on the Upper West Side, and his small hedge fund has a track record for tremendous success. A small-cap value expert, he has a knack for eyeing what others might not readily see and making the most of it, and he shares his expertise within the investment industry as a frequent lecturer at professional conferences all over the world.

“Xavier captured an asset and converted it into something tangible that is world-class and makes a difference in the education of young men.​“ The imprint of Robotti’s generosity is felt across New York City. From Long Island City’s Variety Boys and Girls Club (which honored him in 2015 for his longtime support) to Dominican Academy on the Upper East Side (where the Barbara Robotti Murray Science Center and the Mandarin program are a tribute to his late older sister) and here at Xavier, his generosity has had a tremendous impact upon the schools and organizations that have formed him. A former trustee and longtime member of the Xavier Finance Committee, Robotti seized the opportunity to provide financial support to the FernandezDuminuco Hall project on 15th Street.

“Everyone has a number of opportunities to benefit,” said Robotti, who was inducted into the Xavier Hall of Fame on October 28. “The question is how to maximize those opportunities, and the transfer of air rights for Xavier in the middle of 15th Street is a once-in-a-lifetime deal that helps to rejuvenate the school.”

“Xavier captured an asset and converted it into something tangible that is world-class and makes a difference in the education of young men,” he continued. “I was happy to be a part of this project as a way to express my gratitude for everything the Xavier community—my classmates, fellow trustees, Jesuits like Fr. Jim Keenan—have done for me and continue to do for me. I hope Xavier continues to flourish for generations to come.”

Mark Mongelluzzo is Xavier’s Director of Development. A graduate of Yale University and Boston University School of Law, he arrived at Xavier in 2008.

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Paul Enright ’91

By Shawna Gallagher Vega A hedge fund career brought Paul Enright ’91 outsized success at a young age, but he’ll be the first to tell you that Xavier equipped him with the tools he needed to succeed.

“Xavier influenced me in so many ways. It tested me and challenged me in the commute, in the classroom, and on the basketball court,” the Brooklyn native said. “My parents sacrificed a lot for me to go here. I know the kind of student who goes to Xavier, and I want to help make sure they can continue to come here and experience what I did.”

Enright’s generosity to his alma mater dates back to the late 1990s, when he began to contribute to Xavier as a young graduate of the College of the Holy Cross. In 2011, he joined the Board of Trustees, energized by the idea of expansion on 15th Street—especially one led by Xavier President Jack Raslowsky.

“He has been an outstanding leader, and I wanted to follow that lead and support him and the project in any way I could,” Enright said. “It’s also been exciting for me to think about existing and future Xavier students getting the benefit of the Xavier mission and culture with a much-improved physical space and academic curriculum. My hope is that they will get the best of both worlds—a great education in how to become a man for others as well as a great academic education.”

With his leadership gift to Fernandez-Duminuco Hall, Enright has had a historic impact on countless young Sons of Xavier. But in his words, he is just one of many loyal Sons, and he’s grateful for his ability to help.

“Xavier alums are loyal to one another, first and foremost, because no matter what career path anyone from Xavier takes, once you leave Xavier you do so with a certain level of character and integrity that is in no small part thanks to the time we all spent on 16th Street,” he said. “We are loyal because we want to relive those experiences as much as we can, ensure future generations can experience it as well, and really, nobody keeps you grounded and reminded of what is important in life like a group of Xavier guys.”

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Fred Salerno ’61

By Shawna Gallagher Vega Xavier students materialize in and around the S/SGT John Simonetti Student Commons throughout the school day, studying, talking, and collaborating on projects. A website detailing Simonetti’s story, www.staffsgtjohnsimonetti.com, has been unveiled, giving further life to the memory of a man who perished in St. Germain d’Elle, France, on June 16, 1944.

Just 26 when he was killed by a German sniper’s bullet during World War II, Simonetti never had the opportunity to know his nephew, Fred Salerno ’61, who was a year old when his uncle died. But his memory loomed large in young Salerno’s life, from the photos of him that decorated the Queens home he shared with three generations of his family, to the rosaries he and his family offered for Simonetti’s soul—to Xavier itself.

“My mother and my grandmother were so proud that I went to this military high school,” Salerno recalled. “In those days, extended families lived together and pooled their meager resources just to survive, so to have their child go to Xavier was something very special. And there’s no doubt that the Jesuit education I received here was a turning point in my life.”

In the 56 years since his graduation, Salerno has repaid his alma mater with extraordinary commitment, from his service as a trustee to his leadership of the Stand So All the World Can See capital campaign in the early 2000s. When the opportunity to support Fernandez-Duminuco Hall came around, Salerno felt compelled to honor Xavier while also memorializing his mother’s younger brother, whose remains had only recently been found.

“Supporting the Fernandez-Duminuco Hall effort was a win-win for me,” Salerno said. “I had an opportunity to give back to Xavier and create an ideal location for a memorial to my uncle.”

In 2009, a construction crew discovered Simonetti’s dog-tagged skeleton in St. Germain d’Elle, 15 years after Salerno himself toured the town. At the end of his trip, he left his business card with a farmer’s wife and wrote the name “Simonetti” on the back, setting in motion an incredible series of events that finally carried his uncle home to rest.

With more than 100 family members looking on, the young soldier was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in 2010, 66 years after his death. The late Cardinal Edward Egan, a family friend, celebrated his funeral Mass and presided at graveside. Now, seven years later, Xavier’s Simonetti Student Commons ensures that his memory lives on.

“Establishing the memorial can never erase the tragedy of losing John,” Salerno said, “but the chance to showcase the life and honor the sacrifice of an American hero at such a wonderful place as Xavier is something for which I am exceedingly grateful.”

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THE MASTER PLAN

“Fernandez-Duminuco Hall came from deliberateness—a willingness to be bold, to take good risks.”

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By Shawna Gallagher Vega Fernandez-Duminuco Hall is a testament to creativity, and not only in its state-of-the-art classrooms. In New York City, where all real estate transactions seem to be fraught with complications, it had to be. It is also a testament to loyalty—to Sons and friends of Xavier committed to seeing a complex deal through, to expanding and improving a historic institution to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

At the height of the real estate boom in the early 2000s, Xavier agreed to sell its unused air rights to Tishman Hotel & Realty LP (which planned to build a hotel on the site of a union hall on 15th Street) in return for a $20 million infusion into its endowment. But in 2008, as the Great Recession shattered Wall Street and Main Street alike, the deal collapsed.

“There was a great deal of disappointment,” recalled Richard Nolan ’83, then the chair of the Board of Trustees.

“But I very clearly remember that we transitioned pretty quickly from a level of disappointment to strategizing about next steps.”

That December, Nolan attended the traditional Christmas at Xavier festivities. By the afternoon, he and Xavier’s then-President, Daniel J. Gatti, S.J. ’59, were on a conference call with the school’s attorney discussing options to restructure a deal. “It was at the next meeting of the Board that we created the Union Building Task Force, which we gave the responsibility of doing everything possible to implement a new transaction,” Nolan said.

“The frustration with the first transaction motivated a boldness, an aggressiveness on the part of the Board to create a new opportunity. There was a sense of urgency,” he added.

“We couldn’t afford to hope to be lucky. We had to create our own luck. There was a narrow window of opportunity, and if we didn’t seize it, we would have to live with that.”

In the end, Xavier partnered with Alchemy Properties to structure what The Wall Street Journal called “an unusual real estate gambit.” Xavier sold Alchemy its air rights, funding the cost of a new six-story wing to be located within Alchemy’s new luxury condominium on 15th Street, 35XV. It was a win-win for both parties; with a school at the base of the building, Alchemy qualified for a “community-use” zoning bonus to build a larger structure.

“Fernandez-Duminuco Hall came from deliberateness—a willingness to be bold, to take good risks,” said Jack Raslowsky, who became Xavier’s President in 2009.

Presented with a historic opportunity to add contiguous space to the school’s campus, Xavier’s administration and Board of Trustees acted with the same deliberateness. They sought—and genuinely welcomed—input from teachers and students alike, leading to a master plan that not only set goals for expansion but also aimed to renew existing spaces on 16th Street. A renovated student chapel, a larger home for the Regiment, and expanded space for the school nurse have already resulted; in the coming years, other spaces will be refreshed, including the Arrupe Library and the surrounding rooms that were once part of the Xavier Jesuit Community.

“Our master planning process was very much an Ignatian way of proceeding, based on reflection and action,” said Executive Vice President Daniel Dougherty. “That’s why it’s been successful.

Xavier is committed to bringing life to its mission and history in a way that is relevant to our students and the modern world.”

“The boldness and creativity that brought Fernandez-Duminuco Hall to life will continue to inspire everything we do,” Raslowsky added. “And there is much more work to be done.”

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TEACHING AND LEARNING

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Like all great academic buildings, Fernandez-Duminuco Hall is alive with activity from early dawn until well after dusk. Students build high-tech robots in the Gannon STEAM Classroom while others study or collaborate on projects in the S/SGT John Simonetti Student Commons. Members of the Xavier Dramatics Society rehearse for their latest production in Keenan Commons. Teachers use extraordinary classroom technology, flexible furniture, and soaring views of the surrounding city as they inspire students to greater knowledge. This communal work is a testament to the love and loyalty that has sustained Xavier for generations.

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“ Inspire Wonder A CLASSROOM CAN STILL

By Brian McCabe

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gnatian spirituality and pedagogy underpin Xavier’s educational philosophy and permeate the teaching and learning that happen here.

We embrace a growth mindset that calls us to view success as a gift available to the willing, the disciplined, the passionate, and the faithful. Xavier teaches young men to welcome constructive criticism because we want our students to emerge from Xavier confident in their ability to meet any challenge. Fernandez-Duminuco Hall energizes our commitment to these standards of excellence and deepens our ability to teach students how to engage in God’s work through every endeavor, now and in an unscripted future.

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lassrooms are at the heart of the relationships between students and their teachers. They are the primary places where bonds develop, risks are taken, effort is rewarded, correction is given, knowledge is shared, and seeds are lovingly planted for future growth. Therefore, an intentional effort was made to build an attitude of openness, collaboration, and creativity into the structure of FernandezDuminuco Hall. It is a unique setting for the dynamic of personal care for the individual—which unites and defines Jesuit schools—to play out in bold new ways.

With glass doors and walls, the learning process is visible and interconnected with the surrounding environment. The relationships formed between students and their teachers are on display to energize the entire school community.

“I am often inspired by the intellectual activity that I see taking place through the glass doorways of the other classes,” said history teacher James Costa ’02. “I hope that those looking in on my class are equally encouraged to embark on new educational adventures.”

All rooms in Fernandez-Duminuco Hall are outfitted with mobile furniture, so seating can be arranged and rearranged effortlessly. This makes it easier for teachers to incorporate a variety of instructional strategies, to support diverse learning styles, and to engage more

students in active participation. The personal surface on each desk swivels so that books, laptops, and other resources remain at students’ fingertips as they transition in and out of collaborative work or shift their focus to classmates presenting information in different spots around the room. This design feature results in a dynamic environment where teachers are less confined to the front of the classroom and enhanced lesson plans can be implemented more effectively.

The classrooms are designed to be places where creative ideas can be put into action. Magnetic whiteboards and pinboards cover the majority of classroom walls, state-of-the-art technology is woven throughout the building, and oversized windows provide tremendous natural light and a connection to the energized city all around us. Classrooms are not just visually compelling; they are performance-oriented and highly functional. The magnetic whiteboard and pinboard space allows students to display content in a gallery fashion. Groups are asked to think out loud and visually represent brainstorming, which drives responses to the shared content from other groups.

Authentic teamwork results as students take ownership of their learning and generate ideas, big and small.

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hree particular classroom spaces in FernandezDuminuco Hall offer enhanced features. The fifth-floor Gannon STEAM Classroom is a home for project-based learning. The double-sized space allows students to work creatively with technology and learn from one another as information is shared and ideas pop. The overhead camera at the robotics table can stream to TVs and projectors around the room, maximizing engagement and excitement.

“The space is alive with creativity and production,” said computer science and technology department chair Michael Chiafulio. “The lab is a sharp knife that these boys are using to carve out their technological and creative futures.”

Technology interconnects the second-floor music

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Technology interconnects the secondfloor music suite, with a control room that can record and mix sound from the main band room, four small practice rooms, and a large ensemble room.

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suite in a similar fashion. Surrounding the main band room are four small practice rooms and a large ensemble room.

These spaces are available throughout the day for students to rehearse individually or with a group. The control room can record and mix sound from all of those locations, while video is streamed to the flat-panel TV located on the wall above the soundboard.

Four stories above the music suite, the Super Classroom contains configurable tables, mobile chairs, and laptops to foster productive group work. In addition to the ceiling-mounted projector, four flat-panel TVs open up possibilities for students to use technology to display their work in innovative ways. These thoughtful features invite our entire school community, adults and students alike, to imagine new possibilities for teaching and learning.

Perhaps Peter Quartuccio ’02, a member of Xavier’s English Department, said it best. “Exposed as we are to the limitlessness that constitutes our world, it’s nice to know a classroom can still inspire wonder.”

The heritage of Xavier and the vision of Ignatian spirituality invite us to be open to possibilities and attentive to where God is calling us as individuals and as a school community. Colloquia and conferences sponsored by the Jesuit Schools Network and the USA Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus have invited us to consider the new ways our students are engaged with the world—and how Jesuit educators can adapt to these changes. The Profile of the Jesuit High School Graduate at Graduation lists being “open to growth” as the first of the characteristics the product of a Jesuit education should have. FernandezDuminuco Hall is a testament to how well these goals are being realized on 16th Street. Every aspect of this new educational building embodies the best of Xavier’s educational values in spaces equipped to help students meet the challenges of the modern world.

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ur world changes at a rapid pace. This was the case when Xavier opened its doors in 1847, and it still rings true today. For this reason, Xavier teaches students to be adaptable, lifelong learners who take action. We want our young men to possess the creative capacity to assimilate newly acquired knowledge into practices that address the challenges of the world around them. The addition of Fernandez-Duminuco Hall ensures that an emphasis on this type of creative intelligence will continue to inspire Xavier students for generations to come.

Brian McCabe is Xavier’s Dean of Faculty. A graduate of Saint Peter’s Prep, he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Saint Peter’s University. He arrived at Xavier in 2006 as Director of the Higher Achievement Program and Dean of Students.

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A LIVING, BREATHING

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standing-room-only crowd greeted the cast of Our Town on the show’s opening night in December—a hallmark occasion for theater at Xavier. For the first time, members of the Xavier Dramatics Society (XDS) practiced their craft in Keenan Commons, a two-story, multi-use space featuring a custom-built stage and theater curtains and state-of-theart sound and lighting systems. Theatergoers were transported from a customary high school production to something more akin to the

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Great White Way as James Keenan, S.J., himself sat in the crowd.

“The new space definitely allowed for the focus to be on the actors rather than the production,” said Harrison O’Callaghan ’17, who played the lead role of the Stage Manager. “And the sound was so much better because Keenan Commons was actually built for the acoustics of having a show.”

The spacious backstage was built specifically for thespians, too, with a small television broadcasting the actors on stage to those waiting in the wings. The area plays an important role for acting

art classes as well, with a special accordion-style “garage door” that closes the proscenium off from the rest of Keenan Commons so the many students who gather there to study are not disturbed.

“It feels like we have much more of a concrete home now,” said XDS president Billy Feerick ’17, who played the role of Charles Webb. “We’ve been lucky to have the new building. Before, we were practicing in classrooms and performing in communal spaces like the gym.”

Eli Schuchert ’18, who played Dr. Frank Gibbs in Our Town, sees even more opportunities for growth. “I’m looking forward

to seeing how we can utilize the space around the stage and incorporate parts of the sets in new ways.”

“Theater is a living, breathing art and now that we have this space it can truly grow, not just metaphorically, but quite literally,” said the play’s director, drama teacher Nicole DiMarco. She hopes visiting artists, greater alumni involvement, and partnerships with professional theater companies will maximize the opportunities presented in Keenan Commons.

“The possibilities are truly endless.”

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TEACHING AND LEARNING

Creating the Wow Factor

By Shawna Gallagher Vega Four years ago, when designs for Fernandez-Duminuco Hall were nearing completion, Michael Chiafulio walked into Jack Raslowsky’s office with an idea.

“We need a wow space,” he said simply.

“Now he wants a wow space?”

Raslowsky remembers thinking, but he asked Chiafulio to come back with a detailed design. Thus the Gannon STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) Classroom was born.

Chiafulio’s plans were ambitious, to say the least. The vast teaching space would be equipped with 3D printers, power PCs, power laptops, and special software to support existing technology classes and inspire new ones. Drones and green screens would be available to elevate student filmmaking projects. Half of the double-sized room would be dedicated to robotics, with programmable microcontrollers and high-end sensors on hand to challenge and improve student creations.

In September, Chiafulio’s design became reality. “When I pitched that we needed a wow space in the new building that would allow technology education to flourish, I never dreamed that I would have the opportunity to design the space, too,” he said. “Now that I’m actually teaching in that space—it’s a dream come true.”

“It’s stunning. That’s really the only word I can use to describe it,” added Matthew Miani ’17. “Having all this creative power in one space—it feels like a different place, but it’s still Xavier.”

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Music Takes Flight

By Shawna Gallagher Vega “Very few, if any, high schools outside schools of the performing arts have a space like this,” said music industry professional Rob Harari, a Stevens Institute of Technology professor who consulted on Fernandez-Duminuco Hall’s second-floor music wing. “Students at Xavier get the same tools the professionals get. They hear as a professional would hear, and they learn what to do to achieve that.”

Harari and his partner, Steve Vavagiakis, designed every aspect of the music suite with critical listening, student learning, and effective teaching in mind. A band room, ensemble room, and private practice rooms ensure sufficient space for music learners of all levels, while a soundproof recording studio provides unparalleled production opportunities and an appreciation for the science involved in music creation. Acoustical treatment throughout the suite ensures integrity of sound, allowing students to develop an ear for quality.

“It’s important,” Harari said. “If you don’t have the critical listening skills to appreciate what great sound should be, you don’t know how to aspire to it.”

“Xavier’s music program has been truly fortunate to receive such an incredible space. Students are recognizing and taking advantage of that,” said Will Shelton ’19. “The ensemble room is amazing, with a much larger practice space, its own bass and guitar amplifier set, a drum set, and a Fender Rhodes keyboard. Jam sessions are common occurrences throughout the day, and it feels incredible to be part of one. Whether it’s before class, during lunch, or even after school, I take every possible opportunity to go play music with a friend, and I’m a far better musician because of it.”

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Living History

By Shawna Gallagher Vega Fernandez-Duminuco Hall is Xavier’s first expansion since 1965— modern and forward-thinking, eyes set firmly on the future. But it wouldn’t be Xavier without tradition, a sense of history, and pride of place for the Sons of Xavier who made progress possible.

Over a period of months, a cross-section of teachers and administrators collaborated on the building’s graphic design installations to tell the story of Xavier’s past. The group sorted through archival photos, carefully selecting images to emphasize themes of faith, justice, love, and service. Athletic photos showcase past and recent glories. In the Lynch Building staircase that connects the new building with the old, pictures immortalize influential figures in school history.

Among them are Xavier’s first military instructor, U.S. Army Captain John Drum; fabled football coach Leo Paquin; Vincent Duminuco, S.J., with Pedro Arrupe, S.J., on 16th Street; Grace Lamour, Xavier’s first female faculty member; and legendary Dean of Students Franklin Gregory P’80 ’86 ’87.

“Xavier has such a great legacy,” said history teacher and football coach Chris Stevens ’83, a member of the graphic design committee. “It’s amazing to give the kids a sense of it.”

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BACK STORY

Sons of Xavier, Keep Marching

By Richard Nolan ’83

In December 2008, as the Great Recession took hold and the real estate market retracted, Xavier made a move to take control of its destiny. Undeterred by the collapse of an earlier deal, the Board of Trustees once again initiated efforts to structure the sale of our air rights, this time in exchange for several floors within a planned development, 35XV, on the site of our neighbor to the east on 15th Street. It was a complex transaction undertaken at a challenging time. But it presented what the Board concluded was the last opportunity Xavier would ever have to contiguously expand its physical plant.

We kept marching. Within eight years, this effort evolved from a concept to the dedication of Fernandez-Duminuco Hall.

That success was the product of hard work, sophisticated planning and design, creative financing, and a very effective collaboration—all of which reflects well upon the strength of Xavier’s governance and administration.

The various groups that participated in this collaboration are all worthy of praise. They include a very proactive, engaged Board of Trustees that embraced an ambitious strategic vision; the Jesuit Board of Members and our then-Provincial Superior, David Ciancimino, S.J. ’77, who consistently supported his alma mater throughout this project; Xavier’s President—at the very beginning, Daniel Gatti, S.J. ’59, and then, throughout the 36 XAVIER MAGAZINE

majority of the project, Jack Raslowsky; the President’s administrative team, including Executive Vice President Dan Dougherty and Headmaster Mike LiVigni; Xavier’s faculty, including the various faculty committees that worked hard on project-related planning and design; the standing committees and task forces of the Board of Trustees, particularly the Union Building Task Force, the Physical Plant Committee (which managed design and construction), and the Finance Committee, which proposed a creative and effective means of financing this project; and our professional advisors—our attorneys, designers, and construction management team. In each case, they were carefully chosen by Jack Raslowsky and various Board committees, and they served Xavier very well. We are grateful to Alchemy Properties, the developer of FernandezDuminuco Hall, with whom we enjoyed a very effective working partnership. We are also grateful to the Archdiocese of New York. Vatican approval was required for this project, and the Archdiocese supported us wholeheartedly. Finally, we are grateful to Mike Fernandez ’72 and to each of our benefactors, whose generosity to Xavier made this project possible.

Of course, all of the work, planning, design, and investment could have been undertaken with a standard, institutional school structure to show for our efforts.

What we have achieved, however, is a

Fernandez-Duminuco Hall that is creative and state-of-the-art. It is a learning space that speaks loudly of our history and tradition, our Catholic educational mission, and our Jesuit charism. It honors and memorializes some of the very special administrators, teachers, and coaches who served Xavier and taught so many for so many decades. In the color scheme, the murals, the photos, the graphics, and the memorials throughout the new building, Fernandez-Duminuco Hall proudly shouts “Xavier.” While all collaborators on this project agreed upon a vision for FernandezDuminuco Hall that included these features, it was Jack Raslowsky, his administrative team, and the faculty who brought this important part of the vision to realization.

Xavier is an excellent Jesuit, Catholic high school that is faithfully authentic to its Ignatian spirituality and its Jesuit identity. Xavier is very good at what it does.

Fernandez-Duminuco Hall is a tangible example of such excellence.

But as much as we celebrate the completion of Fernandez-Duminuco Hall, this occasion should also prompt serious reflection. With this expansion completed in our 170th year, what’s next? How does Xavier best serve Catholic secondary education? How does Xavier best serve the global work of the Society of Jesus? How does Xavier best serve the Church in the City of New York?

Today, we celebrate. Tomorrow, there is much more work to be done. And the Xavier community is well prepared to undertake our mission with confidence—indeed, with boldness.

Sons of Xavier, keep marching.

Richard Nolan ’83 is a partner at McCarter & English, LLP. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Drew University and his law degree at Fordham University. Nolan served as chair of Xavier’s Board of Trustees from 2008-14, steering Xavier through the majority of the construction of Fernandez-Duminuco Hall.

Thank you to the many generous alumni, parents, and friends who made Fernandez-Duminuco Hall a reality.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2016-17 John Meditz ’66, Chair Daniel Denihan ’65, Vice Chair Joseph Buongiorno ’75 Gregory Chisholm, S.J.

DONORS Ammon Foundation James Audino ’40 † Edward Caswell, Jr. ’43 † Thomas Clarke ’69

James Coster ’83

Susan and Christopher Conniff ’84

Joan Countryman

James Coster ’83

James Croghan, S.J.

Ruth Coyle †

Joan Waters Cusanelli

Daniel Denihan ’65

Michael Driscoll, Ed.D. ’78

Frank Duffy †

Paul Enright ’91

John Duffy ’78

Peter Folan, S.J.

Paul Enright ’91

William Kelly ’91

Mike Fernandez ’72

Antonio Miranda ’93

Neil Fink ’56 †

James Morgan, M.D. ’82 P’12

Gerald FitzGerald ’58 †

Kenneth Nolan ’65

Katherine Gallagher

Edward O’Callaghan ’87 P’17 ’20

Paul Gannon ’75

Jack Raslowsky, President

Robert Haskins ’77

Paul Scariano ’90 P’19

Carolann and Patrick Kelly ’56 †

Eileen Shashaty P’14 Raymond Whiteman ’77 Stephen Winter ’04

Joseph Manogue ’78 Bill McKiernan ’74

UNION BUILDING AND 15TH STREET TASK FORCES Arthur Bender, S.J. Rudy Cecchi ’69 Daniel Denihan ’65* Brendan Doyle ’77 Gerald FitzGerald ’58*† Co-Chair, 15th Street Task Force Giuseppe Ianni ’88 Dennis Langley ’70 Michael LiVigni Andy Lott William Lozito ’90* Thomas McGinty John Meditz ’66 Paul Michels Joseph Muriana ’71 Jennifer Mussi Nolan, Ph.D. Co-Chair, Union Building Task Force Richard Nolan ’83 Jack Raslowsky Robert Robotti ’71

John Meditz ’66

Daniel Rodriguez ’58* Co-Chair, 15th Street Task Force

Gerard Nolan ’69

Paul Scariano ’90 P’19

Kenneth Nolan ’65

Kenneth Sidlowski ’71 P’05

Richard Nolan ’83 Jack and Sarah Raslowsky P’16

Michael Tierney ’69 Co-Chair, Union Building Task Force

Robert Robotti ’71

Charles Van Cook P’11

Fred Salerno ’61 Paul Scariano ’90 P’19 Anthony J. Schmitt Trust John Trapp ’32 †

* Denotes member of both committees

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