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ON THE COVERIn this issue of The ScrantonJournal we profile some of themany University graduateswho have played pivotal rolesin shaping local, regional andnational news.

SPRING 2002 • VO LUME 22, NUMBER 3

ED I TO R

Valarie J. Clark Wolff

DE S I G N E R

Francene Pisano Liples

CO N T R I BU T I N G ED I TO R S

Kevin SouthardRobert P. Zelno ’66, G’77

Stan M. Zygmunt, ’84, G’95

CLA S S NOT E S ED I TO R

Neil P. McLaughlin, S.J.

PH OTO G R A PH Y

Terry ConnorsPaulaLynn Connors-Fauls ’88

Bill JohnsonMichael Touey

Terry WildRobert P. Zelno ’66, G’77

SPE C I A L TH A N K S TO

Ro s e m a ry K. Lavelle ’98

ALU M N I RE LAT I O N S VO LU N T E E R

Sidney Lebowitz

PR E S I D E N T

Joseph M. McShane, S.J.

VI C E PR E S I D E N T F O R

IN S T I T U T I O N A L ADVA N C E M E N T

Paul J. Strunk

DI R E C TO R O F

PU B L I C RE LAT I O N S A N D PU B L I C AT I O N S

Gerald C. Zaboski ’87, G’95

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INSIDE4On The Commons

Scranton students receive prestigious fellowships.(See story on pg. 5)

10Athletics

The Un i versity inducts new members to the Wall of Fa m e .

12Making Headlines in the Media

When it comes to making news, Scranton alumni have a story with telling.

20 The AlumniClass Notes, Births, Marriages and Death Notices

Stephanie L. Te s s i n gTruman Scholar

Ryan SuraceState Farm

F e l l o w

H u b e rt Bird, DMA, leadsThe University of ScrantonC o n c e rt Band and ConcertChoir in the world pre m i e rep e rf o rmances of two newcommissioned works duringthe 19th Annual Wo r l dP re m i e re CompositionSeries held 19 April in theHoulihan-McLean Center.

O N T H E

COMMONS

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Applications Reach All-Time High

More students have applied to TheUniversity of Scranton than ever beforein the school’s 114-year history.

Applications for the University’s full-time undergraduate programs for the fallof 2002 are currently at 5,097 and count-ing. This represents an increase of 34.3percent over applications received by thesame time last year.

The highest number of applicationson record was 4,871 in 1989 for the fullrecruiting cycle. The complete count forthe 2002 recruiting cycle will not beavailable until the fall.

Applications have increased from allprimary areas served by the University,including Scranton and northeastPennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and other areas on the East Coast.Applications have also increased through-out the nearly 60 undergraduate pro-grams of study offered at the University.

Lisa Myers, Chief CongressionalCorrespondent for NBC News, will givethe principal address at the University’s102nd undergraduate commencement on26 May at the First Union Arena atCasey Plaza, Wilkes-Barre.

Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., theLaurence J. McGinley Professor ofReligion and Society at FordhamUniversity, will deliver the principaladdress at the University’s GraduateSchool commencement to be held 25May in the Byron Complex on campus.

Ms. Myers, who is a senior member ofN B C ’s award-winning political team, re p o rt son the nation’s government for all of NBCNews broadcasts, including “The Ni g h t l yNews with Tom Bro k a w,” “Dateline NBC”and “To d a y.” She is aregular contributor toN B C ’s “Fleecing ofA m e r i c a” news seg-ment and ro u t i n e l yp a rticipates as a mem-ber of the ro u n d t a b l ediscussion group of“ Meet the Pre s s . ”

Critically praisedfor her work as are p o rt e r, Ms. Mye r sre c e i ved a He s sRe p o rt for campaign coverage in 2000 andwas a contributor to the Nightly New sb roadcast given the Ed w a rd R. Mu r rowAw a rd for Best Newscast for its bro a d c a s tthe day following the November 2000election. The Un i versity will present Ms.Myers with an honorary degree of Do c t o rof Humane Letters at the undergraduatecommencement cere m o n y.

Ave ry Cardinal Dulles, S.J., is a muchsought-after speaker who has written andspoken extensively on the significance ofVatican II. An internationally-know nauthor and lecture r, Cardinal Dulles haswritten over 650 articles and has published21 books on theological topics.

He was created aC a rdinal of theCatholic Church on21 Fe b ru a ry 2001,by Pope John Paul IIand thus became thefirst U.S theologiannamed to the Collegeof Cardinals. He isc u r rently a consultor to the Committeeon Doctrine of the National Confere n c eof Catholic Bishops and an AssociateFe l l ow of the Woodstock T h e o l o g i c a lCenter in Washington, D.C.

During the Graduate SchoolCommencement, Cardinal Dulles willre c e i ve an honorary degree of Doctor ofDivinity from the Un i ve r s i t y. He hasre c e i ved 21other honorary doctorates.

During Commencement 2002, thre eother individuals will be presented with hon-o r a ry degrees. At the undergraduate com-mencement cere m o n y, Monsignor Sa n t i a g oMe n d ez Br a vo, President of Un i versidad delValle de Atemejac (UNIVA), headquart e re din Guadalajara, Mexico, will be pre s e n t e dwith an honorary degree of Doctor ofPe d a g o g y, and Congressman John Mu rt h awill re c e i ve an honorary degree of Do c t o rof Law. Sr. Anne Mu n l e y, I.H.M.,President of the Congregation of theSisters, Se rvants of the Immaculate He a rtof Ma ry, will re c e i ve an honorary degree ofDoctor of Humane Letters at the Gr a d u a t eSchool commencement.

In his role as President of UNIVA,Msgr. Santiago Mendez Bravo, directs auniversity with whom The University ofScranton has a formal agreement to pro-mote exchanges of faculty and students.He is currently and has been an advisorfor numerous organizations and associa-tions, including the InterAmericanUniversities Organization, the Federationof Mexican Private Institutes of HigherEducation and the Mexican Associationof Christian Further Education Institutes.

Sister Anne Munley is one of two del-egates from the United States to theInternational Union of Superiors General(UISG). She served as the facilitator ofthe UISG 2001 Plenary and as chairper-son of the plenary planning committeewhich represents nearly one millionwomen religious from five continents.She has also served for three years asPresident of the Leadership Conferenceof Women Religious.

C o n g ressman John Mu rtha re p re s e n t sPe n n s y l va n i a’s 12th Congressional Di s t r i c t .In 1974, he became the first combatVietnam veteran elected to Congre s s .C o n g ressman Mu rtha is a national leaderon defense, health care and social issues andis a member of the Defense Ap p ro p r i a t i o n sSubcommittee. He is the recipient ofn u m e rous awards, including the Pa n e t t aIn s t i t u t e’s Jefferson Lincoln Aw a rd forBi p a rtisan Leadership and the Pe n n s y l va n i aChamber of Business and In d u s t ry’sGovernment Leader of the Ye a r.

Commencement 2002

Lisa Myers

Avery CardinalDulles, S.J.

StudentsEmployment, SalariesStrong for ScrantonGraduates

The results of a Un i versity of Scrantonpost-graduation survey re veal that 98 per-cent of its undergraduate class of 2001 we reeither employed or pursuing additionaleducation within six months of graduation.

The survey was based on re s p o n s e sre c e i ved by 66 percent (582) of the 880students who re c e i ved undergraduated e g rees from the Un i versity in 2001. Si x t y -one percent of respondents are employe dfull-time, two percent part-time, and 35p e rcent are pursuing additional education.

The average salary reported was$34,870, an 8.2 percent increase fromthe previous year. The average salary var-ied by the type of position, location andhow closely the graduate’s employmentmatched his or her academic preparation.Eighty-eight percent of the respondentsindicated that their full-time employmentwas related to their major. Only threepercent indicated that they were workingin an unrelated field. Three percent saidthey are working for the military, and sixpercent are serving as volunteers.

The highest average salary reported bymajor was $52,500 for nurses with previ-ous nursing experience, followed by$50,333 for electrical engineering majorsand $46,333 for computer informationsystems majors.

Seventeen members of the Class of2001 chose one or two years of servicethrough the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, JesuitInternational Volunteers, Peace Corps orother service programs. This brings to236 the total number of Scranton gradu-ates who have chosen one or two years ofvolunteer service since 1986.

A survey of students from theGraduate School’s class of 2001 revealsthat 97 percent are either employed orpursuing additional education. Eighty-seven percent of respondents areemployed full-time.

The average salary reported was$44,231. The highest average salaryreported was $69,875 for MBA graduateswith a concentration in finance, followedby MBA graduates in general at $67,500.Graduates receiving their master’s degreesin nursing reported the third-largest aver-age salary of $64,000.

Pre-med Student Named Truman Scholar

Stephanie L. Tessing, a junior neuro-science and philosophy major at theUniversity, is one of approximately 80students in the nation who have beenselected as 2002Truman Scholars.

Ms. Tessing is thef o u rth Un i versity ofScranton student tobe named a Tru m a nScholar since thea w a rds we re firstmade in 1977.C o n g ress establishedthe Truman ScholarshipFoundation in 1975 as a memorial to the3 3 rd President of the United States.

The Foundation awards merit-basedscholarships to college students who wishto attend graduate school in preparationfor careers in government or elsewhere inpublic service.

“The Truman Scholarship is widelyre g a rded as one of the most competitiveand prestigious scholarship programs inAmerica,” said Gretchen Van Dyke,Ph.D., Associate Professor of Po l i t i c a lScience and the University’s Fa c u l t yRe p re s e n t a t i ve for the Tru m a nS c h o l a r s h i p. “St e p h a n i e’s re m a rkable lead-ership qualities, coupled with her deepcommitment to public service, make her aTruman Scholar of exceptional standing.”

Ms. Tessing, a resident of Mo n roe, Ga . ,plans to pursue a Doctor of Medicine andMa s t e r’s in Public Health from Em o ryUn i ve r s i t y, Atlanta, Ga. This dualM . D . / M . P.H. program partners Em o ry’shighly-rated School of Medicine with theRollins School of Public Health. Up o ncompletion of her graduate studies and re s i-d e n c y, she plans to seek a position as a pub-lic health physician in a rural health setting.

Accounting MajorNamed State Farm Fellow

Ryan Surace, a junior accountingmajor at the Un i ve r s i t y, is one of just 50students in the nation to re c e i ve a 2002Exceptional Student Fe l l owship award e dby the State Farm Companies Fo u n d a t i o n .

The Mayfield resi-dent is the secondUniversity of Scrantonstudent to receive aState Farm Fellowshipin as many years.

State Farm award sthe fellowships to re c-o g n i ze and supporte xceptional college stu-dents majoring in busi-n e s s - related fields.

The State Farm Fellowship is the sec-ond prestigious award earned by Mr.Surace. He spent last semester studyingabroad in Beijing, China, as a FreemanAward Recipient.

Stephanie L. Tessing ‘03

Ryan Surace ‘03

Gallery Hosts Exhibit of Latin American Art“ R a y u e l a / Hopscotch: Fifteen Contemporary Latin American Artists,” was on exhibit in the

Un i versity Art Ga l l e ry from 7 April through 10 Ma y. The exhibit, presented in conjunction withMa rywood Un i ve r s i t y, brought together a variety of works by prominent and critically re v i ewe da rtists from Latin America. The exhibit and accompanying catalogue we re made possible thro u g hthe support of The Ma s l ow Family Foundation, Inc., Sondra and Mo rey Myers, and He m m l e r& Camayd Architects; and for program support, the Pe n n s y l vania Humanities Council.

The Arts

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ScholarshipsKanias Establish Sylvester Scholarship at the University

Arthur J. andAngela Kania, long-standing and generousbenefactors of TheUniversity of Scranton,have established ascholarship in honor of Robert J. and JoanJ. Sylvester.

M r. Sy l ve s t e r, Vi c ePresident Emeritus forIn s t i t u t i o n a lAd vancement, re t i red in2001 after 18 years ofs e rvice to the Un i ve r s i t y.

Both Mr. Sylvesterand Mr. Kania arealumni of theUniversity, graduatingin 1958 and 1953respectively.

“ In establishing thiss c h o l a r s h i p, Angela andI challenge promising young women andmen to aspire to the kind of success thatM r. Sy l vester achieved throughout a 42-year career dedicated to Jesuit education,”said Mr. Kania.

Ro b e rt J. and Joan J. Sy l ve s t e rScholarship grants will be given to highschool graduates from Lackawanna County,with pre f e rence given to students fro mValley Vi ew High School, Ab i n g t o nHeights High School and ScrantonPre p a r a t o ry School. The scholarship isre n ewable so long as the students continueto meet the Un i ve r s i t y’s scholarship criteria.

The Kania name is well-known oncampus. In 1998, the University renamedits business school the Kania School ofManagement to recognize the Kanias’lifelong commitment to the University.

Additional information about theRobert J. and Joan J. SylvesterScholarship may be received by calling(570) 941-7661. Contributions arewelcome.

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Robert J. Sylvester ‘58

Arthur J. Kania ‘53

Aventis Pasteur Scholarship Recipients NamedTwo graduate students at the University are the recipients of the annual Av e n t i sPasteur Scholarship, which is sponsored by the global vaccine manufacture r. Inaddition to the $6,000 scholarship each student receives, clinical chemistrymajors Jong-Song Eun, Korea, and Xinxing Cai, both of China, will part i c i p a t ein a summer internship program at Aventis Pasteur, Inc., Swiftwater. From left:University President Joseph M. McShane, S.J.; Ms. Cai; Mr. Eun; RoseSebastianelli, Ph.D., Interim Dean of the Graduate School and Director ofR e s e a rch; David J. Williams ’73, Aventis Pasteur President and Chief ExecutiveO fficer; and Paul J. Strunk, Vice President for Institutional Advancement.

19th Annual World Premiere HeldThe University of Scranton Concert Band and Concert Choir performed the world

premiere of two new commissioned works by composer Hubert Bird, DMA, at the19th Annual World Premiere Composition Series Concert on 19 April.

“Now from the World (The Light of God is Gone)” was arranged by Dr. Bird as atribute to victims of the 11 September tragedies. “Memoria Perpetua,” also arrangedby Dr. Bird, was performed by the University Concert Band.

Dr. Bi rd, who also conducted the performances, has a music career spanning allmedia, from solo songs through compositions for symphony orchestra. Pe rformances ofhis music are presented annually throughout the United States, Canada, Eu rope andSouth America. Dr. Bird was named “Composer of the Year” three times from theNew Hampshire Music Teacher Association.

The FacultyScranton ProfessorAuthors Reference Book

Teachers and students of Italian lan-guage and culture have a new resourceavailable in therecently publishedbook, The Regions of Italy: A ReferenceGuide to History andCulture by RoyDomenico, Ph.D.,Associate Professor of History at theUniversity.

The book is “t h eonly single general-re f-e rence volume in English on It a l y’s re g i o n s , ”a c c o rding to its publisher, Greenwood Press. It is the publisher’s third in a series of bookson the history and culture of Eu ro p e a ncountries.

In his book, Dr. Domenico surveysthe geography, economies, history, recentpolitics and cuisine for each of Italy’s 20regions and then adds further sections onthe history and culture of each province.

National AcademyPublishes ScrantonProfessor’s Research

Research at the University that resulted in the completion of the firstDNA sequencing of a species of parasitethat afflicts livestock and humans waspublished in the 8 January 2002, issue ofThe Proceedings of the National Academyof Sciences of the United States of America.

Vito G. DelVecchio, Ph.D., Professorof Biology and Research Director of theInstitute of Molecular Biology andMedicine (IMBM) at the University,served as the lead researcher of the inter-national project which paves the way forbetter detection systems and the possibil-ity of developing better vaccines.

The genetic sequencing of Brucellamelitensis, one of only about a dozenorganisms to be completely sequencedworldwide, was completed at the IMBMwith the assistance of researchers based inChicago, Louisiana, Belgium and France.Two University of Scranton undergradu-ate students, two graduate students, andnumerous other institute researchers atthe University also participated in theproject.

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SpeakersFinancial Executive YieldsFull House Audiences

Christopher M. “Kip” Condron ’70,President and Chief Executive Officer ofAXA Financial, Inc., and a member ofthe AXA Group Management Board, wasgreeted by full-house audiences when hereturned to the University on 14 Marchas an Executive-in-Residence.

While on campus, Mr. Condron spoke to150 area business and civic leaders at thePre s i d e n t’s Breakfast. He also participated intwo classroom sessions, met with faculty, andheld a public lecture. The lecture, entitled“ Integrity in the Financial Ma rkets,” wass p o n s o red by the Kania School ofMa n a g e m e n t’s Business Leadership Program.

Mayor Doherty Speaks at President’s Breakfast

Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty wasthe guest speaker at the President’sBreakfast held in the University’sExecutive Center, Brennan Hall, on 12

February. Mayor Doherty discussed“Making Scranton’s City Government anAgent of Change and Opportunity” witharea business and civic leaders.

“Economic development will be thecornerstone of my administration,” saidMayor Doherty. “Top among our priori-ties are helping small businesses in thecity grow, attracting new industry, foster-ing job growth and improving the qualityof life.”

The President’s Breakfast Series at TheUniversity of Scranton periodically bringstogether members of the civic and busi-ness community to hear guest speakersaddress topics of regional, national andinternational interest.

Santa Clara PresidentReceives Arrupe Award

Paul L. Locatelli, S.J., President ofSanta Clara University, was presented theseventh annual Pedro Arrupe, S.J., Awardfor Distinguished Contributions toIgnatian Mission and Ministries at theUniversity Assembly on 11 February.

The award citation presented to Fr.Locatelli reads: “At Santa Clara thePresident gives steady signals to highlightthe ethical dimension of every disciplineand professional program, particularlythrough established four centers on cam-pus where questions of ethics, justice,faith and service are woven into the lifeof faculty and students.”

The Arrupe Award is named in honorof the late Very Rev. Pedro Arrupe, S.J.,the Superior General of the Society ofJesus from 1965 to 1983. The Universityof Scranton instituted the award in 1996to further its namesake’s vision by recog-nizing men and women for outstandingcontributions in a wide variety ofIgnatian-inspired ministries.

Scranton Mayor Chris Dohertyspeaks at the President’s Breakfastheld 12 February.

Christopher M. “Kip” Condron ’70speaks to a standing-room-only cro w dat the Pre s i d e n t ’s Breakfast on 14M a rc h .

Paul L. Locatelli, S.J., President ofSanta Clara University, was pre s e n t e dwith the Arrupe Award at theUniversity Assembly on 11 Februar y.

Roy Domenico,Ph.D.

Graduate School Names New Dean

Duncan M. Perry, Ph.D., has beennamed Dean of the Graduate School andDirector of Research at The University ofScranton effective 1 July. Dr. Perry is cur-rently the Dean for Graduate Studies andExtended Programs at MillersvilleUniversity, Millersville, Pa.

Upon the invitation of Radio Fre eEu rope, he served as a Senior Ba l k a nAnalyst in Munich, Ge r m a n y, and laterfounded the Open Media Re s e a rc hInstitute in Prague, in the Czech Re p u b l i c .

He previously served as the Gr a d u a t eDean at the Un i versity of No rth Da k o t a ,Grand Fo rks, N.D., Assistant Dean forGraduate Studies at the Un i versity of Ma ryland, College Pa rk ,Md.; and Personnel Of f i c e rand Di rector of Gr a d u a t eAcademic Re c o rds at the H.H.Rackham School of Gr a d u a t eStudies at the Un i versity ofMichigan at Ann Arbor.

Dr. Perry holds a bachelor’sdegree in History and PoliticalScience from Davis and ElkinsCollege in Elkins, W. Va; a master’s degree in RussianLanguage and Linguistics fromOhio University, Athens, Ohio; a secondmaster’s degree in European History fromOhio University; and a doctorate inBalkan History from the University ofMichigan at Ann Arbor.

University ReceivesEnvironmental Award

Teaching students to “Think Green”has earned The University of Scranton aGovernor’s Award for EnvironmentalExcellence. The University was one ofjust four educational institutions toreceive the Governor’s Award at a cere-mony in Harrisburg.

Accepting the award in the Ed u c a t i o nand Ou t reach category for the Un i ve r s i t ywas Michael C. Cann, Ph.D., Professor ofC h e m i s t ry, who spearheaded a team of sixp rofessors who have developed gre e nc h e m i s t ry modules that have been wove ninto existing courses across the chemistryand environmental science curricula atThe Un i versity of Scranton.

Scranton Faculty Selectedto Teach MBA Courses in China

Two faculty members of the KaniaSchool of Management at the Universityhave been invited to teach MBA coursesin China during the summer semester.

Cynthia Cann, Ph.D., AssistantProfessor of Management/Marketing, hasbeen selected to teach a summer MBAcourse as part of the Beijing InternationalMBA (BiMBA) Program held on thecampus of Peking University in Beijing.The BiMBA Program is sponsored by aconsortium of Jesuit universities.

Nabil Tamimi, Ph.D., AssociateProfessor of Operations and InformationManagement, will teach an MBA courseat Tongji University. The University’saffiliation with Tongji University hasbeen established through the efforts of Alan Brumagim, Ph.D., AssociateProfessor of Marketing/Management,who taught a summer MBA course atTongji University last summer.

Annual Fund Sets Goal of $2.5 Million for 2002The University has set its most ambitious Annual Fund goal ever at $2.5 million

for 2002. Announcing the 2002 Annual Fund, from left: University President JosephM. McShane, S.J.; John Appleton, Esq., ’68, Chair of the Parent’s Campaign; AnnualFund Co-chairs Thomas Lynch ’86 and Sharon (Corey) Lynch ’86; Marie A. George,Ph.D., G’78, Vice President of Planning and Institutional Research and Chair of theUniversity Campaign; and Director of Annual Giving Programs Kathleen Statsman.For more information, contact the Annual Giving Office at (570) 941-7725.

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Michael C. Cann, Ph.D., Professor ofC h e m i s t ry, accepts the Govern o r ’sAw a rd for Environmental Excellence.

AppointmentsFr. Shea Named Vice President forUniversity Ministries

John J. Shea, S.J., has been appointedVice President for University Ministries.Fr. Shea succeedsThomas D.Masterson, S.J.,who recentlyretired from theposition after 25years of service.

In his new post,Fr. Shea superv i s e sCampus Mi n i s t r i e sat the Un i ve r s i t y,including liturgicalc e l e b r a t i o n s ,re t reats, music ministry, liturgical minis-ters, Collegiate Volunteers and the Centerfor Mission Reflection. The Office ofCampus Ministries also maintains affilia-tions with the Association of Je s u i tColleges and Un i versities (AJCU) andvarious interfaith gro u p s .

Fr. Shea previously served as InterimDirector of the Counseling Center fromMarch to August 2001. He joined theUniversity in 1999 as Assistant VicePresident for Institutional Advancement.

Fr. Shea is the former President ofJohn Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio.

John J. Shea, S.J.

Duncan M.Perry, Ph.D.

Alumni NewsPresident’s BusinessCouncil to host InauguralScholarship Dinner

The Un i ve r s i t y’s Pre s i d e n t’s Bu s i n e s sCouncil will hold its first-eve r, gala re c e p-tion and dinner on T h u r s d a y, 10 Oc t o b e r2002 at The Pi e r re Hotel in New Yo rkC i t y. This inaugural black tie event willraise funds to support four-ye a rPresidential Scholarships to be awarded toselect undergraduate students. The dinner

will be attendedby national busi-ness leaders,including Ja c kWelch, formerChief Exe c u t i veOfficer of Ge n e r a lEl e c t r i c .

The Pre s i d e n t’sBusiness Councilis chaired byChristopher M.“ K i p” Condro n’70, President and

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Plaque Dedicated in Memory of National Tragedy Vi c t i m sA plaque bearing the names of 36 members of the Un i versity family who we re killed in

the 11 September terrorist attacks was dedicated during a Eucharist of Remembrance atMadonna della Strada Chapel on 16 Ma rch. The Mass was attended by friends and fami-lies of the victims. The bro n ze plaque, at right, lists the names of five alumni and 31 re l a-t i ves of students and alumni who we re killed in the terrorist attacks on America.

Chief Exe c u t i ve Officer of AXA Fi n a n c i a l ,Inc. The Council is a group of select alum-ni and friends of the Un i versity whose mis-sion is to network Un i versity graduates forc a reer development, provide internshipo p p o rtunities and mentoring support forstudents, and provide financial support forscholarships. Council members also re t u r nto campus through an Exe c u t i ve - i n -Residence program to share their businesse x p e rtise with students and faculty in class-room sessions, and to provide individualc a reer guidance to students.

For further information regardingtable or ticket purchases for thePresident’s Business Council Dinner, con-tact Peter Galbraith or Joseph Notari inthe University’s Development Office at(570) 941-7661.

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INFORMATION ATYOUR FINGERTIPS

In addition to the Scranton On l i n eAlumni Community launched in Ma y(see inside front cover), the Alumni Of f i c eis continuing its efforts to promote its pro-grams and services via e-mail and theUn i ve r s i t y’s Web site, www. s c r a n t o n . e d u .The Royal Li n k e l e c t ronic newsletter isperiodically delive red to over 1 0 , 0 0 0alumni e-mail addresses. Alumni areencouraged to regularly check theCalendar of Events on the Alumni homepage at www.scranton.edu/alumni. ClassNotes in The Scranton Jo u rn a l may alsoappear in the Online AlumniC o m m u n i t y. Death Notices appear onthe Web site as they are re p o rted to theAlumni Office. For additional informa-tion, contact alumni@scranton.edu.

PERCENT OF ALUMNI GIVING

FOR JESUIT SCHOOLSCollege of the Holy Cro s s 6 4 . 5 %The University of Scranton 3 7 . 2 %Le Moyne College 3 1 . 4 %Loyola College in Mary l a n d 2 8 . 9 %Saint Peter’s College 2 7 . 9 %Spring Hill College 2 7 . 5 %C reighton University 2 6 . 7 %F a i rfield University 2 3 . 9 4 %Canisius College 2 3 . 8 8 %G e o rgetown University 2 2 . 9 %Boston College 2 2 . 8 %Santa Clara University 2 1 . 8 %Gonzaga University 2 1 . 3 %M a rquette University 1 9 . 8 %Xavier University 1 9 . 4 %Loyola Marymount University 1 9 . 3 %Saint Louis University 1 8 . 4 %Rockhurst University 1 6 . 4 %Loyola University New Orleans 1 5 . 3 %University of San Francisco 1 4 . 3 %Regis University 1 3 . 9 %Loyola University of Chicago 1 3 . 7 %John Carroll University 1 3 . 6 %Seattle University 1 0 . 8 %

Source: Council For Aid to Education 2000-01 Fiscal Ye a r

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THE UNIVERSITY INDUCTS NEWEST MEMBERS TO THE WALL OF FAMEThe University proudly inducted six

new members to the Wall of Fame inJanuary.

The Class of 2001 include: R i c k“ Du s t y” Baker ’77, a member of thebaseball team; Ma rilyn Bogusch Pry l e’91, G’97, a four-year letter-winner onthe women’s swim team; Debbie (Cox )Crispell ’86, a two-sport standout in fieldhockey and softball; William Di Bi a n c a’ 7 8, a four-year letterman on the men’ssoccer team; Joe Ross ’88, a standout onthe baseball team; and Holly Speich ’91,a member of the women’s soccer team.

Baker served as team captain and wasnoted for his speed and arm strength.Upon graduation, he was drafted by thePittsburgh Pirates and advanced to ClassA before injuries cut short his career. Hecontinued his love affair with athletics byserving as an associate director of athleticsat Southern Methodist University inDallas, Texas, and as associate director ofthe now-defunct Southwest Conference.In 1986, he served as executive directorof the NCAA Division I Men’s BasketballFinal Four. He is now the chief executiveofficer and president of the Cotton Bowl.

Bogusch Pryle was the first swimmerin Scranton history to earn all-Americahonors, when she finished 15th at the1989 Division III national champi-onships. She also qualified for the 1990national meet. A 1991 Academic Medalrecipient from the Eastern CollegeAthletic Conference (ECAC), she fin-ished in the top six in at least one eventall four years at the Middle AtlanticConference championships. She held orshared six Lady Royals records, and stillholds the Byron Center and Scrantonrecord in the 100 butterfly. She also ledthe Lady Royals of then head coach DaveHair to four straight winning seasons.

( C ox) Cri s p e l l was a four-year letter-winner and thre e - year starter in softball anda thre e - year starter in field hockey. She was

a member of three Lady Royals softballteams that won Middle At l a n t i cC o n f e rence championships en route to af o u r - year re c o rd of 61-31 (.663) under thed i rection of head coaches John Ho p k i n s(1983) and Ga ry Wo d d e r, Ph.D (1984-86).During her freshman ye a r, the Lady Roy a l salso advanced to the NCAA Division IIIchampionships for the second time inScranton history. She was a two-time all-Middle Atlantic Conference selection whohit a career-high .354 as a sophomore. Infield hockey, she was a two-time first-teama l l - Middle Atlantic Conference selection.

Di Bi a n c a joined the Roy a l s’ men’s soccerp rogram in 1974. A four-year letterman, hebecame the first player in Scranton historyto earn all-regional honors by the Na t i o n a lSoccer Coaches Association of America(NSCAA) in 1976, a re m a rkable accom-plishment since players from Division Iinstitutions we re also included on that team.He was a three-time all-Middle At l a n t i cC o n f e rence No rthern Division first-teamselection and was the first Royal to benamed the most valuable player (MVP) ofthe MAC No rthern Division (1976). He isstill the eighth all-time leading scorer inScranton history. He led Scranton to fourwinning seasons, which includes two MAC

No rth (1976, 1977) and two MAC ove r a l l(1976, 1977) titles.

Ross was a three-year letterman whofinished his career with a .402 battingaverage. He earned first-team all-MiddleAtlantic Conference Northern Divisionhonors in 1986. He holds two of the topthree single-season records for highestbatting average in Scranton history, whenhe hit .437 in 1987 and .418 in 1985.He drove in 28 runs in 1985, which isnow tenth on the Scranton single-seasonlist. He joins his brother, Paul (Class of1996), on the Wall of Fame.

Speich p l a yed four years for curre n thead coach Joe Bochicchio and led theRoyals to an overall re c o rd of 54-28-6(.659), which included two Mi d d l eAtlantic Conference titles and thre eNCAA Division III tournament appear-ances. She is the first and only thre e - t i m eNational Soccer Coaches Association ofAmerica (NSCAA) all-American (1988-1990) in the pro g r a m’s 19-year history, inaddition to being a four-time NSCAA all-regional and three-time all-MAC selec-tion. She capped off her career by winningthe 1991 O’Hara Aw a rd, which is pre s e n t-ed annually to the outstanding female ath-lete at The Un i versity of Scranton.

The newest members of the Wall of Fame, from left: Rick Baker ’77, HollySpeich ’91, Marilyn Bogusch Pryle ’91, G’97, Debbie (Cox) Crispell ’86,Joe Ross ’88 and William DiBianca ’78.

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John Hopkins, former head wrestlingcoach and current men’s and women’scross-country coach atthe University, hasannounced his retire-ment from coaching.He will remain, how-ever, in his currentrole as AssistantProfessor of ExerciseScience and Sport.

“ It was ve ry enjoy-able,” says Ho p k i n s ,who came to the Un i versity in 1967,founded the wrestling program in 1968,took over as head coach of the men’sc ro s s - c o u n t ry program in 1972, and start-ed the women’s cro s s - c o u n t ry program in1982. “I learned a lot. When I first tookover the job, I knew nothing about cro s s -c o u n t ry running or coaching. I hope ove rthe 32 years I’ve learned something.”

Apparently, he did. During his distinguished tenure as

head men’s cross-country coach, Hopkinsguided the Royals to fourth-place finishesat the Middle Atlantic Conference cham-pionships five times and to a sixth-placefinish at the NCAA regionals in 1986.Three of his runners – Bill Burke (1984),Chris Heaton (1987, 1988) and, mostrecently, Joe Fent (1998, 1999, 2000) –qualified for the NCAA Division IIIchampionships, with Fent earning all-America honors twice. Fent was also atwo-time Verizon Academic all-Americanand an NCAA post-graduate scholarshiprecipient. He is currently enrolled in theveterinary program at the University ofPennsylvania.

“Looking back, I’ve coached manyg reat runners,” says Hopkins, who holds aBachelor of Science degree from EastSt roudsburg Un i versity and a Master ofScience degree from the Un i versity ofMassachusetts. “St a rting with the Jo eHa g g e rty era (1975-1978, Wall of Fa m eInductee, Class of 1991), Jimmy Ma l l oy(1972-1975) was probably the first re a l l ygood runner I coached, but most impor-t a n t l y, the friendships with many of myrunners have lasted throughout the ye a r s . ”

When the Middle Atlantic Confere n c e

decided to sponsor a women’s cro s s - c o u n-t ry championship in 1982, Hopkins con-vinced former athletics dire c t o r, Dr. Ga ryWo d d e r, to field a team.

“I was teaching a running class at thetime,” Hopkins says. “I approached him(Dr. Wodder) with the idea of takingseven women from the running classdown to represent the (University). Thewomen surprised me; there were peoplewho had never run competitively beforeand they finished in the middle of thepack. It was the start of a great thing.”

Ho p k i n s’ women’s teams will be dulynoted for their consistent efforts. The LadyRoyals finished second at the MAC cham-pionships four times (1984, 1995, 1996,1997) and we re fourth at the NCAAregionals in 1984. Se ven of his ru n n e r searned NCAA all-regionals honors, includ-ing T h e resa Meade, a two-time academicall-American who became the first femaleharrier in Scranton history to qualify forthe NCAA championships (1985).

“Through the years, I’ve had goodwomen’s teams and there were some yearswhen we struggled to get four of fiverunners,” he says. “The last ten years ithas been almost overwhelming the num-ber of women who have run (for us).Last year’s team was not up to par withsome of the teams we’ve had, but four ofour top seven runners did not run inhigh school. And yet we were still verycompetitive.”

From 1968 through 1998, Hopkinscoached the Royals’ wrestling program toa 180-250-4 record (.426), includingtop-ten finishes in the MAC champi-onships nine times.

“That was my main reason for comingh e re,” says Hopkins, “to start the wre s t l i n gp rogram. The best thing about it is thatmost of the people who have run for me orw restled for me are still my friends.Ac a d e m i c a l l y, both of our sports have donewell – through no credit of mine. I think itis the nature of those sports. Ten years in arow, our cro s s - c o u n t ry teams have been(selected) academic all-Americans, which,this year with the more stringent guidelines,is impre s s i ve. That speaks well for theUn i versity and its athletics pro g r a m . ”

Did You Know?• Meghan Quinlan, a four-year starter

on the women’s soccer team, set anNCAA Division III all-time record for mostminutes played by agoalkeeper with 7,713,surpassing the previousmark of 7,450. This pastyear, Quinlan establisheda Scranton single-seasonrecord for fewest goalsallowed (9) and had 14.5shutouts to extend herall-time Royal record to 51.5.

• Sara Suchoski, a fresh-man on the women’s soc-cer team, was namedfirst-team all-Americanby the National SoccerCoaches Association ofAmerica (NSCAA) inNovember. She was theonly freshman among the33 players honored.

• Dan Loftus, a junior onthe men’s basketball team,was named to the Ve r i zo nDistrict II Academic all-America team inFe b ru a ry. In order toq u a l i f y, a student-athletemust be at least a sopho-m o re, be a key starter orre s e rve, and have a cumu-l a t i ve grade point ave r a g eof 3.2-or-better.

• For the 11th straight ye a r, the women’sbasketball team, led by veteran headcoach Mike St rong, won 20-or-moregames. The Lady Royals captured theFreedom Conference championship,a d vanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAADivision III tournament and finishedthe season with a 25-5 overall re c o rdand a 10t h-place national ranking byd 3 h o o p s . c o m .

HOPKINS ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM COACHING

John Hopkins

Meghan Quinla

Dan Loftus

Sara Suchoski

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MAKING HEADLINESIN THE MEDIA

When it comes to makingnews, Scranton alumni havea story worth telling. In thisissue of The ScrantonJournal, we profile some ofthe many University graduateswho have played pivotalroles in shaping local,regional and national news.They are the people behindthe television newscasts youwatch, the radio broadcastsyou hear and the headlinesyou read. Their distinguishedcareers have made a fewheadlines of their own.

They’ve covered presidential campaigns, workedas writers, editors and publishers at major news-papers and magazines, and been pioneers in thedevelopment of national television networks.

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University of Scranton alumni servingas publishers, editors and generalmanagers from the media outlets thatsurround the University. Seated, fromleft:

Matt Sullivan ’97, Metro Editor of Press& Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, N.Y.

John Kameen ’63, Publisher of ForestCity News

Elizabeth Zygmunt ’87, Editor ofNortheast Pennsylvania Business Journal

Michael J. O’Malley, III, ’75, Editor ofPennsylvania Heritage

Standing, from left:Peter Becker ’79, Managing Editor ofthe Wayne Independent

Patricia Kameen Striefsky ’93, AssociatePublisher of Forest City News

Sandra Snyder ’93, Features Editor ofthe Times Leader

Lawrence Herbster ’66, Vice Presidentand General Manager of NexstarBroadcasting of NortheasternPennsylvania, LLC.

From theGround Up

In 1972, Susan Swain was one of a small group of students in a start - u pcommunications major at theUn i ve r s i t y. She was also among the firstg roup of female students during the ye a rthat Scranton became a co-ed campus.

Ten years later, Ms. Swain becamep a rt of a small, start-up cable TV net-w o rk that had begun without its ow ntelevision camera. And, once again, shefound herself amid a group of womenwho we re making their way into a pre-dominantly male enviro n m e n t .

Today, Ms. Swain ’76 H’99 sharesthe post as second-in-command atthe cable industry’s public affairs net-work. She is Executive Vice Presidentand Co-Chief Operating Officer ofC-SPAN, a diverse information serv-ice that provides public affairs pro-gramming to 77 million televisionhouseholds via nearly 6,500 cablesystems. And she is quick to credither liberal arts education with herrise to the top of public affairs pro-gramming in America.

“Liberal arts is a good foundationfor eve ryone,” says Ms. Swain, who hasmaintained her Scranton ties thro u g h

s e rvice on the Board of Trustees (1993– 1999) and as speaker at theUn i ve r s i t y’s 1999 commencement, atwhich she re c e i ved an honorary degre e .

As Co-chief Operating Of f i c e r, Ms.Swain is responsible for the C-SPA Nn e t w o rk’s daily editorial operations. She works with a staff of 275 to deve l-op programming content and mark e t-ing and to oversee program operations.

She is a long-time on-air modera-tor for Washington Journal, C-SPAN’smorning program, and a collaboratoron special programming of the net-work’s historical series, including TheLincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 andthe Peabody Award-winningAmerican Presidents: Life Portraits.

“I get to make TV while also beingan administrator of it,” she says.

Ac c o rding to Ms. Swain, the cre a t i vecomponent of an exe c u t i ve position “iss m a rt business, because it keeps me soclose to the product.” It’s also what haskept her at C-SPAN for 20 years.

“I haven’t been promoted out ofwhat I love,” she says.

Her love of literature is evident in C - S PA N ’s newly-launched Am e r i c a nWriters II: The 20t h Ce n t u ry. Ms. Sw a i nis one of the series’ creators and one ofthe on-air hosts of this historical seriesthat examines American history thro u g hthe lives and works of 18 selected writers.

T h e re is a piece of Scranton in thisseries. It was through William B. Hi l l ,

S.J., a former Professor of English, thatMs. Swain developed a full appre c i a t i o nof literature. Right up until Fr. Hi l l’sdeath in Fe b ru a ry 2002, the two staye din touch, e-mailing one another aboutbooks, current affairs and the Un i ve r s i t y.

“He was a role model of how toage with great grace and with one oflife’s great gifts: curiosity,” she says ofFr. Hill. “Curiosity is the essence ofjournalism.”

In fact, it was Ms. Swain’s longingfor a deeper sense of knowledge thatled her to a career in public affairstelevision programming.

After graduating from theUniversity, Ms. Swain spent a year atWDAU-TV (now WYOU-TV) inScranton. And while she appreciatedthe opportunity to work in news, shequickly realized that she didn’t wantto spend the rest of her life chasingafter bullets and fire engines.

She left WYOU for a ratherunconventional job with “Up withPeople,” an educational-based per-formance troupe.

“I often refer to it as my way ofrunning away with the circus,” quipsMs. Swain.

For two years, she traveled thro u g h-out the world, preparing for perf o r m-ances and meeting with mayors ofmajor cities and even kings of coun-tries – all for just $75 a month.

Anxious to establish some ro o t s ,she moved to Cambridge, Ma s s ,w h e re she became a communicationsconsultant for the federal gove r n m e n t .Her re n ewed interest in politics ulti-mately led her to Washington, D.C.

In 1982, she became a producer atC - S PAN, which had been formed bythe cable television industry in 1979to provide live, gave l - t o - g a vel cove r a g eof the U.S. House of Re p re s e n t a t i ve s .

At the time, she was part of a staffof 20 who worked round-the-clock toput C-SPAN on the map.

“ It was great fun and an experiencethat is hard to re c a p t u re,” she says.

For all she’s accomplished, sheacknowledges that there is always theopportunity to do more.

“Throughout my career, I’ve raisedmy hand a lot and said ’Let me try.’ Ihope life continues to let me try newthings.”

Susan Swain ’76,H’99 prepares tointerview HowardDodson, directorof the SchomburgCenter forResearch in BlackCulture in Harlem,for the launch ofthe AmericanWriters II serieson C-SPAN. Atcenter is C-SPANcamera technicianBob Reilly.

Susan Swain ’76, H’99E X E C U T I V E V I C E P R E S I D E N T A N D C O - C H I E F O P E R AT I N G O F F I C E R

C-SPAN

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“We inherited the fine gift of agreat duty … that of guarding thepublic trust,” says Edward J. Lynett,Jr., ’65, H’93 of the legacy passed onto him and his brothers and sister.

The sudden death of their fatherEd w a rd J. Lynett, Sr., H’55 in 1966t h rust the enormous responsibility ofpublishing a daily paper squarely onthe young shoulders of Ed w a rd and hissiblings George, William and Cecelia.

Published since 1870 and acquire dby the Lynett patriarch in 1895, T h eS c ranton Ti m e s had an established re p u-tation for journalistic excellence. T h epaper won a Pu l i t zer Pr i ze for Pu b l i cSe rvice in 1946 for a series of stories thatled to impeachment of a federal judge.

The paper was also known for itsi n n ova t i ve practices. In 1922, it becamethe first newspaper in the United St a t e sto also own a radio station.

From the beginning, the siblingsrelied on one another, their motherJean Lynett H’76 and their dedicatedstaff for guidance and comfort.

Within nine months of their father’sdeath, they published the first edition ofThe Sunday Ti m e s. From there, theylooked only forw a rd with re s o l ve to pro-vide a future for the next generation.

“Right from the start we we re com-mitted to growth,” says George Ly n e t t .

Under the stewardship of the thirdgeneration Lynetts, their businessflourished. The Scranton Timesbecame the first daily paper in theregion to run full color photos. Theybuilt a new state-of-the-art facility inScott Township that improved print-ing production, quality, efficiencyand capacity. They expanded theirmarket through acquisition and thedevelopment of new publications.

To d a y, under the name of Ti m e sSh a m rock, the Lynetts own a doze nradio stations in a handful of states andm o re than two dozen papers, includingThe Ci t i ze n s’ Vo i c e, Wi l k e s - Ba r re; T h eDaily Re v i e w, Towanda; The Me t roTi m e s, De t roit, Mich.; and The Sa nAntonio Cu r re n t, San Antonio, Te x a s .

The Lynetts are quick to point outthe practical business and accountingskills acquired as students at T h eUn i versity of Scranton that have helpedmake their business a success. They arealso quick to emphasize the other criti-cal components of a Jesuit education –ethics, morality, justice – standards thata re vital to those entrusted with safe-g u a rding the public tru s t .

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Times Shamrock Partners (from left) William R. Lynett’72, University Trustee Cecelia Lynett Haggerty,George V. Lynett G’71 and Edward J. Lynett, Jr. ’65,H’93, pose next to the historic press used to printThe Scranton Times from 1926 to 1988.

Changing With “The Times”

Edward J. Lynett, Jr. ’65, H’93George V. Lynett G’71 William R. Lynett ’72 University Trustee Cecelia Lynett Haggerty Times Shamrock

Politics and the Press

Gerald Ford is a down-to-earth ordinaryJoe; Jimmy Carter – intense and deeply reli-gious. Ronald Reagan is very detached andGeorge Bush, Sr., has a terrific sense ofhumor. Bill Clinton squandered an enor-mous talent. These are the observations ofGene Gibbons ’64 H’96, who got to knowseveral American presidents during a careerthat spanned three decades reporting on theWhite House.

M r. Gibbons began covering Wa s h i n g t o npolitics as a correspondent for United Pre s sInternational (UPI) in 1969. He worked forU PI until 1985, serving as the White Ho u s eC o r respondent for UPI Radio before becom-ing the Chief White House correspondent forReuters from 1985 to 1997.

Although Mr. Gibbons cove red theWatergate story, he became most familiar withthe presidents who served after the scandal.

“Not all were like their public images,”he says.

Ac c o rding to Mr. Gibbons, Pre s i d e n tC a rter struggled greatly with the morals of anissue. He believes that President Cart e r’s con-tributions to the good of humanity, especially

those made after the pre s i d e n c y, are gre a t l yu n d e restimated.

M r. Gibbons also believes Pre s i d e n tClinton to be the most brilliant of the pre s i-dents that he has known. “Un f o rt u n a t e l y, heis also the most self-indulgent and undisci-plined,” he adds.

“ President Bush (senior) is ve ry friendly andhas quite a sense of humor,” says Mr. Gi b b o n s .

President Bush joked with him about hisdislike for broccoli; Mr. Gibbons wrote as t o ry about it. The rest is history.

M r. Gi b b o n s’ proudest moment, howe ve r,did not invo l ve covering a story, but serving asa panelist in the final debate of the 1992 pre s i-dential election. (His second pro u d e s tmoment was addressing the 1996 Un i ve r s i t yof Scranton commencement and receiving anh o n o r a ry degree.) He is quite re ve rent abouthis responsibility to pose re vealing questionsthat would help the American people make aninformed decision re g a rding their next leader.

Helping inform Americans is somethingM r. Gibbons continues to do to this day asthe Deputy Di rector and Managing Editor ofStateline.org. Funded by the Pew CharitableTrusts, Stateline.org is an Internet publicationfounded to encourage and support enhancedc overage of state governments. Journalists andthe general public use the free site.

“The need for this service stems from theconsolidation of the newspaper industry andan abdication from responsibility to cove rstate government,” says Mr. Gi b b o n s .

It is also the result of the availability of an ew medium – the Internet.

“The In t e r n e t’s strength is its quicknessand ability to find specific information, which

is also its downfall,” explains Mr. Gi b b o n s .“ On the We b, you only see what you arei n t e rested in. You miss the opportunity to bepulled into a fascinating story that can hap-pen with a newspaper or magazine.”

Ac c o rding to Mr. Gibbons, each mediumhas its strengths and we a k n e s s e s .

“Wo rds have a power that is unequalled bysound and pictures,” says Mr. Gibbons, whohas worked in radio, television (part of hisU PI duties) and print. “TV is not a writer’smedium. The pictures are powe rful and dis-tract from the word s . ”

M r. Gi b b o n s’ first exposure to multiplemedia occurred at the Un i ve r s i t y. The En g l i s hmajor wrote for the Aq u i n a s and for theUn i ve r s i t y’s literary magazine. He also serve das the general manager of the Un i ve r s i t y’sradio station, W U S V- F M .

The Scranton native believes his educa-tion and his training as a ROTC cadet atThe University of Scranton prepared himwell for his career.

“I am enormously fortunate for my care e r,and I credit the inspiration that I re c e i ved toteachers like Professor Ma t t h ew O’Ro u rk ea n d William J. Devlin, S.J., who encouragedmy intellectual curiosity,” says Mr. Gi b b o n s .

As a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army,he served in Korea. As a journalist, hiscareer took him to over 70 countries andsix continents.

“The one thing that I learned at theUn i versity that has served me well is the abili-ty to draw a conclusion from the facts,” saysM r. Gi b b o n s .

Regardless of the medium, you can’tunderestimate that message.

Gene Gibbons ’64, H’96F O R ME R C H I E F W H I T E H O U S EC O R R E S P O N D E N T, R E U T E R S

Mr. Gibbons posesa question to thenPresident Clintonduring a WhiteHouse Conference.

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A Goal Worth Making

In the world of sportsjournalism, being namedExecutive Editor of ESPNis like winning the SuperBowl. For John A. Walsh’66, the championshipjob came after many loss-es. Still, he never lost thewill to stay in the game.

“ I ’ve been working inthis business for 36 ye a r sand I can honestly say thatI was unhappy for a totalof only five or sixmonths,” says Mr. Walsh. “I love whatI do. And so, it’s been gre a t . ”

The “greatness” didn’t come easilyfor Mr. Walsh. In the 22 years lead-ing up to his appointment at ESPN,he moved from coast to coast, hold-ing numerous posts in newspapersand magazines, and working as afreelancer and consultant for manymedia companies.

After graduating from theUniversity, he worked at the sportsdesk at The Missourian, while pursu-ing graduate studies at NorthwestMissouri State University. His pen-chant for sports led him to theMissouri State library almost daily,where he pored over the sports pagesof newspapers and magazine.

In 1970, he joined Newsday as anovernight news copy editor and, later,served as the op-ed editor for a newSunday page launched by Newsday in1972.

Through an editorial project forNewsday, Mr. Walsh made some con-nections at Rolling Stone magazine. In1973, he was named to the covetedposition of Managing Editor at

John A. Walsh ’66E X E C U T I V E E D I T O R

ESPN

Rolling Stone. Thisseemingly huge win inthe world of journalismended abruptly oneyear later when he wasasked to step down.

After four years off reelancing on the We s tCoast – including thep reparation of a docu-m e n t a ry for the 1976Super Bowl – Mr. Wa l s hlanded a top post at T h ePo s t: He was named

Assignment Editor of the Style Se c t i o nat The Washington Post in 1978.

“We had all the top writers – Sa l l yQuinn, Tom Shales, Paul He n d r i c k s o n ,He n ry Allen, Paul Richards and oth-ers,” recalls Mr. Wa l s h .

When Newsweek, owner of TheWashington Post, began planning for anew magazine to rival SportsIllustrated, Mr. Walsh was recruitedto head up the efforts. Inside SportsMagazine was launched in 1980.Thirty-three issues later, the magazinefolded. It was déjà vu for Mr. Walsh.

From 1982 – 1985, he worked as aconsultant for numerous publicationsand corporations, including Es q u i remagazine. In 1985, he was namedManaging Editor at U.S. News & Wo rl dRe p o rt. After resigning from U.S. Ne w s,he returned to consulting, this time forsuch companies as CBS Sp o rt s .

In 1987, he was offered the leadjob on sports and information atESPN, Inc., a company that today isthe worldwide leader in sports.

Since 1990, Mr. Walsh has served asExe c u t i ve Editor of ESPN, ove r s e e i n gall studio and informational pro g r a m-

ming. He has overseen the launch ofESPN The Ma g a z i n e and ESPN Radio,and was instrumental in developing then ews and information elements ofESPN2. He also has responsibilities forc re a t i ve development and editoriald i rection of ESPN.com, NBA.com,NASCAR Online, W N B A . c o m ,A B C Sp o rts.com and So c c e r n e t .

“In our early days, ESPN was theunderdog,” says Mr. Walsh. “We werealways striving to do better. We’dlook at the competition and say‘They’re doing this. Why can’t we?’ ”

ESPN took on the competition byadapting to change – a skill perfectedby Mr. Walsh over the years – and bydelivering a solid product to adefined market audience.

Under Mr. Walsh’s direction,ESPN’s news and information pro-gramming has won 25 CableACEAwards and 28 Sports Emmy Awards.His excellence in the communica-tions field was recognized by TheUniversity of Scranton in 1991, whenMr. Walsh was presented a Frank J.O’Hara Award, which recognizesalumni and others who have achieveddistinction in their professions or per-sonal endeavors.

“Our job is to create a body ofwork that appeals to the interests of adefined audience,” says Mr. Walsh ofhis work. “We ‘helicopter up’ to lookat all the media available and thenselect the ones that will best deliverour message.”

As John Walsh knows, the heli-copter ride to the top can be choppyat times. The key to success is to keepsight of your goal.

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1 8 T H E S C R A N T O N J O U R N A L

M i s s i o nA c c o m p l i s h e d

The lifelong professional aspira-tion of William G. Connolly ’59 wasto work for The New York Times andexert some influence over its contentand direction.

It is a mission that he has accom-plished.

Before his retirement in2001 as a Senior Editor ofThe New York Times, Mr.Connolly began a programto develop a comprehensivepolicy on ethics and conflictsof interest for the paper’snews department.

His extensive invo l ve m e n twith the paper’s editorialre c ruiting and training,which he continues to do as a

consultant, will influence The Ti m e sfor years to come.

What is it like to work at therevered publication?

“T h e re’s a heady sense that yo u’vea r r i ved at the top, but there’s also arealization that you have to scrambleto keep up with the other peoplet h e re and a fear that you might be theone to disappoint your colleagues andthe institution,” says Mr. Connolly.

“ Eve ryone at The New Yo rkTimes takes great pride in the qual-ity of the paper, but no one there is

e ver quite satisfied,” Mr. Connollysays. “Ti m e s people – all new s p a p e rpeople, re a l l y – we are always s t r i v-ing for elusive perf e c t i o n . ”

The New York Times informallyevaluates its own work in a photo-copied critique that circulates inter-nally several times a week. Mr.Connolly was a regular contributorto that process before his retirement.

From the 1940s until 1991, TheTimes published a self-criticalnewsletter, Winners & Sinners, whichMr. Connolly wrote from 1987through 1989.

Mr. Connolly’s first job at TheNew York Times was as a part-timecopyboy in 1961. He then criss-crossed the country in the mid-60’sthrough a series of jobs at TheMinneapolis Tribune, The HoustonChronicle and The Detroit Free Press.

“That’s pretty much the way thenewspaper business works,” he says.“You get the best job you can, learnwhat you can, then move to a bigger,better-paying, more demandingpaper. Then you repeat the process.”

It was a practice not appreciatedby his father, who worked for oneemployer his entire life – not appreci-ated, that is, until Mr. Connollyreturned to The New York Times in1966 as a copy editor on the foreigndesk.

He advanced there through aseries of editorial positions until leav-ing once again in 1979 to becomemanaging editor of The Virginian-Pilot, the morning paper in Norfolk.

He returned to The New YorkTimes again in 1984 as an AssistantNational Editor and later served as

deputy editor of The Week in Reviewand deputy metropolitan editor. Hebecame a senior editor in 1987.

T h rough the decades, he has seenthe newspaper industry change, whileremaining a vital source of information.

“Radio, television and to someextent the Internet have usurped theoriginal function of newspapers –delivering breaking news,” he says.“Newspapers have become morethoughtful and analytical, providingmore detail and interpretation. Theyhave taken … on the function onceserved by newsmagazines. And, news-magazines have in the process beenpushed further into the realm ofentertainment.”

An English and philosophy major,Mr. Connolly actually earned a bach-elor of science degree from theUniversity – “a result of his havingstarted college life as a physicsmajor.” After almost three years inthe U.S. Army as a writer, announcerand producer for Armed ForcesRadio Service in New York, he earneda master of science degree in journal-ism at Columbia University in 1963.

Mr. Connolly credits his educa-tion at The University of Scrantonwith providing him “the opportunityto think and to peek beyond themountains that surrounded myhometown. If there are any things ajournalist needs to succeed at, theyare a penchant for studying the worldand an ability to think analytically.”

At the University he wrote for theAquinas. He also tried his hand in artby drawing some cartoons – anotherlifelong ambition that he is now pur-suing by taking drawing and paintingclasses.

In 1994, the Un i versity pre s e n t e dM r. Connolly with a Frank O’Ha r aAw a rd for excellence in his pro f e s s i o n .

Regardless of the pursuit, deeplyimbedded in Mr. Connolly is theJesuit ideal to strive continually to dobetter. His life has been guided bythe core principles of honesty, fair-ness, integrity, loyalty and civility.

“(A) journalist must cling to thenotion that he or she works for there a d e r, not the publisher or the peoplewho figure in the news. If the re a d e r s’i n t e rests are served, the publisher’s willbe, too. And so will the interests ofd e m o c r a c y. ”

William Connollyrides aboardG e o rge H.W.B u s h ’s campaignplane in 1964,when Bush was theRepublican candi-date for the U.S.S e n a t e .

William G. Connolly ’59R E T I R E D S E N I OR E D I T O R

The New York Times

The University of Scranton haspresented honorary degrees tonumerous individuals who havedistinguished themselves in careersin the national media.

Eugene J. Gibbons ’64, H’96F O R M E R C H I E F W H I T E H O US EC O R R E S P O N D E N TReuters

Donald H. McGannon H’63C H A I R M A NWestinghouse Broadcasting

Lisa Myers, H ’02C H I E F C O N G R E S S I O N ALC O R R E S P O N D E N TNBC News(To be presented at Commencement 2002)

Timothy J. Russert, H ’97M O D E R AT O RNBC’s “Meet the Press”

John Stossel H’00N E W S C O R R E S P O N D E N T ABC

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger H’87P U B L I S H E RThe New York Times

Susan Swain ’76, H ’99E X E C U T I V E V I C E P R E S I D E NT A N DC O - C H I E F O P E R AT I N G O F F IC E RC-SPAN

John F. X. Whitaker H’78S P O RT S C A S T E R

Judy Woodruff H’91C H I E F WA S H I N G T O NC O R R E S P O N D E N TMacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

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Kathryn Barrans ’86NE W S P R O D U C E R

WNYT-TV

When the Olympic Torch camethrough Albany, N.Y., on 30December 2001, Kathryn Barrans ’86was charged with producing a live,one-hour special for WNYT-TV.

In an unpredictable turn ofevents, the torch arrived early inAlbany. Ms. Barrans and her televi-sion crew found themselves chasingthe torch in order to keep the livecoverage ablaze.

“We opened the show just as thecauldron was lit,” she recalls. “It wasright to the wire, but we made it.”

This scenario illustrates what Ms.Barrans enjoys most about her job asNews Producer at WNYT-TV, whereshe has worked since 1996. WNYT isan NBC affiliate that reaches552,000 households in New York,Massachusetts and Vermont.

“I kind of enjoy it when newsbreaks at the last minute and youhave to fly by the seat of your pantsto make sure that what goes out isclean,” she says.

“I like the challenge…when itworks!”

Ms. Barrans found herself chasinga similar challenge in the early1990’s, when she was an anchor andreporter for WARM Radio, Wilkes-Barre. Ms. Barrans received a tip thatSam Donaldson was on an unexpect-ed visit in Scranton. She tracked him

down and ultimately landed a five-minute interview with one ofAmerica’s most well-known televisionjournalists.

Ms. Barrans likens the world ofnews production to the Olympics.

“It takes teamwork,” she says.“What goes on the air is not just mywork. It’s the combined efforts ofmany people.”

Ms. Barrans developed an interestin news production while working atWPMT Fox 43 in Harrisburg.

“I like the organization of it.Every day you start with a blank slateand you have to put the puzzletogether,” she says.

In the years leading up to herwork in television production, sheworked as a news anchor andreporter at WARM and WILK radioin Northeastern Pennsylvania and atWHLM in Bloomsburg. In the earlydays of her career she worked on theovernight assignment desk atWYOU-TV, Scranton.

In giving advice to students pursu-ing a career in the media, she bor-rows a chapter from her own life.

“Do as much as you can – and doa little bit of everything. That way,you’ll be better at whatever you endup doing.”

You might even find yourself chas-ing the Olympic torch.

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Chasing the Torch

H o n o r a ry Degre eRecipients in the Media

T H E

ALU M NI5 1Francis G. Tracy, College Park,Md., in collaboration with RobertJ. Shockley and Robert Tocha, hasauthored School Administrator’sFactomatic, a resource for schoolproblem solutions.

5 8John E. Swift, M.D., an ophthalmol-ogist in Miami, Fla., has conductedmission trips to Africa, Vietnam andHonduras, where he has seen hun-d reds of clinic patients, operated ond o zens of indigent patients, give ndaily lectures to Vietnamese ophthal-mology residents and delive red lec-t u res to Kenyan nurses. On his lasttrip to Kenya, he performed 116 sur-geries in one week. Some patientswalked five days to see an Americand o c t o r.

61Ro b e rt H. Rempe, Ph . D . ,Ha r r i s b u r g, has published an art i c l ein the Ma rc h / April issue ofMo m e n t u m entitled “Sh a k e s p e a re in3-D.” The approach the article pro-poses teaches students “to De l ve, toDote and to De l i ve r. ”

62James F. Corcoran, M.A., Fa i rf a x ,Va., Di rector of Intelligence of theU.S. Customs Se rvice, 29 years inGovernment service after 10 years inthe Air Fo rce, is invo l ved with bro a dassessments and strategies re g a rd i n gp resent day homeland security.

William R. Mu r p h y, M.S., Yo rk, willbe retiring on June 30th as a pro f e s-sional educator in the Commonwe a l t hof Pe n n s y l vania after a career of 40years of public service as a High SchoolMathematics Te a c h e r, Se c o n d a ryPrincipal and, for the past 28 ye a r s ,Assistant Superintendent of theSouthern Yo rk County School District.

63Barry Beemer, Esq., ClarksSummit, is board certified as a trialadvocate by the National Board ofTrial Advocacy.

Jack E. Cisney, Benwood, W.Va.,has retired after 35 years of collegeteaching, a career which began atWest Liberty State College and fin-ished at West Virginia NorthernCommunity College.

Joseph A. Quinn, Jr., Esq., Laflin,has attained board certification as atrial advocate by the NationalBoard of Trial Advocacy.

65Hon. Dennis M. McHu g h ,Rockville, Md., was appointed bythe Governor of Ma ryland to theC i rcuit Court for Mo n t g o m e ryCounty and will be the Ju d g e - i n -Charge of the Ju venile branch of theFamily Division of that court. Hewas formerly on the District Court .

66Charles F. Wynne, Sacramento,Calif., has been appointed InlandRegion Administrator for theCalifornia Governor’s Office ofEmergency Services.

67Richard Barrett, Ph.D., Derwood,Md., who is in charge of riskassessment for the NuclearRegulatory Commission, hasreceived the PresidentialMeritorious Executive Award.

John McAllister, Ph.D., C.P.A.,Atlanta, Ga., Chair and Professorof Accounting at Kennesaw StateUniversity, was interviewed byStephen Frazier, anchor of CNNHeadline News, with regard to theEnron Case, specifically about thepotential conflict of interest pre-sented by the combination of auditand consulting services.

69Rev. Martin Boylan, V.F., wastransferred from St. Rita’s to bePastor of St. John the Evangelist,Honesdale.

71Michael W. Duricko, Ph.D.,Moscow, has joined PennstarBank’s Trust & InvestmentDivision as Executive Trust Officerand Director of Trust andInvestments.

72Raymond Hayes, Minooka, isPublic Safety Director in thenewly-formed cabinet of ScrantonMayor Chris Doherty.

James P. Sillery, Naperville, Ill., acertified Senior Human ResourcesProfessional, has joined Ernst &Young as Director of ExecutiveCompensation Practice.

73Brig. Gen. Thomas Loftus, M.D.,Travis A.F.B., Calif., CommandSurgeon for the U.S. Air Forces inEurope, was recently promoted tohis present rank.

74Daniel A. Bayak, Bethlehem, incollaboration with C. ScottBarhight, helped shape the contentof the sixteenth edition ofPrinciples of Accounting, a keyresource in many introductoryaccounting courses.

Warner Stark, Wyalusing, hasretired, after 36 years of working ineducation, from the position ofSuperintendent of the WyalusingSchool District.

75Cory Casacci, Laflin, a SeniorAccount Executive for IMRLimited, a document managementcompany, has been named their“Salesman of 2001.”

Kathy T. Keating, Dunmore, isthe Director of the WaverlyCommunity House, Waverly.

U.S. Navy Commander Jo h nK n owles, a professional Navy So c i a lWo rker trained in crisis re s p o n s e ,p a rticipated in the re c ove ry effort sat the Pentagon on 11 Se p t e m b e r.

76Jean-Paul Bonnet, D.O., Sparta,N.J., volunteered with five othersto staff a remote clinic in Haiti fora week in January.

77Rev. Robert P. Arnold was trans-ferred from Holy Family to bePastor of St. Rita’s Church,Gouldsboro and St. Anthony’s,Newfoundland.

H. John Keimig, NorthKingstown, R.I., received the 2001Distinguished Alumni ServiceAward presented by the GraduateProgram in Health ServicesAdministration of XavierUniversity. He is President andChief Executive Officer of St.Joseph Health Services, whichadministers the hospitals of theDiocese of Providence.

79Richard A. Bucci, was elected to athird term as Mayor ofBinghamton, N.Y.

P. Timothy Kelly, Esq., ClarksSummit, is board certified as a trialadvocate by the National Board ofTrial Advocacy. Mr. Kelly was alsoelected Secretary of theLackawanna Bar Association.

Gregory Lynch, D.O.,Philadelphia, volunteered with fiveothers to staff a remote clinic inHaiti for a week this past Januar y.

80Joseph M. Alu, C.P.A., Dunmore,was reappointed by the Senate tothe State Board of Accountancy forthe Commonwealth ofPennsylvania. Joseph is currentlyVice Chair of the Board.

Melinda Ghilardi, Esq., Dunmore,was elected Vice President of theLackawanna Bar Association.

Re v. Timothy Hubbs, Maj. U.S.A.,former Vice Principal of St. Jo s e p h’sHigh School in Hammonton, N.J. iss e rving as an active duty Chaplain atFo rt Drum, N.Y. He is assigned tothe 10th Aviation Brigade and is thePastor of St. Mi c h a e l’s Parish on thep o s t .

81J. Joseph Grady, Esq., Scranton,was elected President of theLackawanna Bar Association.

82Mary Beth D’Andrea, M.B.A.,Moscow, was appointed SeniorVice President in the commercialbanking division of First LibertyBank.

Col. David B. Kneafsey, U.S.A.,was promoted to his present rankand in July will begin attending theNaval War College in Newport,R.I., to pursue a degree in NationalSecurity and Strategic Studies.

John Kotula, Scranton, was namedChief Executive Officer ofNortheast Credit and Collections,a division of CommonwealthFinancial Systems.

Anna Rusnak Noon, M.B.A.,C.P.A., Moscow, was promoted toregional controller at Mercy HealthPartners.

Joseph E. Walsh, Jr., is the manag-ing partner in the St. Louis,Missouri, office of Harness, Dickey& Pierce, PLC., one of the nation’slargest and most recognized lawfirm’s specializing exclusively inIntellectual Property matters.

83R i c h a rd Bevilacqua, D.M.D., M.D.,West Ha rt f o rd, Conn., vo l u n t e e re dwith five others to staff a remote clin-ic in Haiti for a week in Ja n u a ry.

Kim Du f f y - Wy l a m , is a principal inthe Dickson City office of Pa re n t eHR Se rvices. Kim specializes indesigning and administering employe ebenefits for midsize businesses.

84Michael R. Goffer, Esq., ClarksSummit, is board certified as a trialadvocate by the National Board ofTrial Advocacy.

Andrea Whyte, Hawley, isExecutive Director of WayneCounty’s Area Agency on Aging.

86William Conlogue, Ph.D.,Dunmore, has published Workingthe Garden: American Writers andthe Industrialization ofAgriculture.

Jilda Piraino Julian, M.A., ClarksSummit, mother of three daugh-ters, received her degree, magnacum laude, in ElementaryEducation from MarywoodUniversity. Jilda is President ofKappa Delta Pi, an InternationalHonor Society in Education. Amember of Alpha Epsilon Lambdaand Phi Delta Kappa, she is a firstgrade teacher in the AbingtonHeights School District.

87Col. Charles Luce, U.S.A., A r l i n g t o n ,Va., has been activated in support ofOperation Enduring Fre e d o m .Charles is currently assigned toHe a d q u a rters, De p a rtment of theA r m y, the Army Operations Center atthe Pentagon as the Chief of theNational Detainee Re p o rting Center.He is the Senior Officer for theAccountability of Detainees in theGlobal War on Te r rorism.

Diane Pierdomenico-Bragg,Paradise, was promoted to manag -er, Client Services andAdministration of the RetirementServices Division of FultonFinancial Advisors.

Lisa Smulligan Reed, Perham,Maine, and her husband Russellhave opened R&S Guide Service inNorthern Maine. Lisa continues todo home care Physical Therapyand is the only full-time homehealth therapist in NorthernAroostook County.

88Jane M. Carlonas, Esq., Dunmore,was elected to the board of direc-tors of the Lackawanna BarAssociation.

Charlene Clark Laniewski, C.P.A.,Cranford, N.J., has been admittedinto the partnership of KPMG,L.L.P., a professional services firm.

Susan De Gi r a l a m o, Raleigh, N.C.,has joined the Sales Ed u c a t i o nTeam for IBM’s eSe rver xSeries serv-er brand in Re s e a rch Triangle Pa rk.

Philip M. Go g a rt y, has re c e n t l yaccepted the position of Di rector ofCorporate Card Technical Se rv i c e swith Ma s t e r C a rd International, NewYo rk. Pre v i o u s l y, Phil had beenw o rking in credit card operationswith First Union National Bank inCharlotte, N.C.

Timothy Markey, Esq., Colonia,N.J., has joined CNA as a SeniorClaims Counsel in the FidelityBond Department.

Nannette R. Zale, M.D., Exton, isa board certified staff PediatricOphthalmologist at A.I. duPontHospital for Children and a clini-cal instructor at Wills Eye Hospitaland at Jefferson Medical College.

89Dennis Cody, Kennett Square, ofthe American International Group(AIG), was promoted to DeputyChief Financial Officer of AIG’sWorldwide Group ManagementLife & Health Division.

John P. Gonzales, Wynnewood,has been named a shareholder withhis law firm, Marshall, Dennehey,Warner, Coleman & Goggin,where his specialty is defense ofpublic officials and municipalitiesin Civil Rights and EmploymentDiscrimination lawsuits.

Mary Jane Kalafut DiMattio,Ph.D., Jefferson Township, assis-tant professor of nursing at TheUniversity of Scranton, receivedher doctoral degree in nursingfrom the University ofPennsylvania.

Terence Lonergan, M.D., ScotchPlains, N.J., volunteered, with fiveothers, to staff a remote clinic inHaiti for a week in January.

Carla Mascaro, Mendham, N.J., is Senior Attorney in the BaskingRidge office of AT&T Corp.

Tim Pryle, M.A., Boston, Mass., is Assistant Director of Admissionsfor the Graduate School of HealthStudies at Simmons College. Hereceived his Master’s in HigherEducation Administration atBoston College.

Edward Refice, Exton, is AssistantDirector for the Auditor General ofthe Commonwealth of PA.

90Patricia A. Cobb, Esq., Dalton,was appointed Executive VicePresident of Northeast Credit andCollections, a division ofCommonwealth Financial Systems.

Eric J. Esoda, Old Forge, wasappointed Director of Finance andAdministration for theNortheastern PennsylvaniaIndustrial Resource Center.

Maura McCormack Dolan,Morristown, N.J., is a SpeechLanguage Pathologist for theMorris Plains Borough School.

Peter J. Millett, M.D., Dalton,was appointed Clinical Instructorof Orthopaedics at HarvardMedical School.

91Bernard J. Costello, D.M.D.,M.D., is Assistant Professor ofOral and Maxillofacial Surgery,Pediatric Dentistry and PediatricSurgery at Children’s HospitalPittsburgh. He is CraniofacialSurgery Consultant to the Cleftand Craniofacial Team andDirector of Residency Education.

Christen Gilmore Pionzio, WillowGrove, was made Partner with thelaw firm, Hamburg, Rubin,Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin.Christen practices real estate,municipal and zoning law.

James F. (Jay) Snee ’91, G ’97,Olyphant, re c e n tly re c e i ved a bonem a r row transplant and is curre n t l yvolunteering for the LeukemiaSociety of America. Pi c t u red herewith Jay is Anne Kutney ’01, thenurse who assisted in delivering thebone marrow transplant. KathleenDuffy ’91 was the nurse practi-tioner for Ja y’s physician.

92Charles Barlow, Carbondale, wasappointed Principal of SacredHeart Jr./Sr. High School.

93Chris Attig, Houston, Texas, iscurrently a second-year law studentat South Texas College of Law.Chris has accepted a full semesterinternship with the Chief Justice ofthe Texas Supreme Court.

Patty Ca s e y, New Yo rk, N.Y. ,re c e i ved her degree in Hu m a nRe s o u rces from Fo rd h a mUn i versity and is the Hu m a nRe s o u rces Di rector for the account-ing firm of Mahoney Cohen.

Ed w a rd B. Micheletti, Esq.,Greenville, Del., works for Sk a d d e nArps Slate Meagher & Flom, LLP(an international law firm) as aCorporate Litigation Associate.

Joseph P. Redington, was namedan Assistant Dean of Studies atManhattanville College.

Brian Sullivan, M.D., received hisdoctoral degree from TempleUniversity and is a resident inLancaster General Hospital.

Patricia Tetreault, Lake Ariel, wasnamed Human Resources Managerat Mercy Hospital, Scranton.

94Kathleen Tucker, Summit, N.J.,has entered a graduate program atSeton Hall University.

95Lisa A. Caudullo was named anAssistant Prosecutor in the domes-tic violence unit of the HudsonCounty’s Prosecutor’s Office inJersey City, N.J.

Stephen Gionta now resides in Co.Kilkenny, Ireland, where he edu-cates and cares for disabled chil-dren and adults.

Sh a ron Holmes Ha rtranft, C h a l f o n t ,re c e i ved her master’s degree inSe c o n d a ry Education & Bi o l o g yf rom De Sales Un i versity and is ateacher of Anatomy/Physiology andAd vanced Placement Biology atTruman High School. Sh a ron plansto teach at the college level in the fall.

C h ristina Kauffman T h o m p s o n ,Smyrna, Ga., is a physical therapistand was promoted to Clinic Ma n a g e rfor Ve n t u re Physical T h e r a p y.

Heather Rowan, is working on herPh.D. in Education Policy andLeadership at the University ofMaryland.

96Kathleen Kelly, M.D., graduatedwith honors from the University ofVirginia School of Medicine andserved an internship at AndrewsAir Force Base. Kathleen was thenselected to serve in the capacity ofa Medical Officer under the ChiefDermatologist of the AirForce/Dermatology Consultant tothe Surgeon General. She is now aresident in Dermatology at WilfordHall USAF Medical Center, SanAntonio, Texas.

Andrew D. Kosar, Ph.D., Laramie,Wyo., is finishing his degree inInorganic Chemistry at theUniversity of Wyoming and will bestarting a post-doctorate programat Georgetown University in June.

Matthew L. Meagher, Esq., anAssociate in offices of Raymond L.Hamill, Honesdale, has passed thePennsylvania Bar.

Jeffrey C. Morton, Washington,D.C., resigned from the Securitiesand Exchange Commission to startAdviser Compliance Associates,LLC (“ACA”), a firm which pro

Richard Bevilacqua, D.M.D., M.D.,(standing) Chairman of the University’sMedical Alumni Society (MAC) and apanel of MAC physicians and dentistshost a discussion for pre-med studentson admissions to medical school.

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vides regulatory compliance con-sulting services to registered invest-ment advisers.

Nina Olmedo-Foreman,Olyphant, is on the staff of TheEmployment Opportunity andTraining Center.

97Stacy M. Bishop, Bethlehem,received her degree from thePhiladelphia College ofOsteopathic Medicine and is anintern at St. Luke’s Hospital.

Michael J. Connelly, D.M.D.,Valhalla, N.Y., received his dentaldegree from the University ofConnecticut and has begun anOrthodontic residency atMontefiore Medical Center.

Michelle Henning, D.O.,Danville, received her degree fromthe Philadelphia College ofOsteopathic Medicine and is anintern at Geisinger MedicalCenter.

Megan He yer Monks, Ve rona, N.J.,and her husband Joe had some inter-esting house guests recently when theexterior of their home was used for ascene in the television show, T h eS o p ranos. Pi c t u red with Meg and Jo ea re St e ven “Ba c a l a” Schirripa, St e ve n“ Si l v i o” Va n Zandt and Mi c h a e l“ C h r i s t o p h e r” Imperioli.

Tracy Kuniega Pietrzak, M.D.,Providence, R.I., received herdegree from the University ofMaryland and is a PsychiatricResident at Brown University.

Sheryl Lynn Oleski, Philadelphia,senior medical student at thePhiladelphia College ofOsteopathic Medicine, has pub-lished, in collaboration with twoothers, an original research manu-script, “Radiographic Evidence ofCranial Bone Mobility,” in theJanuary 2002 issue of The Journalof Craniomandibular Practice.

Jeffrey Pietrzak, Providence, R.I.,is pursuing a lifelong goal ofbecoming a musician.

98Jeffrey Boam, Scranton, wasnamed Project/CommunityRelations Director of ScrantonTomorrow.

Arthur Bobbouine, Esq., Pittston,received his degree from DickinsonSchool of Law.

Alexander DeLuccia, III, WestPatterson, N.J., is a police officerin Wayne, N.J.

Anne Duffy is working in Munich,Germany, in the InternationalMedia Relations department forEADS, the European AeronauticDefense & Space Company.

Juan Escobar, Philadelphia, wasnamed one of the elected represen-tatives from Region III(Pennsylvania & New Jersey) toserve on the United StatesConference of Catholic Bishops(USCCB) National AdvisoryCouncil for a term of four yearsbeginning in December 2001.

Patrick Howard, Esq., earned hislaw degree at the University ofPittsburgh, passed both thePennsylvania and the New Jerseybar examinations and has joinedthe Philadelphia firm of Post andSchell, P.C.

Georgette Lave t s k y, Ol y p h a n t ,re c e i ved her degree in Ep i d e m i o l o g yf rom Johns Hopkins School ofHygiene and Public Health.

Michelle Lukasewicz, Forest Hills,N.Y., passed the July 2001 NewYork State Bar Exam.

Sam Sanguedolce, Esq., Pittston,received his degree from DickinsonSchool of Law.

Jennifer Santoro DeLuccia, WestPaterson, N.J., is on the staff ofDetails Magazine.

Marissa Trichilo Brunetti,Plymouth Meeting, fourth-yearstudent at Jefferson, was acceptedinto the Clinical Electives Programat the National Institutes of Healthdoing research in pediatricendocrinology.Laura Ma u reen Turlip, Esq., p a s s e dthe Pe n n s y l vania State Ba rExamination and is serving as a lawc l e rk to Lackawanna County Ju d g e ,the Ho n . Vito P. Ge roulo ’69

99Alison Glucksnis Lott, Manlius,N.Y., is a graduate student andteaching assistant at SONYSyracuse College of EnvironmentalScience and Forestry.

1st Lt. Shane A. Grodack,U.S.M.C., Camp LeJeune, N.C.,has graduated from the CombatEngineer Officer Course and wasassigned to the 2nd CBTEngineering Battalion.

William J. Vigilante, Jr., Ph . D . ,Raleigh, N.C., re c e i ved his degree inErgonomics Ps ychology from No rt hC a rolina State Un i versity and is cur-rently employed as a Human Fa c t o r sEngineer at the IBM Corp.

01Kate Toolan, East Norriston, wasnamed Junior Account Executiveat Ferrare & Fleming Advertising.

Marriages78Albert A. Hazzouri, Jr., D.M.D.,

to Lauren E. Keating

79Alice R. Dolinish to Edward J.

Keil, Jr.

84Frank J. Laboranti to Patricia

Cosgrove

85Michael P. Auriemma to Michelle

D. Rinaldi

87Jacqueline Cleary to John Urbano

88Patrick M. Rogan, Esq., to Julia

K. Munley, Esq. Nannette R. Zale, M.D., to

Edward S. Refice ’89 Cynthia A. Zawacki to John R.

Williams

89Karen M. Cappelloni to J.B.

Brombacher Joseph T. Kelly, Jr., D.M.D., to

Kimberly Ann Supon

90Ross J. Cianflone, III, to Jill M.

Eshelman’94Maura McCormack to Thomas

Dolan Michael Sexton to Erin Gleason Christine H. Sheridan to Frank A.

Celia

91Renee C. Czubowicz to Joseph R.

Tierney.Lawrence A. Durkin to Kristin

Wintermantel Jeffrey S. Evans to Mary E. Walsh,

M.A.Patrick A. Luongo to Nicole A.

Ventimiglia, C.P.A. Edward Madden to Mollie Rucker Donald L. Preate, Jr., M.D., to

Karen E. Pumphrey, R.N. Richard Segiel, Jr., M.S., to

Kimarie Kelly Donna Mae Vispi, M.S., R.N., to

Patrick R. McDermott, R.N.

92Michael McHale to Kimberly

Pencek

93Wendy M. Aulisio to John M.

Mazza Amy M. Birtel, M.S., to Gregory

B. WallisStephanie Favazza to Myles

Hannigan Dr. Tiffany Griffiths to Mr. Hal

Markowitz Loriann M. Haddick to Vincent J.

Giacovelli, M.A. John P. Haggerty to Bridget M.

Butler, J.D. Joseph T. Healey, Esq., to

Maureen B. Dillon Julia M. Scarano to Frederick N.

Greene III

Gregory Skibitsky, Esq., toChristine D. Exeter

Brian Sullivan, M.D., to ChristieGilbert

94Tami J. Black to Kenneth W.

Rosencrans Kathleen T. Kelley to James

Kimble Aimee Lexa to Kyle J.

MontgomeryJames A. O’Neill to Nicole M.

Chinetski Nora E. Paparella, M.A., to

Christopher Phillips Joanne Wicinski to Michael Vecsi

95Jennifer Henrikson to Frank La

Capra, Jr.Nadine F. Henzes, M.S., to

Christian M. Gowarty Katherine Hessling to Matthew

Kowalewski ’96Christina Kauffman to Matthew

Thompson Noel M. Kramer, D.O., to Atty.

Patrick R. GillardStephanie Lutz to Thomas

GregoryMaribeth Penzone to George V.

Baker, Jr., Esq.

96Meghan K. Miller to Brett T.

LaBadie John F. Pullo to Andrea E. Brinola Denise M. Warner to David

Ambrose

97Stacy Bishop, D.O., to

Christopher Stark, D.O. Liza De Pi e t ro to George Carroll, Jr. Kimberly Ellis, to Jason Kilduff Martin M. Forsberg, M.D., to

Amy S. Baranoski’99Christopher Grasso to Meridith

Murphy ’99Christopher M. Kennedy to Mary

Frances Mahoney Renee L. Lawlor to Steven M.

Janso Michael J. McGarrigle to Lauren

UvaStefanie Ann Westermann to Guy

K. Bolton ’98

98Allison C. Bass to Ryan A. Wasko,

G’00Ryan Caboot to Barbara Brzenski

’99Melissa Chermak to Ronald Liput Michele Giancatarino to Andrew

GilfillanKathryn Ann Karam to David L.

Wortman Karen A. Lavelle, to Sean M.

Keeler, M.D.Leanne M. Lefkowski, M.S., to

Joseph A. Symuleski, M.S. Tracy L. Morelli to Mark J.

Capooci Nicole Lee Potthoff to Brian T.

Yorke David M. Rutledge to Patricia C

Greedan ’00Jennifer Santoro to Alexander

DeLuccia, III.

Sean Welsh to Beth Kapusta ’99 Nicole M. Zarzecki to Martin F.

Casey

99Johanna Eltz to William Dinis

Camara Mary E. Donohue to Michael

O’Donnell Alison E. Dougher to Brian J.

Griffiths Jennifer Inglett to Michael

Prendergast ’00Lisa M. Micciche, M.A. to

Richard C. Celuck

00Denise A. Comiskey to Dennis C.

Jumper Joseph J. Culkin, Jr. to Erin Ann

Flaherty Nicole M. DePietro to William N.

Ball Ann Marie Koenker to Robert

Dredge

01Mary T. Rice to Gerard D.

Robinson Craig P. Sweeney, M.S., to

Danielle ProbstKaren M. Walsh to Joseph J.

Emma

Births72A daughter, Jean O’Hara, to Mary& William Lynett, Clarks Summit

78A daughter, Grace Donnelly, toRuth, Esq., & Timothy Lenahan,Esq., Scranton A daughter, Meghan Catherine, toJohn, Jr., M.D., & Gina DeFazioMcGurrin ’99, Clarks Summit

79A son, Aidan Powell, to Agnes &David Jones, Scranton

82A daughter, Holly Christina, toChris & Jamie HoebichLiebenberg, New Milford, Conn.

A daughter, Sophia, Stephen, Jr. &Janine Kubasko Starinsky ’92,Duryea

83A son, Joseph Cyril, to Jennifer &Joseph McAllister, M.D.,Horsham

84A daughter, Emmalee, to Edward& Patricia Lyon Lafean, FallsChurch, Va.

85A daughter, Kaitlyn Margaret toDavid & Christine Dolphin ’86,Scranton.

A son, Christian Michael, to Sonya &James Masters, Ph.D., Ringoes, N.J.

A daughter, Mary MargaretSt.John to, Theresa & EugeneStec, M.D., Dallas

A son, Matthew Peter, to Mark &Mary Ellen Skwish Tomaine ’86,Archbald

86Twin sons, Benedict James and Jo h nConlon, to Ro b e rt & Ma ry Ja n eConlon Re i l l y, Manhasset, N.Y.

A daughter, Olivia, to Donna &Louis Mariotti, D.O., Lakeville

A son, Matthew Robert, toMichael Doktorczyk & MariaMascaro, Esq., Menlo Park, Calif.

A son, Grant Joseph, to David &Noreen McClintock Stevenson,Chester, N.Y.

A son, Noah Salvatore, to Amy &Salvatore Petrucci, D.M.D.,Wilkes-Barre

A daughter, Jillian Marie, toDonald & Barbara RomanauskasBird, Scranton

Twin daughters, Allison Kate &Madison Elizabeth, to Lori &Stephen Swanchak, Scranton

87A son, Michael George, to Keith& Kathleen Bossert Bobash, EastBrunswick, N.J.

A son, Ryan Christopher, to Dan& Karen Ann Ford Breen ’88,Whippany, N.J.

A son, Liam Conway Coenen, toWerner Coenen & Susan Conway,Frankfurt, Germany A daughter, Caroline Rose, toMelinda & Kevin Gremse,Stamford, Conn. A daughter, Emma Clare, toTimothy & Catherine HalesMcClain, State College A daughter, Kelli Ann, to Michele& Thomas Humphrey, Mt.Laurel, N.J. A daughter, Catherine Bridget, toJoseph & Maureen Kellerk Bentz,Columbia, Md. A son, William David, to David &Elaine Ku ren Pavlick, Ed g ew a t e r, Md. A son, William Michael, to James,Jr., & Karen Howard McHale ’92,DunmoreA daughter, Caroline Grace, toDon & Diane Pierdomenico-Bragg, Paradise Twin sons, St e ven Michael &Ma t t h ew Joseph, to Lewis & Jo a n n eRaso Ro s e n b l a t t, Hillsdale, N.J. A daughter, Francesca Victoria, toLori & Jude Villano, PeckvilleA daughter, Kathryn Veronica, toEugene & Antonia Castelli Walsh,Dunmore

88A daughter, Erin Kaitlyn, toCarolyn and Brendan Daly,Commack, N.Y.

A daughter, Olivia Jane, to Joseph& Mary Jane Kalafut DiMattio’89, Ph.D., Lake Ariel.

A daughter, Kiera Rose, toThomas, & Karla Fabri Flannery,Peckville

A son, Colin Scott, to Scott, D.P. M .& Ca rol Latzanich Kissell, D.P. M . ,Cresco

A daughter & a son, Leslie Lane &Leahy Patrick, to James, Esq., &April Corona O’Connor ’93,Archbald

A daughter, Alyssa Catherine, toTim & Karina Scaran Finkbeiner,Stewartsville, N.J.

A son, Walter John III, to Walter& Michele Symanski Kalinowski,Lancaster, Ohio

A daughter, Teagan Lydia, toSteven & Clare Timmes Waterloo,O.D., Alameda, Calif.

A son, Ryan, to Melissa & RobertTurlip, Archbald

89A daughter, Molly Grace, to Jay’90 & Patty Andrews O’Connell,New York, N.Y.

A daughter, Elizabeth Seton, toLori & Matthew Barrett, Esq.,Scranton

A daughter, Jessica Ann, to David& Barbara Kaneski Stangline,Scranton

A daughter, Anna Catherine, toMaria & Donald Ligorio, Esq.,Scranton

A son, Brendan Robert, to Harry& Carla Mascaro McEnroe,Mendham, N.J.

A daughter, Sophia Rose, toMatthew & Virginia McDanielSwiatek, Downingtown A son, Benjamin Matthew toRichard & Janine Meccia Settino,Eatontown A son, Declan Andres, to Kevin &Christina Nix Lynch, Maplewood,N.J. A daughter & a son, Owen Patrick& Nora Elizabeth, to Joseph &Maura Nixon Haggerty, Scranton A son, Reilly Joseph, to GarryEdwards & Mary Colleen Reilly,Hollywood, Calif.A son, John Michael, to Dennis &Megan Schupp Cody, KennettSquareA daughter, Claire Judith, to James& Mary Stibler Mulholland,Marlton, N.J.

90A son, Jason Thomas, to Cynthia,& Kenneth Brown, DunmoreA son, Justin Pearce, to Robert &Tami Morello DiPietro, Lansdale A son, Kerry Brogan, to Brian,Esq., & Maureen E. MelnickNeville’91, Hoboken, N.J. A daughter, Anne Marie, to Joseph& Cathy North Rudawski ’91,Middlesex, N.J. A son, Ryan Jonathan, to Linda &Jonathan Semyon, MoosicA daughter, Najda, to Theodore,M.D., & Ann Zayac Tomaszewski’91, WaverlyA daughter, Mary Katherine, toPatrick & Christina TrendlerSweeney, Philadelphia

91A daughter, Michalie, to Frank &Diane Cappelloni Mazurkivich,West Pittston

A daughter, Megan Fleming, toBrian & Ruth Flynn Raftery,Westfield, N.J.

A daughter, Ava Marie, to Brian &Christine Galeone Boussy, EllicottCity, Md.

A son, John James, to John &Christen Gilmore Pionzio, WillowGrove

A son, Kieran Lewis, to Michael &Julianne Lewis Maguire, WestCaldwell, N.J.

A son, Jerome James, III toElizabeth & Jerome McAllister,Nashville, Tenn.

A daughter, Diana Elizabeth, toKimberly & David Minucci,Kendall Park, N.J.

A daughter, Leanna Marie, toPeter & Marcia Splitt Yatcilla ’92,Old Forge

A son, Trevor Joseph, to Peter &Kelli Young Pedrazzi, EastHanover, N.J.

Sons and daughters of alumni in the Greater PhiladelphiaChapter gathered at the Huntington Valley Country Club fora holiday reception with their alumni parents in December.

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92A daughter, Kali Elizabeth, to Rees& Deborah Carter DiBileo,Scranton A son, Ma t t h ew James, to James &Jennifer De s s oye Ga rve y, Chicago, Ill. A son, Shane Ronaldto Kieran &Mary Beth Gionta Flanagan,Madison, N.J. A son, Richard Christopher, toRichard & Nancy Junge Sheridan,Northport, N.Y.A daughter, Ma ren, to Catherine &Michael McGrath Esq., Scranton A son, Justin, to Scott & AndreaMiele Killian, Toms River, N.J.A daughter, Elizabeth Autumn, toJohn & Jennifer A. Polack-Wahl,Ph.D., Fredericksburg, Va. A daughter, Kerry Noreen, toPatrick & Dawn Tobin-Holt,Nanuet, N.Y.

93A daughter, Marisa Ann, to David andLisa Are s t i vo Pa l m e r, Se a f o rd, N.Y. A daughter, Christina Lea, toKeith & Catherine CanterelliGoldan, Downingtown A son, Patrick Joseph, to Joseph &Elizabeth Conroy Redington,Bronxville, N.Y.A daughter, Alexa Nicole, to Joe &Lucrecia Danubio DiDomizio,Wyckoff, N.J. A daughter, Kaleigh Annelyn to R.Alan ’94 & Jennifer GuarinoBrunner, Jamesburg, N.J.A daughter, Katherine Thea, to T. J .& Meghan Ha r rington Gi l l,Littleton, Co.A son, Jack He n ry, to John & Eri k aHe n ry St ro l i g o , Ta r ry t own N.Y. A daughter, Mia Ann, to David &Jodi Mahalidge Tomassoni,Archbald

A son, Matthew Robert, toChristopher & Alison McKennaRothwell, DunmoreA son, John Gerard, to John &Jennifer Perry McNeff ’94,DunmoreA son, Edward Bennett, Jr. toMelissa & Edward Micheletti,Greenville, Del. A son, Thomas Christopher, toThomas & Stefanie SquillanteBravata, Commack, N.Y.A son, Ethan Scott, to Christie &Scott Thomas, Scranton A son, Ty Stephen, to Travis &Gina Weber Kokoska, Media

94A daughter, Emma Madison, toPaul & Brenda Bortel Gibson,Lake ArielA daughter, Grace Catherine, toKevin, & Christine GilhoolCollins, Annapolis, M.D. Twin sons, Adam Kyle and SeanPatrick, to Michael & StephanieScull Lewis, Greene, N.Y.

95A son, Sean Thomas, to Michael& Jill Ahern Eidenberg, ScrantonA daughter, Kayla Carroll, toMartin & Kelly Carroll Gaughan,MilfordA daughter, Amelia Jane, to Peter& Eliza Comly, Springville A son, Joshua Paul, to Amy &Keith Danielowski, Archbald A son, James Michael, Jr., to James &Sh a ron Holmes Ha rtranft, Chalfont

96A daughter, Katelyn Ann, toJennifer & Andrew KosarA son, St e ven Ty l e r, to Kenneth &Danielle Rossi Cascio, Nu t l e y, N.J.

97A daughter, Hannah Elizabeth, toJesse & Karin Sandstrom Getz’98, Hughestown A son, Ro b e rt William, III, toKristin & Ro b e rt Ye a g e r, Scranton

99Twin sons, Kevin Michael &Connor Gerard, to Fred, III &Jennifer Peet Richards, Moscow

01A son, Brett Anthony, to Brian &Donna Kostik, Wyoming

Deaths29 Edward F. Gombar, M.D.,Throop

30 Patrick A. Munley, Chenango

Bridge, N.Y.

32 Francis J. Keller, Avoca

33 Thomas F. Burns, Sr., Silver

Spring, Md.

34 Joseph I. Friedman, D.D.S., S c r a n t o n

35 Stanley A. Jesuit, Olyphant

36 Joseph Eisenberg, ScrantonCosmo J. Figliomeni, ChildsDavid E. Sa xe , Pacific Palisades, Calif.Joseph B. Scalzo, M.D., Brockton,

Mass.Stanley J. St a n i s , Wilmington, De l .

38 Re v. Charles F. Mu l ro o n e y, S c r a n t o n

39 Cyril P. O’Hora, Clarks Summit

40 Donald Cuff, Cortland, Ohio

41 Lester Arnovitis, Clarks Summit

42 David J. Bowen, Jr., Bethesda Md.Ray Cunningham, MountaintopJohn L. Hughes, Bellefonte

43 Paul T. Kennedy, Somerset, N.J.

46 Michael F. Disimoni, Old Forge

47 Stephen Muldoon, ScrantonJoseph A. Tosti, Louisa Va.

48 James G. Brennan, Ph.D., Tucon,

Ariz.

49 Joseph P. Ghilardi, PeckvilleDominic G. Toraldo, Scranton

50 Casimir J. Cz a j k ow s k i , Wi l k e s - Ba r reRobert J. Mudrock, Stuart, Fla.John F. O’Hara, ScrantonRichard P. Huddy, Clarks SummitRalph Penetar, DunmoreJoseph E. Wallace, ScrantonJohn C. Walters, Clarks Summit

51 Charles V. Costello, Binghamton,

N.Y.J. Kenneth McDowell, Clarks

Summit

52 Daniel A. Bronk, ShenandoahJohn R. Conaboy, ScrantonJohn F. Henahan, Blackrock

Clinic, IrelandWilliam Mauer, ScrantonJohn J. McCarty, Esq., St. David’s.Evelyn M. Reilly, Scranton

53 William Ma c k rell, M.D., A rc h b a l dLeonard J. Mecca, Dunmore

54 Donald J. Du n l e a v y, W h a rton, N.J.

55 Leo Cesare, Old ForgeThomas Pavuk, MayfieldRichard J. Payton, Kingsport,Tenn.

56 Norbert K. Betti, JessupJoseph P. Brust, Laurel, Md.Joseph J. Lach, Peckville

57 Ro b e rt A. Fe e n e y, M.D., A l l e n t ow n

58 John T. Boni, Jr., ElmhurstThomas F. Keefe, Glastonbury,

Conn.Richard L. Nicholson, Scranton

59 Peter J. DeMatteo, Jackson, N.J.Robert E. Morgan, Scranton

60 Lt. Col.(Ret.) David F. Lynch,

U.S.A., Windsor, N.C.Daniel G. Roberts, Scranton

63 Frank J. Salvatini, Palatine, Ill.

65 John J. Jordan, Clarks Summit

66 Col.(Ret.) James Brusitus, U.S.A.,

Jonesboro, Ga.Rev. Edward F. Sebring, MoscowJoseph R. Serafini, Peckville

67 H. Patricia Curran, ScrantonFrancis J. Sorochak, Kingston

68 Andrew J. Bocan, JessupLt.Col.(Ret.) James T. Morgan,

U.S.A., Newburgh, N.Y.

69 Anthony Powell, Spring BrookGerald P. Roginsky, C.P.A.,

Gaithersburg, Md.

70 Joseph D. Kennedy, ScrantonJoseph J. Muia, Carbondale

71 John C. Brennan, Irvington, N.Y.Ronald F. Cronkey, Ph.D.,

Scranton

72G Clara M. Williams, R.N., Clarks

Summit

73 James F. McAndrew, Ph.D., Dallas

74 Joseph C. Mu r p h y, Plantation, Fl a .Indira Srivastava, Moosic

76 Joseph Arnoni, Lake WinolaDonald P. Heidig, Scranton

77 Nicholas Del Ro s s o , Pu n x s u n t a w n e yJoseph Fedor, Scranton

78 Thomas J. McNu l t y, King of Pru s s i a

79 James F. Mayfield, Scranton

ROLL W I T HTHE ROYA L S

Alumni living in the Commonwealthof Pennsylvania can demonstratetheir school spirit with an affinitylicense plate from the Bureau of

Motor Vehicles and The Universityof Scranton Alumni Society.Applications are available

from the Alumni Office. Phone (570) 941-7660/7661

or 1-800-SCRANTON, or e-mail: alumni@scranton.edu.There are over 15,000 alumni

in Pennsylvania.

82 James A. Callaghan, NicholsonPatrick J. Kelly, M.D., Shavertown Donna Marie Natishin, Olyphant

85 Robert Aston, Spring BrookMary R. Carey Pauline, Taylor

92G Thomas Gu z a , San Francisco, Calif.

02 Paul T. Brown, Renovo

FO R M E R PRO F E S S O R SRe v. Eugene McCreesh, S.J.,

Charlotte, N.C., former Dean atthe Un i ve r s i t y

Edward J. Reilly, Ph.D., Scranton,Professor Emeritus in theDepartment of Sociology/Criminal Justice.

FA M I LY & FR I E N D SLois Artabane, mother of Thomas,

M.D. ’63Joseph Bl i e r, brother of Be rn a rd ’39Suzanne C. Carroll, wife of Frank,

M.D. ’47Shree Cippiciani, sister of Robert

Fiorelli, D.O.’80Angeline J. Costas, mother of

James ’77

Helen Devers, mother-in-law ofJoseph Quinn, Esq., ’63

Gerald J. Ferrario, father of Joseph’87

Tina Garcia, grandmother of Eric’98 & Jennifer ’01 Holecko

“Ma Mere” Harris, mother of JohnHarris ’73

Timothy P. Holmes, Esq., brotherof Mary Beth ’76

Cindy Houlihan, wife of Atty.Daniel ’43, mother of Todd ’87

Ma rynell Joseph, wife of Je f f rey ’80Ed w a rd Karpinski, father of Ed w a rd ,

J r. ’78 & father-in-law of Do ri sDesiderio Karpinski ’78

Herbert J. Keimig, father of H.John ’77 & Carol KeimigSmith ’81

Gene Kelly, brother of Robert ’58Michael Kirwin, father of Rev.

Michael ’72Tommy Knox, World Trade Center

victim, brother-in-law of MarkDolan ’85

William Lahoda, brother ofJoseph, M.D.’51

Anna E. Lash, mother of John ’61Harold Lestansky, father of

Judy ’92Ann Lilik, mother of Kenneth,

M.D.’71Alverdah Luizza, mother of

Anthony ’75Samuel J. Lupini, father of Ma rk ’77

Ro b e rt P. Lynott, father of Ro b e rt ’83Nicholas Ma s t roianni, father of

Angela Ma s t roianni Be ye r’ 9 1Be r n a rd S. Michini, father of De n i s e

’ 9 1John J. Minelli, father of Ph y l l i s

Minelli Stahler ’77Catherine Montella, mother of

Joseph, M.D., ’80John F. Mullen, father of John ’72Gerald P. Mu r r a y, brother of Ja m e s

’ 5 6Joseph F. Mu r r a y, Father of Jo s e p h

’ 6 2Marie Myers, mother of Franklin ’78Amelia Chychota Kadjesky Na p e ,

wife of Joseph Kadjesky ’36 &John Nape ’61

Joseph F. Mu r r a y, father of Jo s e p h’ 6 2

Ma r g a ret Noone, widow of Ge o r g e’ 3 2, mother of James, M.D.’63 &George ’66, grandmother ofGeorge III ’99

Lillina Carey Pappa, mother ofErn e s t’ 6 6

Rose M. Pascoe, mother of Re v.Louis, S.J.’52

Frank Pasquini, father of Frank ’G74Frank Pientack, father of Ru t h

Pientack Ma n c h a k’ 9 1Raymond P. Redington, father of

Ma u reen ’05Frances Roscoe, widow of Fr a n c i s ,

M.D. ’31, mother of At t y. Fr a n k

’ 4 1, mother-in-law of C h ri s t i n eMancuso Roscoe ’77

Re v. Joseph Ryan, brother of Re v.John ’34

Ma ry Salko, mother of Ge r a l d ,D . D . S . ’ 6 3 & Gre g o ry, M.D.’67

He n ry Scopelliti, father of R i c h a rdScoblick ’68

Philip Scotch, father of Philip ’78Joseph A. Shahum, brother of

R i c h a rd ’72Susan M. Sileo, wife of At t y. Jo h n ,

J r. ’83Angelo Smirne, father of Mi c h a e l ,

D . D . S . ’ 5 5 & grandfather ofMichael, Jr. ’85

Ma t t h ew Sp e i c h e r, father ofMatthew ’66 & Julie, M.D.’82

Do rothy St a voy, mother of Re v.Stephen ’75

Joseph Ta youn, brother of Pe t e r,E s q . ’ 7 1

Domingo Ustaris, father of Sa n d r a’ 9 9 & Susanne ’02

Ma ry Va h e y, wife of Eugene ’37Eleanor Wade, mother of Francis ’68

&, grandmother of C h ri s t o p h e r’ 9 2

Cheri We n d o l owski, wife of Eu g e n e’ 7 1.

Rose Ma ry Ya r m e y, mother of At t y.R i c h a rd ’70

John P. Zale, brother of A n t h o n y,M . D . ’ 3 8

Ruth Zi g r a y, mother of Jamie ’76

S P R I N G 2 5

Royden B. Davis, S.J.1923 - 2002

Fr. Davis served in the U.S. Armyfrom 1943 to 1945 as a gunner in ananti-aircraft battery.

He began a distin-guished career atGe o r g e t own Un i ve r s i t yin 1965 when he wasnamed Dean of fre s h m e nand Assistant Dean ofthe College of Arts andSciences. In 1966, hewas appointed Dean ofthe College of Arts andSciences, a post that hewould hold until 1989.

At Ge o r g e t own, Fr.Davis welcomed womenstudents to the College ofA rts and Sciences in 1969.He oversaw the inaugura-tion of the AmericanStudies Program, theexpansion of the Fine Art sDe p a rtment, the establish-ment and growth of thePs ychology De p a rt m e n t ,and the creation of theSociology and Computer

Science departments. In 1989, he dire c t e dGe o r g e t ow n’s Fo reign Studies Program inFl o rence, It a l y, and, in 1990, served as Chairof the Ignatian Annive r s a ry.

In 1991, Fr. Davis returned to TheUniversity of Scranton, where he taughtbriefly in the 1950s, to serve as rector ofthe Jesuit Community at Scranton. Inthis role, he was a member of the Boardof Trustees of The University of Scrantonand Scranton Preparatory School.

At the conclusion of his service as rec-tor in 1997, he remained at TheUniversity of Scranton as an AssociateCampus Minister and Chaplain of thePanuska College of Professional Studies.

At The University of Scranton, heserved as a critical member of thePresident’s Task Force on IgnatianMission and Identity.

In 1985, he received an honoraryDoctor of Humane Letters degree fromGeorgetown University, and, in 1992, hehad an endowed chair in interdisciplinarystudies named in his honor.

In 1997, The University of Scrantonpresented Fr. Davis with the PedroArrupe, S.J., Award for Ignatian Missionand Ministries, which recognizes personswho have made significant contributionsto the Ignatian mission.

Donations can bemade to the Royden B.Davis, S.J., ScholarshipFund at The Universityof Scranton, Scranton,PA 18510.

William B. HillS.J.1912 – 2002

A beloved priest, pro-fessor and administrator,Fr. Hill began his teach-ing career in 1940 as aninstructor at GeorgetownUniversity. He arrived inScranton in 1946, justfour years after theJesuits first arrived, tospend a year as an associ-ate professor of English.

In 1951, he joined thefaculty of the Novitiate ofSaint Isaac Jogues. In the course of his 15-year tenure there, he served successively asan Assistant Pro f e s s o r, Associate Pro f e s s o rand Professor of English and, from 1963 to

I N M E M O RY

S.S., J.D., L.L.B.,.H.L., Georg e t o w n

U n i v e r s i t y.A., Ph.L., St. Louis

U n i v e r s i t yS . T.L., Wo o d s t o c kC o l l e g eE n t e red the Society

Jesus in1950 O rdained in 1959

onounced finalows in the Society Jesus in 1967

ROYDEN B. D AVIS, S. J.

A.B., Georg e t o w nU n i v e r s i t yPh.L., Wo o d s t o c kC o l l e g eM.A., Ph.D.,F o rdham UniversityS . T.L, We s t o nC o l l e g eE n t e red the Societyof Jesus in 1933O rdained in 1945P rofessed final vowin the Society ofJesus in 1951

WILL IAM B . H ILL S . J .

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1966, as the Dean of the Fa c u l t y. In 1966,he was named an Associate Professor ofEnglish at Loyola College and Se m i n a ry (abranch campus of Fo rdham Un i versity) inSh rub Oak, N.Y.

He rejoined the faculty at Scranton in1969 as a Professor of English, and servedas Department Chair from 1973 to 1975.

In 1975, he began three years of serv i c eas the Un i ve r s i t y’s academic vice pre s i d e n t .

In 1978, he took a leave of absencef rom the Un i versity to become interimp resident of College Mi s e r i c o rdia in Dallas.

He returned to the University facultyin 1979. In 1987, he was appointedSpecial Assistant to the President, a posthe held until his death. Most recently, heoffered extensive editorial guidance tosuch major University publications as theUndergraduate Catalog, The ScrantonRecord and The Scranton Journal.

Fr. Hill served as Chaplain of both theBoard of Trustees and the Pro Deo etUniversitate Society. A steadfast friendand counselor, he maintained contactwith an extensive network of Universityalumni and friends, first by mail andphone and later through e-mail. Amonggenerations of University alumni, he isperhaps best known for faithfully cele-

brating the 11:00 p.m. liturgy on Sundayevenings, a special ministry that he con-tinued for more than 20 years.

In 1984, the Trustees named a campusfacility in Fr. Hill’s honor. Hill Housecontinues to be used for faculty gather-ings and social functions and to accom-modate University guests. In 1996, theUniversity’s Board of Trustees bestowed aDoctor of Humane Letters degree on Fr.Hill in recognition of his selfless serviceas a “priest, teacher, scholar, administra-tor, advisor, colleague and friend.”

Donations can be made to the Wi l l i a mB. Hill, S.J., Scholarship Fund at T h eUn i versity of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510.

Edward R. Powers, S.J.1 9 1 4 – 2 00 2

Rev. Edward R. Powers, S.J., 87, diedon 11 January in Flourtown.

Fr. Powers joined the staff atGeorgetown University in 1948 as assis-tant director of seismology. In 1951, hewas appointed Georgetown’s physicalplant administrator. In the role, he wasresponsible for ensuring proper mainte-nance of all campus facilities.

In 1954, he helped the Jesuits in theirefforts to establish Wheeling Jesuit

College, Wheeling,W. Va., serving asbuyer and treasurer.

In 1955, Fr.Powers joined thefaculty of TheUniversity ofScranton as an assis-tant professor ofmathematics.

A rigorous butd e voted pro f e s s o r, Fr.Powers would offeradditional class timeon Sa t u rdays for stu-dents who neededextra help. He taughton the faculty until1985, rising to therank of pro f e s s o r. In1984, he was namedp rofessor emeritus ofm a t h e m a t i c s .

Fr. Powers was a member of theUn i ve r s i t y’s Board of Trustees from 1958 to1970, serving as secre t a ry from 1969-1970.

Memorial donations can be made tothe Edward R. Powers, S.J., ScholarshipFund at The University of Scranton,Scranton, PA, 18510.

R o b e rt E. Fetterh o ff1 9 55 - 2 0 01

by J. Brian Benestad, Professor of T h e o l o gy

The Un i versity of Scranton will sorely miss theman who was its registrar from mid 1996 until hisuntimely death on 7 December 2001. Ro b e rt E.Fetterhoff not only made the Re g i s t r a r’s Office workve ry efficiently, but also brought joy to the hearts ofpeople who worked for and with him.

Upon his arrival Bob assumed responsibility forsupervising commencement events and, in the last fewyears, he worked with Rev. William B. Hill, S.J. on prepar-ing the Undergraduate Catalog. He always quietly and compe-tently provided information to a number of administrativepolicy-making committees.

Bob was the kind of leader who re c o g n i zed and appreciated thetalents of people around him and brought out their best, enablingthem to do things they had not done before. He took no credit forhis accomplishments and responded to accolades by changing thesubject or by giving credit to the people who helped him.

His common sense, wit, good judgment, ability to make adecision, gentleness, and constant interest in the personal andprofessional lives of his staff always made Bob a welcome pres-ence. Fr. McShane captured the Christian character of Bob’spresence in his funeral homily with these words: “Through hisloving actions, he made it possible for all who knew him tobelieve in the God of life.”

I first met Bob on 30 May 1996, the day hed e l i ve red a eulogy for his father, How a rd J.Fe t t e r h o f f, who had been the much re ve re dExe c u t i ve Di rector of the Pe n n s y l vania CatholicC o n f e rence (PCC) since 1969. I had come to admire

How a rd ve ry much during my fifteen-year tenure as amember of the PCC’s De p a rtment of Justice and

Rights. Bob and I actually became acquainted talkingabout his father. After listening to Bob’s eulogy I knew that the

Un i versity had hired a special man.Bob displayed the enormous strength as he approached his

own death last fall amidst physical and emotional pains. It wasso hard for him to leave his family and the Un i ve r s i t y. He hadfound a home in the Scranton area, where his own father wasborn and had lived for about 20 years.

During the last nine months of Bob’s life, his bro t h e r, Bi l l ,visited him frequently and gave a memorable eulogy for hisyounger bro t h e r. About his early death Bill said that Bob “d i dnot need more time to achieve good character, because he had acharacter of gold,” but that he did desire more time with his chil-d ren, Stefan and Sarah, and with his devoted wife, Ma r i e .

It would be good for us at the Un i versity to remember Bob’sw a y. As his brother Bill said, “m e m o ry is the last, most enduringtriumph of love. Over memory, even death does not pre va i l . ”

B.A., M.A., BostonC o l l e g ePh.L., We s t o nC o l l e g eE n t e red the Societyof Jesus in 1933O rdained in 1945P ronounced finalvows in the Societyof Jesus in 1950

E D WARD R.POWERS , S . J .

I N M E M O RY

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