The Prep News (Spring 2013)

ST. JOSEPH’S PREPARATORY SCHOOL SPRING 2013

JASON ZAZYCZNY’90TAKES OVERAS PRINCIPAL

Dear Friends,

Those of us engaged in Jesuiteducation very often appeal to thelong and fruitful history of our Jesuiteducational enterprises as a motive toencourage today’s parents to take aninterest in our present day schools.

An exciting 450-year-old history undergirds the missiontoday at St. Joseph’s Prep and at over 400 other Jesuitand Ignatian high schools around the world.Christopher Lowney in his book Heroic Leadershipanalyzed the qualities of leadership that are essentialto those laboring within the tradition of the Jesuits.A book blurb identified these qualities in this way: aleadership style in favor of a holistic approach focusingon four values: self-awareness, ingenuity, love andheroism.

How are these four values illustrated in the recenthistory of St. Joseph’s Prep? It is now nearly 50 yearssince a devastating fire destroyed most of the school’sphysical plant and created the opportunity to movethe campus from this neighborhood then underconsiderable stress. But the Jesuits were aware ofthemselves, of their identity for 400 years, founded in aEuropean capital and always attracted to the mission inthe kinds of communities that cities create. The decisionto remain in the city was a product of self-awareness,perhaps even heroic in the eyes of some.

But it has required ingenuity and love to sustain andnurture the particular urban mission of the Prep.Weshare with other urban schools and community groupsthe search for practice fields for our sports programs.We support to the extent possible the education of thebest and brightest of urban students from a broadeconomic, ethnic and racial composition.We practiceour love in cura personalis, the care for the individual, aswell as in cura apostolica, the care for the mission of theschool as a Catholic school, one among brothers andsisters who struggle in present economic circumstancesto survive in service to the Universal Church.

While we here at St. Joseph’s Prep labor to sustain andenhance the mission of the Prep, Jesuits and othersinspired by the vision of St. Ignatius continue creating anetwork of ingenious and heroic deeds. Jesuits and theircolleagues take charge of educational networks inrefugee camps in various parts of the world. Jesuits andtheir colleagues fashion new models of schools such asthe Cristo Rey model new to Philadelphia and to manyother cities across the USA and soon to be new toAtlanta, Georgia. So the history is fruitful but thepresent day with all its challenges also demands thesesame qualities: self-awareness, ingenuity, love andheroism. I hope that you will find a blend of thesequalities in the leadership models fostered by those inthis issue of the magazine.

Rev. George W. Bur, S.J. ’59

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A NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT

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CHAIR: Mr. Paul D. Geraghty(P’97, ’00, ’03, ’08)

Mrs. Christine S. BeckRev. George W. Bur, S.J. ’59Rev. John J. Cecero, S.J. ’76Rev. Peter A. Clark, S.J.

Sheila Brennan Connor, Esq. (P’04, ’08)Mr. A. Bruce Crawley ’63

Marianne T. Ritchie Gordon, M.D.(P’04, ’09)

Rev. Otto H. Hentz, S.J. ’55Rev. Daniel R.J. Joyce, S.J.

Rev. Herbert B. Keller, S.J. ’69Mr. Jerry J. Maginnis ’73 (P ’09)

Mr. Joseph F. McElwee ’73 (P ’04, ’08)Rev. Gerard J. McGlone, S.J. ’75

Mr. James J. Mergiotti ’71Mr. Michael P. Moran ’74 (P’07, ’10)

Mr. John M. Natale ’72Ms. M. Shawn Puccio (P’10)Mr. Wadell Ridley, Jr. ’77Mr. James J. Smart ’75

Mr. Anthony C. StevensonRev. John W. Swope, S.J. ’72Mrs. Milissa M. Tadeo (P ’03)

Joseph C. Vignola, Esq. ’67 (P ’07)

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PRESIDENT

Rev. George W. Bur, S.J. ’59

PRINCIPAL

Jason M. Zazyczny ’90

CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

Russell Gartz

DIRECTOR OF IGNATIAN IDENTITY

Rev. Bruce A. Maivelett, S.J.

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Richard J. Scanlan

EDITOR

Bill Avington ’90, Director, Marketing and

Communications

DESIGNER

Maridel McCloskey, McCloskey Designs

CLASS NOTES EDITOR

Kevin Gilbert ’02

EDITORIAL STAFF

Ceal Biello, Connor Dehel ’11, Debbie DiMarzio, Beth Missett,

Nancy Moule, Beth Vander Vennet,Al Zimmerman ’73

PHOTOGRAPHY

David DeBalko, Frank Raffa

WRITERS

Bill Avington ’90, Susie Cook, Tom Lyons ’60

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EDITOR’S NOTE/TABLE OF CONTENTS

Dear Friends,

Welcome to a re-imagined Prep News. Since last issue, wehave worked to create a magazine that was cleaner andfresher for the reader. We have also tried to emphasize the Jesuit traditions that are the hallmarks of a St. Joseph’s Prepeducation. To that end, you will see new subject headers,many are terms familiar to anyone who has been educated inthe Ignatian model. Look for them!

When I speak with Prep people, it undoubtedly comes backto the fact that they would not be the person they are todaywithout the Prep. Often, people with no affiliation with us,when finding out that I am Prep grad and work there, willask me “What do you guys do down there? Prep guys are soloyal.” We are loyal and we love our school with passion…Ihope that the articles included here reflect that love and passion for our alma mater.

Our cover story features Jason Zazyczny, our new principal.Jason and I met on the first day of school in 1986 as members of 1A, Fr. Taggart’s homeroom (we were “Taggart’sTask Force” complete with camouflage intramural jerseys).What an honor it was to write this story about him and towork with him every day. As students, we were privileged tolearn from men like Fr. Taggart, Nick Kueny and Jerry Taylorand I am glad to be a part of the team providing this Prepeducation to a new generation of Preppers.

I hope you enjoy this revamped edition of the Prep News. We welcome your feedback.

Bill Avington ’90Editor, The Prep News

P.S. One thing Fr. Taggart did as part of freshman World History greatly assisted me the writing of this magazine: for two weeks, our extra credit question on our daily quizzeswas “Spell Zazyczny.” By week two, I think I got it right.Hopefully, I spelled it correctly in this issue.

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Dear Editor of The Prep News,

The Peace of Christ!

A voice from the distant past. Yet overmany years, I have been enjoying The PrepNews which you have faithfully sent me.But your last edition, “Keeping the Faith,”is so wonderful that I must simply write totell you that it is the most relevant andbeautifully done issue yet. God bless youand your many co-workers not to mentionall of the teachers, students and their families. Just reading the article start to

finish has been an inspiration andstrengthening of my Faith, Hope and Love.Thank you, thank you!

You might be interested to know that I wasintroduced to our faith by my parentsfrom an early age, encouraged in it by theImmaculate Heart Sisters of St. LawrenceParish, Upper Darby and then wonderfullyenergized during my four years at the Prep,1938-42. I will never forget the Prep!

Since I haven’t ever written to you, I

thought you might be interested to knowthat I have been working at Thailand’sCatholic Major Diocesan Seminary for thelast 15 years.

May our Lord bless you and all of thosededicated to the Prep’s growth and fruitionstill more and more each day. You are inmy prayers.

In our Lord,Rev. Sigmund Laschenski ’42

Lux Mundi SeminaryNakhon Pathom, Thailand

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THE PREP NEWS SPRING 2013

STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE

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In fall of 2009, the Prep community engaged in a lively exchange ofhopes and dreams in order to achieve the goal of a stronger commit-ment to the mission of St. Joseph’s Prep over the coming years. Aftermonths of process (surveys, focus groups, discussions, retreats), aplan emerged. “Go Further Still” was our plan to reach every studentwith an experience of learning and inner growth.

Here is a look back at the first two years of the plan and a look aheadat the next two years:

OVERALL STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS• Student Engagement

Improving on the promise of our mission and formation of ourstudents

• Diverse Student Body Preserve and strengthen the fruitful diversity that exists among thepresent student body

• Faculty Development Continue to develop a professional, growth-focused culture

ACCOMPLISHED INITIATIVES 2010-2012:

• Created a working document, “Profiles of an Ignatian Educator”that establishes a set of Characteristics of Professional Excellencefor Faculty and Staff

• Increased the number of academically qualified students from diverse economic, social and geographic backgrounds (diversitynow stands at 15%)

• Completed a Master Site Plan, after a year-long process with a planning firm that included over 500 community interviews

• Evaluated freshmen experience with Freshman Advisory Board to address transition into freshman year evaluating students’ participation, academics, social challenges and religious experiences

• Completed third-floor Maguire Science Wing renovations andopened for use as of September 2011

• Grew neighborhood communication efforts and educational effortsthrough the hosting of block captain meetings, service initiativesand Camp Magis for primary school boys in summer

• Expanded Kairos retreat programs to include juniors as well as seniors – 30% increase in participation

• Increased student participation in Cape and Sword by 75%

• Doubled the number of performing ensembles offered and participation in music has increased by more than 150%

• Added another college and guidance counselor to provide formore individual attention

G O F U R T H E R S T I L LST. JOSEPH’S PREPARATORY SCHOOL

STRATEGIC PLAN 2010 – 2016


STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE

G O F U R T H E R S T I L LAREAS OF FOCUS (2012-14)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

• Continue to dedicate significant dollars to faculty professional development

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT:

• Continue to study the freshmen experience including curriculumand study skills

• Enhance student support networks for academics, social issues and diversity

FINANCE:

• Average annual tuition increases will be focused on staying below 6%

• Short term (by 2016) – Endowment assets need to grow by $8 million

MASTER SITE PLAN:

• Define the priorities for interior building renovations, field plans,and repairs to the Church of the Gesu in order to build financialsupport for the projects

TECHNOLOGY:

• Create a fully-integrated Strategic Plan to combine Jesuit LiberalArts with today’s technology needs

• Academic Considerations – BYOD (Bring Your Own Device),1 to 1 laptops, Faculty Training (see pg. 10-11)

• Physical Plant Considerations – Media Center, Labs, Cloud, Stor-age, Security

ADMISSIONS:

• Document how our prospective families are making choices in thepresent environment and develop new relationships amid changesin traditional feeder networks

• Study the distribution of financial aid to balance the needs of allsectors of our population

• Seek opportunities to expand the Camp Magis program that prepares elementary school students for the Prep and other rigorous high schools

In the past few months, Prep President Rev. George W. Bur, S.J.’59 and Board of Trustees Chair Paul Geraghty, along with members of the management team such as Russell Gartz (ChiefDevelopment Officer) and Rick Scanlan (Chief Financial Officer)have made presentations of this plan materials to leadershipdonors and the Alumni Board of Governors.

Be on the look out for more events will be held throughout thearea to highlight the plan material.


starts every work day the same way. He wakes up, gets readyand leaves his Port Richmond house, thesame house where two other generationsof his family have lived, to drive to the Prep.

Jason Zazyczny ’90

It is roughly the same drive he has made since 1986, when he andhis twin brother Justin began their St. Joseph’s Prep journey. It isa drive that is just a few miles but it is a journey that has spannedmore than a quarter of a century, 25 years of exploration, ofchange and, most of all growth. During that quarter century, Zazyczny has gone from a nervous freshman to the man incharge, starting as Principal in June 2012. In some ways, thosewho know him best are not surprised.

It is still dark when Zazyczny enters his car, the morning dewforming a thin sheet of ice on his windshield. Zazyczny admits,with a smile, that he doesn’t see the sunlight too often in his job.He arrives between 6:30 and 7 most days and does not arrivehome before 7 in the evening. In between, Zazyczny’s day is filledwith meetings, both informal and formal.

The hours are also not a surprise. Zazyczny brings a lunch-pailattitude to his job. That’s who he is, where he comes from. Hardwork is a given for him and his family. His father, Joseph, was amember of City Council and active in local politics. Long hourswere part of the job description for him and his kids saw that.

“We had people knocking on our door all the time, day or night,”says Zazyczny, who is one of six children. “My dad was never offduty and my mom was a big part of what he did. So were we, ashis family.”

Zazyczny remembers collecting newspapers from the neighborsto bring to the local rag shop where he would get a few dollars. At the time, 5 or 6 years old, it felt like a fortune and it instilled inhim the value of work.

The city, too, seems to be a part of his blood. Port Richmond isnot just where he comes from, it is where he lives. The people ofhis neighborhood seem to reflect him.

“I like the constant flow,” he says. Zazyczny lives in the house hismaternal grandmother lived in. He is the third generation of hisfamily to live there.

Just down the street is the church, St. Adalbert’s, where he served as an altar boy and worked as a sacristan and with themaintenance staff. It is here where the value of hard work was reinforced, no matter the job.

“I worked just as hard mopping the floor then as I do now developing policy,” he says. “I strive to bring the same dedication,attention and time to the job no matter what.”

While a student at St. Adalbert’s, Zazyczny brought his work ethicto his studies. He would get home, pull out his homework andput hours of time into it. He says that is the only way it workedfor him, the “only way to keep it in my brain.”

School for him did not come easily. “I had to work extremelyhard for every grade I received,” says Zazyczny. “In order to dowell, I had to put the time in.”

Zazyczny is meeting with a member of his staff. Though the corner office is big and somewhat impersonal, Zazyczny hasmanaged to make it feel smaller. He sits in a chair just a few feetaway from the staffer with whom he is meeting. Often during the meeting, he leans forward, bridging even that small gap between them.

“If there are concerns, I need to be told about them,” he says, his eyes making contact with hers to emphasize the point. He is supporting her now in this discussion, asking her to make sure he is in the loop as she moves forward. He offers this advice,“don’t take it personally, but let the discussion happen.”

As the meeting moves to a conclusion, he ends by saying, “send itto me and then we’ll have a follow up meeting.” As soon as hisguest leaves the office, Zazyczny heads to his computer to recordhis notes. “I have to do this,” he says. “Otherwise, it’s too muchand something will get missed.”

While he types, he is surrounded by reminders of his priorities.On the bulletin board, in line of vision beyond his computerscreen, sit four different photos depicting St. Ignatius, plus one of

BY BILL AVINGTON ’90

starts every work day the same way. He wakes up, gets readyand leaves his Port Richmond house, thesame house where two other generationsof his family have lived, to drive to the Prep.

Jason Zazyczny ’90


COVER STORY

New Principal Jason Zazyczny ’90 brings a strong work ethicand a belief in cura personalis to his position at the helm of hisalma mater.


former Jesuit Superior GeneralPedro Arrupe with a prayer. Zazyczny’s spirituality is rightthere at the surface and you wonder why he is not a priest.

He almost was. In fact, he spent16 months in the Jesuits. Thoughhe loved his time with the

Society, he realized that life as a Jesuit priest was not for him.Still, that time greatly affected him. “I am glad that I followed my calling and that I am still a faith-filled Catholic who can dogood,” he says. “I am proud to serve the church as a layman.”

It was natural for Zazyczny to enter the novitiate. Afterall, he had grown up around priests all his life. “I felt connected to them,” he said. “I had been exposed to thelifestyle of the priest for so long and felt that was my calling. The more time I spent in the novitiate, the more I realized that it wasn’t.”

Still, his calling seems to be among the Jesuits and at thePrep. It was a place that feels very comfortable. Zazycznywas a leader in his Class of 1990, serving as one of the firstKairos leaders and also the co-editor of the yearbook.After graduating from the University of Scranton, he returned to be among the first group of Alumni ServiceCorps. He returned once more, taking over when belovedhistory teacher Rev. J. Vincent Taggart, S.J., was too ill toteach. Zazyczny was there when the Prep needed him andknew that he had big shoes to fill.

“I think that I had an advantage because I had so much respect for Fr. Taggart that I knew I couldn’t be him,” hesays. “I had to find a way to take what he did so well andmake it my own.”

There were things he kept the same and others that hechanged. He was careful not to change for change’s sake butalso careful not to keep something simply because that’s theway it had always been done.

Those skills were important for him as he continued on hisjourney, a journey that took him out of the classroom andinto the offices of the Prep.

Zazyczny has followed in big footsteps ever since. He becameDirector of Admission after Al Zimmerman ’73 had been inthe job for more nearly two decades. He is now the principal,following after men like Michael Gomez, Mike Coury, Fr. HerbKeller ’69 and, most memorably for many Prep graduates ofhis era, Dan Brennan. It can be daunting but Zazyczny takes itall in stride.

Photos of Zazycznythrough the years, from

high school to his teachingdays through his positionas Director of Admission

and Principal

“I can’t be those men, I have to do it my way, I have to be myself,”he says. “That’s not to say that I don’t appreciate and value whatthe person before me brought to the job. No, I trust the peoplewho went before me and I want to tweak what they did and makeit my own.”

It would be easy for him to rely on nostalgia. As a Prep grad and a longtime teacher/administrator, he could simply stay with whathe knows and what he remembers of the Prep. That would be amistake, he says.

“It’s good to have history,” he says, “but we have to continue togrow, both as individuals and as a school. It must always be aboutthe students.”

That has led him to continue the curriculum review, to ensurethat the current generation of Prep students is prepared for life in the 21st century. He is also leading the charge for more technology in the classroom (see pg. 10-11) as well as diversityand innovation.

“We will always remain rooted in the traditional programs butwe also have to be mindful of our society and must teachstudents how to use it thoughtfully but effectively,” says Zazyczny.

Still, as much as he yearns to move forward, the ghosts of thePrep still occasionally emerge. “Sometimes, when I walk throughthe halls, I do get nostalgic, remembering the days when I was astudent here, remembering my friends and classmates,” he saysbefore stopping in an open door to observe a class in session.This is something he does throughout the day in an effort to bepresent for his faculty and his students.

“I want to be visible,” he says. But it is difficult to get away fromhis desk. Stopping before his walk to check his email turned into a return phone call, four follow up phone calls and a briefmeeting with his assistant. Then, just as he was about to walk out of his office, a teacher popped in to ask him a question. Hegraciously took the time, even though that further delayed hisscheduled walk through the halls. One last delay was a studentcoming in to have him sign a letter to allow him to attend a dance at Lansdale Catholic.

“That part I enjoyed,” said Zazyczny with a smile. Sadly, as prin-cipal, interacting with students can get lost but that interaction isexactly why Zazyczny is in education. “My connection with thestudents I taught was amazing and so rewarding,” he says. “Tothis day, I have a connection with those guys that is one of thegraces of being a teacher.”

His goal is for every teacher to have that connection. “When I seea teacher really engaging the students, calling them by name,knowing them, I realize that’s our goal here. All the students re-ally want is someone to pay attention to them, to let them knowthat they matter. That’s our vocation.”

As principal, he wants to do that. “When I taught, I had 25 kids ina class, 25 kids from different backgrounds and my job was to beattentive to all of them. Now, I have a lot more kids to take careof but the goal is the same.”


COVER STORY

Zazyczny [far left] and President Rev. George W. Bur, S.J. ’59with freshmen on first day of school.

The scene is the chemistry lab on the Maguire Science Wing.There, in the newly renovated lab, the students in Mr. Joe Hendrzak’s class are working to determine a solubility curve.To accomplish this, they dissolved a specific amount of salt into a solution at high temperatures. As the temperature of thesolution decreased, they measured the temperature where theyobserved crystal formation in the solution.

In years past, the experiment would have required manual temperature gauges and someone writing down the data. Thenthey would create a graph from their measurements. Not now,according to Hendrzak.

“The students are able to capture this temperature using a probeconnected to a laptop which then recorded the temperature andplotted that temperature on a graph,” he says. “After testing several different concentrations of solutions, students were ableto create a solubility curve and print the curve in the laboratory.”

There it is. A “traditional” lab made better by using new technology. It is a step towards a better balance between classicaland modern. It is this type of balance the Prep seeks in all areasof its curriculum.

Laptops. iPads. Macbooks. BYOD (Bring Your Own Device).These terms would have been foreign to someone at the Prep inthe 50s, 60s, 70s or 80s. Even the 90s were still in the infancy forpersonal computing devices, a time when computers were stillexpensive and not available to all.

Slowly but surely these devices are making their way into theclassrooms. Some teachers, like Religion teacher Joe Donahue’63, allow students to use computers if they have them to takenotes and view class documents. Math teacher Matt Miller hashis students use Geometers, geometry sketchpads. In a classcalled “Digital Learning & Information Literacy” taught by Prep Librarian Sonia Nelson and Instructional Technology Specialist Colleen McManus, students rely solely on laptops with little need for paper and pen. “This class gives students the

opportunity to use computers as learning devices rather thansolely for entertainment,” says McManus. “It is designed to teachthe students how to create an online presence that shows thatthey are intelligent young men with many interests and talentswho have important views to share.”

Students do this through the use of various online tools including blogs and social media tools that are typically notviewed as having educational value. Nelson explains, “this helpsthem to create a personal learning network that extends well beyond the walls of the classroom by giving them an opportunityto connect with experts and others who share their interests.”Both McManus and Nelson share enthusiasm about their classand admit “we are excited about how this class has evolved into a very student-centered environment where they are given thechance to explore topics that are of personal interest to themwhile at the same time learning important skills that are necessary for successful online research, communication and collaboration.”

There are many factors at work. In one corner you have an

Today technology is ever present. For educators, it can be a daunting task. How do you find a balance between traditional classroom learning with preparing students for a world in whichtechnology is ever present?


INTELLECTUALLY COMPETENT

BY BILL AVINGTON ’90

tech•nol•o•gy

educational system still steeped in traditional methods workingwith students who came of age in a digital world. Many at thePrep, including McManus and Nelson, feel that the studentswould be well served if these types of learning environmentswere incorporated into the curriculum more extensively thanthese few examples.

To accomplish that requires, to some extent, a change in mindset.“If we want to create life-long learners, we have to make it easierfor them to access information, communicate and collaboratewith one another,” says McManus.

In an effort to explore the possibilities, a small group formed for the purpose of participating in a two year professional development experience called, “Powerful Learning Practice” has taken on the task of researching the benefits of a 1:1 programthrough which every student would have a laptop or tablet withthem throughout the day as his primary learning tool.

“The group is meeting and will continue to meet often over a twoyear period to discuss, compare, and become informed on what

technology is being used successfully, and not so successfully, by other schools,” says English teacher Kathleen Sullivan. “Hopefully, with this measured approach we will make an informed and successful transition in upgrading technology atthe Prep with the ultimate goal of enhancing the teaching andlearning experience.”

The fact that a school like the Prep has an “Instructional Technology Specialist” is proof that times are indeed a-changing.But adjusting the curriculum and habits is not easy, according toMark D’Eramo, Director of Information Technology, because“we all have to transform not only the way we teach but the waywe learn,” he says.

The physical change in the classrooms will not be difficult, D’Eramo says. Already the school is wireless; classrooms in JesuitHall and the Maguire Science Wing are equipped with Smartpodiums and boards. Though there will be some infrastructureupgrades needed, for the most part the Prep is ready.

The more difficult thing will be to change the way that we thinkabout teaching. While some worry about changing the methodsthat have been successful for generations, others believe that wehave no choice.

“It is not going away,” says Nelson. “Technology is only going tobecome more ubiquitous.” She and others imagine a classroomwhere the teacher is not necessarily the holder of knowledge butmore of a facilitator.

McManus, who was hired in 2007 to help facilitate these types ofchanges, says that while this is still a struggle for teachers, theirstanding in the classroom is still vitally important. “They are stillthe experts in their field but this allows the students to be moreindependent,” she says. McManus repeats the words of authorWill Richardson who, in his book Why School?, advises to not askquestions on tests that are “Googleable.” She says that “in thisnew learning environment the students must have opportunitiesto learn how to find answers, validate the information and thenmake connections. We as teachers need to facilitate the process.”

And this change has to be made soon. Already, students live in this age. To ignore it much longer, says D’Eramo, is silly. “The students all arrive here with a high level of comfort withtechnology,” he says. “This set up, where the teacher is more of acoach in the classroom, allows students to be more engaged andchallenged. There is a wealth of knowledge available; we need tohelp students connect to it.”

Dermot O’Callaghan ’16 and Anthony Gagliardi ’16 working on an experiment in the McKenzie Chemistry Lab.

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Matt Geschke ’95

When a herd of cattle crossed the court, well, Matt Geschke ’95knew he wasn’t in Narberth anymore. On a court amidst the sugarcane just outside Durban, South Africa, this was a strange,sweet pause.

It wasn’t a typical timeout for the locals of KwaZulu-NatalProvince, either. In a land historically dominated by rugby,cricket and soccer – and the odious residue of apartheid, anHIV/AIDS pandemic, azure coastlines and apricot sunsets –basketball is no big dance.

Geschke was working to change all that. “Basketball is a sportthat was not played there, and so it lacks the racial tension andhistory that the other sports have. It’s neutral. As far as the kidswere concerned, they were mesmerized. Not by us. By the game.”

In working for Peace Players International from 2006-2008,Geschke saw firsthand the power of sport to create changes in attitudes of self and society. Peace Players International, by theway, is an organization that, through basketball, bridges socialand cultural divides not only in South Africa but other post-apartheid areas – Northern Ireland, Cyprus, and the Middle Eastamong them.

Geschke, 35, is joyful when he speaks about the two years hespent using hoops to develop young leaders and to change theworld in the spirit and vision of another game-changer, NelsonMandela. Sport is more powerful than governments in breakingdown racial barriers, Mandela said in the late 90s. It laughs in theface of all types of discrimination.

Geschke now works in New York heading the U.S.-based office ofthe Laureus Sports Foundation, a global operation that fundsprograms like Peace Players, programs that harness the universallanguage of sports to create social change. Laureus, whose homebase is London, is currently involved in 104 such projects in 36countries.

Among Geschke’s tasks in New York is to manage Coaches AcrossAmerica, a program that trains coaches to serve in low-income community centers that otherwise couldn’t afford suchdirection.

BY SUSIE COOKDirection for Geschke – and his two brothers, Chris ’00 andMichael ’06 – first came from home.

“My parents always told me that if I had the opportunity to dosomething for someone, do it.” Rich Geschke, Matt’s dad, is a1969 Prep grad and former chairman of the Board of Trustees.“Then the Prep amplified this call for me. That’s a powerful state-ment – to be a man for others. That piece of Jesuit philosophy togive to others and respect them really helped mold me.”

It was at the Prep, under legendary coach Eddie Burke ’63, where Geschke was senior all-Catholic whose team in his senioryear needed a point guard—the director, the one who sees thewhole court and its possibilities take shape, the one who helps his brothers connect. Geschke moved unreservedly into the role.

Not soon after, the sharpshooting kid from St. Margaret’s in Narberth went on to a successful career at Johns Hopkins University as a four-year starter.

The dream continued. Geschke had always wanted to be a collegecoach in the game he loved absolutely. Soon after graduation hegot what he wanted, but after two years as an assistant at DeSalesUniversity near Allentown, that dream, strangely, wasn’t enough.

“I realized that coaching might not be enough for me to see theworld and effect change at a larger level,” Geschke says. “I wantedto see the world and what the heck was going on. I didn’t want tosee David or the Sistine Chapel. I wanted to meet the Romansand see how they live. I wanted to connect and see how those cultures worked.”

Geschke credits the Prep with that curiosity. And so, with an Ignatian sort of restlessness, he went west. Shifting direction, hedid ambassador work in low-income areas around San Diego forthe PGA tour.

It was then that Dennis Hart, now the Prep’s Dean of Students,got a call from his best friend since 1991.

“I just said, ‘Are you sure? You are going to leave San Diego to goto work for a start-up in South Africa?” Hart recalls with a laugh.“When it came down to it, though, I wanted him to go. He had aneed to go.”

And, listening to his own call, Geschke found himself going further still, landing in a sweet timeout on the other end of theearth, in a game that only cows could interrupt, a game wheresaving the world was on the line.

“To work in that poverty and hopelessness was unbearable attimes,” Geschke recalls. Especially after Geschke’sbest friend in Peace Players, a South African nativehis own age, died of AIDS, Geschke felt those saddepths—and a new fire. “That was the most powerful experience for me there. I didn’t know

what it looked like to die of AIDS, and hereit was happening to my best friend, some-one my own age, but such different lives.

“We were both working through basketball to give AIDS education and awareness, and it was happeningright in front of us. I just rememberthinking, we have to do something about this. At that point I knew I had a career in this work.”

Susie Cook is chair of the SJP English Departmentand a frequent contributor to The Prep News.


MEN FOR AND WITH OTHERS

Using basketball to serve those in need throughout the world,Matt Geschke is able to live according to his Jesuit roots.


Pundits and sages throughout the ages have said: “You can’t getthere unless you know where you are going.”Khalil Johnson isway out in front on this advice. In 20 years, he plans to be thehead of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He hasfixed a target and laid out his strategic plan.

In his middle school, a Charter school, Johnson felt he wasn’tbeing challenged. He not only wanted to be pushed harder but hewanted to experience more diversity and cultural difference. Hisschool was predominantly African–American with a sprinklingof Hispanic students. To insure acceptance to the Prep, he took asummer entrance exam-training course. His effort was rewarded,as he entered as a freshman in the class of 2013.

He got what he wished for; he was challenged, maybe more thanhe expected. At first, he struggled with Latin, math, and was overwhelmed by the expansive vocabulary of the faculty, particularly his English teacher. Although discouraged at times,he realized that this was a transition year and his personal prideto succeed would, in time, improve his performance. And, it did!He worked even harder, more than he had ever done before. Itwas also a new experience to associate with students from different social and, specifically, financial strata. But, he knew the Prep was the right place for him.

With each succeeding year, he improved in the classroom and gotcloser to his classmates. Outside of class, however, is where he really blossomed. He became aware of the Junior Statesmen of America (JSA), a national student organization that increases political awareness and encourages discussion and debate at thehigh school level. One of the benefits is that you can qualify tostudy at a prestigious university with an international peer groupto explore current issues. Khalil applied for a scholarship, wroteseveral essays, got the endorsement of Prep President Rev.George Bur, S.J.; he was accepted and spent four weeks betweenjunior and senior year at Stanford University with 300 interna-tional finalists. At his own initiative, he started a JSA chapter atthe Prep now totaling 25 students.

Johnson has a profound respect for the environment and is verycommitted to ecological reform. During his junior year, hefounded Eco-Prep which is committed to improving the NorthPhiladelphia neighborhood around the Prep. Along with fellowstudents, he has removed trash from the streets, reported on condemned properties and environmental violations. He uncovered an unscrupulous contractor who was dumping unwanted cement in vacant lots. His two biggest projects are refurbishing an empty lot to create a playground and building a neighborhood Green House. When he’s not working on

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Eco-Prep, he supports and does work for “Keeping PhiladelphiaBeautiful,” a city environmental program, even working to havethe group designate the Prep as a “Litter-Free School Zone.”

During the recent Presidential election, he worked in Center Cityon voter registration and education. Along with fellow Prep students that he recruited, many phone calls were made to support the campaign of President Obama and Governor Romney, even though Khalil personally supported Obama. In addition to his environmental career path, he entertains the possibility of someday running for Congress or another public office.

College is right around the corner and he has narrowed hischoices to two schools. Davidson is his top choice because it has one of the best environmental programs in the country,supporting his EPA vision 20 years down the road. George Washington University is also attractive because it is in down-town Washington D.C., giving him immediate access to the political action. Upon completing undergraduate work, his sightsare set on Stanford for a law degree.

His past four years at the Prep have been very satisfying and fulfilling. He is very grateful to Mr. Bill Conners ’80, who taughthim “more about history in three months than I learned in myentire life.” He admires Mr. Connors’ zeal and excitement whichhas ignited a burning interest in history. He is also appreciative ofMs. Susie Cook who increased his vocabulary, honed his writingskills, and generally took a personal interest in his development.

He felt that a single sex school allowed him to freely develop withminimal distraction. But in his own words one thing really stoodout: “what is really great about the Prep is that everybody hereloves and respects each other, we have built a camaraderie thatwill last for life.”

Tom Lyons, the father of three Prep grads (T.J. ’87, Drew ’89 and Sean ’93), is theauthor of You Can’t Get to Heaven on the Frankford El (magispress.com) and a fre-quent contributor to The Prep News.

Khalil Johnson works to make a difference in the world, fromregistering citizens to vote to cleaning up vacant lots in Philly.

Khalil Johnson ’13


Andrew McCloskey ’88FINANCIAL ADVISOR, McCloskey Financial GroupCHAIRMAN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Waldron Mercy AcademyMEMBER, ALUMNI BOARD OF GOVERNORS, St. Joseph’s Prep. MARRIED, wife Jenny, with two children (Owen and Eden)

HOW DID THE PREP PREPARE YOU?

The Prep definitely toughened me up. It was competitive both inside and outside the classroom. I got cut from so many Prepsports teams, I think I own the school record. The experiencetaught me how to deal with adversity and that with every doorthat closes there is one that opens. Thankfully the Prep offeredother ways to stay involved. I was active with soccer for four years,but was also the President of the Respect Life Club, a co-founder of SADD, and an editor of the Chronicle Yearbook.

The Prep exposed me to so many different opportunities. The one that surprisingly had the most practical impact was my short stint as a yearbook editor. My yearbook involvement spurred my interest in photography, which I eventually parlayedinto my first career.

After the Prep I went to Notre Dame, got involved in the dailynewspaper and then spent 11 years at Sports Illustrated and SI For Kids. In 2005, I totally switched gears; when my son was born, we decided we wanted to be closer to home and the Prep. I started a new career as a financial advisor following in the footsteps of my father, Matt ’59. I always admired how he stayedclose to his Prep classmates. I’m lucky to be able to say the same.

It’s hard to underestimate the impact of going to thePrep and meeting kids from all over the area.There’s something about that shared experiencethat brings you closer to your classmates andfosters life-long friendships. The Prep openedmy eyes to a much larger world and helped mefigure out what my place was going to be inthat world. It inspired me to want to give back,to be a “Man for Others.” In this way it hastouched all of my brothers as well (Pat ’84, Brian ’91 and Sean ’99).

Chris Garrity ’88“MOST POPULAR”STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENTRETAIL MARKETING, AppleMARRIED, wife Kristine, step-daughter (Kennedy)

WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW?

I have been working in retail marketing at Apple for the past twoyears; I look after the educationaland event programs in stores.Apple presents events in stores across the globe – hosting everything from entrepreneurs to artists, musicians to filmmakers. The stores serve as community gathering places andthe educational programs help our customers get the most out oftheir Apple products.

Before Apple, I worked at Netflix for seven years, creating non-traditional marketing programs (events, social media, brandedcontent) that helped build that brand. Prior to that, I worked inmarketing at Levi’s for two years, and at Spin and VibeMagazinesfor four years. My love of music and the arts is the best way to describe how I got into this line of work. Helping put togetherevents like dances and the “Battle of the Bands” is something Ilearned at the Prep.


St. Joe’s Prep taught me there was more than just the shelteredsuburban existence that I lived in Bala Cynwyd. Going to thePrep allowed me a glimpse of the energy and cultural life of acity; and made me want to be a part of that life. I played briefly inthe Jazz band at the Prep and although I had pretty weak chops, I learned enough to be in rock bands. Music was a big part ofhelping me figure out what I wanted to do in life and that’s thethread that runs through my professional life at Spin, Vibe, Levi’sand Apple.

My summer service trip to Mexico with (Fr.) Don Ward (’56)also had a profound impact on me. It was my first internationaltrip and it opened my eyes to the world beyond the Prep, theSchuylkill and the burbs. I came home with a global perspective,wanderlust and a strong sense of service. It prepared me for thecareer I have now in a couple ways: First, it helps me on a dailybasis in working with a global team and keeps me excited to geton a plane for 12 hours. Second, I apply that service mission tothe customer-oriented culture at Apple.

The Class of 1988 will celebrate its 25th Reunion this fall.Here, we catch up with three members of the class.

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Paul Schneider ’88“DONE MOST FOR THE SCHOOL”

MARRIED, Lisa, two daughters (Emily 9 and Alise 7)CORPORATE CONTROLLER, Aegerion Pharmaceuticals

WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW?

I currently work for a company called Aegerion in Cambridge, Mass. I have a financial background, but it’s cool to work for companies where it’s more than just that. At Aegerion,we just got our first drug approved to help those suffering from HoFH, a rare disease wherepeople are genetically inclined to have extremely LDL-C or “high bad cholesterol” levels. It is ingrained into us at Aegerion that “The patient is waiting.” Every discipline within the company has the urgency to get our product to patients who need it most. This is a lifechanger for folks. To hear the patients tell you how your drug changes their lives for the better makes the hard work worth it. I fell into this industry but I wouldn’t change it. I’vebeen married to an amazing woman and we have two great daughters.


I tell people up here in Boston all of the time, you have no idea what it was like to go to St. Joe’s Prep. I often think about two mottos: one from Boston College, “Ever to Excel;” and the other from the Prep, “Men for Others” taught to me by men like Fr. (Joe) Michini.My Prep education shapes everything I do. The “get out of Cherry Hill, NJ” card gave me the chance to experience the world at 17th and Girard. In itself, that was a whole education.Coming from the suburbs to the inner city, I will never forget it. My horizons and view ofthe world changed dramatically. The Prep taught me to think critically and question everything. I use that every day.

I wouldn’t trade my Prep experience for the world. It shapeswho I am on a day-to-day basis,my values, how I treat other peo-ple, everything. These companiesthat I work for are about changingpeople’s lives for the better andthat matches the world view Ilearned at the Prep. I am tryingmy best to pass those same Prepvalues along to my daughters.

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WSTEVEN VASTURIA’13

e’ve all seen him do it: LebronJames, aware of his own display, carefullytakes the bottle of powder into his hands,only to make the chalk go poof in a whitecloud, the fans awhirl.

It is hard to imagine the Prep’s basketball“king”, Prep senior Steve Vasturia, everconsidering such a pre-game show. As thesenior made his way towards the all-timescoring mark held by Reggie Redding at1,566 points, it’s the manner in which Vasturia puts on the show – unaffectedly –that we will remember most.Without airs, without flash, without even a grimace, Vasturia’s way is mystifyinglyunglamorous.

Yet, we’re all awhirl.

“It’s just the way he is,” says assistantcoach Dov Grohsgal who, in his fifth-year next to Speedy Morris, hasmoved with Vasturia every step of hisway into Prep history. “It’s not a practiced skill. He is that even-keeled,and so his teammates look to him forthat consistency. And his evenness probably scares opponents in a sense because they can’t rattle him.”

Before it all began, there was Vasturia’s freshman classmate MikeGarrucio walking past the Kelly

Fieldhouse one day in September2009. Inside he saw a kid shootinghoops with starJoe Nardi ’10. “Ididn’t know whohe (Vasturia) was,but I could tell hewas really good,”

says Garrucio,

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Vasturia is unassuming by nature but may be thebest basketball player in school history.


now the varsity manager and close friend ofthe kid who will soon have his name stitchedon a burgundy Fieldhouse banner. “Hisname didn’t really spread till the seasonstarted. Then we all knew him.”

Back then, the lanky freshman was the sixthman on a varsity team led by the likes ofNardi and Sean Brophy ’10. Soon, when theteam was shorthanded against a packedhouse at La Salle, the rookie out of St. Maryof the Lakes in Medford got the nod to start.

“That’s the first time I realized how fearlesshe was, the first time I realized his attack-everything, fear-nothing mentality.” Grohsgal recalls. “Of coursehe had playing experience, but not starting experience. In frontof the big, hostile crowd, we realized that he’s completely fearless.”

Hall-of-Fame coach Speedy Morris’ relationship with Vasturiagoes back to 2006. “I met him when he was in 6th grade at mycamp, and you could tell he was going to be good.” In his office,there’s a picture of Speedy as coach at La Salle University. There are trophies from championship seasons and plaques forseveral of the 10 halls of fame to which he belongs. And there arepictures – tons of them – taped to the filing cabinet, framed onthe cinderblock walls, perched on his desk. Snapshots of playershe’s coached, shoulder-to-shoulder. And of course there are thenewspaper clips cataloging the campaign of the winningest coachin the 93-year history of the Catholic League.

In other words, Morris has basis for comparison. “This is my 45th

year as a head coach, and he’s one of the best,” he says, Steve’s statsheet in his hands. “He’s very special without the ball. He readsthe defense, and the defense tells you what to do. So he sneaks upon people and scores 20, 21 points a game, and shoots over 50%.

“His demeanor is special,” Speedy continues. “Even today, he runsto everything. He sprints during every drill. He is the first manover at every whistle. He’s the first guy, and that’s special – a lot ofgreat kids don’t do that. That’s why he’s going to be a great person. He’s not perfect, but who is? But he’s close. I never haveto tell him twice.”

Vasturia, who carries a 3.4 G.P.A., remembers first meetingSpeedy at camp. “I didn’tknow him at all. At his camp,it’s a much quieter, muchmore laid-back Speedy. He’sthe main reason I came here.Once you start playing forhim, it’s different, but he’s themain reason for my success.

“He’s been at it for so long,”Vasturia adds. “He’s helped meso much preparing for gamesand especially after a loss tohelp the team realize that thatgame’s over, to move on. He

stresses keeping your head forward, notlooking back.”

When trainer Bryan Ghee looks back, he sees a sophomore Vasturia in a game againstMastery Charter South flying down thecourt on a fast break only to be – youguessed it – stricken. With his teammateshelping him up from the floor, his ankle ballooning, Vasturia had only one mission:to move to the foul line and make thoseshots.

“I evaluated him and he had a broken ankle,”says Ghee, who is in his third year healing

Prep pain and watching Vasturia cause it on perimeter and paint.“And he still fought me to go back out. When he got treatment,he still wanted to go back to the bench. Now knowing him, Iknow it wasn’t a selfish thing, not ‘I want to do what I want to do’– he just really wanted to be with the team.

“To be honest, after eight months of being around him, that’s thefirst time I talked to him. He’s that quiet and reserved.”

As Speedy says, “He’s not stuck on himself at all.” As Grohsgalputs it, “he’s the best combination of his parents – tough, strongand kind” and a “100-percent guy who is always going to comethrough.”

And, as Ghee will say, “he’s a dishrag at halftime.”

Sometimes, the biggest problem for Vasturia is that he’d ratherpass than shoot. “Sometimes the right thing for him is not rightfor the team,” Morris adds. “I’ve had to tell him to take the 20-foot shot rather than pass it to a teammate for the 10-foot one.”

Says Vasturia: “Sometimes you have to take those shots. Leadershave to make the bigger plays, and sometimes for me that meansnot to always pass first.” The 6’3”, 190-pound sharpshooter addsthat this year he’s assumed a more vocal role on the court. “I’m aquiet guy, so that was difficult for me.”

The Notre-Dame bound senior smiles, a little.

Assistant coach and announcer Joe Donahue describes Vasturia’sway as quite Christian in its humilitas. “He’s really not playing for personal gain at all. His game is truly generous in that he is always sensitive to those around him and what they can do.”

Adds Grohsgal: “Steve’s always asking himself to be better. Hisability to ‘be the guy’ without telling everybody he’s ‘the guy’ iswhat defines him. I wouldn’t change any of that. He teaches memore than I teach him.”

Morris says that Vasturia plays the game “the right way.”

Ignatius asks his men to toil and not to seek for rest, to fight andnot to heed the wounds, to give and not to count the cost. A manof the magis, Vasturia fits this bill, and we can’t wait to see wherehis above-the-rimness will take him. With his interior laws ofcharity and modesty to ground him, how high will #32 fly?

And where will the Prep’s Basketball King, with his innate calmof ferocious capability, land?

We can’t wait to see.

Vasturia with teammate Miles Overton ’13 and Coach Speedy Morris on the night he surpassed Redding as all-time leading Prep scorer.

MIND, BODY, SPIRIT

THE O’BRIEN FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP:funded by PatrickO’Brien ’89 and hiswife Jennifer


TO GIVE AND NOT TO COUNT THE COST

Sean Rooney ’80, along with his father, spearheaded the projectto name the space after his brother James. “We did this becausethe Prep gave me so much, I felt the least I could do was to givesomething back,” says Rooney, who asked the school to name theroom after his younger brother who spent two years at the Prep.

Although 22 out of 24 of his grade school classmates went toLaSalle, Sean, revealing his individualist nature, chose the Prep.

And he never looked back. In hisown words, “other than my parents,the Prep is the best thing that everhappened to me. The Jesuits taughtme to be a man and how to functionon my own.”

Travelling into the Prep each dayfrom the suburbs, Sean loved the experience of taking SEPTA to thePrep; the R5 train, the Broad St.subway and the Route 15 trolleywere a whole new experience to him.“This was part of the education,” hesays. He also loved the demographicand socio-economic mix that he metwhen he arrived at the 17th and

Girard (denizens from the Northeast, Jersey, 2-Streeters fromSouth Philly, etc.) that combined to give him a unique life perspective. “You learn how to get along and achieve goals withheterogeneous groups of people,” Rooney says.

The foundation that Sean got in high school has provided himwith the tools to live a full and productive life. He was captain ofthe football team, a member of Student Council, and involved inmany school activities. Both he and his father have served on thePrep’s Board of Trustees and were central figures in a capitalcampaign that changed the landscape at 17th & Girard.

His 20 years of experience at Aramark, where he moved upthrough multiple positions to become President of Stadiums andArenas, gave him the knowledge and fundamentals to start hisown consulting business and Sean is currently President/CEO ofTrinity Consultants specializing in the Sports and Entertainmentindustries. He also worked for the Pittsburgh Steelers, which werefounded by his grandfather in 1933 and remains in the family.Besides sitting on several boards, Sean is involved with multiplecharitable endeavors. Closest to his heart is the Kelly RooneyFoundation, a non-profit for breast cancer research that he andhis late wife founded as she fought the disease. Sean and his fivechildren reside in Wayne.

NEW SCHOLARSHIPSGrowing the endowment through named scholarships is a main focus of the fundraising efforts moving forward. Thank you to the following who have recently established scholarships to help a current Prep student in need of financial assistance:

THE JAMES J. AND RHETA K.MCLAUGHLINSCHOLARSHIP:funded by the estateof James McLaughlin’47 and his wife Rheta

THE THOMAS A.NOONE, M.D. ’42SCHOLARSHIP:funded by the family,friends, and class-mates of ThomasNoone ’42

THE MCKEONFAMILY SCHOLARSHIP:funded by brothersEdwin McKeon ’47and Thomas McKeon’50

THE KEELEYFAMILY SCHOLARSHIP:funded by brothersFrank Keeley ’45 andGeorge Keeley ’47

THE JOHN CARDINAL J.FOLEY SCHOLARSHIP:funded by the estateof Cardinal JohnFoley ’53, his family,and classmates

(first floor, Jesuit Hall)

St. Joseph’s Prep depends on the generosity of theiralumni to sustain its quality education. Tuition,alone, doesn’t pay all the bills. To recognize generoussupporters, the Prep has named spaces in their honor.

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1 Current President Rev. George Bur, S.J., ’59 with his two predecessors, Rev. Bruce Bidinger, S.J. (2002-06) and Rev. William Byron, S.J. ’45(2006-08)

2 Dr. Garry Bolger ’44 and his wife Pat with the Prep Jazz Band. Dr. Bolger was part of the first Prep concert band to perform publicly. 3 Four former President of the Alumni Board of Governors were in attendance: [L-r] Andrew Lynch, Esq. ’85, Christopher Tretta, Esq. ’71,James Murray ’59 and Bernard Kueny, Esq. ’79

4 Prep Fund chairs Janet and Stephen Gleason ’83 [far right] with Paul Geraghty, Chairman of the SJP Board of Trustees, and Ceal Biello,Director of Annual Giving

1 The family of Dick Welsh ’58, including his widow Mary Sue, with the WelshScholarship recipient, Bidley Jean-Baptiste ’16

2 John Burns ’54 represents his class and stands with three of the Class of 1954Scholars: [l-r] Franklin Neblett ’16, Hector Trillo ’13 and Shawn Feeney ’14

3 Tom McParland ’52 (left), his wife Marge (right) and Bishop Robert Maginnis ’52with Chris Clover ’15, recipient of the McParland Scholarship.

Scholarship ReceptionAt a reception on campus each fall, recipients of endowed scholarships have theopportunity to thank the donors who made the scholarship possible and connectin a personal way.

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President’s Club ReceptionMembers of the President’s Club – those who have given the highest amounts of time, talent and treasure to the school as well as thosewho have shown consistent, long-term financial support – were thanked for their dedication to the Prep with a reception, catered byCarlino’s, with performances by Prep music and theatre students. Leadership donors provide 80 percent of the monies raised yearly atthe Prep and an important part of the school’s efforts to provide a quality Jesuit education in Philadelphia.

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THE PREP IN MY LIFE:Jim Agger ’54 and Hank Raucci ’54In September 1950, both Jim Agger and Hank Raucci arrived at 17th and Stiles, Agger from East Fallsand Raucci from Upper Darby. More than 60 years later, both credit the Prep for their life’s success andplan to continue supporting the school even after they die.

“The Prep prepared me completely for every academic experience I would have,” says Raucci [below right]. “I learned study habits and the fact that you can’t cut corners. I never had a problem academically after the Prep.”

Agger [below left], his friend and classmate, agrees. “The Prep was the most important educational experience for me,” he says. “The emphasis on effective communication skills proved invaluable to me in my career as a lawyer.”

The two men are part of a close-knit class. Twice a year, the men gather, once at the shore (“54 at theShore”) and once near the Christmas holidays. “As a group, we have found our friendships importantenough to stay connected,” says Raucci, who frequently travels from Montana to attend the functions.

One way they have continued to help the Prep is through the Class of ’54 Scholarship. Begun first to provide the funding for the son of classmate John Cahill to attend the Prep after John’s sudden passing, the scholarship evolved so that future generations of students can benefit from a St. Joseph’s Prep education. Both Jim and Hank have included the Prep in their wills and the money will go to the Class of ’54 Scholarship Fund.

“I was fortunate to have attended the Prep and I want others to have the Prep experience,” says Agger.“An endowment seemed to me to be the most effective way of ensuring

the sustainability of the scholarship. I believe that many of my classmates will share that feeling and support these

efforts. I am convinced we will be successful.”

“I can state unequivocally,” says Raucci,“that I would not have achieved thethings I have or become the person I am without the Prep. I want others to have that opportunity.”

TO GIVE AND NOT TO COUNT THE COST

For more informationon how you can make an impact through aplanned gift to the Prep, contact Al Zimmerman ’73 at 215-978-1013 or [email protected].


The Archives is housed in the Quinn Room on the second floorof Jesuit Hall, currently being restored to its 1912 glory. TheQuinn Room provides hundreds of feet of shelf space in a reasonably controlled atmosphere, along with ample seating andtables for researchers. Over the next five years, material will beavailable online on the school website, and the holdings will becataloged as a Special Collection of the school’s McShain Library.

The collection supports the research needs of the Office ofAlumni Relations and others. Materials are exhibited in displaycases in the foyer of Villiger Hall and the first floor link connect-ing Villiger Hall and Jesuit Hall; in the first and second floor hallways of Jesuit Hall; and in the offices of the Principal and the President. Material is also displayed in the Quinn Room. Ide-ally, once material in the collection is properly cataloged and accessible, it could be loaned to other institutions for exhibition purposes. In Fall 2012, the Villiger Archives lent over 40 relics toSaint Joseph’s University as part of an exhibit of 18th and 19th

century relics. The Archives will host this exhibit in Spring 2013.


EVER ANCIENT, EVER NEW

SJP’s VILLIGER ARCHIVESBY BILL CONNERS ’80, MANAGER, VILLIGER ARCHIVES

Highlights from the Villiger Archives include:

• Diaries/daybooks from 1892 to 1975 recording events in the daily life of the school from the mundane to the historically significant – like the three-week closing duringthe Great Influenza Epidemic of 1918, and the fire thatdevastated the school in January 1966

• Scrapbooks from 1892 to 1988 documenting life at St. Joseph’s Prep with clippings from local newspapers and school related ephemera;

• Bound school catalogs from 1892 to the 2000 documenting course offering, student body data, etc.

• Bound school annuals and literary magazines from 1910to the present

• A selection of reel-to-reel tapes and vinyl LPs of the PrepBand from 1946 to 1980

• Thousands of photographs documenting student life

The Archives seeks the donation of any papers, photographs,books, audio-visual material, maps, and architectural drawings of the school and the Church of the Gesu. This includes itemsfrom faculty, staff, students, and alumni, as well as people in thecommunity who are interested in contributing to the archivalprogram. The papers and memorabilia of some longtime facultymembers are part of the Archives, including thousands of photosand photographic slides of the Rev. J. Vincent Taggart, SJ, and thepapers of James J. Murray ’59, a teacher, athletic director, andcoach for 40 years and counting!

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game in 1930, a play in the1942 Catholic League

championship and the 1944team photo, including former Prep President

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The Villiger Archives of St. Joseph’s Preparatory School, namedto honor the Rev. Burchard Villiger, S.J., exists to further themission of the Prep, and to preserve, catalog, and make accessible material for research, school history exhibits, andalumni publications. The holdings document the photographic,audio/visual, and historic paper records of the high school from1868 to the present.

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1940sBoard of Governors: Lawrence Judge ’42, S. Thomas Harrington ’43,Donald Ferry ’49, Richard Graupner ’49, John Murray ’49, Richard Nagle’49, Harry Stinger ’49, Richard Torpey ’49

James W. Duffy ’44 called to say that his daughter, DianeHankee, wife of Jim ’87, has joined the Campus Ministry department at Saint Joseph’s University.

Bill Hemp ’46 has created and produced a 4-color poster:Iconic Boats of Bainbridge Island.

Paul Sigmund ’46 is currently revising and updating his book:St. Thomas Aquinas on Politics and Ethics.

Peter Sigmund ’47 writes feature stories as senior editorialconsultant for Construction Equipment Guide, founded andowned by classmate Ed McKeon.

Raymond Thomas ’47 reports that his son Raymond ThomasIII is a major general in the US Army now serving in Afghanistan.

Ed Dillenschneider ’49 continues to reside in Las Vegas, Nevada. He remains active in his assisted living communitythrough the welcoming committee, bingo, poker, black jack, andother events. He was named the August 2012 resident of themonth.

Jim Higgins ’49 continues to teach in the MBA program atHoly Family University. He currently serves as a trustee for theGesu School and the Jesuit Collaborative in Boston, MA.

Rev. John Martinez, S.J. ’49 celebrated the 50th anniversaryof his ordination to the priesthood.

1950sBoard of Governors: Thomas McKeon ’50, Francis Canuso ’51, WilliamMcGarvey ’51, James Shallow ’51, Joseph Tague ’51, Raymond Adamczyk’52, Louis Cissone ’52, Joseph McHugh ’52, Thomas McParland ’52,

Joseph Milani ’52, Henry Adamczyk ’53, William Hill ’53,Bernard Kueny ’53, Bernard Morgan ’53, John Burns ’54,John Sigmund ’54, John Branka ’55, Leo Carlin ’55, Ger-ard Goldner ’56, Paul Smith ’57, Charles Sweeney ’57,Richard Wickersham ’57, Joseph DeSalvo ’58, WilliamNovak ’58, Thomas Prior ’58, James Murray ’59, LouisPauzano ’59, John Schmitt ’59, David Weston ’59

Jack Devitt ’50 and wife Joan have been coaching skating for 55 years, 43 of which havebeen at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, NY. On Sept 15, 2012, they were inducted into theLake Placid Hall of Fame.

Leo Robb ’51 recently enjoyed a Disney Cruise with his children and grandchildren. His grandson, Zachary Certa ’07,is currently a second year student at Jefferson Medical College.

Salvatore Chiolo ’52 is planning his retirement in 2013.

Raymond Rogowski ’52 is currently active in research onLyme Disease for a commercial lab. He is married to MargaretKane for 54 years and has nine grandchildren.

Charles Sweeney ’52 completed his fourth year as Presidentand CEO of the Distinguished Flying Cross Society. He earned 3DFC’s in one week in Vietnam during 1972.

Leo Burke ’53 writes that after 30 years of employment withthe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, he continues to manage

real estate in Ocean City, NJ. Leo currently serves as the IntertelDirector of Region 3 for the International Association of Top 1%IQ. He also has been an active member of MENSA since 1963.

Ferdinand Manlio ’53 rode his bicycle in RAGBRAI- The RideAcross Iowa, a 500-mile trip across 6 days in July.

Thomas Slattery ’53 reports that he continues to teach Irishhistory and give talks on Ireland.

Ronald Pruett ’55 is a retired retina surgeon at MassachusettsEye and Ear in Boston.

John Curran ’57 is teaching as an adjuct professor in law atDelaware County Community College.

Ralph Esposito ’58 is professor and chair of the electrical andcomputer engineering technology department at Vermont Technical College.

Ray Shaffer ’59 and hiswife Sabinia celebratedtheir 50th Wedding Anniversary with a vow renewal ceremony at St.Francis Cabrini church inOcean City, NJ. ClassmatesJohn Cardone and DaveWeston were in the wedding party back in 1962with Father Bennett presid-

ing. Ray and Sabinia are living in Playa del Rey, CA and havefour sons, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Edward McIntyre ’59 continues to practice law as a partnerat Solomon Ward.

1960sBoard of Governors: James Byrne ’60, Adrian King ’60, Thomas Lyons’60, Donato Montanaro ’60, Albert Tegler ’60, Charles Kling ’61, JosephHogan ’62, Pat Anthony Lannutti ’62, James O’Brien ’62, Aloysius Stuhl’62, Henry Bender ’63, Francis DeHoratius ’63, Joseph Donahue ’63, JohnMaster ’63, Louis Orlando ’63, Alexander Giacobetti ’64, D. WebsterKeogh ’64, Michael Shields ’64, Charles F. Gallagher ’65, Joseph Ferroni’66, Edward Meehan ’66, Raymond Peppelman ’66, Michael Gallagher’67, Francesco Spezzano ’67, Daniel Sherry ’68, John Tucci ’68, Daniel Gallagher ’69, Joseph Savage ’69

Jim Haggerty ’60 is presently on the board of directors for theIgnatian Volunteer Corps which offers opportunities for servicefor those over the age of 50.

George L. Huckaby, Jr, ’60 is President/CEO of the OrangeEmpire Railway Museum, in Perris, CA.

J. Quentin Lauer ’61 and his wife Jo has been active inRetrouvaille, a ministry for hurting couples, for 23 years.

Joseph Dieterle ’61 recently retired from the active practice ofpediatrics. He was awarded the 2013 alumni association certifi-cate of honor from PCOM and was presented with the fourthannual department of medicine chairman’s award. Dr. Dieterlecontinues to serve on the board of PCOM and is enjoying life inOxford, Md.

Robert Hardegen ’61 was given command of Naval ReserveUSFF Maritime Air and Operations Unite, Fort Dix, NJ.

Ed Mullen ’61 recently retired from his position as the COO ofKnights of Columbus Insurance Program in New Haven, Ct.

Mike Murphy ’61 is practicing at Michael L. Murphy and Associates in Media and has been voted at PA Super Lawyer the past seven years.

Michael McElderry ’62 retired in 2011 as seniorarchivist/manuscript curator at the Library of Congress in Wash-ington DC.

Jim O’Brien ’62 is enjoying retirement while traveling with hiswife, babysitting their nine grandchildren, and attending Prepalumni events.

Matt Gutowicz ’62 has been chief of radiology at Fisher TitusMedical Center in Norwalk, Ohio as well as a partner of tworestaurants in Southern California. Matt and his wife Alice planto semi-retire soon in La Quinta, Calif.

Jack McCarthy ’63 recently began a part time role as Sr. Advi-sor to the President at Northeastern University. He continues toserve as a trustee at Boston College High School and on the fi-nance and audit committee of the New England Province of theJesuits.

Thomas Dolge ’65 retired from Amtrak.

James Higgins ’65 is still working at Brookhaven NationalLab. His latest efforts focus on superconducting magnetic energysource.

William Zeits ’65 is currently retired and lives in St. Augustine,Fla. while working with the county to keep beaches clean.

Fran Baird ’66 was recently named Director of Development atSt. James School, an independent middle school located inNorth Philadelphia. Established in 2011 with its first class offifth graders, St. James School is a faith-based middle school inthe Episcopal tradition committed to educating under-resourcedstudents in a nurturing environment.

William Culleton ’67 is a certified hearing official for specialeducation.

Jerry Doyle ’67 was recently selected to be a member of theNational Association of Chiefs of Police. A 24-year veteran of theFBI, Jerry owns and manages J. Doyle investigations, a privateinvestigation firm in the tri-state area.

Joseph Korey ’67 and his wife Linda are celebrating their 40thwedding anniversary.

Herbie Meyers ’67 is semi-retired but occasionally takes on aproject writing copy for promotional materials.

Richard Santore ’67 reports that he and his wife Kathy celebrated their 32nd anniversary in December. He continues to work full-time as an orthopaedic surgeon in San Diego.

Michael Wade ’67 and his wife Deb celebrated their 25thwedding anniversary in September 2012. Michael currently is a distinguished professor at Indiana University.

1970sBoard of Governors: Harry Byrne ’70, J. Michael Farrell ’70, John Mc-Connell ’70, Francis Burns ’71, Curtis Cockenberg ’71, Mario D’Adamo’71, Jeremiah O’Leary ’71, Charles Strowhouer ’71, Christopher Tretta ’71,William Wechsler ’71, John Duffy ’72, Charles Intenzo ’72, Robert Jones’72, Joseph Mancano ’72, John Natale ’72, John Zeller ’72, Joseph Boccuti’73, Armand Della Porta ’73, Francis Felici ’73, Martin Quinn ’73, FrancisSherry ’73, Albert Zimmerman ’73, Conrad Benedetto ’74, Joseph Boyle’74, William DeFeo ’74, Thomas Lederer ’74, Michael Moran ’74, CalvinTaylor ’74, Jeffrey Barker ’75, Joseph Clearkin ’75, John DeFeo ’75, PeterDella Porta ’75 (president), Edward Foy ’75 (vice president), Richard Lo-bron ’75, Mark Meehan ’75, Joseph Battaglini ’76, David Magerr ’77,George McCool ’77, Robert Murray ’77, Thomas Duffin ’78, John Gannon’78, Sean Kennedy ’78, Hayward L. Ratliff ’78, William Gennaro ’79,Bernard Kueny ’79, John Quinn ’79

Peter Barnett ’71 is the litigation manager for Neil R. Gelb,PC, a law firm in Philadelphia.


CLASS NOTES

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“The EITC program is awin-win giving incentive.The Prep receives tax freescholarship money whilemy firm earns a 90% taxcredit on the donation Imake. Every Prep-ownedbusiness should seriously consider the program.”- Chris Tretta ’71Partner, Yost & Tretta, LLP

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Earl Artis ’72 is the Manager of Corporate Communicationsfor the USPS in its Southern area, covering 12 districts fromFlorida to Texas.

Joseph Mancano ’72 was named the recipient of the NoraBarry Fischer Award as presented by the Pietragallo Law Firm.The award comes with a $1,000 contribution to a charity ofchoice which Joe directed to the Prep.

Thomas Smedile ’72 was selected by Philadelphia Magazineas a 5-Star Wealth Manager.

Rev. John Swope, S.J. ’72, President of Cristo Rey Baltimore,has been named by the Daily Record to its list of “InfluentialMarylanders” for 2013. In honoring Fr. Swope, The Daily Recordrecognized the impact of Cristo Rey in the Baltimore community.

Jerry Maginnis ’73 was elected vice president of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a professional association. Maginnis is managing partner forKPMG’s Philadelphia office.

Bill DeFeo ’74 serves as the Director of Finance for the Sistersof Mercy, Mid-Atlantic Community.

Marc Liciardello ’74 was elected as chairman of the Interna-tional Facility Management Association for the 2012-2013 year.

Stephen Jones ’74 is pleased to announce the opening of aBala Cynwyd office of his Boston based law firm, Jones & Geraghty. He splits his time between Boston and South Jersey.

Br. David K. Betz, SM, ’75 has returned to California. As ofAugust, Br. David has been in Cupertino living with the Cuper-tino Marianist Community where he is the Activity Coordinatorand Member of the Care Team. Br. David is responsible for plan-ning and coordinating activities for the brothers and priests whoare living in the retirement/health center community in Cuper-tino. He continues to use his social work skills in collaborationwith the community director and director of nursing coordinat-ing the health care concerns for the members of the community.

Anthony Cirillo ’75 had his perspective “Uniting the Continuum of Care” selected for presentation at the Perspectives in Nutrition and Aging: A National Summit, held inAugust in National Harbor, Md.

Rev. Paul DiGirolamo ’75 is pastor of Old St. Mary’s Churchin Philadelphia, which is celebrating its 250th anniversary.

Rev. Charles Zlock ’76 is the newrector at Malvern Retreat House.[right]

Wadell Ridley ’77, a memberof the SJP Board of Trustees, recently attended a conferenceat USF on trustees. [left]

Eric Hall ’78 was accepted into the doctoral program in Indus-trial and Systems Engineering at Mississippi State University forthe Fall 2013 semester.

Kevin Sweeney ’78 took command of Carrier Strike Group10/Harry S. Truman.

Jerry Wojt ’78 is currently the branch manager at the Scottrade, Inc. office in Allentown. Jerry is also a retired U.S.Naval Reserve Commander with 21 years of service.

1980sBoard of Governors: Mark Burgoyne ’80, Matthew Finnegan ’80, Terrence Mulhern ’80, John O’Brien ’80, Frederick Santarelli ’80, VincentCampo ’81, James King ’81, Paul Perpiglia ’81, Matthew Washlick ’81,James Dempsey ’82, Daniel Fahy ’82, Michael Feighan ’82, Stephen Fera ’82 (treasurer), Charles McGlynn ’82, Joseph Bergan ’83, David Cattai ’83, Stephen Gleason ’83, Joseph Martino ’83, Sean Sweeney ’83,Edward Villanueva ’83, John Branka ’84, Richard Brown ’84, BernardBuckley ’84, Philip DeCamara ’84, Sean Fitzpatrick ’84, Joseph Kieffer ’84,Christopher McElroy ’84, Anthony Ambrosini ’85, Michael Broadhurst ’85,Andrew Lynch ’85 (immediate past president), Matthew Macdonald ’85,Charles Parsons ’85, G. Lawrence DeMarco ’86, Christopher DiPaolo ’86,Scott Grande ’86, Franz Loeber ’86, Jake Fruncillo ’87, Thomas Lavin ’87,Christopher Loeber ’87, William McKernan ’87, Stephen Calabro ’88, JudeCarey ’88, John Grugan ’88, Christopher Leonard ’88, Andrew McCloskey’88, George Voegele ’88, Patrick Begley ’89, Kevin Emery ’89, DanielHeenan ’89, Craig McHugh ’89, Mark Sullivan ’89

Fred Santarelli ’80 and his wife Letty continue to live in SouthPhiladelphia with their daughters Tisha (17) and Alexis (14).Their son Freddie is a member of the Towson University footballteam. Letty is head coach of Neumann-Goretti girls varsity bas-ketball team. Fred was voted Top 100 PA and Top 100 Philly bySuperLawyers for 2012.

Outside Aviva Stadium before the Notre Dame vs. Navy game:Fenton FitzPatrick, Jr ’80, Patrick Farrell ’11, Will Farrell ’11, JoeFarrell ’09, Chris Farrell ’07, Fenton FitzPatrick, III ’11

Jim Arimond ’81 was one of 50 teachers in the US to receivespecial recognition for innovative use of NASA Explorer Schoolmaterials and exemplary use of best practices in teaching.

Robert Buchanan ’81 works as a mate onboard a 4200 HPocean tug moving oil barges on the east coast. In his spare timehe serves as a captain on the Spirit of Philadelphia, Spirit ofNew York, and Spirit of New Jersey.

John Kearns ’82 is a Senior Technical Writer at NBCUniversalin New York. He is the Treasurer of Irish American Writers andArtists (IAW&A) and Producer of the IAW&A Salons, where hefrequently reads from his novel in progress, Worlds.

John Corrigan ’82 has been living in Chicago area (Grayslake,Ill.) since 1989. He is married with two kids, Cam and Makenzie.In July 2010, he founded Mirovia Networks.

Frank DeBenedetto ’82 is currently employed as Dining Serv-ices Director at Plush Mills Senior Living in Wallingford, and liveswith his wife Claudia in Lansdowne.

Thomas Monari ’82 announces that his daughter Jane gradu-ated from Juilliard in 2010 and is currently studying at the RoyalAcademy of Music. His sons Patrick and Richard are attendingSwarthmore College.



Bob Williamson ’82 currently works as an attorney with theU.S. Small Business Administration’s Philadelphia office. In hisspare time, he remains active in Democratic politics and with thelocal Georgetown alumni club.

Robert Dobie ’84 is an associate professor of philosophy atLaSalle University. He recently published a book entitled Logos &Revelation.

Adrian R. King, Jr. ’85 will serve as First Deputy Attorney Gen-eral for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Most recently, Mr.King was a partner at Ballard Spahr, LLP where he was a mem-ber of the Business and Finance Department and Co-Chair ofboth the Government and Regulatory Affairs and P3/Infrastruc-ture Practice Groups.

Kevin Quinn ’85 is Vice President for Advancement at Immaculata University.

Prep 1985 alums gathered at Turtle Creek Golf Club in Limerick,PA for a round of golf. [L to R] Tom Kane, Andy Lynch, MattSwanick, Vince Wallace, Kevin Rawlings, and Billy Winters

Col. Kevin Vizzarri ’85 has assumed command of the 166thAviation Brigade, which provides pre-mobilization training forunits across the US and post-mobilization for training for all National Guard and reserve aviation formations. This commandmarks a promotion for Vizzarri, who had been a fellow at theU.S. Army War College in Rome, Italy.

Brandon Brown ’87 has been appointed to the PhiladelphiaMayor’s Commission on African American Males. He serves asthe regional coordinator for his fraternity’s mentoring program.

John Coppinger ’87 is proud to report that his son, John IV, isa freshman this year at the Prep.

R. Michael Wolk ’87 has two small children, Mandy (8) andMichael (6). He is still working at Apple (13 years), collectingcars, and simply enjoying life.

Justin McGlynn ’87 is an attorney with the law firm ofChristie, Pabarue, Mortensen, and Young. He has 3 children:Norah (6), Justin (5), and Elyse (3).

1990sBoard of Governors: Bill Avington ’90, Joseph Daniels ’90, James DeMarco ’90, Robert Irwin ’90, Hagop Keshishian ’90, Thomas Marsden’90, Michael Mooney ’90, Jason Zazyczny ’90, Joseph Armstrong ’91,Joseph Braut ’91, Emanuele Buonamici ’91, Craig Dimitri ’91, Brian McCloskey ’91, James McCollum ’91, Kevin McGowan ’91, Geno Rapone’91, Anthony Torre ’91, Mario Crestani ’92, Brendan Curley ’92, StephenKriz ’92 (secretary), Kenneth Kryst ’92, Joseph Saloma ’92, Jeffrey Smith’92, Brendan Sullivan ’92, Joseph Casacio ’93, Bernard Coney ’93, ThomasCretella ’93, Michael Dougherty ’93, James Gabriele ’93, Terrance Houston’93, David Jacovini ’93, Damian Lavelle ’93, Keir Politz ’93, Joseph DeMarco ’94, Thomas Farren ’94, Brian Pearce ’94, John Regan ’94, JohnAvicolli ’95, Benjamin Crowley ’95, Michael Gallagher ’95, Dennis Hart’95, Anthony Hayden ’95, Nevin McGinley ’95, Timothy Murphy ’95,Joseph Talluto ’95, Michael Thomas ’95, John Corey ’96, Joseph DeCamara ’96, Mark Glanzmann ’96, Christopher Komelasky ’96, FrancisMcCartan ’96, Christopher Barone ’97, David Falcone ’97, Ryan Flynn ’97,Gabriel Gliwa ’97, Brian Kraus ’97, Brian Madden ’97, Ryan Carney ’98,Daniel Cram ’98, Alfred Garfall ’98, Sean Killeen ’98, Kevin Komelasky ’98,Larry Walker ’98, Howard Brown ’99, Eric Cahill ’99, Kevin Dougher ’99,Shane Funston ’99, Brian Kearney ’99, Scott Mullen ’99

Anthony SanFilippo ’91has been hired as an Inside Reporter for thePhiladelphia Flyers, with mostof his work appearing on

philadelphiaflyers.com. He was photographed rinkside on Open-ing Night with Prep dad Joe Kadlec.

Brendan Curley ’92 and his wife Cara have two children,Aidan and Claire.

Stephen J. Kriz ’92 was recently recognized for 10 years ofservice at CBRE, Inc. In addition he was promoted to First VicePresident in their Wayne office.

Chris Murphy ’92 is now practicing with the firm of Papanoand Breslin in Brookhaven, specializing in elder law and was recently named a Rising Star as voted in PA Super Lawyers Magazine.

Tom McAvoy ’96 and his wife Kelly currently live in Great Falls,Mt. with their three children. Tom is currently deployed inAfghanistan to serve in a Civil Affairs Unit to help bring peaceand security to the area. This is Tom’s fourth deployment to theMiddle East.

Christopher Budano ’96 graduated from the University ofMaryland in August 2012 with a PhD in curriculum and instruc-tions in education.

Ryan O’Rourke ’97 got married to his wife Jen in 2010 andjust welcomed their first baby boy, Brendan, in February 2012.

Jason Mulgrew ’97 has released a next book, 236 Pounds ofClass Vice President. The title comes from the slogan of his (successful) student council run while at the Prep, and is a memoir about his years at SJP.

Michael A. Ambrosini ’98 recently opened The PromenadeCar Wash in Marlton, NJ.

2000sBoard of Governors: Daniel Cellucci ’00, Kevin Maloney ’00, AnselmSauter ’00, Michael Barker ’01, Matthew Battipaglia ’01, Michael Campo’01, Ronald Donatucci ’01, Harry Egner ’01, Christopher Egoville ’01,Michael Fitzpatrick ’01, Benjamin Haney ’01, Brendan Murphy ’01, Andrew Davis ’02, Stephen Fromhold ’02, Kevin Gilbert ’02, Justin Hopkins ’02, Matthew Kelly ’02, Martin Quinn ’02, Matthew Schwartz ’02,William St. Clair ’02, John Cycon ’03, John Kilroy ’03, Mark Zoller ’03,Matthew Cary ’04, Patrick Daley ’04, Andrew Tosto ’04, John Connolly’05, Matthew Boccuti ’06, Brian Bennett ’07, Joseph Cirucci ’07, ChristianHenry ’07, David Binder ’08, Joseph Kelly ’08, Robert McDonald ’08

Mark Gress ’01 was recently named Associate Director of Employer Relations at Arcadia University.

Matthew Harm ’01 was recently named to the EconomicsPennsylvania western region Advisory Board in Pittsburgh.

Arthur Kay ’01 presented two sessions at the ThatConference,held August 13-15, 2012 in the Wisconsin Dells. It is a premiersoftware conference focusing on Mobile, Web and Cloud technologies, and hosts over 1,000 developers from around theworld.

Christopher Kurek ’01 is now working at the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office as a Deputy Attorney General.

Rob Nguyen ’01s documentary short film, “Walking Merchandise: child trafficking and the snakehead trade” willscreen as part of LaSalle University’s Diplomat-in-Residence program.

Michael Santora ’02 is scheduled to graduate from BostonCollege in May 2013 with an MBA in Finance.

Ed Quinn ’02 recently moved back to Philly and is a member ofthe Temple Law Class of 2014 and Coast Guard JAG.

Gregory Brun ’02 recently married his wife Andrea and thetwo made a move to Columbus, Ohio.

Andrew Weber ’02 is in Nairobi,Kenya volunteering for Zidisha Microfinance. While away in LamuIsland, Kenya, one weekend, he raninto this gentleman wearing a SJPshirt. [left]

Edward Fenlon ’02 graduatedSumma Cum Laude, first in his class,from Georgetown Med School in

May 2012. He will be completing his one year internship atFlushing Hospital Medical Center in New York and then headback to Philadelphia for his residency in Radiology at the Hospi-tal of the University of Pennsylvania. Edward and his fiancée, Jil-lian Schroeder, plan to marry in October 2013.

Drayton Smith ’02 is now a dentist practicing in Broomall.

Stephen Fromhold ’02 is in his fifth year teaching science atDePaul Catholic School.

Ryan Grace ’02 is working as an assistant district attorney inthe special victims unit of the Delaware County District Attorneys office.

Greg Savarese ’02 and his wife Sally live in Beijing, China.

Alumni celebrating Patrick Travers’ bachelor party met up withMayor Nutter! [L-r] Dan Coleman ’02, Sean Travers ’09, Mayor Michael Nutter ’75, John Fife ’98, Patrick Travers ’03, Joe Fallon ’02

Steven Boc ’04 was Southeast PA director of Election Day Operations for the RepublicanParty of Pennsylvania. He attendedthe Republican National Conven-tion this August in Tampa, Fla.

John McAvoy ’05 of Exton took his Oath for Limited Practiceof Law. He is in his final year of law school and will serve in theDelaware Civil Clinic.

Matthew McCabe ’05 was recently confirmed by the U.S.Senate as a Board Member for the Corporation for National andCommunity Service. McCabe was nominated by PresidentObama in 2011 to serve on the board which oversees nationalservice programs in the United States such as AmeriCorps,NCCC and AmericorpsVISTA. McCabe is currently a high schoolhistory teacher and 2012 Teach+ Policy Fellow in Chicago wherehe participated in Teach For America from 2009-2011.

James Schlucter ’05 helps organize a basketball league inPhiladelphia which sponsored a trip to Jamaica where they ran acamp for underprivileged youth in the mornings and adults inthe evenings. They built courts, solar panel lights, and gave awayhundreds of shirts and pairs of socks and sneakers.

John Hendrickson ’06, formerly the Managing Editor of Reverb at the Denver Post, has been named the EntertainmentEditor at Digital First Media in New York City.

CLASS NOTESWill Reardon’06 is head groundskeeper for the Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium, “Home of the Newark Bears”, inNewark, N.J. Under Will’s management, the baseball field wasawarded “Playing Surface of the Year” in the Can-Am League,an independent minor league that is combined with the American Association of Baseball in the Midwest. Will graduatedfrom Rutgers University-Cook College in 2010 with a B.S. Degree in Plant Sciences, specializing in Sports Turf Manage-ment.

Stephen Coleman ’07 graduated from Widener University and is involved in various volunteer organizations such as Philabundance.

Matthew Dolan ’07 is currently Head Varsity Basketball coachat Christopher Dock High School.

Christopher Gannon ’07 is a lieutenant in the Army NationalGuard, currently on active duty at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouriattending the Military Police Basic Officer Leadership Course.

Michael Gennaro ’07 represented the US in the 2012 Summer Olympics as an alternate for the US men’s rowing team.

Nicholas Hurrey ’07 is currently pursuing a doctorate in pharmacy; anticipated graduation in May 2013.

Second Lieutenants Sean C. Sasso [left] andJeffrey M. Battipaglia,both Class of 2007, at graduation ceremoniesof The Basic School of the U.S. Marine Corps in September, 2012.

Greg Taylor ’07 is a Student Naval Aviator stationed at NavalAir Station Meridian, Mississippi. He is currently going throughintermediate and advanced jet training with his trainingsquadron, the VT-7 Eagles.

Timothy Primick ’08 has accepted a position as the Administrative Assistant for the Department of General Studiesat Jefferson University. He will oversee the Jeff-at-Night program for the Jefferson School of Health Professions.

Samuel Settle ’08 was recruited as the finance and fundraising assistant for the campaign of Patrick Morrisey, theRepublican challenger for Attorney General of West Virginia.Morrisey, a former New Jersey congressional candidate, de-feated the five-term incumbent and is the first Republican in 80years to serve as Attorney General of WV. Samuel was theyoungest paid staff member on the campaign. Samuel is a candidate for the Alumni Council, which governs the Penn StateAlumni Association.

John Pedicino ’08 graduated from Fordham University -Gabelli School of Business in May with a B.S. in Business Administration. He is now working in the advertising firm Universal McCann in New York City as an Analyst.

Ernie Menold ’08 is teaching in Bangkok, Thailand for a year. He joined a men’s ice hockeyleague there and got the chance to skate withJohnny Oduya, an active member of the ChicagoBlackhawks.

Mike Pinciotti ’09 a senior offensive guard at the University ofPennsylvania, is part of the Class of 2013 at Penn that has thedistinction of winning the Ivy League football title three of itsfour years. This marks only the fifth time in the 119-year historyof the Ivy League that a class has accomplished this feat. Mikewas also a 2nd team All -Ivy selection in 2012.

Perry Russom ’09 internedwith NBC at the SummerOlympics, covering boxing.

2010sJeremiah Clark ’11 was recently recognized as a member of Sigma Alpha Lambda, National Leadership and Honors Organization at the University of Pittsburgh.

Tyler Tynes ’11 began as a journalist for the Huffington Post in2012 writing in the college section and sports sections.

Kevin Toniazzo-Naughton ’11 recently appeared as the titlecharacter in the Penn State Centre Stage production of“Sweeney Todd.”

Bridson M.D. Wallace ’12 recentlycompeted at the South Hill PittsburghKarate Championships and won twoGrand Championships - in sparringand forms.

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BIRTHSIris Amelia to Scott & Leslie McKinley, Assistant to the Principal [1]

Maeve Elizabeth to Patrick & Colleen McManus, Prep InstructionalTechnology Specialist [2]

Maggie Elizabeth Joy to Angelina & Chris Vargo ’77

Flynn Emmi to Monica & Stephen Molasky ’87 [3]

Patrick Liam Dolan Jr. to Stacey & Patrick Dolan ’88

Luke Joseph to Julie & Jim McLaughlin ’91 [4]

Maron Elizabeth to Beth & Gregory Feliciani ’94

Christopher Thomas to Gwenn & Michael Nolan ’98 [5]

Michael Francis to Meghann & Michael Musial ’98 [6]

Jordin Marie to Tracy & Matt Faber ’00 [7]

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MARRIAGES

Margery Mark and Peter Farmer ’61 [1]

Natalia Elizabeth Dominguez and Bernard Buckley ’84 [2]

Rebecca Knab and Brian McMicken ’95 [3]

Katie Guest and Christopher Kurek ’01

Kristen Davis and John Cooper ’03 From left: Brendan Stallard ’03,Richard Cooper ’99, John Cooper ’03, Kristen Davis Cooper, Sean

Mitchell ’03, Greg Connors ’02, Dan Fitzpatrick ’03. [4]

Laura Prior and Peter Mellen ’03

Maura Kelley and Patrick Travers ’03 Back Row: Bryan Tracy ’98, JohnFife ’98, Andrew Rice ’03, Fr. J Patrick Hough, SJ, Brendan Stallard ‘03,

Sean Travers ’09, Patrick Travers’03, Trevor Echelmeier ’03. Front Row:

Joseph Fallon ’02, Ryan Cobb ’03 and Daniel Fitzpatrick ’03 [5]

Abigail Barrett and John Fitzpatrick ’04

Andrea Hammer and Greg Taylor ’07

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Laura Prior & Peter Mellen ’03 weremarried on June 16, 2012.

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Back Row: Michael Beck ’03, Mike Kirk ’05, Nate Egner ’03, Larry Wargo ’06,John Noel ’03, Pat James ’03, Ted Beck ’10, Matt Beck ’06, Jacques Bagley ’90,Matt Mellen ’10, Greg Mellen ’05. Front Row: Henry Schober ’03, Laura Prior, Peter Mellen ’03, Dan Kirk ’03,Mike Hass ’03.


CLASS NOTES

IN MEMORIAM(as reported to the Prep by 2/12/13)

Walter J. Romejko ’30

Edward A. Filmyer Jr. ’36

Earl W. Martin, ’38

John L. Murphy ’38

John W. Whelan ’38

Thomas F. Brophy Jr. ’41

Michael C. Goglia Jr. ’41

Joseph T. Wood ’41

Albert J. Drueding Jr. ’42

Rev. Henry J. Erhart S.J. ’42

Robert J. Kane ’42

William J. Kelly Jr. ’43

Edward N. Slamon ’44

Robert M. Gillin ’45

William D. Keenehan Jr. ’45

W. Frank Kelley ’45

Paul W. Baker ’46

Thomas E. Eichman ’46

Joseph L. Tenaglia ’47

Vincent S. Dougherty ’48

John W. Magee Jr. ’49

Robert A. Nolen Jr. ’49

Robert E. Timby DDS ’49

Edward F. Collins ’50

Thomas J. McCormick Jr. ’50

William P. Phipps Jr. ’50

John D. Apple USN ’52

Walter D. Forrester III ’52

Dante S. LaRocca PhD ’52

Nicholas C. Pedano ’52

Walter J. Riedemann Jr. ’52

E. Kane Casani ’53

Thomas F. Jennings ’53

John F. Morrow ’53

James J. Shannon ’53

Richard F. Hyland ’55

Louis C. Flanagan ’56

George R. Donges ’57

Edward J. Gottsman ’57

Martin E. Kondrath ’57

Robert B. Mahoney ’58

John J. Toto ’58

J. Michael DeLone III ’59

Gerald J. Fitzpatrick S.J. ’59

John F. Gormley ’59

Guy D. Dolente Jr. ’62

Daniel L. Thistle II ’62

Ronald F. Bove ’63

John A. Boyce ’64

G. Charles Reice ’64

Dennis E. Haggerty ’65

Robert F. Giangiulio ’68

Joseph P. Ryan ’69

Fred J. Papaleo ’72

Michael A. Parcheta ’74

Luciano Tribuiani ’82

David J. McDonnell ’86

Steven A. Ranjo ’90

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PERSPECTIVES

BY ANTHONY SANFILIPPO ’91

It’s funny sometimes how traditions getstarted.

It was December 1988 and Craig Dimitri’91 was having a holiday party at his housein Northeast Philadelphia. And while theChristmas music was churning constantlythrough the stereo, setting the mood in theDimitri home, the focus of the eight boys in attendance at the party was on the television, where the Nintendo gaming system – and specifically Tecmo Bowl – wasgetting the competitive juices flowing.

So while Craig and classmate JimMcLaughlin were in the middle of a particularly heated battle between their favorite teams – the Dallas Cowboys andWashington Redskins respectfully – something just clicked in my head and Iblurted out to the room, “Who wants toplay touch football?”

It took a little cajoling for the whole groupto buy-in to the idea, but the weather wasmild, the sun was shining, and Craig’s momcould use the break from eight teenagerstaking over her living room, so out we wentto a nearby field.

Being someone who always liked to take on seemingly impossible odds, I boldly proclaimed that I could win with the guyswho didn’t often play football as a recreational activity, leaving the more football savvy group to play together.

Joining me were Mike Taylor ’91, MarkLoSasso ’91 and Victor Rauch ’92. On theother side were Dimitri, McLaughlin, MattForcina ’91 and Anthony Torre ’91.

Suffice it to say, my team lost. But, only by one score – as I tried to pull out everytrick play in the book in an effort to keepthe game close – and it almost worked perfectly.

I wasn’t satisfied by that defeat, and the

following September, at a birthday party for Craig, we rehashed the game from theprevious winter. It was there that we put inplace a plan to play a bigger version of thegame with more players – him creating histeam, and me creating mine.

It was set – the game would be played theday after Thanksgiving. We would play at aneutral site – Craig picked Saint Joseph’sUniversity because they had just put in anAstroturf soccer field (and it was excitingfor us as teenagers to want to play on turfrather than grass and dirt).

Craig would bring a posse of Prep students.I did the same, but also brought out somefamily members and some old friends frommy West Philadelphia neighborhood whereI grew up.

Craig won. I was annoyed… again.

We decided to do it again the next year.Craig won again. My frustration level wasthrough the roof.

And although we were all headed off tovarying colleges around the country, Iwasn’t going to let the game end until I won.

Which I did for the first time in 1992, indramatic fashion, throwing the winningscore to my then-10-year-old cousin, someone Craig’s group never expected to be involved with the game-deciding play inovertime.

After that game and the ensuing celebration, I had a “now what?,” moment.

Where would the game go from here? Withall of us in college, what were the odds ofkeeping this thing going? I figured I’d keeptrying every year and as long as there wasinterest, we’d give it a whirl.

“We had a couple of years of 3-on-3 and 4-on-4 – which meant a lot of running foreveryone, but we never let the traditiondie,” Dimitri said. “It was especially important to us during our college andgrad school years, because everyone washome at Thanksgiving, and we could reconnect with each other in person.”

This past November 23, we played the 25th

annual game – on that same turf field at St. Joe’s.

Oh, the game has changed considerablyover the years. We now play flag football.

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Craig doesn’t play anymore, but he is thereferee who we yell at for missed calls all the time. And with us in our late 30’s, wenow have families, and the kids come outto play too.

Every year the game is offered to Prepalums first, specifically members of theClass of 1991, but anyone is welcome toplay.

In November, I won for the first time since2008, and was able to proudly raise the trophy that Craig had made in 1996 for the game. It’s beat up. It’s missing a goldeneagle that was broken off the first day we had it when my cousin sat on it accidentally, but it’s still there.

The trophy has been stolen, left in restaurants, lost in storage, shipped throughthe mail and has had countless other encounters, but it still exists. And we areproud of it, no matter how junky it lookstoday.

Craig, Torre and I are the only three members to have been a part of all 25games but honorable mention goes toJonathan DiRienzi ’91, who has played inall but the original game.

“Anthony was always dragging me to different things when we were kids,”DiRienzi said. “But now he doesn’t need to even call. I know to show up at St. Joe’son the morning after Thanksgiving ready to play.”

DiRienzi wears the same jersey he’s wornfor years. Torre has the same sneakers fromthe original game in 1988.

“They stay in the back of my closet andonly come out once a year,” Torre said.

McLaughlin has played in 20 of the 25games while countless other classmateshave been a part of the game over the yearsas well.

From Stefan Politz ’91 to Brian McCloskey’91. From Carlo Sena ’91 to Fred Short ’91.From Matt McCormick ’91 to Kevin McGowan ’91 – who simply showed up forthe annual postgame social at Chili’s - thegame has been a part of the Class of ’91(and the Prep) for a quarter century.

“It’s really indicative of the spirit of camaraderie and tradition that was instilledin us when we matriculated at the Prep,”Torre said. “It’s a day I look forward to

every year, not for the winning or losing, oreven playing for that matter, but just knowing that I’m taking part in somethingspecial related to the Prep that I think willgo on forever.”

Though others may play, including my oldest son Anthony (a junior at SpringfieldHS), the game promises to be a Prep tradition for many years.

My fifth-grade son Andrew got to score atouchdown this year. Afterwards, he cameup to me and said, “Dad, I’m going to beplaying in this game when I’m 38 with myfriends from the Prep class of 2020.”

I guess that means he’ll be writing aboutthe 50th anniversary of the game. I may notbe playing still at that point, but God willing, I’ll still be there on the sidelineswatching. And I’m betting at the veryleast Dimitri, Torre and DiRienzi will be there too.

Anthony SanFilippo ’91 is the Inside Reporter for thePhiladelphia Flyers. He can be read on PhiladelphiaFly-ers.com and his blog at FlyersInsideOut.com. He can alsobe followed on Twitter @AnthonySan37.

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...LIVES ON!Craig Dimitri ’91, an original participant, is now the referee

Top photo: Longtime participants: [l-r] Victor Rauch ’92, Craig Dimitri ’91, Jonathan DiRenzi ’91and Anthony Torre ’91. Bottom photo: Anthony San Filippo ’91 (#37) makes an interception in the 2012 game.

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