Congratulations Class of 2014

The
Fall
Knight Letter
A Publication for the Alumni, Parents and Friends of Notre Dame High School, Sherman Oaks, CA
2014
Annual Report Edition
Congratulations Class of 2014
Celebrating 30-Years of
Women at Notre Dame Page 12
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Brett A. Lowart, President
Assistant Editor
Jonathan Lee ‘04,
Alumni Relations Manager
Board of Directors
Joseph Allegretti ‘82, Chair
Daniel McCarthy, Vice Chair
Mission & Governance Committee Chair
Justin Rawlins ‘91, Secretary
Chris Lucas, Treasurer
Finance Committee Chair
Scott Brewster, MD ‘86
Br. Regan Chapman ‘67, OFM
Stephanie Connelly, NDHS Principal
Kristin (Borella) Cowles ‘87
David Damus ‘83
Jeri Dye Lynch
Joe Ellias ‘75
Br. Joel Giallanza, C.S.C.
Robert Hill ‘54
Lynne Lepore
Brett Lowart - NDHS President
Lenny McNeill
Donald Moss
Sharron Nelson
Ryan Stromsborg ‘93
Ronald Viola
Fr. Michael Wakefield
Chris Wilson ‘78
Julie Zastrow
Administration
Brett A. Lowart, President
Stephanie Connelly, Principal
Reese Abbene, Director of Campus
Ministry
Miriam Brady, Director of Information
Systems & Technology Planning
Georgia Capell, Vice Principal of
Academic Affairs
Tom Dill, Dean of Men
Tracey Hughes, Director of
Advancement
Richard Klee, Vice Principal of
Instruction
Ann McClung, Dean of Women
Terry McGaha, Director of Mission
Outreach & Parent/Volunteer
Programs
Alec Moss ‘00, Director of Admissions
Mary Oyler, Director of Facilities
Kevin Rooney, Director of Athletics
Robert Thomas, Vice Principal of
Student Life
Richard Ysasi, Director of Finance
Louis Weiss, Director of Technology
Notre Dame High School
13645 Riverside Drive
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
http://www.ndhs.org
Dear Alumni, Parents and Friends,
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The Knight Letter is published by the
Alumni/Development Office of
Notre Dame High School for the
alumni, parents and friends of the
school.
Editor-in-Chief
MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT BRETT LOWART
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Features
Sutherland Running Streak ..........................................................................................................7
A 45 year running streak
30-Years of Women ...................................................................................................................12
Notre Dame celebrates the milestone of co-education
ND Golf Scholarship Tournament .........................................................................................14
The 28th Annual Scholarship Tournament
Auction & Gala “Luau Knight” ................................................................................................15
A tropical evening, bringing alumni, friends and familuy together
2014 Reunions .............................................................................................................................16
Class of 1954, 1964, 1974, 1984, 1994 and 2004
Other News
School News ..................................................................................................................................4
Homecoming, Halloween, Fall Play
Fall Sports Wrap up ......................................................................................................................8
2014 Graduation .........................................................................................................................10
Alumni Spotlight .........................................................................................................................17
Class Notes ..................................................................................................................................18
Winter & Spring Schedule .........................................................................................................19
Light the Way Update .................................................................................................................20
The monument sign at the front of our main offices of Holy Cross Center
(formerly the residence of the Brothers of the Holy Cross) cites the most
popular element of our mission, “Educating Hearts and Minds since 1947.”
The mission wording, “Educating
Hearts and Minds,” is very catchy and
often repeated by those from all of
our constituencies. We are certainly deserving of the passage of the Marketing (Blessed Fr. Basile) Moreau course!
More meaningful; however, are the answers to the questions that delve into
the specifics as to how, exactly Notre Dame High School is educating the hearts
and minds of its students. Questions like these (as recently formulated by Fr.
Bernard LaFreniere, Br. Joel Giallanza and Br. Donald Blauvelt in their publication of “Holy Cross Education: A Spiritual Legacy”) to Holy Cross educators:
How is Holy Cross education a work of resurrection for me?
In which ways have you witnessed a transformation taking place in students through
your efforts as an educator?
How have I experienced that God is a part of what I do as a Holy Cross educator?
“Thank you
for supporting
Each of our teachers at Notre Dame can answer these questions in their own
way based on their own experiences. There is no doubt in my mind that every
one of our teachers answers affirmatively to all of these questions. When Joe
Namath was asked why he predicted his 1969 New York Jets team was going
to win the Super Bowl as a 16-point underdog versus the mighty Baltimore
Colts, he unhesitatingly acclaimed, “It ain’t bragging if you do it.” Similarly,
when I boast about how great our teachers and staff are at Notre Dame, it
ain’t bragging. The mere fact that we ask these questions of ourselves as Holy
Cross educators makes Notre Dame and our fellow Holy Cross schools special.
Notre Dame
High School
and the Holy
Cross legacy
I reflect in gratitude on the 2013-14 school year for those listed in this report who contributed so much to the success of the year. Our successes and
achievements, large and small, come from every corner of the campus with
the acute awareness by faculty and staff that even the smallest amount of
encouragement can make the world of difference to an individual and unique
student.
of educating
Thank you for supporting Notre Dame High School and the Holy Cross legacy of educating hearts and minds. Every one of our alumni, parents, students
and friends is contributing in some way by enrolling their children, by making
charitable gifts, by offering service and by prayer. Ours is a mission that does
not merely hope for survival, rather; it must continue to thrive and it demands
perpetuation. May God continue to bless the Brothers of the Holy Cross and
Notre Dame High School.
Go Knights!
Brett A. Lowart
President
hearts and
minds.”
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School News
School News
Spirit Day 2014
Notre Dame Fall Sports Rally
As students prepared for spirit week, a Fall rally was held inside the gym The 2014 school year kicked off with Spirit
to build up the spirit of fall sports and school pride. Performances were Day. Students wore themed outfits to show
held by students and the fall athletics were recognized.
school Spirit during the week.
Homecoming 2014
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Halloween Costume Contest
On October 31st, students participated in the annual Halloween costume contest. Students dressed in their favorite
characters, groups, celebrities and the faculty and staff participated as dominoes.
Archdiocese Prayer Breakfast
Club Sign Up Day
The RoboKnight Club
The Knights played against top rival
Crespi in the Homecoming game
Camillia Nwokedi ‘14 is crowned
Homecoming Queen.
Malibu International Triathlon
The Irish Knight Band entertains the
crowd during half-time.
ND Debate Continued Success
ND President Brett Lowart joins Christian Leadership students, teachers, Marie Madden and Reese
Abbene at the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Prayer
Breakfast at the Cathedral of the Angels.
Moreau Mentor
Students gathered to represent their clubs and open up
clubs to recruit new members on Club Sign Up Day.
Student gathered around the quad to set up displays,
projects and food to diversify their clubs.
ND Open House
Freshmen gathered by the Holy Cross
Center lawn in the Fall to meet and greet
with Notre Dame seniors. Freshmen
gained insight on the experiences from
their mentors and were able to befriend
one another.
On Monday, November 17, the Junior
Class celebrated their maturation and
the theme was from “to caterpillars
to butterflies”. As they became recognized as leaders of ND, some of the
juniors received their class rings and received inspiring messages from teachers Kate Nelson and Dave Savage.
ND Debate continues its top performances. At the St. Mark’s tournament in Dallas, TX, the team placed in the top 16 teams. They performed outstandingly in Dallas at the Greenhill Tournament in addition
to winning the Long Beach Tournament for the second year.
Larry Pitken ‘00 and Rob Thomas at the Malibu International Triathlon. Pitken finished 1st
in the 30-34 year old age group and was 4th
overall, Mr. Thomas finished 1st in the 55-59
year old age group and 43rd overall. Approximately 1,200 people competed in the event.
National Achievement Scholarship Program
Kelli Hamilton was named among 3,100 Outstanding Participants in the
National Achievement Scholarship Program. Students scored in the top
3% of more than 160,000 Black Americans who requested consideration
in the 2015 National Achievement Scholarship Program when she took
the PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test in her junior year.
Junior Unity Ceremony
Notre Dame rolled out the red
carpet to prospective students at
Open House on Sunday, November 11th. Performances by concert
band, jazz band, theater and cheer
were enjoyed by all.
Quinten Lepak ‘16 and Jasmine Zonneveld ‘16
host the Junior Unity Ceremony
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School News
School News
Almost, Maine
In her first production at ND, Amanda Tepe inaugurated her directorial debut in a student production of Almost,
Maine, a romantic comedy, a play by John Cariani. The production had six sold out performances in November.
Cast included: Jordan Bedgood, Jessie Vane, Tanner Maguire, Avery
Silverberg, Emma Beard, Nick Bias, Alison Hunter, Preston Vaughn,
Jillian Garner, Riley Hanson, Ciel Tatoyan, Blatke Elder, Daisy McElfresh, Nick DeJohn, Nadia Kaspersky, Sam Godinez & Lily Schwartz
NDTV at NCIS Studio
TV Production students took a tour of
the set of NCIS. They met production
team members, including Mrs. Connelly’s Brother, Bill Baker who works on
the show as a key grip, went behind the
scenes of wardrobe and got a special
Q&A session with Mr. Mark Harmon
(Parent of Alumni).
Students from NDTV at the NCIS TV Studio
listening as Mark Harmon shares
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2014 Christy Hamilton & Moreau Award
The ND community warmly congratulates this year’s recipients of the Christy Hamilton Outstanding Parent Volunteer
Award, Tom and Diana Carmichael. This award is presented
to a senior parent or family who have embodied the volunteer spirit through their efforts while at Notre Dame.
The Moreau Award for Spiritual Service acknowledges exemplary parent service given in the support of the spiritual
growth of both our ND community and our students. No
senior parent were more deserving of this particular recognition than Margaret Warfield and Cathy Snyder.
Tom and Diana Carmichael (Grant ‘14 and Chaplin ‘12) are awarded for
the Christy Hamilton Outstanding Parent Volunteer Award.
Margaret Warfield (Brandon ‘14) and Cathy Snyder (Ryan ‘14) are
awarded the Moreau Award for Spiritual Service.
Director: Amanda Tepe, Assistant Director: Jeffrey Stubblefield, Technical Director: Jonathan Daroca, Student Director: Avery Silverberg,
Student Producer: Eva Shoemaker, Stage Manager: Veronica Irwin
Undefeated at Granada
A Christmas
Candlelight Celebration
Notre Dame High School Campus
Ministry and the NDHS Choir participated in a Christmas Candlelight
Celebration on Thursday, December
12. Students reenacted scenes of advent and sang Christmas carols at the
Holy Spirit Retreat Center in Encino.
The Irish Knight Band marched at
Granada Hills on December 7th. The
band has taken sweepstakes for numerous consecutive years at the Granada
Hills’ marching competition. CongratuSeniors Maggie Barran, Eddie Dabsys, Chelsea
lations to the Irish Knight Band!
ND Hosts Teen Driver Safety Week
Abrahamian & Casey Anderson take a photo
Wells Fargo Foundation
Coach Jon Sutherland Running Streak
Coach, Jon Sutherland has the longest running streak in the U.S. He has been running
at least one mile every day for the last 45 years which dates back to May 26, 1969. “I’ve
averaged 11.2 per day, 78.2 per week, 4083 miles per year. I have raced 615 times and
won 325 of them. During the streak I’ve had ten broken bones! And kept on running
(two toes, two metatarsals, four ribs, my hip, and a vertebrae). I love to run.”
ND's Head Cross Country and Track Distance
Coach passed his good friend, Marc Covert's consecutive running streak of 45 years and one day.
“Mark Covert, who inspired me to run every day
ran for 45 years and one day. Mark has been incredibly supportive and I cherish our friendship. To get
to Mark’s record I had to run 16,437 days in a row,
at least one mile.”
“I Love to Run”
Jon with the Cross Country team on
their summer trip
- Jon Sutherland
ND held a driving press conference during Teen Driver Safety Week.
The event was sponsored by Mercedes-Benz. President Brett Lowart
and ND Parent and Board Member Jeri Dye Lynch promoted safe
teen driving and The Conor Lynch Foundation.
Advancement Director, Tracey Hughes, was on
hand to receive a $1,500 check from the Wells
Fargo Foundation at the new branch grand opening at Ventura and Hazeltine.
Coach Sutherland continues to run and will keep
his streak as long his body can endure. He has been
an inspiration and great role model for all the students that have gone through his program at ND
and has stated Notre Dame Cross Country being
the greatest joy in his life now. “I miss racing and
training fast but I’m satisfied to be healthy and
run with Puck (my dog). I never thought I’d enjoy
coaching as much as I do”
Cross Country at the 2014
Stanford Invitational
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School News
Fall Sports Wrap Up
Varsity Football
The Varsity Football Team finished the season with record
of 6-4, having played one of the toughest schedules in the
state of California. The Knights fought through many injuries and had several exhilarating last minute victories. The
Knights finished the regular season ranked 24th in the State
by MaxPreps and 25th in the state by CalHi Sports, led by
senior CJ Sanders, Leo Lambert and Mike Ramos.
School News
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Girls Tennis
The 2014 Girls Varsity Tennis Team had a fantastic season
finishing second in the Mission League with a record of 6-2.
The Knights had strong wins over Marlborough and Marymount and came within two matches twice of beating Harvard Westlake. In the Mission League Individuals the singles
had a great showing. Lauren Sandifer finished in third place
and freshmen Avery Aude won the tournament. At the end
of November, Avery moved on to the State Regionals.
Girls Varsity Volleyball
The Lady Knights entered into the very tough Mission
League and battled all the way through to a 3rd place
finish; allowing the Knights to qualify for playoffs.
League victories include a 5-game nail biter, comeback
win at Marlborough for their senior night, as well as a
4-game victory over our League rivals Harvard Westlake. We enjoyed another great Dig Pink Event this
year against Marymount and another 5 game match.
We had a tough playoff draw against Mira Costa in
Division 1AA where the Knights just came up short
in a 5 game loss. The Lady Knights look forward to
reloading for the 2015 season.
Boys Cross Country
Notre Dame's 2014 team has been blessed by a large turn
out of new and eager runners. The squad has grown to over
fifty harriers and continues to rise through the Division 4
rankings. The boys team led by Kristian Ruegg, Brennan Lagerstrom (First Team All Mission League), and Enzo Wright
won the Cal Poly Invitational, placed third at the prestigious
Mt. Sac Invitational and qualified for CIF Southern Section
Prelims. They were ranked 11th going into the championship meets. Their future is bright with only one senior in the
top five and freshman Ryan Armstrong scoring consistently.
The boys Running Knights will be even better next year with
all the experience they gained in this campaign.
Girls Varsity Golf CIF Champions
As the 2014 girls’ golf season comes to an end, there is much
to be proud of. The 7 returning players-Seniors Lauren Crittenden, Kathryn Newton, Sammy Winchester, Janet Yeo; Juniors Alyssa Buzzello, Paige Hollingsworth, and Sophomore
Kennedy Menifield welcomed in freshmen Stephanie Ahn
and Bernadine Corpin to the team. Mission League Champions – 12th time in 13 years. Undefeated the last 6 years. Mission League MVP – Janet Yeo ’15; CIF Northern Division
Champions – 3rd time in 4 years. Three girls qualified for
CIF Individual Finals: Janet Yeo, Sammy Winchester, Kathryn Newton.
Girls Cross Country
The Lady Running Knights are very young and good.
Led by Mariah Moro, Elizabeth Coda, and Juliette Fedoroff (All First Team Mission League) they have been
ranked as high as 4th in the CIF Southern Section.
With a 2nd place finish at the Cal Poly Invitational, 4th
at Mt. Sac and 2nd at the Mission League Finals they
qualified for CIF for an unprecedented 9th year in a
row. Of the top seven runners three are freshmen and
when Audrey Ellias (the school record holder at Mt.
Sac) returns from a season ending injury next year the
ladies will be one of the best teams in the State.
Boys Water Polo
The boys water polo team opened up their inaugural season in their new facility with great success.
The Water Polo Knights had several big wins against
highly ranked opponents in other divisons including
Glendale and Flintridge Prep. The Knights clinched a
CIF Division 1 berth after a dominating 17 to 7 win
over Crespi. The success continued into the division
1 playoffs with a 10 to 3 win over Thousand Oaks. A
tough loss to powerhouse Corona Del Mar in the next
round ended the Knights’ CIF run. The boys’ water
polo team finished the year with a 16-12 record.
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Class of 2014
Graduation Awards
2014 Graduation
Class of 2014 - College Acceptances
The long walk out to the field for the final time
Valedictorian Delaney Lepak
leads the pledge of allegiance
Matthew Allegretti (Man of the Year)
joined by parents, Michael ‘82 & Diana Allegretti
ND Woman of the Year
Sarah Bush and ND Principal Stevie Connelly
The Class of 2014 seated to hear words from
Principal Stevie Connelly
Dexter Keaton joined by her
proud mom, Diane Keaton
The Blessed Father Basil Moreau
Valedictorian Award
Delaney Lepak
The Bother Rupert Poudrier
Student Body President Award
Brandon Warfield
The Saint Andre Bessette
School Service Award
Emily Truong
The Brother Eugenio Cassano
Musicianship Award
Joseph Gordon
The Brother John Doran
Oratory Award
Aron Berger
The Brother Eagan Hunter
Visual Arts Award
Emily Coffee
Teresa Dao
Notre Dame Athletes of the Year
Koa Farmer
Grant Kraemer
Ginika Iwuchukwu
Notre Dame Woman of the Year
Sarah Bush
Notre Dame Man of the Year
Matthew Allegretti
Congratulations to the Class of 2014!
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30 Years of Women
On April 27, alumnae, family and teachers gathered on campus to celebrate the 30th anniversary of women graduat-
ing from Notre Dame High School. The event was held in the Holy Cross Center Courtyard with alumnae from the
classes of 1986-2013. Many alumnae were in attendance as well as a number of former teachers who were instrumental in the early years. The celebration included stpeakers representing the span of the past three decades. Racquel
Roberge-Turner ‘89, Mary Strong ‘91 and Sierra Hauser-Price Elizabeth ‘01 provided insightful descriptions during
their time at ND and Coach Ann McClung was honored for being an inspiration to female students since 1985.
School History
by Barbara Vining
The first day of school in 1983 was different from the
previous 36 first days of school at Notre Dame because on this September day 185 girls showed up, ending the all-boys era at Notre Dame High School.
Social forces had been building since the mid ‘60s to
bring ND to the point of admitting female students.
An economic crisis in the late ‘70s, along with falling
Catholic school enrollment and shrinking rosters of
nuns and brothers prompted many single sex schools to
go coeducational. ND, at one point on a Holy Cross list
for possible closure, entered into talks with the nuns at
Our Lady of Corvallis in Studio City about combining
the two schools but no agreement could be reached.
English teacher Deneen Narwitz Grist ‘86 was a sophomore in the original group of girls. “After a couple of
weeks it was like we were always here,” she says. “We
joined whatever we could. We made our place here as
fast as we could. We felt like we were Knights from the
beginning. ”
forms and the boys didn’t. The girls wore gray or light
blue box-pleated skirts with white Oxford-cloth shirts.
The boys, within the confines of the dress code, wore
whatever they wanted. Everyone was required to wear
leather shoes. No sneakers or athletic shoes were allowed.
Just as the girls were eased into the population at Notre
Dame, girls sports were introduced gradually, starting the
first year with mostly junior varsity teams according to
the '84 Arches. The first year we fielded teams in JV volleyball, softball and basketball and varsity tennis. Girls At the first coed graduation in 1986, Mrs. Grist and the
also ran track and cross country. Varsity teams and soccer, other girls wore light blue caps and gowns while the boys
water polo and golf came later.
wore darker blue. And that year also featured dual valedictorians, a boy and a girl.
In 1985, Ann McClung was hired to teach physical education and coach girls athletics. She is now our Dean of
Women and has coached girls golf to 12 Mission League
Championships in the last 13 years and CIF Championships in three of the last four years.
Racquel Roberge-Turner ‘89, Mary Strong ‘91, Ann McClung (Dean of
Women), and Sierra Hauser-Price Elizabeth ‘01 take a photo together
Father Bitterman, of the Sulpician community, was
brought down from Saint Francis High School in
Mountain View to oversee the transition. He was principal from 1980 until 1986, working closely with the
newly formed Board of Trustees and parent Joseph Allegretti '56 to ensure a smooth welcome for the girls,
which included extending the gym to add space for
girls athletics and physical education and adding extra
ladies restrooms on campus.
Most eyewitnesses who are still around say there wasn’t
much opposition to the plan although some older
alumni objected to the loss of the all-boys tradition.
“I was all for it,” says Athletic Director Kevin Rooney,
who had been brought down from Saint Francis by Father Bitterman in 1981. “I came from a coed school
and it seemed like the normal thing to me.”
One quirk of the transition was that the girls wore uni-
Bridget Ferrero ‘88 and Lee Dorney-Chumo ‘88 reunite as classmates
Principal Stevie Connelly shares words with the alumnae gathered in
celebration of 30 Years of Women at Notre Dame High School
Everyone who was here then agrees that going co-ed was
a logical step for ND. “It made the boys better behaved,”
says Mr. Rooney. “Before, if a girl was on campus, the
boys would be hanging out the windows. I guess they
weren’t serious, but the boys became better behaved.”
In the fall of ‘85, ground was broken for the Allegretti
office and classroom complex in the area between the
Woodman and Riverside buildings (now St. André Besette and Moureau Halls), adding six classrooms, expanded library space, offices and, most importantly, one girls
bathroom. Made possible through the generosity of Mr.
Allegretti, the new building was dedicated in 1987 as part
of the celebration of ND’s 40th anniversary.
Notre Dame is going strong 30 years after the first girls
came. These days we get up to 900 applications for a
freshman class of about 340. Athletic teams for boys and
girls are robust. And in the circle of life department, a
grandson of Mr. Allegretti graduated last year and Mrs.
Grist’s two daughters are students at Notre Dame, set to
graduate in 2016 and 2017.
Karen Ljubetic-Franquiz ‘91, Joe Spelta ‘81, Scott Hamilton, Kate Peeler
‘05 and ND President Brett Lowart share memories during the event
“It was brilliant for Notre Dame to go coed,” says Stevie
Connelly, since 1996 the first female principal at Notre
Dame. “A coed school brings out the best in both boys
and girls.”
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Golf Tournament
Auction & Gala
28th Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament
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Notre Dame Luau Knight Auction & Gala
The 28th Annual Golf Tournament continued its tradition Notre Dame is blessed to have extremely strong enrollof golf and friendship on May 12 at Robinson Ranch in
Santa Clarita. Thank you to all who supported this event. A
special thank you goes to Joe Allegretti ‘56 and the Allegretti
family who carried forth their Br. William Nick Holy Cross
Heritage Sponsorship for the seventh consecutive year.
ment demand. Because of this high enrollment, we are
providing more financial aid scholarship support to more
students than ever before. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor or prize donor, please contact the Alumni
Office at (818) 933-3606
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auction
A fire dancer entertains the audience inside the gym
Our annual auction and gala was a beautiful evening, bringing hundreds of party-goers together on the ND cam-
pus on a balmy Saturday night in October. Both the courtyard in front of the gym and the gym were transformed
into a tropical Hawaiian paradise with talented Tahitian drummers and Polynesian dancers entertaining guests.
Inside the gym, guests participated in Polynesian dancing, dazzled by an amazing fire dance finale and a wonderful
dinner.
(l to r): John Hogan ‘67, James Hogan,
Mike Hogan ‘69 and Jack Lathuras
First Team Top Gross winners: Phil Hanna
‘03, Steve Dunn, James Fay, Rahul Desai
ND President Brett Lowart hitting a
shot out of the sand trap
Golf Tournament Committee
Jeff Ames
Kurt Banks ‘63
Mike Hogan ‘69
Peter Hubbard ‘72
Jack Lathuras
Jonathan Lee ‘04
Brett Lowart
Terry McGaha
Alec Moss ‘00
Ron Renaud ‘64
Rob Ritter ‘80
John Skeese
Ryan Stromsborg ‘93
Ron Viola
Congratulations to the following
winners of this year’s tournament:
Mountain Course:
Valley Course:
First Team Top Gross:
Steve Dunn
Rahul Desai
Phil Hanna ‘03
James Fay
First Team Top Gross:
Dawn Hollingsworth
Ron Kelly
Alex Weiss ‘09
Scott Weiss
Zach Weiss ‘10
First Team Top Net:
First Team Top Net:
Scott Eyer ‘93
Rick Connelly
David LaSalle ‘93
Chris Connelly
Kyle Kovacs ‘93
Bill Baker
Scott Stell ‘93
Rick Platt
240’s Winners:
Joe Allegretti ‘56
Bob Fries
Dan Stockton
Bob Ward
Players watch to see a close putt
(l to r): Tim Beaulieu ‘80, Rob Ritter ‘80,
Greg Creaser ‘80, Greg Regan ‘81
We thank our sponsors and those who donated to both the silent
and live auctions and to the President’s Privilege appeal, which this
year benefits various parts of the Light the Way campaign, including
construction of a new fitness center, new gym lobby, seats in the new
baseball stadium and aquatics center. Auction winners won seats to
concerts, luxury Hawaiian and Tahoe getaways, fabulous wines and
many other offerings. A grand prize Luxurious Hawaiian Vacation
raffle topped off the evening.
We also thank our Emcee (Actor and ND parent, David Burke) who
did a masterful job of presenting our auctions both inside and out,
kept the silent auction lively and presided inside for the rest of the
night. Island Inspirations provided the live Hawaiian entertainment.
The ND Auction and Gala is coordinated annually by the Parents Association to raise awareness for the scholarship
fund, which benefits deserving students in need of tuition assistance. Special Events Manager Susan Armendariz and
her committee worked tirelessly to make it an evening to remember. Special thanks also to the following parents who
served in key committee roles: Elaine Quadra, Tony Ward, Ingrid Zelinger, Liliana Sedano, Margaret Warfield, Jaymie
Monroe, Kathy Paul and to the HCMG Mission Committee and the many parents and friends who have contributed
countless volunteer hours; we are very grateful.
(l to r): John Skeese, Roger Casey ‘58,
Greg Davis, Jeff Ames
Enjoying a day at Robinson Ranch
(l to r): Scott Stell ‘93, Kyle Kovacs ‘93,
Dave LaSalle ‘93, Scott Stell ‘93
(l to r): President Brett Lowart, Ron
Sanders, Bob Hill ‘54, Michael Crain
Guest seated and enjoying dinner as our Emcee
David Burke introduces the live auction
Left to right: Nancy McIlvaney, Marra Boada, Anne Gumm,
Rose Martinez, Kim Cosgrove and Kathy Paul
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Alumni News
Alumni Spotlight
2014 Reunion Season Recap
ND Alumni Faculty Show That “Being Family” Is What It’s All About
Six reunions were held this past fall marking milestones for the Classes of 1954, 1964, 1974, 1984, 1994 and 2004.
Three reunions were held September 12 - 13. The class of 1974, 1984 and 1994 kicked off the reunion weekend at
ND in football game against Oaks Christian. The night celebrated with a pre-game pizza and beer party in the Holy
Cross Center Courtyard. The three classes celebrated the following evening at the Sportmen’s Lodge Center with
great food and memories shared by classmates. The 10-year reunion was held on Homecoming weekend.
Class of 1954
Class of 1964
The Class of 1954 celebrates their 60th class reunion on
Homecoming, in the Activity Center on October 17th
The Class of 1964 celebrates their 50-year reunion on October
3rd, and were honored on the field at half-time on the 50-yard line
Class of 1974
Class of 1984
by Barbara Vining and Judy Antoon
Twenty Notre Dame alumni now work at their alma mater. That’s right, 20 of our employees have
returned to their high school to work as teachers, administrtators and staff, proving that we live our
Holy Cross Mission theme of “Being Family.”
Joe Spelta ’81 has the longest tenure of any alumni,
having come back in 1990,
after studying business administration at Loyola Marymount University and working in the private sector.
He is the chairman of the math department and teaches
Geometry.
Also in the math department is Paul Gross ’91, who came
back to teach in 1998, and is the freshman football coach
and girls varsity basketball coach. His daughter Bailey
graduated in 2013.
Becky Koenig Faber
’94, the daughter of Dan
Koenig ’65, is second generation Notre Dame gradudate and teaches trigonometry and precalculus.
Cynthia Torres ’03 teaches geometry and is in her fourth
year working at Notre Dame.
The Class of ‘74 celebrated with memories and
reigniting the 1974 Scholarship Fund
The Class of ‘84 had a night of fun with
cocktails, dinner and music from the 80s
Class of 1994
Class of 2004
The Class of ‘94 celebrates their 20-year reunion in
the Regency Room at the Sportsmen’s Lodge
The Class of 2004 celebrates their 10-year reunion. It was a great
turnout with over a third of alumni class gathered together
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With blood that runs blue and gold, Shannon Tuttle
Genova ’92 is the chair of the science department and
coaches track. She played volleyball here and at the University of Notre Dame and was inducted into our Hall
of Fame in 2012. She is married to alumnus John Genova ‘95. Working with Shannon is Mike Curiel ’90, who
is one of seven siblings who all graduated from Notre
Dame. He teaches chemistry and is a football coach.
Another alumna married to an alumnus is Lisa Tremain
Schori ’88, who is an administrative assistant in the athletic office. Lisa married her high school sweetheart Paul
’88 and their daughter Taylor will graduate in May.
Four of our English teachers graduated from Notre
Dame. Deneen Narwitz Grist ’86 graduated with the
first coed class and returned to ND in 1992 to teach. Her
two daughters are students here now. Nick Kounalis
’96 ran track and played football in high school and now
teaches freshman English. Beth Wiggins Moulton ’03
teaches sophomore English and is a moderator for the
mock trial team. Christina Tallungan ’95, in addition to
teaching English, is the moderator for our championship
debate squad and travels all over the country taking the
team to tournaments.
And in the religion department, we have Joe
Alexander ’77, Bridget
Lander Alameda ’01
and Joanna Cecilio ‘07.
After many years teaching
at other Catholic schools,
Joe came to ND three years ago. Bridget teaches religion
and is a moderator for our Virtus training, an archdiocesan-mandated program required of all educators and
school employees. Joanna, in addition to teaching, is the
head of our Kairos retreat program for seniors. She
graduated from the University of Portland, which she
attended on a full scholarship funded by the Allegretti
family.
Alex Patarias ’96 is in her tenth year teaching history
after graduating from UC Riverside. She played volleyball and swam when she was a student here. “It’s my
second home,” she says.
Andrea Betancourt ’04 is the newest addition to our
tech department, our IT Support Specialist, a job she
started learning as a senior here. Unlike Andrea’s student days, every ND student now has an iPad.
David Borok ’01 is our
first new band director
in 46 years, having taken
over from John Combes
just this school year. He
has a degree in music
education from CSUN.
Two other former band members work in the Advancement Office. Jonathan Lee ‘04 is our Alumni Relations
Manager and in the office next door is Anil Patel ’06,
our Database Manager, who was the drum major when
he was a student.
And finally, we have Alec Moss ’00, our admissions director. He played baseball at ND and is now a coach
with the varsity team.
Our alumni family truly exemplifies “Being Family.”
Welcome home.
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Alumni News
Alumni News
CLASS NOTES
‘55 Richard
De Blasi and ND
President Brett Lowart with Sr.
Rose Byrne at Providence Hospital event. Sr. Rose, 90, entered
the Sisters of Providence Noviciate in 1948 and continues her
activities in support of the Sisters’ hospital ministry.
‘61 Tom
Wallace is alive and well
and resides in Northridge, CA.
Castro is teaching
creative writing at Institute of
American Indian Arts (IAIA) in
Santa Fe, NM.
‘64 Carson
Schreiber has been a
CSUN advisor in Cinema TV
Arts at KCSN-FM since 2003.
Prior to that, he was senior VP
of promotion, marketing, and
product development for Disney’s Lyric Street Records in
Nashville. He was director of
National Country Music Promotion for RCA Records and United Artists Records. He worked
as on-air personality and music
director at KLAC.
‘59 William Patterson is the Presi- ‘74
dent of Patterson Financial, Inc.
Bill was the President of the
National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors Los
Angles. He is also on the executive committee of the ABCs Associates for Breast & Prostate
Cancer Studies at Saint John’s
Health Center. Bill and his wife
Roseanne were recipients of the
“Spirit of Hope” award in 2013
at the ABCs Gala.
‘91 Christina
&
‘81
Jim Fitzgerald '74 (left) and
Dan Milanesa '81 (right) met
with ND President Brett Lowart
in November 2014. The two had
coincidental medical journeys
landing them in the same Salinas,
CA community where they now
very prominent physicians.
‘03 Renee Soluk-Brozyna lives in
Acton, Massachusetts with her
husband Roman. They celebrated their 1st year anniversary and
bought a home in June 2013.
She graduated with a Master in
Higher Education May ‘13 from
the Harvard graduate School of
Education.
‘96 Heather Howard gave birth to
her first daughter Harper Alexandra born June 2014.
‘97
Jennifer Calderon is married to
Dustin Schmuldt and have two
boys, Charles and Henry. She has
been a practicing attorney for 10
years and resides in California.
‘98 Ricardo
“Ricky” Macias has
been married to Melissa for 10
years, has three children, Julianna, Benjamin, and Vivienne. He
is currently working as a Claim
Operations Supervisor and resides in Texas.
‘01 Jean-Paul deGuzman received
a Ph.D. in US history at UCLA in
June 2014 where he was the recipient of the UCLA Distinguished
Teaching Award. He is currently
a Postdoctoral Scholar at the
University of California Center for New Racial Studies and
remains grateful for the unwavering support he received from
ND teachers Wendy Sand, Richard Woolery and Kate Nelson.
‘09
Monique Marie Gelineau
earned her BFA degree in Acting from CSU Fullerton and has
been working as an actress in the
LA area. Her on-camera credits
in independent features, shorts,
and web series’ have allowed her
to become SAG eligible. She is
also a founding member of The
Goat Exchange Theatre Company in which she played Desdemona in their sold out run
of Othello. Monique has been
working as a lifeguard and pool
manager for the City of LA as
well; a job she obtained during
her senior year at ND.
‘13 LeRoy Tanoai is on a two-year
Christian mission in Fiji. He will
be attending college in Fall ‘15.
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Winter & Spring Schedule
January
April
29 Student Walkathon Fundraiser
February
21 Holy Cross Family
Mass & Dinner
Guild Fashion Show
May
11 Annual Scholarship
Golf Tournament
March
14
18 Holy Cross Mothers
Freshmen Registration
14 Hall of Fame Dinner
29 Baccalaureate Mass
30 Graduation
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Let Us Know What You’ve Been Doing!
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‘01 Briana Vowels is a senior pro-
ducers on Hell's Kitchen with
Gordam Ramsay.
l to r: Robert Wagner, Jill St. John, Rosann,
Bill Patterson ‘59 and Patrick Wayne
In Memoriam
Daniel Marriott, Class of 1957
Gerald Cuillier, Class of 1964
Walter Koerner, Class of 1952
Marrett Neblett, Class of 1958
Peter E. Dilworth, Class of 1964
Bill Vaughan, Class of 1953
Charles Griner, Class of 1959
Gabriel Murano, Class of 1964
David Code, Class of 1954
Manuel A. Barbosa, Class of 1960
Barry Leiker, Class of 1965
Francis O. Nicholas, Class of 1955
George Pabst, Class of 1963
Dan Goossen, Class of 1967
Margaret Mary Dervin, mother of
Joe Dervin ’59 and Bob Dervin ‘67
Lowell E. Mares, Class of 1956
Peter M. Wesely, Class of 1963
Bruce Biggs, Class of 1970
Judith Guich, wife of John Guich ‘61
Bruce Fishelman, father of Sage Fishelman ‘09
Meg Hoff, wife of Gary Hoff ‘66 sisterin-law of Paul Hoff ‘64, Kurt Hoff ‘74 and
Dan Koenig ‘66 Aunt of Michelle Koenig
Barritt ‘90, Becky Koenig Faber ‘94 and David Koenig ‘96
David J. Dilworth, Class of 1956
Thomas Atwood, Class of 1964
Daniel McKeon, Class of 1982
Nicholas De Cristo, Class of 1957
William V. Cardillo, Class of 1964
Cynthia Friedman, Class of 1988
Mary Gurasich, mother of the late
Walt Gurasich ‘54
Carole J. Rothe, wife of Frank A. Rothe
‘59
In Memoriam
Steve Bonfiglio, grandfather of
Sandra Tommasetti ‘93
Philescene Supple, mother of Tom Supple ‘58, Terry Supple ‘60, Steve Supple ‘61,
Kevin Supple ‘68 and Rory Supple ‘71
Richard Stubblefield, husband of Colleen
Stubblefield, father of Barry Stubblefield
‘74, Richard Stubblefield ‘75, Gregory Stubblefield ‘77, grandfather of Lea Bekner ‘13
and Raymond Haldy ‘14.