The New Learning CurveFlipped classrooms and massive open online courses(MOOCs) are among the ways St. Bonaventure isembracing new strategies for teaching and learning.

All in the FamilyAdhering to the principles of two men who diedtoo soon, Kevin and Sean McNamee have fostereda spirit of brotherhood in the pool and built themost successful athletic program in school history.

The Power of a BonnieMany schools boast a strong alumni network, yetnone can boast a network of Bonnies! Bonnies arefamily — strongest when we work together, andthat’s why “The Power of a Bonnie” is this year’sBonaventure Fund theme.

Departments

Editor’s Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4FranciscanMinute . . . . . . . . . . .5Our Gifts. Their Future . . . . .22Off the Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Editorial Advisory BoardBeth Eberth, editorSusan Anderson, ’11Lisa Biedenbach, ’76Br. F. Edward Coughlin, O.F.M., ’70Mary Driscoll, ’79

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Joe Flanagan, ’74Steve Mest, ’91Tom MisselDr. Emily MorrisDr. Todd Palmer

Carri (Gregorski) Prue, ’04Dr. Willy Kipkemboi RotichJordan Steves, ’09Mary Jane Telford, ’75 Jocelyn Thomas, ’77

ContributorsSusan Anderson, ’11Julia Andretta, ’15Brett Keegan, ‘13Tom Missel

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From the President

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Raymond C. Dee, ’64Board Chair

Robert J. Daugherty, ’77Board Vice Chair

Fr. Frank R. Sevola, O.F.M., ’82Board Secretary

Lana D. BenatovichJanet I. Bodnar, ’71Laurie A. Branch, ’04

St. Bonaventure University Board of TrusteesThomas M. Garvey, ’74Michael Hill, ’96Albert C. Horton, ’66Robert P. Kane, ’78Bharat KohliCindy Abbott LetroJames E. Meyer, ’76Very Rev. Kevin Mullen, O.F.M.Eugene M. O'Connor, Esq., ‘79

Les PalmFr. Kenneth P. Paulli, O.F.M.Very Rev. John Puodziunas, O.F.M.Bill PurcellYvonne Minor RaganJames E. StittMarvin W. Stocker, ’75Lynda M. Wilhelm, ’86

Trustees EmeritiRobert R. Jones, LL.D., ’58Charles Osgood, LL.D.

James E. Canty, ’84Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F.James J. Cattano, ’65Daniel F. Collins, ’73Kathleen A. Colucci, ’77Fr. Thomas E. Conway, O.F.M.Joseph A. DeMaria, Esq., ’79Colette C. Dow, ’88Timothy J. Finan

T he pages of this edition of Bonaventure Magazine tellwonderful stories from a variety of our campus corners.We hope they will conjure among our readers feelings of

great pride in their association with St. Bonaventure University. Our men’s swim team has us “dripping” with pride over their

Atlantic 10 Conference Championship. Our faculty membersare constantly improving their incorporation of technology as ateaching tool and, in doing so, helping us to live up to ourpromise of mentoring students in vitally engaging learning en-vironments. Describing their innovative achievements give usmany a proud moment.The other news and stories about faculty, student and alumni

success and fulfillment really shine a spotlight on the manygood things that are happening on campus and in the lives ofour alumni and friends because of St. Bonaventure.But, I want to take a page from the book of alumnus Rob

Buckla, ’84, who, during his keynote speech at theDevereux/Seraphim Leadership Breakfast during Reunion Week-end, challenged our alumni and friends to show their Bonapride every day — to share the stories of their contributions toUniversity fundraising endeavors and volunteer activities, and tochronicle the St. Bonaventure experiences that made them whothey are today.Rob’s message was perfectly developed and impeccably

timed. There has never been a better time to share your prideabout your association with St. Bonaventure University. Why? Because today, more than ever, your voice can be

heard and can make an impact on the institution. A simple post on Facebook with a story about your Bonaven-

ture experience can find its way to the computer or cell phonescreen of a prospective student.Following the University’s Twitter, Instagram and Facebook

pages and sharing links as they are posted not only shows yourBona pride, but also contributes to the University’s search en-gine optimization efforts.Offering to volunteer for SHARE (Supporters Helping Admis-

sions Recruiting Efforts), through which you can meet prospec-tive students and families or participate in communicationcampaigns, is a natural outlet for your Bonaventure pride.Telling your fellow Bonnies, as did Rob Buckla, about your

philanthropic commitments to the University is a wonderfulway to share your pride and, in doing so, encourage others tosupport current students at the University.

Sharing your Bonaventure pride – all the time

One of our students who came to us from Arizonarecently told me why he chose St. Bonaventure. Hesaid that he went online and saw how many alumniwere making contributions to the University. “I fig-ured if all of those people are writing checks to sup-port the University, then there must be somethingspecial happening there.” He’s right! Something special happens here so often

that I lose track of the number of small miracles, but Inever lose sight of what they mean. Pride is due toour dedication to learning and service and our com-mitment to “Peace and Good/ Pax et Bonum.” Theseare the hallmarks of a Bonnie.

Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., S.T.D.Proud President of St. Bonaventure University

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Editor’s Message

By Beth A. Eberth

S cholars estimate that St. Francis spent half of his con-verted life in solitude. He sought out the natural caves ofMount Subasio, high above his hometown of Assisi, for

prayer and reflection, seeking how God wanted him to live ac-cording to the Gospel.In May, three colleagues and I had the amazing opportunity

to spend 10 days in Italy walking in the steps of St. Francis andSt. Clare. Along with about two dozen others from U.S. Fran-ciscan colleges and universities, we visited many of the sanctu-aries in Assisi, including the hermitage of the Carceri (Eremodelle Carceri). Today, a large brick monastery home to Francis-can friars protects the sacred spaces where St. Francis and hisfollowers dedicated themselves to prayer and contemplation.They built a small chapel and likely had a small garden to reducetrips “to town.”On modern roads, the Carceri is about 2.5 miles from Assisi. I

was grateful our pilgrimage guides led us to the mountaintophermitage some 3,000 feet above sea level via taxi and not bybike as some energetic pilgrims journeyed.Following a morning visit to the Carceri, we returned to the

heart of Assisi, where we received a boxed lunch and instruc-tions to spend the next few hours on our own, in solitude. Thatevening we gathered together to share our experiences. Forsome, it was an easy exercise, part of an existing routine. Forothers, it was uncomfortable for them to be alone with theirthoughts. Like St. Francis and his brothers, we experienced fra-ternity — gathering in community to reveal our encounters,seeking the guidance and support of others.Fr. Murray Bodo, O.F.M., in “Francis: The Journey and the

Dream,” wrote this about Francis’ time at the Carceri: He was always aware that he would have to return to the … world below, but it was possible to do so with joy, knowing that the mountain would be there waiting, drawing him back. Mount Subasio was his magnetic mountain, pulling his spirit up, beckoning him to lift his eyes to the skies, whenever the plain began to fix his stare in a horizontal orbit of despair.

Here in Western New York we have our own mountain thatdraws us in, offering the spirit of peace and hospitality. For 30years, Mt. Irenaeus has been a place of rest and encounter. But the Mountain friars have also embraced the new possibili-

ties in reaching others: Online meditations are available via theMt. Irenaeus website at www.mounti.com as are podcasts byFr. Dan Riley, O.F.M.Holy Name Province also offers a number of digital initiatives,

including:• Text a Prayer Request: To send a request, text the word

“prayer” to the number 30644. A welcome from the friars ap-pears, along with a box to type the request. When the Devel-opment Office gets the request, the sender receives a reply,confirming that the prayer request has been received and willbe prayed for. (The reply also includes a link to the Develop-ment Office’s website.)

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Mountaintops offer a new view of life

• Prayers on Instagram: Dailyprayers are shared via Instagram(thefranciscans).• Podcasts by Fr. Dan Horan,

O.F.M., are available for free iniTunes (search “Dating God”).Coming soon: Watch the uni-

versity website for details on howto make Mass intention requestsonline. (Eberth is director of university

communications at St. Bonaven-ture. To learn more about the pil-grimages offered by FranciscanPilgrimage Programs, including apilgrimage on solitude, visitwww.franciscanpilgrimages.com.)

On the mountainside behindthe hermitage Carceri above As-sisi, Italy, pilgrims can wind theirway through miles of lush,wooded trails and stop for re-flection at outdoor chapels.

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By Br. F. Edward Coughlin, O.F.M.

T he Englishman Alexander of Hales (d. 1245) was adiocesan priest and, at an early age, was appointed re-gent minister at the University of Paris. He was an im-

portant and influential thinker who taught the friars who firstestablished a house near the university before 1220.

Around 1236, Alexander became a Franciscan and hischair of theology was secured at the Franciscan house tolater be occupied by his student Bonaventure, regent master1254–1257, and a long line of other Franciscan theologians. Alexander played an important role in establishing some of

the basic orientations within what would develop into thedistinctive Franciscan intellectual (theological-philosophical)tradition and, thus, holds an important place of honor inboth theological and Franciscan circles.While it might seem odd to recall the contribution of an

important medieval thinker in the Internet age, it is helpful tonote two things. First, the thought of important medieval Franciscan

thinkers, including Alexander, Bonaventure and others, con-tinues to be an important, alternative and, in some ways, dis-tinctive way to think about fundamental theologicalquestions such as Who is Christ? Is there a connection be-tween Christ and creation? What does it mean to behuman?Second, scholars who are collaborating across the globe

are now on computers doing the work that was traditionallycarried out in the monastic scriptorium.In 2001, the English-speaking conference of the Order of

Friars Minor (ESC-OFM) established a commission to promotethe retrieval and study of early Franciscan tradition (CFIT).One of the strategies has been to create and develop a web-site (www.franciscantradition.org).One of the most prominent features of the website is the

opportunity it offers an international audience to view, on-line, the writings of Francis and Clare. The site offers the pos-sibility of viewing simultaneously the English and the Latintext, the possibility of comparing different texts in adjacentcolumns, and/or to explore the reference to Sacred Scriptureembedded in the text with a click of the mouse. This modestbeginning is a prototype of what is envisioned as the first ofmany sources from within the Franciscan tradition to whichstudents, scholars, and interested others will increasinglyhave access through the Internet in any country, at any time.The CFIT site also includes an opportunity to initiate or par-

ticipate in discussion board conversations, to download re-sources (e.g., The Custodians Series), or to track theavailability of new books or projects that seek to explore andmake more accessible the resources of the Franciscan intel-lectual–spiritual tradition.In the early days of the Franciscan movement, there were

many disputes about the role and places of studies in themovement inspired by Francis of Assisi. Francis himself, in aletter to Anthony of Padua, largely settled the question. In

Recalling a medieval thinker in the Internet age

Alexander of Hales is depicted in this stained glass win-dow in Doyle Hall. The window is located in the corri-dor near the Department of History faculty offices.

Photo by Danny Bush

1223, he wrote, “It pleases me that you teach theology solong as you do not extinguish the spirit of prayer and de-votion.” Francis would, however, never have imagined that text

— and many other writings — could be viewed and stud-ied online through a simple search. Francis would con-tinue to be concerned, of course, that the onlinesearchable study of a broad range of texts would becomean end in itself. Rather, Francis would hope that studynourish and encourage the human spirit to “give praiseand thanks to God” as well as strengthen a person’s re-solve to “serve with great humility.” (Canticle of the Crea-tures can be viewed at www.franciscantradition.org).(Br. Ed Coughlin has served as St. Bonaventure’s vice

president for the Franciscan Mission since 2005. In Au-gust, he will begin an interim appointment as president ofSiena College.)

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HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTSRev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell, director of the Department ofReligion at Chautauqua Institution for 13 years; Ann L. Swan, alongtime benefactor of St. Bonaventure and a staunch supporterof Catholic higher education; and Neal J. Johnson, class of1973, president and CEO of Special Olympics New York. They arepictured below with Board of Trustees Chair Raymond C. Dee,’64, and University President Sr. Margaret Carney.

STUDENT SPEAKERMakeda Loney, J/MC major (at right)

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERRev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell

QUOTING CAMPBELL“The world we are in and the world of our children and grand-children will be an increasingly interfaith world. It will ask the verybest from the religious faith that is in us — the living of our finestreligion. … And from our religious variety, the faith we live by in-side will touch our common life for the good of all.”

COMMENCEMENT HIGHLIGHTS 2014

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BonaResponds, St. Bonaventure's disaster-responseorganization, packed 108,864 meals to send to hungrychildren in Haiti and the Philippines in a daylong worksession March 22 in the Reilly Center Arena.Volunteers from campus, surrounding communities

and even some prospective St. Bonaventure studentswho were invited to experience a collegiate service-learning activity, participated in the event. Working in three shifts, hundreds of volunteers cre-

ated individual meal packets containing rice, soy pro-tein, dehydrated vegetables, vitamins and minerals. When mixed with boiling water, each packet be-

comes a meal specially designed to feed the malnour-ished.The food was distributed by Feed My Starving Chil-

dren, a Christian nonprofit organization that distributespacked meals through missionaries and global nonprof-its across the world.

The University welcomed alumnusArmy Col. Kevin C. O’Connor, D.O.,(facing camera) to campus Feb. 13and 14 as the inaugural speaker inthe Becoming Extraordinary Leadersseries. O’Connor, ’88, has served as a

White House physician since 2006and as Physician to the Vice Presidentof the United States since 2009. During several campus lectures,

O’Connor shared details about hismedical career journey as an Armyfamily physician, teacher, flight sur-geon and hyperbaric medical officerfor the last 18 years. O’Connor hasserved in clinical, academic, leader-ship and operational assignments, in-cluding tours of duty with the 82ndAirborne Division, 75th Ranger Regi-ment, and Army Special OperationsCommand. He has deployed on nu-merous combat rotations in supportof classified missions in Afghanistan,Iraq and Bosnia.O’Connor attended St. Bonaventure

on an Army ROTC scholarship, earn-ing a degree in biology with a minorin theology. He served as class presi-dent and a charter member of thecampus Medical Emergency ResponseTeam. He completed medical schoolat the New York College of Osteo-pathic Medicine in 1992. The Building Extraordinary Leaders

program is a new leadership seriessponsored by St. Bonaventure’s Classof 1963 and organized by the Stu-dent Affairs division.

Two St. Bonaventure alumni were inducted intothe ROTC Hall of Fame during ceremonies March 29.The 2014 inductees are Col. Giac P. Modica, ’56, andCol. Beverly Schwenk Pritchett, ’79, both retired.On June 7, James Duffy Hickey, ’75 (swimming),

Kyle Johnson, ’03 (baseball), and Nikki RenningerLevan, ’98 (volleyball) were inducted into the Athlet-ics Hall of Fame.

Rochester artist and 1994SBU graduate Greg Polissenidemonstrated his uniquestyle of painting at the QuickCenter in March. Polisseni’swork, which was the subjectof an exhibition at the artscenter, has been described as“beautiful, passion-filled ab-stracts,” that he says revealcalm in the midst of chaos.

Revealing calmin the chaosOne day, 108,000 meals

LEADING BY EXAMPLE

Alumni honored by ROTC,Department of Athletics

HALLS OF FAME

Medical perspectivesfrom the battlefield to the White House

THE DOCTOR IS IN

BREAKING FREE

BONNIES PLEDGETO VOLUNTEER

2,010That was the number of SBUcommunity members whopledged to volunteer duringa campaign between theUniversity, the Buffalo Billsand the United Way. By hit-ting the goal of 2,000, thecampus was treated to a visitby NFL linebacker ArthurMoats (above). Moats, a for-mer Buffalo Bill now withthe Steelers, spoke about theimportance of volunteerism.

www.sbu.edu/bonaflickrView photos from these events and more

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Celebrating Thomas MertonCONFERENCE

SPOTLIGHTING FALL EXHIBITIONS AT THE QUICK CENTER:

Through keynote speakers, worship experiences, and tours, a four-dayconference at the university explored the relationships Trappist monkThomas Merton had with the people and places of St. Bonaventure. TheJune 19-22 conference, “Coming home and going forth: Merton as mirrorand model,” was held in anticipation of Merton’s 100th birthday in 2015.Above, Br. F. Edward Coughlin, O.F.M., leads a discussion in a cottage nearOlean where Merton spent time writing. Also presenting at the confer-ence was Merton scholar and SBU alumnus Fr. Dan Horan, O.F.M., ’05.

The Regina A. Quick Center for the Artswill open its fall exhibitions in late August.Here is just a taste of what’s in store:

4Nature’s Terms: Paintings byThomas Paquette Commemoratingthe 50th Anniversary of the Wilder-ness Act: The Wilderness Act of 1964was signed into law to protect the wildestremaining lands in the United States. Thisexhibition celebrates the places preservedby that law — places that thrive not bydint of industry and scientific progress butby the forces of nature alone, protectedfrom significant human intrusion.

4Asian Art Collection: Portions of thisvast collection from the University’s ArtCollection are on exhibition alongside aloan of ancient Asian artifacts from theArthur M. Sackler Foundation. As a spe-cial feature, Dr. Chisato O. Dubreuil, pro-fessor of non-Western art at SBU, hascurated the exhibition featuring tradi-tional Japanese kimono and woodblockprints.

4La Ofrenda: The Day of the Dead isan ancient Aztec celebration of death, thebittersweet companion to life. Over hun-dreds of years, the Day of the Dead hasbecome a part of the Catholic tradition inmany Latin American countries. Everyoneis invited to participate by making andplacing offerings, or “ofrendas,” at thealtar in the Front Gallery. Support andprogramming for this exhibition comefrom the campus Damietta Diversity Cen-ter and the LASO (Latin American StudentOrganization).

420th and 21st century Works fromthe University Art Collection: Recentgifts to the collection from the AndyWarhol Foundation were the impetus toredesign the Quick Center’s Contempo-rary Gallery for fall. It will feature silkscreens and photographs by Warhol, aswell as works by Frankenthaler, Jenkins,Dali and Picasso.

Summer is still in full swing — but it’s not too early tomake plans for Family Weekend 2014. This year’s festivi-ties run Sept. 26-28. Celebrate music, food and funrolled into one big street festival Sept. 27 in downtownAllegany with Bonagany. The day will feature music,food, games, information booths for student groups,and other activities. A full schedule of events will beposted soon at www.sbu.edu/FamilyWeekend.

Join us for Family Weekend!

From Andy Warhol and Aztec celebrations to the Wilderness Act

Thomas Paquette’s painting “Beyond MileHigh,” oil on linen, is of Raggeds Wilderness,Colo.www.sbu.edu/QuickCenter

Two students were awarded grants from the presti-gious Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Simone Bernstein of St. Louis, Mo., graduated May 11

with an honors degree and a bachelor’s degree in altru-ism and entrepreneurship. She received a grant to re-search age-related hearing loss at the University ofToronto during the 2014-2015 academic year.Rebecca Weitzel of Dansville graduated magna cum

laude in May ’13 with a degree in elementary/special ed-ucation and a master’s in childhood literacy this past May.She was awarded a grant to work for 10 months inMalaysia, but declined the award because she had al-ready accepted a two-year contract to teach secondgrade at the Al-Bayan Bilingual School in Kuwait.

Two awarded Fulbrights

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ALL BONAVENTURE READS

The University has chosen the nonfictionbook “The Promise of a Pencil” by social en-trepreneur Adam Braun as the 2014-15 AllBonaventure Reads (ABR) selection and plansto welcome the author to campus this fall.Released in March, “The Promise of a Pen-

cil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Ex-traordinary Change,” chronicles Braun’sjourney to find his calling. Each chapter describes “one clear step that

every person can take to turn your biggestambitions into reality.”Braun will spend Monday, Sept. 29, on

campus. He will speak with clusters of stu-dents throughout the day and conclude hisvisit with a public address at 7 p.m. in theReilly Center Arena.To complement ABR activities, the Quick

Center for the Arts will have an interactiveexhibition that runs from August throughlate October. This exhibition explores thebook and addresses cross-cultural connec-tions and how a freshman at St. Bonaven-ture can get involved. Watch the SBU Facebook, Twitter and In-

stagram accounts for #ABRSELFIE14 as in-coming students post selfies with the book.

From 1 pencil to 200schools: Turning ambition into reality

“The Promise of a Pencil” was definitelyon the Bona Wolf’s summer reading list.

www.sbu.edu/AllBonaventureReads

Western New York welcomed Army Maj.Patrick Miller, ’03, home with open arms inJune. The Allegany native and SBU alumnus wasone of 16 soldiers wounded in the April massshooting at Fort Hood, Texas. Three soldierswere killed in the rampage.Allegany celebrated Miller’s homecoming by

inviting him to serve as Grand Marshal of theEngine Co.’s Old Home Week Parade and as theguest of honor at a number of dinners andevents. During his visit, he was presented with aMilitary Order of the Purple Heart DistinguishedService Award plaque as well as a PresidentialMedal from his alma mater “in recognition ofextraordinary courage and service.”At the time of the shooting, Miller was the

comptroller for the First Medical Brigade. Henow is at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., where he wasaccepted into the Command and General Staff

SBU recognizes alum injured in Texas shootingPRESIDENTIAL MEDAL

To our more than 400 parent and alumni volunteers,

Maj. Patrick Miller, ’03, is presentedwith a St. Bonaventure PresidentialMedal from Vice President for Ad-vancement Mary Driscoll.

College for a 10-month graduate-level course of study. Miller servedtwo tours in Iraq.

Longtime St. Bonaventure English professor Dr. Lauren Matz took first place in the Na-tional Senior Spelling Bee in Knoxville, Tenn., July 12. Matz not only avenged last year’ssecond-place finish in the contest, but also her appearance in the 1972 Scripps HowardNational Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., where she also placed second.Some of the words the 1980 alumna of SBU spelled correctly for the win were harmat-

tan, sullage, bobeche and iridescence.

English professor wins national spelling bee

Photo courtesy of Chris Michel, ’08

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42 alumni and parents attended 96 college fairs in10 states — NY, NJ, PA, CT,OH, MA, IL, VA, DE, MI —during the fall 2013 and spring 2014 travel seasons.

127 alumni and parents wrote personal letters to our admitted and confirmedstudents in February andMarch.

9 parents of current Bonniesand 17 young alumni attended Bonaventure Comesto You receptions in New Jer-sey, New York City, Long Is-land, Westchester Countyand Syracuse to speak with accepted studentsand their parents.

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Learning CurveFlipped classrooms and Massive Open Online Courses are among the ways St. Bonaventure is embracingnew strategies for teaching and learningThe New

By Dr. Emily F. MorrisVice President for University Relations

The Financial Service Lab offers an incredible working space for studentsand faculty using such high tech tools as the Bloomberg Machine. Classesmeet in the lab in the morning and then it becomes a full-time work areafor Students in Money Management (SIMM) in the afternoon. SIMM pro-gram students manage a real investment portfolio.

everal years ago, faculty at St. Bonaven-ture got together with members of theadministration and Board of Trustees to

read the book “Good to Great” by Jim Collins. Collins described how good organizations be-

come great by discovering their niche, the uniqueplace that they own in the marketplace — some-thing that they do better than any other organi-zation or business in their realm. He called this anorganization’s hedgehog; doing one thing anddoing it well.This group then set out to determine St. Bona-

venture’s hedgehog, which resulted in a rathersimple declaration — a statement of distinctionthat hinged on the notion that St. BonaventureUniversity mentors students in vitally engaginglearning environments.While declarations of this nature are, to some

extent, aspirational, a great deal of evidence in2006 suggested that this declaration was, in fact,true. Results of the National Survey of StudentEngagement (NSSE) reflected that St. Bonaven-ture students at the freshman and senior levelsreported high levels of engagement in high-im-pact learning experiences — things in and out ofthe classroom that are known to make a signifi-cant impact on the student experience, studentsatisfaction, and outcomes. Our graduation ratesexceeded national averages and those of com-petitors. Our students were gaining access tograduate schools and careers at astounding rates— as high as 97 percent of graduating classeswere employed or in graduate school within sixmonths of graduation.Building on this success, theme and brand

promise, university officials launched in 2013 theFlipped Classroom initiative. Inspired by the workof educator Lodge McCammon, university facultyand administrators were challenged to rethinkthe teaching and learning paradigm.

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Associate professor ofpsychology Dr. DarrylMayeaux took the idea offlipping to a new levelwhen he incorporatedthe use of Vine, a socialmedia platform that en-ables users to producesix-second videos, into hisIntroduction to Biopsy-chology class this pastspring.“This was the first time

I was teaching biopsy-chology at St. Bonaven-ture since we just addedthis to our curriculum. Iwanted to try some newways to get students en-gaged early in the semes-ter so I could get them

At its simplest, the flipped classroom shiftswhat has traditionally been in- and out-of-class work. Faculty prepare lectures usingvideo and other technologies that studentsare expected to review in advance of class.Class time, then, is spent investigating thetopic through in-class engagement and exer-cises. “It requires more up-front preparation

time, but has enabled me to think moredeeply about what I want students to learn

and to be able todo,” said Dr. CarolFischer, professorof accounting andassociate dean ofthe School ofBusiness, whostarted flippingher classes in the2013-14 academicyear.“Most of the

students hadnever experiencedthis type of class. Ireceived a lot offavorable feed-back, but it did re-quire students tochange their ap-proach to class. Aflipped classroomrequires students

to participate in class actively virtually everyday. And they cannot fall behind on the‘homework’ since it typically requires them toreview materials that we will draw on in class.Although most students adapted and en-joyed the format, there were a few who werenot comfortable with it,” she said.With the opening of the new William E.

and Ann L. Swan Business Center in Augustof 2013, faculty in the School of Business areparticularly well positioned to integrate tech-nology into their teaching strategies. Financeprofessor Dr. Jim Mahar is among the manybusiness faculty who have embraced thenew technology available in the building.“I was surprised that it works well for such

a wide range of students,” said Mahar offlipping his finance classroom. “I sort of expected the good students

would watch the videos but I have been veryhappily surprised that all the students seemto watch them and I think we get more stu-dent involvement and class participation,”he said.

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From Flip to Clip: Using Stop-Action AnimationOn Vine in Intro to Biopsychology

What is the Flipped Classroom?

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through some of the difficult parts of neuro functioning,”said Mayeaux of processes such as sodium-potassiumpump, action potential, and transmission across thesynapse.“I used Vine in class to have students create stop-mo-

tion animation with clay. I was trying to engage them in away that I had not yet tried that also should have hadsome pizazz to it because it was involving social mediathat I figured they’d be familiar with,” he said.“Because there would be variety in the ways that peo-

ple did it, it would generate multiple ways of understand-ing the concept,” said Mayeaux.Dr. Todd Palmer in the School of Business gave

Mayeaux the idea to use Vine. “Developing this flippedclassroom approach has been very much a collaborativeeffort among faculty,” he said.In terms of outcomes, Mayeaux said he thinks it actu-

ally increased the variance in performance. “It created some great teaching moments. I was run-

ning around the class from group to group helping themto understand what was accurate, what was not. Whenit came to test time, I got some amazing answers. Thestudents who put more into the Vine did better on theexam, so much so that I had to give bonus points.”Mayeaux added that this approach is by no means a

time saver, but he believes it’s worth the investment.“This is all material that, in a lecture, I’d cover in 20 or

30 minutes. I spent two days on this in class.”

Listen to the interview with Dr. Darryl Mayeauxwww.sbu.edu/Psychology

By Emily Steves, ’15

With the launch of new teachingstandards –– like the Common Core— across the nation, the future of ed-ucation requires a cohort of talentedand prepared young teachers to main-tain those standards. St. Bonaven-ture’s education majors, armed withelectronic portfolios (eFolios for short),not only meet those standards, butcan prove they meet them.“Right now the teacher evaluation

in public schools is very rigorous,” saidDr. Nancy Casey, an associate profes-sor of education and chair of the Ele-mentary Education and Childhood Studiesdepartments. “We have very robust require-ments right from the start.”While New York state requires teachers to have

500 hours of in-classroom experience as under-

graduates, St. Bonaventure’s School of Educationhas set even higher standards, requiring 1,000hours before graduation. Plus, during their junioryears, education majors must delve into theworldwide web to create a portfolio.“They don’t have to go to an interview bur-

eFolios for education majors replace bulky paper method

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TECHNOLOGYTIDBITS

Equipment in the Health andHuman Performance Lab gives

students hands-on experience withtools used in the health and well-ness professions. The Reilly Centerlab is used jointly by students andfaculty in the biology, sport studiesand physical education programs.Students learn how to assess bodycomposition (body fat), muscularendurance, cardiovascular indices(EKG, blood pressure, heart rate,oxygen saturation), muscularpower and how to determine thecardiovascular/muscular limita-tions of an individual. These learn-ing tools accompany lectures innutrition, fitness and wellness,biokinesiology, and exercise physi-ology. The long-term goal is to offera community center where stu-dents help children and familiesthat are coping with diseases suchas heart disease, stroke, and dia-betes.

Sophomore strategic communica-tion and digital media major EmilyDoherty from Syracuse, N.Y., foundthe flipped classroom approach toteaching to be very effective.

Lecture Videos:Due before each class, for home-

work we would visit professor LaurieBranch’s YouTube page and watch a10-minute-or-less lecture video onthe topics we would be covering inclass. In these videos, Laurie wouldnot only discuss the topic and giveeasy to understand examples, shewould also hold up sheets of paperwith notes and diagrams for us tocopy down in our notes. When wewould show up to class, we wouldtake a quiz based on the video usingour notes. This was extremely helpfulbecause it encouraged me to takebetter notes. I loved that the videos were avail-able whenever we needed them. I definitely tookadvantage of that by rewatching lectures beforeexams. It helped tremendously.

Class Time:By having the lectures online, class time was

dedicated to hands-on learning. Every class, wewould take the lecture quiz, go over it and askany questions we had about the lecture, and

then break up into groups tocomplete an exercise thatbrought the material from thelecture to life. By doing theseactivities, it allowed us to notjust know the terms/concepts ofthe business world, but howthey actually work and areused.

Comment Sheets:After every class, we would fill

out anonymous feedback formsto comment on the video. Thisenabled Laurie to see how shecould change or adjust the classto best fit our learning styles. Tohave a teacher that interested inour learning preferences wasamazing. It makes the learningexperience and process a teameffort between the student and

professor. It isn’t just what the professor wants orjust what the student wants. It is all about work-ing together. Overall, I believe Laurie’s flipped classroom

teaching strategies have helped with my note-taking skills, study skills, and have helped me re-tain more information. I did not just spend nightstrying to memorize vocabulary words or topicsthat would be on the exams. I was able to learnwhat the topics were and how they worked.

Flipped Through the Eyes of a Student

www.sbu.edu/flippedAdjunct business pro-fessor Dr. LaurieBranch (above) andher teaching assistantJohn Mattia describetheir approach to theflipped classroom:tinyurl.com/pokd2g6

Paperless Portfolios

The Entrepreneurship Center inthe Swan Center exemplifies

the School of Business’ high-tech,high-touch approach: Spaciousmeeting space is coupled withplenty of Internet connectivity tomake for a cutting-edge workplace.For example, the room has two 50-inch monitors to facilitate groupmeetings and long-distance collabo-ration. Above, Nick Garuckas, whoearned his graduate degree in May,is working with an undergraduate ona project.

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dened down with a great big three-inchbinder,” said Casey. “They can showcasetheir work using a hyperlink.” Using Google’s website builder, education

majors create their own websites and popu-late them with lesson plans, résumés andtheir own individual teaching philosophies. Casey said this eFolio system, in addition

to an already challenging curriculum, hashelped lead to impressive statistics fromBonaventure education majors. Of the 2013 education graduates, “96

percent of our students were either em-ployed or in graduate school within sixmonths,” said Casey. Casey also said the re-maining 4 percent were unemployed bychoice.Elizabeth Moran, ’12, graduated from the

University of Albany with an M.A. in child-hood education with a focus on literacy. “When I went to grad school, there were

people who had never even heard aboutCommon Core,” said Moran. During her un-dergrad years, “(Common Core) was so newthat it wasn’t necessary to use them yet, butDr. Casey knew that it was coming and here

to stay and something we needed to knowabout.”After earning her degree, Moran applied

and got a special education teaching job. Onthe online application was a space specificallyfor a portfolio link.“The thing I have found most valuable is it’s

a place I know where all my best work is,”she said. “I can go onto my eFolio and refer-ence everything I did at Bonaventure.”Moran has kept her résumé up-to-date on

her eFolio, while posting a “Grad School”page that is currently under construction. “It’s a good way we, as teachers, can show

that we meet all the standards to becometeachers,” Moran said.“It proves not only that they’re competent

teachers, but also that they know how to usetechnology,” said Casey. “They have to bebetter than everyone else.”(Steves will be a senior journalism and mass

communication major at St. Bonaventure thisfall. She is spending the summer in Corning,N.Y., as a social media and digital communi-cations intern at Corning Incorporated. Sheblogs at blackbyrd.wordpress.com.)

was awarded to the university from theNational Science Foundation to helprecruit talented students interested inscience, technology, engineering andmath. The five-year grant will allowSBU to provide more need-based aid tostudents who might not otherwise beable to attend St. Bonaventure. Titled“Discovery Within Community,” theprogram’s primary objective is to re-cruit for the fall 2015 freshman class acohort of 25 academically talented stu-dents with financial need to the biol-ogy, chemistry, computer science,math, and physics programs. But itssecondary objective is to enhanceSTEM support services to improve aca-demic performance and increase stu-dent retention rates. Key componentsof the plan include housing the stu-dents together to form a learning com-munity; taking several core-areacourses together; and taking a specialSTEM course that explores the multi-disciplinary character of 21st centuryscientific discovery.

$594,287

Work by two students may soonbe paying off for their chemistry

and biology classmates. In the spring,Dr. Steve Andrianoff and computer sci-ence students Kyle Braham and Kat-rina Schlum teamed up with Dr. DaveHilmey to develop a new chemistry-based app for the Android platform.This educational app is being de-signed to help organic chemistry stu-dents understand and masterspectroscopy, a major focus of the or-ganic chemistry curriculum. Organicchemistry is a highly challenging sub-ject for chemistry and biology majorsand is often an intimidating course forpre-med students. Braham was thedriving force in the app developmentand code writing. Schlum, a bioinfor-matics major, has experience in bothfields, and her input helped with appdesign to make it a user-friendly expe-rience. Continued research this yearshould lead to a fully functional appready for testing in the classroom.

St. Bonaventure alumnus Jim Sheehan, ’83,chief financial officer at edX, knows personallythe impact of the funny acronym that is prom-ising to turn higher education on its head. The MOOC — Massive Open Online Course

— was introduced to the world by StanfordUniversity in 2003 and, since then, hundreds ofcolleges and universities and multiple hosts, in-cluding edX, have raced to the Internet to offertheir courses — some of which typically costthousands of dollars per credit — for free, tothe world, and with no admission require-ments.Crazy, right? That’s what some educators said

at the beginning, but today — not so much.“MOOCs have ushered in an extremely excit-

ing time in education focused around researchand innovation,” said Sheehan. “With MOOCs, online learning is truly revolu-

tionizing education and learning. No longer areclassrooms limited to four walls. Literally hun-dreds of thousands of people from varyingbackgrounds and a wide range of ages cantake a MOOC at one time and form a commu-nity of learners that reaches around theglobe,” he said.Within the past year alone, countries includ-

ing France, Japan, China, Mexico and Jordanhave adopted MOOCs as a way of educatingtheir populations, but Sheehan says that we

still have a lot to learn about what works andwhat doesn’t.“As the demand for online education in-

creases, edX is expanding its reach with world-renowned universities and institutions,including Notre Dame, Sorbonne, the Univer-sity of Adelaide in Australia and BITS Pilani, aleading institute in India, among others. We

look forward to working with our new mem-bers and continuing to offer our learners excit-ing, relevant and informative courses.”Sheehan said edX has also signed and imple-

mented country-level deals, including a recentlylaunched online portal called Edraak, which isfunded and supported by the Jordanian gov-ernment and the Queen Rania Foundation. Thisis the first nonprofit MOOC platform for theArab world. In the long term, edX plans to ed-ucate and impact the lives of 1 billion peoplefrom around the globe.

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The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): Bringing Courses to the World — For Free

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MOOCs have ushered in an extremely exciting time in education

focused around researchand innovation.

“’’JIM SHEEHAN, ’83

CFO at edX

“This poses a series of really importantquestions,” says Jerry Hanley, ’65. Hanley experienced firsthand the challenges

and conflicting issues student-learners andteacher-mentors must confront to find theirlearning path and to achieve personal mas-tery. He is a former member of CaliforniaGovernor’s Commission on the Uses of IT forK-12 Instruction while he was the AT&T Re-gional VP and during which period he wasalso assigned oversight review of the Los An-geles Unified School District.As a result of this experience he co-

founded Edulink, an early Internet-basedcompany that enabled the development ofinstructional and interactive developmenttools and practices for K-12 learning commu-nities (AOL was a key partner). He sold his in-terest in Edulink to become the chiefinformation officer for Cal Poly in the CalState University System. As you might have guessed, Hanley has

quite a bit to say about Richardson’s “topfive” transformations, online learning’s place,MOOCs, and the transformation of teachingand learning paradigms. With his tongue

only partially in cheek, he asked:“If you think about Richardson’s assertions

in terms of Thomas Jefferson’s vision ofAmerican Democracy and the essential imper-ative of having an educated, and discerningelectorate, you have to ask yourself, Are weunthinkingly subscribing to the JosephGoebbels school of the Big Truth (or Lie?) andthe media cum Twitter feeds that follow? Oris it Google who now becomes its guardianand purveyor. And what will be the inevitableoutcomes of this march?”Hanley wonders who validates the informa-

tion and accredits the learning in Richardson’svision of the transformed learning environ-ment.

Submit your 500-word essay or thinkpiece on the future of education by Oct.1, 2014, to beberth@sbu.edu. The top three most provocative pieces

will be published in the Winter 2014-15edition of Bonaventure: The Magazineof St. Bonaventure University.

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With the advice of Sheehan and his colleagues at edX,and at the urging of a particularly innovative and motivatedconsultant to Franciscan Institute Publications, Dr. Daniel“Danny” Michaels, St. Bonaventure will launch its firstMOOC on the edX platform this fall. The lead faculty for thecourse are Dr. Jay Hammond of the Department of Theologi-cal Studies at Saint Louis University in cooperation withrenowned Franciscan scholar Dr. J.A. Wayne Hellmann,O.F.M.,Conv. Through their efforts, the world will have access to “The

Gospel Life of St. Francis.” Michaels is president and CEO ofthe technology firm KEYPOPPY, LLC.“By participating in MOOCs, you are telling students and

prospects that you understand the power of social, onlinelearning and that you are an innovative, forward-thinking in-stitution of higher learning,” said Sheehan. “Alumni arehearing about online education and interested in this newestdevelopment in education, and they really appreciate institu-tions that are investigating future learning methods and cut-ting-edge technologies. MOOCs help engage alumni, furtherconnect them with their alma mater and allow them to inter-act with current students and the learning process.”Sheehan said by putting leading teachers, theologians and

courses online, St. Bonaventure is showing the world whatthe university stands for and highlighting its commitment toexcellent academics.“MOOCs help you extend the university’s reach and high-

light what makes the St. Bonaventure experience uniquewhile helping to transform lives around the globe throughcontent and instruction,” he said.

Will Richardson, publisher of the on-line journal Educating Modern Learn-ers, asserts there are five major ways inwhich learning is being transformed:

Content is everywhere— Thesources of learning are everywhere;knowledge is readily available throughdigital means.

Teachers are everywhere— Expert-ise is king.

Learning is more individualizedand personalized— Because of thewide distribution of sources of learn-ing and types of teachers, learning willbecome more personalized.

Networks are the new classroom— Learning environments are createdwith networks of people with com-mon interests, unconstrained by timeand space.

Learning occurs everywhere— Itwill still occur in formally boundedschools and classrooms, but this is nolonger a requirement.

St. Bonaventure Gets in the Game

WHAT’S NEXT? Navigating in a New Knowledge Environment

What Do You Think?

Fr. J.A. Wayne Hellmann, O.F.M., Conv., is a professor of Medieval Christi-anity at Saint Louis University. His editorial work has included serving as asenior editor of the Franciscan Institute’s scholarly journal Franciscan Stud-ies. For additional information on St. Bonaventure’s MOOC, “The GospelLife of St. Francis,” visit www.sbu.edu/MOOC.

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Makeda Loney, is currently serving at InterpublicGroup as the very first Bonaventure winner ofthe New York Ad Club internship. Kwerkworksand AAF are a class, a club, a functioning adagency, an affiliate of the national AAF and ajoint venture with the School of Business.• Computer science students in Dr. Steve An-

drianoff’s Technical Consulting in the Commu-nity class have worked with non-profits includingfood pantries, arts organizations and nursinghomes. Students are paired with an organiza-

tion, identify their technology needs and help theagency make progress toward a better technol-ogy environment. One of their most recent proj-ects was to create a new web presence for theOlean Food Pantry. The website, which better al-lows the pantry to tell its story, has attractednew volunteers and donors to the all-volunteerorganization, said Food Pantry manager Mau-reen Curry.• J/MC students Tristan King and Shyanne

Wester created a social media plan and onlinepresence for the Southern Tier BBQ Association.Chambers was last in the Bahamas in March

at Bishop Michael Eldon School to conduct sci-ence and math workshops. One might think that the sunny Caribbean

beaches would be an added bonus to her travel.But it’s the teachers’ love of learning and chil-dren’s smiles that keep her coming back.“I like working with learners,” she said. “I

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At left, students in a Walsh Computer ScienceLab use the software Snap! on a project. Snap! isa system developed at the University of Califor-

nia, Berkeley, and is designed to provide an introduc-tion to coding (programming) for beginning students.The graphical interface turns traditional text-basedprogramming into a more visual format. The lab per-mits students and faculty to work together so thateach can see exactly what the student's project is ac-complishing. This also permits more of an apprenticemodel than a lecture method of teaching.

By Beth Eberth

L eslie Chambers’ St. Bonaventure col-leagues fondly refer to her as “the techguru of the Bahamas.” The way Cham-

bers sees it, she’s just a teacher helping outanother teacher. Her relationship with the teachers and stu-

dents on Grand BahamaIsland began more than10 years ago when shewas recruited by the uni-versity’s SIFE students(now called ENACTUS) toassist them in their effortsto teach in Bahamianschools during their an-nual leadership develop-ment/service trip.

Returning for many years, Chambers and theSIFE members put on regular educationalseminars for local Bahamian teachers.“On Grand Bahama Island, Leslie became

an educational celebrity,” said Dr. ToddPalmer, associate professor of managementand ENACTUS adviser. “Each year theschools would contact me in advance aboutbringing Leslie down. Soon they were askingher to come down two to three times a yearfor tech training.”Chambers learned that teachers in the ele-

mentary schools were thirsty for more pro-fessional development, especially in mathand technology, her areas of expertise. Ele-mentary school principals wantedPromethean boards — interactive white-boards — in all of the classrooms and askedChambers to give workshops on how toboost classroom interaction using theboards.Today the classrooms not only have

Promethean boards, but Kindles and iPadsthanks to a 21st Century grant packagefrom the Ministry of Education that Cham-

bers helped four of the poorest elemen-tary schools secure in 2013. “The teachers are so excited about

learning new skills and teaching stu-dents new things,” said Chambers.“They help push me, too. It helpsme stay current in many fields.You can’t go one or two weekswithout learning somethingnew.”The teachers use the products

to reinforce letter sounds and al-phabet recognition in youngerchildren. For older children, it al-lows them to capture videos orphotos on a field trip to bringback to the classroom. The edu-cation grant also aids with face-to-face and online staffdevelopment. “A lot of teachers want to

know how to make their ownlessons more interesting and in-teractive,” said Chambers. Semi-retired from the university since

2011, Chambers continues to teach thegraduate technology class in the Schoolof Education. She began her careerteaching remedial math in inner-cityBuffalo.Chambers is among many SBU faculty

and students who share their technol-ogy skills with off-campus entities:• The student ad agency, Kwerk-

works, which operates within the Amer-ican Advertising Federation (AAF) class,created elder abuse awareness radiospots that are airing locally this summer.The radio spots were created in con-junction with the Allegany County ElderAbuse Prevention Committee and theAllegany Senior Foundation. The cre-ative director on the campaign, 2014Woman of Promise and J/MC graduate

rooms in the SwanBusiness Center (the

board and seminar rooms)are equipped with Lifesize, areal-time video conferencingsession utilized to connectgraduate classes on theOlean campus and the Buf-falo Center.

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All in the FamilyAdhering to the principles oftwo men taken too soon, theMcNamee brothers have builta powerhouse in the poolBY TOMMISSEL

Kevin McNameeSean McNamee

wo days after the Northeastemerged from the Great Blackout of1965, darkness descended again onSt. Bonaventure. Kevin McNameeknew the day was inevitable. For as

long as he could remember, McNamee, class of’76, understood how fragile life was. His dadearned a Purple Heart in World War II, but theprice was a shredded heart, ravaged by Ger-mans and stitched together by the French,whose efforts gave him 10 more years thananyone thought possible.“I can remember as kids standing out on the

front lawn of the old St. Francis Hospital look-ing up, and he’d be waving out a window tous after recovering from his latest heartepisode,” said McNamee, now in his 20th yearas deputy athletic director at George Mason. “You’re always scared that you’re going to

lose him and you’re just hoping that day willnever come. And then, one day, I came homefrom school ... ”Friday, Nov. 12, 1965. John McNamee Jr.

died of a heart attack at his North Oleanhome. The founder of St. Bonaventure’s physed department and men’s swim program wasjust 47. He didn’t have enough days, but henever cheated the ones he was given.“He always knew he was on borrowed

time, but that never stopped him. He was re-lentless in living life,” said Kevin, whose Twit-ter avatar is a sepia-toned photo from theearly ’50s of his dad with SBU’s swim team.“He had an unbelievable drive and resilienceto living a normal life.”Pat McNamee Tempesta, ’68, was a sopho-

more at St. Bonaventure when her dad’s heartfinally gave out. She was even taking an edu-cation class from him that fall semester.“He had his first heart attack when I was in

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elementary school, and I vividly re-member every heart attack he had afterthat. It was a difficult scenario to dealwith as a child,” said Pat, her voicebreaking up. “It’s emotional for me totalk about even now. It was horrible.”And yet, for all the pain and anxiety

brought on by their father’s tenuous ex-istence, Pat and Kevin also cherish greatmemories of their dad, as do olderbrother Jack and younger brother Brian,class of ’78. They are numbers onethrough four in a five-kid clan.The McNamee considered the living

embodiment of their dad has no memo-ries of him. Sean McNamee is 50. His fa-ther died 49 years ago.“He is everything that his father was,”

said Kevin, coach of the Bonnies from1978 to 1992. “The remarkable thingabout Sean is that he has every trait,every attribute of dad.”His sister agrees.“Sean enjoys life, has a similar sense

of humor, is a great family man and hasalways been great with students,” Tem-pesta said. “My father was the sameway.”

AT LEFT: John Skeehanestablished a culture ofdiscipline and accounta-bility that made St.Bonaventure a respectedprogram in the North-east. ABOVE: John Mc-Namee Jr.

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The most decorated coach in St. Bona-venture’s athletic history — six times theAtlantic 10 Coach of the Year — tookover a strong program from his brother 22years ago and has built a powerhousebased on the principles and values of aman he never knew.

W ATER WAS ALWAYS in theMcNamee blood. John Mc-Namee was a diver at Manhat-

tan College, even earning money divingon the New York City piers in the 1930sbefore duty called in World War II. A com-mander of a paratroop company in Eu-rope, he fought at the Battle of the Bulge,was struck by gunfire in his pericardial sacduring a bridge defense, and earned theSilver Star for gallantry and the PurpleHeart.He returned from the war to get his

master’s at Columbia, taught for twoyears at Sampson College (a convertedNavy base on Seneca Lake), and came to

St. Bonaventure in 1948 to start the physi-cal education department and elevate theintramural swim program to intercolle-giate status.His heart problems forced him to trans-

fer to teacher education, but John Ske-han, the man McNamee hired in 1959 totake over the reins, would prove to be theinvaluable bridge to the family’s swimminglegacy.A national-caliber swimmer at Brock-

port, Skehan established a culture of disci-pline and accountability that made St.Bonaventure a respected program in theNortheast — even with no swimmers onscholarship.“He wanted no part of that,” Kevin

said. “He truly believed in the pure stu-dent-athlete model.”Al Horton, ’66, was one of Skehan’s best

swimmers, a high school star fromLouisville who wanted no part of swim-ming when he came to Bonaventure.“I could have gone to several schools on

scholarship, but I was just sick of swim-ming. I had swam six days a weeks since Iwas 9 years old,” said Horton, now a Uni-versity trustee. “I came to Bonaventurebecause my dad told me I had to go to aCatholic school, so I thought I’d fix him.I’d go as far away as I could. I had visitedBonaventure with a friend on a nice fallday, they had a top 10 basketball team atthe time, and I thought it would be neatto only be an hour away from New YorkCity. … “I wasn’t too good at geography back

then.”Skehan saw Horton swim in intramurals

as a freshman and tried to recruit him, buthe still wasn’t interested. By the middle ofhis sophomore year, Horton was in a mas-sive funk, an attempt to transfer to Xavierhaving failed.“I was so depressed so I went over to

see Skehan to see if he was still interestedin me swimming,” Horton recalled. “Hesaid, ‘I’ll see you in the pool tomorrow.’”

Members of the St. Bonaventure men's swim team cheer on their teammates during a race at the 2013 A-10 Champi-onships, won by the Bonnies.

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HORTON’S LIFE WAS never the same. “Skehan became amentor to me. The structure I got from Skehan, Fr. EugeneMalek and Fr. Gervase (White) I credit for the success I have

today,” said Horton, who became co-captain by his senior year. “Myfather was right: I was immature and needed the discipline.”Skehan offered plenty. Margaret Bryner, who worked under Skehan for 10 years in the

physical education department, said his “goal was to develop lead-ers, and however he did it, they were going to come out better forit. … If he felt they could do something, he was going to ask it ofthem and push them to do it.”Laughing, Horton said, “Practice

was like going to Parris Island. He wasjust tough. There was no gray matterwith him, only black and white. Hecreated a very respected team in theEast — with no scholarship swimmers— because of the way he ran theprogram. “But he was also a great inspira-

tion, a great family man with all thosekids (eight), and he’d go to bat for hisguys. Even when the swim seasonwas over, I’d walk through Butler tohis office just to talk to him.”In 1963, Skehan founded Camp

Skwim, the nation’s first residentialsummer swim program, on a hilltopin rural Cattaraugus County. High-profile college coaching colleagueswould often visit camp to bounceideas off each other.“My dad used his resources well,”

said Patricia Skehan, ’79, a collegeswim coach for more than 30 years.“He read voraciously all the time, andnever feared meeting people with bet-ter ideas and stealing what they did.So many coaches in that era just did (as coaches) what they weretold to do when they were athletes. He was always looking for moreand better.”Both Kevin and Sean admit Skehan helped fill the void left by their

father.“He became almost a surrogate father to us,” Sean said. “I re-

member him being very guiding, keeping us on the straight and nar-row. He was the link to our dad.”Skehan picked up where the Tempestas left off.“My sister and brother-in-law Joe stepped in to help raise us

(Kevin, Brian and Sean) when my dad died and were a huge influ-ence on me,” Kevin said. “They were academics at Ithaca andhelped me understand the importance of education.”The young couple would bring Kevin and Brian to Ithaca in the

summer to stay in “The Pit” — the family’s affectionate name for theTempesta basement.“All the (younger) boys, even Sean, at one time or another

stayed down there,” Pat Tempesta said. “We were really just act-ing as an escape valve to give my mom a break. You can imaginethe pressure on a widow with two young teens and a small boy.”Joe Tempesta, an emeritus professor of history at Ithaca, bonded

with the boys immediately when he and Pat started dating.

“When I brought him to Olean, Joe spent most of his time play-ing with Kevin and Brian and Sean,” Pat said. “He was and still isvery close to the boys because he’s always been there for them.They were great kids. We were just there to help guide them along,to keep them focused on a direction in their lives.”Like Horton, Kevin had no desire to swim at Bonaventure.“Zero,” he said. “But Skehan pulled me into his office and said,

‘You will be at practice next week. You have no other choice.’ Heknew I needed some discipline. I showed up the first day of practiceand four years later I was the captain. I was totally sucked intocoaching. A light bulb went on and I just really started to identify

with what my dad had done, what he wasall about.”A theology class with Fr. Brian Lhota,

O.F.M., crystallized Kevin’s sense of self.“He was talking about one of (Thomas)

Merton’s great lines: ‘All we need to be iswho we are.’ That really resonated withme,” Kevin said. “The family legacy, my fa-ther’s name … everywhere at St. Bonaven-ture everyone told me how great my dadwas, what a principled individual he was,what a straight shooter and wonderful fa-ther. It all just kind of came together whenI heard that from Fr. Brian.”Kevin went to Indiana University for his

master’s in human performance, workingwith the men’s swim program and leg-endary coach “Doc” Counsilman, who hadjust coached the 1976 U.S. Olympic swimteam.The head of Indiana’s phys ed depart-

ment called Kevin into his office one day.Kevin thought he was in trouble. Instead,Dr. Clinton Strong handed him a referenceletter written by Skehan, the likes ofwhich Strong had never seen.“It was really moving,” Kevin said. “It

was just an expression in writing that I had never heard from Johnbefore. It wasn’t his way. He was always about challenging you,being tough and in your face. … The gist was that I’d never let Indi-ana down, and I’d never let St. Bonaventure down, that I came froma solid-stock family, that I saw my limits and blew through them.”Kevin never imagined that, just two years later, he’d be back at his

alma mater. Skehan met Kevin for dinner when the Bonnies visitedNotre Dame in the winter of 1977. Skehan told Kevin he was retir-ing as swim coach.Not long after, Fr. Cornelius Welch, O.F.M., a longtime family

friend, called Kevin to see if he was interested in the job.“I had kind of caught the bug to see the world and coach else-

where, but Fr. Cornelius called, pulled on some heartstrings andplayed the family card,” Kevin said. “Next thing I knew, I was at theairport in Indianapolis talking to (athletic director) Larry Weise.”Kevin wanted only one assurance from Weise: The program had

to be elevated to scholarship status.“I wanted the program to be more reflective of where Division I

athletics was heading,” he said. The late 1970s represented a seis-mic shift in college sports, especially in the East as traditional inde-pendent powers began to align in conferences like the Big East andEastern 8 (renamed the Atlantic 10 in 1982).

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Al Horton, ’66, (left) fondly recalls John Skeehan’spractices were “like going to Parris Island.”

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“I wanted to move the program forward,and to challenge myself and the institution,”Kevin said. Kevin recruited the same way, issuing a chal-

lenge to elite scholastic swimmers to ignorethe lackluster facilities and be a part of the uni-versity’s great tradition of success in the pool.“Kevin had the ability to tell kids that noth-

ing will stand in their way, that they’d be ableto compete at the highest level. Sean does thesame thing today,” said Matt Gianodis, ’92,who swam on Kevin’s last team and was agrad assistant under Sean from 1995-97. Gian-odis is now in his 11th year as head coach ofmen’s swimming at Michigan State. “The one thing that’s consistent about them

is that they don’t compromise their principles,”Gianodis said. “Even today, that really appealsto kids. Coach Mac (Kevin) was the biggest in-fluence for me professionally, and Sean is justan extension of that influence.”

A NEW YORK STATE SCHOLASTICfreestyle champion, Kevin Paulsenstood on the 10-meter diving platform

at the University of Tennessee as a high schoolsenior, being wooed by the powerful Volun-teers. He chose St. Bonaventure.“It was impressive; definitely a natatorium

and not just a pool,” said Paulsen, ’92, one of11 swimmers or swim coaches in the SBU Hallof Fame. “But Kevin didn’t focus on our facil-ity. He said it wouldn’t compromise our abilityto train as hard as anyone in the country. ThatDavid vs. Goliath thought process really ap-pealed to me.”Kevin always told his swimmers: “We don’t

have any amenities, but we have each other.You do the best with what you have and don’twhine about it because then you are just limit-ing your horizons. We’re going to define com-mitment and that commitment might besignificantly greater than what you think youare capable of doing.”His swimmers fully embraced the message.They were a consistent power at the Eastern

Intercollegiate Championships, winning the titlein 1988 and finishing in the top four anotherfour times. Three of his swimmers qualified forthe NCAAs, and Kevin was named the EasternCoach of the Year three times (1986, 1988 and1992).“When I saw them win the 1988 Easterns,

that really confirmed my choice to come toBona’s,” Paulsen said. “This was really a pro-gram on the rise.”But while basketball thrived under the new

conference structures, Olympic sports wereoften given short shrift and conferences strug-gled to run championship events for those

ABOVE: Members of the St. Bonaventure men's swim team cheer on their team-mates during a race at the 2014 A-10 Championships, won by the Bonnies for thesecond year in a row and fifth time overall. BELOW: The Bonnies celebrate with the2014 Atlantic 10 Championship trophy at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio.

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sports effectively. Frustrated, Kevin stepped down as coach in 1992to become SBU’s associate director of athletics.“I went to Tom O’Connor and said I’d like to make a recommen-

dation,” Kevin said, recalling a conversation with his boss of the last22 years, the last 20 at George Mason. “I told him, ‘I’d like to hiremy brother.’”O’Connor scoffed: “We can’t do that.” Free of the Bona bubble and the shadows cast by his father and

brother, the thought of returning home was the furthest thing fromSean McNamee’s mind.Sean, ’86, had a solid career swimming for the Bonnies, but being

coached by his brother wasn’t always easy.“It was a little rough at times,” Sean said, laughing. “I had my fair

amount of hiccups here, so I just tried to do my work and keep mynose clean.”Kevin admits he “rode Sean a little too hard at times, but I felt I

needed to because I didn’t want him to be viewed differently. I hithim hard, but I had a purpose.”

Sean’s senior year was bookended by tragedy. On Christmas Eve1985, John Skehan died from injuries sustained when his vanflipped over Dec. 15 in Orchard Park; he was just 54. The Octoberafter he graduated, Sean’s mom, Helen, passed away.“I was thinking about going to Naval flight school, and then this

very good job opened up at Franklinville, which had a very strongswim program for a small school,” Sean said.He then spent two years as a grad assistant coaching at West Vir-

ginia while he was working on his master’s in sports managementbefore heading to SUNY-Potsdam for two years, where he produceda number of NCAA-caliber swimmers at the Division III school.And then Sean’s phone rang.“To his credit,” Kevin said, “Tom (O’Connor) said he’d think about

it. I just didn’t want to leave that team, with a full cupboard, tosomeone who didn’t know what the program was all about. I am abig believer in the legacy of our family, and I knew Sean was ready.”O’Connor had only one condition, assuming Sean survived the in-

terview process and was hired: Kevin would have to fire him if it did-n’t work out.“And I said no problem; I can fire him,” Kevin said. “But I knew it

wasn’t ever going to get to that. It was a no-brainer for me, and it’s

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worked out wonderfully.”The decision wasn’t as clear-cut for Sean. Father to a newborn,

husband to a Bona bride who loved her time at SBU but had beenhere and done that, successful coach at a school grooming him tobe AD, Sean said he really had no interest in the opening at SBU.“But Kevin said, ‘You knucklehead. You have to have interest.’”The presence of faculty members like “Dick Bothner and Steve

Eaton, people who were family friends and still here, made themove easier,” Sean said. “It took a little to convince my wife, but when you’re moving

from Postdam” — where he learned what an engine block heaterwas after his Jeep’s engine froze solid — “it wasn’t quite as hard.Once we got here and realized what a great place this was to raisea family, we had no problem.”Swimmers were stunned when Kevin decided to step down, but

were quickly relieved that the program was staying in the family.“Whatever fears we might have had that the program might slip

disappeared,” Paulsen said. “Sean was the perfect pick. There wasa great sense of relief that there would be that continuity.”In his first year, Sean led the Bonnies to the Atlantic 10 Champi-

onship title, beginning a run of remarkable success. “I inherited avery nice team from Kevin so it was nice to come out of the gatelike that,” Sean said.

ONLY ONCE SINCE 1993 HAVE THE BONNIES finishedbelow third at the A-10 Championships, and in the last16 years, they’ve finished second 12 times and won four

titles (1999, 2006, 2013, 2014). Chris Ekimoff, ’07, was part of the 2006 championship team,

but conceded that this past year’s team was not just the greatestin school history, but in A-10 history. In 18 swimming events at theSpire Institute in February, the Bonnies broke 11 conferencerecords.“You have a clock, an objective measure to make that claim, so I

think it’s fair,” said Ekimoff, the A-10’s Student-Athlete of the Yearand the Ideal Bonaventure Man in 2007.George Eversmann, ’00, was the A-10 Rookie of the Year in

1997 and a member of the ’99 title team. He was recruited, likePaulsen, by much bigger schools, including Pitt and UMass, a long-time power in the A-10.“The facilities didn’t scare me away, even though I’d love to see

them get a new pool,” said Eversmann, now the aquatic and ath-letic facilities coordinator at Raritan Valley Community College inNew Jersey. “I liked the fact that the program was very successful,but that it also had high academic standards. I came up for a visitand just fell in love with Sean and Gio (Matt Gianodis).”Eversmann’s love for Sean and the program has only intensified.

In March, Eversmann took the time to write SBU athletic directorSteve Watson a long letter, extolling Sean’s virtues. He was amonga dozen swimming alums who traveled to Geneva, Ohio, to watchthis year’s A-10 meet.“The ability to affect each student on a personal level, to create

an atmosphere of positivity and encouragement where one canchallenge him or herself and be successful is what a trueleader/educator’s role is all about, and Sean has that ability,” Evers-mann wrote.Just four weeks before Eversmann’s letter arrived, Watson and

Barb Questa, deputy director of athletics, received an email from afather whose son graduated 12 years ago, praising Sean for hisleadership and compassion. The note was 2,269 words long.

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Kevin McNamee was at the A-10 meet in Feb-ruary, too, wearing the hat of a rival administra-tor, but freely admitting that his heart wasbleeding a little brown.“To sit there and be witness to what he’s ac-

complished was just very special,” Kevin said.“When you can match passion with compassion,you’ve got something special, and that’s Sean’sgreat gift. It’s not just x’s and o’s at that level. It’sabout connectivity.”The common threads that tie the Skehan and

McNamee eras together have nothing to dowith success in the pool. Winning has merelybeen a welcome byproduct of the way the pro-gram has operated.“Sean has created a culture where he gets the

guys to understand that it’s a team sport, eventhough it’s really an individual one,” Questa said.That was never more evident than at the 2006

A-10 Championships. Going into the final event,the 400 freestyle relay, the Bonnies led UMass byone point. Senior Ryan Moore was the fourth-fastest freestyler on the team.

B UT RECOGNIZING THAT SOPHOMORERoman Margulis was swimming betterthat day, Moore forfeited his leg on the

relay, pointing to the A-10 trophy and saying,“That means way more.”The Bonnies won the race, securing the team

title. For his actions, Moore won the 2005-2006A-10 Sportsmanship Award.“Goals within the athletic realm have never

been a real focal point. It’s more about preppingguys for their life challenges after college. Thatwas always the mantra when Kevin was here andwhen John Skehan was coaching. That consis-tency of message has allowed us to forge some-thing that kids want to invest in,” Sean said. “Swimming is a great lesson in life because

you’re going to do things that ordinary people inyour age group aren’t going to have to do orwant to do.”Summer or winter, the sun’s never up at 5 a.m.

when the swimmer’s alarm goes off. Two hours,three days a week, staring at the bottom of thepool before 8 a.m. Two more hours each after-noon, with only Wednesdays off. Weightliftingand dry-land work from 5:30 to 7:45 a.m. onTuesdays and Thursdays. And then you go toclass.A college swimmer’s life is a merciless grind —

“I don’t even like taking long showers anymore,”Sean said — but a grind that binds.“It’s a tight fraternity, a brotherhood of people

who are willing to push themselves to levels thatput your head in a can on a daily basis,” Seansaid. “There are a lot of inherent life lessons. Ifthey can survive here, out there will be a cup-cake.”

Eversmann is among the scores of current andalumni SBU swimmers who sport an old-schoolBonaventure “B” tattoo to signify the proudbond they share.“You go from being strangers to being broth-

ers. How amazing is that?” said Eversmann.“Sean always wanted the guys to understandthat this is a brotherhood, that you have a familyhere, and that continues long after you graduate.Those guys are vital and crucial to my life to thisday, and I know that’s true for so many swim-mers.”For a man who admits he has “no clue” what

his record is, that lifelong bond represents Sean’sgreatest satisfaction from coaching.“More impressive is seeing the accomplish-

ments that the kids have achieved in the nextfacets of their lives and hearing their storieswhen they come back to visit, hearing howmuch it’s prepared them for life,” Sean said.Said Ekimoff: “There are very few things that

get Coach emotional, but one of them is whenwe all get back together to talk about howmuch our swimming careers have meant to us.”The McNamees never hammered the pro-

gram’s legacy into their swimmers’ heads, Gian-odis said. Almost by osmosis, they figured it outfor themselves.“Kids who swim at Bona’s really come to rec-

ognize how much the program means,” Gian-odis said. “It’s not about what they can get outof the program, but what they can contribute toit.”For a man who grew up overshadowed by the

legacies of his father and brother, Sean Mc-Namee now casts the largest shadow of all. Still,the bullet hole in his father’s heart left a big onein his. His siblings always share stories of theirdad to fill in the blanks for Sean, but they will al-ways be someone else’s memories.Leading the program his father started 65

years ago makes Sean feel truly connected. “The legacy of our dad is important to every-

one in our family, but most important to Sean,”Kevin said. “It’s a living commitment for him.”Despite his initial reluctance to replace Kevin as

coach, Sean realizes that the tug of family, of aman he never knew, was impossible to ignore.

“Trying to be close to him is the main reason Icame back, to try to close some gaps in the rela-tionship I couldn’t have with him,” Sean said,wiping away tears. “You always want to hearthat validation out of your father, but that’s obvi-ously something I’m never going to hear.“I just go to his gravesite and tell him, ‘I hope

it’s happening the right way, Dad.’ You just hopeyou make your father proud.”

(Missel is director of media relations and mar-keting at St. Bonaventure.)

Sean alwayswanted the guys

to understand that this is a

brotherhood, thatyou have a family

here, and that continues

long after yougraduate. Those

guys are vital andcrucial to my life to

this day, and Iknow that’s true

for so many swimmers.

“

’’GEORGE EVERSMANNClass of 2000 and a member

of the ’99 title team

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‘The Power of a Bonnie’ is theme for 2014-2015 Bonaventure Fund

T he power of a Bonnie lies in the friendships, connections, and networks that Bonaventure inspires. Itis the familiar faces of the classmates you greeted before classes or in the dining hall. It isthe chapel where you worshipped and service projects where you served alongside

fellow Bonnies. It is applause at the Quick Center and the Garret Theater where artists and actors

showcased their talents. It is the greeting of a fellow Bonnie — old friend or new— who happened to notice you wearing Bonnies gear in an airport. It is your newoffice where fellow alumni welcome you as a friend. It is the fellowship of Re-union and Homecoming, Mountain on the Road, big games, celebrations, andlife events. Many schools boast a strong alumni network. They use coffee mugs, bumper

stickers, and T-shirts to announce their school pride. Yet none can boast a net-work of Bonnies. Bonnies are family — strongest when we work together. And,that is the reason for this year’s Bonaventure Fund theme: The Power of a Bonnie. The Power of a Bonnie lives in all of us and in the University’s core values of discov-

ery, self-worth, and community. It is activated through every dollar invested in St. Bonaventure University. Please join in

expressing the Power of a Bonnie through a gift to the 2014-2015 Bonaventure Fund.

MAKING A POWER GIFT IS EASY TO DO!Online: Visit www.sbu.edu/donatePhone: Call us at (800) 664-1273, option 6Recurring Gift: Use your credit card or bank account to make automatic monthly, weekly or quarterly donations Matching Gift: Your employer may match your gift — ask your HR officeMail: Drop a check in the mail to:

St. Bonaventure University, P.O. Box 2519, St. Bonaventure, NY 14778In Person: Stop by Francis Hall to talk with us the next time you’re on campus

WHAT IS ‘THE POWER OF A BONNIE’?

4Bridget Elliott, ’04, (left) and Carolyn Evert, ’04 4Jason Desiderio, Esq., ’99

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Members of the 2014 Senior Class Gift Committee include (back row, from left)Christina Zoppi, Andrew Wartella, Juli Stephani, Peter Dolliver and Tyler Pauly (frontrow, from left) Shannon McGlew, Sarah Gaulin, Katherine Shaheen and EmmariahHolcomb. Committee members not pictured: Alexandria Lewis and Gladys Ofori.

See! Tell! Share!All Bonnies have unique stories that set their St.

Bonaventure experiences apart. But all of our storiesshare a common thread: the people who make ouralma mater such a special place.Our YouTube channel highlights just a few of these

stories — stories of good times and great relation-ships, stories that provide memories that last a life-time. Discover these narratives and more atwww.sbu.edu/YourBonas.To learn how you can tell your St. Bonaventure

story, please contact Angela Nelson of our annualgiving programs at anelson@sbu.edu or (716) 375-2326.

AT RIGHT: Dr. Robert Worden, ’67, and his wife,Norma Chue Worden, ’64, share their Bona storywith Danny Bush, multimedia producer, and JulieCunningham, director of annual giving programs.

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THE POWER OF A BONNIE: ALUMNI

S howing the power of a Bonnie, theClass of 2014 is paving the path be-side the Regina A. Quick Center for

the Arts, aiding the foot traffic of futureBonnies. The class’ Senior Gift Committee met its

goal of $7,500 to pave the path withbrick, setting a new record for donor par-ticipation in the process at 70 percent. Juli Stephani, a marketing major and

member of the Senior Gift Committee,thought of paving footpaths on campusbased on her own experience slipping onice and trudging through mud. With the

rest of the committee in agree-ment, they went to work.

Donations of $20.14 or moreearned donors a brown-and-yel-low tassel for graduation and alasting place on campus: theirnames on bricks for the newpath. The committee also usedticket revenue from the sen-iors’ 25 Days celebration.With construction on thepath expected this summer,next year’s Bonnies shouldmake good use of it.

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… the 2014 GaudeteAwards Ceremony andDinner raised $37,500 to-ward student scholarshipaid as the University hon-ored three selfless andcourageous members ofthe Rochester, N.Y., com-munity. Pictured withUniversity President Sr.Margaret Carney, O.S.F.,are (from left) Hon. Patri-cia Marks, Fr. LaurenceTracy and Ronald Sal-luzzo, ’72.

THE POWER OF A BONNIE: SCHOLARSHIP

By Lynn (Mulhern) Williams, ’89

Karen M. Gaffney passed away onMarch 26, 2013, after a coura-geous 20-month battle against

ovarian cancer. A graduate of Cardinal Mooney High

School in Greece, N.Y., Karen enteredSt. Bonaventure in the fall of 1985,studying mass communication. Almost immediately she was known

for her bright eyes, cheerful smile, vi-brant sense of humor, and her quiet,purposeful manner. Karen’s pride in herIrish heritage and her family’s Texasroots were matched only by her love ofall things Bonaventure.Outside class, Karen joined WSBU and

served as a student ambassador, spread-ing her love for SBU. After Bonaventure, Karen never

missed a reunion and continued to sup-port the University. Following her 1989 graduation, Karen

returned to the Rochester area, workingin advancement at the University of

Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery andMedical Center, and the Al Sigl Commu-nity of Agencies. As Vice President of Advancement for

the Al Sigl Foundation, Karen receivedRochester’s Outstanding FundraisingProfessional Award in 2012, a salute toher many achievements. But Karen’s greatest legacy remains

the love, kindness, and fellowship shegave others. Honoring this, the newlycreated Karen M. Gaffney MemorialScholarship will help students attend St.Bonaventure. Karen was a treasure. Strong, rich in

faith, kind, gentle, and humble, shemade friends wherever she went. She continues to be missed by friends,

colleagues, and her loving family: par-ents, Jack and Betty Gaffney; brotherand sister-in-law, Keith and GaleGaffney; sister and brother-in-law, Kelly(Gaffney), ’94, and Jim Gryglewicz, ’94;a niece, Marisa; and nephews Ryan,Sean, and Michael. In June, she would have celebrated

her 25th reunion on campus.Contributions to support Karen’s

scholarship are gratefully accepted at:Karen M. Gaffney ’89 Memorial Scholar-ship, PO Box 2519, St. Bonaventure, NY14778; www.sbu.edu/karen; or bycalling Mary Driscoll at (716) 375-2331.

IN REMEMBRANCE OF KAREN M. GAFFNEY, ’89

SPEAKING OFTHE POWER OFSCHOLARSHIPS ...

Karen M. Gaffney

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Is your estate plan up to date? Modifica-tions may be required if any of the follow-ing apply: • Birth of a child or grandchild• Acquisition of new assets by gift or

inheritance• Giving away or selling assets in your

will• Marriage, divorce, or death of a spouse• Death of a beneficiary named in

your will• Changes in the needs of your

beneficiaries• An executor or trustee dies, moves, or

becomes disabled• Moving to a different state• Purchasing or selling real estate• Deciding to make additional bequests,

such as a gift for the future support of St. Bonaventure University.

For more information, please visitwww.sbu.edu/plannedgiving or call ouroffice at (800) 664-1273, option 3, tospeak with Bob Keenan, associate directorof Planned Giving.

The formal blessing of the new Seraphim Legacy Society plaques took place on Saturday,June 7, after the annual Devereux and Seraphim breakfast. Fr. Peter Schneible, O.F.M.,’73, blessed the plaques, which include 528 living and deceased Seraphim Legacy mem-bers.

THE POWER OF A BONNIE: SERAPHIM LEGACY SOCIETY

ALUMNI Events 4How about spending an SBU Weekendin Nashville? Join SBU November 14-16for a Nashville itinerary that includes aguided tour of the Frist Center, NashvillePredator hockey practice, lunch at MissMary BoBo’s Boarding House, tour of theJack Daniel’s Distillery and Sunday Mass atCathedral of the Incarnation. Interested?To get on the list, please email Anne Goer-gen at agoergen@sbu.edu or call (716)375-4085.

4The Power of a Bonnie! Coming to a locationnear you … receptions, athletics and gatheringsabound throughout the coming year. Visitwww.sbu.edu/alumni for a complete list of alumnievents and special celebrations of Sr. Margaret Car-ney’s 10th anniversary as our president.

4Be sure to shop the Alumni Gift Guide and connect with ASK Design Jewelers at www.askdesignjewelers.com for custom SBUjewelry — new this year!

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Off the ShelfDr. Karen Robbins, associate professor of

history at St. Bonaventure, released her book“Forgotten Federalist” in November 2013.The book is the first modern biography ofJames McHenry, a Scots-Irish immigrant.Trained as a physician, he joined the Ameri-can Revolution when warbroke out. He thenswitched to a more mili-tary role, serving on thestaffs of George Washing-ton and Lafayette. He en-tered government afterthe war and served in theMaryland Senate and inthe Continental Congress.As Maryland’s represen-

tative at the Constitutional Convention,McHenry helped to add the ex post factoclause to the Constitution and worked to in-crease free trade among the states.As secretary of war, McHenry remained

loyal to Washington. Upon becoming presi-dent, John Adams retained McHenry, butAdams began to believe McHenry was inleague with other Hamiltonian Federalistswho wished to undermine his policies. Thuswhen the military buildup for the Quasi-Warwith France became unpopular, Adams usedit as a pretext to request McHenry’s resigna-tion.Yet Robbins asserts that Adams was mis-

taken, that the friendship between McHenryand Hamilton had grown sensitive and therewas a brief falling out. Moreover, McHenryhad asked Hamilton to withdraw his applica-tion for second-in-command of the NewArmy being raised.

Dr. Denny Wilkins’ first novel is a lovestory in more ways than one. Without thesupportive embrace of a respected peer andtwo former students, “mapping Utah”would still be a Word file on his computer,said Wilkins, who willsoon be starting his 19thyear as a professor ofjournalism and masscommunication at SBU.Subtitled “love and war

in the wilderness,”Wilkins’ “mapping Utah”is about a 30-year-oldwoman named Kara whoflees a stifling job and re-lationship in Seattle andfollows the prompting of a mysterious mapinto the majesty of Utah. There, she encoun-ters Noah, a licensed pilot who adores his

hermitic existence in Greasewood Draw,where he battles the destruction of delicatewildlife areas by dropping paint bombs froman ultralight plane onto off-road vehicles.Jack Nash hauls in a fortune for his envi-

ronmentally immoral ORV expeditions andwants Noah dead. All three lives collideunder the staggering beauty of the desertlandscape, where passion and grit battlesgreed and power, and only one side will sur-vive. Wilkins drew upon his degrees in geol-ogy, environmental studies, andcommunication to write “mapping Utah.”For information, visit mappingutah.com.

John G. Aicher, ’52, has assembled anumber of essays that he has written into amemoir titled “Footprints.” It contains shortessays about topical subjects as well aslonger ones about important events in hislife, from his volunteer work in state prisonsto his time spent as an artillery officer inKorea to significant events within his ownfamily. There are references to

his life at St. Bonaventure,as well; the universityplayed a vital part in thedevelopment of Aicher’scharacter and he carriesFranciscan attitudes withhim to this day. Finally, one will find

tales from his life as apracticing attorney that counter any opinionthat the practice of law is boring. Aicher’scomments on current events and his involve-ment in courtrooms, prisons, and politics willhold your interest and stir your emotions.The book is available in hardcover, softcover,and ebook from both Amazon.com andBarnes & Noble.Learn more: www.johngaichermemoir.com.

Translated from Italian by Santi Buscemi,’66, “The Marquis of Roccaverdina” by LuigiCapuana (1839-1915) is a masterpiece ofworld literature. The novel is at once the bestand most representative opus of the Sicilianveristi (naturalists), who wrote in the late19th century. Published in 1901, “The Mar-quis of Roccaverdina” is a psychological tourde force that analyzes the life of a Sicilianaristocrat who refuses to choose betweenhis passion for a beautiful peasant womanand the demands of a moribund social struc-ture that precludes his marrying beneath hisstation. Attempting to resolve the dilemma,he makes a decision that leads to a life tor-

tured by jealousy, guilt and self-recrimina-tion.Published by Dante Uni-

versity Press, this is thesecond of Buscemi’s trans-lations of Capuana. Hisfirst is “Sicilian Tales,” acollection of 20 fairy talesappearing in a bilingualedition and published byDante University Press in2009. The translator is theson of Sicilian immigrantsfrom the province of Agrigento. He majoredin English at St. Bonaventure and nowteaches at Middlesex County College in Edi-son, N.J.

Michael Hannan, ’66, has published histhird mystery novel, a sequel to the previoustwo. Beloved characters from his novels“Louie’s Diamonds” and “The RollingStones” take the page once more in “Scram-bled Eggs,” in which thieves, detectives andcollectors clash in their mutual desire to gettheir hands on one of the Fabergé ImperialEggs. The colorful cast will chase their quarryfrom New York to Woodstock, Vt., fromChicago to south Louisiana, until they con-verge in a finale that will shock readerseverywhere. A fourth book in the series isforthcoming. Hannan has worked as an independent

school teacher and administrator, teachingphilosophy, English, and computer science,and serving as dean of academics, principal,and headmaster. In retirement he hasworked as database manager for the localMarine Laboratory. Hannan and his wife,Gloria (Filippini), ’66, live on Sanibel Island.They have two sons and two granddaugh-ters.

Susan Evans, ’73, uses high spirits andhumor as she writes about a serious diseasein her book, “Don’t Write the Obituary Yet.”Evans, a retired Bradford, Pa., Englishteacher, was diagnosed with ovarian cancerin 2012 and is now in remission. As a funperson who was not going to let cancer getin the way of a good laugh, Evans didn’thave to look far to find the humor: She wasinitially told that she had a 25-pound tumor.Later she learned that the chart had a miss-ing decimal — and the tumor was actually2.5 pounds.One of her goals in writing the book was

to let other women know they can andshould be assertive during the medical

process.“Frequently with the medical profession,

we listen to them instead of them listeningto us,” said Evans. She did find that her gy-necological oncologist, Dr. Tom Krivak,turned out to be such a good listener thatshe persuaded him to co-write the book. Kri-vak, of the Allegheny Health Network ofPittsburgh, Pa., is co-director of the Divisionof Gynecologic Oncology. Proceeds from the book will fund ovarian

cancer research. Evansand her husband,George, retired chairof the Mass Commu-nication Departmentat St. Bonaventure,have established theEvans-Krivak Gynecol-ogical Cancer Re-search and EducationFund under the auspices of The PittsburghFoundation. The fund’s mission is to improvethe clinical treatment and personalized careof women with ovarian and gynecologic-re-lated cancers and to support education forphysicians who seek specialization in suchcancer treatment and care. “Don’t Write the Obituary Yet” is available

from www.wordassociation.com.

Donald J. Then, ’74, has released his lat-est novel, “McToon’s Final Shot,” a humor-ous golf story and satire set on a fictionalcourse called The Hillview Club situated inMorris, Ind. The premise of “McToon’s Final Shot”

finds the world’s No. 1 golfer, Bobby “Killer”Jackson, coming to Morris to play a private

round of golf atfamed Hillview withhis former collegeroommate, Percy W.“Dubs” Roberts, whois Hillview’s head pro-fessional. Through a series of

circumstances that areboth funny and witty,

Jackson and Roberts end up playing localseniors Mac “the Knife” Tanner and Angus“the Mad Scot” McToon in a match to endall matches.Then’s second novel, “The Heart By Which

We Live,” was published in November 2013.The action follows Jack Redding, a lonelyand grieving man, who travels across thecountry with his dog, Bailey, on a pilgrimageto avenge the death of his wife, Jill, and re-

trieve nearly $400,000 stolen by the crookedcop who killed her.Then lives in northern Kentucky. He is a

former owner and publisher of an award-winning Sunday newspaper, a 30-year mar-keting executive, and recipient of St.Bonaventure’s 1974 Mark Hellinger Award.He is a former broadcaster and is a U.S. AirForce veteran.

Kevin Horgan, ’79, has published his firstnovel, “The March of the 18th,” a talewrapped around the true events of an in-valid regiment forgotten as a footnote in ournation’s history. In 1864, General Grantwanted able-bodied soldiers to fight on thefront line, and whole regiments of invalidsoldiers were formed for rear echelon duties,such as guarding prisoners or supply depotsand transporting draftees and conscripts.Thousands of severely wounded soldiers hadsacrificed greatly but still desired to serve theUnion Army in whatever capacity it saw fit.

“The March of the18th” pays tribute to vet-erans yesterday and todaywho have been cruellystruck by the violence ofwar and who have perse-vered through the perma-nence of their own loss oflimbs and independence. Horgan is a United

States Marine Corps veteran (’79-’84) andserved as an infantry officer. He enjoys dis-cussing the forgotten heroes of our nation’shistory. He is committed to giving half hisroyalties to charities for wounded veterans,and appreciates the support he has receivedfor writing and marketing this historicalnovel.

Lea McLeod, ’79, a former Fortune 15 ex-ecutive, founder and CEO of Degrees ofTransition and Lea McLeod.com, and award-winning blogger forYoung Careerists andJob Seekers, announcesthe publication of hernewest product, “TheResume ColoringBook.” Its simple, color-ful and easy-to-followmethod for writing andupdating a résumé effectively increases theodds of receiving an interview. The book iswritten in a lighthearted style and geared tonew college graduates, but is also a greattool for adults in the job search.

The author notes that since recruitersspend an average of six seconds skimmingrésumés, knowing how to reflect experiencethat quickly pops off the page to employersis key. However, one of the biggest chal-lenges for new college graduates is translat-ing their prior experience, typically limited tonon-strategic jobs, into value statementsthat employers recognize. “The Resume Col-oring Book” and accompanying video tuto-rial provide step-by-step direction to create arésumé that tells an applicant’s story in anorganized format and gives them a higherchance of being selected for an interview.Read more: www.degreesoftransition.com/

resume-coloring-book/.

As an entrepreneur and racecar driver,Tom Panaggio, ’80, has learned that youcannot avoid risk if you want to be a winner.In “The Risk Advantage: Embracing the En-trepreneur’s Unexpected Edge,” Panaggiotells the story of how he and his businesspartners built two thriving companies. With“The Risk Advantage” heaims to help entrepre-neurs face the many situ-ations, predicaments andcrises they’ll encounterduring their life, and tohelp formulate their lead-ership style and businessstrategy.“The Risk Advantage”

is a story about an entre-preneurial journey that explores the relation-ship between opportunity and risk, twoimportant forces that are necessary for suc-cess. If you have the courage to embark on your

own entrepreneurial journey, you will need aunique advantage to succeed in such a com-petitive and unforgiving environment. Theunexpected edge for entrepreneurial successstarts with identifying a worthy risk, andthen having the courage to take it, the au-thor says. In his book, Panaggio identifiesthose risks based on the experiences of hisown journey. “The Risk Advantage” is avail-able at Amazon.com andBarnes&Noble.com.

“Baby on a Windshield,” an essay by BobKunzinger, ’83, has been selected as one ofthe most notable essays in “Best AmericanEssays, 2013.” “Baby on a Windshield” ap-pears in “Southern Humanities Review, Win-ter 2012,” as well as in his book “BorderlineCrazy.”

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Kunzinger spent the summer of 2013crossing Siberia by train and car with his son,photographer Michael Kunzinger (the photoabove shows them above Lake Baikal inSiberia). The alum’s work is forthcomingfrom Bang Press in a collection of essays,"The Iron Scar: A Father and Son in Siberia."This summer, the pair are doing a similarproject while walking the Camino de Santi-ago pilgrimage in Spain for his second bookin the series titled "Out of the Way."Bang Press released his collection of short

work, “Fragments,” in February.

Greg Faherty, ’84, will have four newbooks coming out in 2014. The latest worksare “Castle by the Sea” (a gothic supernatu-ral suspense), “Thief of Souls” (a supernatu-ral thriller), “Fatal Consequences” (a modernghost story), and “Legacy” (a Lovecraftiantale). Faherty, writing under the name JG Fa-

herty, is an International Thriller Writersaward finalist and Bram Stoker Award finalistwith five novels, six novellas, and 50-plus

short stories to his credit. His 2013 release,“The Burning Time,” uses Olean and St.Bonaventure as the basis for his fictionaltown of Hastings Mills.

Ebb Galvin, ’86, has released “Mercy: ASecond Chance,” the story of one woman’scourageous decision to undergo cytoreduc-tive surgery and HIPEC, a potentially life-sav-ing procedure that has only recently gainedwidespread support in theUnited States’ medicalcommunity.The woman’s surgeon,

Dr. Armando Sardi, hadonce been a virtually un-known medical studentfrom Colombia, yet heemerged as a world-renowned specialist as wellas a cofounder of healthcare services for thepoor in his native country.The surgery itself is a masterwork of Dr.

Paul Sugarbaker, an oncologist and formerNational Institutes of Health departmenthead with a long history of being on the cut-ting edge of both medical science and sur-gery. “Mercy” is a candid portrayal of whatit takes for a patient to come to grips withsuch a decision and its aftermath. A portionof all author royalties from “Mercy” will gotoward cancer research.Galvin is a teacher and has published arti-

cles in small circulation magazines relating tohuman interest, business, and air traffic con-trol. He has also written literary analyses ofAnton Chekhov’s “The Little Trilogy” andJuan Goytisolo’s “Duelo en el Paraiso.” Helives with his wife, Lisa, in Baltimore and hasone son.

The last words Jesus spoke from the cross,sometimes called the seven last words, are atime-honored source of meditation. Fr.Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M., ’05, brings a freshperspective to these sayings as he challengesreaders to look at theirlives through the lens ofJesus’ suffering and deathin his new book, “TheLast Words of Jesus: AMeditation on Love andSuffering.”Horan asks us to care

for the poor and margin-alized, as Jesus did, ex-tending our love not justto those we love but to those most in need.By focusing on God’s love for humanity ex-

pressed in the gift of Jesus, “The Last Wordsof Jesus” will serve as a rich source of medi-tation throughout the year. Horan is a Fran-ciscan friar of Holy Name Province, acolumnist at America magazine, and the au-thor of several books, including “DatingGod: Live and Love in the Way of St. Fran-cis.” He has taught at Siena College and St.

Bonaventure and has published numerousarticles on Franciscan theology and spiritual-ity, Thomas Merton, and contemporary sys-tematic theology. He has lectured around theUnited States and Europe, serves on theboard of directors of the InternationalThomas Merton Society, and is working on aPh.D. in systematic theology at Boston Col-lege. “The Last Words of Jesus” is availablein print, electronic and audio formats.

Kern Carter, ’12, is the author of“Thoughts of a Fractured Soul” (Friesen-Press, 2014). The book tells a story of familyand failed potential told through the reflec-tive voice of the main character, CoreyThomas, a.k.a. Ace. Through a series of non-linear digressions, some brief and some ex-tended, Corey catalogues the crucialmoments of his life as he remembers. Asthese insights are piecedtogether, readers arepresented with a talethat digs deep into soci-etal behaviors and re-flects the contemporarystructure of the modernfamily.“Each day that I am

fortunate enough toopen my eyes, I observe, challenge, push,react, all in hopes of becoming a betterwriter. I hesitate to label myself as an authorbecause anyone that publishes a book canclaim that title. I am a writer; someone thatlives with words and is in constant analysis ofthe world around me,” said Carter, a nativeof Toronto who played guard for the Bonniesfor two years (2003-2005) before injuries de-railed his playing career. Visit www.friesenpress.com/bookstore,

amazon.com, and barnesandnoble.com formore information. Carter counts Dr. Rick Simpson, longtime

English professor, as a significant influenceon him. “How can I put into words my grati-tude to him for reading 181 pages of myfirst draft at the end of a semester, and forincluding comments on almost every page,”Carter said.

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Dear Alumni and Friends,

During graduation weekend in May, I had the honor of induct-ing the Class of 2014 into the St. Bonaventure University AlumniAssociation. It was a great momentto see new members join us, creatingan association of 27,400+ alumni. We reminded new alumni to join

local chapters, participate in events,and network with fellow alumni tostay connected and build new rela-tionships. I know you will join me inwelcoming them to the family.As the school year ended, we

shifted our focus to the future. Re-cruitment efforts for the Class of2019 have begun, forcing the univer-sity to face challenges taking shape in Western New York. Thedemographics in our traditional recruiting areas are shifting. Tra-ditional areas, such as New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, andparts of Ohio and Connecticut, have fewer high school seniors,fewer Catholic elementary and high schools, and a challengingeconomy. So as SBU begins the recruitment process for the Classof 2019, we need your assistance. Think of the high-school-age students in your life — maybe

children, grandchildren or the sons and daughters of friends andcolleagues. Do they know about St. Bonaventure? Would theywant to learn more? Would they want to become a Bonnie? Next to our enrollment team, you are the university’s greatest

enrollment resource. No one else can tell the St. Bonaventurestory like you. What story would you tell? While most alumni like to focus

their stories on the fun times they experienced during college, weknow the St. Bonaventure story is much more: small class sizes,strong faculty-student relations, a national reputation, outstand-ing academic opportunities, and student-centered programs forministry, sports, volunteering, and academics. These, coupledwith the life-long friendships and critical thinking a Bonnie gains,are all part of the Bonaventure story, of your story.So, as our next recruitment year begins, think about how you

can help St. Bonaventure build our future. Maybe you have aconnection with a local Catholic or private high school and could

partner with an enrollment counselor,strengthening the relationship. Maybe youcould become a SHARE volunteer and repre-sent us at a college fair or write a letter to a

potential student. Please feel free to contact the alumni office tolearn more about opportunities to help the Class of 2019 enroll-ment initiative. Thank you for your anticipated help. Go Bona’s!

Regards,

Robert P. Kane, ’78President, National Alumni Association Board

NAAB President

Please keep sharing yourSt. Bonaventure story

Alumni Office716-375-2302alumni@sbu.edu

CLASSNOTESSEND US NEWS OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS 44To submit information for the next issue of Bonaventuremagazine, use the enclosed envelope, fill out an online format www.sbu.edu/BonaMag, or mail information to P.O. Box2509, St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY 14778.

1959 — Dr. William Kerr closed his career with the Universityof Maryland, Europe, after 25 years teaching philosophy andpsychology in Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK,and Iceland. Kerr was chair of the global fac-ulty’s Faculty Advisory Council for three of hissix years in elected office, representing the3,600 worldwide faculty. Kerr lives in Wies-baden, Germany, and will be setting up a prac-tice in Logic Based Therapy, a variation on thecounseling techniques of Albert Ellis and ElliotCohen. He would like to hear from classmates atbkerr.kerr@gmail.com.

1964 — Peter Welch retired from the practice of internal med-icine in 2011. During his career he served as chief of medicineand vice president for Medical Affairs for 15 years at NorthernWestchester Hospital in Mt. Kisco, N.Y. Welch has been listed inBest Doctors in New York as well as in Best Doctors in theUnited States for many years. He specialized in internal medi-cine and infectious diseases. Welch enjoys flying small planes,riding his motorcycle and reading history books. He lives inCarmel, N.Y., with his companion, Sandra Riccio. He has threechildren.

1972 — Dr. Robert Kochersberger appeared on Jeopardy!April 28. Kochersberger, associate professor of English at NorthCarolina State University, graduated from St. Bonaventure witha degree in journalism. He received his Ph.D. from the Univer-

sity of Tennessee.Kochersberger hasbeen teaching jour-nalism at N.C. Statesince 1986. He is anexpert on muckrakerIda Tarbell and rou-tinely writes for theRaleigh News & Ob-server. He has alsobeen a Fulbright pro-fessor in Yugoslavia,Thailand, Egypt andSlovenia. For fun, he

is a private pilot. In the 1970s, Kochersberger worked as a re-porter at The Post-Journal in Jamestown and then at The Bing-hamton Press.

1973 — Christine Crawford, vice president of the BaltimoreCounty Chamber of Commerce, was named to the board ofThe Foundation for Baltimore County Public Library.

1975 — A number of members of the class of ’75 celebratedtheir 60th birthdays at their annual reunion in Pennsylvania atthe “camp” of Frank “Mole” Roberts: Tom Alico, Neil McK-

Robert Kochersberger (right) is picturedwith Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek.

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eague III, Bert Rapini, Frank Roberts, FrankRomano and Joe Wild. The group has beengetting together every fall since 1974. CharlesBasinait was named chair of Henderson,Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A.’s Land Use & Envi-ronmental Law Practice. He handles matters re-lating to Developments of Regional Impact(DRI), rezonings, special exceptions, special per-mits, variances, comprehensive plan interpreta-tions and amendments, and a host of otherland use-related matters. He also reviews proj-ects from a zoning and a planning standpoint,as well as from a financial feasibility and fi-nancing perspective. Basinait was recognizedby Best Lawyers in America (2013-2014) forhis work in land use and zoning law. He is alsoAV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Prior to join-ing Henderson Franklin in 1988, he was an as-sistant state attorney and an assistant LeeCounty attorney. Basinait received his law de-gree from the New England School of Law in1982. Dr. Fred Luongo (far right) was pre-sented with theOverall MastersChampionshipTrophy (35 yearsand older) byCongressmanChris Collinsand Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame running backThurman Thomas following The Prostate Can-cer Run in Buffalo that drew more than 400runners.

1976 — James Rahmlowwas appointed to leadMengel Metzger Barr &Co.’s new business develop-ment efforts. Rahmlow,who lives in Fairport, hasbeen a part of the account-ing firm for many years.

1978 — Todd Conormon received a mas-ter of divinity degree from Gordon ConwellTheological Seminary - Charlotte, in May,graduating magna cum laude. He attendedGordon Conwell part time while maintain-ing his law practice in Fayetteville, N.C.Conormon lives in Fayetteville with hiswife, Jeanine. Anna M. Gaffney was ap-pointed general manager of The VerbHotel, a new property located in Boston'svibrant Fenway neighborhood. She willoversee daily operations for the property,as well as sales, revenue management,marketing and event programming. Mostrecently, Gaffney was director of sales andmarketing at the 4-star Sanctuary Hotel inNew York City, where she managed salesand guest satisfaction. Dan J. Herbeckand his Buffalo News colleague Lou Michel

were selected as honoreesand guest speakers at TheBuffalo History Museum’s “Gi-ants of Buffalo: Journalism”program. Honorees are her-alded as history-making indi-viduals who have madeextraordinary contributions in

their industry. Herbeck has won national andstatewide awards for his stories on fraud, gov-ernment corruption, and the New York Stateprison system. He and Michel co-authored theNew York Times best-seller “American Terror-ist.” They were the guest speakers at the “Gi-ants” April 18 discussion series at the historymuseum.

1979 — Lisa A. Biedenbach received theAmaranth Award from her high school alumniassociation. The award is given annually to agraduate of Our Lady of Angels High School inCincinnati for exemplifying Christian idealsand living a Franciscan life. The award waspresented Nov. 2, 2013, at a dinner and cere-mony at Roger Bacon High School (Our Ladyof Angels no longer exists). Also, in SeptemberBiedenbach was appointed to a three-yearterm on the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Com-munications Committee to advise the archdio-cese on its communications strategy and itsmonthly publication, The Catholic Telegraph.Fr. Kevin Corcoran celebrated his 25th an-niversary of ordination Nov. 9, 2013. Fr. Kevin,pastor of St. James Church in Cazenovia, N.Y.,

celebrated the Liturgy andthen attended a receptionhosted by St. James Parish.Many members of his familyattended, along with parish-ioners from St. James as wellas parishioners from his for-mer parish, St. Agatha’sChurch in Canastota, N.Y. Fr. Kevin was or-dained a diocesan priest at the Cathedral ofthe Immaculate Conception in Syracuse onJune 4, 1988. Joseph A. DeMaria joined FoxRothschild LLP’s Miami office as a partner. Cer-tified by the Florida Bar as a business litigationspecialist, DeMaria is an aggressive courtroom

advocate on behalf of hisclients. He has managed someof South Florida’s most high-profile complex business liti-gation and financial criminaldefense cases during his ca-reer, which have drawn na-tional media attention.DeMaria, a former trial attor-

ney for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Organ-ized Crime and Racketeering Section,frequently acts as a legal commentator forCNN, CNBC and national and local radio pro-grams surrounding white-collar and criminalissues. An active member of the Miami legalcommunity, he serves as an adjunct professorfor the University of Miami School of Law, is apast chair of the Business Litigation Certifica-tion Committee of the Florida Bar and serves

on the Florida Bar’s Federal Practice Com-mittee.

1980 — Stephen J. Harrison waselected president of the New York Citychapter of the Construction FinancialManagement Association (CFMA). Harri-son is the co-office man-aging partner of theWhite Plains office ofCohnReznick LLP, the10th largest accounting,tax, and advisory firm inthe U.S. Harrison, wholeads the efforts of Cohn-Reznick’s construction in-dustry practice in the Northeast, has beenan active member of the New York Citychapter of CFMA for almost 30 years. Heheld the position of director for the lastseveral years and will remain in the roleof president for a two-year term. Harrisonprovides accounting, auditing and con-sulting services to a diverse group of con-struction industry clients and focuses onperforming internal control studies andlitigation support services. His clients in-clude construction contractors and engi-

These alumnae from the class of 1968 tryto get together yearly for a trip. In Octo-ber 2013, the group headed to Scottsdale,Ariz., and Sedona, Ariz. Pictured from leftare MaryAnn (Wilhelm) Harper, Michelle(White) Haab, Meg (Speuhler) Ford,Shirley (Longski) Guerdon, Monica (Nollet)Roland, Mary (Boyle) Woods, ClareColombo and Jackie Fay.

neering firms specializing in private andpublic works. Harrison has written onnumerous topics related to financial is-sues in the construction industry andregularly presents to financial institu-tions on the proper underwriting ofconstruction contractors.

1981 — Eat First: Diary of a Food-Lov-ing Central New Yorker, a local foodblog created, written and pho-tographed by Margaret McCormick,received mention in a list of “BellyRumbling Blogs” featured in Edible Fin-

ger Lakes Magazine.“Eat First shines mostwhen it takes advantageof the informality of theblog form,”the articlenotes. McCormick is aself-employed writer,editor, and public rela-

tions and social media coordinator. Sheblogs at eatfirst.typepad.com. AnneRuisi is the online news editor at ChinaDaily, the “USA Today” of China, alarge English language daily with edi-tions around the world. She welcomescontact from Bonnies in China at anneruisi@hotmail.com.

1982 — Karen (Bloom) LaFauci isowner and president of The Write StuffCommunications based in Rochester. Herhusband, Peter, ’82, a former chief fi-nancial officer in the advertising industry,founded CFO Solutions 14 years ago.

1984 — Donna L. Burden has given anumber of presentations at professionalconferences in recent months. She pre-sented at the Midyear Meeting of the In-ternational Association of DefenseCounsel in Carlsbad, Calif., in Februaryon “Successful Strategies for EffectiveDefense of Mild TBIClaims with Major Set-tlement Demands.” Shewas also a speaker atthe annual meeting ofthe Themis AdvocatesGroup held in Miami,Fla., co-presenting withSusan Antell, Ph.D., aboard certified clinical and forensicneuropsychologist, on “Major Claimsfrom Minor Head Injuries — The NewAge of Minor Traumatic Brain Injuries.”She gave a third presentation, “Compli-ance Safety Accountability: Planned Im-provements, Keeping Scores out ofLitigation, and the Risks for Carriers

and Brokers,” at the March 31 Ameri-can Conference Institute’s 4th NationalForum on Defending and ManagingTrucking Litigation in Chicago. WilliamMcMeekin is vice president and directorof content for economic developmentpublications at Journal CommunicationsInc., a custom media and content mar-keting company in Franklin, Tenn. Hejoined the company in January 2007. Heand his wife, Carolyn, live in Nashville,Tenn.

1985 — Margaret Jones-Carey com-pleted her Ed.D. at D’Youville College inDecember 2013. The title of her disserta-tion was “Teacher-led direct reading in-struction and the NYS ELA.”

1986 — Joe O’Conor was appointedchief of the Peachtree (Ga.) Fire-RescueDepartment. The department respondsto more than 3,100 emergency incidentseach year with a combination (paid andvolunteer) staff of 145 and an annualbudget of $7 million. In addition to hisbachelor’s degree from St. Bonaventure,O’Conor holds a master’s degree in exec-utive fire service leadership from GrandCanyon University. He is married, has fivechildren and lives in the Peachtree Cityarea, about 30 miles south of Atlanta.

1988 — Steve Hayes was elected chiefof the Bemus Point (N.Y.) Volunteer FireDepartment for 2014. Hayes, a seniorvice president with Bank of America,began his volunteer emergency services“career” as a member of the campusMERT team in 1986. Lori (Erickson)Keane of Orchard Park, N.Y., was pro-moted to director of marketing at Blue-Cross BlueShield ofWestern New York. Sheis responsible for mar-keting strategies, marketresearch and digital ex-perience. Prior to joiningthe health plan, Keaneserved in marketingroles at HSBC North America and FirstNiagara Financial Group. PatriciaPillsworth successfully defended herdissertation, “Security, prestige, and Re-alpolitik: Sir Eyre Crowe and British For-eign Policy, 1907-1925,” to complete aPh.D. in history at the University at Al-bany.

1989 — Kevin Cullen was promoted tomanaging director at CIT Group. Heoversees underwriting efforts for new

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Jeff Brown, ’85, shared a photo from hisAug. 6, 2013, arrival at the summit of Kili-manjaro (19,341 feet), the highest peak inAfrica and one of the Seven Summits (thehighest mountain peaks on each of theseven continents). Brown had a Bona’s ban-ner on his pack that he’d hoped to photo-graph at the summit — but it blew awayduring the evening summit ascent during afreak windstorm.

This is how James Duffy Hickey celebratedhis 60th birthday — whoopee!

Bona families and friends for life, this crewenjoyed the Bona win over Canisius. Pic-tured from left are Daniel Egan, ’15; JimEgan, ’86; Mary (Russo) Egan, ’86; MarioRusso, ’82; Renee Caya, ’83; Fran Machina,’82; Brian Machina, ’16; and Gary Machina,’87.

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business transactions in the Communications,Media & Entertainment group, which includescommunications, information services, technol-ogy, entertainment, sports, gaming, and media.J. Timothy George, who serves in the JAGCorps, was promoted to major in the U.S.Army Reserve. George is co-founder of Pur-chase & George, P.C. Rebecca Norr-Hartmanwas promoted to global director of MarketingCommunications & Branding at Welch AllynInc. of Skaneateles Falls, N.Y. Michael T.Williams was promoted to vice president of fi-nance and chief financial officer at IEC Elec-tronics Corp. Williams previously served in anumber of operations and finance roles duringhis career at Bausch & Lomb. IEC Electronicsprovides electronic manufacturing services toadvanced technology companies primarily inthe aerospace and defense, medical, industrialand communications sectors.

1990 — Jennifer Corker is now working atthe YMCA Retirement Fund in New York Cityas a quality assurance specialist after 15 yearsat New York Life Insurance. David J. Kelley,Ph.D., presented the workshop “CorporateSponsorships in High School Athletics” at the44th National Athletic Directors Conference inAnaheim, Calif., in December 2013. The con-ference, sponsored by the National Federationof State High School Associations and the Na-tional Interscholastic Athletic AdministratorsAssociation, provides an educational in-serviceprogram for interscholastic athletic administra-tors. Charles Makey III, senior vice presidentof Insurance Operations at Merchants Insur-ance Group, was elected to the board of direc-

tors of the New York InsuranceAssociation. Makey has beenwith Merchants since 1996.The insurance group offers per-sonal and commercial insur-ance through a network ofmore than 600 independentinsurance agents throughout

the Northeast and north central United States.Kathy Geller Myers co-founded ChatterboxCommunications, a PR consulting business thatprovides services includingmedia relations, media train-ing, press conference coordi-nation, strategiccommunications planning,event planning, trade showcoordination, speechwritingand social media engagement.Geller Myers has a website at www.chatterbox-comm.biz and welcomes email atmyersdk@comcast.net.

1991 — Scott Rua is an operations trainingsupervisor with Duke-Energy at the Shearon

Harris Nuclear Plant in New Hill, N.C. SteveWilliamson is a territory manager with HiscoInc., a nationwide distributor serving the elec-tronics, aerospace, industrial and medical mar-kets. Williamson manages sales for UpstateNew York, Western Pennsylvania and EasternOhio. He and his wife, Annette, live in Owego,N.Y., with their three boys. Adrian Woj-narowski has joined the FOX Sports 1 on-airtalent roster. Wojnarowski will contribute onFOX Sports Live — FOX Sports 1’s flagshipnightly highlight, news and opinion program— and will also make regular appearances onAmerica’s Pregame. As the NBA columnist forYahoo! Sports since 2007, Wojnarowski has es-tablished himself as the No. 1 NBA insider. Hisnews breaks, insider information and award-winning columns will continue to appear onthe Yahoo! web platform.

1992 — Allen E. Hyde, principal at E.R.Hughes Elementary School in New Hartford,N.Y., was appointed assistant superintendentfor curriculum and instruction for the NewHartford Central School District beginning July1. Maureen Mulhern is director of CareerDevelopment for St. Thomas Aquinas College(STAC). In this role, Mulhern develops strongrelationships between employers and studentsand markets STAC graduates to national, re-gional and local organizations and corpora-tions. She coordinates Career Developmentevents, oversees programs, and develops newopportunities for students to enhance their ex-perience and prepare them for careers after

graduation. Mulhern earned a master’s degreein education from Fordham University. Sheholds a provisional school counselor certifica-tion in New York and school counselor certifi-cation in New Jersey, and is also certified ineclectic cognitive-behavioral therapy. SeanMurphy graduated from the University of Illi-nois-Chicago with a master of science in nurs-ing after completing the Psychiatric MentalHealth Nurse Practitioner program. He is mov-ing to Rochester, N.Y., where he’ll begin prac-ticing as a psychiatric nurse practitioner atTrillium Health in August.

1994 — Martin Biniasz (above) was named2014 Tourism Executive of the Year by West-ern New York’s convention and visitors bureauVisit Buffalo Niagara. Biniasz is director of spe-cial events and brand marketing for the ErieCounty Agricultural Society, which sponsorsthe Erie County Fair. The Erie County Fair is thelargest county fair in North America with an

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Former SBU swim teammember Gerry Dunn,’83, continues to make abig splash across theglobe. In November 2013,

Dunn competed in theIrish Open Diving Champi-onships in Dublin, Ireland,placing first in the one-meter and three-meterspringboard in the 25+age group. He also tookthird in the platform diving competition. AsIrish Champion he qualifies for the Euro-pean Masters Championships in 2015. Last July, Dunn won three gold medals at

the Pan American Masters Championshipsin St. Petersburg, Fla. In addition to one-meter and three-meter gold, he also placedfirst in synchronized diving with a partner.Dunn returned to diving last year to train

with his 15-year-olddaughter, Brighid, who isalso a diver. The pair rep-resented the UnitedStates in South Korea lastsummer as part of a six-member U.S. team.Dunn took two silvermedals in the one-meterand three-meter compe-tition in the Men’s 30+age group. Dunn was a member

of the SBU varsity swimming team and atone time held records in both one-meterand three-meter springboard while divingfor SBU. He is training for the FINA WorldChampionships to be held in Quebec,Canada, in July. Dunn is a real estate broker in the Wash-

ington, D.C., area. He lives in Potomac,Md., with his wife and two daughters.

Former SBU diver still earning top honors

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annual attendance of more than 1 million.Matt Harrison was promoted to director inthe GEICO Information Services Department.He is responsible for GEICO’s nationwidetelecommunications, service desk, and LAN(local area network) support activities. JackiePowell Prillaman was promoted to tax part-ner at McGladrey LLP, where she primarilyserves complex multinational corporations.

1995 — Andres Calderon has transferred tothe Efficiency Audits product line at the Officeof Inspector General for the EnvironmentalProtection Agency (epa.gov/oig). In his newrole, he shifted from a focus on cost recover-ies in EPA’s contracts and grants to improvingEPA’s systems of internal control. Calderonspent 10 years collaborating on 22 audit re-ports in the Contracts and Assistance Agree-ments Audits product line that resulted insignificant savings to the U.S. taxpayer. ErikE. Swartz, Ph.D., spoke at the 23rd AnnualExercise and Sport Sciences Symposium atColby-Sawyer College in March. The sympo-sium focused on the role of technology inathletics and covered such topics as the useof modern technology in generating evidencefor the acute care of catastrophic sport injury,integrating new technologies in training, andsocial media in college athletics. Swartz, pro-fessor and clinical coordinator of athletic train-ing education at the University of NewHampshire, holds a Ph.D. in applied biome-chanics at the University of Toledo. His re-search interest is studying the management ofathletes with cervical spine injuries.

1996 — David L. Gardner is the director offinancial policy for the U.S. Department ofState in Washington, D.C. The retired Armylieutenant colonel previously served as the in-terim director of the U.S. Army Reserve Com-mand at Fort Bragg, N.C. He is also presidentof the Sandhills Chapter of the American So-ciety of Military Comptrollers. Kelly MurphyLucyszyn was promoted to director of adver-tising and marketing publications at TheStrong, a highly interactive Rochester mu-seum devoted to the history and explorationof play. The Strong houses the world’s mostcomprehensive collection of historical materi-als related to play and is home to the Interna-tional Center for the History of ElectronicGames, the National Toy Hall of Fame, theBrian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives ofPlay, Woodbury School, and the AmericanJournal of Play.

1998 — Patrick Dilorio, a retail sales man-ager for Verizon Wireless, was named to thecompany’s President’s Cabinet for ranking inthe top 2 percent of the company’s more

than 28,000 sales executives nationwide dur-ing 2013. DiIorio was one of six people in up-state New York to earn the distinction forperformance in sales and customer service.He earned a trip to Monte Carlo and will behonored at an awards dinner hosted by thefirm’s president and top wireless industry ex-ecutives. Johathan S. Hickey, a foundingmember of the law firm Burden, Gulisano &Hickey, LLC, was a speaker at the annualmeeting of the Themis Advocates Group heldin Miami, Fla. He co-presented on “Conflictsof Interest — Ethics.” Hickey, a trial attorney,focuses his practice on defending productmanufacturers and transportation companies.The Themis Advocates Group is a nationalnetwork of pre-eminent law firms that shareinformation, procedures, and technology inorder to provide the most skilled, aggressive,and cost-efficient legal services to clientsaround the country. Hickey was also recentlyappointed a town prosecutor in Clarence,N.Y. Jim Walter is director of conventionsales for Visit Cheyenne. He works with asso-ciations, corporations, government agenciesand meeting planners to bring conferences,meetings and events to Cheyenne, Wyo. Wal-ter, along with his wife, Lorrell, and theirdaughter, relocated to Cheyenne after 12years in tourism in upstate New York.

1999 — Kelly Burns is owner of Sirena de laMer, Body Sugaring and Skincare, inWilliamsville, N.Y. Stacey (Goodspeed) Den-niston was named executive director of TheGreen Angels of Wayne County, N.Y., a non-profit founded in 2008. The slogan “GivingForward and Back” reflectsthe organization’s commit-ment to improving thehealth, safety and comfort oflocal children by deliveringnew and gently used toys,books and clothes at nocost, while encouraging citi-zens to experience the benefits of givingback to their community by recycling itemstheir family has outgrown. Denniston andher husband, Tim, ’97, live in Palmyra withtheir three children. She welcomes contactfrom alums at Stacey@the-green-angels.orgor www.the-green-angels.org. Lori Scott-Sheldon, Ph.D., a research scientist withThe Miriam Hospital’s Centers for Behavioraland Preventive Medicine in Providence, R.I.,was recognized with the 2013 Bruce M. SelyaAward for Excellence in Research. The awardis presented annually at the Lifespan AnnualResearch Celebration. Scott-Sheldon’s re-search focuses on health promotion and dis-ease prevention. She is especially interested inbehavioral interventions aimed at reducing

St. Bonaventure alumnae Amanda(Lengauer) Webster, ’08, Natalie Pronio,’09, and Emily Wood, ’09, have answeredthe call to bring the youth back to thechurch and to God. They are each living outtheir faith using values they developed andstrengthened during their time at Bona’s. Lengauer is spreading God’s love through

her job as the campus minister at SyracuseCatholic Junior/Senior High School, leadingher students with religion classes, serviceprojects, retreats, and liturgy. Pronio is answering her calling by work-

ing as a youth minister in a small parish inPennsylvania. Before her presence, the pro-gram was dwindling and almost non-exis-tent. Now she has a couple dozen studentscoming to her on a weekly basis for meet-ings, service projects, and reflections. On the other end of the spectrum, Wood

is the faith formation director at one of thelargest parishes in the Syracuse Diocese.There were more than 1,000 adults andchildren enrolled in the parish’s classes thispast semester. All three women are proudto be living out their vocations and to begiving to others the values and the peacethat St. Bonaventure instilled in them.

Alumnae friends pursuing vocations,living out their faith

Thomas F. McCarthy, ’10, (right) relo-cated to the Metro-Washington, D.C.,area in December and is enjoying hisnew job with Marriott International’sGroup Sales Team. It didn’t take longfor him to run into a member of theBona Family. His colleague Rob Craw(left) is the son of Roz Spoto-Craw, ’76,who went to school with Tom’s dad, thelate William “Stax” McCarthy, ’72. “Staxwas Mr. Bona’s, a legend. It certainly isa small world — who would havethought that Stax and I would havechildren working together,” said Roz.

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Updatesrisky behaviors, such as hazardous and harmful al-cohol use, unsafe sexual activity, and HIV; barriersand facilitators of protective and risky health be-haviors; and contextualizing health messages topromote health behavior change. Scott-Sheldon’songoing research is funded by the National Insti-tutes of Health and she is well published in leadingmedical, public health, psychological and multi-dis-ciplinary journals in behavioral andpreventive medicine. An assistantprofessor (research) in the depart-ment of psychiatry and human be-havior at The Warren AlpertMedical School of Brown Univer-sity, Scott-Sheldon was elected tothe International Academy of SexResearch in 2011 and the ResearchSociety on Alcoholism in 2013, and has also beenactively involved in the Society of Behavioral Medi-cine since 2005. She holds a Ph.D. in social psy-chology, specializing in health psychology andquantitative methods, from the University of Con-necticut.

2000 — Kelly Filkins, in addition to her job as aschool counselor, is an independent wellness guidewith a new company called Radiantly You of Ran-dolph, N.Y. Radiantly You was started by MelissaBrown, a graduate of our program at Hilbert, whomakes natural, organic skin care, baby care, andcleaning products. The company is growing rapidly,Filkins said, and plans are in the works to build pro-duction and shipping facilities in Western NewYork.

2001 — Mario Aquinas Calabrese, O.P., was or-dained to the priesthood for the Dominican Orderon May 23. Fr. Calabrese entered the DominicanOrder at Saint Gertrude Priory in Cincinnati, Ohio, in2007 and made his first profession of vows there in2008. He was then assigned to the Dominican

House of Studies in Washington, D.C., to pursuestudies for the priesthood. He made lifelong profes-sion of vows in 2011 and was or-dained a deacon in 2013. Duringhis years of formation, Fr. Cal-abrese has served in various min-istries throughout the Archdioceseof Washington, including Gift ofPeace House, the Northwest Preg-nancy Center, and the campusministry at American University. For the last twoyears, he has served as a deacon at St. Dominic’sChurch in Washington. Ruth Mance attends Niag-ara University, where she is working toward a mas-ter’s degree in elementary education (birth through6th grade). She expects to graduate in December.She is employed in the Niagara Falls City SchoolDistrict. Peter van Paassen is head coach of thenational 3x3 basketball teams at the Dutch Basket-ball Federation (NBB). He is responsible for thewomen’s and men’s Under 18 teams, as well as thewomen’s and men’s Senior teams. Charlie Rileywas named marketing and communications direc-tor at Lawley Insurance, a privately owned, inde-pendent regional insurance firm specializing inproperty and casualty, employee benefits and riskmanagement consulting. Riley develops marketing,public relations and sales strategies to meet corpo-rate-wide communication objectives, and managesthe advertising and promotional activities of the or-ganization. He previously served as chief marketingofficer for PLS 3rd Learning. Pam Say Witter isvice president for Development and CommunityEngagement at Trocaire College in Buffalo. Herchildren’s book, “Chuck and Spark Explore thePark,” was released in April.

2002 — Peter A. Frawley is the operations tech-nician for the Buffalo Region of Enbridge EnergyPipeline, overseeing all crude oil delivery operationsfor the region. As a transporter of energy, Enbridge

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Four alumni won newspa-per writing awards from theNew York State AssociatedPress Association in theunder-15,000 circulation cat-egory. The contest, honoringwork from 2013, recognizesexcellent writing, presenta-tion, photography and graph-ics in AP membernewspapers.

Finger Lakes Times reporterJim Miller, ’05, took first-place honors in spot newsand business writing cate-gories.Kelly Voll, ’06, and

Samantha House, ’11, ofthe Auburn Citizen took firstin the depth reporting cate-gory, while House added athird-place honor for beat re-porting.Chris Michel, ’08, of the

Olean Times Herald took thirdplace for business writing.

Also, Olean Times Heraldsports editor Chuck Pollock,an adjunct instructor in SBU’sSchool of Journalism andMass Communication, tookthird place for sportscolumns.

Four alums winAP writing awards

Louise Ganley, ’74, cuts a rugat the North Eastern BallroomDancing Championships.

Danielle (Lada) Carlsen, ’08, whoteaches K-5 physical education atState Road Elementary School inWebster, N.Y., was joined by severalelementary students in SBU gear forBona Pride Day 2014. The students— and their alumni parents — are:44 Brenden (far left) and Ryan Beh

(fourth from left), sons of Sarah(Sweeney), ’99, andChristopher Beh, ’98;

44 Gunnar (third from left) and Hailey Bolton (fifth from left),children of Marianne and Rob Bolton, ’92;

Young Bonnies showoff their pride!

44 Jack Mordaci, (second from left) son of Stephanie(Berglund), ’96, and John Mordaci, ’93; and

44 Ella Dossier (far right), daughter of Lisa and Michael Dossier, ’95.

operates, in Canada and the U.S., the world’slongest crude oil and liquids transportation sys-tem. Frawley was previously employed for 10years at The Todd Company as a field managerand safety manager for major projects and envi-ronmental remediation.

2003 — Dana E. Cowen earned a Ph.D. in arthistory from Case Western Re-serve University in Cleveland,Ohio. The subject of her disser-tation was Albrecht Dürer’s Ob-long Passion: The Impact of theReformation and NetherlandishArt on the Artist’s Late Draw-ings. She is a guest curator atthe Cleveland Museum of Art and her exhibitioncalled “Dürer’s Women” opened in June.

2004 — Jeremy Hurlburt is the communitymanager for the Tech Support Team at PLS 3rdLearning, which earned a 2014 Stevie Award forSales & Customer Service. PLS 3rd Learning re-ceived a gold award in the category of Front-Line Customer Service Team of the Year -Technology Industries.

2005 — W. Jack Plants II was promoted to sen-ior vice president/director of treasury at RockvilleBank. He is responsible for the strategic and op-erational management of the bank’s TreasuryDepartment and ALCO (Asset-Liability Commit-tee) process.

2006 — Rachel (George) Axon earned a 2013Associated Press Sports Editor (APSE) award.Axon was part of the team at USA TODAYSports that finished third in the project reportingcategory for circulation of more than 175,000for a special report that examined the risks andrewards for assistant coaches in college football.This was Axon’s fourth APSE top-10 finish andthird top-five finish. She previously won the in-vestigative category for all circulations in 2009and feature writing for 30,000-75,000 circula-tion in 2010. Sean P. Lynch joined Barclays Cap-ital Investment Banking Group as an AVP inOctober 2013. Timothy Rothang of Mastic,N.Y., was named one of Long Island’s 2014 TopYoung Professionals by the Huntington Chamberof Commerce. Thirty individuals under the ageof 30 from across Long Island were recognized.Rothang has served as a legislative aide to Suf-folk County legislator Kate Browning since 2009and handles constituent services in the commu-nity where he was raised and continues to live.In addition to his governmental responsibilities,he volunteers his time in the community and onpolitical campaigns. Rothang holds a master’sdegree in public policy from SUNY Stony Brook.Troy L. Smith was one of four emergingAfrican-American leaders in Cleveland profiled in

the weekly e-magazine Fresh Water. Smith wasdescribed as “fast becoming a Clevelandsocial media point man for marquee con-cert coverage, new album and movie re-leases and breakdowns of all things popculture.” Smith moved to Cleveland fromRochester in December 2013 to becomean entertainment reporter for NortheastOhio Media Group. Since then, he broughtlive and post-concert coverage of larger-than-life shows from Jay-Z and Justin Timberlaketo laptops and tablets around Greater Cleveland.

2007 — Reagan Terry was promoted to seniormarketing communications specialist at CorningIncorporated. In her new role,she’s responsible for developingand executing a global market-ing communications strategy forCorning’s High Performance Dis-play business. She managesmedia relations, provides execu-tive communications counseland handles all employee communications plat-forms. Terry began her Corning career in 2008.

2008 — David Dinolfo was promoted fromsenior accountant to manager on the BonadioGroup’s Commercial Team. Jennifer LynnDixon was selected for promotion to chief mas-ter sergeant during the Exceptional Promotion

Program boards. The Excep-tional Promotion Program is acompetitive process awardingonly one airman in all of NewYork state. Dixon became thefirst female chief master ser-geant in the history of the107th Civil Engineer Squadron

and the youngest in the Air National Guard.Scott Eddy was named assistant sports informa-tion director at Bloomsburg University of Penn-sylvania. He spent his previous two yearsworking in the sports information office at Edin-boro University of Pennsylvania. Ashlie M.(Steffenhagen) Flanigan was promoted tosupervisor at Buffamante Whipple Buttafaro,P.C. She joined the firm in June 2008 and be-came a certified public accountant in July 2012.Lucas Hyman was promoted to audit managerat Chiampou Travis Besaw & Kershner LLP. Hejoined the firm in 2008. Kevin H. Miller re-ceived a fellowship to the University of Floridaand completed his Ph.D. in condensed matterphysics in May 2013. He is now working as ascientist at NASA Goddard in Washington, D.C.In April, Miller was awarded the Early CareerAchiever Award in his division (Instrument Sys-tems and Technology Division) and was the firstemployee to win the award in less than oneyear of employment. The crux of Miller’s effortinvolved a difficult and demanding measure-

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We’ve lost touch with a number ofalums and need your help! Of themany missing alumni, our hope is tostart finding lost alumni who will becelebrating their reunion in 2015. Ifyou know the whereabouts of the fol-lowing alumni, please let us know atwww.sbu.edu/foundalumni.

LOST:SBU alums

James A. Gay, ’55Theopane Germinasi, ’55Philip D. Mancuso, ’55Casper J. Urban, ’55Herbert J. Lamberton, ’65Marie-Celeste Sullivan, ’65Louis N. Agresta, ’70David B. Hlasnick, ’75James F. Palkovic, ’75Marlene L. Schiro, ’75Paul A. Ammermuller, ’80Patricia Formisano, ’80Susan Handel, ’80Wendy K. (Leute) Balcerzak, ’85Kevin J. Daly, ’85Karan M. Horan, ’85Michele C. Karas, ’85Joel D. Minsker, ’85John C. O'Donnell, ’85Marybeth A. Sledzik, ’85Jennifer Blatto-Vallee, ’90Michael J. Brady, ’90Jennifer J. (Lindner) Deckman, ’90Deborah A. (Davis) Fenick, ’90Dennis J. Griffin, ’90Allyson Hayes, ’90Walter R. Ivers, ’90Marty J. Marrone, ’90Stephen J. Donohue, ’95Michelle C. LeFrois, ’95Brian K. McDonough, ’95Mark W. Milne, ’95Matthew E. Perry, ’95David G. Purdom, ’95David J. Visiko, ’95Colleen A. (Brady) Vislosky, ’95Petrea Anderson, ’00Michael L. Marcy, ’00Rebecca S. Pollack, ’00Megan A. Uscinski, ’00Sarah A. Diorio, ’05Sadhna Gupta, ’05Tracy L. Nelson, ’05Justin M. Pfeiffer, ’05Stefanie M. Sargent, ’05Robert C. Donlin, ’10Brian A. Kelvie, ’10

ment of linear variable filters that will go on asatellite that will be sent to land on a nearbyasteroid in 2020. Mara Primmer was namedWells College’s women’s soccer coach. Prim-mer, who played on SBU’s Division I soccerteam, served as an assistant coach of theOneonta State women’s soccer team last fall.Lizz Schumer was named editor of The Sunnewspaper in Hamburg, N.Y. She has workedfor a variety of newspapers and magazines; hermost recent position was editor of theSpringville Journal.

2009 — Kyle C. Burch was promoted to su-pervisor at Buffamante Whipple Buttafaro, P.C.Previously an intern, he officially joined the firmin June 2009 and became a certified public ac-countant in July 2012. Alyssa Sparatta is nowworking at the University of California, SanFrancisco. Jordan Steves was promoted to di-rector of communications atChautauqua Institution, and inthat role will also serve as edi-tor of The Chautauquan Daily.He previously served Chau-tauqua for five summers as theDaily’s assistant and then man-aging editor, and for four yearsas lecture associate in the Department of Edu-cation.

2010 — Peter A. Bucci was promoted to ac-count executive with the Detroit Tigers.Colleen Ennis was promoted from an experi-enced assistant to an in-charge accountant onthe Bonadio Group’s Healthcare/Tax ExemptCentral Team. She lives in Fairport. KevinRhode was promoted from an in-charge ac-countant to a senior accountant on the Com-mercial Team with The Bonadio Group. RobertSonnenberger was promoted to senior staffaccountant at Chiampou Travis Besaw & Kersh-ner LLP. Jeremy M. Smith was promoted tosenior accountant at Buffamante WhippleButtafaro, P.C.

2011 — Justin M. Isaman was promoted tosenior accountant at Buffamante WhippleButtafaro, P.C. Andrea Korczynski accepted aphysical education teaching position at North-east Ohio College Prep school. She wants tothank all of her professors for their help andsupport throughout this journey.

2012 — Amie Marasco is anassistant accountant for theBonadio Group’s CommercialTeam. Marasco lives inRochester. Founded in 1978, TheBonadio Group offers account-ing, business advisory and per-sonal financial services. Kelsie Nolan works in

the Audit Department for EFPRotenberg, LLP, in Rochester.Nolan lives in Farmington. Inaddition to Rochester, the ac-counting, business consulting,and reputation managementfirm has offices in the Finger

Lakes, Corning and New York City. AlexisThomas started the online business “BlushConsignment & Boutique” at www.blushcon-signmentboutique.com, which offers quality re-sale apparel and accessories in an assortmentof sizes and styles to accommodate varyingbody styles and shapes. The objective of thebusiness is to make every woman feel “blush”worthy.

2013 — Samantha Berkhead is a premiumcontent writer at HubShout, an Internet mar-keting company in Rochester.Ryan Lazo, sports editor forThe Hopewell News in Virginia,has won two 2014 VirginiaPress Association Awards. Heearned a first-place award forSports Writing Portfolio for anon-daily and a third-placeaward for Sports Column Writing at a non-

daily. Danielle Pendlebury isthe marketing coordinator atHillis-Carnes Engineering Asso-ciates, Inc. The consulting engi-neering firm has offices inMaryland, Virginia, Pennsylva-nia, and Delaware and provides

innovative and cost-effective geotechnical, con-struction materials inspection and testing, envi-ronmental and drilling servicesfor private and public sectorclients. Brittany Smith is astaff accountant in Lumsden &McCormick, LLP’s audit depart-ment, which is responsible foraudit field work and the prepa-ration of financial statements.Kristin Sullivan is an inboundmarketing strategist for Quinlan and Company

of Amherst, N.Y. Sullivan devel-ops and manages digital con-tent for Quinlan clients throughcampaign planning, execution,management, and analysisthrough daily interaction withclient web sites, blogs, searchpresence, and social media. She

was most recently a member of the digital mar-keting team at LocalEdge, a Hearst multimediaservices company. Sullivan lives in Lancaster,N.Y. Alaina Walker has signed a professionalcontract to play basketball in Portugal. She willplay for Olivais Coimbra Club.

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Bona grads and siblings EmilyCostello, ’13, and MatthewCostello, ’11, are working for thesame firm — Schlumberger —and are both in the LonghornState. Matthew is the suppliermanager for North America atSchlumberger in Houston. Emilyis the south Texas materials coor-dinator at Schlumberger in SanAntonio. Schlumberger is theworld’s leading supplier of tech-nology, integrated project man-agement and informationsolutions to customers working inthe oil and gas industry world-wide.

Kevin Dillon, ’79 (left), and JonVance, ’78, reconnected in SanDiego in March. The formerfloormates lived on 4th Dev East(Freaks) back in the day.

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Carrie Davidson and Sean Mayer, ’95 Megan O’Connell, ’99, and Paxton Copp Susan McNeil and James Hondorf, ’02

Marisa Glatzer andRyan Shepard, ’02

Kelly Scofield and Patrick Doyle, ’05, ’06Juliett Davis, ’04, and Mike Markajani

Deanna Simonetti and Nicholas Cavalieri, ’05 Colleen Kane, ’05, and Brian Jackson, ’05

Lindsey Bailey, ’03, and Steve McClain

Danielle Schenone, ’11, andMax Wallace, ’10

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Ashley Dennis and Craig King, ’05

Krista Adamitis, ’08, ’09, and Jeffrey Jenkins, ’08

Candace Henderson, ’08, and Andrew Mindnich

Amanda DiPasquale, ’08, ’09, and Jeffrey Shipman, ’08, ’10

Jaclyn Kick, ’08, ’09, and John Lawrence

Amanda Lengauer, ’08, and Thomas Webster

Kerrie Smith and Sean Mullen, ’06 Julianne Kane, ’07, ’08, and Andrew Reid

Lindsey Manfredo and Jeremy Noeson, ’05 Tami Gabri, ’05, and Kris Stiles, ’05

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The deadline for winter 2014-15Bonaventure magazine submissions isSept. 19, 2014.

Don’t forget to notify us of your new nameor address! Update your information atBona’s Online at www.sbu.edu/bonason-line.

Getting married?

Ashley Foulkrod, ’10, ’11, and Andrew Olson

Bridgette O’Brien and Steve DeLucia, ’09, ’10

Lauren Meyers, ’04, and Cole Sigmon

Aimee Koehler, ’06, and Joseph Lepsch, ’06

Kelly Drago, ’03, and Nicholas Vincent Amatuzzo

Cherish Wicker, ’10, and Mark Inman, ’08 Additional marriage announcements >>>

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Nicole Borrelli, ’04, and Jerritt Branagan

Births / Adoptions

Grace Katherine to Jeanne Kellachan, ’94,and Michael Galimi

Genevieve Grace to Jennifer (Michaels),’95, and John Galante, ’94

Joshua Martin to Michelle (Stufft), ’98, andTodd Hallinan

Cierra Jenae to Carrianne (Brostko), ’98,and Patrick Hultgren

Oliver Mead to Kelly (Root), ’00, ’02, andChristopher Filkins, ’99

Jacob Francis to Erika and ToddLewandowski, ’99

Aubrey Elise to Kelly (Novara), ’99, andAaron Vanderwall

Lucy Margaret to Kristin (Wheeler), ’02,andMark Frank, ’00

Amelya Leigh to Alyson Dennis, ’00, andDaniel Jank

Sophia Rose to Jessica (Traver), ’01, andScott Christian

Henry Mark to Rachel (Kerr), ’01, andAdam Johnson

Sylvia Grace and Juliana Renee to Evelyn,’09, and Edward J. Bysiek, ’02

Fiona Grace to Jennifer and Michael Cum-mings, ’02

George Francis to Marisa and Ryan Shep-ard, ’02

Francesca Brielle to Nicole (Borrelli), ’04,and Jerritt Branagan

Luke Patrick to Tina (Lavis), ’04, and KevinCarney

Erin Elizabeth to Elizabeth (Starkey), ’05,and Kristopher Gearhart

Alexandra Grace to Colleen (Kane), ’05,and Brian Jackson, ’05

Lucas Greenwood to Colleen (Mayer), ’06,and Patrick Carr, ’05

Isabella June to Krista (Horn), ’06, andMichael Salvioli

Welcome, Baby Bonnies!

Callie Riordan, ’06, and James Banko, ’02

Catie Worden and Alex Peck, ’06

Taylor Merena, ’10, and Timothy Keating, ’10

Declan Thomas to Shannon (Doherty), ’06,and David Wolf

Kylie Grace to Becky (Kessler), ’07, andLogan Abplanalp, ’07

Brayden Thomas to Shelby (Pilato), ’07, andLuke Cutlip

Leah Marie to Ellen (Grimes), ’09, ’10, andCraig Chatfield, ’12

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1973, he was honored as Alumnusof the Year in 1992.

Rev. Robert Struzynski, O.F.M.,who served the St. Bonaventureand Mt. Irenaeus communities inseveral capacitiesover the years, diedDec. 21, 2013, inRingwood, N.J. Earlyin his career, Fr. Bobtaught in the univer-sity’s Department ofTheology and alsobecame involved in campus min-istry. After a number of shifts in as-signments, he returned to WesternNew York in 2005, when he be-came a member of the fraternity atMt. Ireneaus. A member of theOrder of Friars Minor for 55 years,he retired in 2013.??

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Alumni DeathsA directory of deceased alumni is available on Bona’s Online. Not a member of Bona’s Online? Visit www.sbu.edu/alumni to register.

In Memoriam

Mary (Dodson) Gilligan, ’33, Ithaca, N.Y.Matthew J. Quigley, ’38, Clover, S.C.William P. Gumpper, ’39, Fairfield, Conn.Robert W. McCaslin, ’39, Alexandria, Va.Rev. Albert J. Bosack, ’40, Lackawanna, N.Y.J. Bernard Malone, ’40, Horseheads, N.Y.Vincent Joy Sr., ’47, Jamestown, N.Y.Dr. Joseph A. Battaglia, ’43, Jamesville, N.Y.Rita C. (Ballard) Peters, ’43, Marlton, N.J.Col. Ray H. Smith, ’43, Greenville, S.C.Joseph V. Urmann, ’43, Ridgway, Pa.Dr. K. Bruce Jacobson, ’48, Oak Ridge, Tenn.Col. Joseph V. Sullivan, ’48, Lakeland, Fla.Aloysius Balcerak, ’49, St. Augustine, Fla.Richard J. Bowers, ’49, San Jose, Calif.Albert D. Cecchi, ’49, Olean, N.Y.Philip J. Colella, ’49, Moon Township, Pa.Msgr. Anthony J. Jasinski, ’49,

Lackawanna, N.Y.James W. Reynolds, ’49, Milford, Mich.William J. Abbott, ’50, Custer City, Pa.Dr. Arnold Abramo, ’50, Orchard Park, N.Y.Donald F. Dick, ’50, Apex, N.C.Richard N. Knowlton, ’50, Bristow, Va.Thomas G. Morrissey, ’50, Garden City, N.Y.Robert H. Equi, ’51, Reading, Pa.John S. Fuller, ’51, Camillus, N.Y.John H. Luca, ’51, Olean, N.Y.Kenneth R. Murphy, ’51, Itasca, Ill.Donald M. Priest, ’51, Hamden, Conn.George H. Wells, ’51, Vernon Rockville, Conn.Dr. Raymond S. Burns, ’52, Southbury, Conn.Helen O. (Karst) Dudley, ’52, Wayland, N.Y.John S. Fuller, ’52, Camillus, N.Y.William G. Jackson, ’52, Crestwood, Ill.Lucian L. Lodestro, Esq., ’52, Falconer, N.Y.Frank Godlewski, ’53, Schenectady, N.Y.

Barbara J. Brookins of Olean, whoworked as a registrar’s assistant in theRecords Office at St. Bonaventure for29 years, died March 18. She retired inMay 2012.

Richard “Zink” Gigliotti of Olean,who served as St. Bonaventure’s ath-letics trainer for 25 years, died Feb. 14.Gigliotti was inducted into the univer-sity’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 1994.

Linda L. Goodemote of Allegany,who worked as a secretary to the deanof Graduate Studies at St. Bonaven-ture from 1976 to 1994, died Jan. 18.

Rev. Zachary Hayes, O.F.M., one ofthe most renowned American scholarsof the theology of St. Bonaventure inthe 20th century, died March 16. Aprolific researcher and well-respectedteacher, Fr. Zachary served on the fac-

J. Ronald LoPresto, ’53, Cinnaminson, N.J.Sheila M. (Dixon) Quinlan, ’53, Allegany, N.Y.Robert A. Lucas, ’54, Rio Vista, Calif.John P. Maley, ’54, Williamsville, N.Y.Thomas J. Thibodeau, ’54, Berlin, Conn.David R. Warsocki, ’54, Hinsdale, N.Y.Edmund J. Wisniewski, ’54, Virginia Beach, Va.Rev. Bartholomew R. Larkin, O.Carm., ’55,

Grove City, Fla.Rev. Robert Struzynski, O.F.M., ’56, Butler, N.J.Michael G. Avella Sr., ’57, Maplecrest, N.Y.Rev. Anthony F. Gagliardo, ’57,

Colorado Springs, Colo.Richard G. Voight, ’57, Westbrook, MaineJohn R. Bradt Sr., ’58, Elmira, N.Y.Edwin L. Kij, ’58, Orchard Park, N.Y.Rev. Aloysius Siracuse, ’58, Boston, Mass.John V. Carlon, ’59, Lakewood, N.J.William L. Dawson, ’59, Lincoln, R.I.Francis E. Donatucci, ’59, Stamford, Conn.Lawrence K. Evans, ’58, Williamsville, N.Y.Sr. Annette Mirco O.S.F., ’59, Haddonfield, N.J.Rocco J. Pelino, ’59, Depew, N.Y.Rev. Renato A. Ruzzier, ’59, Erie, Pa.Rev. William R. Tuyn, ’59, East Aurora, N.Y.Dr. Dennis M. Curley, ’59, Monroe Township, N.J.John H. Checkett, ’60, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.William P. Connery, ’60, Hallendale Beach, Fla.Richard J. Gaeta, ’60, Hiawassee, Ga.Jesse J. Grant, ’60, Olean, N.Y.Leo J. Kervin, ’60, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.Mary K. (Longnecker) McCord, ’60, Olean, N.Y.James J. Goodwin II, ’62, Vero Beach, Fla.Steve D. Wilkins, ’62, Rochester, N.Y.Sr. Margaret M. Gleason, ’63, Buffalo, N.Y.Paul J. O’Keefe, ’63, Emporium, Pa.George L. Munroe, ’63, Larchmont, N.Y.

Barbara (D’Anzi) Geary, ’64, Stafford Springs, Conn.George T. Giacobbe, ’64, Stony Point, N.Y.Kirk P. Kelly, ’64, Orchard Park, N.Y.Leslie J. Miller, ’64, Coral Springs, Fla.James R. Dwyer, ’67, Orchard Park, N.Y.James F. Lapp, ’67, Le Roy, N.Y.Donald D. Higley, ’68, Coudersport, Pa.Florence (Ostovich) Caruso, ’69, Bradford, Pa.William E. Steidle, ’69, New Windsor, N.Y.Paul T. Schafer, ’69, Olean, N.Y.Godefridus van Berkel, ’69, Albuquerque, N.M.Sr. Maureen Boyle F.S.S.J., ’70, Hamburg, N.Y.Joanne M. Hanley-Wilson, ’70, Knoxville, Tenn.Michael P. Mariano, ’70, Plano, TexasJames A. Mertens, ’70, Midland, Mich.Joseph J. Henry Jr., ’71, Stonington, Conn.Peter R. Wisniowski, ’70, Kinderhook, N.Y.Rev. Robert Ricciardi, ’71, Cheshire, Conn.Sr. Susan McGillicuddy, O.S.F., ’72,

St. Petersburg, Fla.John Scarzafava Esq., ’73, Oneonta, N.Y.Jerry D. Hyde Esq., ’75, Mayville, N.Y.Virginia M. (Healy) Hudson, ’75, Old Bridge, N.J.David P. Weidt, ’76, Olean, N.Y.Ann M. (Brooks) West, ’76, Fredonia, N.Y.Sr. Marybeth Harrington, ’84, Waterbury, Conn.Henry H. Schaefer II, ’89, York, Pa.Kenneth C. Sofio, ’91, Hammondsport, N.Y.Mary D. Leonard, ’92, Wheat Ridge, Colo.Michael Jennings, ’93, Gilbert, Ariz.David W. Dolaway, ’94, Bradford, Pa.Sr. Bernadette A. Svatos, O.S.F., ’95,

Rochester, Minn.Sara B. Matthews, ’98, Hamburg, N.Y.Laura L. Lindsey, ’99, Olean, N.Y.Timothy R. Bushnell, ’09, Olean, N.Y.Stephen L. Klucsik, ’10, Syracuse, N.Y.

ulty at Catholic Theological Unionfor 37 years and taught summercourses in SBU’s School of FranciscanStudies from 1966 to 1990. In 2002,he was honored with the FranciscanInstitute Medal from St. Bonaven-ture.

Trustee Emeriti Hon. Howard Mar-shall Holtzmann died at home inManhattan, Dec. 9, 2013, hours be-fore his 92nd birth-day. A brilliantattorney, Holtzmannwas a pioneer in thefield of internationalarbitration and con-ciliation. He was anoriginal member ofthe Iran-United States Claims Tribu-nal, which was established as part ofthe settlement of the Iranian hostage

crisis. Holtzmann was the legal ad-visor for St. Bonaventure when itwas seeking University status in thelate 1940s and served on theBoard of Trustees from 1968 to1989. His father, Jacob Holtzmann,served as Regent of the state ofNew York in 1950 and presentedthe University charter to Fr. JuvenalLalor, O.F.M., then-president of St.Bonaventure.

Brian E. Moretti of Olean, assis-tant sports information director,died March 5.

John Scarzafava Esq., ofOneonta, N.Y., died July 13. A for-mer member of the NationalAlumni Board, he served as theNAB president and on the Univer-sity’s Board of Trustees from 1988to 1990. A member of the class of

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Alumni from the class of 1964 pose for a 50th anniversary class photo. View and download hundreds of photos from Reunion Weekend atwww.sbu.edu/bonaflickr.

The University honored three alumni with William P. “Stax” McCarthyAlumnus of the Year awards: Rob Buckla, ’84, (from left) Ann Flynn Mc-Carthy, ’74, and Lee Coppola, ’64 (right). The honorees are pictured withStax McCarthy’s widow, Tena McCarthy (third from left) and NationalAlumni Association Chaplain Fr. Dan Riley, O.F.M., ’64.

The only thing better than the Reunion Weekend weather wasthe steady stream of smiles from some 900 alumni and friends asthey renewed friendships and visited their old stomping grounds(and some new ones!) in June.Alumni enjoyed class dinners, campus tours, golf, and plenty of

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Kay and John Meisch, ’58, helped wish Joe Hull, class of1939, congratulations on the 75th anniversary of his grad-uation.

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These ’74 classmates hit the links at the June 7 golf out-ing: Evan McElroy (from left), Pete Gray, Ken Cerino, andJohn “Scoop” Stevens.

Fr. Dan Riley, O.F.M., ’64, chaplain of the National Alumni Associa-tion, offers the Invocation during the Annual Reunion Dinner Satur-day night.

University President Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., S.T.D., proudly sharesgood news of the more than $7 million raised for the University dur-ing Fiscal Year 2014.

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Bring your future Bonnie for a campus visit. Explore the op-tions — from a personal visit or overnight to an open house— at www.sbu.edu/visit.

It was full steam ahead with residence hall reno-vations as soon as students vacated Robinsonand Falconio halls in May. The university is in-vesting $7.5 mil-lion to completelyrenovate Robin-son and Falconiofreshman resi-dence halls andupgrade commonspace in historicDevereux Hall.The Rob-Fal renovations will significantly en-hance lounge and other common spaces; hall-ways; student rooms; restrooms; and laundryfacilities. Devereux Hall upgrades, totaling ap-proximately $250,000, are focusing on commonspaces, including the preservation of a fireplace.The residence hall projects will be completed byfall. Learn more at www.sbu.edu/RobFal.

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ABOVE: From left, Assistant Director of Facilities for Construction and Compliance JaredSmith gives a Rob-Fal tour to Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration BrendaMcGee, Associate Vice President for Facilities Philip Winger, Executive Director for Resi-dential Living and Conduct Nichole Gonzalez, University President Sr. Margaret Carney,O.S.F., and Vice President of Student Affairs Rick Trietley. AT RIGHT: A rendering of alounge area that is part of the Robinson and Falconio renovations underway this summer.