Delbarton Today Fall Winter 2010 magazine

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Joe Discher ’87Act Two

1 | From the Headmaster

37 | Around Delbarton

57 | Sports Shorts

60 | Abbey Notes

64 | Alumni News

86 | Delbarton YesterdayBy Fr. Benet Caffrey, OSB, Archivist

DELBARTON TODAY

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www.Delbarton.org Cover: Joe Discher ’87Photo: Pete Byron

Rt. Rev. Giles P. Hayes, OSB, Abbot, St. Mary’s AbbeyPresident, Delbarton School

Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, Headmaster

Rev. Rembert F. Reilly, OSB, Vice President for Development

J. Craig Paris ’82, Director of Development

Jessica Vermylen Fiddes, Director of Communications, Editor

Design Sahlman Art Studio, Charlotte, NC

Printing Digital Color Concepts, Mountainside, NJ

Delbarton School does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, or nationaland ethnic origin in any of its practices or policies.

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DELBARTON TODAY is published for the alumni, parents, and friends of Delbarton School, 230 Mendham Road, Morristown, NJ 07960 973/538-3231.

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2 | Graduation 2010

16 | Go Navy GraduationBy Jessica Fiddes

26 | Act Two: Joe Discher ’87By Jessica Fiddes

33 | A Delbarton Alum Makes a Difference in HaitiBy Christopher Ryan ’00

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In his latest book, The Element, best-sellingauthor and creativity expert, Sir KenRobinson, tells an interesting story. When

he is touring, he likes to ask audiences to ratetheir own creativity on a scale of 1 to 10, withten being the highest. He does a similarexercise with intelligence. He reports that“Out of perhaps a thousand people, fewer thantwenty give themselves 10 for creativity. A fewmore will put their hands up for 9 and 8. On theother end, a handful always puts themselves at 2or 1.”(55) He then asks the same audiences ifthey gave themselves different marks forintelligence and creativity. Usually betweentwo-thirds and three-quarters of the audiencewill raise their hands. Robinson goes on tochallenge the prevailing notion that somehowintelligence and creativity are two differentthings. He maintains that part of the problemis that popular culture generally mistakescreativity for imagination. One might think ofthe struggling writer closeted in a roomdesperately trying to come up with a new ideafor his next work. The author is using hisimagination. Now, Robinson does notdisparage imagination, rather sees it as one ofthe highest of our human functions. The key iswhat one does with the ideas one imagines. Inthe author’s case, they might become the plotline for his next novel. He says by way ofdefinition “You can think of creativity asapplied imagination.” (67)

This issue of Delbarton Today is peopledwith individuals who are applying theirimaginations in new and exciting ways. I hopethat at least some of their success can be tracedback to Delbarton. As a school, I believe wehave always valued creativity in all its formsand will continue to do so. I am struck when I

see any list of skills that students will need tosucceed in the 21st century. Creativity isinevitably near the top. Delbarton iscommitted to nurturing the imaginations of itsstudents and helping them find ways toharness the creativity they have within. Hey,today it’s the Delbarton App, who knows whattomorrow will bring?

We teach to eternity.

Br. Paul Diveny, OSB

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“Delbarton is

committed to

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DelbartonGraduates ItsSixty-SecondClass

On June 6, 2010 the Class of 2010celebrated its graduation fromDelbarton with faculty, family and

friends in St. Mary’s Abbey. A brief showerbaptized the new graduates as they emergedfrom the church, then skies miraculouslycleared for a classic reception in the SeniorGarden...

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Scott Ruesterholz ’10, Delbarton

School President 2009-10. Scott is

attending Georgetown University

this fall.

“...Delbarton is not a school. Rather Delbartonis a community that has a school. We havereally grown to be part of a family, which iswhy graduation will be such a bittersweet day. Ilike to call it an extremely “sad, happy day.”While we are moving on to great things andgreat schools, we are ending our time at thisgreat place, though we forever remain a part ofthis community. That is why this school is sounique. Rather than completely leaving itbehind after commencement, we are forever

Delbarton. Several weeks ago, Abbott Gilesspoke to student leaders on “BenedictineStability” and how monks commit to living inone monastery for their entire lives. This long-lasting commitment permeates the entirecommunity through the faculty and alumni, sowhile we will cease to be daily students here wenever truly leave Delbarton. In a world ofdisloyalty and impermanence, it is comfortingto know that this community will always standby us and that we will always stand by it.”

Abbot Giles Hayes, OSB, keynote speaker Bill Conley ’71

and Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny.

Soon-to-be graduates on their way

into the Abbey Church.

Family and friends

gather inside the

Abbey Church.

Baccalaureate Speech

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Photos by Jessica Fiddes

Class of 2010 Valedictorian David

Kersen ’10 is attending Harvard

University this fall.

“…I acknowledge the learning that we haveacquired is a means to an end. But what end isthat? Each of us here is given a choice: we caneither take what we have learned and what wewill learn in college and put it toward thebetterment of the world, or we can focus onour immediate concerns – that is, devoteourselves to our careers and our families. Thelatter path is not a wrong path – in fact it isprobably the one most of us, myself included,will take. But in the end, there must be someof us here who work to improve this world,

whether it is by directly helping people or byconducting research that will lead toimprovements in the quality of life, or bysomething else entirely. Because, when we learned about magnetic fluxin AP Physics, I noticed something interesting– it is not the flux itself that induces a voltage,but the change in flux that does so. In thesame way, in our world, we must work contin-uously to improve things, to better the statusquo, for truly I say to you, in stagnation andcontentment lie the death of us all.”

There were multiple photo opportunities.

“Honey, don’t forget to take your cell phone out of your pocket!”

2010 Valedictorian Speech

David Kersen ’10

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Graduation speaker and Johns

Hopkins dean William Conley ’71

with Jimmy Maguire ’10 and Jason

Zhang ’10. Both boys will be

students at Johns Hopkins this fall.

“...In 1967, I was an eighth grader applying toDelbarton School; my older brother, Michael,graduated in the Class of 1966 and my parentswere duly impressed by the school. I foundmyself sitting in the admissions director’soffice, flanked by my mom and dad. Though Icannot recall his name (perhaps to be my fateas your commencement speaker), I doremember his rather somber lead into theconversation. “Mr. & Mrs. Conley, I need to

share some information about William’sapplication.” He then proceeded to describemy academic record at St. Vincent MartyrSchool as not particularly impressive (trueenough, but I felt fortunate that he did notmention my two years in first grade at St.Patrick’s School); he also noted my test scoresas not especially remarkable (I believe it was apolite way of asking: Did your son ever takeany arithmetic courses?). Between the tone ofhis voice and his recitation of myunderwhelming credentials, my mother musthave anticipated where he was heading with allof this and politely interjected: “Father,someone has to be last in the class and I cannotthink of a finer young man than my son to bethat person.” Desperate times call fordesperate measures. That I almost fulfilledthat prediction in freshman year is beside thepoint. Mom, can you believe I am thecommencement speaker at Delbarton School?”

Derek Ruebling ’10 gets a congratulatory handshake from

his dad, Assistant Headmaster Chuck Ruebling ’79.

As rain starts to fall, photo-snapping begins.

Commencement Speaker

Bill Conley ’71, Dean of Enrollment and Academic Services at Johns Hopkins University

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“...In October of your sophomore year, 2007,the school mourned the loss of Brian Fleury.Most of you did not have the opportunity toknow Mr. Fleury, except by reputation. Mr.Fleury was our Athletic Director, VarsityBaseball coach, and English teacher, but hewas much more than that to our school.Many teachers and students, particularly thosehe knew well, could tell you stories of how heinspired them to be better people. In fact,many of you who play sports wear his initialson your uniforms to remember his legacy andthe values he stood for. I learned twoimportant lessons from him that I hope helpyou as you leave the school. First, Brian’s ethosof “I am third” provides a clear framework onhow to live. First, put God into your life andthen think of others before you think of

yourself…Second, Brian was a model to me ofa fully developed person who valued theinsight and deep truths he garnered from awork of literature as much as he did from thelessons learned through competition on theplaying field. Certainly, baseball was hispassion, but so were reading and teachingShakespeare, Tim O’Brien, and Don DeLillo.So for all of you who view yourself as anathlete, an academic, a musician, or an artist, Ihope you continue to embrace that aspect ofyourself, but don’t stop there; allow yourself todevelop many sides. Be a hockey player andan actor; a musician and a mathematician;forensics debater and a photographer. Followyour interests as you chose courses and simplyenjoy the passion of another side of yourself.”

In spite of the quick

downpour graduates made their way to the Senior

Garden, and their optimism paid off. The skies soon

cleared.

Retiring English Department Chair

Sally Walsh, mother of graduate Alex

Walsh ’10, gave the Faculty Farewell

at the Senior Awards Ceremony on

May 25th.

Faculty Farewell

Sally Walsh P’10, English Department Chair who retired after 25 yearson the Delbarton faculty

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The Bryan Bennett Award was established to honor the memory of a member of the class of 1994 who died at the World Trade Center on September

11, 2001. This award is for the “quiet hero”, a student who, like Bryan, has distinguished himself for his day-to-day work ethic, consistent nobility and

unfailing kindness to others. This year’s winner of the Bryan Bennett Award was Kevin Sullivan ’10 , seen here with his family, Headmaster Br. Paul

Diveny, OSB, and Bryan’s sister Lili Bennet O’Malley, standing second from left.

The Michael Patrick Sheridan Award was established in memory of a

member of the class of 1984, presented to a senior who has

manifested love for life and for the School and has significantly grown

through challenge as implied in the School’s motto, Succisa Virescit.

The 2009 Michael Patrick Sheridan award was presented to Kyle

McMullan ’10. The award was presented to Kyle by Delbarton trustee

and former Delbarton Alumni Association President Kurt Krauss ’81,

far left.

The James E. Nugent Award, established in memory of a

graduate of the class of 1969, is awarded to the Delbarton

student who best exemplifies the spirit of giving himself

to others. Nugent Award winner Matt Corwin ’10 stands

with Fr. Hilary O’Leary, OSB, and and Nugent family

representative Sheila Nugent Carter.

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The Peter B. Haas Award, established

in memory of a 25 year old Marine

pilot killed in Korea, is awarded for

distinguished leadership within the

School. This year’s winner of the Peter

B. Haas Award was Tom Pesce ’10 who

stands with his proud family.

Winner of the Corey T. Williams ’91

Award for excellence in Physics Dan

Kearny ’10 with his family and, on left,

Corey’s father Earl Williams and his sister

Amber Williams.

Michael Zochowski ’10, Class of 2010 Salutatorian, and his

family, including older brother Rob ’08, who also wears his

Delbarton graduation tie.

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Mickey Moran ’10 and

the entire Moran family,

including parents

Barbara and Mike, his

sister, and brother

Connor ’15.

Tom Killian with his proud parents Tom and Leslie and

younger brother Matt ’13.New Delbarton graduate Kevin Prior ’10 and family, including younger brother

Brendan ’14.

The Walsh family with their

graduate, Alex Walsh ’10.

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Jessica Fiddes and J. Craig Paris ’82

Three Soulas boys with their proud mom, Katey Soulas. From left, Christopher ’12,

Katey Soulas, Tim ’08 and Andrew ’10. Paul Nolle ’10 and his parents Paul and Katie Nolle on

graduation day at Delbarton.

Hally and Jeff Toia and family

congratulate Jeff ’10 on his graduation.

Guys found a classic way to get

wet – a dip in the fountain.

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Roy and Lisa Naturman now have

four Delbarton graduates in the

family. The most recent is this

year’s graduate Matt ’10.

Joe Petrucci ’10 with his family, including parents Jeanne and Jim Petrucci. Jim is a

Delbarton trustee and an alumnus, Class of 1982.

The Maguire family with

Jimmy ’10. His dad Jim

graduated from

Delbarton in 1979.

The Frech family celebrates with their graduate, Rob ’10.

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Ben Seligmann ’10 and his family.

All three older brothers are

Delbarton alums.

Kyle Walsh ’10 and his family, including two older

Delbarton brothers Tom and Jared (we missed you,

Brad ’04!). Kyle’s parents Ginna and Tom both

served as presidents of Delbarton parent

organizations during their fifteen straight years as

Delbarton parents.

Zach Bluestone ’10

models the Delbarton

graduation signature look.Pam and Joe Longo ’80, and family, congratulate their

graduate Michael ’10.

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The Rouse family with Joe ’10. Joe’s father Bob Rouse is also a graduate,

Class of 1979.

Thumbs up for Delbarton graduation!

The Briand family celebrates

another Delbarton graduation.

The Kastners with Matt ’10. Dad Drew is a Delbarton alum, circa 1970,

and so is older brother Andrew ’10, on left.

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Zayed Abdalla .............VillanovaKenneth Agostino ......YaleMichael Ambrosia......PrincetonRyan Amspacher .........VillanovaAlexander Balog ..........LehighBrendan Barry.............ColgateZac Bluestone .............Washington UGerard Briand.............ProvidenceNarish Budhu .............ProvidenceAlem Bulcha ...............DukeJames Burke ................MiddleburyPeter Calvanelli ...........DartmouthMatthew Carlucci .......GeorgetownJohn Colavita..............PennsylvaniaJohn Colucci...............ColgateCollin Corcoran..........Notre DameMatthew Corwin ........ProvidenceEdward DaCosta.........VillanovaMichael Darche ..........Notre DameMichael DeFeo ...........BrandeisMichael Delle Donne..McGillAndrew DeRenzi ........VillanovaMatthew DeRenzi.......BrownDennis Dering ............CornellJohn Descalzi ..............DartmouthTerrence Dixon ...........St. LawrenceTucker Doherty ..........CornellCarl Eckert .................ColgateRyan Elsman...............NYUBlaze Feury .................Penn StateDerrick Flitcroft..........Embry RiddleStephen Fradkin..........U ConnRobert Frech...............ColumbiaJonathan Gancas .........CornellMatthew Gelnaw ........ColbyErik Gobbo.................HarvardChris Guerrieri ...........VillanovaJoseph Guilfoyle..........PeddiePatrick Hand ..............LawrencevilleRyan Hanley ...............GeorgetownThomas Hanley ..........Stanford

Matthew Hanna .........Boston CollegeMichael Helmer..........TrinitySean Henwood ...........LehighJake Huff ....................DukeMatthew Iammatteo ...VillanovaMatthew Infante .........Boston CollegeRobert Kaminski.........BowdoinMatthew Kastner ........WilliamsDaniel Kearney ...........OlinDavid Kersen ..............HarvardThomas Killian ...........AmherstNicholas Kowalski.......PennsylvaniaPeter Kristiansen .........Notre DameMitchell Lawrence ......HarvardMichael Longo............MiddleburyJames Maguire ............Johns HopkinsDaniel Maldonado......ColumbiaStephen Marino ..........WilliamsSean McAuliffe ...........University of VirginiaMatthew McGinn.......Carnegie MellonJohn McHugh.............NorthwesternDaniel McLaughlin.....Wake ForestJeffrey McLaughlin .....LafayetteKyle McMullan...........FairfieldJack Miller ..................TuftsDevin Moore ..............GeorgetownMichael Moran ...........ColgateMatthew Mulcahy.......Boston CollegeMatthew Naturman ....BrandeisWilliam Newman .......HamiltonPaul Nolle ...................PrincetonKenneth Nyamekye ....RutgersCharles Orzetti ...........YaleTyler Otto...................MiamiNicholas Pellegrino .....VillanovaDavid Persson .............UC Santa BarbaraThomas Pesce .............MiddleburyJoseph Petrucci ...........HarvardKenneth Pilanski.........Quinnipiac

Michael Pirovano........EJHL/BruinsChris Preziosi..............VanderbiltKevin Prior .................GeorgetownStefan Rajiyah.............GeorgetownJohn Recchia...............Franklin & MarshallLogan Rice..................ColumbiaRobert Rosa ................GeorgetownJoseph Rouse...............Virginia TechDerek Ruebling...........GettysburgScott Ruesterholz ........GeorgetownAndrew Sawyer ...........Boston CollegeMatthew Schellberg ....NortheasternPatrick Schellberg .......North CarolinaEdward Schneider .......Franklin & MarshallBen Seligmann............GeorgetownDhruv Sharma ............GeorgetownCraig Soriano..............Virginia TechAndrew Soulas ............FairfieldTheodore Stenger........TampaKevin Sullivan.............GeorgetownThomas Sullivan .........GeorgetownWilliam Sullivan .........Penn StateDaniel Taeschler..........George WashingtonMatthew Toia..............LehighBrent Van Fossan ........Boston CollegeMatthew Voda ............University of VirginiaEthan Vorel.................MiddleburyAlexander Vrabel.........Penn StateJudson Waite...............LafayetteAlexander Walsh .........MiddleburyKyle Walsh..................CornellKevin Woo..................George WashingtonJohn Wujciak ..............GeorgetownJason Zhang................Johns HopkinsEdwin Zipf .................CornellMichael Zochowski.....Harvard

Class of 2010 Colleges

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On May 28, 2010 three Delbartonalumni — Mike Campbell ’06, Bill McAloon ’05 and Mark Van

Orden ’06 graduated from the United StatesNaval Academy and became commissionedofficers in the US military. Among the manyproud family members and Delbarton friendsin attendance were Abbot Giles Hayes, OSB,and Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB. TheAbbot later reported, “It was one of theproudest days of my life.”

Acceptance into the Naval Academy waschallenging enough: in 2006 10, 747 young

men and women applied to the Academy,1,510 were offered a spot, and 1,215 enteredthe Class of 2010. 1,028 Naval Academygraduates emerged after four gruelling years toreceive bachelor of science degrees andcommissions as U.S. Navy ensigns or U.S.Marine Corps second lieutenants.

All three Delbarton alumni made theGreen Wave proud during their four years atAnnapolis. Mike Campbell ’06 was the USNAClass of 2010 Valedictorian: Ranked #1 inacademics, military professionalism, andphysical education. He earned a Bachelor of

...and they’re off!

Go Navy Graduation

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Science in Economics with Honors. Among hismany distinctions, Mike was one of 35students nationally to receive a 2010 MarshallScholarship which allows him to study at anyuniversity in the United Kingdom. In 2009 hewas one of sixty college juniors nationally toreceive a 2009 Harry S. Truman Scholarship,the single scholar selected from New Jersey for“exceptional leadership potential andcommitment to public service.” He receivedthe Peruvian Naval Medal of Honor to Merit,the only midshipman awarded a medal by aforeign military for superior overallperformance. As a member of the Navylacrosse squad Mike received the Vice AdmiralE.C. Waller Lacrosse Prize for the midshipmanof the lacrosse squad who contributed most tothe spirit, morale, and well-being of thelacrosse team. He earned two varsity letters as agoalie before serving as an undergraduateassistant coach for goalies and substitutionsduring the 2009-2010 season, helping goalieR.J. Wickham earn All-America accolades.

Bill McAloon ’05, spent a year at theNaval Academy Prep School, entered theAcademy in 2006 and graduated with Meritwith a Bachelor of Science in History and aminor in French. He received the distinction of

Honors in History for the successfulcompletion of a thesis on the history ofAnnapolis housing. McAloon was on theSuperintendent’s list for superior academic,military, and physical performance. He wasselected to lead over 150 midshipmen from allfour class years as 5th Company Commanderthroughout the spring of 2010. He was one offewer than a dozen midshipmen annuallychosen to do an exchange semester at theUnited States Military Academy at West Point.He also trained and competed with theMarathon Team.

Mark Van Orden ’06 graduated with arank of 67th overall, an Honors English Majorwith a German Minor. He excelled academ-ically and distinguished himself in track andfield. He was a Naval Academy Track TrophyWinner, 3- time Patriot League Track and FieldScholar Athlete of the Year, Navy TrackCaptain, Captain of Captains (voted as theteam captain to lead the group of captains),3rd Team Academic All American, 5 TimePatriot League Champion (3x Hammer / 2xWeight Throw), 4 Time All East Selection inHammer and Weight Throw and the recipientof NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.

The three young officers now take

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The valedictorian of the Class of

2010, Mike Campbell ’06, is the first

to receive a diploma from Vice

President Joe Biden.

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On graduation day at the

Naval Academy, from left,

Headmaster Br. Paul

Diveny, OSB, with Ensign

Mark Van Orden ’06,

Marine 2nd Lt. Bill

McAloon ’05, Ensign Mike

Campbell ’06 and Abbot

Giles Hayes, OSB.

Later the Delbarton contingent of family and friends celebrates. From Left, Jim Petrie ’03, Mike

Campbell ’06, Matt Campbell ’08, Geoff Muller ’08 (current midshipman), Mark Van Orden ’06,

Matt Van Orden ’08, Bill McAloon ’05, Andrew Rice ’05 and Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB,

in front.

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During their plebe year, the three Delbarton gradsparticipated in ‘Herndon Climb’ when, according totradition, the plebe class works together to retrieve awhite plebe ‘dixie cup’ hat from atop a lard-coveredobelisk and replace it with an upperclassmen’s hat.The Class of 1998 gained quite a reputation aroundthe Yard with their longest record of four hours, fiveminutes and 17 seconds. The fastest recorded timesare three minutes for the Class of 1965 in 1962 andone minute, 30 seconds for the Class of 1972 in1969 but both classes had a clear advantage. In 1980upperclassmen got creative and added a thick coatingof slippery lard to the mix, 200 pounds worth.Pictured here is the Class of 2010 in spring 2007where the class finished with a respectable time of 1hour, 32 minutes and 43 seconds. Note MikeCampbell on left, and Mark Van Orden on right,showing support for their Delbarton classmate, ReadeSeligmann (#45) , who was then involved in thebreaking news of the Duke lacrosse scandal.

In 2010 the class of 2013 benefited from the factthat, according to Wikipedia, “Superintendant ViceAdmiral Jeffrey Fowler indicated dissatisfaction thatyear with the risk of injury associated with theclimbing tradition and a desire to discontinue it.” Sogreasing the obelisk was out. With no lard to impedetheir progress the class scaled the monument in aspeedy 2 minutes and 5 seconds. But did they earnbragging rights with the Brigade of Midshipmen?“No, sir!”

different paths. Mike Campbell will spendnext year studying at King’s College, Londonas a Marshall Scholar. Mark Van Orden beginsaviation training in Pensacola, FL. and BillMcAloon enters basic leadership training as aMarine Corp officer. The young men areobligated to serve at least five years in theirchosen fields, selected from opportunitiesavailable in naval aviation, surface warfare,submarines, Marine Corps and other navalservice specialties.

Abbot Giles and Brother Paul werethrilled to celebrate with the Delbarton crowdafter the traditional hat toss. Both monksreported feeling a mixture of excitement, prideand deep sentiment. The Abbot summed uphis Naval Academy graduation experience thisway: “Br. Paul and I are both pretty toughIrishmen. We were so touched that we cried.”

The Herndon Climb

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Scott Krenitski ’s Next Step: Oxford

Delbarton’s class of 2006 continues tomake an impact internationallythrough community and academic

study. The Rotary Foundation selected ScottKrenitski ’06 as a 2010-2011 RotaryAmbassadorial Scholar. The AmbassadorialScholarship serves “to further internationalunderstanding and friendly relations amongpeople of different countries and geographicalareas,” and helps fund Scott’s pursuit of aMaster of Science Degree in Refugee andForced Migration studies at the University ofOxford.

Scott’s dedication to community service,international development, and the plight ofrefugees began at Delbarton and has continued

through his duration at Vanderbilt University.Selected as a Vanderbilt Ingram Scholar, a fulltuition scholarship based on academic meritand community service, Scott received summerstipends to serve and conduct research all overthe world. Over his four undergraduate yearshe has traveled to Nicaragua, Costa Rica,Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo, Uganda, and India.Last summer he pursued ethnomusicologyresearch with Dr. Gregory Barz on the effectsof music on the reconciliation process inRwanda, and arrived back from Uganda lastsummer after working with fellow studentAlice Bator to help develop peer educationprograms and teach reproductive health classesin the rural Kabarole district. At Vanderbilt, he

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served as the co-president of Manna ProjectInternational Vanderbilt, a student organi-zation with over 100 volunteers that assistsimmigrant communities surroundingNashville, and directed a music programmingboard that raised $40,000 for Haiti reliefefforts.

At his graduation in May Scott receivedthe Willis D. Hawley Award, presented to thesenior who exemplifies Peabody College’s(Scott’s college within Vanderbilt)commitment of service towards others. Inaddition, Scott received the OutstandingInternational Leadership and DevelopmentAward, given to the graduate who exemplifiesthe highest level of scholarship within hisacademic concentration. Scott was also selectedas a Vanderbilt Top Ten “Outstanding Senior”.

Scott’s experience and research in Rwandahas piqued an interest in the Rwandan refugeerepatriation process, which he will continue topursue with his studies at Oxford. He joinsDelbarton classmates Michael Campbell(Marshall Scholar) and John D’Angola(Fullbright Scholar) abroad. As Scott puts it,“…the class of 2006 continues to spread theDelbarton ideals of brotherhood and unity ona global level.”

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Sean O’Dowd: The Diary of aCivil War VeteranSean O’Dowd’s freshman project analyzed thejournal of his great, great, great, great, great uncleIsaiah C. Hoover, a Civil War soldier of the 3rdInfantry California Volunteers. Sean researched theperiod’s history and culture, and added historicaldetails to supplement Isaiah’s diary. After movingwest from Pennsylvania, Isaiah enlisted as a privatein the Union army in California Volunteers-FCompany. He wrote of marching across the West,hearing Brigham Young speak, riding a camel in thedesert, and dodging Indian raids. Sean’s researchcontradicted some long held family beliefs and helearned his ancestor, while carrying a nine poundgun on sixteen mile marches, was only fifteen yearsold, Sean’s age. After the war, Isaiah moved back tohis native Pennsylvania, married, raised a largefamily and was 57 years old when he died. Isaiah’sfinal resting place, in a small church cemetery,illustrates the last page of Sean’s freshman project.

Four Freshman Projects

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Each spring Delbarton freshmen present Freshman Projects,independent studies where the subject matter is completely up to them.Here are four examples of interesting, well-executed projects from theClass of 2013…

Kevin Neilson Introduces… The Delbarton App

For his freshman project Kevin Neilsoncreated a Delbarton iPhone application. Kevinfollowed Apple instructions and used his Maccomputer plus Xcode programming software.His app includes Delbarton announcements,calendar, news, class web sites and updatesautomatically. Kevin integrated multi-touchinto the application, allowing users topinch-and-zoom or double tap to magnifythe text. iPhone and iPad users scroll throughthe articles, zoom in to get a better look at

pictures. Kevin tweaked his design lastsummer, encouraged by School administratorsto offer his App forsale when schoolreopened. InAugust Appleapproved Kevin’sapp and it joinedthousands of others

forsale in the App Store. InSeptember he offered the Delbarton App tothe Delbarton community for .99 a download

fee. Kevin receives 70% of theprofit (Apple keeps 30%) and he isdonating 10% of each sale tosupport Delbarton technology.

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How to Build a Grandfather Clock

A wood-working task was the firstthing Matthew Molnar thought ofwhen he heard about the freshmanproject. He and his dad enjoybuilding projects together, so Mattdecided to construct a grandfatherclock from scratch. Using a one pageplan – “my new Bible” – he beganframing the sides of the clock andfinished them a few weekends later. “Itwas at that point… that I realized howlong this was going to take.” Mattand his dad worked during every sparemoment (‘my mom was not a fan ofme working in the basement alonewith power tools’) and slowly theclock began to take shape. Thecasement complete, the clockmechanism came together quickly and“before we knew it, we had a clock.”Last step: getting his creation to telltime. Matt put on the hands, hungthe weights and pendulum. He swungthe pendulum and watched the secondhand start to count:1…2…3…4….35…36…37... What?When it hit 37 seconds the handstopped, stuttered, and started tellingtime backwards. Two days until hispresentation and Matt’s clock refusedto tell time. After hours of closeinspection, reading and re-readinginstructions he discovered that theseconds hand was getting caught on abit of wood that protruded 1/16 of aninch past where he cut a hole for thelittle hand to attach to gears. Hetrimmed the wood and… “I slept wellthat night.”

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Luke Mairo Takes theSalem Witch TrialsPersonally

For his freshman project, Luke Mairodid a Power Point presentation on asubject that has troubled his family forcenturies. Luke’s maternal greatgrandmother, ten times removed,Rebecca Nurse, was found guilty andput to death by hanging in the SalemWitch Trials. Luke’s project examinedthe cultural and sociologicalunderpinnings of life in Salem,Massachusetts in the late 1600s thatled to a period of hysteria andcourtroom drama. Incredibly, whenhe planned his first visit the RebeccaNurse Homestead in Salem, Lukediscovered that the site was managedby a distant relative from his father’sside of the family, Glenn Mairo, chairof the Massachusetts ArchaeologicalSociety. Rebecca Nurse is a centralcharacter in Arthur Miller’s play TheCrucible as well as many otherdramatic treatments of the SalemWitch Trials.Luke’s evocative presen-tation captured the attention of hisaudience, and the unusual familyconnections added an eerie dimensionto the tale of his relative’s tragic fate.

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In his sophomore year at Delbarton, JoeDischer read Romeo and Juliet in Englishclass and didn’t particularly like it.

Shakespeare’s play was written in English, butthis wasn’t Joe’s Discher’s English and heslogged through the text like the typical sixteenyear old boy. Twenty four years later, Discher isthe Associate Artistic Director of TheShakespeare Theatre of New Jersey where hehas lived and breathed Shakespeare and otherclassic playwrights for two decades.

Founded in 1963 by Paul Barry andPhilip Dorian, The Shakespeare Theatre ofNew Jersey is the state’s only professionalActor’s Equity theatre company dedicated toShakespeare’s works and other internationalclassics. Based at the F.M. Kirby ShakespeareTheatre at Drew University, it is one of theleading Shakespeare theatres in the countryand the longest running on the East Coast.This year, in its 48th season, productionsincluded Shakespeare’s The Taming of theShrew and All’s Well That Ends Well, GeorgeBernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man (whichDischer directed) Harold Pinter’s No Man’sLand, James Goldman’s The Lion in Winterand Dodie Smith’s I Capture The Castle. Thecompany was named “Regional Theatre of theYear” by the the Star Ledger in 2002, the sameyear The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundationawarded it a $1 million Strategic PartnershipGrant.

To be or not to be: After 20 years at the Shakespeare

Theatre of New Jersey, Joe Discher decided to take a

six month sabbatical to focus on his second love,

acting, and to travel.

Pete Byron

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Joe Discher celebrated his 20thanniversary at the Shakespeare Theatre in 2010where he supervises casting for the Theatre’svarious acting companies, recruits for atraining program that produces new Americanstage talent, and manages outreach educationalprograms. But the real joy for Joe is his role asa theatrical director. Over the past two decadeshe has directed productions ranging from TheTempest and Amadeus to Life

of Galileo andMuch Ado About Nothing. His direction of OfMice and Men garnered Best Revival of theYear from the Star Ledger, and the newspapernamed him Best Director of a Musical for hisproduction of The Fantasticks. In 2006 hetravelled to St Louis where he directed JuliusCaesar for The Shakespeare Festival of St.Louis. His production broke all attendancerecord, playing to 50,000 audience membersin three weeks.

But directing is only part of Discher’s

story: he is also an actor, a member of ActorsEquity Association and a winner of theNational Society of Arts and Letters actingcompetition for New Jersey. He has playedclassic Shakespearian roles including Somersetin Henry VI: Blood & Roses, Amiens in As YouLike It and Valentine in Twelfth Night. Dischersings professionally at St. Cassian Church inUpper Montclair and previously sang at theCathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart inNewark.

Joe was born in the Bronx in 1969 toGeorge and Patricia Discher, the youngest ofthree children, a girl and two boys. A year laterthe family moved to Flanders, NJ where hisfather worked in retail, and eventually owned aCarvel Ice Cream store, and his motherworked in circulation for The Daily Record.Now retired, they still live in Flanders withtheir daughter Patricia, who has Down’ssyndrome. Joe’s older

brother George ’83, a track star at Delbarton,is now a dentist living in Branford, CT.

Joe was always a musical child. He playedthe violin, sang in the church choir and it washis musicality that brought the Discher familyto Delbarton. The connection began with thelate Fr. Germaine Fritz, OSB, who gave himviolin lessons while Discher was still in grade

Joe Discher with his violin teacher

and mentor the late Fr. Germaine

Fritz, OSB.

The rock band Hired Help, from left,

Steve Teti ’87, Chris Schmidt

(Morristown High) Joe Discher ’87,

Matt Pietrucha ’87 and Lee Roberts ’87.

On Of Mice and Men

“…timely and devastatingly effective.” –The New York Times

“…the play has seldom revealed the dusty and turbulentrealism that director Joe Discher has unveiled…”– Variety

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school. Disher’s mother strolled aroundDelbarton while her son took his lessons, andgot to know several of the monks. The beautyof the campus, and the values conveyed by themonks, convinced her that her boys shouldattend Delbarton. Son George applied to theSchool and was accepted, and Joe followed inhis brother’s footsteps four years later.

Discher’s four years at Delbartoncemented his passion for the arts. He playedviolin in the Abbey Orchestra, whichaccompanied the Abbey Players productions.In those days, before the 2006 opening of FineArts Center, all drama and musicalproductions were staged in the Gallery of OldMain, a charming but relatively tight spacethat required musicians to perform in anadjacent room. As a result, musicians couldlisten to but not see the performers. Joe recalls,“I could hear the audience having such a greattime, and I knew I wanted to be a part of it.”He began to audition for plays and, over thenext few years, performed in The Pirates ofPenzance, Brigadoon, and Rosencrantz andGuildenstern Are Dead. He recognized thetalent right away in his fellow Sharon’s Graveactor Peter Dinklage ’87 (The Station Agent)and recalls, “You knew you were on stage withsomeone who would go places.”

Discher sang with the School’s choral

24 years later Joe casts and directs productions at The

Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, where he serves as

Assistant Artistic Director.

Joe Discher, back row center, sings with Schola Cantorum in the mid 1980s.

Classmates Joe Discher ’87 and actor Peter Dinklage ’87 on

the front steps of Old Main.

Joe gets suited up for his senior

portrait, circa 1987.

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group, Schola Cantorum, and one memorablesummer he joined the group’s European tour,performing at churches and abbeys throughoutEngland and Scotland. He also participated inthe School’s annual Christmas mission toAppalachia, an experience that opened his eyesto poverty in America. Playing in the rockband Hired Help with classmates LeighRoberts, Matt Pietrucha and Steve Teti alsoappealed to this self proclaimed music andtheater geek. He recalls rocking out at theirsenior prom and how great it was seeingathletes the group rooted for at gamessuddenly cheering for them.

Frs. Richard, Elias and Justin taughtDischer how to relate to and respect otherpeople, and then-Headmaster Father GilesHayes impressed him too. “When I was atschool (Giles) seemed to be everywhere – Idon’t know how he did it.” Dr. Roy Horton,Delbarton Director of Music, and his violinteacher, Fr. Germaine, both influenced thebudding impresario. From field trips to

Broadway musicals and Schola tours, toGermaine’s famous film appreciation class,Discher learned discipline, persistence andprecision. Germaine inspired the burgeoningdirector in Discher by teaching him how torecognize beauty in cinema, in classical musicand even in a single note. Says Discher, “Ithink all the principles I learned helped mecreate memorable theatrical experiences.Playing the violin and being taught by Fr.Germaine led me to what I’m doing today.”

Discher confesses that he faked his waythrough Shakespeare in his English classes atDelbarton, finding it “hard to understand, andoften boring,” but he doesn’t attribute hisennui to the quality of teaching. Instead, hepoints to the fact that Shakespeare’s work wasmeant to be performed, not simply read. Itwasn’t until he saw Shakespeare’s playsperformed live that they were “illuminated inall their glory.” He realized that the plays werenot just about a bunch of made-up characters.They were about humanity, in all its funny,

On Life of Galileo

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sexy, dramatic, profound, bloody, funny andultimately exciting glory. “They are about us.”

From Delbarton, Discher moved on toDrew University in Madison, NJ where heentered the theater arts program with a minorin writing. At Drew he acted in several shows,started an a cappella group –The MadAves,

after the University’s street address – and wasin an improv comedy group called Time isFunny. He enjoyed a semester aboard inLondon where he saw thirty three plays inthree months and hitchhiked around Irelandon his spring break. In his senior year he trieddirecting. His first production was Andrea’s GotTwo Boyfriends, about three mentally retardedadults in a state run facility and the socialworker responsible for their care. He washooked. “I realized that though I lovedperforming, I could say a lot more as a directorresponsible for the big picture.”

In his final semester at Drew, to fulfil arequirement, he worked as an administrativeintern at the then New Jersey ShakespeareFestival. Bonnie Monte had taken over as

artistic director the previous October and theTheatre was an exciting place to be. Discherinvited her and the managing director to oneof his student productions and, after seeing it,they offered him a directing internship aftergraduation. The internship quickly developedinto a full time job and that fall he was hired as

assistant to the artistic director.Fast forward twenty years. Joe Discher has

spent most of that time at the Theatre which,thanks to its proximity to Broadway and NewYork film production, draws actors and theatreprofessionals from Broadway, TV and film. As a stage director Discher’s learning curve wasexponential. He has directed many of drama’smost significant plays and worked with someof America’s finest actors and received glowingreviews from The New York Times and the Star Ledger.

What is his favorite play? “Whatever playI am working on,” he says, as if hisproductions are children who might belistening to his answer. Discher admittedlybecomes “obsessed” with whatever production

In 1999 Discher appeared in As You

Like It at the Shakespeare Theatre.

In 2006 Discher directed Cymbeline at the Shakespeare Theatre.Joe Discher directed Amadeus in 2008. On stage at the

Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey are lead actor

Jordan Coughtry and the ensemble cast.

On Amadeus:

“This young director is turning out to be much more of aMozart than a Salieri.” –-The Star-Ledger

In the recent “It’s Go Time!” ad

campaign for the Jets football team

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work (and the big game) in the lower

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he directs. When pressed, he cites Amadeus as afavorite, in which playwright Peter Shaffercaptures the struggle of two very differentartists, Mozart and his rival, Salieri. Anotherfavorite is Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, thesaga of the Joad family in Depression America.

Shakespeare’s comedies are also favorites,particularly Twelfth Night and As You Like Itthough he confesses that he is still figuring outthe 16th century playwright. “I certainly don’thave all the answers on the first day ofrehearsal,” says Discher. He and his cast begina journey together that lasts until closing

night. He credits the Theatre’s artistic directorBonnie Monte for teaching him how to graban audience’s attention by building a unifiedstage production from the smallest, mostintimate detail to the big moment of truth.

Twenty years have sped by. Discher, for allof his theatrical experience, is still a relativelyyoung man with a lot to offer as a director andan actor too. He has continued to dabble inacting all along, doing voiceovers andcommercials, including the recent “It’s GoTime!” for the Jets (look for Discher as thebusiness executive with black stripes under his

Discher directed the Shakespeare Theatre’s production of

The Play’s The Thing in 2007.

In 2006 Discher travelled to St. Louis to direct the Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis’

monumental outdoor production of Julius Caesar, with an audience of 50,000 over its

three week run time.

On The Grades of Wrath:

“For years, Joe Discher has directed one solid production afteranother at the Shakespeare Theatre. This, however, is hiscrowning achievement. ”–The Star-Ledger

If you have not already discovered The Shakespeare Theatre

of New Jersey, in performance from June through December

at the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre at Drew University, learn more about it at

www.shakespearenj.org. Attend a single performance and you are sure to become a fan.

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A Delbarton Alum Makes a Difference in

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n January 12, 2010 the worldawoke to yet another majornatural disaster – a 7.0magnitude earthquake in Haiti,

the poorest country in the WesternHemisphere. Within days of the quake, aidpledges began pouring in to help rebuild acountry that witnessed hundreds of thousandsof homes and buildings destroyed, thousandsof lives lost and millions left homeless. Theimmediate reaction to the tragedy wasimpressive; however, in the months thatfollowed, Haiti began to fade from the world’scollective memory. As new tragedies struck inother regions, the global economy continuedto sputter and media focused on more recentevents, Haiti became a secondary concern.Even the U.S., one of Haiti’s closest and richestneighbors, began to overlook the urgency ofrebuilding efforts, failing to deliver over $1B ofaid allocated for reconstruction efforts by theend of September.

Not everyone has forgotten Haiti. Thecountry may be last year’s news to worldleaders, politicians and even to average citizensbut there are still many groups and individualsdedicated to helping Haiti. One such person ismy brother, Mike Ryan ’07. This past summer,rather than pursuing a traditional summerinternship in banking or consulting, Mikeopted to lend a hand in Haiti. He spent hissummer working for All Hands Volunteers(previously Hands on Disaster Relief ), a US-based disaster relief organization. As Mike

reported in a blog he shared with family andfriends, “I went to Haiti because I wanted tohelp people who were in immediate need ofrelief. I also wanted to challenge myself to goto a place that was drastically different(economically and culturally) than any place Ihad been before…”

As a member of All Hands Volunteers,Mike was assigned to Leogane, one of Haiti’shardest hit areas. He led a team of volunteersthat cleared rubble from damaged structures.On a typical day, that meant waking up at 6am, grabbing a quick breakfast and joining histeammates for long, bumpy, pothole-filledjourneys in Tak Taks (local slang for pickuptrucks) to some of the most quake-ravagedareas. Once on site, Mike and his team spentmuch of the day knocking down and clearingunsafe infrastructure (homes, restaurants,bridges, etc.) that was badly damaged duringthe quake. Reports from Haiti suggest that, asrecently as mid-July, approximately 98% of theestimated 26 million cubic yards of rubblecreated by the earthquake had yet to have beencleared. The team’s demolition work was hardbut absolutely necessary for Haiti’s recovery.On one day in particular Mike commented, “Iworked a rubble site today and to say that Ihave never been this hot or sweat this muchbefore is an understatement.”

Aside from clearing rubble, working inHaiti also gave Mike the chance to assume aleadership role as the site manager. He wasresponsible for coordinating the day’s activities

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and organizing the group according to skillsand interests. He was pushed beyond hiscomfort zone as he experienced the on-the-ground realities in Haiti and developed anappreciation for the attitude of the localcommunity. “It is truly incredible how theirspirits are so high even when they have solittle,” he reported of the Haitians. “They donot ask for much, just compassion and themeans to improve their lives. It is a greatstruggle here… change is coming slowly, veryslowly, but still it is coming.”

Haiti continues to need help. Financialsupport, donations, and hands-on assistancefrom people like my brother Mike are all inshort supply. To learn more about how you canhelp, check out All Hands Volunteers atwww.hands.org or reach out to organizationssuch as Catholic Relief Services or theAmerican Red Cross..

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U P D AT EDelbarton welcomes six newfaculty members for the 2010-2011 school year. Dean ofFaculty Anne Leckie managedthe two part orientationprogram which included a halfday early summer session andtwo full days in late August.New faculty members are alsosupported throughout the yearthrough a mentoring programand a series of morningmeetings. The comprehensiveprogram ensures that newfaculty members adapt quicklyto life at Delbarton.

New Delbarton facultymembers include AngelaGraziano teaching English aB.A. from University ofVermont and M.F.A. fromFairleigh DickinsonUniversity; Peter Durningteaching English with a B.A.from Trinity College; MichaelHicks teaching English andFrench with a B.A. fromHaverford College. Also newthis year is a graduate ofDelbarton 2004, MatthewGoldsmith teaching AP USGovernment and working inDevelopment with Alumni.Matthew is a graduate ofDelbarton 2004 with a B.A.from Amherst College. Lastly,we are happy to have twomembers of the St. Mary’sAbbey monastic communityjoin the Delbarton faculty: Br.Liam S. Mullin teaching inthe Religious StudiesDepartment with a B.A. fromCreighton University, and Br.Michael DeSaye teachingmusic with a B.M. from IthacaCollege.

Phys. Ed. Faculty memberMatt Bergh reports that theDelbarton Phys. Ed.

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At the annual Faculty Picnic fortrustees, faculty and staff onSeptember 10, 2010 President ofthe Delbarton Lay Board ofTrustees, Daniel T. Scott ’62,presented the annual TrusteeAward to Delbarton Dean ofFaculty Anne Leckie. Many ofAnne’s colleagues and theirfamilies, including Anne’shusband and daughters, werethere to witness the presentation.

2010 marks Anne Leckie’stwenty-fifth year at Delbarton.She arrived at Delbarton in thefall of 1985 and immediatelyestablished herself as a superiorteacher of the Spanish language.Her arrival coincided with anincreased interest in Spanish byDelbarton students, and Anne’sexpertise and enthusiasm were

immediately evident. Within acouple of years she assumed theposition of Chairperson of theModern Language Department.In that role, she became amentor to the many teacherswho worked in that department.She also sat on the AcademicCouncil, where her experienceand opinions were valuedgreatly.

Anne is a person who bringsenjoyment to her job. She isamong the first to come dressedin costume on Halloween andSpirit Week, and many of hercolleagues look forward to hercreativity and flair for thedramatic. Speaking of which,Anne also regularly takes part inthe student written one-act playsduring Spirit Week, and while

no Academy Awards have yetbeen granted, her efforts aregreatly appreciated by thestudents. In presenting theTrustee Award, Lay BoardPresident Dan Scott summed upthe Anne’s contributions atDelbarton and the respect shehas earned from her colleagues:“Anne has served as Dean ofFaculty for the last four years,and she has been a valuableresource for both veteran andnovice teachers. Even fellowmembers of the school’sadministration seek herjudgment on a wide variety ofschool issues. Her experienceand wisdom make her a worthyrecipient of the DelbartonTrustees’ Award.”

From left are Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, Board President Dan Scott ’62, Dean of Faculty Anne Leckie, and trustees

Tim Catlett P’04,’06 and Kurt Krauss ’81.

Anne Leckie Honored by Trustees

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department is teaching JuniorHealth classes FirstAid/CPR/AED in the winterand spring terms with theability to certify its students.

English and Film teacherMichael Carr ’01 finished aMasters degree in English atMiddlebury College this pastAugust.

This fall Director ofCampus Ministry DavidHajduk presented a two partworkshop series hosted by TheDiocese of Metuchen entitledTheology of the Body at the St.John Neumann PastoralCenter. One of the teachingsof Pope John Paul II,Theology of the Body is thelate pontiff ’s integrated visionof the human person – body,soul and spirit. Hajduk earnedhis Master’s degree inSystematic Theology fromImmaculate ConceptionSeminary, Seton HallUniversity, where he receivedthe Pope John Paul II Awardfor Academic Excellence. Inaddition to his work atDelbarton he is currently anadjunct professor ofSystematic Theology at SetonHall.

Former AssistantHeadmaster Ed Kim wasappointed to three-year termson the governing board of theNational Association ofEpiscopal Schools (NAES). Edis currently head of school atBreck School, an Episcopaldiocesan day school inMinneapolis, Minnesota, forstudents in preschool throughgrade 12. He joined Breck inJuly 2007 after 21 years as acoach, teacher, administrator,and assistant headmaster atDelbarton.

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Model UN in DCIn March the Delbarton ModelUN Club competed in theWashington Area Model UNConference held at GeorgeWashington University thatincluded over 900 delegates andfaculty in a four day event. Theboys visited several museums andheard guest speakers from the GWfaculty. A few even had anopportunity to visit embassies ofthe countries they represented. Thegroup did not return home empty-handed: Brian Jung ’12 won aVerbal Commendation as theForeign Minister of Ukraine.Model UN moderator Jack Diffleylater reported, “Oh, and while hedid not win an award Zack Ullman’13 (playing the role of RussianPrime Minister Vladimir Putin) didsurvive an assassination attempt.”

Duo Wins NJ Governor’s AwardOn April 29, 2010 Forensic Society members AndrewMacMaster ’11, on left, and Connor Buckley ’11,pictured with Forensics Moderator Br. Kevin Tidd,OSB, were awarded New Jersey Governor’s Awards inArts Education, which honor high achieving students inthe visual, musical, dramatic and rhetorical arts. The twoboys earned recognition by winning the StateChampionship in Duo Interpretation at the New JerseyState Tournament of the New Jersey Forensic League.

Need investment advice? Consult with theGreen Wave Stock Exchange members whowon the 2010 Funny Money Contest. Over 60students participated and moderator Mr. SeanFlanagan reports that each student wasallocated $100,000 of ‘funny money’ to investin any publicly traded company. Studentsbought and sold in real-time, and action wascaptured on website designed for mocktrading. Kevin Zsitvay ’13 won first place,Jimmy Clark ’11 was second and Matt Molnar’13 came in third. Two of the winners, Kyle onleft, Matt on right, met with Mr. Flanagan fora photo in the Senior Garden, but Jimmy wasnowhere in sight. Perhaps we should havechecked the NYSE floor where traders wouldsurely benefit from his — and Kevin andMatt’s — expert advice. Congratulations to allthree funny money investors who won cashawards collected from the $5 pay-to-play pool.

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Kent Manno has beenformally enrolled in theUnited States Coast GuardAuxiliary. The United StatesCoast Guard Auxiliary is auniformed component ofTeam Coast Guard in supportof Coast Guard missions. Kentwill be a member of Flotilla10-07 in Lake Hopatcong. InOctober he attended the“Now and Then: Vietnam,Iraq, and Afghanistan” Forumat the NJ Vietnam VeteransMemorial.

Dan Szelingowski ispursuing a Masters degree inEducation, Leadership, andPolicy at Seton HallUniversity.

As part of his worktowards an M.A. in English,the new English DepartmentChair, Michael Vermylen,spent six weeks at MiddleburyCollege in Middlebury,Vermont, taking graduateEnglish classes on RenaissanceStage Comedy and PoetryWriting.

TIDINGS

Last summer Science facultymember Nick Huck andElizabeth O’Connor weremarried. Elizabeth is theguidance counselor at VillaWalsh Academy.


On April 14, 2010 Peter Godart ’11, Justin Park’11 and Dan Taeschler ’10, shown here withEngineering Club moderator Greg Devine, beat 30high school teams from across New Jersey in thefinal round at the NJ Performing Arts Center towin Delbarton’s third consecutive championship inthe Panasonic Creative Design Challenge (CDC).Godart and Park were also on Delbarton’s winningteams in 2008 and 2009. In New Jersey’s top highschool science and technology competition teamswere challenged to build a remote controlled

robotic recycling device that could sort debris inthe Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an area the size ofTexas in the Pacific Ocean that contains anestimated 3.5 million tons of floating trash. TheCDC competition closely mimics a real worldengineering process: the team was judged on thedevice’s performance, quality of their writtenreport, oral presentation and engineering logbookentries. Each Delbarton winner received $5,000toward college tuition.

Delbarton’s 28th Annual Blood Drive on March1st was a big success. School Nurse BarbaraPereyra marshalled a team of students and parentswho worked with Blood Servicestechs to run the day-long effort.Parents, alumni and teachersstopped by to give blood —many Delbarton students(age 16 and up) includingJack Breit ’11, shown here,mustered the courage todonate blood for the first timeand earned a highly collectible ’IBleed Green for Delbarton’ button.

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In May the Delbarton 8thgrade embarked with agroup of fearless

chaperones (led by Mr.Goodale, and Mr. Stohl, shown in ‘time out’ atWilliamsburg) for a four day class trip to Washington D.C.,Colonial Williamsburg, VA, and Annapolis MD. The grouptoured monuments, visited Georgetown University, attendeda Washington National’s game, toured the Naval Academyand has a blast at Colonial Williamsburg. Later in May theeighth grade got suited up and posed for a picture in theSenior Garden. This fall the boys were happy to welcomenew classmates as they began their freshman year. The entireclass looks forward to a legal stroll through the SeniorGarden in 2014.

Among the many awards at the 8th Grade RecognitionDinner in June three 8th graders, Thomas Cusano, JosefJohnson and Christopher Jagoe won the Benedictus Award“for demonstrating exemplary virtue, leadership, andmaturity, and for remaining committed to the good for hiscommunity while a Delbarton Middle School student.”

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At the June 1 underclassmenawards ceremony 7th through11th graders were recognized fortheir achievements throughoutthe year. Six members of theClass of 2011 were chosen toparticipate in competitivesummer programs related toscience and government. PeterGodart attended the 2010Governor’s School forEngineering and Technology.Hunter Dougherty and JohnHastings participated in the NewJersey Scholars Program thissummer. Bud Peters was chosenfor the challenging Partners inScience (PIS) program at the

Liberty Science Center (LSC).Gregory Ballanco and GregoryScalera attended the AmericanLegion New Jersey Boys State atRider University in June.

At the ceremony, foroutstanding achievement inmathematics and science theRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteMedal was awarded to PeterGodart. For outstandingacademic achievement andsuperior intellectual promise inthe field of science the Bausch &Lomb Science Award wasawarded to Adam Suczewski.The following book awardrecipients, pictured above in the

Senior Garden with juniorguidance counsellor KellyGleason, were chosen by theentire Delbarton faculty for theiracademic promise, personalcharacter and contributions tothe School: The ColumbiaUniversity Book Award: ThomasPigott; The Williams CollegeBook Award: Ethan Vorel; ThePrinceton University Book Award:Peter Godart; The DartmouthCollege Book Award: AdamSuczewski; The Yale UniversityBook Award: NicholasLuzarraga; The Holy Cross BookAward: Jack Smith. The SaintMichael’s College Book Award for

Scholarship and Service, which isawarded to a student who hasdemonstrated a sustained andsincere commitment tocommunity service, was awardedto Hunter Dougherty. The St.Anselm College Book Award,which is given to a student inrecognition of exceptionalleadership qualities anddemonstrated academic success,was awarded to Wade Morgan.

From left, Peter Godart ’11, Hunter

Dougherty ’11, John Hastings ’11 and

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2010 Euro ChallengeThree Delbarton sophomores, Michael Woo, Tim Mason and GregKeiser, competed against teams from 73 schools in 11 states and placedfourth in this year’s Euro Challenge. Each won $2500 in our favoritecurrency, cold hard American cash. The Euro Challenge continues toexpand nationally, with teams from around the United States competingfor awards underwritten by The Moody’s Foundation. High schoolstudents learn about the European Union and the euro, its sharedcurrency, and then make oral presentations. Teams also pick onemember country from the 16 EU euro-currency members, examine aneconomic problem, and devise policies to solve the problem. On April27, 2010 at the final round at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York,the boys showed a strong grasp of the current European debt crisis anddeftly answered a broad range of questions from a panel of judges.Economics Club moderator Tom Brady, and Econ Club/Euro Challengeadvisor Rob Auletti accompanied the boys to NYC and provided moralsupport.

Kersen Named Presidential ScholarSenior David Kersen, shown here at graduation with his family, wasone of 141 high school seniors from across the country named 2010Presidential Scholars. The students were feted in Washington, D.C.,from June 19 to 22 and recognized for demonstrating exceptionaltalent in the visual, literary and performing arts. Each U.S. PresidentialScholar invited an inspiring teacher to Washington, D.C. to receive anaward from the Department of Education, and Kersen choseDelbarton physics teacher Mr. Greg Devine. “He’s a really greatphysics teacher,” Kersen told a Star Ledger reporter. “He’s the one whopiqued my interest.” David is attending Harvard this year where hisplan is to major in physics and minor in near-eastern studies.

ForensicsDuos inNation’s TopTenThe Delbarton Forensic Societyfinished the season in June 2010with an outstandingperformance at the NationalForensic League’s major annualcontest. The NFL NationalTournament in Missouri from isthe largest academic competition in the world and attracts 3200 students from all 50 states. Six Delbarton speakers and debaterscompeted in Duo Interpretation of Literature (Connor Buckley ’11 and Andrew MacMaster ’11) and Public Forum Debate (the teamsof Dhruv Sharma ’10 and Kevin Sullivan ’10 and Bud Peters ’11 and Thomas Pigott ’11). Both Public Forum debate teams placed inthe top ten out of 256 teams entered in their event. Dhruv and Kevin were 7th and Tommy and Bud were 6th. Delbarton was theonly school in the United States to have two top ten teams in Public Forum. Each of Delbarton’s debaters also won a $1500 collegescholarship and the School won its first School of Excellence Award in Debate, one of 17 schools out of over 600 competing in thetournament.

Tom BradyJessica Fiddes

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In April five Delbarton MiddleSchool 7th and 8th graders werehonored by the Johns HopkinsCenter for Talented Youth for theirachievements in standardized testsfor college-bound students. Fromleft are Josef Johnson ’14, IanSullivan ’14, Malachy Quinn ’15,Jonathan O’Brien ’14 and MiddleSchool Guidance Counselor Mr.Rob Loia. (Not pictured: ClarkLaraia ’14). The students wererecognized for their outstandingperformance on the 2009-2010SAT with Distinction – scores ator above the mean of collegebound seniors (501 in reading and515 in mathematics) or HighHonors – scores at or above 550 inreading and/or mathematics for7th graders and 600 in either for8th graders.

Johns Hopkins Awards

On May 20, 2010 Delbarton’s Sociedad HonorariaHispànica chapter had its annual induction ceremony organizedby faculty member Paulina Irigaray and Language chair InmaSerrano (Serrano is shown here assisting at the ceremony). Theevent was followed by a family reception with pastries andcoffee. Newly inducted students included juniors MatthewAlbano, Kyle Brennan, Peter Chambers, Nicholas Cerrone,Clayton Haarmann, Spenser Huston, Robert Kautzmann,Ibrahim Khedr, Nicolas Luzarraga, Wade Morgan, JonathanPicon, Gregory Scalera, Gregory Sweetman, Adam Suczewski,Alexander Tarnawski, Derik Velasco and Timothy White.

Sociedad Honoraria HispanicaPaulina Irigarary

Jessica Fiddes

Mark Gately ’04

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Greg Devine ReceivesPrinceton Teaching AwardDelbarton faculty member Greg Devine was one of four New Jersey educatorshonored at Princeton graduation this spring. Since 1959 Princeton University’sDistinguished Secondary School Teaching Award has honored four outstandingNew Jersey teachers. Six Delbarton alumni, who graduated from Princeton thisyear, witnessed Devine receive his award, including Conor Pigott ’06, seen herewith Greg Devine after the ceremony.

On May 8, 2010 six seniors spoke about their Delbartonexperiences at the annual Delbarton Mothers’ Guild andFathers & Friends Delbarton Experience Dinner. HeadmasterBr. Paul Diveny OSB stands with the seniors he recruited forthe event Tom Pesce, Michael Delle Donne, Robert Rosa, KevinSullivan, Robert Frech and Edward DaCosta, who recalled theirdays at Delbarton for a crowd of current and incoming parents.Each put a unique spin on their smart, funny, anecdote-filledand, finally, touching remarks.

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One Acts Festival 2010Delbarton's One Acts Festival 2010, featuring single act productions written, directed andperformed by Delbarton students, took place on April 23-24 in the Fine Arts Center Theater.Actors included Delbarton students, visiting thespians from Villa Walsh Academy, Kent PlaceSchool and Morristown High School and Delbarton several faculty members. Stephanie Almozaraand Chris Pillette moderated the Festival, a collaboration that was the calm eye in a dizzyingstorm of dramatic, comedic and suspenseful one act plays.

Music at DelbartonDuring the month of MayMusic at Delbarton offered threeconcerts that were free and opento the public. On May 16thDelbarton's talented musicianshosted their annual InstrumentalConcert. Next on the programwas the Schola CantorumChoral Concert (pictured here)on May 21st, followed by theMay 23rd Abbey OrchestraConcert.

NEWS


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Jazz with JaffeOn March 26 Williams Professor Andy Jaffe gave an intensive jazztutorial for the Delbarton Jazz Ensemble. Jaffe is the Lyell B.ClayArtist in Residence in Jazz and Director of Jazz Activities at WilliamsCollege, and from 1999 to 2010 served as Artistic Director of theWilliamstown Jazz Festival. Ensemble director Greg Devine, aformer student of Jaffe’s at Williams, enjoyed watching his JazzEnsemble musicians receive lessons from the master.

Art ExhibitionsDelbarton welcomed American steel sculptor Drew Jordan and hisshow of new works entitled “Reclanation” to the Fine Arts Center inDecember and January. Using materials culled from renovation sitesand re-tooled factories, Jordan explored the possibilities formalism,and found materials, in a collection of high relief wall hangings. InApril and May Delbarton’s Artist in Residence Dane Borda (picturedhere in his Old Main studio) presented his one man show, Mise- en-Scène, an exhibit of large scale oil paintings and charcoal drawingsinvestigating the relationship between modern cinema and painting.


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On May 22, 2010 Delbarton science students heard MattKnabel, a Ph.D. candidate at Johns Hopkins , speak aboutcareers in medical research. Knabel and Delbarton Biologyteacher Dan Szelingowski were roommates at Hopkins.Knabel graduated with a B.A. in Biology, and worked fortwo years as a lab technician before entering a Ph.D.program in Human Genetics and Molecular Biology atJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He wasfinishing his second year and working on his thesis in atransplant lab. Researching the molecular mechanisms ofliver injury, he hopes to use genetic therapy to reduce or even prevent liver injury. Knabel discussedcareer paths open to young research scientists, including professorships, international consultingfirms, and new drugs development for global pharmaceutical companies. His talk inspired buddingscientists/medical entrepreneurs in the Delbarton audience.

Learning OUTSIDEthe Classroom

Breaking the Code

Jessica Fiddes

The Business of PlantsTo end a unit on plants, onMarch 24, 2010 Mrs. FranBonalsky’s AP Biology class

took a field trip to White Oak Farm in Hope, NJ. The privately-held family business (owned by the Dering family – DennisDering ’10 was in Mrs. B’s class) White Oak is in production year round, with a computerized one acre greenhouse and fiveacres of outside crops for 12 month large scale production. The boys learned the ins and outs of the nursery business andeven took some plants home.

Fran Bonalsky

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The Art of LobbyingOn May 19, 2010 Professor Bert Levine, author of The Art ofLobbying, addressed Kevin Conn’s APAmerican History classes. Levine,husband of Delbarton director ofguidance Shelly Levine, is a formeradvance man for presidentialcandidates Nelson Rockefeller andRichard Nixon, corporate lobbyistfor Johnson & Johnson, counsel forthe House Energy and Commerce Committee, and currently on thefaculty at Colgate and Rutgers. He explained the nature of presidentialpower, and the role of lobbyists and campaign advance men. ProfessorLevine encouraged the boys to think seriously about the idea ofworking, at least for a short stint, as a campaign advance man, “one of

the best developmental experiences you can have, where you are thrustout into new places, meet new people, with the goal of leaving themfeeling good about a candidate.” Advance men develop importantcommunication and logistics skills that come in handy in many otherprofessions and fields.

Modern EuropeOn Friday, April 30, the Delbarton History Club sponsored a discussion on the“Problems of Contemporary Europe.” The featured speaker was David Francis,European correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor and the German edition ofthe Financial Times. Mr. Francis discussed the challenges for Europeans today, amongthem the Southern European debt crisis and the problems of Muslim integration intoEuropean countries with strong national identities of their own. Francis is a 1996graduate of Central Catholic High School is Pittsburgh, PA, with a B.A. from theUniversity of Chicago and an M.A. in Russian and European Studies from Georgetown.In 1992 he was in the first freshman class taught by Delbarton history teacher BrotherKevin Tidd, OSB, seen here with his former student.

Dancing with the...– with the girls from Kent PlaceSchool. On Friday, February 19, 2010the Delbarton Spanish Club, joinedmembers of the Kent Place SchoolSpanish Club for a group lesson in theart of salsa dancing. A professionaldance instructor patiently taught thestudents the basic steps and theypracticed their footwork as a groupbefore trying out their newly acquiredskills with real, live partners. Just likeon TV! When the music stopped, theamateur dancers moved from partnerto partner, sort of like musical chairsbut with people. After the lesson therewas time for refreshments andsocializing, so our men also had achance to practice the lost art offriendly conversation.

Jessica Fiddes

Jessica Fiddes

Paulina Irigaray

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On Palm Sunday, March 28, 2010, a largegroup of celebrants attended Mass andenjoyed brunch hosted by Delbarton

Parents of Graduates (DPGA) in Estebrook DiningHall at Delbarton. Denise and Keith Kulper ’70 P’99were honored for their loyal support of DelbartonSchool. This annual Mass and Brunch is a highlight ofthe DPGA calendar. Mark your calendars for nextyear’s event, which will be held on April 17, 2011.

Denise and Keith Kulper ’70,

P’99, Honorary Chairs for

the DPGA Palm Sunday

Mass and Brunch.

Headmaster Br. Paul

Diveny, OSB, Kendal

Kulper, Sloan Kulper ’99,

Keith Kulper ’70, P’99,

Denise Kulper P’99,

DPGA Presidents Ron

and Mary Ellen Niloa

P’98,’00 and DPGA

Moderator Abbot Brian

Clarke, OSB.

Fr. Andrew Smith, OSB, Tom McIntyre P’96,’99, The Hon. Reginald and Marie

Stanton P’84 and Eileen McIntrye P’96,’99.

Gary and Jo Ann Andrasko

P’00, Mary Ellen and Ron

Nicola ’98, ’00 and Linda and

Ken Hodge P’98.

Karen and Tom Leddy ’80 and family.

Palm Sunday with the DPGA

Photos by J. Craig Paris ’82

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Delbarton parents enjoyed adelicious night at TastefullyYours, a cocktail reception

hosted by the Delbarton Mothers’ Guild(DMG) on Saturday, April 10, 2010 inthe Fine Arts Center to benefit theDelbarton Scholarship Fund. Guestsmoved from station to station samplinga delectable variety of tapas-style dishesserved by local restaurateurs...

TastefullyYours,

Delbarton

From left, DMG President Deanna Kenny P’12, VP Virginia Darche ’07,’10,’11,’13, DMG Moderator

Fr. Richard Cronin, OSB, Event Chairs Donna Otto P’10 and Tess Lewis P’03,’13.

Two of our expert barkeeps, Steve Block ’71, P’12, on left,

and Brian Kristiansen P’08,’10.

Margo and Bob Muratore ’75, P’12 chat with

Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB.

Terry and Prudence Pigott P’06, ’11 with Br. Kevin Tidd, OSB.

The silent auction

included Delbarton

branded items, including

this handsomely engraved

magnum.


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Delbarton Parents of Graduates (DPGA)socialized with old friends and tasted

Italian wines at Vino con Amici, the annualDPGA Wine Tasting held in Old Main onSaturday, April 24, 2010. The popular event hasbecome a favorite way to reconnect withDelbarton friends each spring. Delbarton parentsMarlene and John Iaciofano, and Mary Alice andFred Lawless, chaired the event, and HeadmasterBr. Paul Diveny, OSB, guided the group through

Italy's various viticultural regions asguests sampled Italian wine selections.Hors d'oeuvres and an elegant buffetdinner were designed to complementthe wines.

From left, DPGA moderator Abbot Brian Clarke, OSB, Marlene and John Iaciofano

P’49, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, and Mary Alice and Fred Lawless P’03

Guests tasted a wide variety of wines from

Italy, paired with complementary foods.

The DPGA wine-tasting is a great way

for Delbarton friends to reconnect.

Joseph Pawelczyk P’05

and Abbot Giles Hayes,

OSB.

Gary Andrasko P’00, Louise Duffy P’89 and

Fr. Andrew Smith, OSB.

Rob and Mary Ellen Nicola P’98,

’00 with DPGA organizer Valerie

Conroy P’87, ’90, ’98 in center.

Photos by J. Craig Paris ’82 and Gary Andrasko P’00

Vino ConAmici

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Global Delbarton

Last summer rising sophomores Will Carlucci ’13 and Kevin Neilson’13 participated in Delbarton’s annual Glenstal Abbey student exchangeto Ireland where the boys experienced life in three different homes andenjoyed Irish hospitality. Their travels began in County Mayo, then onto Dublin, and the south western coast of Ireland where they travelled bysailboat for several days. Their host family took them to their cottageclose by the Irish Sea where the Green Wavers learned how to surf. Theboys experienced the warmth and conviviality of the Irish people, andtoured many historic sites, including Trinity College and Blarney Castleamong many others. Delbarton will return the favor this Decemberwhen Delbarton families host and entertain a group of students fromGlenstal.

Kevin Neilson ’13 and Will Carlucci ’13 spent three weeks in Ireland last

summer as part of the Glenstal Abbey Exchange program.

In December 2010

Delbarton families

entertained Glenstal

Abbey students,

shown here with their

Delbarton hosts and,

on right, Headmaster

Br. Paul Diveny,

OSB, and, on left,

Glenstal Exchange

Moderator Fr.

Edward Seton Fittin,

OSB.

Kevin Neilson ’13, Glenstal host Conor Hughes, and Will

Carlucci ’13 learning the art of falconry at Ashford Castle in

Co. Galway.

Will and Kevin with Glenstal

Exchange coordinator Fr.

William Fennelly, OSB, in

front of Glenstal Castle.

How Green is my…Summer Vacation

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Rising juniorsPeter Godart,

Tom Skea, Brian Brennan and Justin Park participated in Delbarton’sannual German Exchange over two weeks in June, 2010. Host familiesmet them at the airport in Zurich and their adventure began with atour of Friedrichshafen. Their busy schedule included a visit to thehosts’ school in Markdorf where they attended classes with their hostsand toured the town. The Delbarton students visited Neuschwansteinand Linderof (’Mad King Ludwig’s’ Castles), sailed on Bodensee,toured Meersburg (the oldest castle in Germany), hiked in the SwissAlps, toured Stein on Rhein and the Rhine Falls in Switzerland. Theytook a trip to Stuttgart to visit Mercedes-Benz Museum and theirweekend in Munich included a sobering tour of Dachau and a visit tothe Deutsches Museum of Technology and Science. The trip endedwith a boat trip across Lake Constance to Switzerland and a farewelldinner with their new German friends.

Faculty memberJack Diffley chaperoned the group, then moved on to Berlin to join agrant program endowed by the National Endowment for theHumanities to study and live in the city of Berlin for five weeks. Theprogram was sponsored by Texas A&M and focused on the subject ofCosmopolitan Berlin. Sixteen participants from around the country,primarily high school teachers with a handful of grad students, tookclasses, visit museums, tour archives and enjoy guest lectures. Theylived in Prenzlauer Berg in East Berlin which became, after Germanreunification in 1990, a centre for more bohemian Berlin youth and,more recently, an area of gentrification. One of the highlights was avisit to an area of Berlin called Kreuzberg a.k.a. Little Istanbul. Theprogram’s goal was to help educators design a unit to address the topicof the multi-cultural make-up of modern day Germany. Mr. Diffley’sGerman students can expect a unique perspective on contemporaryGermany in this year’s curriculum.

The Delbarton group hikes in the

Swiss Alps.

From left, Peter Godart, Tom Skea, Brian

Brennan, Justin Park and chaperone Jack

Diffley depart for two weeks in Germany on

Delbarton’s annual exchange program.

Delbarton students with their German

hosts in Germany this past June.

Sometimes cultural exchanges take place stateside. One example: OnMarch 21, 2010, during their spring break, Delbarton Club Rugbysquad players travelled to Keio, a Japanese boarding school in Purchase,NY. Rugby is a popular sport in Japan and a varsity sport at Keio.Delbarton adjusted to the speed of the game and answered with someoffensives of its own, finally winning the game 26-10. In an example of

the great rugby spirit and global match play, Delbarton and Keio thenplayed another period of mixed sides. Says Coach Tom Feury P’10,’12,“A lot of fun was had by all. It was especially amusing watching theJapanese speakers trying to communicate with the English speakers.Rugby itself became the language of choice.”

Global Rugby

Summer in Germany

Tom Feury

Martin Lauer

Jack

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Hungry? You came to the

right Arts Festival.

Earlier this spring

American Impressionist

John Traynor ’79 painted

in the Senior Garden.

Welcome to the annual Delbarton

Arts Consortium Festival of the Arts.

Jazz Ensemble Director Greg Devine

congratulates several departing seniors.

Guests enjoyed music from

the professional-quality Jazz

Ensemble.

Another rave review for the DAC

Festival for the Arts, the late spring

gem in the Delbarton calendar.

Next come our acapella groups: Gothicapella was up first... ...followed by the Benedictones.

On the sultry evening of May26th the Delbarton ArtsCouncil (DAC), moderated

by Assistant Headmaster ChuckRuebling ’79, held its annual Festivalof the Arts in the Senior Garden andFine Arts Center. The annual eventhonors the music and art of Delbartonstudents and welcomes families,alumni, monks, faculty and friendsfrom other schools to enjoy exhibits,performances, auctions and a deliciousbuffet dinner. The weather was clearand warm and at sunset a gentle breezewafted in making it theperfect night to picnic inthe Senior Garden. Frisbeegames and hanging outwith friends were popularon the freshly clipped lawnas Delbarton musicians andvocalists were inperformance on the FACplaza. The evening sunslanted through the trees asthe tantalizing aroma ofdelectable food filteredthrough the air, and adults,students, younger siblingsmingled as live music created theperfect ambiance. The DAC Festival isa gem of an event organized by theconsortium of students, parents andfaculty that manages the arts atDelbarton throughout the year. Theyproduced yet another spectacular onenight show.

Arts Celebratedat Delbarton

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Next, a performance by the Delbarton String Ensemble.

The outdoor pig roast picnic continued

Inside the FAC, bidding was

brisk at the silent auction.

Traynor donated his

painting which was sold to

the highest Live Auction

bidder.

Artist and former Delbarton

mom Joy Jackson P’01

donated this oil painting to

the Live Auction.

Here are Denise and Keith

Kulper ’70 P’99 with our

jauntily attired

Headmaster Br. Paul

Diveny, OSB.

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Fathers & Friends Golf Open

On May 17, 2010 Delbarton Fathers & Friendshosted its annual Golf Open at RidgewoodCountry Club in Ridgewood, NJ. 160 golfers

teed off for a great day on the links followed by cocktailsand hors d'oeuvres overlooking the course. After dinner inthe clubhouse CBS football announcer Don Criquiaddressed the group.

Golf Open

attendees enjoyed a

great day at

Ridgewood

Country Club

From left, Open Co-Chair Mark Van Fossan P’10, ’13, Green Wave Athletic Director Dan

Whalen P’13, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, and Co-Chairs Tom Prior P’10, ’14 and Tom

Killian P’10,’13.

Drinks on the patio

followed a day of golf.

CBS play-by-play

football announcer Don

Criqui P’84, ’86, ’90,

’96– father of four

Delbarton graduates –

knows his Delbarton

history.

Don Criqui observed that, for

an Irish guy, Br. Paul cooks

Italian food surprisingly well.

Dinner for 12 (with the

Headmaster as guest chef) was a

popular Golf Open silent

auction item.


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The varsity baseballteam completed itsseason with a record of

25-6. With seniors Mat Derenzi, Matt Kastner, SteveMarino, EJ Decosta, Sean McAuliffe and Craig Sorianoleading the way, the Green Wave players were MorrisCounty Tournament finalists as well as qualifiers for theNJSIAA state tournament. The season included victoriesover top ranked opponents like Don Bosco, Morristown,West Essex, Whippany Park, and Immaculata. The teamwas again led by coaches Bruce Shatel, Sean Gleeson,Matt Goldsmith, and Gerry Brophy.

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S P O R T S H O R T S

Baseball

Lacrosse

The varsity tennis team, underthe leadership of Coach JohnThompson, advanced all the wayto the NJSIAA Tournament ofChampions. Along the way theteam won the NJAC, MorrisCounty, Non Public North A,and Non Public A StateChampionships. The team wasled by singles players MikeDefeo, Chase Savage, and MattMassey, and doubles standoutsGarrison Block, Spenser Furey,Tom Piggot and Ryan Maguire.

Tennis

SportShorts

By Jessica Fiddes

Varsity lacrosse, coached by Chuck Ruebling,finished as a co-champion of the GibbsDivision with a conference record of 8-1,which included an 8-3 victory overtraditional rival Mountain Lakes. Playingone of the most difficult schedules in thestate the Green Wave finished with a recordof 9-8. The team was led by all-state playersBen Seligmann and Joe Petrucci , who wasalso named an All- American. Other seniorstandouts included Andrew Derenzi, JohnWujack, Derek Ruebling, Jack Malloy, andJack Miller.

Harriet Donnelly

Kevin Marino

Nancy Block

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Under the direction of coach TomFeury, the 2010 Delbarton Club Rugbyseason opened by winning the RugbyVirginia tournament and finished witha record of 11-0, winning the MetNYrugby division II school Championship.The team was led by a strong group of21 seniors, most of whom have gone onto play in college including: BlazeFeury and Alex Vrabel (Penn State),Zayed Abdalla and Ryan Amspacher(Villanova), John Colavita (U Penn),JT Colucci and Carl Eckert (Colgate),John Descalzi (Dartmouth), MattInfante (BC), Dhruv Sharma(Georgetown), Matt Voda (Virginia),Dan Taeschler (GW) and DavidPersson (USCB).

The Green Wave track team, coached by BrianTheroux, had an outstanding inaugural season on thePassarelli Track. Pat Schellberg finished his incrediblecareer with a victory and meet record in the boys’ highschool mile at the Penn Relays and many otherchampionship races on the way to an All State season.The team finished 3rd in both the MCT and the statesectional championships. In addition, the team wasled by standout senior javelin throwers PeterKristiansen ’10 and Jon Gancas, junior 2 milerMorgan Pearson ’11, and rookie of the year JulesHislop. Pictured here are four runners who broke aGreen Wave record (10:11.92) in Distance MedleyRelay at the East Coast Relays on May 18, 2010.From left are Morgan Pearson ’11, Pat Schellberg ’10,Jules Hislop ’13 and Dan Kearny ’10.

The Green Wave golf team, coached by Sean Flanagan with the assistance from Mark Gately’04, far right, had another championship season winning the Morris County Championship,the NJAC Championship, the NJSIAA State Sectional, and the North Non Public AChampionship while advancing to the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions. The teamfinished undefeated with a record of 17-0! The team was led by John Voetsch, Bob Kaminski,Nick Howard-Johnson, Frank Szucs, Mike Pirovano, and John McMahon.

TRACK

Rugby

GOLFPhotos by Jessica Fiddes

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Green Wave hockey player KennyAgostino ’10 was drafted by thePittsburgh Penguins the NHL Draft inLos Angeles. He joined formerteammate and good friend AlexVelischek ’09, another Penguins draftpick back in 2009. Agostino is

Delbarton’s all-time leading scorer with 216 points over four varsityseasons, including a 50-goal, 83-point senior season when he led theGreen Wave to another non-public schools state championship. Theteam finished the year ranked #2 in the country. Agostino now focuseson his collegiate career playing Divison 1 hockey at Yale University.

Meanwhile three Green Wave hockey alums met up on the ice lastsummer at the Pittsburgh Penguins prospect development camp. Inaddition to Agostino and Velischek, Alex Smigelski ’06, a recentWilliams D-III hockey standout, was invited to the Penguinsdevelopment camp as a tryout and the Penguins liked what they saw.Three players from one high school at a single NHL camp attractedsome media attention and in a NHL.com article described Delbartonas “a fertile hockey-producing factory.”

On May 13, 2010 Delbarton’s Cocoziello Lacrosse Field wasdedicated to Sharon and Peter Cocoziello and their sons Peter ’02,Dan ’04 and Alex ’05. Dan and Alex played for the Green Waveand continued on the college level, Dan at Princeton, and Alex atCornell. Financial support from the family helped build a newsynthetic football/lacrosse complex encircled by the Passarelli Track.The Cocoziello family, which includes Peter’s wife, Sofia Cocoziello,

stood with the Green Wave lacrosse team as Abbot Giles Hayesformally blessed the field prior to a game against Kinnelon, thenewly minted Morris County champions. (The Green Wave wonthe game 10-6.) From left, Abbot Giles Hayes, OSB,Peter andSharon Cocoziello, Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, Dan, Peter,Sofia and Alex Cocoziello.

Cocoziello Field Dedicated

D’Agostino Draftedby the Penguins

Delbarton athletic director Dan Whalen announced on February 3,2010 that two more Green Wave athletes signed NCAA letters to playcollegiate sports 2010-11. The boys signed the official documents inthe Valentine Library with their proud mothers, coaches andheadmaster looking on. Pat Schellberg ’10 signed on to the Division Itrack and field program at the University of North Carolina. JeffMcLaughlin ’10 signed a letter of intent to play Patriot League soccerfor Lafayette College.

2 Wave Athletes Sign NCAA Letters

J. Craig Paris 82


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Abbot Giles Hayes, O.S.B. waselected to the office ofpresident of the Conference ofMajor Superiors of Men(CMSM). Though he serves aspresident-elect until nextsummer, Abbot Giles will bewell immersed in CMSMbusiness. According to theirwebsite the CMSM “serves theleadership of the Catholicorders and congregations of themore than 20,000 vowedreligious priests and brothers ofthe United States, ten percentof whom are foreignmissionaries. CMSM provides avoice for these communities inU.S. church and society.CMSM also collaborates withthe U.S. bishops and other keygroups and organizations thatserve church and society.”

This fall, Prior BrunoUgliano, O.S.B. was inductedinto the Hall of Honor torecognize his many years ofdedicated leadership toDelbarton School in a variety ofcapacities over the years—mostespecially as headmaster, andservice in the church in manypastoral roles. He was thrilledand honored, thanked thealumni association for theiraccolades, and credited themany with whom he collab-orated, especially the late Fr.Stephen Findlay, O.S.B.

Presently Fr. Bruno serves asthe local superior at the abbeyand a weekend assistant at St.Ann Parish, Hampton. Inaddition, Fr. Bruno’s St.Benedict’s Prep classmate,Bishop Paul Bootkoski of theMetuchen diocese has asked Fr.

Bruno to assist part-time in thediocesan marriage tribunal.

Fr. Luke Travers, O.S.B.,continues on various schoolboards. Of late he travels toRichmond, Va., where he nowserves as the canonical superiorof Mary Mother of the ChurchAbbey. While maintainingresidency at St. Mary’s AbbeyFr. Luke visits the Richmondcommunity regularly.

Fr. Patrick Hurley, O.S.B.reports that the Abby Gift Shopand Christmas Gallery has newhours of operation. The shop islocated in the retreat center atSchmeil-O’Brien Hall. All aremost welcome to browse (andpurchase, of course!) the greatselection of high-quality cards,religious goods, books and gifts,

as well as many Christmasitems.

In May, Fr. Elias Lorenzo,O.S.B. attended the bi-annualmeeting of the Praesidiumboard on in Arlington, TX.Along with Abbot Giles and Fr.Luke he also attended thegeneral chapter of the AmericanCassinese Congregation in hisrole as curial procurator for thecongregation.

In August with Abbot Giles,Fr. Elias attended the annualconvention of the CMSM inLong Beach, Ca. During thefall, he attended the annualsynod of presidents and gave areport on the “State of theCollege of Sant’ Anselmo.” Themeeting was in Huysburg,Germany.

In June, Fr. Edward SetonFittin, O.S.B. spend severaldays at St. John’s Abbey,Collegeville, Mn. attending aconference on music, liturgyand the arts: “New Music, Newtexts: Preparing for the NewMissal.” At the end of June hetraveled with Delbartonstudents to Ireland for theannual exchange with GlenstalAbbey School in Co. Limerick.In September Fr. Edward Setontraveled to Mount Saint Mary’sUniversity, Emmitsburg, Md.,his alma mater, for thededication of the renovated andexpanded Fine Arts Center.Abbot Giles has appointed himinfirmarian, the abbey liaisonwith the Abbey Infirmary

By Rev. Edward Seton Fittin, OSB ’82

AbbeyNotes

On October 3, 2010 St. Mary’s Abbey welcomed

two Cistercian monks of Our Lady of Grace

Abbey in Vung Tow, an abbey of 80 monks located

80 miles south of Ho chi Min City in Vietnam.

From left are Father Peter and Abbot Matthew

from Our Lady of Grace, and Abbot Giles Hayes

with Brother Tarcisius from St. Mary’s Abbey.

In late May while in Los Angeles to officiate at a

wedding, Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, O.S.B. ’82 enjoyed

a home-cooked meal at the home of classmate, Peter

Shoemaker, along with classmate Chris Benz. Fr.

Edward Seton enjoyed dinner with classmate Michael

Bloom several nights earlier.

On May 1, 2010, Abbot Giles Hayes and the monastic

community witnessed the profession of simple vows for their two

newest brothers, Liam (Sean) Mullin, on right, and Michael

DeSaye. The liturgy was attended by relatives and friends of Brs.

Liam and Michael, and followed the ancient rite as outlined in

the Rule of Benedict, chapter 58.


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nursing staff. He coordinatesand arranges transportation forappointments and errands forthe elderly and infirm monks, aswell as breakfast trays, whichthe monks bring each morningin turn.

Along with Fr. HilaryO’Leary, O.S.B. and Fr.Anthony Sargent, O.S.B. Fr.Edward Seton concelebratedMass at Sacred HeartCathedral-Basilica to mark the100 years of service of theReligious Teachers Filippini,who came to New Jersey fromItaly in 1910 to serve Italianimmigrants. The monks of theabbey have served as chaplainsto the Filippini Sisters at VillaWalsh, Morristown, for decades.Recently professed Br. MichaelDeSaye, O.S.B., educated bythe Filippini Sisters, was also inattendance.

Br. Kevin Tidd, O.S.B.spent two weeks in July honinghis debate coaching skills at theHarvard University NationalPublic Forum Debate Institute.The institute brought togetherstudents and coaches from topprograms across the UnitedStates to study advanced debatetheory and practice.

In June the communityretreat was conducted by AbbotJerome Kodell, O.S.B., abbot ofSubiaco Abbey in Arkansas.Abbot Jerome is a renownedscripture scholar whoseconferences were extremelywell-received. Yet what wasmost notable about the abbot ishis warmth, humility and goodhome-spun southern commonsense that colored hisconferences and exchange withthe community.

At the annual Jubilee Mass,the following monks were

honored for their years ofcommitment: Fr. Elias for 25years of profession; AbbotGerard Lair, O.S.B., and Frs.Karl Roesch, O.S.B. and RegisWallace, O.S.B. (who wasunable to attend the Mass dueto his illness and has since died)for their 50 years of ordination;and Br. John Babicz, O.S.B. for50 years of profession. Br. Johnhas been a quiet but faithful

witness to monastic life and is amuch-beloved confrere. AbbotGiles presented him thebaculus, or staff presented tojubilarians at their goldenanniversary. It usually bears animage of the cross andsymbolizes the monk’s relianceon the Cross of Christ as hissupport throughout hismonastic life. “Ad multosannos!”

• John Bartko, father of John Bartko ’77• Minnie Bezzone, grandmother of Joe Bezzone ’83 and Robert Bezzone ’86• Daniel J. Callahan IV ’75, brother of Carey Callahan ’76• John Angus Diveny, Jr., father of Delbarton Headmaster

Br. Paul Diveny, OSB• Lorraine Farrell, mother of James Farrell ’61 and Robert Farrell ’64• Anne (Nan) Formichella, mother of Paul J. Formichella ’72• Deborah Goessling, wife of Daniel Goessling ’68, sister in law of David

Goessling ’70• Linda Moore Grant, mother of Robert Grant ’68• Francis B. Hubert, mother of Thaddeus ‘Ted’ Hubert ’68 and grandmother

of Thaddeus Hubert ’02• David C. Huse ’71• Virginia Kearney, mother of Austin Kearney ’70, Dennis Kearney ’72, Brian

Kearney ’73, Kevin Kearney ’79; mother-in-law of Richard Darche ’72;grandmother of James Kearney ’99, Richard Darche ’07, Michael Darche’10, Matt Darche ’11, Patrick Darche ’13 and Timothy Siegert ’06. Motherof 2010-11 DMG President Virginia Kearney Darche.

• Mary Lataro, grandmother of Brian Cargo ’03 and Michael Cargo ’07. • Hilda Maloney, mother of Jim Maloney ’56, Thomas Maloney ’60, Edgar

Donohoe ’62, William Donohue ’69, Michael Donohoe ’72, WalterMaloney ’76 (predeceased by sons Thomas Donohoe ’67 and John Donohoe’60); grandmother of Ed Donohoe ’85, John Donohoe ’88, ThomasDonohoe Jr. ’95, Bryan Donohoe ’96, Gerald O’Mara ’88, Hugh O’Mara’94, Matt O’Mara ’87, Robert O’Mara, Jr. ’84, Sean O’Mara ’98, John

Goldsmith Jr. ’97, William Goldsmith ’00, Matthew Goldsmith ’04; mother-in-law of Rob O’Mara ’61

• Jeanette F. Masi, grandmother of John Masi ’06• Christopher C McDonough, father of John McDonough ’87• Jim McGough ’49• Judith Anne McLane, mother of Kevin McLane ’94• Elizabeth A. McLaughlin, grandmother of Tom McLaughlin ’09, Kyle

McLaughlin ’11 and Sean McLaughlin ’14• John Mendiola, brother in law of A.J. Papetti ’82, uncle of Arthur Papetti ’13

and Vincent Papetti ’14.• Carl William Menk, father of Paul Menk ’76• Dorothy B. Meszaros, grandmother of Alex Meszaros ’01• Jean Ostermueller, mother of Gary Ostermueller ’76

Rudolph Ostermueller, father of Gary Ostermueller ’76• Leonard Pace, father of Leonard Pace ’73, Daniel Pace ’79 and Thomas Pace

’81; father-in-law of Peter Lazor ’87.• Linda Pirovano, mother of Michael Pirovano ’10 and Daniel Pirovano ’11• Lenord A. Romagna, father of John Romagna, Delbarton swim coach• R. Nito Santiago, grandfather of Alex Santiago ’11• Jeffrey Schick, father of the late David Schick ’97, and of Matthew Schick ’00.• Joan Smith, mother of David W. Smith ’79• Raymond A. Urci, father of Raymond Urci ’84• John Whipple ’52• Yali Wong, mother of Victor Kung ’11

“If we believe that Jesus died and rose, God will bring forth with Him from the dead those who also have fallen asleep believing in Him.” 1 Thessalonians 4:14

LE T US RE M E M B E R

Monday – Friday: 7:30 – 11 a.m. & 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.Saturday: 8:45 – 11 a.m. only

Sunday: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

The Shop is located in the Abbey Retreat Center andoffers a fine collection of books, religious goods, cards,and gifts suitable for baptisms, weddings, anniversariesand special celebrations. The Shop’s Christmas Gallery

includes olive wood Nativity sets, plus ornaments,candle sticks, rosaries, Lenox gift items and more. Stop by and check

us out when you are in the neighborhood.

For more information, contact Fr. Patrick Hurley, OSB at 973.538.3231, ext. 2105 or

email him at [email protected].

AbbeyGiftShop


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The monasticcommunity of St.Mary’s Abbey mourned

the passing of Father Regis PeterWallace, OSB on July 13, 2010.Fr. Regis' parents were Irishimmigrants, ran a small grocerystore in Newark and bought ahome in East Orange. Peter(Regis in religion), the second ofthree sons of Helen and Francis,was born on November 27,1933.

Pater Wallace attended OurLady of the Most BlessedSacrament in East Orangegraduating in 1947. Hecontinued his education at St.Benedict’s Prep, class of 1951,but had to work off his tuitionin the Abbey Library and theschool bookstore. After classesand on Saturdays, Peter workedin the family grocery store, aduty he found onerous. Heentered the Benedictine Collegeof St. Vincent in Latrobe,Pennsylvania, from which hereceived the Bachelor of Artsdegree in 1956. He spent a yearof novitiate at St. Benedict’sAbbey in Atchison, Kansaswhere he made his monasticprofession in 1954.

A diagnosis of diabetes did

not thwart his desire for themonastic life and solemn vows.Father Regis courageouslybattled this disease for morethan fifty years. His grit and willbrought him through many ahealth crisis that might haverendered him an invalid or eventaken his life

Frater Regis began studiesfor the priesthood at St. Mary’sSchool of Theology in 1956 inMorristown, and was ordainedin 1960. He had already begunhis teaching career at DelbartonSchool in Morristown. In 1961he moved to St. Benedict’s Prepin Newark. Father Regis alsopursued graduate studies atColumbia University, and NewYork University, receiving hisMaster of Arts degree from thelatter in 1968. He continued hisstudies of literature at theUniversity of Birmingham inEngland and of educationaladministration at MontclairState University.

In 1965, in the midst of asummer poetry fellowship at theLawrenceville School, hereceived an unexpected letterfrom Abbot Patrick orderinghim to report to St. Elizabeth’sParish in Linden. He remained

in Linden for two years until1967. In 1967 Father Regisreturned to St. Benedict’s Prep.In 1972, the year St. Benedict’sPrep closed, Father Regis askedto rejoin St. Mary’s Abbey inMorristown and return toteaching at Delbarton. In 1974,however, he once again took uppastoral work at St. Elizabeth’sChurch in Linden.

He was appointed anAdvocate of the MatrimonialTribunal of the Archdiocese ofNewark in 1978. He continuedthis work in the Diocese ofPaterson after he became pastorof Notre Dame of MountCarmel Parish in Cedar Knollsin 1980. Father Regis

successfully rallied the parish toplan and construct a newfacility. After serving forseventeen years as pastor inCedar Knolls, and facinggrowing health issues, FatherRegis was invited to return tothe monastery. He was notready to relax, however, and in1998 once again became aparochial assistant, this time atSt Catherine’s Church inMountain Lakes where heremained until his return to themonastery in 2007.

The borough council ofMountain Lakes designatedJune 17, 2007 as Father RegisWallace Day. Father Regiscontinued to seek ministerialwork. In 2009 he becamechaplain at the St. FrancisResidential Community inDenville, but his tenure therewas short lived. After severalperiods of hospitalization andrehabilitation, he willinglyconfided himself into the handsof the loving Lord whom he hasserved so wholeheartedly.

He is survived by his olderbrother, Francis, devotedcousins, loyal friends, and by hismonastic family.

✢Fr. Regis Wallace, OSB • November 27, 1938 - July 13, 2010

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The monasticcommunity of St.Mary’s Abbey mourned

the passing of Abbot Thomas J.Confroy on August 23, 2010.Thomas Joseph Confroy wasborn on March 4, 1931 inNewark, New Jersey, the secondyoungest of the eleven childrenof Edward Aloysius Confroy, Jrand Jessie Gebhard. Thomasmatriculated to St. Benedict’sPrep. Little did he know in1945, as he found himselfseated in Freshman A alongwith Caffrey, Clarke andCoughlin that he and theywould eventually form of thefour Cs, of the Benedict’s classof 1949 all of whom wouldeventually pursue parallel careersin college, novitiate, and in themonastery. Two of the four haddistinguished careers as militarychaplains and two wouldbecome abbots of thecommunity.

While at St. Benedict’s,Thomas distinguished himselfacademically and athletically,playing football and helping toinaugurate the sport of wrestlingat St. Benedict’s. He was electedto class office all four years andcontinued his education at St.Vincent College, theBenedictine college in Latrobe,Pennsylvania. After hissophomore year of collegeThomas entered the monasticnovitiate at St. Benedict’s Abbeyin Atchison, Kansas. Heprofessed simple vows on July11, 1952 and completedundergraduate studies at St.Vincent in 1954.

Thomas joined the youngclerics of St. Mary’s Abbey in itsSchool of Theology and taughtLatin at Delbarton. Followingthe profession of solemn vowsin 1955, Frater Thomas began

graduate studies in classicsduring summers at Notre DameUniversity, achieving the degreeof Master of Arts in 1962. Heobtained another Master of Artsdegree in guidance from LongIsland University in 1972. In1977, while in the Army, FatherThomas obtained a Master’sdegree in religious educationfrom Catholic University.

Father Thomas was ordainedby Bishop McNulty on May 31,1958 at St. John’s Cathedral inPaterson. Father Thomas taughtLatin, prefected boardingstudents, was appointed dean ofstudents, and assistantheadmaster. In 1964 FatherThomas entered the armedforces, choosing the Armybecause the need during theVietnam War was greatest there.Father Thomas’ ministry as anarmy chaplain took him to along list of posts during thecourse of the next thirty years.The highlights of his career weretwo deployments to Vietnam in1965-1966 and 1970-1971. Hewas the subject of a photo-essayin Look magazine, July 12,1966, “Father Tom Confroy:Church is in His Combat Pack”.

Father Thomas waspromoted to full colonel in1983. He was three timeselected to the Advisory Councilof the Military Archdiocese and

received numerous militaryawards, among them the ArmyCommendation Medal,Meritorious Service Medal,Joint Services CommendationMedal, the Legion of Merit andBronze Star. No medal,however, can match the personaltributes from soldiers and fellowofficers in the military. FatherThomas retired from theuniformed military service in1993 and received permissionfrom his classmate, now AbbotBrian Clarke, to serve as acivilian chaplain at FortBenjamin Harrison in Indiana.With the closure of that base in1995 Father Thomas concludedhis distinguished military career.

He returned to the Abbey in1995 and accepted the office oftreasurer, until, on June 25,1998; he was elected ninthabbot of St. Mary’s Abbey. Hecontinued to teach Latin at

Delbarton from 1998 until2003. Abbot Thomas led thecommunity until his seventy-fifth birthday mandated hisretirement from the abbacy.Pope Benedict XVI recognizedAbbot Thomas’ outstanding andzealous service to the churchboth in the military and themonastery, presenting him withthe Cross Pro Ecclesia etPontifice.

He is survived by his brotherJames of Locust Grove, VA, hissisters Mary Mayer of Fanwood,NJ, Sister Theresa, S.C. ofConvent Station, NJ and by thegrateful community of St.Mary’s Abbey. On August 28,2010 Abbot Thomas was laidto rest in the Abbey cemetery,accompanied by an honor guardof U.S. Army soldiers led by afellow officer who served withthe Abbot in Viet Nam.

✢Abbot Thomas J. Confroy, OSB • March 4, 1931 – August 23, 2010

Abbot Thomas was laid to rest in the Abbey Cemetery on August 28,, 2010

accompanied by an honor guard of U.S. Army soldiers led by a fellow officer

who served with the Abbot in Viet Nam.

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■ 1 9 6 4Tim Valentine was on thewinning team of the US SeniorSoftball NationalChampionships in WinterHaven, FL. this past spring. Thisis Tim’s eighth championshipring. Tim and wife Linda live inPalm Beach, FL.

■ 1 9 6 5Dr. M. Jay Terzis DDS, MSDwas named a Top Dentist inNew Jersey Monthly’s survey ofNew Jersey dentists for thefourth year in row. Jay has alsobeen named one of America’sTop Dentists for eight yearsrunning.

■ 1 9 6 6Sherry and Dany Mitchell arecurrently living in Provence, asmall hilltop area called “LeBarroux”.

■ 1 9 7 8David Wright is a builder/contractor and lives with his wifeJacquelyne in Dunellen, NJ withtheir six children: Charlie (16),Natalie (12), Faith (10), David(8), Emma (7) and Matthew (5).

■ 1 9 8 4John Dolan has a new positionin the Essex County Vocational-technical School District wherehe is now the Interim Directorfor Adult/Vocational Education.

■ 1 9 8 5Jeff Stanley won anothernational squash title in 2010. Heand Gordon Anderson won theU.S. Century Doubles SquashChampionship in New York thisyear. He has also been theUniversity Club champion inNew York for the last several


Penguins on IceThree Green Wave hockey alums met up on the ice last week at thePittsburgh Penguins prospect development camp. Two of theplayers, Kenny Agostino ’10 and Alex Velischek ’09, have alreadybeen drafted by the Penguin organization. The last, Alex Smigelski’06, a recent Williams graduate where he led the D-III hockeyteam, was invited to the camp as a tryout. The Penguins must haveliked what they saw. Green Wave Hockey fans will recognize AlexSmigelski #23 of the Pittsburgh Penguins in this picture, chasingafter the puck in a game during the NHL Rookie Tournament onSeptember 14, 2010 at the John Labatt Centre in London,Ontario.

Making Waves

In its June 22, 2010issue The New YorkTimes profiled PerkStreet Financial,founded by DanO’Malley ’96.Columnist Ron Lieber

wrote, “At a time when many banks have become notorious fortaking money away from checking account customers, a start-up isplanning to double what it’s putting back in account holders’wallets.” Perk Street, which began opening accounts for consumerslast year, is not a bank but works with Bancorp Bank, a companywith protection from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,to offer its accounts. O’Malley, Perk Street’s co-founder, is a veteranof Capital One. After discussing pluses and minuses of Perk Street’sservices Leiber concluded “... if I were a debit card user and couldkeep a $5,000 balance, I’d probably roll the dice on Perk Street’smodel. If it works, it will be one of the richest checking accounts inthe land.”

Making WavesDanO’Malley’sPerk Street

Facebook ReunionGreg Kelleher ’66 and several Philadelphia-area members of theclass of ’66 got together at the Tir Na Nog pub in Trenton to greetclassmate Brian O’Sullivan who was visiting family from his NCdigs. Word of Brian’s visit spread via Facebook and the guys gottogether to enjoy “a great evening telling tall and short tales.” Theylifted a glass to departed classmates and wondered where someothers have wandered off to. From left are Brian O’Sullivan, ChrisDwyer, Mike Ruddy, Greg Kelleher and Paul Rauen, all proudmembers of the Class of 1966.

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years, and tennis champion atMorris County Country Club.Jeff, his wife Jill and daughterLindsay attended his brotherRick’s wedding in Puerto Rico inJune.

■ 1 9 8 7Dan Flanagan is Executive VicePresident, Sales and BusinessDevelopment, for Revosphere inPhoenix, AZ where Dan alsolives.

■ 1 9 9 0Major Matt Gioia is currently ona one year deployment where heis serving as Chief of Inspectionsfor the US forces in Iraq. He andwife had their second daughter,Michelle Anne, in August of2009.

■ 1 9 9 1Christopher Costello and his wifeKim have three children, Emily,

Harry and Finn (born in April,2010). He is a Director andSenior Counsel at DuetscheBank in NYC and the familylives in Greenwich, CT.

Steven Milewski was recentlypromoted to the rank ofCommander in the US Navy.

■ 1 9 9 3Rick Stanley and HeIdi Maderwere married in Vieques, PR onJune 12, 2010 where they hadpurchased a vacation home.

Geoff Steinemann andMaria Butler were married onJune 5, 2010 in Kildare Ireland.(See photos in the WeddingAlbum). After five years Geoffput his consulting company,Kildare Planning, on hold towork with Bobby Flay at hisflagship New York restaurant,Mesa Grill. Geoff had specializedin distressed properties and isnow working in conceptdevelopment. He is also writing abook for professionals on

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Piano ManJazz pianist Rob Frech ’10landed a nice summer gig inAugust, 2010. He soloed at theBernards Inn in Bernardsville,NJ, where he entertainedpatrons including fellowDelbarton alumnus GregoryNiccolia ’82, who introduce

himself to Rob one night in August. In September Rob enteredColumbia where he is double majoring in music and economics.

Making Waves

GridironReunionAs Green Wave footballplayers graduate andmove on to collegeteams they meet eachother on opposing sides.Example: on September19, 2010 Dartmouthwide receiver #20 PeterCalvanelli ’10 and

Middlebury defensive back #2 Murphy McCurdy’ 08 squared off ina scrimmage at Dartmouth’s Memorial Field in Hanover, NewHampshire. Go Wave Football…Middlebury and Dartmouth too!

Making Waves


Making Waves on NantucketLast summer Delbarton had a multi generational island reunion ona Nantucket beach. From left are Joe Longo ’80, DonalMastrangelo ’80, Michael Longo ’10, Andrew Longo ’16, Tom Killian ’10, Brendan Barry ’10, Connor McGrath ’14, John Baiocco ’13, Andrew McGrath ’13 and Pat Darche ’13.

Making Waves

Last summer Dr. Ron Rodriguez and his wife Ann took a great tripto Italy that included a visit to the 2010 Perugia Umbria Jazzfestival in Perugia they met up with fellow faculty member MichaelDelGuercio ’04 and his father Nicholas, and had a chanceencounter with another Delbarton alum, Kevin McCarthy.Pictured from left are Kevin McCarthy ’04, ‘Doc Rod’, AnnRodriguez, Michael Del Guercio ’04 and Nicholas Del Guercio.

Making Waves

Jazz in Umbria


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Tim Curry ’95 signed the official charter for the Delbarton

Alumni Club of DC and Alumni Association President Brian

Hanlon ’87 presented him, as the first ever President of the

Delbarton Alumni Club of D.C., with the official chapter Bi-

laws and gavel.

Tim McBride ’63, Taylor Price ’04 and Fr. Rembert Reilly, OSB.

Delbarton alumni

talk with President of

the Alumni

Association Brian

Hanlon ’87 at the

Delbarton reception,

held on a beautiful

spring evening in

DC.

Heather Tully, Matt Tully

’01, Dave Tully ’04 and

Dave’s friend Rose.

WA S H I N G TO N, DC

On tax day, April 15, 2010 Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, and the

Delbarton Alumni Association hosted at receptionat Sequoia Restaurant on K Street which was a

popular event...

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Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, Jason Waite ’91 and J.Craig Paris

’82. Craig presented Jason with a picture of him with his son taken

after the Frozen Flashback hockey game. Jason was in the goal for

the Green Wave in the April 3, 2010 victory over St. Joe’s.

restaurant management. Mariacurrently runs a non-profitinitiative, the PeaceWomenProject at the United NationsOffice of WILPF. Maria alsofounded the non-profit GrowthReaching Africa. She holds aMasters in Human Rights fromthe London School ofEconomics, is a New Yorkattorney and native of Ireland.The couple lives in Hoboken,NJ.

■ 1 9 9 4After managing a series of bandson and off the road – includingGuster and Jars of Clay – MikeCorcoran, who is based inNashville, is now managingcountry/folk artist AlisonKrauss.

In June Darren Gaciciajoined Dahlman Rose & Co., aninvestment bank specializing inthe global natural resourcessupply chain, as Vice President,Equity Research. In the newposition, Darren focuses on theOilfield Services sector. Darrenwas previously Vice President atMorgan Stanley, where he servedon the Oilfield Services andShipping team where he ledresearch initiatives including in-depth studies and publicationsfor the offshore drilling, oilservices, and tanker shippingsectors.

John Hug and his wifeMonica became parents for thefirst time on September 28,2010 when their son ThomasHenry Hug was born.

Ed O’Donnell and PatriciaFukuda were married on June 5,2010. Christine and JohnPeirano welcomed daughterMadeline Grace on August 18,2010. Madeline’s older brotherJack is 3 years old.

Troy Turick was recentlymarried to Nicole Walter, acolleague of his at TrinityCatholic. Troy is pursuing hisMasters in Education atHarvard.

Joe Winters and wife Meganand had their third child, ReidJoseph Winters, on May 24,2010. Reid joins his siblingsEmily (4) and Pierce (2 and ahalf ). Megan and Joe celebratedtheir ninth wedding anniversaryin June. The family had livedfor nine years in the SanFrancisco Bay Area where Joe isan Executive Director in theinvestment banking division ofMorgan Stanley.

■ 1 9 9 5Brian Tully graduated fromGeorgetown School of Medicinein 2004 and completed his sixyear surgical residency inUrology at University ofMaryland Medical Center inJune 2010. Last summer hecompleted his Urologic Boardsexam and, on September 1st,began a Division of Urology atFrederick Memorial Hospital inFrederick, MD. He and wifeMelissa have two daughters,Samantha (7) and Morgan (5).

■ 1 9 9 6Christopher Dixon earned anMBA at the University ofVirginia’s Darden School lastMay and is now employed as anassociate brand manager withHeinz, NA. He lives and worksin Pittsburgh, PA.

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Owen Dinsmore ’08, Director of Alumni & Development

J. Craig Paris ’82, Brendan Renehan ’08 and Chip Altieri ’08.

J. Craig Paris ’82 and Mark Gately ’04

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Caroline Lessing and Tim Mullen ’01 were

married on April 23, 2010 at St. Christopher

Catholic Church in Hobe Sound, FL. Former

Delbarton Headmaster Fr. Luke Travers, OSB,

performed the ceremony and many of Tim’s

Delbarton friends and their parents were on

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Peter Cocoziello ’02 and Sofia Pasquel

were married in Cabo San Lucas,

Mexico on May 1, 2010. In

attendance were Peter’s two brothers

and many Delbarton friends

including, from left David

Solimine’98, Phillip Lamparello ’02,

Kevin Coleman ’02, Alexander

Cocoziello ’05, Peter Cocoziello ’02,

Daniel Cocoziello ’04, Grant Gillespie

’02, James Weichert ’01 and Peter

McBride’ 02.

On June 28, 2009 Christopher Moore ’98 married Blair Uniacke at the Cathedral at Marymount College

in Tarrytown, NY with many Delbarton friends in attendance. From left are Matt Richartz, John Rocco,

Tom Perna ’98, Mark DeLotto ’98, Chris Moore ’98, Blair Uniacke Moore, Tim Moore ’01, Reza Watts

’98, Jason Wyatt ’98, and Ed Thompson ’98.

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Christopher Kelly ’97 married Sarah Vandenbosch on May 22, 2010 at Blessed

Sacrament Church, Hollywood, CA. The best man, on left, was classmate, David

Spirig ’97 and Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, OSB ’82 was the officiate at the service.

Geoff Steinemann ’93 and

Maria Butler were married on June

5, 2010 in Kildare Ireland. Pictured

here celebrating at the wedding are,

from left, James Steinemann ’98,

Jeremy Steinemann ’04, Geoffrey

Steinemann ’93, Teddy Steinemann

’95, Patrick Steinemann ’09 and their

father Geoff Steinemann. Geoff

entered Delbarton in 1989, and

Patrick graduated in 2009 – that’s

twenty years straight at Delbarton

School for the Steinemann family!

Daniel Peralta ’99 married Krista Maynard on July 16, 2010, at St. Anthony

Church, Portsmouth, RI. Andrew Peralta ’01, the bridegroom’s brother, served

as best man and Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, OSB, ’82 was the celebrant at the

Nuptial Mass. Pictured at the reception with the Narragansett as the backdrop

are, from left, Bob Chandis ’64, Andy Peralta ’01, Dan and Krista Peralta, Mike

O’Donnell ’99 and Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, OSB. ’82. The Peraltas make their

home in Nevada.

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A great group of

’00 and ’03 guys

catch up at the

networking event.

Lorwin Gardner

’03, on left, and

Tyler Gaffney ’03.

From left, Owen Callahan ’99, Drew Eklund ’99 and

Chas McLaughlin ’02.

From left, Paul

Schnabel ’83, Ty

Barnes ’95 and

Chris Siclare ’94.

On April 20, 2010 theDelbarton AlumniAssociation hosted anetworking event atTiro a Segno, hosted byJoe Ferraro ’95.

From left, Michael Somerville ’91, Grant Hewit

’02, and Alumni Association President Brian

Hanlon ’87.

DELNET NETWORKING EVENT

From left, Alumni Association President Brian Hanlon ’87, Matt Wetzel ’03, Rob

Cedrone ’03, Pat Donnelly ’03 and Brendan Murphy ’03.

Host Joe Ferraro ’95 with two of his classmates, Tim

Haney ’95 and Andrew Kieley ’95.

Photos by J. Craig Paris ’82 and Mark Gately ’04

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From left, Brendan Gorman ’04, Will

Gano ’05 and Mark Gately ’04.

From left, Brad

Schneider ’96, a recent

transfer to Chicago, with

Ryan Maguire ’97 and

Brendan Gorman ’04,

who also recently moved

to the Windy City.

Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB,and the Alumni Association hosted

a reception on May 5, 2010 atSmith & Wollensky’s in Chicago...

President of the Delbarton Alumni Club of

Chicago John Glynn ’90 signed the official

Chapter Charter at the Chicago reception.

Here he is congratulated by Headmaster Br.

Paul Diveny, OSB, and Alumni Association

President Brian Hanlon ’87.

Alumni Association President Brian

Hanlon ’87 presents Frank Haynes ’48

with the Argent Lion Award at the

Chicago reception. Frank was the first

ever President of the Alumni Association.

The Argent Lion award is given to an

alumnus who has dedicated years of

service to Delbarton School and the

Alumni Association.

Ryan Luckey ’92, on left, and Tim

McAnally ’99.

From left are Hugh Breslin ’83, Marc

Mestanas ’85 and Tucker McDermott ’93.

CH I C A G O

From left, Delbarton Alumni Association President Brian Hanlon ’87,

Brad Schneider ’96, Ryan Maguire ’97, Doug Gowski ’98 and John

Glynn ’90.

From left, Guy and Peggy Trerotola

PA ’85, ’87, ’93 with Headmaster Br.

Paul Diveny, OSB, and their son

Mark Trerotola ’87.

From left are Rich Wickel ’78, Fr. Rembert

Reilly, OSB, and Tom Pace ’81.

Mark Gately ’04

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June Dinner MeetingChairman of Annual Giving Andy Barrow ’88 (far right) presented members of the

class of 1979 with the Catch the Wave Award for having the most donors by

December 30th: Bob Rouse, Greg Bock, Scott Sterner and

Bart Henderson.

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Rain did not deter a large crowdof Delbarton alumni from

meeting on campus for the June Dinner Meeting on

June 9, 2010. A downpour forcedthe event indoors to the the Fine

Arts Center. After severalspeeches and awards, the crowd

helped itself to a buffet pig roastwith all the fixings, then dined in

the comfort of the FAC lobby.

Departing Assistant of

Alumni & Development

Mark Gately ’04 and his

colleague Jessica Fiddes.

Matt Campbell ’08

with Mike Rosenhaus

’80.

Frank Visceglia ’85 with

the bartender for the

evening, Fr. Rembert

Reilly, OSB.

Joe Stefans ’01, in town

from London, with his

brother Nick Stefans

’05.

Curt Ritter ’89, on left,

takes over the job of

Alumni Association

president from Brian

Hanlon ’87.

Bill McFadden ’59,

on left, and Brian

Monaghan ’73.

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From the Class of

2003, Ted

Lawless, Art

Falgione and

Antonio

Mangione.

From left, Tony Nugent ’74, Bill Waldron ’65,

Fr. Andrew Smith, OSB, and Pat Burke ’57.

The Class of 2010, the

newest alumni class, was

well represented

From left, Ifiok

Inyang ’07,

Sumorwuo Zaza ’07,

and recent graduate

Joe Petrucci ’10.

Tim Hanlon ’84 and John

Hanlon ’81 with Headmaster

Br. Paul Diveny, OSB,

congratulate their brother,

former Alumni Association

President Brian Hanlon ’87,

who is seated in his new

Delbarton Chair, a parting gift

from the Association.

From left, Alex

Cocoziello ’05,

Chris Quick ’02

and Chris

Butterfield ’08.

From the Class of 2008,

Cameron Fiddes, Dan

Naturman, Christian Mattia

and Mark Pizzi.

Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB, with

William Gardner, EJ Schneider ’10 and

Abbot Giles Hayes, OSB. EJ was awarded

the Joseph “Red” Green ’56 Fighting

Spirit award from the Class of 1956.

Gardner is EJ’s grandfather.

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Colin Newman was recentlyappointed Chief Counsel to theNew Jersey AssemblyRepublicans. Colin previouslyworked as an attorney at PattonBoggs LLP in Newark, NJ.Earlier in his career, Colin servedas a legal aide in the Office ofCounsel to the President at theWhite House, congressionaladvisor at the United StatesDepartment of State, and lawclerk to Chief Justice JamesZazzali of the New JerseySupreme Court. Colingraduated from GeorgetownUniversity College of Arts andSciences with a BA ingovernment and economics in2000 and received his JD fromGeorgetown University LawCenter in 2005.

■ 1 9 9 7Christopher Kelly married SarahVandenbosch on May 22,2010at Blessed Sacrament Church,Hollywood, Ca. The best manwas classmate, David Spirig ’97and Fr. Edward Seton Fittin,O.S.B. ’82 was the officiate at

the service. (See photo in theWedding Album.)

Rory McDermott and his wifeMichele welcomed theirdaughter Noelle into the familyon March 11, 2010. Noelle joinsbig brother Michael (3).

Cyrus Shey and wife Lindseywelcomed their daughter AvaElizabeth on March 6, 2010. Shejoins big brother Julian. TheShey family resides in Singapore.

■ 1 9 9 8Nicolas Fawzi completed hisdoctorate in Bioengineeringfrom the University of Californiaat Berkeley and UC San

On July 8, 2010 the Daily Record hada nice write-up on Delbarton graduateMike Loree ’03 who pitched for theNewark Bears last season. NewarkBears manager Tim Raines, a greatplayer himself during his heyday and aseven time National League All-Star,was counting on Loree as a startingpitcher and Loree was workingregularly with Bears pitching coachWillie Banks, another former majorleaguer. “Willie has helped me tremen-dously with establishing my otherpitches,” Loree said. “He’s been greatto work with.” On Tuesday, August 17Loree and the Bears took on theLancaster Barnstormers in a matineegame. Green Wave alums, who weretreated to complimentary tickets bythe Alumni Association, cheered Mikeon and enjoyed a day out at theballpark.

Mike Loree ’03

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On June 10, 2010 Lt. Col. Matt Kelly ’89, pictured here at thecontrols, piloted an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter in the off-shoresupersonic test track near Naval Air Station Patuxent River inMaryland. During the flight, the short takeoff/vertical landingvariant JSF climbed to 30,000 feet and accelerated to Mach 1.07, or727 mph, breaking the sound barrier, making it the first STOVLaircraft to do so. (The sound barrier is 678 mph at 30,000 feetelevation or 761 mph at sea level, according to NASA.)

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Matt Kelly ’89 Makes MilitaryAviation History

Sherry and Dany Mitchell ’66 are currently living in Provence, asmall hilltop area called Le Barroux. Dany describes the settingthis way: “Lots of lavender, rosemary, grapes and a localmonastery that is probably a Benedictine community, although Ihave not yet checked. John Sanfacon sends another Delbartongrad abroad! Cycling here is grand, and I have the Mont Ventouxin my backyard for exercise.”

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Presenting the charter members of Delbarton’s

Day at the Races.

Day at the Races The Delbarton Alumni Association sponsored its first everDay at the Races at Monmouth Park on June 11, 2010.Alums, parents and friends of Delbarton joined Director forAlumni & Development J. Craig Paris ’82 at The Grovewhere they enjoyed a great day of socializing and betting onthe ponies. Race 2 was officially titled the “Delbarton AlumniAssociation – Jersey Shore Club”...

The Alumni

Association reserved

The Grove at

Monmouth Park, a

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Bill Smith ’63 and

Brian Hanlon ’87 show

their racing colors.

Several lucky alums – including Brian Hanlon ’87,

J. Craig Paris ’82 and Mark Gately ’04 � congrat-

ulated the winning jockey after the

Delbarton-sponsored race was run.

Somebody proudly showed off his

winning hand...

Shout out to the Jersey Shore

Chapter – they got naming rights

for Race 2.

And they’re off! To the first Day at the Races sponsored by

the Delbarton Alumni Association

The Youngs made it

a family affair: here

are Janet and Ed

Young ’72 with

their son Tim ’06.

– wonder who what was? Another

great day for Delbarton alums!

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Alumni Lacrosse

On June 12, 2010 a group ofalumni players met onCocoziello Field for the AnnualAlumni Lacrosse Game. Therewere some great action and theguys had a good time breakingin Delbarton’s new lacrossefield...

Head coach Chuck Ruebling ’79 and Mark

Erenstein ’80.

Grant Cowherd

’03 and Dave

Villano ’83.

Going for the goal...

These guys still have some very impressive wheels.

John Tonzola ’95 gets suited

up for the annual alumni

game.

Recent graduate Derek

Ruebling ’10 is headed to

Gettysburg this fall to play

for the Bullets.

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Francisco in 2007 and moved toWashington, DC area where heis a postdoctoral research fellowat the National Institutes ofHealth in Bethesda, MD. Hiswife Alice is a mechanicalengineer in northern Virginiaand the couple welcomed thearrival of their first child, JohnLux Fawzi, on June 26, 2010.

Eric Hodge is working at theRaine Group, a new privateequity/advisory firm focused onmedia and entertainment.

Andrew Holman is an MISManager at Wolters KluwerFinancial Services. He and wifeElizabeth have been married forthree years and reside inWaltham, MA.

On June 28, 2009Christopher Moore married BlairUniacke at the Cathedral atMarymount College in

Tarrytown, NY with manyDelbarton friends in attendance(see photo in the WeddingAlbum). The couple lives in NewYork City where Blair is inMedical School at Columbia.Chris is in the Executive MBAProgram at Columbia whilecontinuing to work for MasseyQuick in Morristown.

Eddie Vazquez graduated inMay 2010 from Mt. SinaiMedical School in New York. Heis starting his residency inAnesthesia at ColumbiaPresbyterian Hospital and livesin Manhattan.

■ 1 9 9 9Sloan Kulper is heading back toChina where he will be workingwith his colleagues at One EarthDesign (OED). OED isdedicated to improving life by

designing products for theseveral billion people around theworld who live off thegrid. OED has won majorgrants from the MIT DesignChallenge and others like them.One Earth Designs also recentlywon a 500,000 Euro award forthe design of the SolSource 3-in-1, a solar cooker, electricitygenerator and heat source forcommunities presently relyingon harmful biomass fuels, andSloan is off to Bangladesh inJanuary to start a FulbrightScholarship to pursuehis research in social entrepre-neurship.

On July 16, 2010, at St.Anthony Church, Portsmouth,RI, Daniel Peralta ’marriedKrista Maynard. AndrewPeralta ’01, the bridegroom’sbrother, served as best man. Fr.

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In late June Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, OSB ’82 attended aliturgy conference at St. John University, Collegeville, Min, anopportunity to organize the first-ever Twin Cities alumnigathering. Fr. Ed hosted a dinner at Bar La Grassa indowntown Minneapolis, and was joined by several alums fromMinneapolis-St. Paul.

From left are Tom Farnham ’68, Charlie Farnham,

Sarah Krivak and son Nicholas, Charlie Lazor ’83,

Mike Krivak ’00, Bill Trubeck ’92, Fr. Edward Seton

Fittin, OSB ’82 and Sandrine Trubeck.

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Two members of the Class of2004, Henry Swayne andNeil McNulty celebratedDelbarton brotherhood byrunning their first marathontogether on June 6, 2010 inSan Diego, CA. Henry livesin New York City and worksas a Risk Analyst at MarshUSA Inc and Neil lives inHoboken where he works forAPX. Go Wave Marathoners!

San DiegoMarathon

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On September 11, 2010 AJConley ’82 tried to keep upwith his ‘much older brother’Bill Conley ’71 in the 102.5mile Civil War Century. Thechallenging bike route beginsin Thurmont, MD. and visitsthree Civil War battlefields:South Mountain, Antietamand Gettysburg. It’s quite aride, with 7,400 feel of uphillcycling, four mountainclimbs and breathtakingmountain vistas along theway. This picture is at the 77mile “sag” stop just outsideGettysburg, PA. “It was greatfun!” reported the muchyounger AJ.

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AlumniSoccerGame

Players enjoyed

a tour the new

South Gate

sports complex.

That’s Jeremy

Liebler ’09 in

front.

From left, John

Ferramosca ’05,

Oz Khan ’85 with

his two sons,

Ryan Donovan

’06 and Neil

Cherry ’04.

While there were no injuries on the field, crutches

prevented one recuperating former Wave athlete from

joining the action. From left, John Ferramosca ’05, Scott

Caldwell ’07 (nursing a Cornell soccer injury), and

Scott’s dad.

On Saturday, July17th, theDelbarton Soccer

Program held its AnnualAlumni Soccer game—ayearly tradition hosted by Green Wave varsitysoccer coach Dave Donovan which brings backto campus former players. This year’s twentyalums (odd versus even graduating years)competed on the new synthetic turf Ryan FamilyField. Wives and children were also in attendanceand enjoyed a tour of the new lockeroom andtraining facilities. Prizes were given for thefurthest travelled, the oldest graduate, and theM.V.P. Great food, great company, great fun,and, as Coach Donovan put it, “(thankfully) nosignificant injuries.”

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The weather was perfect, thecrowd was lively, the grilledclams were plentiful and

Summer Sizzler 2010 was a terrific partyat the Jersey Shore. On July 31, 2010Delbarton alumni, families and friends

celebrated at the Belmar Fishing Clubwith dinner and drinks in the club

and on the pier while reconnectingwith Delbarton friends. Mark

your calendars for next year’sSizzler on July 30, 2011.

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From left, Dave Lewis ’78, Jim Ferrante ’75

and Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB.

From left, Mike Wade ’85, Frank

Visceglia ’85 and Lee Esposito ’74.

That’s Cory Terzis

’03 and his dad

Jay Terzis ’65.

From left, James Olsen ’89 and

wife Tracy, with Mike Curi ’88

and wife Lisa.

Tony Heaton met

his classmate from

the Class of ’81

Frank Delaney.

From left, Brian Hanlon ’87, Matt Goldsmith

’04 and Curt Ritter ’89. Brian and Curt are

former and current Alumni Association

presidents, and Matt is Delbarton’s new

Assistant for Alumni and Development.

Two friends from the Class of 1957, Pat Burke

and Bernie D’Andrea, with Pat’s wife Bridget.

Faith and Mike

McGarrity ’86

were there. Tom Criqui ’84 brought his wife Arianne and children

Meghan and Kieran.Christina and

John Tonzola ’95

made it in time for

clams this year!

Here are John Hughes ’64

and W. Michael Murphy

’67 with friends.

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Patti, on left, and Jim Esposito P’06 with

Jessica Fiddes P’03,’05,’08.

Chad Jones ’02 and two friends enjoyed

the great buffet.

Here are Alumni

Association officers

Andy Barrow ’88 and

Curt Ritter ’87.

The Class of 2003 was out in force at the Sizzler. From left, Rob Cedrone,

Art Falgione, Nolan Harte, Scott Naturman, Niraj Patel and Ted Lawless.

Pat Collins ’81 wears

a hat well, don’t you

think? His wife Jane

agrees. She is

Director of the

Delbarton Fund.

We ran into Perry

Beneduce ’74 and

classmate Frank

Perrelli.

Director of Alumni

& Development J.

Craig Paris ’82,

P’13,’15 with his son

Regan.

We spotted the Villanos in the crowd. From left

Kenny ’81 and Liz P’10, and Dave ’83 with Kim P ’14.

Alex Cocoziello ’05

and Mike Rosenhaus

’80 – exactly 25 years

apart! Mike is

Delbarton’s Director

of Senior Guidance.

Classmates from the Class of 1950 Greg Sullivan,

on left, and Jerome Goetting enjoyed catching up

with each other at the Sizzler

Jules Spada ’48 and George Miller ’52 gathered at the Sizzler with family and friends.

Margie and Bob

Farrell ’64 enjoyed

sea breezes on the

pier.

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The eighth annual Carter Cup, the Metropolitan GolfAssociation’s Junior Stroke Play Championship, was held atBaltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, NJ on August 4th. The

invitational event is named in honor of the late Michael P. Carter ’00,an accomplished junior player and standout member of the GreenWave golf team who died in a car accident in 2002. Michael was ajunior club champion at both Baltusrol and Winged Foot Golf Clubsand a promising player on the Penn State golf team. The Carter Cupfeatures 45 top junior golfers in the metropolitan area playing 36 holeson Baltusrol’s two championship courses in the summer heat, arigorous test of mental and physical endurance. Two-time Met juniorchamp David Pastore of Greenwich, CT shot a four-under, 36 holetotal of 140 to win the 2010 Carter Cup.

Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny, OSB and Mary Lou Carter P’00, mother of

the late Michael P. Carter ’00 with Michael’s sisters.

The Carter Cup The Carter Cup attracts the

area’s top junior golfers who test

their mettle on two champi-

onship courses at Baltusrol in

Springfield, NJ.

Edward Seton Fittin, O.S.B. ’82was the celebrant at the NuptialMass. Michael O’Donnell ’99was also in attendance. ThePeraltas make their home inNevada. (See photo in theWedding Album.)

Joe Price married KerryShapleigh on April 24, 2010 inNew York City. The couple metwhile they were students at Yale.Joe works in the New York office

of International CreativeManagement where he booksartists on tours as part of thecontemporary artistsdepartment. The bride is anassociate at Davis, Polk &Wardwell where she works in thetax department.

Dean Tselepis and MaryZeruos were married in Detroit,MI in 2009. The couple nowlives in Manhattan.

■ 2 0 0 1Caroline Lessing and TimMullen ’01 were married onApril 23, 2010 at St.Christopher Catholic Church inHobe Sound, FL. FormerDelbarton Headmaster Fr. LukeTravers, OSB, performed theceremony and many of Tim’sDelbarton classmates andfriends, including ChipCampbell ’02, Kevin Coleman

’01, Brian Mulholland ’01,Chris Quick ’02 and MikeMcBride ’01 were on hand tocelebrate with the couple. (Seephoto in the Wedding Album.)

■ 2 0 0 2Peter Cocoziello ’02 and SofiaPasquel were married in CaboSan Lucas, Mexico on May 1,2010. In attendance were Peter’s



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On March 31, 2010 eight Delbarton alumnigave Delbarton juniors and seniors quicklessons in navigating paths to productive,

fulfilling careers. Frank Visceglia ’85 and LeeEsposito’74 organized the event and participantsincluded lawyers Andrew Anselmi ’83 and JohnIaciofano ’99 (a junior lawyer in Andrew’s firm), ArtsFoundation director Doug Beck ’85, law enforcementrepresentative Steve Colello ’91, physical therapistentrepreneur Dr.Dave Cunic ’97, financial advisorBrian Hanlon ’87 (President of the DelbartonAlumni Association), his brother John Hanlon ’81,managing director of a bond trading desk, andentrepreneur Chuck Zimmer ’87. All sharedinteresting stories about career plans and goals, offalse starts and serendipitous encounters. Severalcommon themes wove through the remarks: Findsomething you love and do it well, keep ‘Delbarton’on your resume and remember to use the DelbartonAlumni network for connections that may lead toyour ideal profession and job.

On stage in the FAC, speakers and organizers at the

Delbarton Alumni Association’s Career Day 2010.

Alumni Career Day

Students were eager to quiz Steve Colello ’91 on the equipment he brought with him...

– while Dr. Dave Cunic shared his insights about how to start, build and sustain a business.

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two brothers and manyDelbarton friends. (See photo inthe Wedding Album.)

Ryan Headd graduated fromWashington University in St.Louis in December, 2009 with aMaster of Architecture. He iscurrently living in New Jersey

with his Pug “Billie,” and worksat the Morristown office ofGensler & Associates, the world’slargest architecture firm.

After over two years workingwith Bloomberg New EnergyFinance, in September JohnRomankiewicz moved toWashington DC to start a newjob with Department of State,Bureau of Oceans Environmentand Science, Office of ClimateChange. After three years inChina (learning Chinese, doing aFulbright grant, and working forNew Energy Finance) and oneyear in at Bloomberg, Johncontinues his pursuit tounderstand China, this workingwith analysis and relationshipbuilding for China as it relates tointernational cooperation andnegotiation on greenhouse gas

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The Duke Men’s LacrosseTeam won the NCAADivision 1 NationalLacrosse Championship onMemorial Day, May 31st atM & T Stadium inBaltimore, beating NotreDame 6-5 in an overtimethriller. Later DukeLacrosse teammates andDelbarton Alums Ned Crotty ’05, left, andTommy Patterson ’09 celebrated at the post-gametailgate. (Former Green Wave player Ryan Foley’09 was on the Notre Dame team).

On July 24, Crotty scored two goals to tie andhelp win the game as the U.S. defeated Canada12-10 in the title contest at the FIL WorldLacrosse Championships in Manchester, England.Here is what Coach Chuck Ruebling ’79 saidabout Crotty’s achievements: “Ned has certainlypositioned himself as one of the mostaccomplished athletes in Delbarton history. As a

student at Delbarton he was the New JerseyPlayer of the Year in two sports, lacrosse andhockey...As a college player, Ned has beenrecognized as a First Team All-American, TheTewaaraton Award winner for College Lacrosse’sPlayer of the Year, a member and captain of theDuke University National Championship team,and a member of the World Champion UnitedStates team.” While Ruebling couldn’t be inEngland to witness the world championshipgame, his son Derek, a member of DelbartonClass of 2010 and a former Green Wave laxer, wasthrilled to be there for the win.

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Crotty ’05 Scoresat Lax World

Championship

John D’Angola’06 was named a2010 FulbrightScholar and isstudying inTaipei, Taiwanthis year. Johntaught English inBeijing thesummer after hisjunior year atGeorgetown and

used his free time to travel, learn the language, and focus on hisnext ticket back to Asia - his Fulbright proposal. In May Johngraduated cum laude from Georgetown with a dual degree inFinance and Mandarin Chinese, and in September he became aResearch Fellow for the United States Fulbright Program in Taiwan.For sixteen months he will study the Chinese language at Taipei’sTaiwan Normal University and conduct research in affiliation withNational Chengchi University in Taipei. John is pictured here onthe Great Wall shaking hands with Chen Zhu, a co-worker fromBeijing.

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John D’Angola ’06 isFulbright Scholar

ScottsdaleReunion In late April MichaelMurphy, on left, and BrianO’Keefe, both Class of 1967,had a mini reunion inScottsdale, AZ. Michael wasvisiting with Brian whileattending a wedding outwest.

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VillanovaGraduationConnor Esposito ’06 andGriffin Kern ’06 were goodfriends at Delbarton androommates at Villanova.Here they are, celebratinggraduation from VillanovaSchool of Business on May16, 2010.

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emission reductions, an issuewell intertwined with politics,energy, and economy.

■ 2 0 0 4In June 1st Lt. Justin Collins wasawarded a Bronze Star for hisservice in Iraq where he workedas a Battalion Maneuver andMobility Support OperationsOfficer. Justin returned to theUS in June and in August starteda job in Washington, DC withBooz Allen.

JJ Zak graduated fromPrinceton in 2009 with a BA inEconomics. He works as ananalyst at Massey Quick WealthManagement and InvestmentConsulting.

■ 2 0 0 6Mike Campbell was named toUSA Today’s second team all-USA College Academic TeamU.S. Naval Academy. major:honors economics. Among manyother achievements, Mike wassingled out for directing aconference that brought togethernearly 200 delegates from more

than 20 countries for discussionson national security.

Sean Kaplan graduated fromLoyola University in May 2010and, after interning for twosummers with Massey Quick,has joined the firm to focus onclient service and reporting.

Nathaniel Robinsongraduated Magna Cum Laudefrom Harvard University, withbachelors in Neurobiology.

While at Harvard, Nathanielspent much of his time in thelaboratory for the Department ofMolecular and Cellular Biologyas a principle investigator. Hewas the recipient of the HarvardCollege Research Program grantwhich allowed him complete hissenior thesis on horizontal cellmorphology. Nathaniel alsoworked for three years as a

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Doherty (with Duke) in the Rose Garden Duke junior Taylor Doherty ’08 is the news editor of theuniversity’s newspaper and manages the paper’s three main newsdepartments: University news, Health/Science news, andlocal/national news. Last spring when the Duke Basketball teamwon the national title, the team was invited to a reception withPresident Obama in the Rose Garden. Doherty and several otherDuke reporters received press passes to cover the event. Afterputting the Duke newspaper to bed, the group left Durham at 4am to arrive in time for the reception. It was worth the trip. SaysTaylor, “...it was especially exciting because this part of the WhiteHouse is closed to the general public.” Note that in this pictureDoherty, in the middle, is wearing his green and white stripeDelbarton graduation tie, eminently suitable neckwear for a WhiteHouse reception.

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Lonn Waters ’96Last spring Lonn Waters ’96 was deployed to Afghanistan as partof Combined Joint Task Force PALADIN, the counter-improvisedexplosive device (C-IED) task force, which is part of NATO’sInternational Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Lonn had been inthe country since December working as the Chief ResearchAnalyst in the Operations Research and Analysis cell, conductinggeospatial and trend analysis on the roadside bombs. Here he iswith some of the mountains of the Hindu Khush at BagramAirfield in Afghanistan. The second picture shows Lonn inprotective body armor in front of a Mine Resistant AmbushProtected (MRAP) vehicle.

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Frozen ResolutionOn May 20, 2010 members of the Frozen Flashback hockey team andtheir coaches were honored by a Resolution passed in the New JerseyState General Assembly. The Resolution cited participants fromDelbarton and St. Joseph’s, Montvale for “The Greatest Game Never

Played”, the 1989 state hockey championship postponed due an outbreak of measles, which finallytook place on April 3, 2010 after a twenty-one year delay. The game at Mennen Arena waswitnessed by a capacity crowd, attracted nationwide attention and raised over $200,000 for cancerresearch. The Green Wave won the hotly contested game in a score of 3-2. The Honorable MikeCarroll ’76, Assemblyman (District 25), a former Green Wave hockey player, sponsored theofficial Resolution. Headmaster Br. Paul Diveny attended the session and Delbarton player JamesOlsen ’89, pictured here, thanked the legislators on behalf of the Green Wave players.

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A contingent of enthusiastic fans fromthe Delbarton Alumni Associationshowed up the August 10, 2010Staten Island Yankees vs. MahoningValley Scrappers to watch DanDeGeorge ’05 play ball. The summer road trip was organized andhosted by Director of Alumni & Development J. Craig Paris ’82and the group included alumni, parents of alums and currentstudents. The game was played at the Richmond County BankBallpark at St. George, Staten Island, home of the SI Yankees,which offers a dramatic view of the Manhattan skyline.DeGeorge, a Princeton graduate who plays for the Scrappers, aCleveland Indians affiliate from central Ohio, had a great game.He started at second base and batted 2 for 4, with 2 doubles, 1 RBI and 1 run scored. After the game he signed autographsfor his personal fan zone.

Making Waves Ivengar ’91 isResident Doctor onDaytime TVSrinivas Iyengar ’91 is anInterventional Cardiologist inBradenton, FL and recently became

the first physician in the United States to place a brand new type ofvascular research stent for the treatment of peripheral vasculardisease. This is an international trial including centers such asColumbia University, University of Virginia, Ohio State University,as well as centers in Japan. He has also been chosen to become the’Resident Doctor’ for the nationally-syndicated “Daytime” TVshow which airs on Channel 8/NBC in Tampa.

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teacher’s assistant in theDepartment of Mathematicswhere he received the Derek BokCenter Certificate of Distinctionin Teaching. He also served as acommittee chairman of his houseand volunteered as a tutor for theCambridge Public Schools.Nathaniel lives in Cambridge,

Mass., and plans to attendmedical school.

Last May Navy senior MarkVan Orden was tabbed as thePatriot League Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year award winner foroutdoor men’s track and field.Already the first men’s trackathlete to receive the accolade onmultiple occasions, Mark became



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On The Shoresof Lake VincentBy Fr. Benet Caffrey, OSB, Archivist

Delbarton

Most entering St. Mary’sAbbey/Delbarton campusprobably don’t notice the larger

of two lakes that frame the East Gate road.Once upon a time, before the growth oftrees and foliage rendered it all but invisible,a body of water to the east of the same roadwas an integral part of life at the newlyacquired Delbarton estate for the firstgeneration of monks and, later, forstudents. The lake served as a swimmingpool and sports fishing resource. (A futurearticle may recount the record-setting troutpulled from its waters.) Judging bynumerous photos taken by early monks, thelake was considered a beautiful and idyllicaddition to the estate. Clearly visible fromthe house, now Old Main, and accessiblevía a cleared road, its spillway and southbank were adorned by statuary relocatedfrom other places on the Kountze estate.Still later, during the 1950s and early1960s, many a young boy in the early daysof Camp Delbarton was taught to swim inits not exactly crystal waters and took his

the first male student-athletefrom Navy and just the 11th inconference history to earn thetop academic honor for hisrespective sport three times.Mark was a five-time PatriotLeague individual champion andNavy’s team captain during theindoor season. He was alsonamed one of four Division Itrack athletes to earn an NCAAPostgraduate Scholarship.

■ 2 0 0 7John Collett and a BucknellLacrosse teammate earned the2010 Patriot LeagueSportsmanship Award for theirwork in supporting formercollege lacrosse players nowserving overseas in the armedforces. The players launched “ABison Never Forgets,” aninitiative designed to collectdonations to send supplies andsupport to lacrosse alumni nowin harm’s way in the military. Atable was set up at everyBucknell home game where fansmade cash donations to buysupplies for care packages withthe military’s commonly asked-for items. Contributors receivedbracelets printed with “A BisonNever Forgets.” Collett’sbrother, Mike ’04, is a 2009Naval Academy graduate wherehe was a member of the lacrosseteam. Bucknell’s annual PatriotLeague showdowns with Armyand Navy inspired Collett andteammate to help their formalmilitary rivals once they havemoved on from the lacrossefields. The Bison duo have alsosent letters encouraging othercollege lacrosse teams, and othersports teams at Bucknell, to helpout in a similar manner.

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Wanted: interesting Delbarton memorabilia from ’the early years’: the 40s, 50s and 60s. Our wish list includes a green Delbarton blazer…pennants…a Delbarton varsity jacket…photos and mementoes from the formativeyears of Delbarton School. Please send your treasures directly to Fr. Benet Caffrey, Archivist, at the school address.

first unaidedstrokes off thebeachconstructed onits west bank.When deemedsufficientlyproficient thecampercouldgraduate totheenclosed

“pool” on thebank by the spillway under the

supervision of Father Adrian McLaughlin.(Construction of an outdoor pool was onlyapproved by the Chapter of St. Mary’s Abbeyin February 1962.) Lake Vincent is now anall-but-abandoned corner of the campus,regarded as a liability if regarded at all. Onlyone statue remains on the spillway and theold concrete dock is almost totally swallowedby the waters, which no longer echo happyshouts of monks and boys.

The lake was the result of the vision andfinancial wizardry of Father Vincent Amberg,superior of Benedictine community atDelbarton and a monk got things done, oftenunder the nose of the Chapter. There is, infact, no record of money voted or permissiongranted to create such a major alteration ofthe Morristown estate. Perhaps it was a caseof “out of sight, out of mind.” The only

paper trail is an application by St. Mary’sMonastery to the State of New Jersey, datedOctober 20, 1933, to construct a dam on asmall tributary of the Whippany River tocreate a swimming pool. Permission wasgranted to proceed in November 1933 thussetting some kind of bureaucratic record.

The dam, consisting of a rubble core wallwith earth fill, was to be 530 feet long andthirteen feet high creating a four acre lakecontaining five million gallons of water. Thesite originally was traversed by a dirt road stillpartially visible in an aerial photo and, as thelowest spot on theestate, may have beenwetlands, although inthose days the termhad perhaps not yetbeen invented. Thereis no record in theAbbey Archives ofwho built the dam(probably AlphonseHelmer, the jack-of-all-trades, especiallymasonry, in those

days), how long it took to complete, to fill, ofwho took the first plunge or caught the firsttrout. For the next three decades LakeVincent was a recreational focal point formonks, students and campers. Τα Πáνταρει (ta panta rhei), “everything flows”

Lake Vincent in the

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