IONA PREP news

Fall 2008 • For alumni, parents, students & friends

Meet the New Board Members

Legacy–The Gallin Family

Historic Firsts for Gaels:Football, Soccer, Track

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Dear Members of the Iona Prep Community,

Thank you for making me and my family feel welcomed and feel a part of the Iona Prep family.

Since July I have met individually with all of the Brothers, the faculty, the administrative faculty, the staff, and most of the board of directors. During these meetings, I gained a better understanding of the history and

background of Iona Prep and learned its strengths and areas for improvement. These responses, in addition to the data and information which will be collected through our strategic planning process this year, will be the es-

sential components that shape the vision for Iona Prep as it approaches its 100th anniversary in 2016. A common theme that emerged as strengths unique to Iona Prep are the sense of community, the sense of family and teamwork that

encompass all facets of this wonderful school. Indeed, Iona Prep holds a dear and special place in the hearts of many, many individuals and their families.

I want to share with you one of my favorite books, Wooden, A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court. John Wooden is arguably the greatest basketball coach of all time. His beliefs, teachings, and wisdom go far beyond sports, and ultimately address how to bring out the best in yourself and others. Wooden, who was a high school English teacher in Indiana before becoming a legend as a college basketball coach, was inspired by two men in his life – his dad and his high school math teacher. When Wooden graduated from grade school, his dad gave him an old, crumpled two dollar bill and a card (which he still carries with him). On one side of the card, was the verse by Reverend Henry Van Dyke:

Four things a man must learn to doIf he would make his life more true:To think without confusion clearly,To love his fellow-man sincerely,To act from honest motives purely,To trust in God and Heaven securely.

On the other side of the card was his father’s creed of “Seven Things To Do”. #1. Be true to yourself. #2. Help others. #3. Make each day your master-piece. #4. Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible. #5. Make friendship an art. #6. Build a shelter against a rainy day. #7. Pray for guidance and count and give thanks for your blessings every day.

In high school, Wooden’s sophomore math teacher asked him to write a paper defining success. Imagine, even today, a math teacher asking students to write a paper that had nothing to do with math! Brilliant. That assignment led Wooden to reflect for decades about a definition of success – a defini-tion that had much to do with what his father taught him and was related to a verse that was dear to him

At God’s footstool to confessA poor soul knelt and bowed his head.“I failed,” he cried. The Master said.“Thou didst thy best, that is success.”

In 1934, Wooden’s years of reflection culminated in his definition of success and led to his writing the bestselling book entitled The Pyramid of Success. Wooden’s life is the embodiment of enduring Iona core values and his priorities are, and always have been, correct – family, faith, and friends.

In conjunction, I would like to share with you some thoughts from Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II. Their reflections, I hope will bring peace and comfort to you and your families as we share the joy of Christmas and the New Year.

The following statements were taken from the daily Decalogue of Pope John XXIII

• Onlyfortoday,IwillbehappyinthecertaintythatIwascreatedtobehappy,notonlyintheotherworldbutalsointhisone.• Onlyfortoday,Iwilldevote10minutesofmytimetosomegoodreading,rememberingthatjustasfoodisnecessarytothelifeofthebody, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul.• Onlyfortoday,Iwilldoonegooddeedandnottellanyoneaboutit.• Onlyfortoday,Iwillfirmlybelieve,despiteappearances,thatthegoodProvidenceofGodcaresformeasnooneelsewhoexistsinthisworld.

And, from Pope John II,

Dear brothers and sisters, continue to care for your spiritual formation and to have frequent recourse to the sacraments. In particular, ensure that the Eucharist is the heart of your family-houses and of all your other social and educational activities. Revive your contemplative fervor and love for thedivine Redeemer, who makes himself in the Eucharist our food for immortal life. Draw from him the spiritual energy to be tireless Gospel workers, witnessing to tenderness among all who live in situations of hardship and neglect.

May God’s love, faith and compassion live in your hearts.

James Irzyk President

from the president

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Fall 2008

Dear Friends of Iona Prep,

The school year is well underway and Iona Prep is firing on all cylinders. We welcomed 204 young men of the class of 2012 in September, and they are enjoying our continually improving facilities. Our

newestsciencelabisanexcellentworkspace,andthenewfloorsinourmainlobby,agiftfromtheFathers’ Club, make an already gleaming campus shine even brighter.

We approach 2009 striving to enhance the name and reputation of Iona Prep in our area, in our nation, and around the world. The office of mission integration is ironing out the details on student service trips to New Orleans

in February for “Operation Helping Hands,” and an immersion trip to work with the Christian Brothers in Peru in July. The second year of oursemester-longexchangewithLiceoMalpighiinBologna,Italyhasbeenanothergreatsuccess,andwearepreparingforashort-termexchangewithChristianBrothersSecondaryinWexford,IrelandthatwillbegininApril.Wehaveevenhadsomepreliminarytalkswithanad-ministratorfromSt.PiusXCollege,aChristianBrotherhighschoolinSydney,Australia,regardingourlongest-rangeexchangeplanstodate.Our students make us very proud in their many endeavors, and we will not hide that light under a bushel basket. Let everyone, everywhere know what we know here on campus: Iona Prep students are good ambassadors and true Men of Edmund.

Thisfallhasfeaturedexcellentworkonthepartofourstudentsandourstaff.Theirsuccessiswelldocumentedinthemediaandontheirre-port cards. Without your continued support none of this would be possible. Thank you for all you do for Iona Prep, and may the Lord, through the intercession of Blessed Edmund Rice, continue to bless all in our Prep family. Sincerely,

George F. Teasdale ‘86 PrincipalLive Jesus in our Hearts. Forever.

from the principal

Meet the New Board Members 4

Faculty/Staff Kudos 5

Iona Prep News 6-8

Extra Curricular 9

A Family Legacy 10-11

Sports 12-13

Alumni News 14-15

Class Notes 16-17

Current Events 18

Save the Date/ Info Update 19

Editors: Elizabeth DeMartino, Barbara Robertson, MaryLou Pagano, Elaine Tragni Photography: Br. Robert Harris CFC ‘62, Christopher M. Pope ‘78, Elaine TragniDesign & Printing: Rose Press Inc.

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Annemarie DiCola, Esq.Mrs. DiCola, Chief Executive Officer of TreppLLC, a leading technology company in the com-mercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) sector. Mrs. DiCola began her career in law after she earned her degree from New York Univer-sity Law School and worked at a private law firm. Mrs. DiCola has served as the first female president of the Commercial Mortgage Securi-ties Association. She and her husband Frank have two sons, Paul ’06 and Frank ’10.

James F. Egan ‘76Mr. Egan, Managing Director and Head of Fi-nancial Institutional Sales, The Americas, for the Royal Bank of Scotland. He will serve on the firm’sGlobalFixedIncomeManagementCom-mittee. Mr. Egan received an MBA from Har-vard Business School and a B.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia. He served on the Board of Directors of Iona Preparatory School for 13 years. In 2007, Mr. Egan was the recipi-ent of the Iona Prep alumni award presented at graduation. He and his wife Marianne have three children: James Jr. ’04, Dan ’06, and Rebecca.

William F. Gray, Jr., Esq. ‘73Mr. Gray is a partner at Torys LLP and a member ofthefirm’sexecutivecommittee.Hepracticesbankruptcy law and focuses on representing banks, venture capital funds, private equity firms and other financial institutions on bank-ruptcy mergers and acquisitions and restructur-ings. He received his law degree from New York University School of Law in 1980. Mr. Gray has been an active alumnus participating in Iona’s career night as well as hosting alumni gather-ings at his law firm. He and his wife, Monica, have three children, Billy, Ellen and Campbell.

William P. Harrington, Esq. ‘75Mr. Harrington, a member of the law firm of Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP. He is a member ofthefirm’sexecutivecommittee.Mr.HarringtonisanexperiencedlitigatorwhorepresentsFor-tune 500 companies and regional firms in com-mercial, environmental and land use litigation matters. As board member emeritus, Mr. Har-

rington continues to perform hundreds of hours of pro-bono work for the School advising the administration and board of directors on legal issues. He and his wife Carolyn have four chil-dren, Caitlyn, Meagan, Emily, and Will.

Fr. Daniel O’ReillyAs a seminarian Fr. O’Reilly he served sum-mers at Blessed Sacrament Parish in Staten Island. He taught religion at St. Joseph’s Par-ishinBronxville,workedontheseminaryretreatteam, visited patients at St. Agnes Hospital in White Plains and conducted lectures at Our Lady of Victory Parish in Manhattan. His lecture topics included the Catechism of the Catholic Church, prayer, and spirituality in Advent. Af-ter being ordained in 2003, Fr. O’Reilly was as-signed to serve as parochial vicar at Resurrec-tion Church (Rye). In 2007 he was appointed Director of the University Apostolate (campus ministry) for the Archdiocese, and in 2008 Fr. O’Reilly was named Spiritual Director for the St. John Neumann Seminary Residence. Currently, Fr. O’Reilly is a formation advisor at Neumann and Director of the University Apostolate for the Archdiocese of New York. He is a graduate of Regis High School and Princeton University. Since 2004 Fr. O’Reilly has been celebrating Mass, hearing confessions, and leading adora-tion/benediction at Iona Prep.

James P. Pellow, Ed.DDr. Pellow currently serves as Executive VicePresident and Chief Operating Officer of St. John’s University. Dr. Pellow joined St. John’s in 1991 after spending several years in public ac-counting with Coopers & Lybrand in Boston and as a municipal bond trader with Chapdelaine & Co. in New York City. At St. John’s, Dr. Pellow has served in a variety of capacities, including Chief Financial Officer, and has been instru-mentalinthedevelopmentandexecutionoftheUniversity’s plan to increase its presence on the national stage of higher education. Dr. Pellow earned an Ed.D. from the University of Penn-sylvania. He and his wife Karyn have three chil-dren, Robert ’09, Nicholas ’11 and Madison.

mEEt thE NEw BOARD MEMBERS

Board of Trustees

Br. Daniel J. Casey, CFC (Chairman)

Br. Anthony M. Murphy, CFC

Br. Raymond Vercruysse, CFC, Ed.D.

Board of Directors

Wallace A. Carter, Jr., M.D. ’73 (Chairman)

Annemarie DiCola, Esq.

Thomas P. Dobbins

James F. Egan ‘76

Br. James A. Finnegan, CFC (Ex Offico)

Myles D. Gillespie

William Gray, Jr., Esq. ‘73

William P. Harrington, Esq. ‘75

James Irzyk (Ex-Offico)

Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. ‘76

Francis X. Mara ‘78

Robert H. McCooey, Jr. ‘83

Paul McEvoy, Jr. ‘71

Michael McGrath, Ed.D.

Stephen A. Mortati

Fr. Daniel O’Reilly

James Pellow, Ed.D

Michael F. Rooney

James R. Sullivan, Jr. ‘77

George F. Teasdale ’86 (Ex-Offico)

Michael T. Tokarz

Terence G. Tracy ‘76

John A. Verni, Esq. ‘80

Directors Emeriti

William F. Harrington, Esq.

John P. Heffernan

Vito Verni

Iona Preparatory School2008-2009Annemarie DiCola, Esq. James F. Egan ‘76 William F. Gray Jr., Esq. ‘73, William P. Harrington, Esq. ‘75 Fr. Daniel O’Reilly James P. Pellow, Ed.D

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Happy 80th Birthday James Moore ‘47

Faculty member Jim Moore ’47 celebrated his 80th birthday on September 28th. A surprised Jim was greeted at lunch by faculty, staff and students who serenaded him with the happy birthday song. Jim begins his forty-fourth year as a faculty member at Iona Prep. Jim taught Latin, drivers education, typing and physical science. He has coached the freshman foot-ball team and had held the position of athletic director for twenty years. As a student of the Prep, Jim was captain of the varsity football team and competed in baseball, track and ten-nis. In 2007 Jim was inducted into the CHSAA Hall of Fame.

Meet the Faculty

Maria De Caro Italian/SpanishMrs. De Caro earned her master’s in Italian

education at Iona College. She is certified in Italian and working towards a certification in Spanish. In joining the Prep, the newly wed Mrs. De Caro anticipates “a wonderful year.”

Mary Rose Religion

Mrs. Rose received her bachelor’s degree from Holy Cross, her

master’s in management

from Purdue University and

is completing her master’s program in Reli-gious studies from St. Joseph’s Institute at Dunwoodie. Prior to coming to the Prep, for twenty years, Mrs. Rose was with IBM marketing. She volunteered teaching religion at Our Lady of Sorrows in White Plains.

Jeanna Toneatto EnglishMs. Toneatto graduated from Iona College in 2008 with a bach-elor’s degree in edu-cation and is currently working on her master’s degree in English. Ms. Toneatto student taught here at Iona Prep and was quoted as saying “I could not wait to join the Prep family.”

Marcos Monteagudo SpanishMr. Monteagudo taught Spanish at Salesian

High School prior to coming to the Prep. After receiving his bachelor’s

degree at Iona College he taught English in Spain for a year. He is currently pursuing his master’s degree in adoles-cent Spanish education. Mr. Monteagudo is also Iona Prep’s varsity soccer coach and the Spanish Club

moderator.

FACULTy/STAFF KUDOS

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SixSeniorsEarnNationalMerit Commendations

Seniors Jerald P. Cherian, Christopher G. Dolan, Robert H. Yankou and Gregory S. Yellen have been named Commended Students in the 2009 National Merit Program, scoring in the top 50,000 out of 1.5 million taking the PSAT in Oc-tober2007.MichaelM.CoxwasnamedaNa-tional Achievement Scholar indicating that he scored in the top 4% of the Black American stu-dents. Khristian Erich Bauer-Rowe was named Hispanic Scholar in the same PSAT competition. Their prospective colleges will be apprised of their distinctive performances.

Projects by Kyle G. Douglas ’09 & Matthew S. Lyde-Cajuste ’09

Kyle Douglas ’09 and Matthew Lyde-Cajuste ’09 with an interest in engineering and architec-ture applied to be a part of ACE-Architecture, Engineering and Construction a career mentor-ing program. ACE is a national program with a mission to increase career interest of high school students in these industries. Through mentoring and scholarship, the program concentrates on students with abilities in design and construction. Kyle and Matthew attended monthly sessions at

Manhattan College, with industry pro-fessionals for an entire year. Both stu-dents were mentored by Malcolm Pir-nie, an engineering firm. Each student was placed on a team in Westchester responsible for designing a portion of a new (fictitious) school being built in Harbor Point. Kyle and Matt designed thesportscomplex.Withtheskillstheyacquired, they finished their project and passed inspection. Presentations were held at Citigroup in Manhattan, one of the funders of the program. Their men-tors said of the boys, “Both of these young men are highly regarded in this program and we would like to invite them back to participate this year.”

ItalianExchangeStudents

This semester, Iona Prep has once againparticipatedintheIona-Malpighiexchangeprogram. Simone Massari and Gianmarco Impe-riali students from Malpighi Catholic High School were selected among twenty-five applicants. Simone is in his fourth year, has two brothers andenjoysboxing.Healsowasamemberofthevarsity Gaels soccer team. Gianmarco, an only child is also in his fourth year and has joined the varsity Gaels swimming team. He enjoys tennis and squash. Gianmarco had this to say, “I would like to thank the Beckett family; they have made Simone and me part of their family. Mr. Teasdale and all the Iona people have been friendly, ready to help and we thank them for their availability.” The Prep wishes to thank Michael Beckett ’09 and his family for opening their hearts and home to these two young men.

Kyle G. Douglas ’09 and Matthew S. Lyde-Cajuste ’09

Gianmarco Imperiali and Simone Massari

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William F. Reilly ‘55Remembered

Members of the Iona Preparatory com-munity mourn the passing of alumnus William F. Reilly ‘55 on October 17, 2008.

After graduating from the Prep, Mr. Reilly attended the University of Notre Dame and earned an M.B.A. from Har-vard Business School. He served in the Army from 1959-1961. In 1980 he was named the president of Macmillan Publishing. He remained at the helm of Macmillan for nearly a decade until he became the chief executive and chair-man of Primedia. Mr. Reilly founded two additional media companies, Au-relian Communications and Summit Business Media. Through the years, Mr. Reilly has been a generous and ex-traordinary contributor to the Prep; he will always be remembered as a true Ionian. He was often quoted as saying “I attribute many of my successes to the education and care that I received from the Christian Brothers, while a student at Iona Prep.” Our thoughts and prayers are with his children Jane Reilly Mount, Anthony Reilly, and his four grandchildren.

2008 College Board Honorees

Forty-two students have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recog-nition of their exceptional achievement on theAdvancePlacementProgramExams.

AP Scholar with DistinctionMatthew Ciampi ’08, Henry Clark ’08, Michael Cunningham ’08, Douglas Drummond ’08, Nicholas Galanin ’08, Cody King ’08, Cyrus Kornfeld ’08, Adam Merritt ‘08

AP Scholar with Honor AwardKhristian Bauer-Rowe ’09, Anthony Berni ’08, Gregory Bruno ’09, Keven Cabrera ’08, John Carney ’08, Ranjith Gunashekar ’08,Charles Joyce ’08, Avinash Mangar ‘08

AP Scholar AwardDale Andrew Batoon ’09, Brian Baum ’09, An-drew Billings ’08, Benjamin Brink ’08, Zachary Cottrell ’08, Michael Cox ’09, Marco Damiano ’09, Ricardo Diaz ’08, Christopher Dolan ’09, Kevin Farrell ’08, Bryan Healy ’09, Thomas Jar-dine ’09, Giovanni Kelly ’09, Mark Lugay ’09, Ryan Marrano ’08, Madison Mintz ’08, Theo-dore Mottola ’09, Kevin Piro ’09, Ryan Pope ’08, Frank Rizzaro ’09, Anthony Ruggeri ’08, Joshua Samuels ’08, Ciaran Slattery ’09, Mitch Turner ’08, Chris Vittoria ’09, Gregory Yellen ‘09

Excellencein Italian

On October 6, 2008, Spencer Pelak ’11 and Sam Garito ’12 received an award forexcellenceinItalian from County ExecutiveAndrewJ.Spano and Westchester District Attorney Janet Di Fiore. The ceremony was held at the Antonio Meucci Lodge Order Sons of Italy in America. Congratulations to Spencer and Sam.

National Youth Leadership Forum

This past summer, seven Iona Prep students were nomi-nated and attended the National Youth Leadership Forum. The Forum sets the strictest standards for nomination and enroll-ment, as only the nation’s highest-achieving students qualify for selection. Sopho-mores John Tobarda, Anthony Omaly, Jack Gillespie, Richard Korzelius and Spencer Pelak attended the leadership council in Washington, D.C. They learned

new leadership skills as well as enhancing their existingabilities.SophomoresColbyTragniandJohn Rodriguez attended the forum on medicine at Villanova University, PA. They participated in medical sessions on topics such as bioeth-ics and clinical decisions on global epidemics and cures for life-threatening diseases as they received first hand accounts of what life is like as a medical resident.

Iona Prep Service Program

In a new initiative to involve all members of Iona Prep in Christian Service, each administrator, teacher and staff member is mentoring small groups of sopho-mores and juniors through the year. The first of four meetings this year took place on Wednesday, Oc-

tober 22nd. The topics of discussion were service op-

portunities and getting involved. The sophomores are required to

complete ten hours of service independent of the school

and the juniors are required to

complete fifteen. Freshmen go in small groups for a day of service in the local community. Se-niors continue to be required to do fifty hours of service before graduation.

History Class

Mr. Vitacco’s military history class conducted a tactical experiment in ancient Romanwarfare.During class, the students formed into a Testudo (turtle) formation, protected by their homemade shields, and advanced uphill towards “simu-lated Barbarians.” Under the command of their war chief, Br. Pellegrino, CFC, the battle began.

Mr. Vitacco’s history class

Letters of IntentFour seniors signed college national letters of intent. Stephen Roche and Tyler Donovan , members of the Gaels baseball team signed to attend High Point and Winthrop University re-spectively. Michael O’Hagan and Nicholas Trizano, members of the Gaels lacrosse team signed lettersofintenttoattendMaristCollegeandDrexelUniversityrespectively.

Nicholas Trizano ’09, Michael O’Hagan ‘09, Stephen Roche ‘09, Tyler Donovan ‘09

Welcome Class of 2012

On September 12, 2008, the Class of 2012 ar-rived at Iona Prep met by President James Irzyk, Principal George Teasdale ‘86, Dean of Fresh-man Brian Donofree, Dean of Students Kieran Daly and Director of Admissions Ann Slocum. A matriculation ceremony was held at the Heffer-nan Gymnasium, followed by a day of fun with activities such as track, flag football, basketball and softball.

Fall Sports Banquet

On November 25th, over three hundred forty coaches, staff, parents and athletes attended the fall sports banquet which was held at the Westchester Country Club. Awards honoring our student athletes were distributed by head football coach Vic Quirolo, head cross coun-try coach Jan Mitchell and head soccer coach Marcos Monteagudo. All three fall sports had an incredible year in succeeding historic wins.

Varsity soccer crowned Archdiocese champions also won the regular season division title. Cross country won individual accomplishments for the first time in school history. The Br. Gerard Gaff-ney Award was presented to the cross country team. The varsity football team’s undefeated season won to the CHSFL AAA Championship.

Golf Outing 2008

On September 23rd, Iona Prep held its an-nual golf outing at Wykagyl Country Club in New Rochelle. Over one hundred golfers en-joyed the beautiful weather and perfect condi-tions on the course. The spectacular day on the links was followed by cocktails, dinner, a wine raffle and an incredible auction. Auction prizes included: tickets to sporting events, rounds of golf at various courses, dinner at the Tap House, signed NY Giants footballs and a helmet.ThePrepwouldliketoextendspecialthanks to co-chairs Jim Sullivan ’77 and Frank Mara ’78 for making this event one of our most successful ever!

Below: Frank Mara ‘78, Mike Ward ‘78,

Kevin Ryan ‘78 and Collin McClean

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The Class of 2012

The Fall Sports Banquet

Lourdes, France

On August 8, 2008 Myles Gillespie ’09, Stephen Zach-ensky ’09 and Robert Pellow ’09, members of the Order of Malta Youth, attended their second pil-grimage to Lourdes, France. This year was the 150th Jubilee of the Apparitions to St. Bernadette. Over five million pilgrims will visit this small village, many of whom are handicapped. The Order of Malta Youth started fifteen years ago when young students devoted ten days of their summer to help the pilgrims. Iona Prep’s three young men partici-pated in two Masses at the Basilica of St. Pius X and helped the sick to bathe in the water of Lourdes. They assisted in the unloading of malades (sick) off the trains; on some days they averaged an eighteen hour day, rising as early as 4:30 am to meet the trains and ended the day helping with the pro-cession.Theboyshadtheopportunitytoexplorethe footsteps of Bernadette, attend Mass daily, enjoyed opportunities for retreat activities includ-ing walking and praying the Stations of the Cross. Fourteen adults including Kimberly Gillespie P’09 chaperoned the twenty-three students from the Westchester/Connecticut area. Mrs. Gillespie

was quoted as saying “It was a blessing for me to witness the Holy Spirit working through these three extraordinaryyoung men; they did the work of Christ with their own hands and gave freely of their talents with a sense of humor.”

Mom Prom

The seniors escorted their mothers to the annual Iona Prep “Mom Prom” on Thursday, November 6th. Sponsoredby theMothers’Auxiliary, theevent took place at the Fountainhead in New Rochelle. The evening began with portraits taken by Br. Robert Harris, CFC ‘62 of each senior with their mom. Br. Gerard Gaff-ney, CFC gave the opening prayer with

the traditional “Mothers’ Prayer” read by Bianca Mottola, chairperson. The seniors presented their mothers with an engraved heart bracelet as a memento of this special event. The eve-ning was shared by Principal George Teasdale ’86 who escorted his mom Carol and President James Irzyk with wife Jody. Special thanks to co-chairs Karen Tiedeman and Chris Trizano.

Prep Players

The original 1962 Broadway produc-tion of “Little Me” was recreated by the very talented Prep Players and actors from the Ursuline school. The story of Belle, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, meets aristocrat Noble Eggleston. Her desire to be with her true love leads her to find fame, fortune and social position. Directed by Jason Summers ’98, the musical-comedy entertained sold-out performances. The production was featured in the Journal News as the first high-school musical for 2008-09. The Prep Players extendtheir gratitude to Mr. Jason Summers

’98, director, Ms. Lizabeth Cooke, moderator, Br. Anthony Reynolds, CFC, scenic designer, and Mr. John Raimondo, music teacher.

Robert Pellow ’09, Myles Gillespie ’09 and Stephen Zachensky ’09

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EXTRA CURRICULAR

The 2008 Mom Prom

Halloween at Iona Prep October 2008 Iona Prep seniors dressed

to scare as this tradition was done in style with goblins and monsters, not to worry

the ghost busters were here as well.

The Prep Players

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THE GALLIN FAMILy & IONA PREPJohn C. Gallin ‘59 Timothy G. Gallin ‘74William H. Gallin ‘33 Thomas Gallin ‘47

Robert Gallin ‘87Joseph W. Gallin ‘81 Thomas P. Gallin Jr. ‘85Christopher H. Gallin ‘79

Partnership & Legacy

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On the shelves of the bookcases in the Alumni Office sit years of history…yearbooks from as far back as 1929. Among those books sits a journal from 1928, commemorating the ‘spring entertainment and reception’ for Iona Prep. The performance was a production of “Three Wise Men”. Among the ads, one taken by John Gallin and Son. Eighty years later, another journal is produced. This time for the annual Mothers’ Auxiliary Emerald Isle Dinner; the back page was taken by John Gallin and Son. The only dif-ference in the ad: a listing of all the Gallin men who are also Iona Prep men and the line: Partners for Generations.

Two brothers, William ‘33 and Thomas ‘47 began the Iona/Gallin legacy. Each of them sent their sons to the Prep. Chris Gallin ‘79, Thomas’ son kept the legacy going, his three sons are all Iona men (two presently). Chris loves to talk about his family’s legacy with Iona. “I didn’t know about the 1928 ad but it doesn’t surprise me. We figured out that between 1955 and 1987, there was always a Gallin at the Prep, including my Aunt Betty Gallin who was the school nurse in the ‘70’s and my cousin Jim who attended the Prep for two years in the early 60’s. The best part about it is we know there are other families like ours, although maybe not any who can boast of supporting Iona for eighty years or having a family member in the building for 32 years! We have other great connections. Bob Sexton ‘47 was my dad’s brother-in-law and Jim Moore ‘47 was the best man at my parents wedding. I’d like to think that’s what makes Iona so special; you make life long friends and you’re part of a rich history and tradition.”

THANK yOUWe are grateful to the count-less families who believe in the Iona Prep Legacy and who have partnered with us to make the Iona Family part of their family. It is our hope to include other legacy fami-l ies in future Iona Prep newsmagazines. If you would like to share your story, please contact MaryLou Pagano in the Alumni Office.

BUILDING CONTRACTORSSINCE 1886N.Y.C.

Mary E. Gallin, School Nurse ‘70-’75

Michael Gallin ‘75

Kevin Gallin ‘06 Patrick Gallin ‘09

Partnership & Legacy

Connor Gallin ’12

Varsity Football

Congratulations to the varsity football team for their undefeated season and winning the CHSFL AAA Championship first time in school history! After an undefeated regular season, the Gaels defeated Mount St. Michael and Xaverian High School in the quarterfinal and semifinal match-ups. On Saturday, November 22nd the varsity football Gaels were matched up with seven time defending champions Saint Anthony’s of Long Island. A tremendous crowd of Iona Prep stu-dents, parents, alums and friends were treated to 48 – 35 Iona Prep victory. Offensive line Jef-frey Mack ‘10 put together one of the best per-formances in league championship game his-tory: twenty-four rushing attempts for 493 yards and seven touchdowns. Iona Prep is one of the founding teams in the CHSFL and has been competing in the league since 1926. The 2008 varsity football team joins the 1954 and 1967 teams as the only undefeated varsity football teams in Iona Prep history.

Junior Varsity Football

With team captains Anthony Leo ’11 and Mike Alfano ’11 along with the quarterback by com-mittee, Jack Stillwagon ’11, Jermaine Garrant ’12, Ryan Ferguson ’11, Tim Perly ’11 and Shane Malloy ’11, the juniorvarsitywasanexplosivesquad. The team also had freshman standouts such as Dan Fisher ’12 and Cesar Ceja ’12 with a record setting forty-seven yards field goal and extrapoints23-27.Justlookingattheirfootballrecord, 4 - 4 in the CHSFL AAA division wouldn’t characterize their abilities to achieve at a higher level; with only thirty players on the team they playedwiththeheartandattitudeofsixtyplay-ers. According to Patrick McMenemon ’11 and Colby Tragni ‘11. “This season was character building; we created strong bonds and truly a great season.” Although their ultimate goal was to win the championship, their dedication and perseverance prepared them for competition on the varsity level. Head coach Darin Gillenwater

‘86 proudly confirms that the junior var-sity players are ready to be the varsity Gaels.

Freshman Football

Sixtyfreshman,arecord,cameoutfortheteamthis year and joined together to form one of the strongest teams in the league. The season started out with a rousing 21 to 14 victory over Fordham Prep. The team developed strong work ethics and a commitment to balance academ-ics and athletics. A testament to the twenty-nine players receiving honors in the first quarter of the academic year. In the final game of the season Iona was victorious 28 to 17 over Stepinac. The teamwork was on display with a long touchdown pass from Justin DeMasi to Nick Lawyer and the emergence of Rich Crews and Kevin Conroy as team leaders. Coach Phil Treglia ’94 and assis-tant coaches Mike Raimondi ‘05, Dennis Robert-son ‘03, and Jack Mara ’09 would like to thank all the team members for a memorable season.

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Senior Varsity Players RecognizedOn Sunday, November 2nd sixteen varsity footballplayers were recognized. The seniors presented their mothers or grandmother with a corsage on their last regular season home game.

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Varsity Soccer

The 2008 varsity soccer had a great year under the leadership of new head coach Marcos Mon-teagudo. This year proved to be a breaking “first time in history” for the Gaels. Winning the regu-lar season division title, crowned Archdiocese champions and the first in school history that an Iona Prep team went to the State tournament. It hasalsobeensixyearssinceIonaPrepdefeat-ed rival Fordham Prep. The team finished with a winning record 9 of 11 as coach Monteagudo looksforwardtonextseasonwithmanyreturn-ing underclassmen.

Junior Varsity Soccer

It was a great year for the JV soccer team at Iona Prep. A 4-1 win against Xaverian illustrated their abilities, with a hat trick goal by Mark Tellez ’12 and another goal by Jack Welsh ’12 showed what this team was capable of accomplishing. Winning their final game against Stepinac would have en-tered the team into the playoffs; the final game ended in a tied score of 1-1. According to head coach Diego Monteagudo, “Although we fell a fraction short of our goal, this team has set the bar for the JV teams of the future.” The JV soccer looks forward to another challenging year in ’09.

Cross Country

Th is f a l l ’s c ross country season saw many incred ib le team and individual accompl ishments some of them for the first time in Iona Prep history. The Team once again traveled to Florida to compete in the 13th an-nual Disney Cross Country Classic. The varsity won the team championship defeat-ing fifty other schools from across the nation. Sean Halpin’09 won the individual champion-ship and was followed by strong finishers from Kyle Shepard ‘09 [6th], Vince Fellegara ‘10, Nick Athanasidy ‘10, Sterling Hardaway ‘10, Ayo Ba-julaiye ‘10 and Sean Fuster ‘10. Over three hun-dred fifty athletes competed in this champion-ship race. Not to be out done the JV team placed third in their race and also brought home one of the coveted “Mickey” trophies. Upon their return the team competed in the Westchester County Championships. With some great performances, the varsity finished second out of forty schools. Iona Prep had the overall best team performance

in Westchester in the three races. Sean Halpin ’09 won the individual title with a time of 12:53. Sean became the first Iona Prep athlete to win the Westchester County Cross County champi-onship in the fifty-nine years of the meet. Mr. Mitchell, the cross-country team coach had this to say “The team definitely put in lots of training hours since the summer, and it certainly paid off. Every week, the varsity team practices for 90 minutes on Sunday at Rockefeller State Park.”

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Alumni Reunions & Family DayOn Saturday, October 4th, over one hundred alum from the Classes of ’63,’68,’73,’78,’83,’88,’93,’98,’03 and their guests celebrated their reunions with cocktails and dinner on the Iona Prep campus. The Class of ’83 celebrated their twenty-fifth anniversary and the follow-ing day, the twelfth annual alumni family day was enjoyed by the alumni and their families at the Paul Verni Fine Arts Center. They cheered the varsity Gaels to a 35-21 win over Xaverian. Chil-dren of our alums enjoyed face painting, arcade games and what turned out to be a warm ice cone day.

Golden Gaels BrunchOn Sunday October 26th, the Prep hosted its annual Golden Gaels Reunion. This annual event honors alumni who graduated fifty plus years from the Prep. Mass took place at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chapel and was celebrated by alumnus Rev. Msgr. Howard William Calkins ‘58. After Mass, a brunch was served in the school cafeteria.

William G. Draddy ’56 and Lewis J. Leone ’56

William G. Draddy ’56 and Lewis J. Leone ’56 have been inducted into the New Rochelle Sports Hall of Fame. The annual induction dinner was held on October 30th at The Davenport Club in New Rochelle. Bill was a member of the Iona Prep var-sity football, baseball and basketball team. In 1953, he was chosen to the third team All County and All Met. In addition Bill was selected to play on the NY Post All CHSAA and the NY Journal American All Scholastic 1st

team. He was given the New World All-Star Foot-ball Award and received the Con Edison Award twice as CHSFL defensive player. Lew Leone ’56 played Iona Prep varsity football won the CHSFL scoring title and was named All League’s first team. Lew also received the Con Edison Award and was selected to the Westchester County second team. Congratulations Bill and Lew.

Members of the Class of 1983.

Thomas McEvoy ‘41 and wife Susie

On October 25th, a group of alums gather as they watch the undefeated varsity Gaels win 41-21 over St. Anthony Friars (picture of Kenny Nixon ’81, John Verni ’80, Bill Peloso ’81, John Regan ’81, Steve Jeraci ’81 and Tom Taylor ’79)

Jeff Danile ‘92 and wife Debra, Emma and Luke at Family Day

William G. Draddy ‘56 and Lewis J. Leone ‘56

ALUMNI NEWS

John McCarthy ‘79John McCarthy ’79 was honored Man of the Year by the Boys and Girls Club of New Ro-chelle during their golf outing and dinner on October 14th. John is an active supporter of the Boys & Girls Club in New Rochelle where he serves on the executive committee of theClub. He has volunteered his time and talents to many youth organizations. John is an active board member of the Iona Prep Alumni Asso-ciation and has also served as Iona Prep’s JV basketball and varsity coach.

Class of 1958 Celebrates 50 YearsA weekend of celebration was held for the Class of 1958 on their 50th re-union. The celebration began on Friday evening October 24th with cocktails at the Verni Fine Arts Center. On Saturday, Oc-tober 25th several members of the Class of 1958 returned to cheer on the varsity Gaels in an excitingwinoverSt.Anthony.Thateveningouralum and their guests enjoyed cocktails, dinner and were awarded Golden Gaels diplomas by President James Irzyk. James Boyle ’58 had this to say “What awonderful experience this 50threunion, thank you.”

Special Alumni Veterans DayIn honor of Veterans Day, three veteran alums came home to the Prep. On November 4th, Frank Conroy ‘75, social studies chair, invited Lt. Col. Walter Powers ’85, Sgt. James Mai-sano ’81 and Lt. Col. Glenn Sadowski ’85 to speak to the Class of 2009. They each shared their military experiences and an-swered questions from the students. Our thanks to our special alumns.

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Jack Vier ’37 Remembered

Three time Purple Heart hero Jack Vier ’37 passed away at age 91. Last spring, Jack visited the Prep to share with humor and pride his World War II experiences with Frank Conroy’75 junior history class.

Members of the Class of 1958.

George F. Teasdale ‘86, Lt. Col. Walter Powers ’85, Sgt. James Maisano ’81, Frank Conroy ‘75 and Lt. Col. Glenn Sadowski ’85

John McCarthy ‘79 and wife Loren

Tom Vinton ‘58, Hank Kiernan ‘58 and Dick Dolce ‘58

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ALUMNI BUZZ1940sCarmine G. Scimia ’43, photo of Carmine was used for the “War Bond Poster” in 1945.

1950sThomas C. O’Brien ’55 is co-author of an ar-ticle published by the Montana Mathematics Enthusiast “Three Strikes”. Tom is a professor emeritus in mathematics education at Southern Illinois University. He has published and deliv-ered over 450 papers on children’s thinking, mathematics education, intellectual develop-ment and educational change.

SPECIAL NOTES FROM THE CLASS OF ’58 Joseph A. Arena, M.D. still a practicing der-matologist. His son is a chef at Hard Rock Ho-tel in Orlando and daughter is a student at an alternative medical school and his wife, Cheryl is a nurse.

Robert B Camillone is still in residential and commercialrealestatehasfourchildrenandsixgrandchildren. Robert enjoys good food.

Christopher A. Corsano soon to be a great-grandfather, Chris enjoys striped-bass fishing.

Peter J. Dempsey, M.D. currently involved in breast cancer work at Anderson Cancer Center.

John J. Heaton says golf has been his favorite pastime.Heisfathertosixchildrenandthirteengrandchildren.

Richard A. Hodder, M.D. retired from the army, is currently the medical director at a nursing home. Richard did say of the 50th reunion, “Great reunion. If anyone wants a worn-out doctor please contact me.”

Anthony J. Losito retired Coca-Cola dis-tributor has four sons and one daughter, ten grand children and two great grandchil-dren. His eldest son is the chief of po-lice at Bouldor Dam, Colorado and his

fourth son is a federal agent.

David W. Tobin enjoying retirement, has seven children and five grand-children. David, who flew in from Or-egon for his 50th reunion, had this to say “I never met finer teaching than Iona Prep, and I am happy to see it so vibrant.”

Edward F. Waterman is retired and trying to see the world.

1970sDomenic J. Valentine ’77 recently was named partner in the law firm of Lusk, Drasites, Tolisa-no and Smith in Cape Coral, Florida.

1980sMajor Michael G. Corry ’82 writes to thank his friend of over thirty years, Rick Trizano and the Iona lacrosse team for the twenty-five care pack-ages sent to his Marine troops in Fallujah, Iraq. Maj. Corry writes “I would like to take this oppor-tunity to thank Rick and the entire Iona lacrosse team for their efforts and support. I flew a flag over the1stMarineExpeditionaryForceHeadquartersbuilding in honor of the support and love shown by Rick, the team and the Iona family.”

Edward W. Lenard, M.D. ’82 was selected as one of Connecticut’s “Top Docs” in pediatrics in the April issue of 2008 Connecticut Magazine. Edward will be joining a new practice in New-port Rhode Island in 2009.

Lawrence A. Moccia ’88 and wife Tara have three children, Mackenzie, Emily and Lawrence. Lawrence is currently teaching in the Yonkers Public school system.

Pedro J. Del Pino ’89 is currently a cardiotho-racic surgeon in the Syracuse area.

1990sMark G. Baaden ’90 a US Army Major is on his second tour of duty in command of C/432nd Civil Affair Battalion. Mark’s unit has been identified by the Multi-National Di-vision as making historic progress in com-bating insurgents and transitioning gover-nance to Iraqi authority.

Arthur M. Castiglia, Jr. ’90 a US Navy Seal Lt. Commander was awarded the “Navy & Marine Corps” Combat Medal in Iraq. He re-turned home safely and resides in Chulavis-ta, CA. He is a member of the Orange County California sheriff’s office swat team.

Anthony P. Murphy ’93 and wife Karla have two children Brooke and Sean. Anthony re-ceived his culinary degree from Johnson and Wales in Providence, R.I. He owns the SilverBeachDeliintheBronx.

Dominic A. Reina ’98 joined the Informa-tion Services Team at Albany Medical Cen-ter as a senior network systems engineer. He recently purchased his first home in Wa-tervliet, NY.

2000sScott J. Roff ’01 a USMC Corporal is sta-tioned at Cherry Point, NC. His family, wife Jenny and their baby daughter, Saddie Ma-rie, all reside in North Carolina.

Mark G. Baaden ’90

CLASS NOTES

Carmine G. Scimia ’43

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AlumniGerard R. Boll, MD‘55Richard J. Costabile ‘70John P. Donohue, MD ‘49Richard T. Unsworth ‘47Frank J. Ryan ‘40William F. Reilly ‘55Thomas J. Scully ‘50Edward R. Trapasso ‘03John H. Vier’ 37

Iona Prep FamilyMark A. Angioli–Father of Mark D.’86Frank DeCeasar–Great-grandfather of Michael A.’05 and Nicholas A. Raimondi ‘11Marie Doty–Mother of William W ‘80Louis M. Fazio–Father of faculty member Maryellen FealyJoan Gazzola–Mother of Jack ’72, Grandmother of John B. ’99, Michael P. ’05 and Christopher M.’03 Steven Kelly–Uncle of Vincent Chirico ‘08 and Anthony Fico ‘09James Henry–Father of faculty member Jim HenryLoretta Maisano–Mother of James ’81 and Anthony K. ‘83John McMahon–Father of John P. ‘82Jonathan Pawell–Brother of Michael D. ‘10Steven Powers–Son of the late Frederic B. Powers ’51, brother of Christopher W. ‘75 and Jeffrey R. ‘77Philip Rehders–Son of Kenneth J. Rehders ‘73Barbara Santorsola–Mother of Matthew R.’93 and Gregory T. ‘99James Summers–Father of Jason M.‘98

In MemoriamPlease keep in your thoughts and prayers the families and friends of the deceased members of the Iona Preparatory School family.

AboveMichael J. McCarthy ’89 and wife Sandy are proud to an-nounce the birth of their daughter Madison Rose.

RightEdward P. Keating ’97 and wife Sarah are proud to announce the birth of their son, Aidan Michael on July 20th. Aidan weighed in at 8lbs 1oz.

WEDDING BELLSThomas G. Marinos ’92marriedKateKaiserofBronxville,NYon September 6, 2008 in Arlington, VT.

Ronald D. DiVestea ’93 married Arlene DiPietro on October 18, 2008. (pictured)

BIRTHSPedro J. Del Pino ’89 and wife Emilia

welcomed a son, Peter Del Pino.

Joseph J. Portofino ’95 and wife Jennifer welcomed their second son on July 9. Mat-thew Glenn weighed in at 10 lbs!

Stephen M. Patti ’90 and wife Boglarka are happy to

announce the birth of their baby daughter, Nora Ann, on

September 25th.

Howard K. Burke ’95 and wife Chrissy had their first child, Kaitlyn Marie

Burke, on July 22.

John P. Imbrogno ’97 and wife Maria are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Nicholas Julien, on August 6. Nicholas weighed in at 7lbs 5 oz.

Joe Blaney ‘83 and Jay O’Meara ’82 have launched a national amateur sports website. The site is for the viewing of all amateur sports. Joe and Jay chose Iona Prep to be part of the pilot program for the site. You can visit the site and watch of Iona’s games and matches. The Iona Prep Film Club records and edits the games and they can be seen on www.globalsports.net. The site also includes an archive section with several years of past Turkey Bowls.

LeftMark Hogan ’91 and wife Julie welcome their second child Ryan Patrick on November 12th. Big sister Audrey is 4.

The Iona Prep Film Club

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CURRENT EVENTS

Italian Club coordinator John Pettinella and members of the Italian Club marched in the Eastchester Columbus Day Parade.

Iona Prep’s JV football players with Edward Cardinal Egan and Br. Gerard Gaffney, CFC at the Ny Giants Kick-off luncheon in support of the John V. Mara research fund for St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Centers.

The Student Faculty Council (SFC) was at hand in supervising the frosh/sophomore dance.

The Football BBQ

Class of 2012 BBQ

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INFORMATION UPDATE

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ANNUAL FUND

Gift Levels

Iona Prep welcomes and appreciates gifts at

every level. We recognize donors as follows

Patrons $25,000

Edmundian Associates $10,000

Ionian Associates $5,000

Regents Associates $2,500

Maroon & Gold Club $1,500

1916 Club $1,000

Gaels Group $500 -$999

Waterford Society $250-$499

Century Club $100-$249

Loyalty Club $1-$99

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Many companies will match donations dollar

for dollar, and some will match 2:1 or 3:1. The

Prep will count your company’s matching gift

toward your membership in our giving levels.

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The Iona Prep Annual Fund is the Prep’s primary yearly fundraiser. Please consider “bridging the gap” between tuition and the actual cost of educating our students by making your contribution today www.ionaprep.org.

February 7

Accepted Sons of Alumni Reception &

Father’s Council Valentine’s Dance

February 25-28

Annual Phonathon

March (TBA)

Career Night

March 17

St. Patrick’s Day Parade

March 19

Emerald Isle Dinner

April 6

Final Four

May (TBA)

Presidents Dinner

May 19

Baccalaureate Mass

May 21

90th Commencement Class of 2009

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