celebrating the Life of Doc Aiello

Loyola
Focus
fall 2010
A q u a r t e r ly N e w s l e t t e r F o r A l u m n i , Pa r e n t s a n d F r i e n d s
Celebrating the Life of Doc Aiello
A guest essay by Timothy L. O’Brien ’80
Harold : Do
you pray?
Maude: Pray? No. I communicate.
Harold : With God?
Maude: With life.
m
aybe death would be a
little easier to absorb
if each loss approximated the others.
But the world doesn’t let us off the
hook that easily. We always have to reacquaint ourselves
with the Reaper because the deaths of a parent, a child,
a spouse, a sibling or a friend all leave us bereft in their
own peculiar ways. So does the death of a teacher.
Good teachers shape our choices and arm us with
knowledge. Great teachers raise the ante: they engage
with us at our core, they love us in spite of ourselves and
they translate and pass along a certain magic that allows
us to move through life with a sense of joy, opportunity,
curiosity and responsibility.
Jack “Doc” Aiello, who died on August 9, was a great
teacher.
Doc began teaching history at Loyola Academy in
1973. I had him twice. The first time was a lucky accident, when I was assigned to his Social Studies class.
The second was by choice, when I studied AP History
with him during my senior year, from 1979 to 1980.
He was a deeply informed man, with a rich, sophisticated understanding of history and society. His nickname wasn’t an honorific; he held a doctorate in history
from Ohio State and was proud of that achievement. He
also was an exceptional, caring listener, no small feat for
a man who harbored strong and variegated opinions.
Beyond all of this, of course, was that Doc
approached teaching as a form of performance art. He
had a carnivalesque voice that blended the sound of air
escaping from a pinched balloon with the cadences of a
late-night comic, wedding that deliverance to an utterly
ribald and wily sense of humor (this was a man, after
all, whose favorite Halloween costume was a cow outfit
replete with a prominent, multi-pronged udder that
dangled off his waist).
He quoted sports arcana and movie trivia with
the brio and enthusiasm of an auctioneer. Harold and
Maude, The Godfather and What’s Up Tiger Lilly? were
three films I remember him parsing and plundering for
one-liners. After he sat me down in a classroom for a
screening of Night and Fog, the searing Holocaust docu-
1975
1976
John D. “Jack” Aiello, Ph.D.
March 23, 1941 – August 9, 2010
Loyola President Rev. Patrick E. McGrath, S.J. delivers the 2010 Educator of the Year award to Doc Aiello, who was voted top
teacher by the Rambler student body. above right: On this day, “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” seemed to be the break-time philosophy of Doc and his colleagues (l-r) Latin and Greek teacher M. Rebecca Wick and retired English teacher James M. O’Loughlin ’62.
above left:
mentary, he spent a good hour discussing its multiple
horrors with me.
“I realized that he wasn’t teaching history, he was
teaching kids,” says Betty O’Shaughnessy, a political science teacher at Loyola who looked to Doc for pointers
when she began her teaching career in 1989. “He gave
me the idea that you love the kids and the academia follows. He would just walk into that room and the kids
would love him to pieces — because he loved them and
he made the important knowledge fun to learn.”
Part agent provocateur and part mentor, Doc corralled and liberated throngs of students. Last year, they
named him “Educator of the Year,” the first year in
which students were allowed to vote on the award. Doc
snared the prize even though his struggle with cancer
had forced him to teach far fewer classes. After Doc
died, a fan page sprang up on Facebook—“R.I.P. Doc
Aiello”—that currently has 482 members.
“It was common knowledge around the hallways that
if you really wanted to learn something and you wanted
to learn more than just the history and the notes and
taking tests, you went to Doc,” says Sarah Hamilton,
1979
who graduated from Loyola in 1999 and is now the spokeswoman for the mayor of Los Angeles. “He dug deep into
the cultural context of what was going on at the time.”
Doc was a phenomenon that never lagged. Ryan Shea
and three of his siblings were all taught by Doc and one of
them, Erin, now teaches Spanish at Loyola.
“The highlight of my day was going into Doc’s class,”
says Ryan, who graduated this year and is a freshman at
the University of Illinois. “It was just so much fun that you
didn’t realize how much you were learning. He became
almost famous in my house as the greatest teacher at
Loyola.”
Phil Metres, another Aiello alum from the Class of ’88
who has gone on to teach (in grand fashion as an English
professor at John Carroll University), remembers how Doc
ladled dollops of critical thinking into his students’ heads.
“He would always approach the wars that had occurred
in American history with the following formulation: ‘Okay,
the war is now over. Why did we have the war?’ It was a
very nonstrident way of getting you to focus on the origins
and causes of historical events,” Phil recalls. “It was a way
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President’s Message
Around the year 56, St. Paul wrote to the nascent Christian community he had
founded in Corinth. He wanted to capture what it meant to be a community formed in
response to the Good News of Jesus Christ. He wrote,
As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body,
though many, are one body, so also Christ…Now you are Christ’s body, and
individually parts of it.
We are Christ’s body in the world! Though many parts with varying gifts and
talents, we come together to be the body of Christ on mission in this world. This
corporeal imagery came to my mind recently as I pondered the life of the Loyola
Academy community. So many lives over more than 100 years have been knit
together to form this community. From different parts of Chicagoland and different
backgrounds, a community has been formed, unified by a common mission given
to us by St. Ignatius of Loyola. In his language, we exist, “to help souls.” We are an
Loyola Academy President Rev. Patrick E. McGrath, S.J. presided at the
exceptional Jesuit college prep school, but our mission and our community run much
annual all-school Mass of the Holy Spirit on August 31. In his homily,
deeper than that. We seek to be the body of Christ serving the world.
he shared a personal story about a recent plane flight, when he and his
In this issue of Focus, we catch a glimpse of some of the exceptional parts of our
fellow passengers banded together to help a traveler who had fallen ill.
He urged Loyola’s students to show the same compassion, friendship
Loyola body who have contributed so much to our mission. Tim O’Brien’s profile of
and support to the fellow Ramblers who would be their “traveling
Jack “Doc” Aiello and his 37 years of service to Loyola is a poignant snapshot of a life
companions” in the coming year.
that ran very deep and helped so many souls.
Turn the page and we meet the Jaye and Jack Hickey Sr. ’43 Family which will be
honored at this year’s President’s Dinner. Since 1919, so far 36 members of the Hickey clan have called Loyola home. The ongoing legacy of the
Hickeys is a model of service and generosity of spirit.
On page five, we read about some of the recent activities of the President’s Leadership Council. This extraordinary group of young alumni has
breathed new life into the body of Loyola as they have mobilized to coordinate service, professional networking and social and spiritual events for their
fellow young alumni.
Thank you for all that you do for Loyola. Though many parts, we are one body on mission for the greater glory of God!
Each year, Loyola Academy — along with Jesuit schools throughout
the world — celebrates the traditional Mass of the Holy Spirit.
“Simply put,” explains Loyola Vice President of Mission and Ministry Gary A. Marando, “we call on the Holy Spirit to be with all of us this new academic year. We ask that God send us
the Spirit to enlighten us, to renew our sense of mission, to recognize our community as faith-based and to help us do our very best in all of our endeavors throughout the school year.”
Rev. Brian Lehane, S.J. offers this metaphor of swimmers in a gentle river: “When swimmers swim against the current, they experience frustration,” he writes. “When they remain passive,
they may be carried for a while. But when they swim with the current, as they come to recognize it, they are carried farther than their best efforts would have taken them. God gives the
increase.” May we all swim with the Spirit. ✛
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Honoring a True Family for Others
Loyola Academy honors the Jaye and Jack Hickey Sr. ’43 Family
at the 2010 President’s Dinner for 45 Years of Support and Service
I
rene E. Hickey ’09 may have
summed up the Hickey family’s
long legacy at Loyola best in
the opening lines of her 2009
Baccalaureate Mass address: “I come
from a family full of Ramblers,”
she stated. “As I filled out my application for admission
to Loyola in the spring of eighth grade, I found the
section entitled: Family members who have attended
or are currently attending Loyola. My dad and I
proceeded to list every Hickey or Keating that has
gone to the Academy. We came to the conclusion
that, as I cross the stage at Loyola University’s Gentile
Center in two weeks, I will be the 32nd member of my
family to graduate from Loyola.”
The Beginning of a
Hickey Family Tradition
The family’s Rambler days began nearly a
century ago at Dumbach Hall, the Academy’s first
Four generations of the Hickey family will be honored at the 2010 President’s Dinner on November 5, 2010 for their enduring
home on Loyola University’s lakefront campus. The
commitment to Loyola Academy and Jesuit education. F r o n t r o w (l-r, seated on grass) Peter Hickey ‘17, Margaret Hickey ‘17, Sara K.
year was 1915 — just six years after Loyola’s foundHickey ‘14 and Conor Coakley. s e c o n d r o w (seated) Brendan Hickey, Dr. Michael J. Hickey ‘72, Roger P. Hickey ‘79, Joanne Keating Hickey,
ing — when Joanne “Jaye” Hickey’s father, Frank B.
John T. Hickey Jr. ‘70, Kathleen H. Barrie, James P. Hickey ‘75 and Ashley E. Hickey ‘03. t h i r d r o w : Ann B. Hickey, Michael H. Hickey ‘13,
Keating ’19, enrolled as a wide-eyed freshman and
Irene E. Hickey ‘09, John T. Hickey Sr. ‘43, Candis B. Hickey, Alison H. Girard ‘99, Claire G. Hickey ‘08, Monica Coakley and Katherine P.
embarked on a Jesuit journey that would continue for
Hickey. b a c k r o w : Sean Hickey, Megan Hickey, Mary S. Hickey, John T. Hickey III ‘01, Matthew K. Hickey ‘08, Scott A. Girard ‘94, Roger
generations.
Coakley, Patrick Hickey ‘04, Dennis Barrie, Caroline L. Hickey ‘05, James P. Hickey Jr. ‘01 and Katherine A. Hickey ‘10.
Thirteen years later, in 1938, John T. “Jack”
Hickey Sr. ’43 entered the Academy’s hallowed halls. His
three brothers — Matthew J. Hickey III ’46 RIP, Thomas P. Hickey ’48 RIP and
honor of their father, Jack, to ensure that students from every community can enjoy
Jerome E. Hickey ‘55 — followed in close sucthe many benefits of a Jesuit education at Loyola.
cession.
Roger P. Hickey ’79 — a current Loyola parent with his wife, Mary, and the
By 1971, Jack Hickey’s involvement at Loyola father of Irene, whose Baccalaureate address tribute to Loyola opened this article
Our 2010 President’s
Academy had intensified. He had become a
— has joined his older brothers in service to Loyola Academy. Roger has supported
Loyola by fostering awareness of the Academy among members of Winnetka’s Sacred
Dinner promises to be Loyola parent, with one son who had already
graduated from the Academy in 1970, two sons
Heart Parish. Each year, he organizes a golf outing to introduce Sacred Heart Parish
a special evening as
attending and another who would enroll in 1975. fathers to Loyola Academy’s president.
His penchant for service prompted him to volAs the Hickey brothers are quick to point out, however, service to Loyola and
we recognize the
unteer as an inaugural member of the Academy’s the larger community has not been limited to the men in the family. Jaye Hickey,
Hickeys for their
Board of Trustees. He sucwho co-chaired the 1975 President’s Dinner with her husband,
generous service to
ceeded John A. Dowdle ’41
Jack, was also active in the Mothers’ Club, Ramble and other
(one
of
his
best
friends
and
activities. John Hickey’s wife, Candy, co-chaired the Women of
Loyola Academy and
Loyola’s first Board chair) as
Wisdom Lecture Series in 2003 and 2004. Jim’s wife, Katherine,
their decades of quiet the Academy’s second Board
has been active in the Loyola Academy Parents for Others
chair in 1977 and received
program and fundraising events such as the President’s Dinner,
commitment to the
a President’s Medal in 1979.
which she co-chaired with her husband in 2006. Roger’s wife,
greater good.
Jack’s Board tenure marked
Mary, has been an active participant at Loyola’s Mothers’ Club
the beginning of a long chapevents.
Three generations of Hickeys at Loyola’s
ter of service to the Loyola
Re v. Patri ck E. McGrat h, S .J.
Even the Hickey family members who live out of range of
2009 Commencement: Irene E. Hickey ’09
President, Loyola Academy
community — a Jesuit value
Loyola Academy hold fast to the ideals of St. Ignatius. “Our siswith her grandfather, John T. Hickey Sr. ’43,
that he has passed on to his
ter, Kathleen H. Barrie, who lives in Cleveland, is very active in
and her father, Roger P. Hickey ’79
sons, John T. Hickey Jr. ’70, Dr. Michael J. Hickey ’72, James
board and volunteer work,” says Jim Hickey, “and Michael has
Please join us as we honor the
P. Hickey ’75 and Roger P. Hickey ’79.
actively supported the Hinsdale Hospital, where he has pracJaye and Jack Hickey Sr. ’43 Family
ticed for over 20 years. These are all examples of a family that
for Outstanding Leadership
A Multigenerational Commitment to
has learned the value of service from the themes of the Jesuits.”
and Service at Loyola’s
Jack and Jaye’s grandchildren are also living Loyola’s motto
Service and Spirituality
53rd Annual President’s Dinner
of Women and Men for Others. “They have been very involved
As the years passed and the family grew,
on Friday, November 5.
in service and leadership activities at the Academy,” explains
Loyola’s Jesuit ideals became ever more deeply embedded
Jim Hickey.
For more information, please contact
in the Hickeys’ belief system and family traditions. Jack and
Ann O’Hara at 847.920.2436 or
According to Jim’s calculations — by the time Roger’s sixthJaye’s grandchildren grew from infancy to toddlerhood to
aohara@loy.org.
grade twins, Peter M. and Margaret M. Hickey, graduate from
Ramblerhood — and a fourth generation of Hickeys adopted
Loyola Academy in 2017 — 38 family members will have attendLoyola’s now familiar colors of maroon and gold. Meanwhile,
ed Loyola over a span of nearly 100 years. That’s a lot of Women
Loyola had grown and changed, moving its campus from
and Men for Others!
Chicago’s lakefront to Wilmette in 1957 and becoming a coeducational institution
in 1994. Jack’s sons followed in his footsteps — carrying on the Jesuit ideals of
Giving Back for the Gift of a Jesuit Education
spirituality, service and leadership by supporting Loyola and the larger community
in myriad ways.
Despite the family’s long history of good works at Loyola, the
John T. Hickey Jr. ’70 served as a Loyola Board member from 1996 to 2000
Hickeys were surprised to hear of the Academy’s decision to honor them at this year’s
and as the Academy’s Board chair from 2000 to 2002. James P. Hickey ’75, a
President’s Dinner — and reluctant to be singled out for their service and support.
member of Loyola’s Board since 2006, served as Board chair from 2007 to 2010.
“When my father first heard about this honor,” says Jim Hickey with a chuckle,
In this capacity, he led Loyola’s presidential search and transition process in 2008
“he said to Fr. McGrath, ‘Why us? There are so many other families that have supand 2009, when the 13-year tenure of Loyola Academy President Rev. Theodore
ported the Academy in similar ways.’”
G. Munz, S.J. drew to a close and Rev. Patrick E. McGrath, S.J. was installed as
Roger Hickey explains his father’s response. “Our overwhelming sentiment
the Academy’s eighth and current president.
toward Loyola Academy is one of gratitude,” he states. “Four generations of the
In 1977, the Loyola Chapel (then known as the Sacred Heart Chapel) was
Hickey family have attended Loyola and we have all gotten so much out of our Loyola
dedicated in memory of Matthew J. Hickey Jr. in recognition of his lifetime supexperience. The themes of Ignatius are important to us. It’s fair to say that Loyola has
port of Loyola Academy and Jesuit education. More recently, John, Michael,
been the most important non-family institution in our parents’ lives and in our own
James and Roger Hickey established The John T. Hickey Sr. ’43 Scholarship in
lives for a very long time. We feel that we should be honoring Loyola!” ✛
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In Memoriam
Celebrating the Life of Doc Aiello continued from page 1
of trying to locate history as something that happens to everyone
and isn’t just about great men.
“Someone would say something in class and he would ask,
‘Why? Why, why, why?’ He
wanted us to plumb the meaning
of history. And he was very open
to the ironies and ludicrousies and
absurdities of life.”
M aude: Reach out. Take a
chance. Get hurt even. But play as
well as you can...Otherwise, you
got nothing to talk about in the
locker room.
Know this about Jack Aiello:
during all of those years that he
entertained and enlightened us in
his classroom, he was going home
to his wife, Patty, and helping her
cope with the ravages of multiple
sclerosis.
Doc and Patty were married in 1966 and a year and a half
later she was diagnosed with M.S.
Ultimately, Patty couldn’t walk.
Yet the couple still managed to
raise four children together and
took in several foster children.
Doc was devoted to Patty, remaining her primary caregiver for
nearly 20 years, until her death in
2005.
John Hardt, who graduated
from Loyola in 1990 and now
teaches bioethics and health policy at Loyola University, remembers how Doc once spoke in class
about Patty’s battle with M.S.
“He told us that love is not
very often what we 17-year-old
boys imagined it to be, that it
comes with a cost that cannot be
anticipated, but that it remains
worth that cost because it is ultimately the only thing that is of
lasting value,” John recalls. “His
life seemed to me a living witness
to that claim, one that I remain
grateful for today.”
An exemplary husband and
father, Doc was also an exemplary
colleague.
Jim O’Loughlin, a stellar
English teacher who struck the
fear of poor grammar into me and
countless others before retiring
from Loyola two years ago, was
one of Doc’s closest friends. He
said Doc reveled in talking smack
with his fellow teachers but never
poked fun at anyone he didn’t
think could handle it.
And beneath all of the ribbing, Jim remembers, was a profoundly generous and caring man.
When Jim was going through a
rough patch years ago, Doc took
him aside to talk.
“I’m sad,” Doc said.
“Why?” Jim asked.
“Because you’re sad.”
Jim wasn’t the only colleague
Doc went out of his way to support. Several teachers described
him as their “best friend” and he
was on a first-name basis with
the school’s security and custodial
staff.
“I’m afraid that not enough
people knew his gentle and loving
side because he liked to be Good
Time Sam,” says Jim. “But he was a
prince.”
Indeed, when he was first
diagnosed with cancer, Doc worried about how it might affect Patty
before he pondered what it meant
for himself. When he began chemotherapy, he was concerned that his
hair loss would upset his students.
To get ahead of that latter
dilemma, Doc reached into his old
playbook and invited Becki Wick,
a Greek and Latin teacher, into his
classroom to shave his head in front
of a crowd of cheering students.
After that, he occasionally wore a
reggae cap adorned with fake dreadlocks to Loyola.
“He always said the school
was his ‘happy place,’” Becki says.
“There was no one he wouldn’t consider important enough not to reach
out to. He was someone who liked
people and found it easy to accept
them where they were.”
Nothing replaces the presence
and company of someone like Jack
Aiello — that glimmer in the eye,
that smirk, that voice, that pat on the
shoulder. But in the truest meaning
of the term, he lives on. He lives on
in the hearts and minds of everyone
who had the good fortune of being
in his orbit.
“Doc used to always tell us we
were the future of the country and
that because he couldn’t change
things anymore it was up to us to
change things,” notes Ryan Shea.
“But I think that Doc touched so
many lives that he did continue to
change the world.”
Hear, hear.
“I don’t think he will ever
be dead to me,” says Betty
O’Shaughnessy. “This is a man who
changed the lives of everyone he
taught and everyone he worked
with. He was a man for others.” ✛
Timothy L. O’Brien ’80 edits and
oversees the Sunday Business section of The New
York Times.
He is currently
writing a series
of mystery novels for Random
House that are
set between the
Civil War and
World War I.
Timothy L. O’Brien ’80
In memory of Doc Aiello,
Timothy L. O’Brien ’80
and one of his former
classmates, Richard
J. Dowdle ’80, are
spearheading the creation
and funding of the
John D. Aiello, Ph.D.
Endowed Scholarship.
To contribute or for
more information, please
contact Vice President
for Development and
Chief Financial Officer
Terence K. Brennan
at 847.920.2424 or
tbrennan@loy.org.
Loretta Calnan Acker, wife of Laurence Acker ’32 RIP.
John D. Aiello, Ph.D., Loyola Academy faculty 1973-2010 and father of Nicole Aiello ’98.
Jeanette F. Alberti, mother of Joseph M. ’67 and Lawrence E. Alberti ’70.
Kathleen Armstrong, mother of James W. Armstrong ’66, Patricia Armstrong Solms LdM ’72 and
Susan Armstrong Loeffler LdM ’78.
John Charles “Jack” Baker ’58.
Florence T. Barrett, mother of Brian J. Barrett ’71, grandmother of Patrick J. ’08 and Jennifer M.
Barrett ’10 and mother-in-law of Leo D. Williams ’62.
Marion Basile, mother of James F. Basile ’72.
George Baumhardt, father of Daniel G. Baumhardt ’84.
Domenic Bernardi, father of Carlo A. Bernardi ’81.
Walter J. Bohdan, stepfather of Michael G. Barry, Loyola faculty 1981 to present and grandfather
to Timothy J. ’06, Patrick M. ’10 and Sean R. Barry ’13.
Rose Mary Bohn, mother of George Phillip Bohn ’64.
Mark J. Bucalo, grandfather of Hilary H. ’08 and Emily C. Schmidt ’10.
Robert S. Calvin ’58.
Lavinia Carrigan, mother of Emmet J. ’73 RIP and John A. Carrigan ’76 and grandmother of
Richard E. ’89, Christopher ’91, Kevin M. ’95 and Brian P. Carrigan ’98.
Marie V. Chmiel, grandmother of Darren M. Chmiel ’87.
Carroll P. Christman ’46.
Timothy F. Collins ’70, son of Frank J. Collins ’35 RIP and brother of Daniel P. ’68 and Patrick J. Collins ’75.
Martin J. Conroy, father of Daniel F. Conroy ’64.
Richard J. Coppin, father of Dale R. ’69, Darrell G. ’70, David A. ’72 and Dean J. Coppin ’80 and
Deborah Coppin Thornhill LdM ’75.
Stuart Dunne Corboy II, son of Stuart Dunne Corboy ’43 RIP and father of Britney E. Parish-Corboy ’06.
John W. “Bill” Costello ’41, brother of Philip A. ’42 RIP and Donald J. Costello ’52.
John J. Deloughery, father of Jeanne E. Deloughery ’12.
Eleanor S. De Mille, wife of Gilbert J. De Mille ’34 RIP.
Mary P. Drake, mother of Mary Beth Drake Christoff LdM ’71.
Knut Patrick Einarsen, father of Michael ’73, John ’78 and Patrick Einarsen ’82 and Marie Einarsen
DeBartolo LdM ’75 and Jane Einarsen Doyle LdM ’79.
Delores A. Ek, grandmother of Joseph R. Stapleton ’12.
Donna Dell Fahey, mother of Martin M. Jr. ’70 and James R. Fahey ’71 and Donna Fahey Alston
LdM ’75 and Dawn Fahey Hayes LdM ’78; aunt of John J. M.D. ’62, Patrick J. M.D. ’67 and
Michael L. Fahey ’71; and great aunt to Michael P. ’89, Timothy J. ’96 and Patrick J. Fahey ’98.
Margaret T. Fejes, grandmother of Alexander D. Peterson ’13.
Andrew J. Flando Jr., father of Andrew F. Flando ’84, Margaret Flando Klomen LdM ’76 and
Mary Flando Johns LdM ’81and grandfather of Michael A. ’02, Patrick ’03 and Andrew T. McClain ’06.
Dorothy Flodeen, grandmother of Peter C. Lee ’97.
Virginia Galanis, mother of David W. ’77 and Paul A. Galanis ’78.
Jean Mary Gavin, mother of Patrick M. ’73, Thomas J. ’75, Daniel S. ’77, John R. ’82 and Michael J. Gavin ’81.
John L. Gibson Jr., grandfather of John C. Ruscigno ’09.
Michael Grivas, father of Michael W. Grivas ’80.
Camila M. Golemba, grandmother of Andrew J. ’93 and Robert E. Golemba ’97.
Frank R. Grandinetti Sr., father of Lorraine V. Grandinetti Davy ’97.
Virgil C. Hagedorn Jr., father of Michael V. ’81, Daniel J. ’83 and James G. Hagedorn ’86.
John M. Haggenjos ’78, brother of Clifford Haggenjos ’77.
Margaret Haggie, grandmother of Patrick D. Haggie ’84.
Harriett Hamill, mother of Timothy J. Hamill ’78.
John P. Healy ’61, brother of Francis A. ’68 and Kevin P. Healy ’72 and son of C. Griffin Healy ’32 RIP.
Lorraine A. Heideman, grandmother of Katherine E. ’06 and Michael C. Heideman ’08.
David Horst, father of Petra L. Horst LdM ’75, Jana Horst Parafinczuk LdM ’77 and Davene Horst
Mainwaring LdM ’79.
Maria Horwath, mother of George J. Horwath ’76.
Remi M. Jacquet, grandfather of Michael J. Schnoor ’03.
Rosemary Jagla, mother of Leonard T. ’72 and Daniel J. Jagla ’76 and Jeannie Jagla Silas LdM ’78
and Mary Kate Jagla Butz LdM ’80.
John J. Jenkins ’40.
Eugene L. Jones ’45.
Frank A. Jost Jr., father of Dr. Frank A. III ’60 and Peter D. Jost ’61, grandfather of Brendan P. Kilroy ’98
and father-in-law of Patrick J. Kilroy ’61.
Francisco L. Juan, father of Jaime R. ’85 and Jorge V. Juan ’87.
Patrick J. Kane, father of Terrence P. ’72 RIP and Michael S. Kane ’74.
Martin J. Keeley ’50, father of Martin J. Keeley ’81.
Margaret Kelly, grandmother of Daniel J. Couper ’83 and Eric J. ’96 and Julia K. Beck ’99.
Thomas Martin Kent III, father of Thomas M. ’69 and Timothy M. Kent ’76.
Harold M. Kimball, grandfather of Gregory F. ’94 and Pablo S. Veramendi ’95.
Adam Koch, father of Herbert M. Koch ’67.
Margaret R. Kottra, grandmother of Thomas E. ’86 and James J. Keane ’92.
Helena Kusiak, grandmother of Lesley J. ’88 and Michael H. Seitzinger ’92.
Richard Paul Lake ’52, father of Kevin M. Lake ’93.
Joseph A. Lamendella, father of Joseph W. ’77 and Michael J. Lamendella ’83.
Richard E. Larkin ’61, brother of William J. III ’51, Michael R. ’52 and Jerome P. Larkin ’72.
Virginia Faye LeFevour, grandmother of Genevieve M. ’99, Conor F. ’01, Sarah ’04 and Michael F.
LeFevour ’07; mother of Terrence P. LeFevour, Loyola trustee 2000-2006; and mother-in-law
of Roseann LeFevour, Loyola trustee 2009 to present.
Edward L. Leslie Jr. ’35.
Joan M. Letke, mother of Richard A. ’67 and Adolph G. Letke Jr. ’75.
Thomas Levenhagen, father of Richard T. ’85 and Paul B. Levenhagen ’86.
John R. Linton ’39, father of Daniel J. Linton ’74 and brother of Frank K. Linton ’30 RIP.
William F. Masterson, father of William F. Jr. ’68 and Michael K. Masterson ’70.
Frances L. Mateyko, mother of Frances Mateyko LdM ’71, Barbara Mateyko Bunting LdM ’75 and
Mary Mateyko Schroeder LdM ’81.
Betty E. McClelland, mother of Peg Stevens, Loyola staff 1998-2007 and grandmother of
Michael J. ’99, Matthew J. ’01 and Sean J. Stevens ’05.
Catherine McMahon, mother of James P. McMahon, Loyola faculty 1967-2009.
Roy A. Moller, father of Craig A. ’74, Terrence W. ’77 and Mark R. Moller ’78 and Cathy Moller
Dondanville LdM ’76 and Diane Moller McClure LdM ’80.
Joseph “J. Hobie” Hoban Murnane Sr., father of J. Hobie Jr. ’75, Michael A. ’76, Terrence J. ’77
and Mark C. Murnane ’85 and father-in-law of Michael C. Maginot ’78.
Thomasine Mary O’Brien, mother of Thomas D. Radcliffe ’80 RIP.
Ruth Steuerle O’Bryan, mother of Robert M. O’Bryan ’51.
Irene O’Donnell, mother of Mary Beth O’Donnell Jossart LdM ’78.
Frank H. O’Reilly ’38.
Kenneth M. Oseda ’00.
Gilbert C. Parmantie ’53, brother of Peter A. ’50 and Michael Parmantie ’55.
Erlinda G. Pasia, grandmother of Cathleen C. Pasia ’03.
Dr. Robert F. Patte ’66.
Alice F. Pawlowski, sister of Rev. John J. Foley, S.J.
Jutta Peddinghaus, mother of Paul C. Peddinghaus ’93.
James L. Perkins, father of James A. Perkins ’67.
Richard G. Quinlan, father of Ryan Quinlan ’04.
Loretta A. Reilly, grandmother of Joseph J. ’91 and Andrew T. Woods ’93.
Rev. Paul V. Robb, S.J., Loyola faculty 1954-1957.
Donald J. Saigh ’35, brother of Robert W. Saign ’37 RIP.
Kenneth W. Schauwecker, father of James K. Schauwecker ’87.
Richard E. Schlottman ’37.
Ellen S. Schneider, wife of Dr. Thomas F. Schneider ’53 and mother of Thomas F. Jr. ’78, William C. ’79 and
Peter J. Schneider ’84 RIP.
Diane Marie Schoonover, mother of Brian Schoonover, Loyola faculty 1998-2004.
Steven G. Schwartz ‘71.
Mary K. Schweitzer, mother of Virginia Schweitzer Yasdick LdM ’76.
Gerald F. Simon ’56, brother of Edward N. ’54 and James E. Simon ’61.
Paul J. Snyder, father of Rob Snyder, Loyola Coach 2004 to present and father-in-law of Jennifer Litgen
Snyder LdM ’90, Loyola faculty 2009 to present.
Regina M. Solms, mother of Edward S. Solms ’81.
William R. Springer ’67, son of John Q. Springer Sr. ’44 RIP and brother of John Q. Springer Jr. ’66.
Edward N. Suerth ’55.
Mary A. Sullivan, mother of Paul M. Sullivan ’76.
Thomas Francis Sullivan, brother of Harold E. III ’77, Michael J. ’81, Daniel J. ’82 and James R. Sullivan ’88.
John N. Taras ’83, brother of Robert M. Taras ’87.
Edgar D. VandenBranden ’74, son of Gerard VandenBranden ’44 RIP and brother of Joseph M. ’75, Steven G. ’76
and David J. VandenBranden ’80.
Gerard VandenBranden ’44, father of Edgar D. ’74 RIP, Joseph M. ’75, Steven G. ’76 and David J. VandenBranden ’80.
Daniel T. Walters, Ph.D. ’69.
Helen P. Wieland, mother of Philip J. ’48 and John M. Wieland ’53 and grandmother of Edward P. Wieland ’73.
Margaret T. Williamson, grandmother of Matthew ’07, Bradley M. ’10 and Katherine M. Williamson ’11.
Rita M. Winger, mother of William J. Jr. ’83 and Steven J. Winger ’86.
Marian Wrzesinski, grandmother of Jamie L. ’97 and Dawn Wrzesinski ’98 and Jennifer Wrzesinski Rytina LdM ’94.
Dr. Antonio M. Yaniz, father-in-law of John Holecek, Loyola faculty 2006 to present.
Alan W. Yasko, M.D., father of Jason W. ’11 and Nathan W. Yasko ’13.
George Zemtseff, father of Gary L. ’71, Glenn G. ’73 and Paul B. Zemtseff ’75.
(As of August 25, 2010)
To include your departed loved one in Focus, please contact Patricia A. Griffith at 847.920.2421 or pgriffith@loy.org.
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Jesuit Values Driving Successful Careers
Three distinguished alumni share their thoughts about Jesuit values in the workplace at the
inaugural business and networking event of the Loyola Academy President’s Leadership Council
Google’s River North offices were packed
by 6 p.m. on June 17 as 80 young Loyola alumni gathered for the first business
and networking event sponsored by Loyola’s President’s Leadership Council.
At 6:30 p.m., the animated chatter generated by scores of reconnecting
Ramblers subsided as Loyola Academy President Rev. Patrick E. McGrath,
S.J. (who was in Rome and could not attend in person) welcomed the group via
video. After thanking Kevin W. Willer ’92 for hosting the event, he introduced
the evening’s highlight: a panel discussion featuring three Loyola alumni who had
achieved significant success in the business world without losing sight of their
Jesuit values.
“This is a wonderful opportunity to gather together, share some stories and
reflect on what success means in the Jesuit context,” Fr. McGrath declared. “It
promises to be a great conversation — a time for our Rambler community to share
best practices, to get to know each other better and to reflect on the ways that our
shared Jesuit mission calls us to great lives in service.”
Moderator Michael A. Lowe ‘97, an anchor and reporter for FOX-TV’s
Milwaukee affiliate, kicked off the discussion with a brief overview of the life of
Saint Ignatius and how his ideas could be applied to the business world. He
then posed a series of questions to panelists Edward J. Wehmer ’72 (CEO and
founder of Wintrust Financial Corporation), Joseph F. Scoby ’83 (private investor
and former member of UBS Group Executive Board) and Kevin W. Willer ’92
(Head of Industry at Google and cofounder of Google’s Chicago office). They
discussed how Jesuit spirituality has driven their business practices and helped
them lead and motivate others, as well as how the Loyola experience shaped them
and contributed to their success.
“The discussion reminded us younger alums that it’s possible to be successful without compromising our values,” says Lowe. “Kevin, Joe and Ed are great
examples of how you can successfully navigate the stormy waters of a profit-driven
culture if you’re guided by the ‘North Star’ of Jesuit values.”
“I thought it was a wonderful topic,” adds fellow panelist and former
Loyola Board Chair Edward J. Wehmer ’72, “because it showed these young
professionals that what they learned at Loyola can be carried forward in their lives.
I think the younger graduates need to know that they can succeed in a way that is
representative of Jesuit values.”
Kevin W. Willer ’92 did double duty as the event’s host and youngest
panelist.
“Even though I was one of the panelists, I learned a lot from Ed and Joe
because they have more experience than I do,” he confides. “It was great to hear
the perspectives of these business leaders and learn that you can be successful
in business and build large organizations and be profitable, but still live the Jesuit
values and be very honorable and committed and give back to the community —
not just with a checkbook, but with people, time, resources and knowledge.”
Timothy M. Duet ’91, who attended the event, shared Willer’s sentiments.
“It was inspiring to hear that these people in high places haven’t strayed
from their Jesuit values as they’ve climbed the corporate ladder,” he notes. “It’s
great to know that it is possible to have a lucrative career, but also maintain a
strong code of ethics.”
Alumni also enjoyed the social interaction and professional networking
opportunities that followed the discussion.
“The fact that this networking opportunity was affiliated with Loyola made
it especially appealing,” says Michael J. Zera ’05, “I enjoyed catching up with
former classmates while building up my professional connections. It’s gratifying
to have a group like the President’s Leadership Council working on our behalf to
sponsor events like this one.”
Visit the Loyola Academy Young Alumni page on Facebook to learn more
about President’s Leadership Council events and programs. Interested in serving
on one of the Council’s committees? Please contact Director of Alumni Relations
Dennis R. Stonequist ’90 at dstonequist@loy.org.
Panelists Kevin
W. Willer ’92, Joseph F.
Scoby ’83, Edward J.
Wehmer ’72 and Moderator
Michael A. Lowe ‘97
discussed the ways in
which their Jesuit ideals
have driven their business
practices and helped them
bring about positive change
in the world.
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The President’s
Leadership
Council is a new
entity — an
opportunity to
engage young
alumni more
deeply in the
life of Loyola. ’’
Rev. Patrick E. McGrath, S.J.
President, Loyola Academy
The Loyola Academy President’s Leadership Council hosted its first business and networking event in Google’s River North offices on June 17. The event, which was attended by 80 alumni, included a panel
discussion on Jesuit values in the business world, followed by a social hour hosted by Google.
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The State Championship Women’s Basketball Teams of 1997 and 1998 gathered for a “mini reunion”
Ten of 16 former cheerleaders from
Loyola’s 2005-2006 inaugural squad
reunited at the January Jesuit and Marillac Cup
games, which were held at Loyola University.
B ack row (l-r ): Bridget McMahon ’07 (captain
2005-2006 and 2006-2007) and Meghan K.
McMahon ’09 (captain 2007-2008 and 20082009). middle row: Clare A. Keesey ’07, Kelly
M. Jenko ’08 (captain 2005-2006, 2006-2007
and 2007-2008), Kathleen A. Pump ’08 and
Alissa M. Pump ’09. front row: Kathryn
Caneda ’07, Camille Dihiansan ’07, Laurie
Penalber ’07 and Denise Salinas ’07. Five of
the 10 went on to cheer in college — Camille
at Marquette University, Kelly at the University
of Notre Dame, Kathleen and Laurie at the
University of Illinois and Denise at the University
of Chicago.
at their induction into the Girls Catholic Athletic Conference (GCAC) Hall of Fame Banquet on March 21. Also
inducted was Julie Baumgartner Fox ’96 as a softball and basketball player, as well as an athletic director in the
conference. The teams, led by their coach, Tanya Johnson, had a combined 67-3 over the two-year period and
produced five Division I scholarship players. The assistant coaches included Mary Just, Kerri Durham and Kathy
Leyden-Brown. GCAC Hall of Famers front row below (l-r): Katherine E. “Katie” Murphy ’99, Amy L. Heller ’99,
Nell C. Murphy ’01 and
Devin A. McCue ’98. back
row: Assistant Coach Mary
Just, Elizabeth P. Fletcher
’99, GCAC President Dar
Graf, Olga M. Gvozdenovic
’99, Laura A. Sobieszczyk
’99, Jeanette M. Paukert
’98, Erin A. Munroe ’97,
Kelly A. Chiczewski ’99 and
Christine P. Switski ’99 with
their former head coach,
Tanya Johnson.
One hundred and
thirty-six Ramblers hit
the green for the 2010
scRAMBLERs Alumni
Golf Outing at the
Highland Park Country
Club on June 10. This
year’s winning foursome
included (l-r): Thomas
J. O’Gara ’01, Nicholas
J. Wilkins ’97, Scott J.
Szafraniec ’97 and John
M. O’Gara ’02. Save the
date for next year’s golf
outing, which is scheduled
for June 9.
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Alumni write in from around the country and around the world
1947
executive director of Amate
House in Chicago. The organCharles A. Whittingham received
ization,
which is an agency of
the Damen Award from the
the
Archdiocese
of Chicago but
College of Arts and Sciences at
raises
funding
independently,
Loyola University Chicago in June.
recruits young adults as volunteers to help the less fortunate in
1952
a variety of ways, such as teachRev. Robert J. Borre celebrated
ing, mentoring and volunteering
his 50th anniversary of Priestly
at social service and health agenOrdination in
cies. In April, the organization
May. Fr. Borre
celebrated its 26th anniversary at
served in the
Navy Pier with a gala honoring
U.S. Air Force
its volunteers.
from 1966 to
1977. His civilian assignments
included serRev. Robert J. Borre
vice as a teach- ‘52
er, pastor and chaplain at various
Catholic churches in Wisconsin
and Illinois.
1966
Brian P. McIntyre, the NBA’s
senior vice president of
basketball communications, was
recognized by the Professional
Basketball Writers Association
with the Brian McIntyre
Media Relations Award, an
1957
annual award that was named
Rev. James C. L. Arimond, S.J.
in his honor. Brian has been
has been elected to a threewith the league for more
year term on the International
than 30 years, developing and
Board of Governors for the
Circumnavigators Club, headquar- implementing many of the
league’s current communications
tered in New York City. Fr. Jim
circumnavigated the globe in 1984 and media relations policies
while he was the director and aca- and procedures. He created
demic dean of Loyola University’s numerous awards, including the
Sixth Man Award, the Defensive
Rome Center of Liberal Arts.
Player of the Year and the
In 1999, he joined the Chicago
Most Improved Player. He was
Chapter of the Circumnavigators
also responsible for initiating
Club, one of nine chapters in the
White House visits by NBA
U.S., with additional chapters in
championship teams, creating a
Singapore and London. He currently is serving his seventh year as media relations training tape for
president of the Chicago Chapter. players and instituting satellite
postgame press conference feeds
Other Loyola alumni who are
at major NBA events.
Club members include Jeffrey
P. Kelly ’76 (former international
1967
club president), Daniel B. Peterson
Bernie G. DiMeo has closed his
’79 and Ralph A. Velasco ’81.
longtime ad agency and opened
a new public relations firm,
1963
Bernie DiMeo Communications.
Deacon John V. Lucas serves as
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1970
1981
Robert F. Rodenkirk Jr., aka
WBBM Newsradio 780’s
Bob Roberts, was named
Best Reporter for 2009 by
the Illinois Associated Press
Broadcasters Association. Bob
also won a 2009 Sigma Delta
Chi award for Breaking News
Reporting from the Society of
Professional Journalists for “The
Maday Escape” with his colleagues, Kris Habermehl and
Bernie Tafoya.
Patrick R. Michiels has joined
Blueleaf Lending as a senior
mortgage consultant. Patrick has
20 years of experience in the
residential home loan market.
Contact Patrick at Patrick@blueleaflending.com.
1971
Daniel J. Williams has joined the
John L. Donnelly has been
elected treasurer of The Union
League Club of Chicago and is
also serving as the chair of the
Club’s finance committee. John
is a drummer with the Club’s
musical group, the ULC Jazz
Union, and has been active on
the Club’s three foundations.
He is president of Donnelly &
Associates, an elevator consulting group
that provides
services to
building
owners, as
well as litigation support
to attorneys. John L. Donnelly ‘71
John and his
wife, Constance, are the parents of three children and one
grandchild.
1979
Michael B. Gallivan has been
elected president of the Board
of Directors for the Autism
Society-Illinois. He can be contacted at mgallivan@autismillinois.org. Michael and his wife,
Sue, reside in Hoffman Estates.
REUNIONS
RECAP
1988
Captain Frank B. Avila of the
U.S. Army’s JAG Corps Unit was
activated in June. Please keep
him and his unit in your prayers.
Manhattan office of Citi Private
Bank as managing director and
ultra high net-worth private
banker.
1989
Thaddeus J. Lisowski and his
wife, Stephanie, celebrated
the birth of their daughter,
Eliot Piper, in April. This is the
couple’s first child. Thaddeus
teaches high school Latin.
1990
Brendan E. Cashman and his
wife, Danielle, celebrated the
birth of Maeve Maria in April.
1992
Brian R. Fluno was elected
president of the Board of the
Wisconsin Agricultural and Life
Sciences Alumni Association
of the University of WisconsinMadison in October 2009. In
April 2010, Brian and his wife,
Alysha, celebrated the birth of
their third son, Maxton. Maxton
joins older brothers, Maddox
and Mason. Brian is a landscape
architect for The Brickman in
Long Grove, IL.
Brendan G. O’Connor, his brother, Alexander J. O’Connor ’89,
their father and several friends
were featured in a Chicago
Sun-Times article after a fishing
excursion six miles out on Lake
Michigan, where they happened
upon two stranded boaters clinging to life preservers and rescued
them.
1995
Timothy L. Epstein has been pro-
moted to partner at the Chicago
office of the SmithAmundsen
law firm. Tim serves as chair of
SmithAmundsen’s Sports Law
Practice Group and has developed an all-encompassing sports
law practice focusing on the litigation needs of players, coaches,
teams and schools. He also serves
as general counsel to the producer of numerous musical
events,
including
the Pitchfork
Music
Festival, and
as adjunct
Timothy L. Epstein ‘95
professor of
law at Loyola University Chicago
School of Law. Tim earned a J.D.
from The University of Illinois
College of Law.
1997
Montana Butsch, executive direc-
tor of the Chicago Training
Center, was featured in a March
2010 Chicago Sun-Times article
about the Center’s rowing program for inner-city teens.
Andrew M. Wawrzyn has been
incarnated into the Archdiocese
of Chicago as a deacon. His first
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Alumni Chaplain Rev. James C. L. Arimond, S.J. ’57 and
Coach Frank J. Amato ventured to what should have been the
warmer climes of the U.S. for a series of winter regional reunions.
Thirty guests gathered on Sunday, February 21, in Atlanta, GA at the home of Diana and Thomas P. Phelan ’80. Fr. Arimond
presided at a Mass, which was followed by a delicious brunch. On Tuesday, February 23, 30 Ramblers gathered in Dallas, TX at the
home of Holly and Dr. William J. Hoffman ’77 for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. The duo then traveled on to Scottsdale, AZ on
Sunday, March 7, for a reunion Mass and brunch at the home of Madelyn and Edward F. Monoscalco ’57. In April, Fr. Arimond and
Coach Amato were joined by Alumni Relations Director Dennis R. Stonequist ’90 and Principal Gifts Officer Lesley J. Seitzinger
’88 for a reunion trek to the West Coast. On Friday, April 9, 25 people gathered in San Diego, CA for cocktails and dinner at the
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assignment is with the St. Peter
Catholic Church in Skokie, IL.
1998
Katharina “Kasia” Krynski ‘98 with
her husband, David McCormick
Katharina “Kasia” Krynski
married David McCormick
in June at St. Mary of the
Angels Catholic Church in
Chicago. Kasia is a Presidential
Management Fellow at the
U.S. Agency for International
Development in Washington,
D.C. in the Africa Bureau. She
graduated from the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
in 2002 and earned a master’s
in international educational
development from Columbia
University in New York in 2008.
The wedding party included
former classmates Christina
M. Cascio ’98 and Margaret A.
“Meg” Hoffman Duggan ’98, as
well as Loyola English teacher
Jessie Morrison.
2001
Katherine T. Lewandowski is
engaged to marry Luis Alberto
Vega in October. Katherine is a
doctoral candidate of biochemistry at Washington University
in St. Louis.
2002
Michael G. Carney is the recipi-
ent, for the second consecutive
year, of a scholarship funded by
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Kathleen and Vincent P. Cook
’67 in honor of former Loyola
University President Rev. John
J. Piderit, S.J. and former
Loyola Academy President
Rev. Theodore G. Munz, S.J.
The scholarship goes toward
Michael’s tuition at the Loyola
University Chicago School
of Law. Prior to law school,
Michael spent a year in Los
Angeles volunteering for the
Jesuit Volunteer Corps.
Triplets Matthew D. Formeller,
Kathryn A. Formeller and
Christina M. Formeller were
hooded by their father, attorney
Daniel R. Formeller, on the
stage of DePaul University’s
law school commencement
ceremony in May.
It was an August mini-reunion on the Dingle Peninsula of Ireland for members
of the Flanagan and O’Hara families. The gathering included f r o n t r o w ( l - r) : Madeline E. Flanagan ’09, Michaela M.
Flanagan ’14, Kate C. O’Hara ’00 and Loyola Director of Development Ann O’Hara; b a c k r o w: Robert E. Flanagan ’11,
Joseph P. Flanagan III ’08, Joseph P. Flanagan Jr. ’82, Michael S. Flanagan ’83, Larkin S. Flanagan ’86, Brian S.
Flanagan ’92 and Michael P. O’Hara ’91. The get-together included a birthday celebration for former classmates
Brian Flanagan and Mike O’Hara.
M. William Panek is making
his Chicago directorial debut
in October, directing “Reefer
Madness! The Musical” at the
Viaduct Theatre. He is also a theatre contributor and reviewer for
Chicago.BroadwayWorld.com.
Kristen L. Partyka graduated
summa cum laude from the
University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign with a double
major in Spanish and molecular
biology. She is currently a firstyear medical student at Loyola
University’s Stritch School of
Medicine.
Sheila A. Rinozzi was awarded
the 2010 Big Ten Medal of
Honor for her scholarship and
winning direction as coxswain
of the Varsity 8 boat for the
University of Iowa rowing team.
Bridget Carney ‘05 (center) with students in Nicaragua
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Former classmates Christopher
S. Griesmeyer ’92 and Patrick
M. McEneely ’92 are looking
to connect with fellow Rambler
alumni of all graduating years
whose children have congenital
heart defects, America’s #1
cause of birth defects. Chris
and Pat both have sons with
congenital heart defects and
are active supporters of The
Children’s Heart Foundation.
Contact Chris at cgriesmeyer@
grglegal.com and Pat at pmceneely@gmail.com. ✛
2005
Dr. Lauren M. Partyka ‘02
Lauren M. Partyka, M.D. graduated from The Medical College
of Wisconsin and is currently a
first-year resident in anesthesia
at the University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center.
Bridget Carney, who graduated
from Fordham University in 2009,
is spending a year in Nicaragua
working for the Fabretto
Organization. She is teaching
English as a Second Language in
San Isidro de Bolas.
2006
2003
John M. Bain continues to gar-
ner youthful roles in Hollywood,
most recently as the ghost of a
dead teenager who haunts one
of the doctors on the television
series “House.”
ATTE N TIO N
Law Enforcement
Alumni
Richard J. Walsh ‘06
Richard J. Walsh, a Loyola
University Chicago student, and
his father, a Chicago firefighter,
cycled nearly 1,000 miles over
12 days to raise awareness of
pediatric cancer and funds for
the Chicago Fire Department’s
charitable arm, Ignite the
Spirit, and the Henry Schueler
Foundation. ✛
Chicago Police Officer Sean M.
Ronan ’88 and Alumni Relations
Director Dennis R. Stonequist
’90 are looking to start a networking group for Loyola graduates who have pursued careers
in law enforcement. If you’re
interested in joining or learning
about upcoming events, please
contact Sean at smr93@comcast.
net or Dennis at dstonequist@
loy.org. ✛
Kristen L. Partyka ‘06
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Palacio Del Mar Party House at a reunion hosted by Kristina “Tina” and Arthur F. Morelli ’65. The next stop
was Los Angeles on Sunday, April 11, for Mass and brunch for 45 at the home of Margaret Mary “Peggy” and
Mark S. Collins ’69, with co-hosts Michele and Thomas F. Kneafsey ’56 and Patricia and John F. O’Keefe ’56.
1 Atlanta host Thomas P. Phelan ’80 (center) with Rev. James C.L. Arimond, S.J. ’57 (left) and Coach Frank
J. Amato (right); 2 Dallas hosts Holly and Dr. William J. Hoffman ’77 (center) with Dr. Philip J. Ryan ’59
(left) and Michael R. Corboy ’48 (right); 3 Coach Frank J. Amato (left) and Rev. James C.L. Arimond, S.J. ’57
with Scottsdale hosts Edward F. Monoscalco ’57 and Madelyn Monoscalco (center); 4 In San Diego, Patrick
J. Garot ’84, John J. Gatti ’84 and Lawrence S. Nora ’76; 5 (l-r) Alumni Director Dennis R. Stonequist
’90, Coach Frank J. and Alice Amato, Rev. James C.L. Arimond, S.J. ’57 and San Diego hosts Arthur F. Morelli
’65 and Kristina “Tina” Morelli; 6 Coach Frank J.
Amato in Los Angeles with (l-r) John A. Hundrieser
’98, Ryan J. Quinlan ’04, Laurianne Olbrisch ’98,
Spencer H. Remick ’09 and Nicole Staszczak ’04;
7 (l-r) Alumni Chaplain Rev. James C.L. Arimond,
S.J. ’57, Los Angeles hosts Mark S. Collins ’69 and
Margaret Mary “Peggy” Collins and Alice and Coach
Frank J. Amato. ✛
Graduate parents Charlotte and James F. Shea hosted
a get-together for 30 alumni and graduate parents at
their home at John’s Island Club in Vero Beach, FL.
Loyola President Rev. Patrick E. McGrath, S.J. presided at Mass, which
was followed by a delicious dinner and lively conversation. Fr. McGrath
(far left) is photographed with (l-r, standing): Barbara and Robert P.
Perkaus Jr. ’54, Loyola Vice President of Development and CFO Terence
K. Brennan, Sheila and Timothy J. O’Shaughnessy ’61, James F. Shea
and Mary Boyle and (seated) Charlotte Shea and Winifred Fisher.
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The Class of 1960 celebrated its 50th reunion with a weekend full of special gatherings that gave our reuniting Ramblers many opportunities
to catch up and rekindle fond memories. On Friday, June 18, 30 alumni and their spouses gathered on one of Wrigleyville’s best rooftops to cheer on the Chicago Cubs as they took on the Los Angeles
Angels. Later that evening, 70 guests enjoyed a barbeque at Ft. Laramie. The following morning, early risers had a choice of playing a round of golf at Highland Park Country Club or meandering through
the Chicago Botanic Garden. The weekend culminated with the official reunion celebration on Saturday evening. Former classmates celebrated Mass with Loyola President Rev. Patrick E. McGrath, S.J.,
followed by the class photo, cocktail hour and dinner. Members of the Class of 1960 — front row (l-r): Joseph Michael Lyons, Thomas A. Cleland, Hugh R. Savage, Thomas T. Hoskins III, Frederick
A. Mauslof, Peter J. Goschy Jr., William J. Smith, George T. Coleman, Donald W. Ronin, Richard G. Primeau, Thomas J. Ward, John A. Breen III, Douglas G. Davidson and Carl E. Moore Jr.;
second row: Arthur B. Collins, Michael E. Bauer, John E. Maloney, Donald J. Jakob, Joseph D. Mandarino, Daniel R. Foley, Joseph C. Lane, Patrick J. Callahan, Timothy J. Leahy, William J.
Braasch, Stephen W. Kelly, Michael J. O’Connell, Roy Lipscomb, Terrence J. Smith and Frank E. Phelan; third row: Arthur F. Kruggel III, James W. Healy, Patrick T. Driscoll, Carl M. Buss, Martin
L. Durlacher, Edwin R. Dunn, Donald E. Stephan, Daniel R. Foley, Thomas K. Leahy, Patrick H. Hughes, F. Michael Stockreiter and Richard J. Ostry; back row: John McGuire, Christopher T. Carly,
James L. Morse, Arthur H. Gross, Dennis K. Sullivan, Robert Steffes, James F. Woodward, Jerome J. Ward, Michael J. Fogarty, Joseph M. O’Callaghan and Robert J. Ruppe.
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LOYOLA A C ADEMY
President
Rev. Patrick E. McGrath, S.J.
Vice President for
ac ademic an d studen t affairs
David K. McNulty ‘67
Friday, November 5
53rd Annual President’s Dinner
Honoring the
Jaye and Jack Hickey Sr. ’43 Family
Vice President of Dev elopment
a nd Chief Fina nc ial Offi cer
Terence K. Brennan
F o c u s E d i t o r i al B o a r d
Executive Director of t he
at hletic hall of fame
For more information, please contact Ann O’Hara at 847.920.2436
or aohara@loy.org.
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Start Networking Today!
Check out our alumni news and events, career center,
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contact Alumni Director Dennis R. Stonequist ’90 at
847.920.2443 or dstonequist@loy.org.
Frank J. Amato
Alumn i cha plain
Rev. James C. L. Arimond, S.J. ‘57
Wednesday, November 24
President’s Leadership Council
Evening Mass and Social
Friday, January 14
Loyola v. St. Ignatius for the Jesuit Cup
Alumni Social to follow
For more information about the President’s Leadership Council
Mass and Social or the Jesuit Cup Alumni Social, please
contact Alumni Relations Director Dennis R. Stonequist ’90 at
847.920.2443 or dstonequist@loy.org.
Vice President of Dev elopment
a nd Chief Fina nc ial Offi cer
Terence K. Brennan
Princ ipal gifts O ffic er
Thomas J. Cramer
Loyola Academy publishes
Focus four times a year for
Loyola and Marillac alumni,
parents and friends.
Please send correspondence,
address changes and requests
to receive Focus via email to
Robin Hunt, Focus Editor, Loyola
Academy, 1100 Laramie Avenue,
Wilmette, Illinois 60091 or
rhunt@loy.org.
Princ ipal’s offi ce
Kathleen Corby Fitzgerald
Director of Pu b lic Relatio ns
Robin Hunt
at hletic Director
Patrick M. Mahoney ‘90
Director of Dev elopment
Ann O’Hara
director of alum ni relations
Dennis R. Stonequist ‘90