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M A G A Z I N E
THE 2014 SANCTAE CRUCIS AWARD HONOREES
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or more than 160 years, the
women and men who have had
their young adult years shaped by
Holy Cross’ distinctive liberal arts,
Jesuit education make their mark on their
neighborhoods and communities, their
professions and industries. Name any field,
and you will undoubtedly find Holy Cross
graduates effecting change and advancing
understanding—whether they are making
headlines on the world stage or working in
their parishes, schools, state governments
and professional associations.
Each year we are reminded of the
extraordinary accomplishments of our
graduates when we celebrate the Sanctae
Crucis Awards on campus (see story, Page 24).
This fall, as I talked to the 2014 recipients
and listened in on their conversations
with students, faculty and staff, I saw and
heard examples of how these exceptionally
talented people are not only shining lights in
their professions, but also how they uniquely
represent the distinction and dynamism of
the Holy Cross community.
We have many ways of talking about the life
of our community. Alumni “bleed purple.”
Traditions run deep, and our history is
cherished. It is well documented how our
graduates give back—whether through
mentoring, community service or helping
make our gift participation rate among the
highest in the nation. The power of the Holy
Cross network takes many forms, including
our alumni admissions programs and
professional affinity groups. And over and
over while talking with our Sanctae Crucis
Award recipients, I recognized that the
bonds forged in our community are deeply
ingrained.
For example, decades after graduation, the
awardees were picking up right where they
left off with former professors. Magazine
editor Aimee Bell ’88 talked to Professor
Bill Morse about the English literature
seminar he allowed her to design. Rights
advocate Elizabeth Cafferty ’97 reconnected
with professors Virginia Raguin and
Lorraine Attreed and remembered that
their courses—outside her political science
major—helped shape her understanding
of women’s history. And beyond essential
classroom experiences, former university
president Denny Golden ’63 and physician
Robert Ferris ’92 talked about their
experiences living, teaching and working
in the Worcester community right after
graduation—with Denny even inviting former
Worcester neighbors to the awards dinner.
Dr. Jim Murphy ’62 may best exemplify
how bonds are forged in the Holy Cross
Community: Even though he never crossed
paths with classmate Conrad Heede ’62 on
Mount St. James, 45 years after graduation
they discovered—when Connie read an
article about Jim’s work and noticed his
Holy Cross affiliation and his commitment
to social justice—both had a shared interest
in securing medical supplies and equipment
for the same neglected government-run
hospital in Ghana.
Aimee Bell has a phrase for these strong
bonds. As deputy editor of Vanity Fair, Aimee
is the go-to person for her colleagues who
want to make the right assignment, find a
source or connect with an expert. Certainly,
her experience, tenure and professional
success at the National Magazine Award-
winning publication count toward that dis-
tinction. But Aimee also credits something
else. When she has a question, needs assis-
tance or a unique reference, wants a writer
or an expert on a project, she regularly turns
to her Holy Cross network. If a classmate
doesn’t know, more often than not, her Holy
Cross connections lead her to answers. She
calls it “the long arm of Holy Cross.”
All of us in this community have experienced
that long arm—offering encouragement,
support, friendship, solutions, opportunities.
This unique pairing of accomplishment and
community is indeed what makes our lifelong
relationship with Holy Cross very special. ■
Very truly yours,
Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J.
Our Shining Lights
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T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
1 From the President
2 Table of Contents
4 Dear HCM
7 Editor’s Note
8 Campus Notebook/Snapshot
24 The 2014 Sanctae Crucis Awards
32 A Journey 40 Years in the Making
40 On the Bench
46 Rediscovering a Legend
50 Gifts at Work/The Power of One
56 Sports
58 Alumni News/Mystery Photo
60 Message from Colleen
64 Alumni Authors
66 Alumni Spotlight
68 In Your Own Words
70 The Profile
74 Class Notes
78 Milestones
80 In Memoriam
88 Artifact/Next Issue
Meet the five recipients of the 2014 Sanctae
Crucis Award, the highest non-degree honor
bestowed by the College. Representing the fields
of medicine, journalism, advocacy and education,
these outstanding alumni each followed a
passion and found success far beyond financial
reward. Listen in as they returned to campus
to meet with students who are just starting to
consider their life paths. photo by tom rettig
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H O LY C R O S S M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E : W E B E X C L U S I V E S
Review a photo gallery
of the special trip
College President Rev.
Philip L. Boroughs, S.J.,
made to El Salvador.
Read the fun stories
behind some of the
Holy Cross vanity plates
you submitted for our
License Plate Challenge.
See all the 2014 Alpha
Sigma Nu (Jesuit honor
society) inductees and
learn what the honor
means to them.
magazine.holycross.edu
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24 The 2014
Sanctae Crucis Awards
Meet the five alumni
who were honored this
fall for their outstanding
service to others and high
achievement in their fields.
32 A Journey 40
Years in the Making
A pilgrimage to Israel
becomes the trip of a
lifetime for 15 members
of the Class of 1972 and
their families.
40 All Rise
Connecticut’s judicial
system counts a
number of Holy Cross
graduates among its
ranks, who now share
insights on a jurist’s life.
46 Rediscovering
a Legend
Frederic Lombardi ’71
wants you to know prolific
Hollywood director Allan
Dwan and his 50-year
career in Hollywood.

D E A R H C M ,
On Living the Magis
In the secular world it is
difficult to incorporate the
concept of the magis in a
public school system. Twenty-
eight years ago, my husband,
Rutland (Vt.) High School
Principal Bill Olsen ’86, left
Mount St. James with the
Holy Cross gift of the Jesuit
philosophy of the magis in
his soul. Throughout his
career in public education,
he is mindful not to speak
publicly of the magis, but in
his heart he always strives
to “serve the more universal
good … and meet the needs
of those for whom there is
the least care and support”
in our community. As an
educator and a leader of a
comprehensive public high
school, he leads by example,
always encouraging his
faculty and students to
“engage the creative tension
between doing good and doing
well.” He cannot help but lead
this way; it is who he is, and
he owes this strong Jesuit
identity to Holy Cross.
Presently, Bill holds the title
of 2014 Vermont Principal of
the Year, a wonderful award;
but the true spiritual reward
Bill hopes to receive daily is
the gift of discernment, which
comes from contemplating the
magis. Bill leads a high school
building of young, maturing
minds eager to learn. He
knows it is his responsibility
to lead and guide faculty and
students to the best of his
ability, a task requiring much
trust in God, and Holy Cross
well prepared Bill for this role.
Bill is driven by his desire “not
simply for external acclaim,
but in order to draw closer to
God and the needs of God’s
people.”
Thank you, Fr. Boroughs,
for reaffirming why it is
important for Bill to wake
up each day, enter Rutland
High, and strive to affect
positively those he comes in
contact with no matter the
circumstances. Your Jesuit
perspective on the concept
of the magis reinforces the
importance of “public service
beyond volunteerism,” and in
our own Holy Cross family,
your words are greatly taken
to heart.
Kathleen Olsen ’87
Rutland, Vt.
Simply Work
I recently had the opportunity
to speak at Harvard. My
speech would touch on the
concept of magis. “How would
secular Harvard receive that?”
I asked myself. Seems with a
standing ovation!
While I did my bit at Holy
Cross for magis, the concept
only took hold sometime in
the early 1980s, when the
late Rev. Peter Mendonca,
S.J., of Pune, India, called me
long distance (India to South
America) and asked what I
was doing for God that day.
(As I was in some rat hole
of a public health clinic at
the moment, I said, “I am
working.”)
His words resonated with me,
and drove my work thereafter.
I would simply work—to
improve health wherever I
could in the developing world,
and to thus improve society.
To be of service to others, to
be of service to God!
Robert Morris,
D.D.S., M.P.H., ’65, P00
South Boston, Mass.
editor’s note
Dr. Morris, a 2010 Sanctae
Crucis honoree, is being
modest in his letter. His
recent speaking engagement
at Harvard was on the
occasion of his receiving
the Harvard School of
Public Health’s highest
honor—the Alumni Award of
Merit—in recognition of the
contributions he has made
during his 30-year career
as an international health
consultant.
HCM’s New Look
I love the new look, especially
the photos and the general
layout. Sharp, fresh, easy on
the eye. Well done.
Matt Quinn
Former editor, Holy Cross
Quarterly and Crossroads
Love the New Issue
I love the new issue of Holy
Cross Magazine! Admittedly,
as the director of marketing
for an independent pre-K-12
school that publishes a
biannual magazine, I probably
“Thank you, Fr. Boroughs … your Jesuit
perspective on the concept of the magis
reinforces the importance of ‘public
service beyond volunteerism’ and in
our own Holy Cross family, your words
are greatly taken to heart.”
— Kathleen Olsen ’87 rutland, vt.

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study the magazine more
closely than most readers.
The design is excellent—I
absolutely love the large
photographs. And there was
something about the layout
that made me stop and read
more articles than I normally
would. All of the alumni
profiles toward the end of the
magazine were fun to read.
Also, having launched a new
identity system for our school
when I started five years ago,
I have to say that I love the
new visual identity for Holy
Cross, too. It’s fresh, simple
and in-line with current
design trends. Nice work to
the team that developed it.
Keep up the good work!
Kerry Skowron Shea ’99
Dallas
Simpler Days
The new design of Holy
Cross Magazine motivated
me to read the Fall issue
in somewhat more depth
than in past issues. While I
enjoyed it greatly, it served to
illustrate the extent to which
Holy Cross has changed
since my graduation in
1957. That period seemed
to concentrate to a greater
extent on traditional Catholic
values. While I recognize
the challenge of educating
the complete individual
may be more difficult in
today’s complex world, I
long for the simpler days
(old fashioned?), like the
mandatory daily Mass,
mystery meat in Kimball and
Fr. Abbott and “Black Mac”
chasing students around
campus who had violated the
curfew. At that time, I could
never have anticipated a Holy
Cross assistant professor
developing a proposal
on “building a database
of information on the …
experiences of transgender
individuals and the social
movement to advance
their rights” (“Opening a
New Archive,” Page 47) or
Buddhism and Zen meditation
as presented by Professor
Todd Lewis in “Syllabus”
(Page 23). But I bite my lip
as I write my small check to
Holy Cross, designated for the
Holy Cross Students for Life,
understanding that the magis
is not a stagnant term, but
evolves with the challenge
of just what is required to
develop the complete mind,
body and spirit of a student
to prepare for life in 2015 and
not the simpler life of 1957.
John F. St. Cyr ’57, P82
Norton, Mass.
50-Year-Old Thanks
I was pleased to see the
photos (past and present)
of Mike Scollins, M.D., ’65 in
the story regarding rowing
at Holy Cross in the Fall 2014
issue of Holy Cross Magazine.
In late March 1965, after my
application for admission
had been accepted, my father,
mother, grandfather and I
traveled from New Jersey
to Holy Cross on a Sunday
morning. My father worked
six days a week, so our only
opportunity to visit Holy
Cross was on a Sunday.
Although we had notified
the Admissions Office that
we were coming, our arrival
surprised the receptionist
in O’Kane. She contacted
Rev. Ambrose Mahoney, S.J.,
director of admissions, and he
quickly hurried in to greet us.
We spoke with him for a time,
and he then said he would
make arrangements for us
to get a tour of the campus.
Very shortly thereafter,
Mike Scollins arrived in his
Purple Key blazer and very
graciously accompanied
us on our tour. He was an
outstanding representative
for Holy Cross. After the
tour, we gave Fr. Mahoney
our deposit and our family’s
life-long commitment to Holy
Cross was sealed. (My three
brothers, two daughters, three
of my nephews and one of my
nieces have followed me and
are Holy Cross graduates.)
Mike Scollins graduated that
spring, so I did not get to see
him again. I’d like to take this
opportunity through the Holy
Cross Magazine, nearly 50
years later, to thank him for
the courtesies he extended to
us on that March Sunday.
Bill Cambria ’69, P00, 97
Westfield, N.J.
Move-In Memories
Our story about Move-In Day
for the Class of 2018 (Campus
Notebook, Page 9) brought
back some fun memories for one
alumni volunteer:
This was my second year
helping on Move-In Day at
Holy Cross, and it was a great
time. I smartened up, too: let
the young studs lug the mini-
fridges up the Mulledy stairs!
I tested a few people with
this “quiz:” What didn’t you
see being moved in that were
staples of college dorm rooms
back in my day? I gave hints,
but nobody got it: big stereo
speakers, turntables and vinyl
albums! I’ve got to agree,
though, music is much more
space-efficient now.
I lived in Alumni for three
years—great hall. A friend’s
son was coming in this fall
as a freshman, so I found out
where he was: Hanselman.
Turns out he’s in the same
room I lived in my senior
year!
Gary Santaniello ’79
Waterford, Conn.
Professor Randy Ross
I was deeply saddened to
read of Professor Randy
Ross’s passing in the Fall
2014 issue. As a member of
the College Honors program,
I had the singular privilege
of taking a seminar course
with Professor Ross that he
titled “Stars and the Cosmos.”
This was an astrophysics
course that, although geared
toward non-physics majors,
was at once mathematically
and theoretically rigorous,
imaginatively stimulating and
remarkably entertaining, as
only Professor Ross could
make it. I found the concepts

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and disciplines inherent in
the coursework to be quite
helpful in my later graduate
studies in economics—a
tribute to his enthusiasm
for the subject matter and
his abiding wish to have
a positive impact on his
students’ lives in whatever
career paths they chose. I
am supremely confident that
Professor Ross now enjoys
a complete understanding
of the mysteries of the
cosmos as he dwells in the
loving embrace of its, and
our, Creator. Alev ha-sholem,
Professor Ross. We miss you.
Steven Gandt ’88
Duxbury, Mass.
Good Reads
I was very pleased with the
new edition of Holy Cross
Magazine. Congratulations on
a progressive step. I have a
grandson in high school with
whom I will share this issue
with the hope that it may
lead him to some interest in
attending.
The section on alumni
authors has led me to
suggest a broader approach
to recommended reading.
Several years ago the College
published a little booklet
about top 100 classics of
literature as determined
by the faculty, and I found
that very helpful. Could not
Holy Cross Magazine have
suggestions of books that
alumni might like to read? I
am thinking of books such as
Robert Blair Kaiser’s Inside
the Jesuits—How Pope Francis
is Changing the Church and the
World or John Thiel’s Icons
of Hope: The “Last Things”in
Catholic Imagination. The
last would be especially
interesting to those who
graduated before 1960!
Cornelius F. Murphy Jr. ’54,
Valencia, Pa.
editor’s note
You are correct, Mr. Murphy.
In the 1980s, the faculty
compiled a booklet listing
the Top 100 books they
considered fundamental
reading. (That list is available
online now at holycross.
edu/hcm/booklist.) We love
your idea of offering new
reading recommendations
in the Magazine. Let’s kick
off this project by asking
those reading this note: What
do you consider required
reading today? And what
have you read lately that
you particularly enjoyed?
Send your answers to us at
hcmag@holycross.edu.
And while we’re talking about
great books: Tom Landy,
director of the McFarland
Center for Religion, Ethics
and Culture, and Tom
Gottschang, professor of
economics, organized a very
popular faculty seminar this
summer to discuss Thomas
Piketty’s weighty Capital in the
Twenty-First Century (Harvard
University Press, 2014).
Anthropology Professor
Susan Rodgers described the
gathering as lively, valuable
and rewarding. Perhaps that’s
something to add to your 2015
reading list?
A Purple Love Story
editor’s note
Mount St. James is a place
where students learn, grow and
serve others.And for some, it’s
also the place where they fall in
love. Every once in a while, an
alum shares his or her Crusader
love story with HCM. In the
spirit of Valentine’s Day next
month, we’re sharing one such
tale from Stephen Bonventre
’06 about his bride, Laura
Hammond ’08. The pair were
married in September 2013:
Not sure if you will have room
for a short story, but it really
is a nice one to tell (okay,
maybe I’m a bit biased)!
Thanks to encouragement
from two close family friends,
alumnae sisters Eileen and
Maureen Murphy, both
Class of ’78, my wife Laura
applied to Holy Cross. She
was a freshman in Wheeler
when I was a junior living in
Alumni. We both grew up in
Massapequa Park, N.Y., about
two miles apart, but didn’t
meet until we came to Holy
Cross. For our first date—a
blind date—we went to a Holy
Cross hockey game.
A few years later, I proposed
in Nantucket while we
were staying at the house
of the Murphy sisters—the
same women who were
instrumental in Laura being
at Holy Cross where our
paths crossed. We had our
engagement photos taken
on campus, of course, and
included our chocolate lab,
Bear (see photo, above).
Now, married a little more
than a year, Laura and I enjoy
alumni events like Holy Cross
Cares Day, and continue to
support Holy Cross—the place
where we first met.
Stephen Bonventre ’06
Chatham, N.J.
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Magazine News
ell, holy smokes,
Holy Cross
Magazine readers!
Your positive
response to the redesigned
and reimagined Fall 2014
issue has made all of us on
the HCM team smile. We’re
thrilled that you enjoy the
larger, full-spread photos,
especially the Mystery Photo,
which we plan to include in
each issue (see the latest one
on Pages 58-59). We heard lots
of calls for “postcards in every
issue!” That would be fun, we
agree, but it might stretch our
budget too thin. (We’re going
to try to make those postcard
inserts an annual treat,
though.) We’re also so glad
that you liked the expanded
Alumni News section and the
addition of Purple Patcher
yearbook photographs to the
In Memoriam section. (As
many of you know, Holy Cross
Magazine is one of the few, if
not the only, alumni magazine
that reserves space in each
edition for obituaries.) You
also noticed the new binding
(called perfect binding), that
gives the Magazine a nice,
sturdy spine.
Our favorite comment, and
one we’ve heard quite often
in the past three months, is
“We get three [or sometimes
four or five] alumni magazines
at our house, and Holy Cross’
is the best one!”As you might
imagine, there is an easy
camaraderie among alumni
magazine editors, because we
are not technically competing
for readers. Each college or
university has its own alumni
body and they receive that
institution’s magazine—end
of story. But I’d be fibbing
if I said there wasn’t a little
part of me that jumps for joy
when I learn that our readers
compare us to the magazines
published by their graduate
schools … and HCM comes out
on top!
So thank you for all your
letters, emails, tweets and
calls. And we’ll continue to
find ways to improve. When
you have an idea, be sure to
let me know. And when you
see something in these pages
that you don’t care for, let me
know that, too. It’s all part of
the creative process.
Now let me tell you a little bit
about the issue in your hands.
On Page 24 you will find what
has become an annual feature
about the most recent Sanctae
Crucis Award honorees. For
2014, those folks are Aimee
Bell ’88, Elizabeth A. Cafferty
’97, Robert Ferris, D.O., ’92
Dennis C. Golden ’63 and
James P. Murphy, M.D., ’62.
These five alumni represent
the hard work, professional
excellence and commitment
to justice that are the
hallmarks of a Holy Cross
graduate. We first wrote about
James Murphy, M.D., ’62 in
our Summer 2012 issue. His
devotion to treating patients
in Ghana touched me then
and touches me still today.
To make sure that current
students had an opportunity
to meet these inspiring
alumni, the College arranged
for a day of discussions that
allowed students, faculty
and staff to get to know each
honoree. In our cover feature,
we’ve shared not only the
biographies of these five men
and women, but the insights
they gave the students who
sought their advice.
You’ll also find an interesting
personal story about Fred
Lombardi ’71 and his years
of work researching one of
Hollywood’s most prolific—but
largely forgotten—directors
(Page 46). On Page 32 you
can learn about members of
the Class of 1972 who visited
Israel together this summer,
and called the experience “the
trip of a lifetime.”
We hope you enjoy these
stories and more, and wish
you a peaceful, healthy new
year ahead.
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(above) To introduce the on-campus community to the new look and content of HCM, we held a small reception in Rehm Library this fall. The biggest hit
was the Holy Cross Magazine photo booth, and our team took a turn in front of the camera: from left executive editor Ellen Ryder (who is also the chief
communications officer of the College), designer Stephen Albano, me (editor Suzanne Morrissey) and assistant editor Pamela Reponen.
All the best from
Mount St. James,
Suzanne Morrissey, editor
hcmag@holycross.edu

BEAKER BEAUTIES Some creative elves (AKA biology students) made Associate Professor Madeline Vargas’ lab a bit merrier as finals started in December.
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strophysicist Neil
deGrasse Tyson lectured
to a packed house
Nov. 13, 2014, in the
Hart Recreation Center, where
more than 2,500 people were
in attendance. The talk, titled
“Science as a Way of Knowing,”
was part of the College’s 49th
annual Hanify-Howland
Memorial Lecture series. Tyson is
the head of the world-renowned
Hayden Planetarium in New York
City and the first occupant of its
Frederick P. Rose Directorship.
He is also a research associate in
the department of astrophysics
at the American Museum of
Natural History. For five seasons,
beginning in 2006, Tyson
appeared as the on-camera host
of PBS-NOVA’s spinoff program
“NOVA scienceNOW,” and served
as executive editor and on camera
host for Emmy-nominated
“Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey,”
the 21st-century reboot of Carl
Sagan’s landmark television
series.
Media interest in Tyson’s visit to
the Hill was high. The Worcester
Telegram & Gazette reported,
“Tyson is a brilliant astrophysicist
with that rare ability to help
everyday people understand
the bewildering vastness of the
universe, but, as was evidenced
Thursday night at the College
of the Holy Cross, he’s also
hilarious.”
Reporter Steve Foskett continues:
“From his taunting of long-
suffering believers that Pluto is
still a planet (‘Get over it’), to a
riff on Russian dash cams and the
amazing calmness of citizens as
an asteroid plowed through the
atmosphere last year at 40,000
miles per hour (‘If I was in the car
I would have screamed. Those
were some cool Russians’), Tyson
was careful most of the time not
too take himself or his subject
matter too seriously.”
One particular interaction with
an audience member, Kaitlynn
Goulette, stole the show, when
the little girl asked, “How can
first graders help the Earth?”
A video of the intimate and
inspiring moment between the
astrophysicist and six-year old
soon went viral, claiming more
than 300,000 views on YouTube
and even resulting in an article by
Time.com, which highlighted the
video on its homepage.
Earlier in the day, Tyson met
with 25 Holy Cross students for
a discussion seminar, and later
received a key to the city of
Worcester from Mayor Joseph
Petty.
Since 1965, the Hanify-Howland
lecture series has brought to
the Holy Cross campus a series
of distinguished speakers who
have exemplified in their own
work the spirit of public service
that the series was established to
encourage. ■ —Cristal Steuer and
Evangelia Stefanakos ’14
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To view a video and photo gallery
of Tyson’s visit to Holy Cross, visit
holycross.edu/hcm/Tyson.
A
Famous Astrophysicist
Brings Down the House
at Hanify-Howland
Lecture
N E I L d e G R A S S E T Y S O N / C A M P U S N O T E B O O K / 1 1
dan vaillancourt

STRONG IN SERVICE Thirty-one recent graduates have dedicated
themselves to a year of service with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC)
and the Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest (left), making Holy Cross
first in the nation for the most Jesuit volunteers. JVCers work at
schools, clinics, parishes, domestic violence shelters and non-profit
organizations in the United States and abroad. Those working in the
Northwest also teach in schools on Native American reservations.
OCTOBER
Officer on Deck
n June,
Holy Cross
welcomed
a new
commanding
officer for the Holy
Cross-Yale NROTC
Consortium,
Capt. Vernon P.
Kemper, USN. A
native of Festus,
Mo., Capt. Kemper
graduated from the Missouri University
of Science and Technology in 1986 with
a bachelor of science degree in chemical
engineering. He was commissioned in
November 1986 following completion
of Naval Officer Candidate School in
Newport, R.I. His seagoing assignments
have included duty aboard both attack and
ballistic missile submarines in the Atlantic
and Pacific Fleet. His shore assignments
have included duty on the staff of the U.S.
Joint Forces Command, as commanding
officer of the Naval Submarine Support
Center in Bangor, Maine, and, most recently,
as commanding officer of Officer Training
Command, Newport, where he oversaw the
training and development of students at the
Navy’s Officer Candidate School, Officer
Development School, Direct Commission
Officer Indoctrination Course, Limited Duty
Officer/Warrant Officer Indoctrination
School and the Naval Science Institute.
Capt. Kemper holds a master of science
degree in financial management from
the Naval Postgraduate School; his
personal awards include Legion of Merit
awards, Defense Meritorious Service
Medal, Meritorious Service Medals,
Navy Commendation Medals and Navy
Achievement Medals. ■
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Life Stands Still Here
lumnae and female students are invited to attend “Life Stands
Still Here,” a women’s retreat March 27-29, at the Campion
Renewal Center in Weston, Mass. “This 48-hour retreat will be
an opportunity for Holy Cross women of all generations to
build community, share their stories, reconnect with their own voices and
become grounded in God’s love,”Assistant Chaplain Sarah Fontaine-Lipke
’08 says, adding that spending a weekend away from the busyness of life
can lead to great renewal of physical and spiritual well-being.
Space is limited, and the cost is $250 for alumnae and $50 for students
(scholarships are available). To register, visit http://offices.holycross.
edu/chaplains. For more information, contact Assistant Chaplain Sarah
Fontaine-Lipke ’08 at sfontain@holycross.edu or call (508) 793-2428. ■
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(above) Alumnae and students enjoying the last women’s retreat, held in 2012.

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NO. 1 Holy Cross’ athletics teams are tied for
first in the nation for highest graduation rate: 99
percent, according to the Graduation Success
Rate report released by the NCAA. Holy Cross’
overall graduation success rate for all student-
athletes was matched by only two other schools
in all of Division I: Dartmouth and Notre Dame.
NOVEMBER
SOOTHING SOUNDS A Worcester Telegram & Gazette
article showcased violinist Tiffany Holland ’16 and her
efforts to bring soothing music to the psychiatric unit at St.
Vincent Hospital. With the help of Christine Case, volunteer
coordinator at the downtown Worcester hospital, Holland
was able to combine her passion for music and her desire
to help people through the therapeutic benefits of music.
n Nov. 15 and 16, Rev. Philip L.
Boroughs, S.J., president of Holy
Cross, traveled to El Salvador
to join hundreds of priests
from around the world, Massachusetts
Congressman Jim McGovern, thousands
of Salvadorans and a delegation of other
presidents, administrators, faculty, staff
and students from Jesuit institutions
across the United States to honor the six
Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her
15-year-old daughter—killed 25 years ago
and known as the “martyrs for justice.”
Interviewed by the National Public
Radio affiliate WBUR (Boston) about the
commemoration, Fr. Boroughs said of
his fellow Jesuits, “They were trying to
walk a very careful line between social
change and the needs of the poor—and not
violent revolution. But they, in the minds
of others, were seen as fomenting violent
revolution, which was not their stance at
all.”Army generals and death squads had
accused the Jesuits of inspiring and ad-
vising the Salvadoran rebels. Fr. Boroughs
participated in a series of events, includ-
ing a candle-lit procession that traversed
colorful sand paintings on the campus of
the University of Central America (above),
where the killings took place in 1989.
During the procession and subsequent
Mass, the crowds recalled the deaths that
caused worldwide outrage, sparked a U.S.
congressional investigation (in which
McGovern played a prominent role) and
finally brought an end to the brutal civil
war. Fr. Boroughs also visited the small
chapel where Fr. Óscar Romero, the
Archbishop of San Salvador, was shot in
1980 while celebrating Mass (above, right).
At Holy Cross, the deaths were also being
recalled that weekend. The campus chap-
ter of Pax Christi USA sponsored a display
of crosses on the Hogan Courtyard. After
Sunday evening Mass at St. Joseph Me-
morial Chapel, there was a procession and
ritual at the memorial to the martyrs in the
Chapel Plaza, followed by fellowship with
the Latin American Student Organization.
On Nov. 17, Jesuits, faculty and students
took part in a panel discussion on “The
Jesuit Martyrs and Those Who Paid the
Price: Returns on a Jesuit Education.” ■
online only See a photo gallery of Fr.
Boroughs’ trip in this issue’s Web
Exclusives at magazine.holycross.edu.
Remembering the Martyrs
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he College’s Mission office, led by Rev. Paul F.
Harman, S.J., vice president for mission, has
prepared a special Lenten resource for the
Holy Cross family: The “Return to Me: Lenten
Reflections from Holy Cross, 2015” booklet contains
reflections written by professors, students, chaplains,
staff and alumni. “Various members of the community
were asked to write. I interviewed Charlotte Wise, the
iconic Kimball ID-checker known as ‘Sis,’ for one of
the reflections,” says Keith Maczkiewicz, S.J., assistant
chaplain. “The scripture readings that day are focused
on family, and she often refers to the students here as
‘her kids.’ It was great to include her.”
Maczkiewicz explained how the project came about:
“Fr. Harman and I thought this would be a unique way
to share the stories of Holy Cross and to unite alumni
and friends spread throughout the country to the
campus and those here. Lent is an important season,
of course, in the Christian traditions, and so it seemed
like an ideal time period to focus on.”
“Return to Me” will be offered as a daily digital
reflection series. Those who subscribe will be sent
an email each morning containing a reflection, and
the listing of sacred texts from Scripture for each day
of Lent. (Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18 and
concludes on Easter Sunday, April 5.) The reflections
will also be made available throughout Lent, as a print
booklet, in St. Joseph Memorial Chapel. The full PDF
of reflections may be downloaded beginning Jan. 20
at http://offices.holycross.edu/chaplains/returntome.
To sign up for the daily Lenten reflection email, visit
http://offices.holycross.edu/chaplains/returntome.
“It’s our hope that these reflections will help members
of the community to enter deeply into the season of
Lent,” Maczkiewicz says. “Sometimes we get caught
up in our personal observances during Lent, but this
project is a way to acknowledge the communal aspect
of the holy season.” ■
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Return to Me:
Lenten Reflection
LIGHT THE WAY In an effort to raise awareness
and acceptance of seeking support and help
for mental health concerns, COPE (Counseling
Outreach Peer Educators), an on-campus peer
educator group, lit up the Hogan Courtyard with
white luminaries, each representing a student
who utilized COPE services during the year.
NOVEMBER
his fall, 28 students joined the ranks of Alpha Sigma
Nu, the honor society of Jesuit institutions of higher
education. Recognized for distinguishing themselves in
scholarship, loyalty and service, the students gathered
for the induction ceremony in Rehm Library, followed by a
reception in Hogan Campus Center with family and friends.
“Listening to the citations of the new student and faculty Alpha
Sigma Nu members was truly edifying,” says College President
Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J. “The intellectual talent, creative
energy and social engagement of each of the honorees is
extraordinary. Their achievements and values make me proud to
be part of this transformative educational community.” ■
ONLINE ONLY
See a photo gallery of images of the ceremony and reception,
and hear from the inductees about why they think their fellow
students, in the words of classics major Harry Crimi ’15, are
“going to change the world with their passion to use their
intelligence and skills for the greater good.”
Scholarship,
Loyalty and Service
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ALPHA SIGMA NU INDUCTEES: CLASS OF 2015
Nicholas V. Barresi • Bethanne Bartscherer • Timothy J. Beekman •
Meghan P. Casey • Nikolas C. Churik • Nicholas R. Cormier • Harry G. Crimi •
Thomas F. Dess • Karalyn G. Donahue • Alanna R. Downing • Erin S. Emmons •
Christine M. Fimognari • Declan J. Foley • Alison J. Franco • Michelle C. Gilligan
• Richard M. Guerra • Elizabeth M. Inman • Valerie L. Kisselback •
John D. Milner • John W. Morton • Lindsey A. Nemshick • Kristen D. Paadre •
Chase J. Padusniak • Camille M. Santrach • Lorena R. Sferlazza •
Andrew P. Sullivan • Hope T. Tobin • Cecilia M. Wolfe ■
matthewatanian

Shutterbugs
he Study Abroad Photo Contest
has become an annual tradition for
students studying overseas. Enjoy
the images captured by the winners
of the 2014 contest. Both first and second
place honors went to Caitlin Cantor ’15 ■
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FOND FAREWELL Michael J. Lochhead, vice president for
administration and finance at Holy Cross since 2004, will
become the executive vice president at Boston College, his
alma mater, in February. “While Mike will be greatly missed
here, we wish him every success in his new position,” said
Fr. Boroughs, adding that details about a national search
for a permanent successor are forthcoming.
FIRST PLACE (left)
Unveiled Truth
by Caitlin Cantor ’15
Location: Cusco, Peru
Program: Lima, Peru
(Spring 2014)
SECOND PLACE (middle)
Unknown Field, Unknown
Workers by Caitlin Cantor ’15
Location: Caral, Peru
Program: Lima, Peru
(Spring 2014)
THIRD PLACE (right)
Do you want to build a
snowman? by Sophia Jin ’15
Location: Harbin Ice and
Snow Festival in Harbin, China
Program: CET Intensive
Language in Beijing
DISCUSSION A fishbowl-style discussion on
“Adjudicating Sexual Assault on Campus” brought
various members of campus together to discuss the
issue in the Rehm Library. The conversation focused on
the national debate over the pros and cons of whether
colleges, as opposed to law enforcement authorities,
are the best venue for adjudicating sexual assault cases.

his fall, Rev. Philip L.
Boroughs, S.J, president of
the College, announced that
Rev. William R. Campbell,
S.J., ’87 accepted the position of vice
president for mission.
“Fr. Campbell, currently president at
Cheverus High School in Portland,
Maine, will succeed Rev. Paul F.
Harman, S.J., in this leadership
position,” Fr. Boroughs explains. “Fr.
Harman, who returned to Holy Cross
in 2009 as special assistant to former
president Michael C. McFarland, S.J.,
and was named vice president in 2011,
will remain at Holy Cross, working in
a variety of mission-related activities
on campus.”
As vice president for mission at Holy
Cross, Fr. Campbell will serve on the
president’s Executive Leadership
Team and Cabinet and as chair of
the College’s campuswide Mission
and Identity Committee. He will also
oversee the work of the Chaplains’
Office and all mission-related
initiatives.
When Fr. Campbell arrives in early
August, it will mark his third turn
on the Hill. As a student, he majored
in English and music. From 2003
to 2005 and from 2007 to 2008, he
served as assistant chaplain, leading
retreats in the Spiritual Exercises
and organizing immersion programs.
He also moderated various student
groups, including Students for Life
and Men’s Vocation Discernment.
Fr. Campbell studied at the St.
Michael’s Institute at Gonzaga
University, and received both his
master of divinity degree (1997)
and licentiate of sacred theology
(1998) from the Weston Jesuit
School of Theology (now Boston
College School of Theology and
Ministry). Ordained a priest in 1998
in St. Joseph Memorial Chapel
he professed his final vows in the
Society of Jesus in 2007. ■
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Mission Leader Returns
NOVEMBER
(above) The College’s new vice president for mission, Rev. William R. Campbell, S.J., ’87, has
a not-so-hidden talent: He plays the sax. In his current role as president of Cheverus High
School in Portland, Maine, Fr. Campbell has an open invitation from the music teacher to join
the school band for practice anytime , and has actually played during school assemblies.
he Student Government Association,
in partnership with the Diversity
Leadership Team and various
academic departments, offices and
student organizations, hosted discussions,
film screenings, workshops and multicultural
festivals around topics related to diversity
and inclusion as part of the College’s 14th
annual Unity Week celebration Nov. 9-16.
Events included the “ReSSpect Training–
Rethinking the Sexuality Spectrum” SGA
dinner; a panel discussion on intercultural
relationships; a screening of Cuban film
director Gloria Rolando’s “1912: Breaking the
Silence;”Torah study with Rabbi Norman
Cohen ’72; an exercise on unconscious bias in
the workplace and much more.
Hill Harper, actor, best-selling author and
philanthropist known for his role on the hit
drama “CSI: New York,” gave a talk, entitled
“The Importance of Unity and Community
Understanding When it Comes to Diversity,”
in the Hogan Ballroom, as part of the week’s
special programming.
Chris Campbell ’15, director of diversity
for the SGA and member of the Diversity
Leadership Team, says Unity Week “allows us
to learn from those whose experiences, beliefs
and perspectives are different from our own.”
Tom Cadigan ’02, associate director of
Alumni Relations and a fellow member of the
Diversity Leadership Team, agrees. Diversity
and inclusion “are woven into the fabric
of our mission statement,” he says. “It’s a
shared responsibility of the entire campus
community. Unity Week is a terrific reminder
of that responsibility.” ■
Unity Week
Celebrated
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GLOBAL EXPERIENCE Santander Bank, N.A., through its Santander
Universities Global Division, recently signed its second collaborative
agreement with Holy Cross. It will enhance existing faculty-led study
tours and immersion programs that take students to Central and South
America, Africa, Asia and Europe by providing financial aid to students
who would not otherwise be able to participate and reimburse faculty
members who volunteer to lead experiences around the world.
TO M R E T T I G

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DECEMBER
SING On Dec. 11, the pews of St. Joseph
Memorial Chapel were full for the 37th
annual Advent Festival of Lessons and
Carols. The holiday service of music and
readings reached an expanded audience
(as far away as India, Bolivia, and Hong
Kong!) via a live webstream.
EAT UP To keep students fueled during
finals, administrators—including Rev.
Philip L. Boroughs, S.J., and all four
class deans—volunteered to sling hash
into the wee hours Dec. 14-18. The menu
included popular breakfast items, such as
scrambled eggs, bacon and Belgian waffles.
(above) As part of Unity Week, the Office of College Marketing and Communications, Diversity Leadership Team and Office of Multicultural Education sponsored
the Faces of the Hill photography project. Students, faculty and staff were invited to have a portrait taken and answer the question, “How do you define
yourself?” College photographer Tom Rettig captured dozens of images, which will be part of a special “visual library” of our community.
TOMRETTIG
TO M R E T T I G

oly Cross students are
guaranteed excellent
academics at the College, but
their experience on the Hill
doesn’t end at the library steps. That’s
where Student Affairs comes in. At the
50th-year celebration of the Division
of Student Affairs on Oct. 23, 2014,
members of the campus community
noted the progress of the division and
the meaningful impact it has had on
students, both past and present.
The afternoon event began with a display
of the multifaceted nature of Student
Affairs in the Hogan Campus Center. It
includes 13 departments, ranging from
multicultural education and recreational
sports to career counseling and public
safety. The event highlighted the
centrality of these services to campus
life, while also taking the time to honor
the foundation upon which these
services were built.
“Over these 50 years, the division
has engaged students outside of the
classroom, educated them on life skills
and empowered them to challenge
conventions and make a difference in
the world,” offered Associate Dean for
Student Life Derek Zuckerman during
the afternoon ceremony. “This history
of success is celebrated today.” Two men
in particular, Rev. Charles Dunn, S.J.,
vice president emeritus, and Rev. Earle
Markey, S.J., ’53, also a vice president
emeritus, were presented awards for
their service. “Today, we honor two
pillars of the field who paved the way for
us at Holy Cross,” remarked Zuckerman,
while addressing the significant
contribution these men made to student
life at the College in the past 50 years.
The ceremony also looked toward the
future, honoring recent graduates,
including Melisa Jaquez ’06, assistant
director of career planning, for choosing
a career in student affairs. ■ —Evangelia
Stefanakos ’14
Golden Anniversary for Student Affairs
tomrettig
NOVEMBER
ON STAGE Julia McCarthy ’15
will direct the Alternate College
Theatre’s production of the
musical comedy, “The 25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee,” Jan.
29-31 and Feb. 1. For tickets and
information, call (508) 793-3490.
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(top left) The office suite for Student Affairs—which encompasses 13 different departments, including residence life, wellness and student conduct—had a
makeover to celebrate the division’s 50th anniversary. Jacqueline Peterson, vice president for Student Affairs and dean of students, presented Rev. Earle Markey,
S.J., ’53 (above, right) and Rev. Charles Dunn, S.J., (above, bottom left) with awards to honor their many contributions to the lives of Holy Cross students.
MOVING UP The mediation team placed third in the 15th
Annual International Mediation Tournament and earned a
chance to be one of four undergraduate teams to compete
against law school teams in the spring. The winning team
members, all veterans of mock trial competitions, are Emily
Cross ’15, Robert Tiro ’15 and Jonathan Formichella ’15. They
were coached by Ed McDermott, visiting lecturer at the College.
DECEMBER JANUARY

DANVAILLANCOURT
SENIOR CONVOCATION This annual event
will take place Jan. 19. Designed for and by
seniors on the eve of their final semester, it
offers the students an opportunity to reflect on
their journey thus far and to consider how best
to use their remaining time at the College to
shape the life they want to lead beyond the Hill.
100 DAYS A special
dinner dance for
seniors 100 days
before graduation
will take place Feb. 13
at Mechanics Hall in
downtown Worcester.
■
oly Cross welcomed families to campus for Family Weekend on Oct. 24-26. The activity-packed three days featured lectures,
tours, athletics events, music and dance, brilliant autumn foliage, and even a few ghosts and princesses on the Hogan
Courtyard (after younger siblings had a chance to do some early trick-or-treating in one of the residence halls). ■
Parents Invade Campus!
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(clockwise from top left)
Parents found plenty to buy
in the Bookstore. A tableau
vivant of a piece on display
in Cantor Art Gallery drew a
crowd. Siblings young and
old enjoyed their campus
visit. The Dance Ensemble
performed in Hogan Ballroom.
FEBRUARY
SPEAKER On Feb. 24 David Kertzer will talk about his
book The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI
and the Rise of Fascism in Europe (Random House, 2014).
Supported by the Kraft-Hiatt Fund for Jewish-Christian
Understanding and sponsored by the Worcester JCC and
the McFarland Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture,
the event takes place at 7:30 p.m. in Rehm Library.

F A C U L T Y
Professor of Philosophy
travels to Moscow with
Templeton Grant
hile we see the
success of faculty on
campus every day, their
achievements are not
limited to the Hill. A grant by the John
Templeton Foundation will bring John
Panteleimon Manoussakis, associate
professor of philosophy, to Moscow in
the 2015-2016 academic year, where he
will share his scholarship with various
academic and ecclesial audiences.
The funded lecture series, which
is centered on the expression
of theology in a secular world—
specifically Orthodoxy in modern-
day Russia—directly connects to
Manoussakis’ work on the philosophy
of religion. His scholarship focuses on
the translation of theological language
into philosophical idioms that make
theology accessible to a contemporary
audience. As an ordained priest in
the Orthodox Church, receiving the
distinction of an archimandrite in
2011, Manoussakis has a longstanding
interest in the theological tradition of
the Eastern Church, married with an
understanding of the philosophical
and intellectual movements that took
shape in the West.
His success, which includes the trans-
lation of his book, GodAfter Meta-
physics:ATheologicalAesthetic into
Russian by one of Kiev’s most notable
publishers, is further substantiated
by this award, as he joins the ranks of
the internationally renowned schol-
ars honored before him. “The grant
provides my work with a recognition
that I am humbled to receive,” says
Manoussakis. “The decision of the
Templeton Foundation to include me
in this program as one of the recipi-
ents of this grant reassures me that my
work is moving in the right direction;
that the work we do here on Mount St.
James does not go unnoticed by our
colleagues in this nation, as well as
abroad—and as far away as Moscow!”
■ —Evangelia Stefanakos ’14
W
Palestine’s West Bank has long been
entangled in a web of political unrest, but
on a quiet backstreet in Ramallah, tension
and scrutiny are put to one side as deprived
children from across the region strive to forge
a new future through the limitless possibilities
of classical music. Eric Culver, current music
director of the Holy Cross Chamber Orchestra,
has been working on the project as a seasonal
guest tutor since 2010 and discusses more
about the vision of the trio of schools known
as The Al Kamandjâti Association. He has
received generous funding from Holy Cross for
travel through the Research and Publication
Fund and the Dean’s Office.
ric Culver is an unassuming man
with neat wire glasses and an
endless store of patience. He sits
quietly by a coffee table, method-
ically recounting his experiences with a
warm smile and a sequence of deliberate
gestures. Culver eagerly shares photo-
graphs from his trips, fondly peering at the
silent faces, patently avoiding politics and
stressing the power of musical society.
“Al Kamandjâti is a product of profound
conflict,” explains Culver, “but operates
a non-sectarian environment where
children from refugee camps and isolated
villages are given the chance to enjoy an
alternative way of life.”
Bringing Music
to the Children
of Palestine
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Al Kamandjâti, Arabic for “violinist,” has
unusual origins. Opened in the fall of
2002, the school was established by a
musician named Ramzi Aburedwan. Like
many of his students, Aburedwan was
raised in the Al’Amari refugee camp in
the southern fringes of the West Bank. In
1988, at age 9, Aburedwan was caught on
camera throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers
during their occupation of Palestine. The
photograph’s message went global when
Time magazine printed it on the cover of
one of its issues.
“But somehow, somebody put an
instrument in his hands,” says Culver,
chuckling, “and Ramzi Aburedwan became
an exceptional musician, renowned the
world over as a brilliant oud player as well
as a master of the viola.”
Aburedwan’s first exposure to formal
musical education was at the age of 16,
when he attended an outreach project run
by the Edward Saïd National Conservatory
of Music in Ramallah. The experience
had a profound effect on the young man,
and he began to look beyond the barrier
of conflict for his inspiration. Between
1998 and 2005, Aburedwan studied at
the National Regional Conservatory in
Angers, France, before embarking upon an
international career as a soloist, teacher
and member of a number of orchestras
and ensembles.
“Just like Ramzi’s experiences back
in the ’90s,” explains Culver, “many
of the students come from extremely
impoverished backgrounds. But Al
Kamandjâti uses his example as an
inspirational success story, helping
its students to forge a positive sense
of identity based upon music and
the satisfaction brought by a good
performance.”
Currently 500 students attend the three
Al Kamandjâti schools in Ramallah, Jenin
and Gaza, learning everything from the
cello to the yarghul. Attendees also take
music theory classes, where they are
exposed to both Eastern and Western
thinking. Students are trained individually,
in small groups and as a part of a larger
orchestra, with a small concert space
located on the roof. In turn, the school
is connected to a number of local and
international institutes, ranging from the
Goethe Institute in Ramallah and the A.M.
Qattan and Drosos foundations, to the
French Institute and General Consulate of
France in Jerusalem.
“Two students are currently on a study
year at the Jacques Thibaud Conservatory
in Bordeaux,” reveals Culver with a
glimmer of pride, “with the scholarship
designed to allow them to teach at Al
Kamandjâti when they return.”
This “rotating cast of characters,” as Culver
refers to the school’s musicians, allows
for a cosmopolitan blend of talents as
students mature, travel, and then return to
Al Kamandjâti to reinvest their discoveries
on the next batch of recruits. This diverse
mixture allows the school to run extra-
curricular summer events where students,
faculty members and Western guest tutors,
such as Culver, come together to offer over
60 concerts, with some impromptu shows
included for good measure.
“We concentrate on Beethoven and
Mozart,” explains Culver of the summer
programs, “with guest tutors, such as
oboist Demetrios Karamintzas, who plays
on occasion with the Worcester Chamber
Music Society, lending their expertise, and
Holy Cross’ own string professor, Peter
Sulski, attending for the 15th year running.”
The summer programs also see the stu-
dents of Al Kamandjâti reaching across the
divide. Concerts are organized through-
out locations in the West Bank, including
Jerusalem and Bethlehem, but tensions
are high where the countries meet, and
difficulties have been known to arise.
“The Qalandia Crossing is Ramallah’s
busiest crossing into Israel,” explains
Culver, “and on one particular occasion
we were waiting for quite some time at the
holding shed outside the gates, so the kids
pulled out their instruments and held an
impromptu concert.
“The Israeli guards were taken aback,”
he continues, “but did not discourage us
in any way; some even began dancing. A
video ended up on YouTube. Admittedly,
it is always a little unsettling seeing an
18-year-old guard coming up to you
wearing a sub-machine gun.”
Not all of the students were permitted to
cross the border that time. Culver refuses
to speculate why, reiterating that music
must be kept separate from politics, even
when he is back in the United States.
“Those few of us who could pass went
on to Saint Anne’s Church, just inside the
Lion’s Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem,”
Culver remarks, “and had to apologize to
the audience for not being able to present
Beethoven’s Eroica without most of our
student-musicians.
“This June, the entire group was again
refused access after a scuffle that had
occurred the previous evening between
the Israeli Defense Forces and some locals
in Ramallah,” he says. “We later found out
that a close friend of one of our musicians
had been shot by a sniper.”
This is the closest Culver has gotten to the
heat of the conflict, but at times the strain
of the outside world does find its way into
the Al Kamandjâti sanctuary. He recounts
an occasion when one of the students
made a remark at a concert during the
summer camp that upset the American
Consul, resulting in the school falling out
of favor with the ambassador’s office and
losing its funding.
“We are determined to diffuse such
situations in-house and not allow them to
jeopardize the good work the students are
doing at the school,” says Culver, who, at
press time, was packing for his eighth trip
to Al Kamandjâti over the holiday break.
“Ultimately, our purpose is to give the
students a sense of accomplishment,”
he adds, “a deeper, more cosmopolitan
cultural identity, and that is where our
focus must lie.”
Culver pauses and, taking a lingering look
at the photographs of his students, says,
“What we want to do is take the stones
out of their hands, and replace them with
violins and Beethoven.” ■ —Amadeus Finlay
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F A C U L T Y
oly Cross is well-known for
the amount of hands-on
research students are able
to do with faculty members.
Here, HCM will highlight some of those
dynamic duos and the cutting-edge
findings they are making together.
SARA MITCHELL,
Biology department since 2006
NICKOLAS BRADLEY ’15,
East Haven, Conn.
Mitchell and Bradley worked together
on a summer research project, titled
“Relationship Between Climate,
Topography and Talus Slopes in the
Sierra Nevada, and Implications for
Landscape Evolution.”
Why did you come to Holy Cross?
SM To teach geology!
NB I wanted to go to a small school to
receive a very personalized education
and that is exactly what I have been
given.
Could you briefly explain your
research?
SM Nick was looking at how climate
affects the generation of talus, the
coarse rocky material that collects on
steep mountainsides. The question
is: Does the generation of talus only
happen above a certain altitude, one
that is set by the local temperature and
Education Professor’s
Book Bridges Two Worlds
n his latest book, From the Ivory
Tower to the Schoolhouse: How
Scholarship Becomes Common
Knowledge in Education
(Harvard Education Press, 2014),
Jack Schneider, assistant professor of
education, has taken a new approach
to a perennial question: Why is there
a disconnect between research and
practice in education? Schneider
offers cases where the gap between
the ivory tower and the classroom has
been bridged.
The book, published by the Harvard
Education Press in April, explores
the complex relationship between
educational scholarship and the K-12
classroom, while acknowledging the
intricacies of each.
Through close inspection and
analysis of cases that have
successfully moved beyond these
often disparate worlds, Schneider
identifies four characteristics
crucial to their success: perceived
significance, philosophical
compatibility, occupational realism
and transportability—and offers
conclusions for research-informed
practice oriented toward the future.
“It is not impossible to imagine a
world in which unions, state and
federal offices, schools of education,
districts, school administrators and
classroom teachers engage in genuine
partnership for the sake of advancing
a shared aim,” offers Schneider. “And
though such common ground has
been elusive, connecting research
with practice is a uniquely alluring
opportunity. It may not promise quick
fixes or easy solutions, but it does
promise an agenda for collectively
moving forward, armed with
knowledge.” ■ —Evangelia Stefanakos ’14
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Five Decades on the Hill
fter 46 years in the
history department, Rev.
Vincent A. Lapomarda,
S.J., retired in the
spring, about the same time he
marked the golden jubilee of his
ordination. Family, friends and
Jesuit brothers celebrated Fr.
Lapomarda with cake and “Oh
Vinnie Boy” sung to the tune
of “Oh Danny Boy,” by retired
Worcester Bishop Daniel Reilly.
Rector Rev. John Savard, S.J.,
told HCM, “Vincent is the
most hospitable member of
Ciampi Hall Jesuit community,
embodying the Jesuit saying that
is inscribed over the front doors
of Kimball, Hospes Venit, Christus
Venit, “When a guest comes,
Christ comes.” Now that Vincent
is retired, he has more time to
welcome our guests and make
them feel at home.”
Born in Portland, Maine, Fr.
Lapomarda entered the New
England Province of the Society
of Jesus on Sept. 7, 1951, earning a
bachelor’s and a master’s degree
at Boston College before teaching
at Boston College High School
from 1958 to 1961.
Ordained to the priesthood in
1964, Fr. Lapomarda obtained
a licentiate in sacred theology
from Boston College in 1965, and
a Ph. D. in history from Boston
University in 1968. The following
year, he taught his first of many
classes on Mount St. James.
Fr. Lapomarda is the longtime
coordinator of the Holocaust and
Italian American collections at
Holy Cross, and a prolific author.
His published works include The
Jesuit Heritage in New England and
The Jesuits and the Third Reich.
Fr. Lapomarda will be using part
of his newfound time to create
a history of people of Italian
descent in Worcester County,
Mass. “The work covers the
contributions of Italian Americans
in business, culture, education,
health, law, politics, religion,
sports and other areas,” he says.
“Since the immigration of Italians
did not become significant until
after the American Civil War, the
Jesuits were perhaps the first
Italians to settle here back in
1843.” Fr. Lapomarda adds that he
may also write more about Jesuits
who have been recognized by
Yad Vashem, the State of Israel’s
authority for honoring those non-
Jews who have helped to save
Jews during WWII. ■
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precipitation conditions? If so, it’s possible that
the mountains might have a hard time rising
very far above that altitude.
What were your main findings?
NB The relationship between talus slopes and
climate is complicated in environments like the
Sierra Nevada. We concluded that a different
frost cracking mechanism is predominantly
controlling talus production in the Sierra
Nevada: the freeze-thaw mechanism. Therefore,
the frost-cracking window of -3 to -8, which is
a widely accepted hypothesis today, cannot be
used as a proxy for predicting talus slopes in all
landscapes.
How is your research practically applicable and
how did the idea develop?
SM The bigger research picture is about how
climate affects the topography (height and
shape) of mountain ranges. This is a topic of
much research and debate in the geosciences
today. And the idea is part of a project that
I’ve been working on with a colleague at the
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
What did you enjoy most about this project?
NB That’s a tough question to answer; I loved a
lot about my research project! I most enjoyed
using the software called ArcGIS. Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) are designed to store,
manage and analyze data spatially. Because
of the power of GIS, I was able to accurately
collect my data in the Sierra Nevada while
sitting behind the computer right here in our
geomorphology lab at Holy Cross! ■
—Evangelia Stefanakos ’14

THE 2014
SANCTAE
CRUCIS
AWARDS
One uses the power of words to reach millions.
One fights the spread of HIV.
One turned down an NFL career to serve in higher education.
Another cares for the sick where doctors are scarce.
And another stands with women and children displaced by war.
Meet the five amazing alumni who accepted the College’s highest non-degree honor this year:
The Sanctae Crucis Award.
ach year, Holy Cross bestows the
Sanctae Crucis Award on alumni
who are leaders in business,
professional or civic life, who live
by the highest intellectual and ethical
standards and who are committed to the
service of faith and promotion of justice.
The 2014 recipients are Dennis C. Golden
’63, Aimee Bell ’88, Elizabeth A. Cafferty
’97, James P. Murphy, M.D., ’62 and Robert
Ferris, D.O., ’92 (above, left to right).
Shepherded by Senior Vice President
Frank Vellaccio, the awards are the
highest non-degree honor an alum can
receive from alma mater. “The primary
goal of the Sanctae Crucis Awards is
to honor outstanding alumni and in
so doing recognize and celebrate the
distinctive mission of Holy Cross,” says
Vellaccio, who established the award in
1998.
To give students an opportunity to
meet these outstanding members of the
alumni community they will join upon
graduation, award organizers arranged
for a series of campus events, culminating
in the 17th annual awards dinner on Sept.
12. During the day, recipients participated
in a panel discussion moderated by Rev.
Philip L. Boroughs, S.J., president of the
College, and seminar-style “campus
conversations” with faculty and students
about how their lives and career paths
were shaped at Holy Cross. ■
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efore beginning
her campus
conversation, Vanity
Fair Deputy Editor
Aimee Bell ’88 asked the
students, staff and faculty
in attendance to move their
seats from ordered rows to a
semi-circle at the front of the
room. Immediately creating
a relaxed atmosphere of
community and conversation,
she dispensed almost two
decades of experience as an
editor and a mentor in the
magazine industry.
Her first job was at Spy, the
breakthrough, irreverent
monthly magazine that
smartly elbowed American
media, entertainment and
society. She moved on to
become an editor at The
New York Observer, and then
Vanity Fair. There, she started
out editing the magazine’s
popular “Vanities” section,
became senior articles editor
and ultimately deputy editor.
In her two decades at Vanity
Fair, she has edited special
issues covering Africa, music,
royalty, the environment,
fashion and theatre. She edits
world-renowned and award-
winning writers, specializing
in the work of essayists, and
including the late Christopher
Hitchens (whom she cites
as the writer who changed
her life), James Wolcott, Bob
Colacello, dance critic Laura
Jacobs and humorist Fran
Lebowitz. She has convinced
Stephen Colbert (son of the
late James Colbert, M.D., ’42),
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
and Hillary Clinton, among
other luminaries and opinion
leaders, to contribute to her
magazine’s pages.
Vanity Fair reaches 1.1 million
subscribers and newsstand
buyers each month, and
during Bell’s tenure, the
magazine has won 14
National Magazine Awards.
Bell attributes her
professional success to the
unparalleled education she
received at Holy Cross.
“Holy Cross engenders a
generosity of spirit—the
students are living examples
of the motto ‘men and women
for others.’ This became part
of my DNA,” says Bell, the
daughter and granddaughter
of Holy Cross sons Jim Bell
’63 and Nicholas J. Healy ’31.
She says her involvement
with Student Programs for
Urban Development (SPUD)
and Worcester children and
families were a big influence
in her life. Her teachers
included Professor Bill Morse,
who invited her to invent a
seminar, an enterprise that
she says “opened up my
mind, and taught me to read,
write and think at a higher
level.”
After graduation, Bell admits
that she really did not know
what she wanted to do with
her life. An English major,
she thought, “Maybe a
professor?” But while earning
a master’s in English at New
York University, she landed an
internship with Spy magazine.
Thanks to the work ethic she
picked up from Holy Cross,
she was offered a full-time
position at the end of her
internship.
“I am where I am today
because I Xeroxed willingly
and was rewarded with
writing assignments,” Bell
says. Her fellow interns who
scoffed at the “drudge work”
were not as lucky.
Hold on to the value of a
liberal arts, Jesuit education,
Bell told the students in
her session, adding that a
“strong work ethic, writing
and reasoning skills and
an absence of a sense of
entitlement” are what sets
Holy Cross students apart.
Bell continues to help keep
the distinct Holy Cross
story alive by providing
professional counsel to the
College through her work
with the Alumni Marketing
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Aimee Bell ’88 “I Xeroxed willingly.”
“For her dedication to editorial excellence and the written
word; her extraordinary professional achievement and the
keen, discerning eye she keeps on culture, style and current
events; for supporting and shepherding the work of both
established and emerging writers, the College of the Holy
Cross presents to Aimee Bell the Sanctae Crucis Award.”
— Citation for Aimee Bell ’88
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Advisory Group.
True to the “generosity of spirit” she says
connects the Holy Cross community, Bell
mentors new hires at Vanity Fair, sharing
her own tricks of the trade.
So what’s her secret? “Make yourself
indispensable,” Bell says. “Work harder
than anyone else: be the first one at the
office in the morning and the last one to
leave at night.”
Bell’s passionate commitment to Holy
Cross’ values struck a chord with
mathematics major Brooke Levine ’15
who will graduate in the spring.
“It was comforting to hear that the Holy
Cross spirit becomes an intrinsic part
of you, no matter where you choose to
take your talents,” Levine says. Grateful
for the time she’s had and for the days to
come, Levine says Bell’s talk reminded
her how fortunate she is to be a part of
the community atop Mount St. James. ■
t is no secret that Holy Cross has a
long tradition of producing skilled
healers. What is less obvious—and,
perhaps, less demonstrable—is how
Holy Cross-educated doctors perpetually
infuse their practices, research and
actions with an ongoing commitment
to justice; to standing in solidarity with
those who suffer.
A psychology major at Holy Cross, Robert
Ferris, D.O., ’92 worked after graduation
for two years in the Worcester Public
Schools and volunteered renovating
houses through the group Matthew 25. In
1994, he began his medical studies. After
graduating from the New York College
of Osteopathic Medicine, he deferred
his internship and elected to spend a
year volunteering in Haiti at a pediatric
hospital, where he slept each night and
quickly became a permanent fixture in
the lives of the children under his care.
He became particularly close with Zico,
a seven-year-old boy infected with HIV.
But like so many other children plagued
with the disease, the medicine available
to treat Zico could only do so much to
ease his symptoms. After just three short
months, his HIV progressed to AIDS and
he passed away.
“Zico’s death had a huge effect on me,” Dr.
Ferris says. “Here was a child who, if only
he had access to the right medication,
would most likely still be alive today.”
Dr. Ferris returned to the United States,
pursued a residency at St. Vincent
Hospital in Greenwich Village caring for
people with HIV and, ultimately, became
boarded on both pediatrics and internal
medicine. He then embarked on clinical
research in the metabolic complications
of HIV at SUNY-Stony Brook, and entered
the master’s program in public health at
Columbia University.
Around the time he finished his
clinical research, the United States had
recognized that the global AIDS pandemic
was a major crisis. Dr. Ferris joined the
United States Agency for International
Development (USAID), where he oversees
a $125 million technical assistance and
research portfolio, supporting more than
30 national HIV programs around the
world. But, as he explained to students in
his campus conversation, his story has
always been one of discernment, leaving
space for his interests to evolve.
Ann Sheehy, associate professor of
biology and Dr. Ferris’ faculty host,
applauded his ability to connect his
academic interests to a “social call”
despite not really knowing what to do
after his time at Holy Cross.
Robert Ferris, D.O., ’92 “Keep pushing and don’t stop.”
“For his lifelong devotion to healing and research; for his dedication to easing the
suffering of the sick; and for advocating on behalf of millions of women, men, and
children around the world who face health crises, the College of the Holy Cross
presents to Robert Ferris the Sanctae Crucis Award.” — Citation for Robert Ferris, D.O., ’92
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“Bob paid attention
to what he was drawn
to and what he was
good at in the changing
landscape of his field,”
Sheehy says. “He
broadened his scientific
career and is now in a
position where he can
influence the response
to HIV and how we help
one another.”
Sheehy hopes her
students follow in
Dr. Ferris’ footsteps,
recognizing that
determining their life
calling is a process.
“I think the students got
a picture that maybe
they don’t need to have
it all figured out right
now, and there is a sense
of relief in that,” Sheehy
says.
From the moment he
entered the session, Dr.
Ferris says he sensed the
students really wanted
to “do something
good, beyond just for
themselves,” a feeling
he still sees in the lives
of his own classmates
today.
“My hope is that [the
students] keep pushing
and don’t stop. Those
opportunities will come,
and they will be able to
find meaningful work
that will be fulfilling,”
Dr. Ferris says, noting
that the Sanctae Crucis
Award is a tremendous
honor in his life. “There
are so many people
doing great work from
Holy Cross,” he says. “I
just hope to continue
living up to this honor
every day.” ■
I tell my kids that 80 percent
of living a successful life
is just showing up. I think that’s
true with everything you do,”says
James P. “Jim”Murphy, M.D., ’62,
quoting director Woody Allen.
In the traditional sense, Dr.
Murphy’s career has easily been a
successful one. This Bloomfield,
N.J., native arrived at Holy Cross
in 1958. Majoring in biology, he
also immersed himself in theology,
religion and philosophy.
He went on to the University of
Medicine and Dentistry of New
Jersey, where he received his
medical degree. What followed was
a decade of graduate education
and residencies in medicine (at the
University of Kentucky), general
surgery (Cook County Hospital
in Chicago), otolaryngology
and maxillo-facial surgery
(Northwestern) and otology and
head and neck surgery (Baptist
and Mercy Hospitals in Nashville).
During these 10 years, he also
served two years as a captain and
flight surgeon in the U.S. Army.
While a resume can easily point
to professional accomplishments,
Dr. Murphy says it was through his
relationships and studies at Holy
Cross that informed the way in
which he would “show up”to reach
true achievement in life.
“I think taking classes in
philosophy and religion helped me
make the decision that I wanted to
help people, and that there was a
greater good than just becoming
successful financially,”Murphy
says as he reflects on his choice to
keep individuals at the center of all
he has accomplished.
After all his training, Dr. Murphy
could have set up a private
practice. Instead, he accepted an
invitation from a Canadian priest
from Ghana—a man he met while
visiting the Catholic Medical
Mission Board in New York City—to
serve people in Ghana. He booked
passage on a freighter to Africa,
and became the medical director
for St. Joseph’s Mission Hospital.
There, he learned what it was like
to work in a place where a single
doctor can make an enormous
difference.
After two years, concerned for
his parents’health, Dr. Murphy
returned to New Jersey—with a
plan to return to Africa someday.
In 2007, after closing his practice
and seeing his four children
through college, he did just that.
He moved to Tamale, in northern
Ghana, where he is the only
ear, nose and throat physician
providing emergency and medical
care for more than 2 million
James P. Murphy, M.D., ’62
“80 percent of living a successful life is just showing up.”
“For his commitment to patients, for setting new
standards of excellence, for his deep faith and
for using his gifts to bring the finest care and
support to those suffering; for his consistent
selfless service to so many without any thought
of the usual rewards, the College of the Holy
Cross presents to James P. Murphy the Sanctae
Crucis Award.” — Citation for James P. Murphy, M.D., ’62

lizabeth Cafferty ’97, who was recently named
gender advisor to the United Nations’World
Humanitarian Summit and previously worked
as the senior advocacy officer with the U.N.’s
Women’s Refugee Commission, told the students in her
campus conversation, “You never know where your
career will take you or what opportunities will open up
to you.”
Twenty years ago when she arrived at Holy Cross,
Cafferty became a political science major, a course of
study that helped set a solid grounding for her desire
to work in international relations. And it was also
her exploration outside her major—both in Professor
Virginia Raguin’s course on women, art and philan-
thropy in 19th-century New England and in Professor
Lorraine Attreed’s courses on women in the Middle
Ages—that helped provide valuable, memorable per-
spectives on the role of women in political and social
life through the centuries and across continents.
Attreed guided Cafferty to her first postgraduate
position. “I never had a five- or 10-year plan. Attreed
encouraged me to go to the University of York for
graduate school,” she says. “I ended up working in
London for eight years.” Cafferty served as founding
director of Women for Women International’s U.K.
Elizabeth
Cafferty ’97
“Do not ask people for jobs;
ask them for advice.”
“For accompanying, serving and
advocating for women and girls
who are living with enormous
loss and life-threatening
violence; for her expertise and
skills as researcher, advisor
and policymaker; and for the
tenacity of her beliefs, actions and
commitment in bringing peace,
justice and empowerment to those
who are suffering, the College of the
Holy Cross presents to Elizabeth A.
Cafferty the Sanctae Crucis Award.”
— Citation for Elizabeth A. Cafferty ’97
people, seeing patients of all
ages with aliments from wounds
to deformities.
So it is fitting that when he
arrived on campus as a Sanctae
Crucis award recipient that
he was adorned in his striped
Ghanaian “chief smock,”another
accolade given to him by a
different kind of community,
thankful for the good that has
come from his compassion.
For fourth-year student Colette
Houssan ’15, a chemistry major
on the premedical track, seeing
Murphy dressed in this attire
not only demonstrated his
“fun-loving and passionate
personality,”but also affirmed
her own desire to become a
doctor. Houssan says that the
impact Murphy had on his
patients by just being present
to those he served “gave [her]
chills.”
“The hours [Murphy] puts in
and the number of patients he
sees, even at this stage in his life
when most people are retired, is
absolutely amazing,”Houssan
remarks. “Hopefully, one day as
a doctor I can offer my patients
more than just typical care, but
show them that I really care
about them as a whole.”
In addition to spending time
with family and traveling,
Murphy says one of his greatest
joys is that “[his] medicine
is saving lives.”He calls the
Sanctae Crucis Award an
“encouragement,”saying any
field can be difficult at times.
“[The Sanctae Crucis Award]
helps me persevere,”Murphy
says. ■
This story was prepared by Caroline
Cataldo ’12, Lori Ferguson, Suzanne
Morrissey, Pamela Reponen and
Elizabeth Walker.
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office and deputy executive secretary
of the Council for Assisting Refugee
Academics. Returning to New England, she
worked at Massachusetts General Hospital
as associate director of the Division for
Global Health and Human Rights. There,
she directed a pioneering international
research study on sex trafficking of
women and girls, and developed and
managed a variety of international
women’s health initiatives.
As the senior advocacy officer of the
Women’s Refugee Commission, Cafferty
advised members of the United Nations
Security Council, donor governments and
United Nations agencies, and worked to
improve the lives and protect the rights of
women and girls who have been affected
by conflict, disasters and poverty. (The
U.N. reports that 80 percent of the 43
million people displaced by war and
conflict around the world are women,
children and young people.)
Today, she is focused on her new role with
the World Humanitarian Summit, which
convenes in 2016 to make recommenda-
tions on how the international community
can be more effective and inclusive in its
work responding to conflicts and natural
disasters. As the Summit’s gender advi-
sor, Cafferty will ensure all the regional
consultations, discussions and overall
preparations leading up to and including
the Summit include a gender perspective,
as well as the meaningful participation of
women. “Humanitarian work cannot be
considered effective or inclusive if it does
not include women and girls,” she says.
Cafferty has spent a good deal of her work
efforts on U.N. Resolution 1325, which
she explained to students and faculty: “In
2000, the United Nations Security Council
formally acknowledged through the
creation of Resolution 1325, the changing
nature of warfare, in which civilians are
increasingly targeted, and women contin-
ue to be excluded from participation in
the peace processes,” Cafferty said. “The
resolution addresses not only the inordi-
nate impact of war on women, but also the
pivotal role women should and do play in
conflict management, conflict resolution
and sustainable peace.”
Cafferty also offered practical job hunt-
ing advice to students, emphasizing the
importance of figuring out their passions,
identifying what they are good at and
taking a job, even if it’s not “perfect,” while
building relationships to gain traction for
the issues about which they care deeply.
“Do not ask people for jobs; ask them for
advice. Asking for a job can end a con-
versation early. If you ask for advice you
begin building a relationship,” she added.
Students asked Cafferty a variety of
questions, ranging from sexism in the
workplace to starting one’s career abroad.
Raguin asked her former student about
the breadth of women’s issues globally.
Cafferty noted that there was a time
when “women’s issues” referred only to
childcare, but that has changed: “The
issues today refer to women’s rights more
broadly, including access to jobs, political
processes and healthcare, and their
reproductive rights,” she concluded. ■
Dennis C. Golden ’63 “Do the best good you can do for the rest of your life.”
“For his unwavering devotion to and support of men and women who are making their
way in the world; for modeling leadership and working to advance the service of faith
and the promotion of justice; and for recognizing and advancing the power and value
of Catholic higher education, the College of the Holy Cross presents to Dennis Golden
the Sanctae Crucis Award.” ” — Citation for Dennis C. Golden ’63
s his campus conversation
presentation drew to a close,
Dennis Golden ’63 gave each
audience member a small card
that simply read “EIWP-GP: Everything
is working perfectly, God’s plan.”A phrase
borrowed from a close friend, Golden says
it has been his mantra for life.
“I really believe that as I look back over my
life, and see how things happen … it’s not
necessarily how I thought it would happen,
or what I believe I wanted to happen, but itA

was the right thing—part of God’s
plan,”Golden says.
Like many who have passed
through the gates on College Hill,
Golden’s interests were diverse. A
charismatic figure on Fitton Field,
he was a two-way tackle under
coach Dr. Eddie Anderson. He
co-captained the Crusaders’1962
football team with fellow Hall of
Famer Tom Hennessy ’62. He was
a student leader and worked as a
resident assistant in Alumni Hall.
Upon graduation, Golden was
drafted by the Dallas Cowboys,
but turned down the pro offer
to enter the Marines. After his
service and ready to pick up his
football career, a series of chance
events and conversations with
Jesuits led him to a position in the
Dean’s Office at Holy Cross—the
beginning of a five decade and
highly esteemed career in higher
education.
Golden earned a master’s in
guidance and psychology from
Assumption College and a
doctorate in higher education
administration from Boston
College. He taught and worked
in student affairs at Holy Cross,
Framingham (Mass.) State
University; Duquesne University,
Pittsburgh; University of
Louisville (Ky.) … and coached
football on the Division I and
Division III levels for 13 years.
In 1995, Golden was named
president of Fontbonne University
in St. Louis: the first male, married
and lay president of the Catholic
university sponsored by the
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.
During his tenure, he increased
enrollment to an all-time high,
oversaw the change in status
from college to university, led a
record-setting comprehensive
campaign and served as professor
of education. His outreach to
underserved populations was a
cornerstone of his presidency.
A nationally recognized authority
on pluralism and diversity,
Golden received the State of
Missouri’s Martin Luther King, Jr.
25th Anniversary Award.
Jacqueline Peterson, vice
president for student affairs and
dean of students, knows Golden
well from his time at Fontbonne.
She recalls the way in which
Golden listened to the passions
he developed at Holy Cross with
both “heart and mind,”making
them into a career.
“Denny has told me how his
career in higher education and
his journey to the presidency
began on Alumni 3 here on our
campus,”Peterson says. “I think
he can help students to see the
integration of all the aspects of
their undergraduate education.”
And that is comforting for
students like SGA co-president
John Milner ’15 who, in addition
to being a leader on campus,
also hopes to pursue a career in
neuroscience. “[Our passions] are
not just a fleeting ambition for
a year or two that you are going
to be involved with, meet some
people and move on—they’re
something on which you can
center your life,”Milner says.
With so many different roads to
travel, Golden says that he knew
he was making the right decision
when he felt a sense of peace.
He told students making life-
altering choices is never easy.
Paraphrasing Robert Frost,
Golden advised them that when
they face those kinds of decisions,
they must quiet their minds and
realize that if one takes the road
less traveled, it could make all the
difference.
“You just have to do the best good
you can do for the rest of your
life,”he says. ■
2015
Sanctae
Crucis
Nominations
Now Being
Accepted
o you know an alumnus or alumna
the Sanctae Crucis selection
committee should hear about?
In 2015, the award will be given in
September, so the deadline for nominations
is Feb. 1, 2015. Remember, candidates can
be nominated in one of three categories:
Distinguished Professional Achievement,
Outstanding Community Service and
Outstanding Young Alumnus.
Please visit http://offices.holycross.edu/svp/
sanctae-crucis for details and to submit your
nomination. ■
D

BY E L I Z A B ET H WA L K E R
A
JOURNEY40 YEARS IN THE MAKING

t sounds like a joke, “A rabbi and
a priest get onto a plane …” But in
this case, the rabbi and the priest
are Holy Cross classmates, and they
take a group of fellow alumni, friends
and family on the trip of a lifetime: a
pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
For 40 travelers—15 members of the
Class of 1972, several other alumni, plus
spouses, children, siblings and friends—a
10-day journey to Israel in June 2014
quickly became a true “trip of a lifetime.”
The group credits the deeply meaningful
aspects of the experience to the unusual
pairing of the trip organizers, Rabbi
Norman Cohen ’72 and Rev. James “Jim”
Hayes, S.J., ’72, their fortuitous timing
and their extraordinary access, by bus
and by foot, to the living history of the
Jewish and Christian scriptures.
“Our pilgrimage paired both Old
and New Testament readings and
perspectives,” says Miguel Satut ’72
of Grosse Pointe, Mich. “The Judeo-
Christian grounding of my Holy Cross
education served me at nearly every site
we visited and made the educational
experience much more meaningful. It
truly was the trip of a lifetime.”
The idea for the trip sparked at the Class
of 1972’s 40th reunion in June 2012.
“Tim Smith suggested that Norman
and I organize a visit to Israel and the
Holy Land for our class,” recalls Fr.
Hayes, associate chaplain for mission
at Holy Cross, adding that after they
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discussed the idea, Rabbi Cohen planned
“everything down to the smallest details.”
The itinerary, which included sites of
great interest to Catholic travelers, made
it a very different kind of trip for Rabbi
Cohen, who first visited Israel as a study
abroad student his junior year, and again
as a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union
College in Jerusalem. He realized early
on that 45 years after he arrived on the
Holy Cross campus, he again would be
the only Jew among his classmates (see
‘Why Holy Cross?,’ Page 39), but this time
the journey would be on his turf.
“It was a voyage down memory lane as I
thought back to the Holy Cross campus
filled with crosses and Christian flavor,”
Rabbi Cohen says. “I recalled that in such
an environment, I chose to become more
Jewish. Indeed, had I not attended Holy
Cross, I might never have decided to
become a rabbi.”
Between them, Rabbi Cohen and Fr.
Hayes have visited the area dozens of
times, and have created an extensive
reading list that helped prepare the
Pilgrims for their journey.
But no amount of planning could
prepare the group for the events that
unfolded shortly before the Holy Cross
contingent arrived in Israel: Three
young Israeli men were abducted. The
kidnappings and their tragic outcome
bookended the Holy Cross group’s trip.
“Three teenagers had been kidnapped
in the West Bank, but not yet found,
just days before we arrived in Israel,”
says Col. Jeffery Barnett, USAF (Ret.),
’72 of McLean, Va. “But during our
time there, the police presence was
nearly unnoticeable. We had a sense of
peace, and no sense of how close to the
precipice of violence we were.”
The teens’ bodies were found June 30,
less than a week after the travelers
returned home. Some in the group had
brought home the buttons they had worn
with great hope during the trip. The
buttons read, “Bring Our Boys Home.”
In this special travel feature, the Class of
’72 Holy Land pilgrims allowed HCM to
share their story, using their own words
from blog posts, personal reflections and
travel journals.
DAY 1
The group wings its way to Israel.
The pilgrims were flying into Tel Aviv
from airports all over the United States
and Europe. For those coming from
Boston’s Logan Airport, the flight was
about 12 hours.
DAY 2
Arrival in Tel Aviv
The 40 travelers came together as a
group for the first time on June 16 at Tel
Aviv’s beachfront Herod’s Hotel. “Rabbi
Norm and Fr. Jim introduced our tour
guide, Julie Baretz,” Katherine Barnett
wrote in her journal, where she faithfully
recorded the events of each day.
For Kieran Donovan ’72, who lives near
Cork, Ireland, the first day together
allayed his early trepidations about the
trip.
“When I first heard of Norman and Jim’s
trip in early 2013, I jumped at the chance
to go,” he says. “My only apprehension
was how I would interact with people
I had not seen for more than 40 years.
Knowing that Richie Crooke, one of my
closest friends at Holy Cross, would be
on the trip eased my nerves a little.
“All my misgivings disappeared in
the first couple of hours in Tel Aviv,”
Donovan wrote. “I can honestly say
that the friendship and camaraderie
that developed, not just among the 15
classmates, but within the whole group
of 40, was genuine and unprecedented
in my experience. This was in no small
measure due to the generous and
outgoing nature of Norman and Jim and
to the brilliance of our guide, Julie.”
A J O U R N E Y 4 0 Y E A R S I N T H E M A K I N G / H O L Y L A N D P I L G R I M A G E / 3 3
◄ THE CLASS OF 1972 PILGRIMS front row, left to right: RICH CROOKE, REV. JAMES HAYES, S.J., MIKE GAGNON, KIERAN DONOVAN
middle row, left to right: RABBI NORM COHEN, JEFF BARNETT, JIM BRUCIA, JOE McKENZIE, PHIL FOLEY, BILL SHEA
back row, left to right: CARLOS PALACIO, RICHARD WITRY, FRED MERKLE, MIGUEL SATUT, TIM SMITH
A pilgrimage to the Holy Land
became the trip of a lifetime for
15 members of the Class of 1972
when the context, culture and
contours of Israel and its history
informed and enriched the
journey they took four decades
after standing together at their
Commencement.

“Our Israeli guide, Julie, had a very
impressive knowledge of Christian
history,” confirmed Fr. Hayes.
Before dinner, the travelers set out on
their first tour. “Walked with our guide
through the 4,000-year-old Port of Old
Jaffa,” Barnett wrote. “Enjoyed views of
the 17th-century St. Peter’s Church and
the House of Simon the Tanner, on whose
roof St. Peter is said to have brought St.
Tabitha back to life … Archaeologists
and historians are certain that this is the
house because of the freshwater spring
inside the compound.”
That evening Yisca Harani, a noted
Biblical scholar and Jewish interfaith
activist, spoke to the group. Harani
called Israel’s geography the fifth gospel.
“Put the topography into what you’re
reading,” she suggested.
“She was very interested in Christian
text and Jewish text—and told us that
we should look at the land as a text,”
Fr. Hayes says. “So many stories Jesus
told were about the text and the land.
He was so aware of the farmers and the
shepherds—so many things that made up
a livelihood in the first century.”
DAY 3
Tel Aviv – Caesarea, Nazareth
and the Sea of Galilee
The walking tour of Tel Aviv continued
the next morning. The group strolled
through the city’s largest public space,
Rabin Square, named in memory of Prime
Minister Yitzhak Rabin, assassinated in
1995. They went on to Independence
Hall, where Israel’s Declaration of
Independence was signed on May 14,
1948. The group witnessed the actual
announcement through the miracle of
tape recording as David Ben-Gurion, the
first Prime Minister of Israel, read the
words. Rabbi Cohen shared a photograph
of his junior year abroad class meeting
with Ben-Gurion at his home in 1971,
about two years before he died.
Once their bus got rolling, the first stop
was Caesarea, a city of contemporary
buildings, Christian antiquities and ruins,
where King Herod’s ambitious building
projects, including the 40-acre harbor,
3,500-seat amphitheater, magnificent
palace on a promontory and grand-
scale aqueduct, dazzled. “The aqueduct
is impressive for its size and how well
preserved it seems to be,” Barnett noted.
Nazareth, now a bustling city known as
the “Arab Capital of Israel,” was a tiny,
unknown village that housed fewer
than 30 families in Jesus’ early years. Its
Church of the Annunciation was built on
the traditional site of Mary and Joseph’s
home.
The group developed something of a
“bus culture” during their travels among
sites. Heady discussions about what they
saw and even spontaneous singing took
place as they took in scenes along the
way of people in traditional Orthodox
garb, dramatic changes in landscape and
impoverished Bedouin camps. Working
through the Ignatian Exercises with Fr.
Hayes punctuated the quiet time for
several travelers.
▲ CHURCH OF THE ANNUNCIATION BUILT IN 1969 IN NAZARETH, NOW A BUSTLING CITY KNOWN AS THE ARAB CAPITAL OF ISRAEL
THE GALILEE BOAT AT THE YIGAL ALLON MUSEUM IN GALILEE, THE TRAVELERS SAW THE REMAINS
OF THE 25-FOOT GALILEE BOAT THAT DATES FROM THE FIRST CENTURY CE. ▲

“What made it special was the
camaraderie that so quickly developed
after what was for many 40-plus
years of separation,” Satut wrote. “Old
acquaintances were renewed by the first
night and new connections were made as
the trip unfolded.”
ARRIVAL IN GALILEE
Overnight at the Nof
Ginosar Hotel and Kibbutz
The travelers spent the first of several
nights on a kibbutz (a group farming
community). “When I found out that we
were going to stay at a kibbutz, I had
visions of sleeping on a cot in a tent,”
says Dick Witry ’72 of Skokie, Ill. “Instead,
we stayed at a four- or five-star hotel.
The food was fresh, lots of hummus and
grilled vegetables.”
DAY 4
Sea of Galilee
The group boarded a boat on the Sea
of Galilee to travel to Capernaum, the
ancient fishing village that was Jesus’
home during his years of ministry.
“Being on the Sea of Galilee was the most
meaningful highlight of the trip for me,”
wrote Tim Smith ’72 of Princeton, N.J.
“We were enjoying an early morning boat
ride on the Sea of Galilee when our guide
began pointing out all the sights on the
shore in Capernaum. So many pivotal
events in Christ’s life—and the birth of
Christianity—took place in this small
village. This day was topped off by Fr.
Jim’s celebrating Mass where the Sermon
on the Mount took place.”
At the Yigal Allon Museum on the
kibbutz, the travelers saw the remains of
the 25-foot Galilee Boat that dates from
the first century CE. It had been used
by Jesus’ contemporaries for fishing or
transportation on the Sea of Galilee.
“After a lunch of fish caught from the Sea
of Galilee, we went to the River Jordan
where Christians from all over the world
come to be baptized,” Smith wrote on the
trip blog he and daughter Katie shared.
“We had Mass outdoors near where the
Sermon on the Mount took place. I can
now say I have proclaimed the Good
News from the very place where Christ
preached the Beatitudes, because my
classmate, Fr. Jimmy Hayes, selected
me to read the Responsorial Psalm. We
shared the Kiss of Peace with classmates
and new friends, topped with a special
‘Shalom’ I shared with Rabbi Norman
Cohen and our tour guide.”
It was the first of two Masses Fr. Hayes
celebrated with the assistance of Joe
McKenzie ’72 of Bethesda, Md., while
other classmates did readings. “I
celebrated Mass outside at the Church
of the Multiplication up on the hill,” Fr.
Hayes said. “It was beautiful, looking out
over the Sea of Galilee and the hillside
with a light breeze. It probably looked
as it did in Jesus’ time. My sermon
began with the Beatitudes. We had just
been to Mount Carmel the day before.
The Gospel of the day was from the
Sermon on the Mount. I was conscious of
Norman and our guide being there, so I
wanted to make the sermon as universal
as possible.”
DAY 5
Safed (Tzfat) and the Golan Heights
Safed is a mountain-top city of ancient
synagogues and art galleries, once
known as the spiritual center of the
Jewish world.
“I was very excited to hear that we would
be visiting the ancient city of Tzfat (Safed
on the map),” Katie Smith wrote on her
blog. “I had never heard of it before this
trip, but learned that it’s the center of
Jewish Kabbalah, the mystical school
of Judaism … According to the book of
Genesis, in the beginning there was a
light; where did all that light come from
if there was no sun or moon? Kabbalah
tradition refers to this as divine light–
whenever we use our free will for evil, we
shatter this divine light in the world.”
A visit to the Golan Heights offered a
firsthand look at its vital importance to
Israeli security.
“The Golan Heights was amazing to see,”
Witry said. “The view from maybe the
highest point in Israel was like Moses
looking into the Promised Land. You can
see forever. We could see a Syrian flag
and barbed wire beneath us. He who
controls the highest spot controls the
surrounding area.”
▲ JEFF AND KATHERINE BARNETT
AT THE GOLAN HEIGHTS

DAY 6
Arrival in Jerusalem
and the Western Wall
The travelers arrived in Jerusalem with
an ambitious agenda of sacred places to
visit. The Mount of Olives from where
Jesus ascended to Heaven is also a
3,000-year-old Jewish cemetery that
holds 150,000 graves, and the Garden of
Gethsemane, among others.
“The trip opened my eyes to see Israel
through the eyes of people of a different
religious orientation,” Cohen said. “A
great deal of spiritual learning took place
through our eyes, our souls and our
hearts. A highlight for me was celebrating
Shabbat together.”
The group joined the crowds at the
Western Wall on Friday evening. “We
went to the Western (“Wailing”) Wall
before returning to the hotel for Shabbat
dinner,” Tim Smith wrote. “It was as if we
were at a football pep rally, the Jewish
teenagers were dancing and singing
to welcome the Sabbath … The custom
is to place a note with petitions in
cracks in the Wall, which I did. Without
speculating how or why, I placed both
palms on the wall and felt its warmth
and strength, a humming sensation,
peacefulness and quietness in the midst
of the teenage dancing that I didn’t hear.”
“I brought nine prayers with me from
friends and relatives to tuck into the
Western Wall,” Witry added. “I felt the
presence of God.”
DAY 7
Jerusalem–Hebrew Union College and
the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
“Shabbat morning began with a short
walk from the hotel to the Hebrew Union
College,” Cohen wrote on his blog. “The
walk is in a neighborhood I know so well,
the blocks that were my home away from
home as a junior in college, the very
time I was a student at Holy Cross, and
again in my first year of Rabbinic studies
immediately following my graduation,
where I stood with the very same people
who make up our traveling group. It was
as if time were standing still.”
For many, it was their introduction to
a Shabbat. “The rabbi who officiated at
the Shabbat service was solemn when
he needed to be and very funny at other
times,” Witry said. “I’d never been to a
Shabbat service. It was a revelation to
me.”
Fr. Hayes led the travelers along the Via
Dolorosa in Old Jerusalem, the path
Christ followed as he carried the cross.
The path is marked by nine Stations of
the Cross; the rest are inside the Church
of the Holy Sepulchre.
“In the Old City, Fr. Hayes led us along
the Stations of the Cross,” Cohen wrote.
“He invited our classmates to read
appropriate passages at each of our
stops. He concluded with a Mass just a
short distance from the Tomb of Jesus
in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Jim
wove into his homily references from our
Shabbat morning service and even a gem
from the Tzfat mystical Creation story.”
The experience was powerful. “I had
a very profound spiritual experience
in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre,
which I had not anticipated,” Katherine
Barnett wrote in her journal. “To this day,
I can conjure that sense of ecstasy and
▲ THE WESTERN “WAILING” WALL “I BROUGHT NINE PRAYERS WITH ME FROM FRIENDS AND RELATIVES TO TUCK INTO THE CRACKS OF THE WESTERN
WALL, AS IS THE CUSTOM,” RICHARD WITRY ’72 RECALLS. “I FELT THE PRESENCE OF GOD.”

euphoria of being ‘grabbed’ by the Holy
Spirit. I now better understand some of
the evangelical and mystical traditions in
Christianity and other faiths.”
DAY 8
Mud-coated frolic in the Dead Sea
The group traveled by foot or cable car
up to the desert fortress Masada, built
by Herod on an outcropping 1,500-feet
above the Dead Sea. The story of the
great struggle at Masada is an important
symbol of Jewish freedom. Then it was
off to the Dead Sea for a float. Those who
waded in could not help but float due to
the high mineral content of the water.
The mud is said to be good for the skin
and, apparently, fun to fling.
“We all enjoyed this experience, but it’s
good that this came at the end of our trip,
when our inhibitions were relaxed and
we trusted each other,” Katherine wrote.
“At the Dead Sea, people were acting like
10-year-olds, throwing mud all over the
place,”Witry said. “It was hilarious to see
grown-ups caking themselves in mineral
salts and mud, and then float. We were all
very comfortable with ourselves there.”
That evening Gil Hoffman, chief political
correspondent and analyst for The
Jerusalem Post, spoke to the group and
fielded their many questions about the
state of the State of Israel. He spoke
highly of United States Secretary of State
John Kerry, saying, “John Kerry learned
that you have to come here frequently to
have credibility. He was here 11 times in
six months. Now he has the stature and
respect of those negotiating for Israel’s
security.”
DAY 9
Jerusalem – Yad Vashem – Center of
Jewish and world remembrance
The travelers visited Yad Vashem, a
Holocaust memorial that includes a
museum, archives and a children’s
memorial among other exhibits.
“We finished our tour with a beautiful
memorial to the 1.5 million Jewish
children who were murdered during the
Holocaust,” Katie wrote. “With the theme
that a flickering candle can represent a
life easily extinguished, we walked into
the darkened building, where images of
children who had been killed reflected in
the prism-like background where their
photos were hung. As we passed that
wall, we were in a hall of tiny lights that
flickered like stars in the night. It brought
a kind of harrowing peace to think that so
many innocent lives were at rest, but not
from a peaceful or timely death.”
Witry purchased a coffee table book,
To Bear Witness, at the museum, and
asked each of the travelers to write an
inscription inside. The book was then
donated to Holy Cross’ Dinand Library
so that generations to come could read a
testament to their journey.
DAY 10
Bethlehem and a Change in Plans
The group visited Bethlehem, the birth-
place of Jesus and the birthplace and
hometown of David, King of Israel. In this
Palestinian city on the West Bank, about 85
percent of the residents are Muslim and 15
percent are Arab Christian. Here the group
would spend their last full day in Israel,
minus Rabbi Cohen, guide Julie Baretz and
bus driver Kfir.
▲ THE DEAD SEA SOME PILGRIMS TOOK A DIP IN THE DEAD SEA AND SLATHERED ON THE MUD THAT IS SAID TO HAVE HEALTH BENEFITS.
MASADA CABLE CARS RUN UP TO THE DESERT FORTRESS MASADA, BUILT BY HEROD ON AN OUTCROPPING 1,500-FEET ABOVE THE DEAD SEA. ▲

“I didn’t go with the group to Bethlehem,”
Cohen said. “They went on a different bus
with a Palestinian driver and guide. Julie
and I, plus our bus driver, stayed back
because Israelis are not allowed in the
West Bank. As a rabbi, I didn’t want it to
be a problem during this tense time of the
kidnapping.”
“The Israel Museum had a spectacular
1:50 scale model of Jerusalem,” Katherine
wrote. “We visited the Church of the
Nativity, though the actual Manger is now
in Rome, thanks to the Crusaders.”
As the trip wound down, the travelers
reflected on the meaning of their journey.
“This special pilgrimage with Holy Cross
opened our eyes and our souls,” said Greg
Flynn ’73, of Weston, Mass., who traveled
with his wife, Joan. Donovan noted, “This
was the most compelling journey of my
life, which makes the current situation
there all the more heartbreaking. Even in
our brief visit to this land, it was possible
to see the incredible potential that exists
there if only peace would prevail.”
“This trip went beyond all expectations,”
agreed Eileen and Jim Brucia ’72, P02 of
Sparta, N.J.
LAST NIGHT IN ISRAEL
At the closing banquet Cohen told his
classmates, “When we graduated, we
each went our separate way, beginning
the journey of our adult lives. Now that
most of us are approaching retirement
and realizing that much of the path has
been travelled, I wish for you a similar
‘epiphany’ to the one our alma mater gave
to me: that the experience in the Jewish
homeland inspires you to deepen your
own faith and that this shared pilgrimage
serves as a rudder for the remainder of
our adult lives, which in our tradition, are
wished to last ad meah v’esrim, to 120!”
BACK ON CAMPUS
On Nov. 12, 2014, the pilgrims gathered
once again—some by phone—at a panel
discussion and slide show in Rehm
Library. Rabbi Cohen and Fr. Hayes
spoke about the nature of pilgrimage and
spiritual journeys, highlighting the true
interfaith aspect of the Class of 1972’s
trek. To read more about this event and
what the pilgrims shared, visit our Web
Exclusives at magazine.holycross.edu. ■
▲ A SPECIAL GIFT AFTER A VISIT TO YAD VASHEM INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HOLOCAUST RESEARCH, PILGRIMS SIGNED TO BEAR WITNESS,
A BOOK ABOUT THE MUSEUM, AND DONATED IT TO DINAND LIBRARY AT HOLY CROSS.

A J O U R N E Y 4 0 Y E A R S I N T H E M A K I N G / R A B B I N O R M A N C O H E N / H O L Y L A N D P I L G R I M A G E / 3 9
hy did you go to Holy
Cross?’ is a question Rabbi
Norman Cohen ’72 (far left) is
used to answering.
“When I came to Holy Cross as a
freshman, I was wearing my religion
lightly,” Rabbi Cohen says. “I took it for
granted. I grew up in Pittsburgh in a
predominantly Jewish neighborhood
and attended a predominantly Jewish
high school. Jim Gallagher from the
Holy Cross admissions office came to
my high school and invited me to come
to campus. The College was trying to
diversify its student body.”
Rabbi Cohen was so impressed by the
outstanding number of Holy Cross
graduates accepted into medical school
that he did visit and found the campus
beautiful. “The more I learned about
Holy Cross, I could see that it was an
outstanding academic institution—and
they offered me a scholarship,” he says. “I
thought it would be no big deal that there
weren’t many other Jewish students
there. I didn’t realize until I got to
campus to begin my freshman year that I
was the only one.”
Undaunted by the crosses, masses and
Catholic culture on campus, Rabbi Cohen
found his classmates welcoming and the
College sensitive. In his first weeks of
freshman year, he responded to a flyer
pinned on a bulletin board in Beaven,
his residence hall. The flyer invited
Jewish students to high holidays—rides
provided—at Worcester’s Temple Emanuel
(second from left). “Instead of a flyer, I
think they could have sent me a personal
invitation,” Rabbi Cohen says, laughing.
He got to know Worcester’s welcoming
Jewish community through the Temple,
where he made lifelong friends. On
campus, he took an Old Testament class
taught by Rev. John Brooks, S.J., ’49 who
would ask him questions about Jewish
history and his faith.
“That was strong motivation for me to
prepare well for class,” Rabbi Cohen
says. “The following year, there was
another flyer that caught my attention. It
advertised a junior year abroad programs
in Israel offered through the Jacob
Hiatt Institute of Brandeis. Those six
months in Israel changed my life. There
was so much content. I was learning
Jewish history and seeing the vibrant
Jewish state. It meant so much to me
that I thought I wanted to do something
about this for the rest of my life. I had
an identity reawakening. If I hadn’t gone
to Holy Cross, I probably wouldn’t have
become a rabbi.”
When Rabbi Cohen returned, he went to
discuss his intention to become a rabbi
with Rabbi Klein at Temple Emanuel. “He
did what we rabbis do when someone
comes to us who wants to convert to
Judaism. He both discouraged and en-
couraged me. He also invited me to teach
religious school classes at the temple.”
After graduation, Rabbi Cohen returned
to Israel to begin his rabbinic studies at
Hebrew Union College (second from right,
see Day 7 reflection, Page 36). Following
ordination he served at Rockdale
Temple in Cincinnati, the oldest Jewish
congregation west of the Alleghenies, and
in 1981, he became the founding rabbi of
Bet Shalom Congregation in Minnetonka,
Minn. (far right). For more than a decade,
he has spent a week back on the Holy
Cross campus each fall, initially at the
invitation of the late College chaplain
Katherine “Kim” McElaney ’76. He meets
with Jewish students and faculty, guides
Torah study, visits classes and hosts a
Friday evening Shabbat dinner, where all
are welcome. ■
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Rabbi Norman Cohen ’72:
Why Holy Cross?

BY M A R K
S U L L I VA N
ALL
RISEThe state of Connecticut’s judicial system
is a hub of Holy Cross graduates
who welcome the weight
of the black robe.

ou might say Judge Gary
White’s black robe has a purple
lining. The administrative judge
of the Stamford-Norwalk (Conn.)
Superior Court and 1976 Holy Cross
alumnus is not alone on the Connecticut
bench: Nearly a dozen Superior Court
judges and judge trial referees in the
Nutmeg State are Holy Cross graduates.
White recalls that in one murder trial, all
three judges on the panel rendering the
verdict were Holy Cross alumni.
His Holy Cross education has been
“invaluable” to his calling as a jurist,
says White, who oversees judges at
Stamford Courthouse, where thousands
of cases are adjudicated every year,
from motor-vehicle offenses to murder.
“At Holy Cross you learn to take a
broad perspective, to take into account
different points of view,” he says. “That
training has served me well.”
That’s why, to current Holy Cross
students considering a career in law,
Judge White offers this advice: “Read as
much as possible about a wide variety of
subjects. Listen to people who challenge
your point of view, who don’t agree
with you, because you may be right, but
there’s a strong possibility you might be
wrong. You might alter your thinking.”
Jesuit schools have a mission to educate
the whole person “in solidarity with the
Y
real world,” the past superior general
of the Society of Jesus, Rev. Peter-Hans
Kolvenbach, S.J., has said. Students,
he notes, “must let the gritty reality of
this world into their lives, so they can
learn to feel it, think about it critically,
respond to its suffering and engage it
constructively.”
The “spirituality that seeks justice”
guiding Jesuit higher education is
reflected in the number of graduates
who go on to public service of one form
or another, according to the Association
of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The
AJCU points out that, in the United
States today, 54 members (or one-tenth)
of Congress, two Supreme Court justices,
30 presidential appointees, and many
more governors, mayors and judges are
products of Jesuit schools.
One is Superior Court Judge Richard
Dyer ’72, of the Juvenile Court in
Willimantic, Conn., who recalls the
internship he had as a Holy Cross senior
teaching English to inmates at Worcester
County Jail. He was inspired to work
after college as a juvenile probation
officer, attending law school at the
University of Connecticut at night. “My
experience as a Holy Cross student at
the jail led me to a career in law,” he
says, and ultimately, to a judgeship in
Connecticut.
He’s in good company. Whether a
function of political connection—“It
doesn’t hurt,” says Bantam Superior
Court Judge Paul Matasavage ’81—or
purely of math—“Holy Cross graduates
a lot of lawyers,” observes Dyer—the
Connecticut state court system is a hub
of jurists who got their start on Mount St.
James.
Francis McDonald Jr. ’53 is a retired
chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme
Court. Another former pillar of the state’s
high court, Associate Justice Angelo
Santaniello ’46, was so devoted to alma
mater, “he bled purple,” in the words
of one colleague—and was a courtside
fixture as a season-ticket holder at
Crusader basketball games.
The Connecticut Superior Court got its
first Indian-American judge when Hon.
Rupal Shah ’95 was confirmed this year.
Judge Shah serves in New Britain.
Matasavage recalls three Holy Cross-
educated judges in Waterbury when he
was growing up a lawyer’s son in that city.
Between 2008 and 2011, four Holy Cross
alumni—Judges White ’76, John Blawie
’79, Alfred Jennings ’61 and William
Mottolese ’56—were assigned to the
bench at Stamford Courthouse.
“While the four of us were together at
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At one time, Judges John Blawie ’79, Alfred Jennings ’61,
William Mottolese ’56 and Gary White ’76, (from left) all
worked in the Stamford (Conn.) Courthouse (right).

Stamford, there was a lot of camaraderie
because of the Holy Cross connection,
and the ribbing we would take from
alumni of colleges with more prominent
sports programs,” recalls Jennings. “It
was pretty well known throughout the
courthouse that we were Holy Cross
alumni. I run into other Holy Cross
alumni judges at other venues, and
we usually chat for a while. There is a
recognition of a common bond.”
White adds: “I enjoy those guys as
people. They’re a lot of fun to be around.
They’re interesting [and] they’re smart.”
Blawie notes an additional tie: “Three of
the four of us judges in Stamford were
also fortunate enough to have graduated
from the same Jesuit high school,
Fairfield [Conn.] Prep.” The values of a
Jesuit education have not “gone out of
style” but remain “as relevant as they
have always been,” Blawie says. “It has all
served me in good stead.”
White says they shared an education
that encouraged practical thinking,
considering all sides of an issue and
engaging with human challenges, a
foundation for their callings in the
courtroom.
“When you’re sitting in a criminal court,
not everybody’s a scholar,” White says.
“You’re listening to people testify and
you’re listening to lawyers making
arguments, and you have to be able to
blend the theoretical with the practical,
make decisions that synthesize the law
and the facts and come up with decisions
that are practical—and just.
“When you’re a lawyer or a judge, it’s
more than just being an academic,” he
continues. “You have to have some street
sense and know what’s going on in the
real world.”
He recalled a murder trial in 2008 in
which the defendant requested a three-
judge panel instead of a jury to decide
the verdict, an option under Connecticut
law. Judge White was joined on the panel
by two fellow Holy Cross alumni, Judges
Blawie and Jennings.
The details of the case were ugly. The
defendant Anthony Rogers, previously
convicted in the execution-style slaying
of a homeless man, was accused of
fatally shooting a man he had taken to
be a female prostitute. The prosecution’s
case relied on testimony given by Rogers’
former girlfriend—herself a convicted
felon who had been offered a reduced
sentence in exchange for testifying,
and who had given several conflicting
accounts of the incident.
No corroborating witness could be
produced to establish Rogers as the
assailant beyond a reasonable doubt.
Jennings recalled: “We heard the
evidence and unanimously decided to
acquit.”As the verdict was announced,
White was quoted as saying: “A finding of
‘not guilty’ is not a finding of innocence.”
Blawie says reaching a decision in
the Rogers trial gave him “a better
appreciation of the job we routinely task
our fellow citizens with: that of serving
jury duty.”
“I’m not an idealist to believe firmly in
the jury system,” he says, “because I’ve
seen it work time and time again, but a
court is only as good as its jurors, and
a jury is only as good as the folks who
make it up.”
Longtime Connecticut courthouse
reporter Thomas Scheffey has spent
years covering judges at work. “There’s
a reason judges wear black robes, and
that is because they’re representing
a legal system that has to look as if it
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comes in one flavor,” says the former
Connecticut Law Tribune correspondent.
“But underneath, judges are as different
as Baskin Robbins.”
Judges, says Scheffey, are “non-public
public figures.” Their job imposes a
certain isolation: Judicial conduct laws
restrict what a judge may say or do
in public, to avoid any impropriety or
conflict of interest or the appearance of
same. Mottolese observes: “You can’t go
out with an old law-firm colleague and
pay for his lunch or allow him to pay for
yours.”
The black robes carry great weight.
“It’s an awesome responsibility,” says
White. “I’m aware that when I enter a
courtroom, I am representing the people
of the state of Connecticut [and] charged
with the responsibility of being fair and
doing the right thing on behalf of all the
people. I try to the best of my ability to
do that.
“There have been a number of occasions
when I had to make legal rulings which
I didn’t agree with personally: I thought
that the case should come out a different
way,” White says, “but I ruled the way I
did because I thought the law and the
facts required the ruling that I issued. If
you’re going to act as a judge, you’ve got
to be willing to impose the law and not
rule based on your personal opinion or
whims.
“I’m comfortable with making decisions,”
White notes. “If you’re not comfortable
putting your name on a decision, it’s
tough to be a judge.”
With the responsibility comes great
reward. “I look forward to the intellectual
challenge, to the writing,” says Mottolese,
who, as a trial referee, continues to serve
as a judge past the formal retirement age
of 70. Pushing 80, he notes: “It’s keeping
me alive.
“I love being a judge,” Mottolese
continues. “All of us do. It’s a very
rewarding, satisfying occupation. You’re
dealing with humanity and its faults. You
see humanity at its lowest. Sometimes
you can do something to help with that.”
Judge Matasavage, a standout defensive
lineman in football as a Connecticut
high schooler and at Holy Cross, says
there are “some really tough days” as a
judge. “You get some tough calls, here,
certainly,” he explains. “The bottom line,
at the end of the day, is that you do the
right thing. You feel good if you make
a decision that solves some people’s
problems.”
White is a boxing judge in his spare
time, scoring amateur bouts around the
Northeast. He recalled one match when
one of the fighters, a middleweight in
his early 20s, approached and profusely
thanked him. “It turns out I had
sentenced him,” White recalls.
The young man had come before him
as a defendant in a drug case, fully
expecting to be sent to jail. Instead,
Judge White, a former public defender,
had given the man a suspended sentence
and a talking-to, urging him to turn his
life around. “It inspired him,” says White.
Today, the former defendant is “quite an
accomplished boxer,” preparing to turn
professional.
“I mostly see people at their worst,” says
White. “It’s nice when things turn out for
them.” ■
Mark Sullivan, a freelance writer in Ashland,
Mass., regularly contributes to Holy Cross
Magazine.
“I love being a judge. You’re
dealing with humanity and its
faults. You see humanity at its
lowest. Sometimes you can do
something to help with that.”
— Hon. William Mottolese ’56,
judge trial referee, stamford, conn.
mark tomik

Rendering
Their Verdict
Nearly a dozen Holy Cross alumni serve
as Superior Court judges or
judge trial referees in Connecticut.
At the invitation of Holy Cross Magazine,
several offered perspectives
on the jurist’s calling.

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ON BEING A JUDGE
“Each week presents a wide variety
of crucial human problems, many
involving high conflict. Some are
poignant and the outcomes are
heartwarming. Others are shockingly
repulsive and the outcomes fail to heal
the damage. Only a small percentage
are mundane. Judges affect the lives,
livelihoods and liberties of people every
day. There are many cases I will never
forget.”
~ Hon. Robert Vacchelli ’73,
Superior Court judge, Hartford, Conn.
“It is unlike any other new experience I
have had. Every day I learn something
new.”
~ Hon. Rupal Shah ’95,
Superior Court judge, New Britain, Conn.
ON THE INFLUENCE OF
A HOLY CROSS EDUCATION
“Being a judge presented many
challenges in an era of uncertain and
changing values. With logic, political
history and religion courses, Holy Cross
prepared me for life.”
~ Hon. Francis McDonald Jr. ’53,
retired Connecticut Supreme Court chief
justice, Middlebury, Conn.
“Holy Cross gave me a foundation for
the power of analysis, and for speaking
and writing and expressing myself:
A judge’s stock in trade is the English
language. And Holy Cross taught a
sense of treating everyone fairly.”
~ Hon. William Mottolese ’56,
judge trial referee, Stamford, Conn.
“I learned from Holy Cross that a well-
prepared mind is one that can tackle
any problem. I review all available
information before taking the bench. I
know I will never know as much about
a case as the attorneys, but I prepare
to the fullest extent possible so that I
can render a fair and impartial decision
as expeditiously as possible. I am
constantly reminded that as a judge I
must, first and foremost, adhere to the
letter of the law. I am mindful, however,
that we are all human beings who can
and will constantly fall short of the
mark. I have always, and will continue,
to temper my judgment in each and
every matter with reason, fairness and
human understanding. This is what
Holy Cross gave to me.”
~ Hon. Peter Brown ’84,
Superior Court judge, Derby, Conn.
ON HOW THE LEGAL PROFESSION
HAS CHANGED
“I began my legal career in New York
City with the federal government
in the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission’s Division of Enforcement.
There, I prosecuted Wall Street insider
trading cases and broker-dealer fraud,
and it was the end of the era when
corporate annual reports were still
largely printed and filed in paper
format. Although in January 1983,
Time magazine had named the PC the
‘Machine of the Year,’ I started my job as
an SEC attorney that same year initially
without a personal computer on my
desk. Technology has transformed
society, but our laws do not always keep
up with the rapid pace of technology.
When it comes to the search and
seizure of electronic information, and
the vast amounts of personal data out
there, stored in such massive quantities
on devices like our cell phones,
the cloud and data generated by us
and stored on commercial servers,
in many ways we are operating in
the 21st century on a legal platform
whose essentials were designed in
the 18th and 19th century. I recall
waiting—waiting!—to use the College’s
mainframe in the basement of Fenwick
Hall, and watching its results print
out in staccato type on giant spools of
paper. Today’s Holy Cross students and
younger alumni will spend their entire
lives embedded in this technology, and
their cell phones are able to process
so much more data so much faster
and with greater ease than that giant
mainframe.” ~ Hon. John Blawie ’79,
Superior Court judge, Bridgeport, Conn.
ADVICE TO TODAY’S STUDENTS
CONSIDERING A CAREER IN LAW
“Take the hardest courses you can. Take
courses that force you a little bit.”
~ Hon. Howard Owens ’56,
judge trial referee, Bridgeport, Conn.
“Be able to write. I was a history major,
and I wrote an awful lot. That was very
helpful. You have to be able to write and
express yourself in the law.”
~ Hon. Paul Matasavage ’81,
Superior Court judge, Bantam, Conn.
“I would advise them to keep an open
mind, build strong relationships and
work hard, but also keep things in
perspective. The law is more about
being able to find the answers with the
skills you build rather than having all
the answers.”
~ Judge Shah
ON THE REWARDS OF BEING A JUDGE
“When in Stamford I would usually
walk the mile or so from the train
station to the courthouse. One day a
uniformed security guard came running
toward me from one of the big glass
towers. I thought I had inadvertently
breached a security area or was
stepping on newly planted grass or
something like that. It turns out he had
been an alternate juror at a medical
malpractice trial. He recognized me as
the trial judge and said he couldn’t wait
to tell me how much he enjoyed the
experience and what a great job I had
done. After that he would be waiting for
me to come by, and give me a big smile
and a wave.”
~ Hon. Alfred Jennings ’61,
judge trial referee, Bridgeport, Conn.
“When is being a judge most rewarding
and inspiring? Two times. First, when
a case is resolved and I believe I made
the best decision I could, under all
the circumstances. Second, going to
elementary, middle and high schools
talking to students about the law. It
is gratifying to see how much respect
young people afford to me when I
visit their class. They have wonderful
questions. It’s the highlight of the day.”
~ Judge Brown ■

P I CT U R E S A N D WO R DS
BY LO U I E D E S P R E S
Fred Lombardi ’71,
pictured in his Elmwood
Park, N.J., home, spent
seven years researching
prolific—but under
recognized—Hollywood
director Allan Dwan.

orn in 1885, Dwan was a
Hollywood film director who
guided more than 400 films
during his long career from
1911 to 1961, worked with many of the
greatest actors of all time and made
some of the most innovative movies in
Hollywood history. Compared to other
directors of his time, however, his name
is virtually unknown today. Lombardi
aims to change this perception with his
first book, Allan Dwan and the Rise and
Decline of the Hollywood Studios, detailing
the life and career of one of America’s
B
most overlooked auteurs and, in doing so,
unraveling a most incredible story and
life that lasted 96 years.
HOLY CROSS MAGAZINE Did you always
have a fascination with movies, or is this
an interest that came later on?
FRED LOMBARDI ’71 It happened when
I was very young. When I was growing
up, there was nothing like what we have
today in terms of literature on film. I
remember going to the library to search
through old microfilms of The NewYork
Times for the original reviews and the
original “10 best” lists from every year.
That was my first film education.
HCM How did your education at Holy
Cross and subsequent career lead to the
writing of this biography?
LOMBARDI I was a history major, and I
was in the student faculty senate. But
during my junior year, I volunteered
to work at The Crusader. There were 12
aspiring rookies including myself, so the
editors said, “Look, we want all of you to
attend this event, then we’ll look at your
stories, and the one that we think is the
best, we’ll print.”When the next issue of
The Crusader came out, it was my story
on the first page—I’m real proud of that
(see photo, next page). Whenever some
big-name speaker came to Holy Cross, I
was usually assigned to cover it.
After graduation, I worked at Variety,
the bible of show business, for 13 years as
an office manager, but I also did a good
deal of writing. Then Variety acquired the
International Film Guide, and I became
the New York liaison for the IFG as well.
The fact that I was so involved in the film
program at Holy Cross was beneficial,
because it was my knowledge about
movies that also helped me get writing
gigs at Variety.
HCM Tell me about the influential film
program at Kimball Hall.
LOMBARDI It was called the Gallagher
Film Series, and the organizers would
arrange discussion periods with various
members of the faculty and the students.
We would watch lots of foreign films
from all different time periods, artistic
films, more recent American commercial
films, and sometimes experimental
movies. [Editor’s Note: Read more about
the origins of the Gallagher Film Series,
named after Rev. Fred Gallagher, S.J.,
in the Flashback story in Holy Cross
Magazine’s Fall 2008 issue:
holycross.edu/hcm/gallagherfilm]
HCM What sparked your interest in Allan
Dwan?
LOMBARDI In late 2003, I went to see a
retrospective of Allan Dwan’s films at
Lincoln Center. The 20 movies that were
shown whetted my appetite because
there are many famous directors who
have been written about, but the only
major writings on Dwan in English were a
book of interviews by Peter Bogdanovich
Frederic Lombardi ’71 wants
you to know Allan Dwan.
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and pieces by film historian Kevin
Brownlow. So that intrigued me; it was
an open field, and I wouldn’t have to
compete with all the different writers who
already had this particular area covered.
So I said, “Why not?”
HCM Was it easy to find a publishing
company to work with?
LOMBARDI I wrote up a summary of my
plan for the project and sent it to the
McFarland Company, which specializes
in film books; the publishers replied that
they were interested, but wanted to see
a lot more. So I had to provide a pilot
for the book, with a synopsis of every
chapter, which required a good amount
of research. Once it was all received, they
finally said, “Yes.”
HCM Your book is very detailed. How did
you go about your research? Did you do a
lot of traveling yourself?
LOMBARDI A good amount of traveling,
but with a very limited budget, I couldn’t
do it all myself. I hired freelancers for
some places I couldn’t visit, while I made
a lot of progress at the Billy Rose Theatre
Division in Lincoln Center. Access to
microfilm reels of the Santa Barbara
News-Press was critical: Because the
company that Dwan worked for at that
time was the main industry in that city,
the newspaper devoted a great deal of
space to film production. I saw movies at
the George Eastman House International
Museum of Photography and Film in
Rochester, N.Y.; I also visited the Margaret
Herrick Library, the USC Archives and
UCLA archives, all in Los Angeles. The
Library of Congress was an important
resource as well—I went there several
times to see movies and do research.”
HCM In the book you often mention
Dwan’s ingenuity and creativity. Do you
think, for the period, it made him unique?
LOMBARDI I think what was very
important was the way Dwan started
in the business. He was, in essence, the
executive in charge. He was the film
director, but, at the same time, he knew
all the practical things about running
the movie business. He always had a
very practical side. What really gave him
an edge over a lot of other people was
that he remained an incredibly efficient
director. In articles about his movies,
writers talk about how Dwan set a new
record for finishing them in ‘X’ amount of
time, and the quality didn’t suffer.
HCM You lectured at the Museum of
Modern Art in New York City for its film
series on Dwan, an exhibition that won
the National Society of Film Critics’ Film
Heritage Award in 2013, correct?
LOMBARDI Yes, in the summer of 2013,
MoMA hosted a film exhibition called
“Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of
the Hollywood Studios,” which is also the
title of my book. I introduced the opening
film (1929’s The Iron Mask, starring
Douglas Fairbanks) and three other
movies. We also had a panel discussion
and a Q&A session. I think the series was
really enjoyed, and for a lot of people, it
opened their eyes about Dwan.
HCM Are there any more book projects in
your future?
LOMBARDI I’m still catching up with a
number of things that were neglected
while I was working on my book. I do
have some writing projects in mind,
including quite possibly another book. ■
Louie Despres, a Worcester-based
photographer, writes the blog, “Give Me the
Good Old Days!”, dedicated to rediscovering
the life and career of comedian El Brendel.
(left) Frederic Lombardi ’71 credits his turn
as a reporter for The Crusader with setting
the stage for a career in writing. This article,
about author Joe McGinniss ’64 returning
to campus to speak about Richard Nixon’s
media-savvy tactics in the 1968 presidential
campaign, was one of Lombardi’s first for
the student paper. It appears on the front
page of the Oct. 24, 1969, issue. (above)
Lombardi in the 1971 Purple Patcher

BY PA R K E R M A R I E MO L LOY
P H OTOS BY R O B CA R L I N
Citizen Kane
(1941, directed by
Orson Welles)
Nights of the Cabiria
(1957, directed by
Federico Fellini)
Once Upon a Time in
the West (1968, directed
by Sergio Leone)
The Rules of the Game
(1939, directed by
Jean Renoir)
The Third Man
(1949, directed by
Carol Reed)
HCM asked former Variety writer, author and film aficionado Fred Lombardi ’71 for his “Top Five” lists.
Lombardi’s Must-See Movies
The Extraordinary
Adventures of Mr.
West in the Land of the
Bolsheviks (1924) “This
silent film from the
USSR was directed by
Lev Kuleshov.”
For Love and Gold
(1966) “This Italian
film, also known as
L’armata Brancaleone,
or ‘Brancaleone’s Army,’
is a satiric view of the
Middle Ages set during
the Crusades, by director
Mario Monicelli.”
Je T’Aime Je T’Aime
(1968) “This French film
on time travel, directed
by the late Alain Resnais,
is definitely the top
movie I need to catch up
with.”
So This Is New York
(1948) “Directed by
Richard Fleischer, this
comedy is based on Ring
Lardner’s novel, The Big
Town.”
World on a Wire
(1973) “Directed
by Rainer Werner
Fassbinder, this
film from West
Germany chronicles
a mysterious journey
into conspiracies in
cyberspace that predates
The Matrix.”
The Iron Mask
(1929) “The last of 10
collaborations between
star Douglas Fairbanks
Sr. and director Dwan—
this film was also
the last of Fairbanks’
swashbucklers and no
star has provided a more
eloquent and spirited
farewell to his audience.”
The River’s Edge
(1957) “All four of these
major films Dwan
made in the 1950s
(see other three titles at
right) feature triangular
relationships, but in this
movie the participants in
the triangle are the only
major characters in the
story.”
Silver Lode
(1954) “While the
bogus marshal making
accusations he can’t
prove is named
McCarty, this film
adroitly conveys more
universal themes than
a condemnation of
the McCarthyist witch
hunts.”
Slightly Scarlet
(1956) “One of the
best of the classic film
noirs shot in color. Fine
blending of film noir
and traditional ‘woman’s
film,’ with a script that
is superior to its source,
James M. Cain’s novel,
Love’s Lovely Counterfeit.”
Tennessee’s Partner
(1955) “A fable about
friendship based on a
Bret Harte story and
featuring one of the best
screen performances by
Ronald Reagan.”
READER POLL What are your top five favorite movies of all time? Email hcmag@holycross.edu. The first three respondents
will receive a surprise from our goodie drawer of Holy Cross garb. Names and answers may appear in a future issue.
TOP FIVE MOVIES OF ALL TIME in alphabetical order
TOP FIVE FILMS I’VE NEVER SEEN BUT SHOULD
TOP FIVE ALLAN DWAN FILMS

G I F T S A T W O R K
$400-million Become More
Campaign Co-chairs Announced
lumni Anne Schiffmann Fink
’85, P17, Richard Patterson ’80
and William Phelan ’73, P04,
01, 99 are co-chairing the
$400-million Become More campaign,
the most ambitious fundraising effort in
Holy Cross history. Fink, Patterson and
Phelan, all Trustees of the College, share
decades-long dossiers of leadership,
service and support on behalf of Holy
Cross.
“We’re fortunate to have this
extraordinary group of volunteer
leaders chairing this campaign,”
says Tracy Barlok, vice president for
Advancement. “Not only do Anne,
Rick and Bill share in the vision of the
future of Holy Cross, they have lived
the mission of what this institution
represents in their own lives. Together,
they’re guiding and empowering an
exciting new chapter for all of us.”
Fink, Patterson and Phelan are leading
what College President Rev. Philip L.
Boroughs, S.J., has called “the greatest
fundraising effort in our history.” The
Become More campaign has the potential
to strengthen every dimension of the
Holy Cross experience.
A critical aspect for Phelan is financial
aid. “It takes resources to maintain the
College’s need-blind admission policy,”
he says. “Plus, the campaign’s proposed
Contemplative Center and upgrades
to the Hart Center and other athletics
facilities–they’re all essential.”
For Patterson, strengthening the
endowment is another critical
element of the campaign. “It assures
affordability, accessibility and viability
for the future,” he says. “A billion-dollar
endowment would put Holy Cross
in a very solid place financially for
generations to come.”
The passion of the campaign’s honorary
co-chairs, Jack Rehm ’54, P88, 85,
81 who led the $175-million Lift High
the Cross campaign, and Park B.
Smith ’54, who ignited that campaign
with a $10-million challenge gift, is
inspirational, Patterson says. “They’ve
been strong and visionary leaders who
put the College on their backs.”
Fink has embraced her new role with
several expectations. “I expect to be
inspired by the passion and generosity
of our alumni and parents,” she says.
“I expect that many others will offer
their support. I also expect that we, as a
community, will be extremely successful
and exceed our goals.”
CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR
Richard Patterson ’80
Become More campaign co-chair
Richard “Rick” Patterson ’80 is a
founding partner in Spire Capital, a
private equity firm in New York, and
founder of Coniston Capital. He is a
director of Professional Bull Riders, Inc.,
and Global Weather Corporation. He
earned an MBA at Columbia University
in 1982.
Patterson joined the Holy Cross Board
of Trustees in 2011, where he serves on
the Finance and Investment Committees
and is co-chair of the Institutional
Advancement Committee. A member of
the Executive Committee of the Holy
Cross Leadership Council of New York,
he sits on the steering committee for
the Financial Markets Alumni Network.
Patterson was a member of the Lift High
the Cross New York Regional Campaign
Committee (2002-06) and the Holy
Cross Metro New York Campaign
Committee (1991-94). He was the co-
chair for three reunion gift committees.
Patterson and his wife, Regina Speroni
Patterson ’80, have been members
of the President’s Council since 1990.
In 2002, they established a Holy
Cross Fund Scholarship, the Edward
L. and Mary Lee Speroni Memorial
Scholarship, in memory of Regina’s
parents. They were inducted into
the Cornerstone Society in 2014. The
Pattersons have three grown children,
Marty, Anna and Joe. Their niece,
Samantha Speroni ’17, is a pole vaulter
on the women’s track and field team.
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B E C O M E M O R E / G I F T S A T W O R K / 5 1
CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR
Anne Schiffmann Fink ’85, P17
Anne Schiffmann Fink ’85 is the chief
operating officer of PepsiCo North
America Foodservice. Fink oversees
operations for Pepsi Beverages,
Gatorade, Tropicana, Frito-Lay and
Quaker Foods and Snacks in the United
States and Canada. She previously
served as senior vice president and
chief customer officer for PepsiCo
Sales. Fink also led the company’s
Global Sales Leadership Council. Since
joining PepsiCo in 1988, she has held
various leadership positions where
she has developed broad and diverse
business and general management
experiences in retail sales, foodservice,
marketing, insights, operations, franchise
management and new business. She has
participated in executive development
programs at the Yale School of
Management and the University of
Virginia’s Darden School of Business.
Fink joined the Holy Cross Board of
Trustees in 2011. A member of the
Leadership Council of New York, she has
sponsored Holy Cross interns for four
years. Fink has been actively involved
with the Career Advisor Network, the
Pre-business Program and the Women
in Business Network, serving as the
keynote speaker at the 2014 Women in
Business Conference. Fink chairs the
Buildings and Grounds Committee of
the Board of Trustees, and has served
as a class agent since graduation.
She also serves on the boards of the
IndustryAffairs Council of the Grocery
Manufacturers of America and the Food
Marketing Institute’s Foundation, and
is a member and former board member
of the Network of Executive Women.
She is an executive sponsor of PepsiCo’s
Women’s Inclusion Network and
PepsiCorps.
Fink and her husband, John, are
Benefactor-level members of the
President’s Council. They have three
children, John ’17, Katherine and Charles.
Her extended Crusader family includes
her brother, John Schiffmann ’82 and
niece Alexandra Schiffmann ’15.
CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR
William J. Phelan ’73, P04, 01, 99
William “Bill” Phelan is the co-founder
and executive chairman of Charter
Brokerage Corp., a privately held global
trade services company headquartered
in Norwalk, Conn., and Houston, Texas.
He was also a founding partner of the
law firm, Phelan & Mitri, in Connecticut.
Previously, Phelan was a partner in the
law firm of Donohue & Donohue in New
York. He earned his juris doctor from New
York Law School in 1976.
Phelan, who joined the Holy Cross
Board of Trustees in 2014, chaired the
Leadership Council of New York for
four years, served on the Lift High the
Cross Regional Campaign Committee of
New York, and has worked to increase
and enhance finance internships and
programming opportunities in the New
York metro area. Phelan regularly serves
on his class reunion gift committee and
chaired his class’s 40th-reunion gift
effort. He is a Knight of Malta and serves
on the executive committee of the board
of The Inner-City Foundation for Charity
and Education Inc., in Bridgeport, Conn.
Phelan and his wife, Patricia, established
The Phelan Family Scholarship Fund
in support of the Lift High the Cross
campaign. They joined the President’s
Council in 1988, where they are
Benefactor-level members. They were
inducted into the Fitton Society in 2002.
The Phelans have five grown children,
including Katie Phelan Contino ’99,
Peggy Phelan Cook ’01 and William L.
Phelan ’04. ■
RICHARD
PATTERSON ’80
ANN
SCHIFFMANN
FINK ’85
WILLIAM
PHELAN ’73

n a beautiful Saturday
evening in early November,
members of President’s
Council gathered in the
Hogan Ballroom to celebrate donor
generosity and the tremendous impact it
has on campus. In his remarks, College
President Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J.,
said: “This event, for me, is an occasion
on which I am able to thank you, on
behalf of this wonderful community.
To thank you—genuinely and deeply—
for your faith, your assistance, your
humbling generosity, your wisdom and
your counsel.”
Individuals were recognized for reaching
Fitton, Fenwick and Cornerstone lifetime
giving societies. Three outstanding
students shared highlights from their
varied experiences at Holy Cross,
thanking members of President’s
Council for providing resources that
support their pursuits in and beyond
the classroom. Among those recognized
for transformative giving were John
Mullman ’82, P07 and Dan Wellehan ’55,
P88.
Of Mullman, Fr. Boroughs said:
“Galvanized by a service trip to
Appalachia and a Spiritual Exercises
retreat as a student, John subsequently
joined the Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC)
and worked with disadvantaged youth in
Washington, D.C. In the years to come,
those pivotal experiences guided his
quest to do more. John has adapted
Ignatian principles in his personal and
business life, focusing on making the
world a better place.”
Of Wellehan, Fr. Boroughs said:
“Dan opened the door to give fellow
Downeasterners from his beloved state
of Maine the path toward successful and
meaningful lives and careers through the
Daniel J. Wellehan Jr. Family Scholarship
at Holy Cross. He recently magnified
his generosity with a significant gift to
the forthcoming Holy Cross performing
arts center. Dan’s support of the center
comes from an enthusiasm and love for
music that began at his mother’s knee.”
Fr. Boroughs introduced three alumni
who will lead the College in the Become
More campaign: Richard Patterson ’80,
William Phelan ’73 and Anne Fink ’85
(see story, previous page); and recognized
two honorary campaign chairs, Park B.
Smith ’54 and Jack Rehm ’54. “We are
about to enter a defining moment for
the College,” Fr. Boroughs remarked.
“We have recently launched the most
ambitious campaign in our history.
The challenge laid out ahead of us is
bold and grand. Over the next several
years, we plan to raise $400 million.
And when we do this, we will transform
every dimension of the Holy Cross
experience.” ■
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President’s Council Dinner

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1 Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Jacqueline Peterson, with her husband, Daryl 2 Board of Trustees Chair John
Mahoney ’73, John Mullman ’82 and Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J. 3 Angela Hastie ’80, P14 and Rose Mahoney P13, 00 4 Jinrong “Carol” Cao
’16, an international student from China who is studying mathematics and economics, raising her glass in gratitude 5 Sean McCarthy ’87,
Patrick McCarthy ’63, Rev. Charles Dunn, S.J., and Patrick McCarthy Jr. ’86 6 John Mahoney ’73, Lise Wellehan, Mary Wellehan ’88 and Dan
Wellehan ’55, P88 with Fr. Boroughs 7 Andrew Dole ’09, Shannon Walsh ’09, Christi O’Toole ’05 and Pat Gavin ’07
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The
Power
of
One
Daryl Brown ’09
“I stay
connected
because I
am proud of
Holy Cross
and I am
excited about
the direction
in which the
College is
headed.”
JANET MESIC-MACKIE

Name
Daryl Brown ’09
Hometown
Stone Mountain, Ga.
Family
“I am my father’s youngest child
and my mother’s only child. I
got married this past summer to
my wife, Jasmin.”
The working life
“I work as a regional sales
representative supporting
the northeast territory for
GE Capital’s Commercial
Distribution Finance
organization. In today’s working
environment, only those who
are open-minded, diligent and
collaborative are truly able
to succeed. The liberal arts
education at Holy Cross allows
students to learn these essential
skills as they transition into the
working world.”
What he did at Holy Cross
“I was a member of the football
team, serving as a co-captain
during my senior season.
Outside of football, I tried to
immerse myself in the culture of
Holy Cross by participating in as
many clubs and organizations
as possible. During my four
years, I completed two Manresa
retreats (one as a student
leader), was a member of the
Campus Christian Fellowship
and served on the leadership
team for the Black Student
Union (BSU). I volunteered
as a Big Brother and had
the opportunity to speak at
numerous fundraising events
for the United Way of Central
Massachusetts in order to raise
money for the organization.”
How Holy Cross affected his life
“My four years were better than
I could ever have imagined. The
mental and spiritual growth I
experienced, and the amazing
classmates and professors I had
the opportunity to learn from,
pushed me to be my very best
in every aspect of life. Holy
Cross is in a class of its own
when combining a positive
college experience and a strong
network after graduation. I
love that alumni look out for
each other! The Holy Cross
network is really strong at
General Electric, and there’s
a strong network in Chicago,
so it has been great to connect
with alumni that are active in
the community and pursuing
amazing careers.”
Memorable moments
“President Obama’s election
in 2008; beating Lafayette my
senior year on a last-second
Hail Mary TD pass; the men’s
hockey team making it to the
Frozen Four; both basketball
teams going to the NCAA
tournament my sophomore
year; my Manresa retreats and
my trip to Seattle with a group
of classmates for the National
Jesuit Leadership Conference.”
Why he stays
connected to Holy Cross
“I stay connected because I am
proud of Holy Cross and I am
excited about the direction in
which the College is headed.
Holy Cross believed in me and
offered me everything I needed,
including the opportunity to
get a great education and play
Division I football.”
Why he gives to Holy Cross
“I give because Holy Cross
changed my life and I want
to pay it forward to the next
generation. I am so thankful
for my time on the Hill and
feel so blessed to have had the
experience. I truly believe
that each Crusader is blessed
with this experience in order
to be a blessing to the next
generation.” ■
P O W E R O F O N E / G I F T S A T W O R K / 5 5
he Holy Cross Leadership Council of
New York (HCLC) will honor William
F. Glavin, Jr. ’80, P10, chairman of
Oppenheimer Funds, at its annual
dinner on April 20, 2015, at The Pierre in New
York City.
Each year the HCLC of NY honors a
distinguished member of the Holy Cross
community who is thoughtful, hard-working,
trustworthy and devoted to the common good
and the service of others. Previous honorees
include Michael E. Daniels ’76, P04, 03; Edward
J. Ludwig ’73 and Stanley E. Grayson ’72.
Since its inception, the HCLC has raised more
than $4.5 million in support of the Summer
Internship Program and other initiatives. In
the spring of 2014 the HCLC held its most
successful dinner to date raising over $500,000.
The success of this dinner in recent years has
enabled the Council to support the Summer
Internship Program at a higher level, increasing
the number of students who are able to gain
meaningful work experience in N.Y.-area
businesses and organizations.
“Internships are a prerequisite in today’s highly
competitive job market,” says Pam Ahearn,
director of the Summer Internship Program
at Holy Cross. “Employers often cite work
experience as a deciding factor for hiring as
they seek candidates who can immediately
make contributions.
“As one of our recent students said, internships
are really a 10-week long job interview,” she
continues, “employers have the opportunity
to see whether a student has the skills and
knowledge they require and students get the
opportunity to test drive an industry while
deciding if it’s something they want to pursue.”
For information about the Council and this
important annual event, contact Patricia
Haylon ’83, P17 at nylc@holycross.edu or (508)
793-3856. Or visit alumni.holycross.edu/nylc. ■
Big Night for
Leadership
Council of N.Y.
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S P O R T S

Off the
Court with
Malcolm
Miller ’15
alcolm L. Miller ’15 of Laytonsville, Md., is known for his speed
and long reach on the court as a forward for Coach Milan
Brown’s Crusader basketball team. But when Holy Cross Magazine
talked to this 6-foot-7-inch philosophy major, we asked him
some distinctly non-sports questions.
HOLY CROSS MAGAZINE You have a brother and two sisters … Where are
you in that lineup, and how did that shape your personality?
MALCOLM MILLER I am the baby of the family (although I’m the biggest one
in my family). It makes me grateful for having older siblings who care so
much for me. We’re all very competitive, but we are all really close to each
other.
HCM Did you have fun with your family over the holidays? What’s your
favorite tradition?
MILLER My favorite holiday tradition is our yearly Christmas videos that
my father makes us perform in. Since I was a kid, he records us coming
down the stairs and “acting” surprised to see the presents under the tree.
We tend to get less enthused as the years go by, but still excited for the
tradition.
HCM You are from Laytonsville, Md., just outside of Washington, D.C.
What’s your favorite tourist attraction there?
MILLER By far my favorite museum in D.C. is the National Air and
Space Museum. I’ve gone on countless field trips there. If I could have a
superpower, I would want to fly, but since I don’t, planes and space ships
are the next best thing.
HCM What led you to major in philosophy?
MILLER I never thought I would be a philosophy major when I graduated
high school, but after taking a few classes I really enjoyed the concepts
and perspectives that were presented. Thinking is so important, and it’s
interesting to follow many great thinkers’ thought processes. My favorite
philosophy moment has to be Professor Joseph Lawrence standing on
his head or eating chalk to prove a point. (This would probably only be
experienced in a philosophy class.)
HCM Um, eating chalk?!
MILLER Yes … he wanted to prove a point, that in a world dominated by
reason and logic, irrational and silly things happen that go against what
most would call normal. He’s a pretty goofy professor, but his point was
pretty deep.
HCM You can have dinner in Kimball with three celebrities, living or dead.
Who would be on your guest list?
MILLER If I had to have dinner with three celebrities, I would choose
Beyoncé (she’s perfect), Tupac (musical genius) and Socrates (so I can just
engage in a dialogue).
HCM If you had to describe Holy Cross in three words, what would they be?
MILLER Community, challenging, fulfilling ■
Catch Miller and his fellow Crusaders when they host Lafayette on Jan. 21, Navy on
Jan. 24, American on Feb. 2 and Colgate on Feb. 5. They’ll play at Loyola Maryland
on Jan. 28 and at Bucknell on Feb. 8. Visit goholycross.com for more information.
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A L U M N I N E W S

58 HCAA News • 64 Alumni Authors • 66 Alumni Spotlight • 68 In Your Own Words • 70 The Profile • 74 Class Notes • 78 Milestones • 80 In Memoriam
M Y S T E R Y P H O T O / A L U M N I N E W S / 5 9
Ah, winter on the Hill: sipping hot cocoa, bundling up to
get to class and … sprinting around the track with your
buddies?! If you can shed some light on what was going on
this photo, please let us know at hcmag@holycross.edu.
(The last issue’s Mystery Photo is unraveled on Page 65.)
Mystery Photo

he Holy Cross Alumni Association sponsors
events near and far—through the various
committees that the HCAA has established
as well as through its regional clubs.
Those events run the gamut from the Family Fun
Day sponsored by the Young Alumni Committee
to community service through Holy Cross Cares
Day to educational events such as Continuing
Education Day (this year on April 11, 2015) to
spiritual programs such as Masses and Communion
Breakfasts sponsored by regional clubs and the
Parenthood Mass last year at Holy Cross.
The mission of the HCAA is to engage alumni for
life—to engage you through various activities and
events whether they are in your neighborhood
or on campus. We invite you to participate, to
become involved and engaged alumni. Attend a
regional event. Return to campus. Have fun at
Winter Homecoming on Feb. 14, 2015. Check out our
website (holycross.edu/alumni) to see the various
activities that we sponsor and support. If you don’t
see something that interests you, I encourage you to
reach out to me or the Alumni Relations Office and
suggest something.
Follow @HCAlumni on Twitter and Instagram, and
join the College of the Holy Cross Alumni networks
on Facebook and LinkedIn.
I look forward to seeing you at an event! ■
Colleen M. Doern ’89
President, HCAA
coldoern@yahoo.com
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he Holy Cross Alumni Association invites nominations
for the 2015 In Hoc Signo Award, the Association’s highest
honor. The deadline for submitting nominations noting the
qualifications of each nominee is Feb. 6, 2015.
Nominees must be alumni who have completed at least one year of
coursework at Holy Cross, have performed “meritorious service” to
Holy Cross and whose class has graduated. “Meritorious service”
is defined as “unusual service in the form of faithful and continued
effort in maintaining class or other alumni organizations, active
participation in alumni and College affairs or assisting directly in
expanding the usefulness, influence and prestige of the College.”
For more details on the standards of eligibility and nomination
forms, visit alumni.holycross.edu/ihs. Questions about the In Hoc
Signo Award can be directed to the Office of Alumni Relations at
508-793-2418 or hcaa@holycross.edu. ■
H C A A N E W S
A Message
from Colleen
In Hoc Signo
Nominations Due
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Alumni Service
Honored
ive alumni were recognized for their outstanding service to
Holy Cross and the Alumni Association at the HCAA Dinner
on Fall Homecoming weekend, Sept. 26, 2014, with more than
300 alumni, parents, students and friends in attendance. The
In Hoc Signo honorees, shown here with Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J.,
were (from left) John Sindoni ’67, P05, Jack Rehm ’54, P88, 85, 81,
Colleen Amann ’92 and Stephen Lovelette ’78. Jared Fiore ’07 (far
right) received the Young Alumni Leadership Award.
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H C A A N E W S / A L U M N I N E W S / 6 1
n Sept. 18, close to 1,000 alumni (both young and “young at heart”) gathered
in 25 cities across the United States and United Kingdom to socialize and
network all on the same night. Crusaders reminisced, connected with recent
graduates in their area and toasted the Holy Cross alumni family. This global
event, sponsored by the HCAA and its regional clubs, continues to grow each year.
Check out http://alumni.holycross.edu/wtyc to view more fun photos from the night. ■
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Welcome to Your City Day
2014 Becomes Global Event
Atlanta Crusaders show off their Southern hospitality (top); Dallas alums welcome each other “Deep
in the heart of Texas!” (middle); and London goes “purple” (bottom).
Colleen M. Doern ’89
president
Kimberly A. Stone ’90
president-elect
Bryan J. DiMare ’06
vice president
Brian P. Duggan ’96
vice president
Michael H. Shanahan ’78
treasurer
Kristyn M. Dyer ’94
executive secretary
questions, comments
and suggestions:
hcaa@holycross.edu
508-793-2418
alumni.holycross.edu/hcaa
The Holy Cross Alumni
Association (HCAA) supports
alma mater in its Catholic, Jesuit
mission by bringing together
the diverse talents, experience
and knowledge of Holy Cross
alumni. We accomplish this
by engaging alumni for life
through our reunions, regional
clubs, community outreach
and intellectual and spiritual
formation programs. By these
means, we nurture our love for
and dedication to Holy Cross, its
students and its alumni as men
and women for others. ■

H C A A N E W S
Show your
HC Love ♥
at Winter
Homecoming
n addition to annual Winter
Homecoming favorites, there will
be Valentine-themed activities
throughout the day.
♥ Legacy Luncheon
♥ Painting Social
♥ Brunch in Kimball Dining Hall
♥ Residence Hall Tour
♥ ACapella Concert
♥ Family Skate and Swim
♥ Movie in Seelos Theater
♥ Men’s Basketball vs. Lehigh
♥ Men’s Hockey vs. RIT
Look for the full schedule in
mid-January! ■
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Crusaders in Paris
n October, more then 35 alumni, parents and friends enjoyed the culture,
history and cuisine of the City of Lights. For those new to Paris, the
traditional tourist attractions were a must—visits included the Eiffel Tower,
Arc de Triomphe and The Louvre. Other travelers ventured outside of
the city to visit the historical beaches of Normandy and Giverny, the home of
Claude Monet and the inspiration for many of his paintings. The group also
enjoyed a dinner with Holy Cross alumni living in Paris and the Stephen J. Prior
Professor of Humanities, Maurice Géracht, of the English department. ■
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Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015
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Win Holy
Cross
Tech
Prizes
ew registrants to
the Holy Cross
Alumni Online
Community will
be entered into a drawing
on the last Tuesday of each
month with a chance to win
a Holy Cross “Tech” prize!
winners will
receive a
Holy Cross
Digi Clean–a
reusable screen or lens
cleaner for smartphones,
tablets or electronic readers.
winners will receive
a Holy Cross Power
Bank (above)—
recharge your
electronic device when an
outlet is not available.
Visit http://alumni.
holycross.edu to register.
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What a Blast!
FALL HOMECOMING brought friends and families back to the Hill for bunches of fun.
Here are some of our favorite photos from the weekend.
1 Tailgating on Freshman Field is a multigenerational
hit. 2 It was all laughs, games and great grub at the
Multicultural Student Organizations (MSO) Kimball Quad
Takeover. 3 Spirit was high even though the Crusaders
fell to Fordham 45-16 in the Homecoming game.
4 The O’Callahan Society welcomed Admiral Michelle
J. Howard, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, as its
annual dinner speaker. 5 Peter ’93 and Colleen Amann
’92 and two of their children enjoyed the Homecoming
festivities. 6 (from left)
Aimee Bell ’88, of Vanity Fair,
Kate Lawler ’86, formerly of
Ladies’ Home Journal, and
Cassie Shortsleeve ’10, with
Shape.com, spoke at a panel
on the magazine industry,
moderated by HCM editor
Suzanne Morrissey.
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B O O K N O T E S
The Lake of Far
By Paul R. Lilly ’62
Politics and Prose
n a collection of 13 short stories,
Paul Lilly ’62, professor emeritus
at the State University of New York
at Oneonta, gives readers a view of
men and women trying to maintain or
find their humanity as they experience
the human condition, each in a unique
way. Upstate New York serves as the
setting for three of the stories, “Hooks,”
“Mother’s Milk” and “Do Not Please
Shoot.”
What others say: “The Lake of Far
catches the hard truths of the human
soul, its yearnings for new life, in a
minor key of dissonance and recollected
detachment. The 13 stories amaze,
haunt, reassure with quiet wisdom
about how we live now.” —Author Richard
Giannone, professor emeritus at Fordham
University ■
When Nobody’s Home
By Michael S. Oden ’84
Authorhouse
ichael S. Oden ’84 believes
gaining emotional freedom
from substance dependency
is possible, and in his career
as a counselor and deputy probation
officer in California, he has worked with
thousands of clients on whom drug and
alcohol addiction have taken a heavy
toll. Oden’s book draws on this work
and includes chapters on drug abuse
and the orphaned child, making sense
of criminal thinking styles and when
belief and thought turn into pathology.
He also offers his solution to addiction,
“The Needs Based Method.”
What others say: “In his capacity as
a counselor and a deputy probation
officer … since 1998, Michael Oden has
always gone above and beyond the
standard requirements. In his eyes,
every client was once a person with
unlimited potential and possibilities,
who missed receiving the best
foundational building blocks needed to
become a happy, healthy, emotionally
stable person who gets to choose their
own path in life.” —Mila M. Jasey, member
of the New Jersey General Assembly, 27th
Legislative District ■
Common Cents Saving: A
Simple, Everyday Approach
for Real People
By Vincent Brown Jr. ’68
n his new book, author and
certified public accountant Vincent
Brown ’68 explains the importance
of saving money and gives real-life
tips on managing spending. Created
with non-experts in mind, Common
Cents is for people serious about saving
and willing to “apply a little common
sense to the process,” the author notes.
The result is a helpful overview for
those with little financial experience. ■
Give, Save, Spend with the
Three Little Pigs
By Clint Greenleaf III ’97 with
illustrations by Phil Wilson
Greenleaf Book Group Press
uthor Clint Greenleaf ’97, takes
a spin on the classic children’s
story The Three Little Pigs,
providing his young readers
with a new story about saving and
spending. In it, the three pigs create a
successful building company and then
figure out how to spend their profits,
ultimately hatching a plan to give some,
save some and spend some.
What others say: “No one knows
better how to keep the wolf from the
door than the Three Little Pigs. This
wonderful little book is a great way
to start kids on the path to financial
literacy—a key survival skill in the 21st
century.” —Author Bo Burlingham, editor-
at-large of Inc. magazine ■
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B O O K N O T E S / P H O T O S O L V E D / A L U M N I N E W S / 6 5
he Class of 1963 has come
through—with the answer
to our Fall issue’s Mystery
Photo. Jim Corbett ’63, of
Salem, Mass., was the first to report
that the photo of Holy Cross men
playing a game of egg toss with a
row of young women was from the
Class of 1963’s Junior Prom Weekend
in 1962. “We had a Dixieland band
theme for the whole weekend, so
that’s where the straw hats came
from,” he says.
Mike Falivena ’63, of Venice, Fla.,
says the hats were, indeed, favors
handed out that weekend, along with
lighters from Kent Cigarettes.
Several readers, including Jim
Amrein ’63, P87, 86, helped identify
some of their classmates in the
photo. Frank “Bud” Piff ’63 is second
from the right, and the late Ed
Doherty ’63 is fifth from the right
in long pants. To Doherty’s right is
Harry Egner ’63, P05, 00.
Tom Conroy Jr. ’63, of West Boylston,
Mass., shared a few more details: “On
that bright Saturday afternoon in
1962, we gathered at the Yellow Barn
in Westborough, Mass., for the picnic,
softball and egg tossing,” he says,
adding that they enjoyed the music of
jazz musician Maynard Ferguson and
his group.
Speaking of musicians, Corbett
shared a few more fun memories
of his days on the Hill after cluing
us into the Mystery Photo info. A
member of the Holy Cross Marching
Band, Corbett reveals, chuckling, that
he and his band mates used to sneak
their dates into home games without
paying for their tickets by having
them crouch down in the center of
their formation. As the band marched
onto the field, so did their dates, who
then melded into the stands.
Corbett’s musical experience
followed him into his post-Holy
Cross work. In 1965, while serving
in the Navy, he was stationed on
the USS Wasp, the aircraft carrier
that recovered NASA’s Gemini 4
astronauts James McDivitt and Ed
White (the first American to walk
in space). When one of Corbett’s
commanding officers learned that
he played the trumpet, and had his
instrument with him, he tasked the
younger officer with assembling a
band on the flight deck for a special
ceremony for the astronauts. “We
had 14 people with instruments, but
only about five or six could actually
play!” Corbett says, adding that the
wind was so strong on deck that no
one could really tell that the whole
band wasn’t playing.
Thank you to all the readers who
shared their knowledge of our Fall
issue Mystery Photo. And be sure to
examine this issue’s image on Pages
58-59. Can you shed some light on
why these students were circling the
track in the middle of winter? ■
Junior Prom Weekend, 1962
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Defeating Hopelessness
BY M AU R E E N D O U G H E RT Y ’ 1 4
A L U M N I S P O T L I G H T
Mark Lagace ’02 stands in front of the temporary
play area for homeless children at San Diego
Rescue Mission. He is currently raising funds to
build them a new playground. jennifer green

A L U M N I S P O T L I G H T / A L U M N I N E W S / 6 7
ore than 8,000 homeless
and at-risk men, women
and children rely on the
San Diego Rescue Mission,
a nonprofit, nondenominational
Christian organization committed to
helping the whole person as he or she
strives for a more positive life. That
takes funds. And that’s where Mark
Lagace ’02 steps in.
Lagace, the individual gifts manager
in the Rescue Mission’s development
department, is responsible for securing
financial gifts to fund various life-
changing programs. These include
yearlong residential recovery centers,
emergency shelters for women and
children, food recovery from local
restaurants/caterers and mental
health counseling. Last year, Lagace’s
department raised more than $10
million dollars.
“Our mission is to spread the good
news of salvation through Christ by
serving the needs of the poor, addicted,
abused and homeless, thus improving
the quality of their lives,” Lagace
says. Combining rehabilitation and a
relationship with God is the Mission’s
bread and butter, a potent mixture,
he says, “leading to positive, lasting
change.”
Lagace credits his liberal arts
education at Holy Cross for giving
him the skills required to effectively
communicate the needs of the people
at the Mission to major donors. As an
ambassador for the Mission, Lagace
also speaks at public events, promotes
projects and gives tours of the Mission
so that donors can see for themselves
the fruits of their generosity—and what
still can be accomplished.
With no particular career path in
mind when he arrived in Worcester
in 1998, Lagace was first a political
science major at Holy Cross before
switching to psychology in his second
year. But it was the Jesuit influence of
“being men and women for others,”
combined with meaningful discussions
in such courses as Introduction to
Sociology, that made Lagace think
about working in solidarity with the
poor. A chord was struck. Finding his
calling, Lagace fostered his passion
for serving others through Chaplains’
Office programs—SPUD, Students
for Life, the Spring Break Appalachia
Service Projects (he was a leader on
his senior year trip) and the Mexico
Immersion Project. Lagace, who earned
the SGA Leadership Award in 2002,
also got real-life experience working in
the development field while at the St.
Jude Children’s Research Hospital (in
its Newton, Mass., office), as a major
gifts intern during the summer after his
third year.
“That internship gave me my first
taste of a career in the development
world. I saw that the fundraising
profession was where I could use the
skills God had given me—I could build
relationships with donors to help
change lives through organizations we
both cared about.”
Even when Lagace is off the clock, he
continues to give his time and talents
to others in his community, including
fellow Crusaders. A board member
for the Association of Fundraising
Professionals, San Diego Chapter,
he volunteers at his church, leading
a community group, and serves as
a regional ambassador for the Holy
Cross Club of San Diego. In his spare
time, this native New Englander enjoys
exploring San Diego with friends, going
to the beach, hiking and travelling.
“Being outside year-round is one of
the best parts of Southern California
living,” he says. “Calls to friends and
family back East in January while
sitting by the pool always include an
invitation to visit sunny San Diego!”
Lagace, who says his work brings him
satisfaction because he gets to “serve
God every day by helping others,”
gives simple advice to new graduates
seeking to live the mission: “Follow
God’s prompting. Find out where your
passions intersect with the gifts and
talents God has given you and run with
it. If your day job brings you fulfillment
like mine—awesome! If not, then reach
out to local charities whose causes
you are passionate about and see if
they need any volunteer help. You will
enjoy the experience, and others will be
blessed by you sharing your time!”
Lagace’s voice has a distinct note of
happiness and excitement as he recalls
a particular San Diego Rescue Mission
success story. “When I first got to the
Mission about 10 years ago, I met an
amazing young man named Brandon
who was enrolled in our Men’s Center
Residential Recovery Program. I got
to know him pretty well,” Lagace says.
“While living here, Brandon became
a chapel leader and an intake helper.
At his graduation from the program,
Brandon was the speaker.”
Just a few weeks later, Brandon moved
into his own studio and began working.
About a year later, Lagace received
an invitation to Brandon’s wedding.
“Of course I went—and it was simply
amazing,” he recalls. “There was
Brandon up there on the altar, clean-
cut in a suit and standing next to his
beautiful bride whom he met at church.
His family had flown in from the East
Coast: It was a truly joyful day for them,
for they had thought he passed away on
the streets just a few years prior.
“It was hard to believe that when
Brandon first arrived at the Mission,
he looked just like that man with a
shopping cart you see in Worcester
every day, dirty and hopeless looking
… yet, because of the caring program
staff at the Mission, all of our generous
supporters and the grace of God,
Brandon was able to get a second
chance. I got to be a part of that
second chance. What better job could I
possibly have?” ■
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“Follow God’s prompting.
Find out where your
passions intersect with the
gifts and talents God has
given you and run with it.”
— Mark Lagace ’02, individual gifts
manager, san diego rescue mission

I N Y O U R O W N W O R D S
Melissa Luttmann ’15 saw the Panathenaic
Stadium every day from her apartment
and from the main building at College Year
in Athens while studying abroad in Greece.
“That structure came to signal ‘home’ for
me whenever I caught sight of it,” she says.

hen I packed my bags for
Greece, I heard no dire
warnings about the country
where I would spend the
next several months away from family
and friends. It wasn’t that they hadn’t
read the articles that called Greece
“hopeless,” or seen the dramatic images
of Athens in flames when protesters
set fire to 45 buildings across the city
in reaction to the Parliament passing
austerity measures—which happened
just a few months before my departure.
But both my parents are of the firm
belief that the media exaggerates
anything, and Greece, in their minds, was
no exception to that rule. Even relatives
who believed the reports coming from
Greece and may have been worried
for me knew that telling me horror
stories about my chosen study abroad
destination was futile. I am a classicist,
and Greece is a classicist’s paradise—
crisis or no crisis. I was going to study
there regardless of what anyone else had
to say about it.
So I arrived in Athens in September
2013, expecting to have the time of my
classics-obsessed life. And for about
a week, I did. The places I’d dedicated
the past two years to studying were
now at my feet. The main building of
College Year in Athens commanded
a perfect view of the Acropolis and
the Panathenaic Stadium, and when
we weren’t in class, my friends and
I were rambling through other sites.
I did see a few things that irked my
American sensibilities—anarchist graffiti
scribbled on some walls, police officers
toting machine guns in the National
Gardens—but these things faded into
the background, partly because I was
so enthralled by the ruins. For the most
part, I couldn’t see what all the media’s
fuss was about.
About a week into my stay in Greece, I
injured my right knee. What I thought
was a simple bruise evolved into
an odyssey entailing three hospital
visits, two crutches, and, ultimately,
my return to the United States for
reconstructive surgery. This sounds like
a miserable experience, and I will not
lie: in many ways, it was. But it was also
the experience that really introduced
me to the wonders of modern Greece.
Even though the archaeological sites I
loved so much now threatened to hurt
me more with every rock, I still wanted
to explore them (and I did, at a glacial
pace). But I began to spend the bulk
of my time in my own neighborhood’s
cafes, bakeries and tavernas. And in
these places, I discovered Greece’s true
asset: its people.
Everyone who loves Greece writes
about the warmth of the people. But
they mention it because it is true. One of
the first phrases I learned to recognize
in Greek was Kathiste, paidi mou—“Sit
down, my child”—because people were
constantly producing chairs for me.
Pharmacists dispensed hugs and kisses
along with my pain pills and strangers
offered to carry my groceries. And I
could not believe how many things I
received for free from Greek business
owners. Bakers stuffed me with free
sweets in an attempt to make me feel
better; taverna owners brought out
complimentary rounds of ouzo and
toasted my health. “No wonder they’re in
debt,” my dad said when I told him about
this. “They give so much stuff away that
they never make any money.” But for
Greeks, I have come to realize, it’s not
about the money.
Giving a half kilo of cookies a week to
an injured girl will not help you turn
a profit, but actions like this do show
the incredible love and respect for
humanity that pervades Greek culture.
This is something that the United States,
with its all-consuming consumerism,
has completely lost sight of. And if
the Greeks hold on to it, I believe it is
something that will sustain them far
beyond the current “crisis.”
There is one restaurant in Pangrati that I
frequented for its delicious sandwiches.
If the owner was there when I went in,
he’d sit with me while my food cooked
and ask about my knee. He did the same
thing right after my injury, when I was in
his restaurant at least once a week. And
every week—when it was obvious that I
was in pain and that it wasn’t getting any
better—he would pat my hand and repeat
a single phrase until I calmed down:
“Siga, siga.” Slowly, slowly.
I kept those words with me when I had to
return to the United States. In the nights
after my knee surgery, as I waited for
the painkillers to kick in and wondered
whether I’d ever feel normal again,
I repeated them to myself. Siga, siga.
Slowly, slowly.
Greece, like my knee, is not going to
get better overnight. But I am healing,
and I believe that this country can too. I
believe in Greece, and, more importantly,
I believe in its people. I don’t deny that
they have made mistakes in the past,
but I have hope that they, dynamic and
loving as they are, will be able to move
forward. I went to Greece because I was
in love with what it was long ago, but I
went back because I have fallen in love
with what I know it can become. I look
forward to the day when I will be able to
run, pain free, to the top of the Acropolis.
And I look forward to the day when the
world will see Greece for what it is rather
than for what the media wants it to be. ■
Melissa Luttmann ’15 has returned to Holy
Cross for her final year, and reports that
although her knee lets her know when rain is
coming, it doesn’t bother her much anymore.
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BY M E L I S S A LU T TM A N N ’ 1 5
I N Y O U R O W N W O R D S / A L U M N I N E W S / 6 9
For this alumni “In Your Own Words” feature, we invited Melissa Luttmann ’15 to share her tale about falling in love with Greece, even
though she won’t join the alumni ranks until May. Send your essay, for consideration in a future issue, to hcmag@holycross.edu.

T H E P R O F I L E
ork has a way of
following Victor Luis
’88 around, even when
he steps out of his New
York City office. As CEO of Coach,
the American luxury brand known
for its handbags and leather
goods, Luis soaks in the fashions
of people he passes on the streets
or stands next to in line at the
coffee shop. “I spend a lot of time
giving people compliments on
their Coach bags,” Luis says. “They
don’t know who I am, but I’ll get a
smile.”
Those everyday observations are
just one small way Luis keeps a
pulse on the industry—and the
$5 billion Fortune 500 company
he leads. In January 2014, the
48-year-old stepped into the top
spot of the classic design house
after recent years building Coach’s
international business.
He thrives on the energy of
working in Coach’s mid-town
Manhattan headquarters—the
same location as the factory lofts
where the company got its start in
1941. “Every single bag is designed
in our New York offices—we have
sample-making facilities in our
basement,” says Luis, who reviews
each design with various creative
teams. He also takes pride in
heading up an iconic American
company. “There’s no other brand
that can claim to being America’s
original house of leather,” he says.
Still, Luis knows he has big shoes
to fill. His predecessor, Lew
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BIRTHPLACE
Vila Franca do Camp on
the Azorean island of Portugal
RESIDENCE
New Rochelle, N.Y.
CHILDREN Alexander, 15, and Emma, 13
HOBBIES Running (especially half
marathons), Boston sports
The
Style Maker
Victor
Luis ’88
BY J O DY G A R LO C K

Frankfort, who led the company for 35
years and whom Luis calls a mentor
and friend, is revered in the industry.
Faced with strong competition from
other American brands, Luis is tasked
with re-energizing Coach into a
“lifestyles” brand that includes apparel
and footwear. “The opportunity for us
as a company and brand is to evolve,
and this is the right time for us to do
so,” Luis says.
For Luis, challenge translates into
opportunity—a word that describes the
company’s American Dream-type of
ascent as much as it does Luis’. Coach
started as a family-run workshop—just
six craftsmen handcrafting leather
goods from skills handed down
through the generations. Luis’ humble
beginnings started on an island in the
Azores. When he was 7 years old, his
family immigrated to the United States.
His parents, who came with nothing
more than “a bag and $5 in their
pocket,” worked in factories to make
ends meet and ensure that Luis would
get the education they didn’t have.
Luis was able to attend college, thanks
to the need-based financial assistance
that Holy Cross offered. “I’m forever
grateful for that,” he says. “Education
opens up your world to opportunity. I
would say that is the greatest gift Holy
Cross gave me.” He credits a passionate
political science professor, the late
Maurizio Vannicelli, with inspiring him
to think big. “He truly opened up the
world for me and got me interested in
everything international,” Luis says.
“My life has been this wonderful path
of connections, and he was one of
them.”
Early in his career, Luis re-connected
with his heritage when he and a
business partner started a Portugal
trading company in Japan, a short-
lived venture. “It’s such a cliché to say
that failure helps to mold you, but it
does,” Luis says. “Life is truly a journey,
and all of life’s experiences—good and
bad—have an impact on you.” Indeed,
it was that failed endeavor that opened
a door for Luis at Moët-Hennessy
Louis Vuitton Group. That job led to
Baccarat, where he ran the French
crystal manufacturer’s North American
operation before joining Coach in
2006.
And it’s at Coach where he feels at
home—in a company that popularized
the concept of “approachable luxury.”
“I spent almost a decade working with
European luxury brands—and they
were terrific—but they didn’t represent
the values of what America is,” Luis
says. “We have a more democratic
approach to luxury. It’s not about
exclusivity. The idea that a bag should
cost $5,000 just because it has a
certain logo on it is absurd.”
As for re-trenching Coach, Luis is
excited to have designer Stuart Vevers—
known for turning around labels such
as Mulberry and Loewe—on board as
executive creative director; his first full
collection debuted in 2014. Coach is
now part of New York Fashion Week,
a move to help position the company
as a formidable fashion house. Coach
stores are also being renovated to
reflect the classic-meets-modern shift
representative of its new designs.
Luis is banking on the changes,
coupled with Coach’s rich tradition,
resonating with consumers. “Coach
stands for quality,” he says. “It has
a heritage and history. Hard work,
perseverance, creating a dream for
consumers—our success was built
around those values.”
The same could be said of Luis himself.
6 Fun Questions
with VICTOR LUIS
You work in the luxury goods
industry. What do you consider to be a
luxury in your personal life?
Time with my children and loved ones—
no doubt about it. My limited free time
is first and foremost focused on my
children and loved ones. I also enjoy
running—usually a good four to five days
a week. My 45-60 minutes on a treadmill
or a trail allows me to be present; its a
good way to unplug. And I’m an avid
Boston sports fan-whether its the Patri-
ots, Celtics, Bruins or Red Sox. As I live in
New York, I spend a lot of time either in
glory or in misery!
What’s your favorite Coach product
that you own?
My personal favorite is my crocodile
wallet. I’ve had it for five years. It’s
unique—sort of an orange color. It’s
been in my back pocket so long it has
kind of molded itself to me.
And what’s at the top of your list for
gifts to give?
For gifts for men, it’s definitely our
business totes–a Bleecker Traveler
backpack. For women, I love to give
products from our newest collection,
such as the Swagger or Rhyder.
Over the years, has there been a
Coach product that enjoyed sales
success that surprised you—and,
conversely, anything you were
surprised that under-performed?
The classic for us is the Coach Duffle. It
never ceases to surprise me how it has
stayed in fashion for so many years.
As for failures, there are some as well.
Every season we have bags that don’t
meet our expectations. But the beauty
of our business is that we have the
opportunity to make everything better.
One of the most important aspects
of any business is to continuously
improve.
If you were to design a Holy Cross bag,
what would it be?
A purple backpack!
The Class of 2015 has just started
its last semester at Holy Cross.
What advice would you give to the
graduating class?
I would encourage them to be inquisitive
and to explore their passion. There
is no formula for life; it’s about being
inquisitive, learning, growing. Too often
we find out late that life’s journey is
short and that discovering your passions
and finding them can be a path to true
happiness. ■
T H E P R O F I L E / A L U M N I N E W S / 7 1

Holy Cross Car Talk
A L U M N I N E W S
e asked and you delivered! Look at all these Holy Cross-themed vanity plates sent in after HCM put out the call for
license plates that showed off your purple pride in the Fall 2014 issue. From Alabama to Vermont, the roads are full
of Holy Cross tags. And some have interesting back stories. One of our favorites came from Dick Bean ’75, whose
Subaru sports the K1HC plate in the lower left corner. “My license plate shows my ‘vanity’ ham radio call sign, K1HC,
assigned by the Federal Communications Commission,” Beans says. “I also hold an Irish ham radio license, call sign EI2HC, which
was randomly assigned (through divine intervention perhaps), by the Irish Department of Communications in 1992. As you might
expect, I was a member of the Holy Cross Ham Radio Club during my four years at Holy Cross.” Read more stories behind the tags
in this issue’s Web exclusives at magazine.holycross.edu. ■
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SUBMIT Please feel free
to continue to send in pics
of your Holy Cross vanity
plates for our online gallery:
hcmag@holycross.edu

oly Cross alumni often report chance meetings with fellow Crusaders to
us here at HCM. The most recent comes from Jane Morrissey ’87 (left),
who is a nurse at MassGeneral for Children at North Shore Medical
Center in Salem, Mass. Morrissey works with Nurse Practitioner
Melanie Bartkiewicz ’04 (center) and Kristin O’Sullivan, M.D., ’02 (right) in the
pediatric emergency department. Do you work with a group of fellow alumni?
Snap a photo (hi-res, please!) and email it to hcmag@holycross.edu. We may run
it in an upcoming issue. ■
A L U M N I N E W S / 7 3
Through the years, not every
Holy Cross student has lived in
the campus residence halls. “Day
students,” who sometimes called
themselves “day hops,” drove in
from homes off campus for classes
and events. For a time, this group
of commuters had its own lounge
in the basement of Kimball, where
students could stash their books
and gather between classes. During
Fall Homecoming, the HCAA
hosted day students from the ’50s
through the ’80s for the first-ever
gathering for day student alumni/
ae. The Saturday morning social
was attended by Gail Radcliffe ’78
P08, Bill Sweeney ’71 and Ronald
Plamondon ’75 (top photo), Bill
Loftus Jr. ’55 P81, Joe Lian Jr.
’55, Paul Martinek ’55, P82, Carl
Foley ’55 and Thom Mooney ’59
P84 (bottom photo), along with
several others. “The HCAA strives
to engage all alumni/ae through
its programs and services, and the
Day Student Reunion is a direct
result of that commitment,” says
Colleen Doern ’89, HCAA president.
“We were delighted to welcome so
many former day students back
to campus, and we look forward
to seeing them again at future
events.” If you were a day student,
let the HCAA know who you are!
To register, visit http://alumni.
holycross.edu/daystudents or call
Alumni Affairs at (508) 793-2418. ■
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Calling All Day Students

1931
Bernard J. Mann
Bernard Mann died April 26,
2011, at his home in Bangor,
Maine, at 101. Mr. Mann taught
many years in the Bangor
school system and at the
Eastern Maine Vocational
Technical Institute, also
in Bangor. A volunteer in
numerous community and
youth organizations, he held
leadership positions in the Boy
Scouts of America Katahdin
Area Council and received the
Silver Beaver Award for his
service. Mr. Mann had been a
member of St. John’s Church
in Bangor. He was survived
by a son; three nieces; and
several grandnephews and
grandnieces.
1941
William C. Samko
William Samko,
of Worcester,
died June 20,
2014, at 95. A
trainer and,
then, the director of sports
medicine in the College’s
athletics department at the
start of his career, Mr. Samko
joined the staff of Worcester
Academy in 1967; he served
many years there as an
assistant to the athletic director
and, then, as the director of
sports medicine. Mr. Samko
had also been a part-time
athletic director at St. Mary’s
High School in Worcester. In
addition to his work in these
positions, he assisted many
Worcester-area athletes with
training and physical therapy;
in 1983, Mr. Samko headed the
committee for the licensure
of Massachusetts athletic
trainers. In recognition of his
many accomplishments, he
was inducted into the National
Athletic Trainers’Association
(NATA), Athletic Trainers of
Massachusetts (ATOM) and
Worcester Academy halls
of fame. A graduate of the
former St. Peter’s High School
in Worcester, Mr. Samko was
an Army veteran of World
War II. He is survived by two
sons; a daughter-in-law; four
grandchildren; and nephews
and nieces.
1942
Richard A. Schaefer
Richard “Dick”
Schaefer died
May 23, 2014,
at his home
in Orange,
Conn., at 92. A sales
representative for the Graybar
Electric Company for more
than 25 years, Mr. Schaefer
subsequently worked as an
independent manufacturers’
representative. He was a
charter member of the West
Haven (Conn.) Lions Club, a
longtime, active member of St.
John Vianney Church, also in
West Haven, and, since 2002,
a parishioner of Holy Infant
Church in Orange. A Marine
Corps veteran of World War
II, Mr. Schaefer served in the
Pacific theater, attaining the
rank of captain. He had been
a Holy Cross class agent. Mr.
Schaefer is survived by his wife,
Barbara; a son; two daughters;
two sons-in-law, including
Kevin J. Hadlock ’71; seven
grandchildren, including Karen
Hadlock Putney ’00; eight
great-grandchildren; and many
nephews and nieces.
1946
Edward C. Krebs Jr.
Edward Krebs, a retired Navy
captain, died June 18, 2014,
at his home in Venice, Fla., at
92. Following his commission
as an ensign, Mr. Krebs was
assigned to the USS Midway
(CVB-41) as assistant navigator.
He subsequently served as
operations officer at the Naval
Air Station in Pensacola, Fla.;
navigator aboard the USS
Strong (DD-758); commanding
officer of the PC-581 at
Newport, R.I.; executive officer
of the USS Borie (DD-704); and
commanding officer of the USS
Putnam (DD-757). His onshore
assignments included the U.S.
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.,
instructor in the department
of seamanship and navigation;
General Line School, Monterey,
Calif.; U.S. Embassy, Paris,
assistant naval attaché; Naval
War College, Newport; National
War College, Washington, D.C.;
Office of Naval Intelligence,
Washington, D.C.; U.S.
Embassy, Leopoldville, Congo,
naval attaché; and Office
of the Secretary of Defense,
Washington, D.C., Near East
South Asia desk. Mr. Krebs
had been a member of many
fraternal, veterans’ and
community organizations,
including the Venice chapter
of the Military Officers
Association of America
(MOAA), where he was a
former president, and MOAS,
the association’s Sarasota, Fla.,
chapter. Born in Dover, Ohio,
Mr. Krebs resided in McLean,
Va., before locating to Venice;
he lived there for 44 years.
Following his graduation from
Dover High School in 1939,
Mr. Krebs enlisted in the Navy
a week after Pearl Harbor;
after 18 months of active duty
in the South Pacific, he was
ordered to Colgate University’s
V-12 training program in
Hamilton, N.Y., and, the
next year, transferred to the
NROTC Unit at Holy Cross. Mr.
Krebs had been a member of
Epiphany Cathedral in Venice.
He is survived by his wife, Mary
Joan; two daughters; a sister; a
grandson; and several nephews
and nieces.
1948
James F. Connolly
James Connolly
died June
6, 2014, at
his home in
Canton, Ga.,
at 89. Working many years in
the retail sales industry, Mr.
Connolly was the manager of
the Montgomery Ward store
in New London, Conn., among
other positions. He was a Navy
lieutenant during World War
II. Born in New Bedford, Mass.,
Mr. Connolly was a graduate
of Holy Family High School.
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appear in the order in which they are received; due to the volume of submissions and Magazine deadlines, it may be several issues before they
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He is survived by three sons;
three daughters; their spouses;
a sister; 14 grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren; and eight
nephews and nieces.
1949
Edmund F. Ackell,
D.M.D., M.D.
Edmund Ackell,
D.M.D., M.D.,
died May 16,
2014, at his
home in La
Jolla, Calif., at 88. Working
many years in higher education
as an administrator in health
planning, Dr. Ackell began his
career in 1966 at the University
of Florida, assisting in the
establishment of its colleges
of dentistry and veterinary
medicine, and serving as the
dean and vice president for
health affairs. Subsequently
appointed vice president of
health affairs at the University
of Southern California, he
was later recruited by Virginia
Commonwealth University in
Richmond, where he served as
president from 1978 to 1990. For
more than 12 years, Dr. Ackell
had also been an adviser to
various organizations, including
the National Institutes of
Health, the former Department
of Health, Education and
Welfare and the Los Angeles
County steering committee
on health planning. On the
international level, he assisted
officials of Saudi Arabia and
the former Yugoslavia in health
care plan development. A 1953
graduate of the Tufts University
School of Dental Medicine
in Boston, where he received
his doctor of dental medicine
degree, Dr. Ackell completed
graduate work at the University
of Pennsylvania and then
attended Case Western Reserve
University in Cleveland, earning
his doctor of medicine degree
there in 1962. A World War II
naval Air Force pilot, assigned
to the carrier USS Tripoli, he
flew Corsair aircraft for more
than three years. Dr. Ackell is
survived by his wife, Judith Fox;
two sons; two daughters; the
mother of his children, Connie
Kelly Ackell; a brother; a sister-
in-law; four grandchildren; and
several nephews and nieces.
Vincent F. Connolly
Vincent
Connolly,
of Auburn,
Mass., died
May 23, 2014,
at 87. A longtime educator,
Mr. Connolly began his career
teaching at Auburn High
School, Holliston (Mass.) High
School and Burncoat Junior
High School in Worcester.
Earning his master’s degree
in education at the University
of Vermont and pursuing
his Ph.D. at Clark University,
he later taught at Worcester
Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and
Worcester State University;
Mr. Connolly retired from
WPI as a professor emeritus,
after teaching for 45 years in
the mathematical sciences
department. He was a graduate
of the former Sacred Heart
Academy in Worcester, where
he had been a class president, a
parishioner of North American
Martyrs Church in Auburn,
and a member of the Catholic
Alumni Sodality. A veteran,
Mr. Connolly served in the
Navy during World War II.
He is survived by four sons;
their spouses; a brother; eight
grandchildren; and many
nephews and nieces.
1950
Arthur H. Gosselin
Arthur
Gosselin, most
recently of
Wallingford,
Conn., died on
May 30, 2014, at 88. Pursuing
a business career with the
Austin-Gosselin Sales Co.
in New Haven, Conn., Mr.
Gosselin later became a teacher
in the New Haven school
system. He was a graduate of
The Taft School in Watertown,
Conn., and Southern
Connecticut State University,
New Haven, where he earned
a master of science degree. Mr.
Gosselin is survived by five
daughters; their spouses; seven
grandchildren; four great-
grandchildren; and a niece.
1951
Dr. John L. Kelley
Dr. John Kelley
died June
17, 2014, in
Jacksonville,
Fla., at 84. A
graduate of the Georgetown
University School of Dentistry
in Washington, D.C., Dr. Kelley
practiced dentistry for many
years in Jacksonville, prior
to his retirement. He was a
member of Christ the King
Church in Jacksonville. Dr.
Kelley was a graduate of
Boston College High School. A
veteran, he served in the U.S.
Navy Reserves as a lieutenant.
Dr. Kelley is survived by
his wife, Martha; four sons;
three daughters; a brother,
Richard S. ’46; two sisters;
18 grandchildren; and many
nephews and nieces. His
brother was the late James D.
’48.
1952
John P. Muldoon Jr.
John “Jack”
Muldoon, of
Hingham,
Mass., died on
May 12, 2014.
Mr. Muldoon had worked in
sales for 34 years with the
manufacturing company S.C.
Johnson Wax, headquartered
in Racine, Wis. Involved in
community and youth sports
programs in his hometown
of Dorchester, Mass., he later
relocated with his family to
Hingham, where he was an
active member of St. Paul
Parish and an instructor for
special needs athletes with the
Massachusetts Special Hockey
Boston Bear Cubs organization,
among other endeavors. An
Army veteran of the Korean
War, Mr. Muldoon had been
the recipient of several medals,
including the Combat Infantry
Badge. He is survived by his
wife, Marjorie; five sons; five
daughters; their spouses; a
brother; a sister-in-law; 31
grandchildren, including
Dennis J. ’16; and 14 great-
grandchildren. His brother was
the late Gerald F. ’48.
James T. Ryan, D.M.D.
James Ryan,
D.M.D., a
lifelong
resident of
Salem, Mass.,
died June 5, 2014, at 83. A 1960
graduate of the Tufts University
School of Dental Medicine,
Boston, Dr. Ryan maintained
a practice in Salem, from
1960 to 2010, and served as
the city’s dentist for 40 years.
Active in civic affairs, he held
posts on the Salem School
Committee, from 1978 to 1982,
and the Parks and Recreation
Commission, from 1984 to
1999. A 50-year member of
the American Legion and a
past commander of Post 23 in
Salem, Dr. Ryan oversaw and
coached the Post’s baseball
team for 40 years. A Korean
War veteran, he served as
a Navy officer, from 1952 to
1956, stationed aboard the USS
Salem heavy cruiser. Dr. Ryan
was a 1952 graduate of Salem
High School, where he played
football, basketball
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and baseball. He is survived
by his wife, Ann; eight sons;
six daughters; a brother; 29
grandchildren; and a cousin.
Robert C. Taylor
Robert “Bob”
Taylor, a
longtime
resident of
Somers, N.Y.,
died Nov. 1, 2013, at 82. Mr.
Taylor is survived by his wife,
Anne; four sons, including John
G. ’86; two daughters; nine
grandchildren; and two great-
grandchildren.
Richard S. Wackell
Richard “Dick”
Wackell, of
Auburn, Mass.,
and, formerly,
Shrewsbury,
Mass., died June 16, 2014, in
Rose Monahan Hospice Home
in Worcester. Establishing
Wackell Insurance with his
father in 1962, Mr. Wackell
sold the agency in 1988 to his
son, Richard; he continued
to work there until 2012. A
member of the Massachusetts
Independent Insurance Agents,
Mr. Wackell had also been
involved in community and
sports groups, including the
Central Massachusetts Football
Officials Board, where he
served as secretary/treasurer
for more than 25 years. He
was a member of Our Lady
of Czestochowa Church in
Worcester and the Alumni
Sodality of Our Lady at Holy
Cross. A graduate of Classical
High School in Worcester,
Mr. Wackell served four
years in the Navy, stationed
in San Diego. He is survived
by his wife, Rita; a son; a
daughter; their spouses; a
sister; a brother-in-law; three
grandchildren; and nephews
and nieces.
1953
Gerald F. O’Neill Jr.
Gerald O’Neill,
of West
Harwich, and
Worcester,
Mass., died
June 24, 2014, at 83. A longtime
Massachusetts judge, Mr.
O’Neill served 13 years as
an associate justice of the
Barnstable Superior Court
prior to his retirement in
2001. Named a judge of the
Massachusetts District Court
in 1979 and the Superior
Court in 1982, he presided
in courtrooms throughout
the commonwealth until his
appointment to the Barnstable
Superior Court. A graduate of
Boston College Law School,
Mr. O’Neill began his career
working as an in-house counsel
and a trial attorney with Liberty
Mutual Insurance, from 1956 to
1968; he then became a partner
in the Worcester law firm,
Ellis, Minor & O’Neill. In 1988,
the St. Thomas More Society
of Worcester honored Mr.
O’Neill with its Distinguished
Jurist Award. He was born in
Woburn, Mass., and raised in
Worcester, graduating from
Classical High School in 1949.
Mr. O’Neill had been a member
of the President’s Council at
Holy Cross. He is survived by
his wife, Joyce; five sons; two
daughters; their spouses; and 12
grandchildren.
1955
Gerald E. Bodell
Gerald “Gerry”
Bodell, of
Westport,
Conn., died
April 26, 2014,
in St. Vincent’s Medical Center,
Bridgeport, Conn., at 80. A
1958 graduate of Fordham
University School of Law
and a longtime attorney in
New York City, Mr. Bodell
first joined Cahill Gordon
and then established his own
firm in Manhattan in 1964.
An authority on legal cases
involving the rights of the
individual, he was named
special counsel for the Legal
Aid Society of New York
and involved in numerous
constitutional law trials.
General counsel for The New
York Foundling Hospital,
Jewish Child Care Association,
Susquehanna Valley Home, and
the Cardinal McClosky School
and Home for Children in
White Plains, N.Y., among many
other organizations, he also
wrote and lectured extensively
on children’s rights and child
welfare law. In addition, Mr.
Bodell had been a member of
the Mamaroneck (N.Y.) Board
of Education, from 1972 to 1974,
and a Representative Town
Meeting member in Westport,
from 2000 to 2002 and 2004
to 2006. He retired from the
practice of law in 2004. Mr.
Bodell is survived by two sons;
a daughter; their spouses; a
brother; and five grandchildren.
His wife, Eileen, also passed
away in April, near to the time
of her husband’s death.
Robert W. Bryan
Robert Bryan,
of Palatine, Ill.,
died on May 15,
2014. Retiring
as an insurance
broker, having established a
Chicago-based agency later
in his career, Mr. Bryan had
served 12 years in the Air Force
following graduation from
Holy Cross. Assigned to the
USAF 776th Squadron, Pope Air
Base in Fayetteville, N.C., upon
completion of flight training, he
subsequently fulfilled various
duties, including those of
flight instructor and test pilot.
At the end of his career, Mr.
Bryan served with the 928th
Squadron U.S. Air Reserve
Station at O’Hare Airport,
Chicago; prior to retirement,
he was promoted to major.
Mr. Bryan is survived by his
wife, Eleanor; three sons; a
daughter; their spouses; and 10
grandchildren.
1956
John R. Campbell
John Campbell, of Tucson,
Ariz., died on Sept. 6, 2013, at
84. Mr. Campbell is survived
by his wife, Edna; two sons;
a daughter; their spouses; 13
grandchildren; and eight great-
grandchildren.
Roger Grant Jr.
Roger Grant,
of Medford,
Mass., died on
June 9, 2014.
Mr. Grant was
a 1963 graduate of Salem
(Mass.) State College, with a
master’s degree in education,
and a 1980 graduate of Suffolk
University Law School in
Boston. He was a former
member of the Medford
City Council and an Army
veteran of the Vietnam
War. Mr. Grant is survived
by a brother; a sister; a
brother-in-law; a sister-in-
law; and many nephews,
nieces, grandnephews and
grandnieces.
Gerald F. O’Leary
Gerald “Gerry”
O’Leary died
May 23, 2014,
at his home in
Quincy, Mass.,
at 81. Mr. O’Leary had been a
member of the football and
track teams at Holy Cross.
He was formerly a resident
of South Boston. Mr. O’Leary
is survived by five daughters;
their spouses; a brother; and
three grandchildren.

holy cross remembers
Joseph J. Reilly Jr.
(1931–2014)
Joseph J. “Joe”
Reilly Jr. ’55,
former special
assistant to
the president
and vice president for student
affairs at Holy Cross, a
longtime, active member of the
Holy Cross Alumni Association
(HCAA) and past chairman of
the Bishop Healy Committee,
dedicated to increasing racial
and ethnic diversity at the
College, died Sept. 9, 2014, at
the Lexington (Mass.) Health
Care Center, at 83.
Involved in the human
resources field for 35 years, Mr.
Reilly later worked for various
nonprofit organizations,
serving as the first executive
director of the Massachusetts
Catholic Conference in Boston.
He taught religious education
to high school seniors for 25
years, spoke to many Catholic
groups throughout New
England and held leadership
positions in the Right to Life
Movement.
Born in New York City, where
he was a graduate of Xavier
High School, Mr. Reilly
attended a Jesuit seminary
for almost two years before
beginning his studies at Holy
Cross. He earned his master
of arts degree in religious
education in 1970 at Emmanuel
College in Boston. Mr. Reilly
had been a resident of
Waltham, Mass.
Chairman of the Bishop Healy
Committee for many years,
he returned to campus to
serve as special assistant to
the president and the vice
president for student affairs,
between 1997 and 2005,
committing his efforts to the
work of increasing diversity at
Holy Cross. In recognition of
his dedication to the College,
the Office of Multicultural
Education presented him
with its Lifetime Achievement
Award, in 2001, at the ALANA
(African-American, Latin
American, Asian-American
and Native American)
Baccalaureate Banquet;
beginning in 2002, this award
has been presented annually to
two fourth-year students “who
exemplify the ideals of Holy
Cross and the caring and loving
example of Joe Reilly.”
He was also honored in
2008, during the 40th-
anniversary celebration of
the Black Student Union and,
again, in fall 2011, during an
ALANA dinner that included
celebration of the 15th
anniversary of “Odyssey”—a
one-week orientation program
open to all first-year ALANA
and international students,
as an introduction to the
Holy Cross experience. The
Bishop Healy Committee and
the Office of Student Affairs
recognized Mr. Reilly during
2012 fall homecoming, “for his
dedication, leadership, service
and living the mission.”
A Holy Cross class chair,
class agent, member of the
President’s Council, Admissions
adviser and Varsity Club
member, he held numerous
leadership and committee
memberships in the HCAA. His
involvement included serving
as a past president, alumni
board director and member
of the class reunion; book
prize; budget and finance; and
nominations and elections
committees. In 1987, the HCAA
honored Mr. Reilly with its
In Hoc Signo Award, in
recognition of the generous
donation of his time and talents
to Holy Cross.
Past president of the Holy
Cross Club of Boston, he
received its Crusader of the
Year Award in 1981. Elected
senior class president as a
student at Holy Cross, Mr.
Reilly was chosen to be the
class’s lifetime president in
1985.
He is survived by his wife,
Evelyn; four sons, including
Joseph J. III ’79, Brendan J.
’82 and Terence P. ’83; two
daughters, Anne Reilly Ziaja ’78
and Gael E. ’85; their spouses,
including Kenneth M. Wetzel
’85; and 13 grandchildren,
including Elinor M. Reilly ’18.
He was predeceased by his
father, Joseph J. Sr., Class of
1904; his first wife, Elinor; his
daughter, Kathleen P. ’80; and
his grandson, Taylor Reilly.
Members of the Holy Cross
community shared remembrances
of Joseph Reilly and his many
contributions to the College:
Jacqueline D. Peterson, vice
president for student affairs and
dean of students:
“When I think of Joe Reilly, I
remember a person who truly
exemplified what it means
to be ‘a man for others.’ Joe
had such love for family—and
that included his Holy Cross
family, which was so apparent
whenever he would tell one of
his captivating stories about
his children, grandchildren, his
roommate at Holy Cross, or the
many students that he came to
know. I will greatly miss Joe’s
stories; I will miss his sage
advice; but most of all, I will
miss the person who welcomed
me with open arms 17 years ago
to Holy Cross, and was a friend
to the end.”
Mable Millner, associate dean
of students for diversity and
inclusion, director of multicultural
education and vice chair of the
diversity leadership team:
“Joe was a special man—
generous, thoughtful,
caring, loving and extremely
passionate about his Holy
Cross. Joe never tired of
reminiscing about his days ‘on
the Hill’ or his commitment
to being an active and loyal
alumnus. He wanted every
student to share his enthusiasm
and devotion to the College,
and he worked tirelessly to
provide opportunities and
resources to enable all students
to enjoy the best of Holy Cross.
Joe’s life exemplified the values
of a Jesuit education, anchored
in faith and committed to
justice. He became a champion,
an advocate and a ‘Crusader,’
challenging the College to
reach beyond limits and ‘Ask
More’ of itself. It was a joy and
privilege to be his colleague
and friend. His benevolent
spirit will live on through the
lives of all he touched.” ■

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1957
Michael J. Barron Sr.
Michael Barron,
of Sylvania,
Ohio, died May
25, 2014, at 78.
Active for many
years in the railroad industry,
Mr. Barron retired in 1996
as the chief executive officer
of the Ann Arbor Railroad;
he began his career with the
Burlington, Detroit, Toledo
and Ironton (DT&I), and Grand
Trunk railroads. A member of
the NROTC program at Holy
Cross, Mr. Barron served as
a Navy officer from 1957 to
1960, attaining the rank of
lieutenant junior grade. He was
a 1953 graduate of Fenwick
High School in Oak Park, Ill.,
and a 1967 graduate of the
University of Chicago, where
he earned his MBA. Mr. Barron
had been a Holy Cross class
agent. He is survived by his
wife, Marguerite “Monnie”;
four sons, including Leo G. ’95;
a daughter; their spouses; a
sister; and 16 grandchildren.
Ronald J. Levinson
Ronald
Levinson, of
Levittown,
N.Y., died on
Sept. 9, 2013.
Mr. Levinson is survived by his
wife, Maureen; two sons; three
daughters; their spouses; two
sisters; a brother-in-law; 17
grandchildren; and a great-
grandchild.
1958
Thomas O.
Fitzpatrick, M.D.
Thomas
Fitzpatrick,
M.D., of
Chelmsford,
Mass., died
May 11, 2014, at 79. A 1962
graduate of the then named
University of Buffalo (N.Y.)
Medical School, Dr. Fitzpatrick
served more than 40 years
as a practicing physician
at Lowell (Mass.) General
Hospital and worked many
years in group and private
practice. A pilot, Dr. Fitzpatrick
had been a Federal Aviation
Administration pilot examiner
and MedFlight volunteer, as
well as a Boy Scout leader and
an active parishioner of St.
John The Evangelist Church
in North Chelmsford. He had
been a captain in the Army. A
1951 graduate of Massena (N.Y.)
High School, Dr. Fitzpatrick
attended the Jesuit Seminary
before beginning his studies
at Holy Cross. He is survived
by his wife, Kathleen; three
sons, including Thomas S. ’84
and Sean W., M.D., ’85; two
brother; a sister; a sister-in-
law; nine grandchildren; three
step-grandchildren; and many
nephews and nieces.
1959
John J. Bush Jr.
John “Jack”
Bush, of
Hanover, Mass.,
and, formerly,
of Chatham,
Mass., died on June 6, 2014. A
graduate of Suffolk University
Law School, Boston, Mr. Bush
began his career with Central
Massachusetts Legal Services,
Inc. in Worcester. Later joining
the law firm Rollins, Rollins &
Fox in Chestnut Hill, Mass., he
started Heritage Properties in
1978, a real estate investment
and management company
that continues to operate in
Lowell, Mass., and Portland,
Maine. Born in Medford, Mass.,
Mr. Bush was a graduate of
Malden (Mass.) Catholic High
School. He is survived by his
wife, Melody; two sons; two
brother; two sisters; and 10
grandchildren.
Robert S. Holgate, D.D.S.
Robert Holgate,
D.D.S., died
May 22, 2014,
in Biloxi, Miss.,
at 77. Receiving
his doctor of dental surgery
degree from the SUNY-Buffalo
School of Dental Medicine
and a master of science
degree from the University of
Texas in Houston, Dr. Holgate
served 30 years in the Air
Force, retiring with the rank of
colonel. Stationed nationally
and internationally during his
military career, he had been
the recipient of many awards
and commendations, including
the Meritorious Service Medal
and the Legion of Merit with
Oak Leaf Clusters. Born in
Bronxville, N.Y., Dr. Holgate
relocated to the Mississippi
Gulf Coast in 1992. He is
survived by his wife, Beverly; a
brother-in-law; a sister-in-law;
and numerous nephews and
nieces.
William J. Moore
William “Bill”
Moore, of
Glen Allen, Va.,
died June 3,
2014, at 77. A
mortgage banker for more than
40 years in Washington, D.C.,
and Virginia, Mr. Moore first
worked for F.W. Berens, Inc. in
its commercial and residential
departments; he culminated
his career with the sale of his
company, Multi Family Capital
Markets, to Dynex Corp. Mr.
Moore was a 1955 graduate
of Gonzaga College High
School and a 1963 graduate
of Georgetown Law Center,
both in Washington, D.C. He
had been an active member of
Shady Grove United Methodist
Church in Glen Allen. Mr.
Moore is survived by his wife,
Mary; a son; two daughters;
their spouses; a sister; four
brothers-in-law; two sisters-
in-law; five grandchildren; and
many nephews and nieces.
Thomas M. O’Brien Jr.
Thomas “Tom”
O’Brien,
of South
Yarmouth,
Mass., and,
formerly, of Watertown, Mass.,
died June 11, 2014, at 77. Mr.
O’Brien operated an insurance
business for many years before
retiring to Cape Cod, Mass.
Born in White Plains, N.Y.,
he was raised in Brockton,
Mass. Mr. O’Brien had been a
Holy Cross class agent and a
longtime mentor to student-
athletes. He is survived by his
longtime companion, Bodil
Madsen; and many cousins and
other family members.
Francis S. Ruddy
Francis Ruddy
died on May 7,
2014. Working
internationally,
particularly in
Africa, Mr. Ruddy served as
U.S. ambassador to Equatorial
Guinea and, through his work
in the State Department and
USAID, assisted in directing
United States’ aid efforts on
the continent. Overseeing the
U.N. referendum in Western
Sahara, Mr. Ruddy became an
advocate for the political and
human rights of the Sahrawi
people. During his career, he
was also general counsel for
the Department of Energy, a
university professor, a writer
and an editor. A graduate of
Xavier High School in New
York City, Mr. Ruddy received
his Ph.D. in international
law from the University of
Cambridge in England. He was
a Marine Corps veteran. Mr.
Ruddy is survived by three

holy cross remembers
Terri Priest
(1928-2014)
Terri Priest
(Theresa
Khoury
Struckus), an
internationally
recognized artist and associate
professor emerita, visual arts, at
Holy Cross, died Sept. 13, 2014, at
her home in Worcester, at 86.
A gifted artist and teacher, Terri
Priest taught in the visual arts
department from 1978 until
1993, serving as a mentor to
many of her students. During her
tenure at the College, she taught
perspective and introductory
and intermediate courses in
painting and design; served on
various faculty committees; and
held the post of department
chair for several years.
Following her retirement from
the College, Ms. Priest devoted
more concentrated time to
her own painting and, also,
to managing and directing
the Fletcher/Priest Gallery, a
contemporary art space located
in Worcester, from 1990 to 2003.
Taking many courses at the
Worcester Art Museum as
a student, Ms. Priest was
offered a part-time position
in the museum school’s adult
education division, where she
taught from 1967 to 1976. She
pursued several enrichment
courses at Quinsigamond
Community College in Worcester
and then transferred to the
University of Massachusetts-
Amherst, where she was a
student in the University
Without Walls program. Ms.
Priest received her bachelor of
fine arts degree in 1975 and her
master of fine arts degree in 1977.
The recipient of many awards
and commissions during her
career, she had been approached
by Holy Cross to create a
painting depicting the five
major religions of the world for
Carol and Park B. Smith Hall,
which houses the College’s
Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J.
Center for Religion, Ethics and
Culture. The artwork, titled
“Paths to Divine Light Through
Vermeer’s Lens,” was installed
in the cupola of Smith Hall, a
domed area near the entrance,
and dedicated in 2008.
Ms. Priest’s pieces, which have
been exhibited extensively in
solo shows and many group and
invitational events, are in the
collections of many museums,
organizations and educational
institutions, including the Iris
and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery
at Holy Cross, which presented
an exhibition of her work
in 2005, titled “Interactions:
Paintings and Works on Paper”;
the Worcester Art Museum;
Fitchburg (Mass.) Public Library;
DeCordova Museum in Lincoln,
Mass.; and Bishop Ireton High
School in Alexandria, Va.
Focused on the issues of
homelessness, education and
civil rights, she was a strong
supporter of Abby’s House,
whose mission is to provide
shelter, housing and advocacy
to homeless, battered and low-
income women and children;
the Nativity School of Worcester,
an independent, Jesuit middle
school, dedicated to educating
underserved boys of all faiths;
and the Worcester Art Museum,
where she had been a member,
corporator and an educator.
Ms. Priest is survived by two
sons; a daughter-in-law;
four nephews, two nieces
and their spouses; and three
grandnephews. Her husband
was the late Edward J. Struckus,
former superintendent of the
parks and recreation department
for the city of Worcester.
Following are remembrances of
Terri Priest by her colleagues at
Holy Cross: Frank Vellaccio, senior
vice president of the College:
“Terri Priest was everything a
Jesuit liberal arts college looks
for in a faculty member. She
was a skilled and caring teacher
who was able to convey her
passion and love of art to all her
students. She was a productive
and talented artist who
produced works that brought
great comfort and joy to all who
experienced them. And she was
a humanitarian who truly lived
the mission of being ‘a woman
for and with others.’ To know her
was a privilege; to be her friend
was a true grace.”
Roger Hankins, director of the Iris and
B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery:
“At the beginning of the fall,
we lost Terri Priest, one of the
true giants in the Worcester
community, especially for those
of us in the arts at the College
of the Holy Cross who had the
pleasure of knowing her. Over
the years, including the time
we were organizing a career-
long survey of her work for the
Cantor Art Gallery, I came to
know the many facets of this
wonderful women—mother,
artist, teacher, businesswoman
and friend. It was always
abundantly clear to me that
Terri had an undeniable passion
for life and art. That passion
translated into everything she
did, and it was especially evident
in her work—beautiful, complex
and sometimes playful paintings
that she created throughout her
adult life. To appreciate Terri for
her art alone, though, wouldn’t
be the whole story. I always saw
Terri as an amazingly supportive
person, someone who paid close
attention to things that she felt
mattered in our community and
world, and doing her part, and
more, to address those concerns.
Terri put herself out there and
will be sorely missed by her
many friends, family, colleagues,
fellow artists, and countless
people she touched through her
art and life.” ■

I N M E M O R I A M
sons, including David F. ’93;
a daughter-in-law; and three
grandchildren.
1963
Stephen H. Griffin
Stephen Griffin,
of Millbury,
Mass., died
June 17, 2014,
at 72. Teaching
physics for many years at the
collegiate level, Mr. Griffin
later worked as a product
development engineer. A
graduate of the High School
of Commerce in Worcester, he
earned his master’s degree in
science (physics) at Worcester
Polytechnic Institute. Mr.
Griffin had been an avid
philatelist. He is survived by his
wife, Ritva; a son; his husband;
a nephew; two nieces; and
extended family.
Daniel J. Hussey
Daniel Hussey
died May
26, 2014, at
his home in
Colonia, N.J.,
at 72. A graduate of Seton
Hall University School of
Law, Newark, N.J., Mr. Hussey
had served many years as an
attorney and a labor arbitrator.
He belonged to the New Jersey
and American bar associations
and served on public and
private sector labor relations
panels in New York and New
Jersey, including the New
Jersey Public Employment
Relations Commission. Born
in Jersey City, N.J., Mr. Hussey
was raised in Bayonne,
N.J.—and was a graduate of
Saint Peter’s Prep in Jersey
City. He had been a member
of the President’s Council
at Holy Cross. Mr. Hussey is
survived by his wife, Margaret
“Maggie”; a son; a daughter;
their spouses; and five
grandchildren.
1967
Charles A. Adams
Charles
Adams, of East
Haddam, Conn.,
died May 18,
2014, at 69.
A 1962 graduate of Norwich
(Conn.) Free Academy (NFA),
Mr. Adams later taught English
literature there for 36 years,
until his retirement in 2003. He
received his master’s degree
in 1975 from the University of
Hartford, West Hartford, Conn.
Coach of the NFA rifle team
and a competitive rifle shooter,
Mr. Adams had also been an
avid fan of Sherlock Holmes,
belonging to the Connecticut
chapter of the Baker Street
Irregulars, and serving as a
charter member of the local
Holmes society, The Winter
Assizes at Norwich. He is
survived by his wife, Carol; a
son; a daughter-in-law; and a
brother, Albert M. ’61.
William M. Roney
W. Michael
Roney, of
Salem, Mass.,
and, formerly,
of Waltham,
Mass., died May 5, 2014, at
68. Prior to his retirement
in 2007, Mr. Roney had
been a cost accountant for
Aritech Corp. and Malden
Mills. A graduate of Bishop
Fenwick High School in
Peabody, Mass., he earned
his MBA at the University
of Massachusetts-Amherst.
Pursuing a lifelong interest
in railroads, Mr. Roney was
a founding member of the
Mystic Valley Railway Society
and a longtime volunteer. He
had also been a parishioner
of Immaculate Conception
Church in Salem for many
years. Mr. Roney is survived
by his wife, Nancy; a son;
a daughter; a son-in-law; a
nephew; a niece; and a cousin.
1975
Andrew J. Donohue
Andrew Donohue, of
Worcester, died May 22, 2014,
at 61. During his career, Mr.
Donohue had been an oil
burner technician for the
Claflin-Donahue Co. and, later,
Peterson Oil Service. He was
a graduate of Saint John’s
High School in Shrewsbury,
Mass., and Fitchburg (Mass.)
State College. Mr. Donohue is
survived by five brothers; a
sister; their spouses, including
Richard P. Simitis, D.M.D.,
’68; and many nephews and
nieces.
1980
Philip F. Mulvey III
Philip Mulvey,
of Milton,
Mass., died on
May 9, 2014.
During his
career, Mr. Mulvey worked as
an attorney. He had been a Holy
Cross class agent. Mr. Mulvey
is survived by his wife, Therese
(Leary) Mulvey, M.D., ’80; three
daughters; his parents; three
brothers; and many nephews
and nieces.
1985
David M. McDowell, M.D.
David
McDowell,
M.D., died
June 4, 2014,
at his home in
New York City, at 51. A 1989
graduate of the Columbia
University College of
Physicians and Surgeons in
New York City, Dr. McDowell
completed a medical
internship at the Presbyterian
Hospital in New York City, a
residency in psychiatry at the
New York State Psychiatric
Institute/Columbia University
and a fellowship in substance
abuse at Bellevue Hospital/
New York University Medical
Center in 1995. Beginning a
private practice in psychiatry
at that time, he also joined
the faculty of Columbia
University’s Division on
Substance Abuse in the
department of psychiatry; Dr.
McDowell co-founded STARS
(Substance Treatment and
Research Service), serving
as medical director of the
program until 2004 and, then,
as senior medical adviser.
In 2004, he founded the
Buprenorphine Program at
Columbia University, an opiate
treatment program. Author
of many scholarly articles
and chapters and co-author
of the book, Substance Abuse:
From Principles to Practice,
Dr. McDowell focused his
work on the co-occurrence
of psychiatric disorders and
substance abuse problems.
A guest on talk shows and
contributor to various media
outlets, he had also been a
consultant in the production
of plays and films. In 2008,
Dr. McDowell joined the
faculty of The Mount Sinai
Medical Center in New York,
expanding teaching and
clinical services for those with
substance abuse issues and
the dual diagnosed. He had
also been a longtime member
as well as a past vice chair and
acting chair of the American
Psychiatric Association (APA)
Scientific Program Committee.
The recipient of numerous
honors during his career,
Dr. McDowell was named a
distinguished fellow of the
APA. He had been a Holy Cross
class agent. Dr. McDowell is
survived by his partner, Carlos
Moreira; his mother; three
brothers, including Arthur
V. III, M.D., ’74; a sister; two
sisters-in-law; and several
nephews, nieces and cousins.

1988
Dawn M. Kelly-Sullivan
Dawn Kelly-
Sullivan, of
Barrington,
R.I., died May
8, 2014, at
48. Mrs. Kelly-Sullivan had
been a scientist with Novartis
Institutes for BioMedical
Research, Inc., in Cambridge,
Mass., for the past three years;
during her career, she received
several awards for her work as
a scientist. Mrs. Kelly-Sullivan
had been a member of St.
Luke’s Parish in Barrington,
a Girl Scout leader and a
volunteer for the Rhode Island
Special Hockey Association.
Born in Winthrop, Mass.,
she lived in Barrington for
14 years. Mrs. Kelly-Sullivan
is survived by her husband,
Scott F. Sullivan; her twin
children; her father, mother
and stepparents; two brothers;
two sisters; her mother-in-
law; two brothers-in-law;
a sister-in-law; and several
nephews and nieces.
2006
Lisa M. Halley
Lisa Halley,
of Leicester,
Mass., died
June 11, 2014, at
34. Ms. Halley
had worked as a health adviser
at Community Healthlink in
Worcester. She was a graduate
of Leicester High School. Ms.
Halley is survived by many
uncles, aunts, cousins and close
friends.
FRIENDS
Thomas C. Cadigan, father
of Thomas M. ’02, alumni
office; William P. Conley,
father of Jerome M. “Jerry”
’90 and father-in-law of
Mary Beth Conley ’90; Lucille
Gauthier Dubois, wife of the
late Jacques E. ’41, mother of
Jacques E. Jr. ’70, Margaret
Dubois Daly ’76, Henry E. ’83
and Charles E. ’87, mother-
in-law of Robert B. Daly,
M.D., ’74 and Judith Dubois
’88, grandmother of James
J. Daly, M.D., ’08 and Robert
B. Daly Jr. ’16, and daughter
of the late Henri E. Gauthier,
M.D., Class of 1918; Richard
Eder, father of Ann A. Eder
Mulhane ’81 and Claire M.
’83; Linda Gannon, mother
of Michael L. ’96; Veronica
“Ginger” Hennigan, retired,
treasurer’s office; Carole G.
Henry, mother of the late
Katherine A. Henry ’86 and
co-founder of the Katherine A.
Henry ’86 Memorial Lecture
Series on Women’s Health
Issues, established at Holy
Cross in 1999 with her late
husband, Richard, in memory
of their daughter; Margaret
Herrmann “Peggy” Kenny,
wife of John J. “Jack” ’52;
William E. Malia, father of
Scott, theatre department;
Cynthia A. O’Leary, wife of
the late James D. ’54; John
Wilson Perry, father of Ellen
E., classics department;
Patricia “Patty”Alesio
Purcell, wife of Peter F., M.D.,
’70; Virginia E. Quitadamo,
mother of Susan Q. Hunt,
government and community
relations; Edward R. Regan,
father of Patricia A. Chuplis,
information technology
services; James A. “Jim”
Romano, father of James A.
Jr. ’66; Judith A. Shea, mother
of Paul A. Irish, student
affairs; Theofanis Stefanakos,
father of Evangelia ’14,
college marketing and
communications; Edith
Swanson, mother of Schone
L. Malliet ’74; William H.
Sweet, retired, environmental
services, and father of
Maureen McCann, public
safety; Donald F. White,
transportation/public safety

ou don’t hear the word
“raconteur” used much
anymore. And that’s a shame,
because it so ably sums up the
personality of a gregarious man who
is admired by a wide group of friends
for his social skills … someone like
Paul Lilly ’29. His peers described
the Brooklyn native as “at once host,
hostess, butler, master-of-cermonies
and sergeant-at-arms to the delightful
nocturnal festivals in Beaven.” Lilly, a
natural social butterfly who belonged
to the College’s Metropolitan Club
for four years, owned one of the
few Victrolas on his hall, causing
it to be a central gathering spot for
his classmates. “Surely the sins of
any ordinary lifetime,” reads his
biography in the 1929 Purple Patcher,
“are expiated by one who patiently
endures ‘I Wanna Be Loved By You’
ten thousand times and more without
murmur.” It did not surprise his
friends, then, when Lilly, “a source
of good cheer” to his class, joined
the cheerleading squad in his senior
year. And that brings us to this issue’s
Artifact.
Lilly’s son, Paul Lilly ’62, kept his
father’s original cheerleading sweater
and a photo of the five-man squad.
These mementoes of Crusader spirit
past are now part of the Archives
and Special Collections in Dinand
Library. (Coincidentally, the younger
Lilly is featured on Page 64 for his new
collection of short stories.) ■
Let’s Go, Holy Cross!
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connection to faith? Or to your
classmates? Please share your
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DAN VAILL ANCOURT
Who could resist snapping a selfie with
renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse
Tyson? Tyson met with students and
delivered the College’s 49th annual
Hanify-Howland Memorial Lecture on
Nov. 13. See the story on Page 10.
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