10 years of leadership - Alumni

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SPRING HILL
T H E
S P R I N G
H I L L
C O L L E G E
M A G A Z I N E
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S P R I N G
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10 YEARS OF
LEADERSHIP
Rev. Gregory F. Lucey, S.J.
Celebrates Milestone in Presidency
THE SPRING HILL COLLEGE
MAGAZINE
VOLUME 1, NUMBER 2
FROM
THE
PRESIDENT
EDITOR:
Lindsay O’Quin
MANAGING EDITOR:
John Kerr
LAYOUT & DESIGN:
Dear Alumni and Friends,
Peg Udall
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Seth Laubinger
Lindsay O’Quin
Keith Necaise
Greg Witcher ’07
CONTRIBUTING
WRITERS:
Kelly McCarron ’99
Lindsay Mott ’07
Scootie Dabbs
Jolie Pollard ’07
Greta Sharp
Jessica Slater ’08
THE SPRING HILL
COLLEGE MAGAZINE
is published three times a year
by the Office of Communications
and Marketing.
PRESIDENT
COMMENTS
should be addressed to:
Lindsay O’Quin, Editor
Spring Hill College Magazine,
4000 Dauphin Street
Mobile, AL 36608-1791
251.380.2280 or 877.SPR.HILL
loquin@shc.edu
As another wonderful year quickly
draws to a close, the campus has been
alive with celebrations of the achievements of our students and of my 10th
anniversary as president of Spring Hill
College. I would like to think there is a
connection between the very impressive
achievements of our graduating seniors
and the completion of these 10 years as
president.
During this time, we have made significant progress in realizing my vision for
creating a learning and living environment that truly fosters growth in all of
us, particularly in our students. Both at
the recent Academic Convocation and
the Leadership Reception I was
impressed with numbers of students graduating with honors and the clear evidence of student leadership within the
College community.
Individual graduates have been
accepted at not one but four medical
schools, eight law schools, or seven doctoral programs. As I look out my window
while writing this letter I see Margaret
Sanders leaving the library. Margaret
will graduate with a double major in
pure mathematics and philosophy and a
minor in chemistry. She will enter a doctoral program in mathematical biology at
Florida State University next fall.
My reflections on these 10 incredible
years at Spring Hill College led me to
realize that lasting such a length of time
in a position like this, while wonderful,
is not nearly as important as what has
been achieved and how we have
achieved it. We have been truly blessed
over these 10 years, through the efforts
and generosity of so many, to be able to
rebuild much of this campus, to
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strengthen our financial sustainability, to
awaken our spiritual identity, to energize
our faculty, to enhance our programs and
services, and to significantly increase our
enrollment.
How have we achieved all of this? It is
very simple. We have created and nurtured partnerships with a strong, committed Board of Trustees who have generously given of their time, talent and
treasure. We have worked with and
among the faculty, staff and senior leadership, with our alumni and our current
students, as well as with the community
of Mobile and beyond. These partnerships have made the difference.
But more important than what we
have achieved is what we have become
over these 10 years. Growth of the person is what we are about at Spring Hill.
The experience of the love and appreciation of this community for me has,
indeed, enabled me to become what I
have aspired to be from my youth. I am
truly honored and humbled to be recognized as I have been with the naming of
the Administration Building. It will
always symbolize the love and appreciation I have experienced from the Spring
Hill College community.
As you read this issue of the magazine,
I hope you will rejoice in what we have
accomplished and in what we have
become. May you also rejoice in the
vision for Spring Hill College yet to be
realized and that we have some years left
to fully realize that vision.
Sincerely,
President
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FROM THE PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i
CAMPUS NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-5
BADGER NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-7
FR. LUCEY: A
A PRESIDENT
PERSON, A PRIEST &
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LINDSAY O’QUIN
CELEBRATING A PRESIDENTIAL MILESTONE . . . . .11-14
ADMIN BUILDING TO BE NAMED FOR FR. LUCEY . . .14
GEORGE WILL SPEAKS AT
‘SCHOLARSHIPS AT SPRING HILL COLLEGE’ . . . . .15-16
LINDSAY O’QUIN
SISTERHOOD: NUNS FROM VIETNAM
EXPERIENCE LIFE ON THE HILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
JOLIE POLLARD ’07
SENIOR SUCCESSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-19
LINDSAY MOTT ’07, JOLIE POLLARD ’07
OUTSTANDING ALUMNI HONORED AT
PRESIDENT’S DINNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-21
HOMECOMING ON THE HILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22-23
GRETA SHARP
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CLASS NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24-25
CHAPTER UPDATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26-27
ALUMNI NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
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CAMPUSNEWS
JESUIT LEADER ENCOURAGES COMMUNITY OF KINSHIP
By Jolie Pollard ’07
troubled youths that join gangs, come from unstable households
oyle Heights, a community in Los Angeles, Calif., is notorious
that drove them to seek refuge in a group that provides a false
for its high number of gang-involved youth. Many young men
sense of security. “Pops told me I was somebody. That struck me
and women take the Los Angeles streets armed with dangerous
because I couldn’t believe someone would see potential in me,”
weapons, selling drugs, eluding authorities, and living lives with
said Valenzuela, who now gives tours inside Homeboy Industries.
no goals and no hope of a safe future.
Watching these young men
And while jailing these
turn their lives around has not
criminals has been the combeen easy for Boyle, who also
mon solution by law authorihas a big challenge of getting
ties, one man has struggled to
rival gang members to work
pursue an alternative route in
side by side. Boyle told a tearfighting gang-related crime.
jerking story of “Chico.” The
Exemplary of the Jesuit
center had helped the young
ideal of going beyond service,
man find a job in computer scifor close to 20 years, the Rev.
ence, but not long after Chico
Gregory Boyle, S.J., has
had faxed Boyle a letter telling
helped his “homies” live a
him how much he appreciated
better life through kinship.
his new way of life, Chico was
“There is no us and them,
victim to a drive-by shooting
just us,” said Boyle, explaining The Rev. Gregory Boyle, S.J., spoke to Spring Hill students about creating
a community of kinship. He is accompanied by two former gang members,
right in front of his home.
the meaning of kinship to a
Maynor Aguirre, left, and George Valenzuela.
The priest said it is difficult
mix of Spring Hill students,
to measure the success of Homeboy Industries in terms of how
faculty and staff on Feb. 13. “It’s about recognizing that we’re in
many youths have left gangs for lives in the workforce, as he has
this together.”
already buried 150 former gang members. Boyle said that for gang
The white Jesuit priest is known as “G-Dog” and “Pops” by a
members to step inside Homeboy Industries and to make the perpredominantly Latino community. Boyle is the executive director
sonal decision to change is tough. “It’s like a habit that’s hard to
of the Los Angeles-based Jobs for a Future/Homeboy Industries, a
break,” said Aguirre, describing his exit from gang life.
nationally recognized center for at-risk and gang-involved youth
In an effort to help youth break that habit and satisfy their
that assists 1,000 people a month with services, including providdesire to work, the center has created several successful developing employment opportunities, tattoo removal and counseling.
ment enterprises, including Homeboy Bakery, Homeboy
The renowned speaker was accompanied by two former gang
Silkscreen, Homeboy/Homegirl Merchandise, Homeboy Graffiti
members who shed light on his message of kinship. Twenty-nineRemoval, Homeboy Maintenance, and Homeboy Landscaping.
year-old George Valenzuela told the audience, “He gave me a
chance. I took him in as my father.”
Jolie Pollard ’07 interned in the Office of Communications
Valenzuela and 21-year-old Maynor Aguirre, like many other
and Marketing.
PHOTO BY KEITH NECAISE
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STUDENTS’ DESIGNS FOR NEW ORLEANS PROVINCE WIN CONTEST
S
tudents in Janden Richards’s graphic design class, as well as
students from Loyola University New Orleans, had the opportunity to design logos for the centennial celebration of the New
Orleans Province of the Society of Jesus, which was established
Aug. 15, 1907. Plans are to use the logos on banners in downtown
New Orleans, on publications for the Province and on the Spring
Hill College Web site. From left, Glen Noya of Noya Design
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Incorporated of New Orleans, contest judge; Janden Richards,
instructor of fine arts; Lynsey Winkler; Maria Merchan; Rev. Mark
Lewis, S.J.; Michael Bourg, executive director for development of
the New Orleans Province and contest judge; Brian Patterson;
Gabriel Capote; and President Gregory F. Lucey, S.J. Brian
Patterson won first place (logo shown); Maria Merchan took second place; and Gabriel Capote and Lynsey Winkler tied for third.
CARROCCI NAMED PRESIDENT OF NEWMAN UNIVERSITY
experiences, and through the college’s
r. Noreen Carrocci, provost and vice
annual Celebration of Our Learning Day.
president for academic affairs at
“It is difficult to find the words to adeSpring Hill College since 1998, has been
quately describe the contributions that Dr.
named president of Newman University
Carrocci has made to Spring Hill College
in Wichita, Kan. She concluded her servover these past nine years,” said the Rev.
ice to Spring Hill College on May 18 and
Gregory F. Lucey, S.J. “Dr. Carrocci has
will assume responsibilities as president of
played a leadership role in the transformaNewman on July 1. The Board of Trustees
recognized Carrocci
with a resolution at the
April board meeting.
During her nine years
of service to Spring Hill,
Carroci has led the college to fulfill all requirements of the Southern
Association of Colleges
and Schools and to earn
reaffirmation of its
accreditation through
the 2016-2017 academic
year. She has led the
faculty to revitalize the
core curriculum and has
Dr. Noreen Carrocci is surprised at commencement when the Rev.
nurtured friendships with Gregory F. Lucey, S.J., names her the recipient of the William J.
students, faculty, staff
Rewak, S.J., Service Award for her nine years of service to Spring
Hill College.
and friends of Spring
Hill College. In addition, she has advocated the engagement
of students in learning through undergraduate research, service learning, community service and international immersion
PHOTO BY SETH LAUBINGER
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tion of our learning space with the renovation of Quinlan Hall and the construction of the Burke Library, and she has
been instrumental in the renewal of the
faculty by providing opportunities for professional development and by hiring so
many great additions. ‘COOL Day,’ the
annual celebration of our learning, symbolizes those contributions Dr. Carrocci
has made in her quest for academic excellence at Spring Hill College. In a word,
she has had a hand in all that has been
accomplished these past nine years.”
Carrocci holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in
speech communication and human relations from the University of Kansas and
an A.B in speech communication/psychology from Miami University (Ohio).
Prior to coming to Spring Hill she served
as dean of the Undergraduate College and
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at
the University of St. Thomas in
Minnesota from 1994 to 1998.
Dr. George Sims, associate vice president for academic affairs, will serve as
interim provost. The college will soon
begin a search for a new provost and academic vice president.
Newman University is a coeducational
Catholic liberal arts institution offering
associate, baccalaureate and master’s
degrees. Sponsored by the Adorers of the
Blood of Christ, Newman University
offers more than 40 undergraduate and
graduate programs to students from 26
states and 33 countries.
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r. Ola Fox, associate professor of
nursing and program coordinator for
the Master of Science in Nursing Clinical
Nurse Leader (MSN-CNL) program, was
recently appointed to the national steering committee by the American
Association of Colleges of Nursing president, Jeanette Lancaster from the
University of Virginia.
Fox will serve alongside other educators
and partners from clinical practice to
oversee the growth, development and
implementation of the CNL role. The
American Association of Colleges of
Nursing is the national voice for
America’s baccalaureate- and higherdegree nursing education programs.
“It is so exciting to be involved in such
an important
initiative in
improving
care for
patients.
When we
reviewed the
first white
papers on the
CNL, we
knew it was
the right proDr. Ola Fox
gram for
Spring Hill,” Fox said. “The philosophy
and mission of the CNL are very similar
to the philosophy and mission of the college.”
Fox is a longtime resident of Mobile.
DR. OLA FOX APPOINTED TO
AACN CLINICAL NURSE LEADER STEERING COMMITTEE
She began her career as a nurse manager
at Mobile Infirmary Medical Center. She
is a graduate of Mobile Infirmary School
of Nursing and holds her bachelor’s
degree, master’s degree, post-masters
Gerontological Nurse Practitioner/
Clinical Nurse Specialist certificate from
the University of South Alabama, and her
Doctor of Nursing Science from Louisiana
State University Health Science Center
in New Orleans. She has been in academia since 1989. She teaches graduate
courses in the MSN-CNL program and
serves as coordinator of the MSN program.
For more information on Spring Hill
College’s MSN-CNL program, visit
www.shc.edu/msn or call (800) 524-8957.
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CAMPUSNEWS
COLLEGE COMMUNITY SAYS THANK YOU TO RETIREES
From left, Dr. Jack Kane,
professor and chair, Department
of Chemistry, Physics and
Engineering; Br. Ferrell Blank,
S.J., plant operations; Susie
Steen, office manager, financial
aid; President Gregory F.
Lucey, S.J.; Ruth Belasco,
professor of fine arts; James
Brown, golf course grounds;
and Dr. Stewart Langdon,
associate professor of business,
celebrate their retirement from
Spring Hill College with an endof-the-year reception.
D
r. John W. “Jack” Kane and Br. Ferrell
Blank, S.J., have been taking care of
business and devoting their professional
lives to Spring Hill College for a combined
84 years. They are among five dedicated
college employees retiring this year.
Kane has been a member of the faculty
for 38 years, and Blank has been part of
the community for 46 years. (See spring
2006 issue of Spring Hill magazine.) They
join Susie Steen, Ruth Belasco, both with
more than 20 years of service, and Dr.
Stewart Langdon in the 2007 class of
retirees who recently received the college’s
thanks and best wishes.
“The devotion and contributions of
these dedicated individuals are immeasurable. In their work they have helped shape
the lives of so many students and developed friendships that last a lifetime,” said
President Gregory F. Lucey, S.J. “They will
be missed but will be part of our family
always.”
Kane joined the SHC faculty in 1969 as
an assistant professor of physics. He has
served as chair of the Department of
Chemistry, Physics and Engineering since
1997.
A former student said of him: “Thank
you for the memories and stories, but more
important thank you for a priceless education. I have carried all my mentors forward
into my life, in ways they may never realize, for they have become part of who I am.
I hope that in the celebration of your
career, you will see how you have touched
so many students’ lives in such profound
ways. Take care and enjoy your retirement.
And remember you will still be working,
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throughout the world, via those lessons you
taught to yesterday’s graduates and today’s
leaders.”
Dr. David Dean, chair of the Division of
Sciences, said, “Jack is best known among
the faculty for the knowledge of and
enthusiasm for the subject matter that he
teaches and the sincere caring manner in
which he interacts with students both in
and out of the classroom.”
Blank has kept it all together at the college in more ways than one. He has put his
expertise and engineering background to
work for the college in plumbing, electrical, heating and cooling, refrigeration and
even blacksmithing. Blank lived in Murray
Hall and helped students, lent an ear when
needed and cooked a pretty good gumbo
for them on occasion. He helped many of
them get ready to “engineer” a successful
life after college.
Steen first came to SHC in 1984, left in
’87 to work part time in financial aid, and
returned full time again in 1994. Dean of
Admissions Steve Pochard said, “Susie is
pleasant, pleasing, personable and professional – always making sure the students
were well taken care of. She brought a
feeling of true Southern charm to the college.”
Langdon’s students fully appreciated the
values that business graduates of a Jesuit
institution should possess to truly become
leaders in service to others. His courses
were popular with students, and he brought
real-world experiences into the classroom.
Langdon began teaching at Spring Hill in
the Business Division in the fall of 1993
after a decorated career in the United
States Navy and a successful tenure in the
technology industry.
Langdon has been recognized by the
College as the Moody Teacher of the Year
and the Fagot Teacher of the Year. He has
been the driving force behind the Business
Advisory Board, the principal architect of
the Business Program Development at
Spring Hill College document, and the
innovator of the present-day business capstone courses.
Belasco joined the SHC faculty in 1983.
Her works have been featured in numerous
exhibits in Mobile and throughout the
Southeast. She has served on the board of
directors for the Alabama Alliance for Arts
Education and chair of the Visual Arts
Committee of the Higher Education
Initiative.
The Rev. Stephen Campbell, S.J., chair
of the Department of Fine and Performing
Arts, said, “Since her arrival here in 1983,
she has increased the level of academic
integrity of the department by significantly
expanding the curriculum in studio art and
doing work on an interdisciplinary level.”
SPIRITUALITY INSTITUTE
SET FOR JUNE
The Summer Institute of Christian
Spirituality once again will be presented
by the Department of Theology June 3-9
and June 10-16 in Mobile, and June 17-22
and June 23-28 in Atlanta. The institute
features more than 16 courses in the
Jesuit, Catholic tradition and participants
can earn undergraduate, graduate or CEU
credit. For more information visit
www.shc.edu/sics, or call (800) 524-8957.
CLASS OF ’07 LEAVES ITS MARK ON THE HILL
bout 300 undergraduate, Lifelong
Learning and graduate students walked
the Avenue of the Oaks at commencement
on May 13, a typical stifling hot Mother’s
Day.
The Most Rev. Oscar Lipscomb, the first
archbishop and eighth bishop of Mobile,
received the Fons Sapientiae Award, Spring
Hill’s highest honor, for providing spiritual
leadership to the Archdiocese of Mobile
and to Spring Hill College as a trustee.
Lipscomb also delivered the commencement address.
“I am grateful beyond measure for the
honor which Spring Hill College confers
upon me by the rarely given Fons
Sapientiae designation,” Lipscomb said.
Honorary degrees were presented to John
Burke Jr. ’63 and Monsignor Edward J.
Dillon. Burke, chairman and CEO of Burke
Properties, received an honorary Doctor of
Laws for his philanthropy to the arts and
charitable organizations, as well as
for his contribution to the transformation of campus with the Marnie
and John Burke Memorial Library.
Dillon, pastor of Holy Spirit Parish,
received an honorary Doctor of
Humane Letters for his dedication to
the revitalization of Church law and
for his support of the Spring Hill
Atlanta initiative.
In addition, several faculty members were recognized for their service
to Spring Hill. Glenda Partridge,
instructor of accounting, was named
the Rev. Edward B. Moody, S.J.,
Teacher of the Year. Dr. Andrew
Sharp, professor of accounting,
received the Dawson Research
Award. Dr. Noreen Carrocci,
provost and vice president for academic affairs, was surprised when
she was named the recipient of the
William J. Rewak, S.J., Service
Award for her nine years of service
to the college. Ruth Belasco, Dr.
Jack Kane and Dr. Stewart Langdon
were recognized as emeriti faculty.
Three members of the senior class
were recognized for outstanding
service and scholastic achievement.
Brian Dupont received the Toolen
Award for highest scholastic
achievement. Brianne Bordes and
Christopher Holcomb received Ignatian
Awards for exemplifying Ignatian ideals.
Kathleen Parks, senior class president,
presented the class gift of the restoration of
the historic fountain that was vandalized
last December. The fountain, located
between St. Joseph Chapel and the
Administration Building, dates back to the
1890s.
After the degrees were conferred,
Matthew Blythe, senior class orator,
addressed his fellow graduates with a memorable speech. He opened by saying, “If
you’ve never written a graduation commencement speech, what most people tell
you is to always open with a quote.”
But, Blythe refused to conform to the
conventional. “Hey, this is Spring Hill,” he
continued. “We have more elevated standards here, coming as we do from the legacy
of our Jesuit education. Do you think
Ignatius of Loyola … would have gotten up
here and been content to spout some trite,
platitudinous nonsense? No, of course he
wouldn’t do that.”
Instead, Blythe encouraged his fellow
graduates, “Let’s be a generation that constructs our own words, that doesn’t just settle for whatever’s already on the books to
get us off and get us by. … Your new lives
are just beginning, so be sure to make the
most of this amazing achievement.”
PHOTOS BY SETH LAUBINGER
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Clockwise from top, Archbishop Oscar Lipscomb delivers the
commencement address; Matthew Blythe, senior class orator,
addresses his fellow graduates; Monsignor Edward Dillon receives
his honorary degree; members of the class of 2007 toss their hats;
and John Burke Jr. receives his honorary degree.
SEE MORE COMMENCEMENT PHOTOS, INSIDE BACK COVER.
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BADGERNEWS
SHC NAMES ATHLETES
OF THE YEAR
S
pring Hill student-athletes were honored at the annual Athletics Banquet
in April. Among them:
MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
per game, recorded 226 steals and 49
blocks. She shot a 47.6 total field goal
percentage, a 36.4 3-point percentage and
a 72.9 free throw percentage.
Her career high points included 29
points against Belhaven College in
February. Rodriguez is the daughter of
Louis and Celina Rodriguez of Violet, La.,
and graduated with a degree in accounting.
FEMALE ATHLETES OF THE YEAR
KRISTIE MURPHY, SENIOR, SOCCER
Murphy, a native of Leawood, Kan., is a
four-year starter and team captain for the
past two seasons. As a freshman, she was
named 1st-Team All-Conference, AllRegion and Honorable Mention AllAmerican. She was named 2nd Team AllConference as a junior, and 1st Team AllConference as a senior.
Murphy anchored the defense and
helped SHC’s top 50 ranking by the
NAIA for lowest goals against average
defense. Murphy is the daughter of Tim
and Elin Murphy. She graduated with a
degree in graphic design.
PHOTOS BY SETH LAUBINGER AND KEITH NECAISE
SPRING HILL SOFTBALL
WINS GCAC REGULAR
SEASON TITLE
T
MARIA RODRIGUEZ, SENIOR,
BASKETBALL
Named to the All-GCAC team as a freshman, junior and senior, Rodriguez scored a
double-figure points average all four years
as a starter for the Lady Badgers. She averaged 12.6 points per game, 4.9 rebounds
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oftball head coach Alison SellersCook was named the 2007 Gulf Coast
Athletic Conference Coach of the Year by
conference officials.
Sellers-Cook led the Lady Badgers to a
24-23 overall record and 8-4 GCAC
record. The Lady Badgers earned the No.
1 seed at the GCAC tournament and an
invitation to the NAIA Region XIII tournament on May 8-10.
Sellers-Cook also played four years for
Spring Hill and spent two seasons as an
assistant coach before accepting the head
coaching position in 2005. In two seasons
at the helm, Sellers-Cook has recorded a
46-44 (13-11 GCAC) record.
MADZINSKI NAMED
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
COACH
DREW SIMS, SENIOR, BASEBALL
Sims, a native of Mobile, Ala., is a fouryear starter at second base/shortstop and
has been team captain for the past two
seasons. He started 163 of 166 games and
recorded a career batting average of .333.
He recorded 86 runs batted in and scored
61 runs. He also recorded 295 put-outs
and a .931 fielding percentage.
Sims is the son of SHC head baseball
coach Frank Sims and graduated with a
degree in communications.
COOK NAMED GCAC
COACH OF THE YEAR
he Spring Hill softball team (23-21,
8-4 GCAC) secured the GCAC regular season title on April 14 with a 10-8
victory over the University of Mobile.
Spring Hill defeated all three GCAC
teams at least once to attain this top
honor. During the season, SHC defeated
Belhaven College, 3-1; William Carey
University, 4-0; and UM, 1-3, in a fourgame series.
S
pring Hill College has a new women’s
basketball coach. Craig Madzinski will
take over the Lady Badgers’ program.
Madzinski, a native of Chicago, Ill.,
spent last season as an assistant women’s
basketball coach at Fairfield University in
Fairfield, Conn. During the 2005-06 season, Madzinski was an assistant women’s
coach at the United States Military
Academy at West Point, N.Y., where the
Cadets finished 20-11 for the season.
Madzinski graduated from Saint Leo
University in 1989 where he was threeyear varsity letter winner in basketball.
SHC NAMES BETH
RING HEAD VOLLEYBALL COACH
B
eth Ring has been named head volleyball coach at Spring Hill College.
Ring coached four seasons at Falls Road
Baptist Church School in Rocky Mount,
N.C., where her teams posted a 68-14
record and won a state championship in
2005. Ring also coached at Faith Baptist
School in Pembine, Wis., where her teams
also won a state championship in 1999.
Ring played at Northland Baptist Bible
College from 1988-92. She received a B.S.
in education in 1992.
Two alumni inducted into Athletic Hall of Fame
Kelly O’Connor Karras ’88 and William Blake Stein ’95 are the newest inductees into the Spring
Hill College Athletic Hall of Fame. They were honored at the President’s Dinner on March 22 as part
of the Homecoming on the Hill celebration.
This award is presented to athletes and coaches who have made outstanding contributions to Spring
Hill College or who have made significant achievements in their athletic careers.
William Blake Stein ’95 – Baseball, B.S., Chemistry
Kelly O’Connor Karras ’88 – Cross Country, B.S., Psychology
Blake Stein is assistant baseball coach at
McGill-Toolen Catholic High School. A two-time
All-American, Stein pitched for the Badgers from
1992 to 1994 setting 10 school records. He was a
career leader in ERA (3.07), wins (26), and strikeouts (302). Stein struck out a record 17 William
Carey batters on April 20, 1994. During Stein’s
tenure, the Spring Hill Badgers were 108-49 (.689)
including a school best 40-15 record in 1992. He
was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 6th
round of the 1994 amateur draft and was traded to
the Oakland Athletics in 1997 as part of the infamous Mark McGuire trade. Stein was traded to
the Kansas City Royals in 1999. In his first full season with the Royals he went 8-5 with a 4.68 ERA
and 78 strikeouts. In 2004 he signed as a free agent
with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Stein completed his
degree at Spring Hill in December 2005. He and
his wife, Ellen, reside in Daphne with their three
daughters, Corinne, Meghan and Kendall.
While a student at Spring Hill College,
Karras was the No. 1 seeded runner on the
cross country team. She won the Gulf Coast
Cross Country Regional Championship in
1987 and went on to nationals where she
placed in the top 20. She graduated summa
cum laude and received the Father Dorn award,
given to the best female athlete with the
highest G.P.A., and was elected to the
American College Athletic Hall of Fame.
After graduating from Spring Hill, Karras
placed in the top 20 percent in the Boston
Marathon and was fifth among 2,500 runners
in the Moscow Marathon. Karras and her husband, Drew, live in Chicago where she manages their real estate investment firm. They
have three daughters, Meghan, Amanda and
Devon. Karras joins her father, Tom O’Connor
’61, who was inducted into the Athletic Hall
of Fame last year.
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
MEN’S BASKETBALL
The Badgers finished the 2006-07 season with a record of 14-13 (9-10 GCAC)
under fourth-year head coach Robert
Thompson. They ended the season at the
GCAC tournament in New Orleans.
After a first-round win over Loyola
University, the Badgers fell to Xavier in
the second game. Senior guard Ugo
Ezekwe and sophomore guard Jeremy Price
were named to the All-GCAC team.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
The Lady Badgers wrapped up a tough
2006-07 season with a record of 8-19 (810 GCAC). The Lady Badgers ended the
season at the GCAC tournament in New
Orleans, La., with a loss to Southern
University of New Orleans. Senior Maria
Rodriguez was named to the All-GCAC
team.
BASEBALL
The Badgers finished with an 18-38 (525 GCAC) record for the 2007 season.
SHC co-hosted the GCAC Tournament
along with the University of Mobile on
May 3-6 at Stan Galle Field. The Badgers
defeated No. 9 Belhaven College in the
opening round, 5-4, but fell to William
Carey University and the University of
Mobile in later rounds. Freshman center
fielder Ryan Hall was named to the AllConference team and the Rawlings-NAIA
Conference Gold Glove Team. Junior second baseman Tom Connors and sophomore first baseman Ricky Havens were
also named to the Gold Glove Team.
MEN’S & WOMEN’S GOLF
The men finished the regular season at
the BMW Intercollegiate Tournament in
Greenville, S.C., where the team placed
14th overall. The men’s team competed in
the NAIA Region XIII Championship
April 29-May 1. They finished 2nd overall with a three-round total of 881(+17).
Freshman Will Loweth led the Badgers
with a 219 total score and was named to
the All-Region team.
The SHC women’s golf team finished
the regular season at the Bash at the
Beach tournament in Daytona Beach,
Fla., where the team placed 10th overall.
The team finished 3rd at the NAIA
Regional tournament in April.
MEN’S & WOMEN’S
TENNIS
The SHC men’s tennis team finished
the regular season against Huntington
College in Montgomery, Ala., where they
fell 7-2. The Badgers went 1-for-2 in the
GCAC tournament in New Orleans, La.,
where the team defeated Belhaven
College (5-4) and went 0-for-1 at the
Regional tournament.
The Lady Badgers finished the regular
season on March 30 against Belhaven
College at the Mobile Tennis Center,
where they lost 2-7. The Lady Badgers lost
to the University of Mobile (7-2) at the
GCAC tournament in New Orleans, La.
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Father Lucey:
a Person,
a Priest
& a President
By Lindsay O’Quin
T
he Rev. Gregory F. Lucey, S.J., is a man defined
foremost by who he is rather than what he
does.
As Fr. Lucey celebrates 10 years as president of
Spring Hill College, he undoubtedly is satisfied with
the transformation of the college’s living and learning
environment. However, he is also
pleased that he has been able to
integrate all facets of his life into
the college’s success – his charisma, his spirituality and his leadership – with a team of highly capable people at his side. Fr. Lucey’s
role as president was 64 years in
the making, and a decade later he
reflects on the path that led him
to Spring Hill College.
Fr. Lucey was first aware that he
wanted to be a Jesuit when he was
12 years old. His brother already
planned to pursue becoming a
Jesuit, so his mother encouraged
him to take a different road.
“She said once, ‘We’ll have a
priest in the family, we’ll have
somebody in politics, but we
don’t have anybody in medicine.
Why don’t you become a doctor?’” Fr. Lucey recalls.
“So, when I got my doctorate, I said, ‘OK, Mom, now
I’m a doctor.’”
Fr. Lucey attended Campion Jesuit High School, a
Jesuit boarding school in Wisconsin, where he was surrounded by about a dozen young Jesuit scholastics who
taught his classes. His decision to become a Jesuit was
cemented, but he questioned his ability to follow in
his mentors’ footsteps.
“I thought, Gosh, I would really like to be one of
them. Could I do that? Am I smart enough? I just
wanted to be like those guys,” he said.
Growing up in the late ’40s and early ’50s in a religious family, Fr. Lucey says the culture was supportive
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of the choice to become a priest. But, as the social and
religious climate changed in the ’60s with the opening
of the Second Vatican Council, his decision to stay
was harder than his initial decision to enter the priesthood. Many Jesuits decided to leave, but Fr. Lucey,
ordained in 1964, sensed that God had a plan for his
life.
“I had a very, very profound
moment of sensing that God
wanted me to be His priest. ‘I
want you as a priest in my
church’ was what I heard,’” Fr.
Lucey said. “That was such a
turning point.”
Fr. Lucey, who described his
younger self as “not a star student,” respects the Society of
Jesus for the importance it places
on education. “One of the great
things about the Society of Jesus
is its emphasis on a education
almost to a fault. If you’re interested in getting more education,
you really have the opportunity,”
he said.
As a young Jesuit, Fr. Lucey
received a master’s degree in education and undergraduate and graduate degrees in philosophy from St. Louis University, as well as a master’s
degree in liturgy from the University of Notre Dame.
Fr. Lucey returned to his old high school, Campion,
as a scholastic, teaching for three years just like the
men whom he had admired in his youth. After ordination, he directed retreats for students and parish
renewal programs across the upper Midwest. A few
years later, while visiting Campion, he learned from a
group of friends that the principal would soon be leaving.
“I said a kind of boastful thing,” Fr. Lucey prefaced
with a chuckle. “I said, ‘Well, I’ve got a master’s in
education. I could do that.’ It was just spur of the
moment. And I thought, maybe I should have thought
about that.”
Weeks later the president of Campion called Fr.
Lucey and asked if he would seriously consider becoming principal. Fr. Lucey agreed. In the fall of 1969 he
entered the school year as principal, and one year later
he became the president.
Unfortunately, Fr. Lucey had to close the school in
1975, but he felt that in
educational administration was where he
belonged. Following his
presidency at Campion,
he earned his doctorate
in educational administration from the
University of Wisconsin
at Madison. Then he
served as vice president
for development at
Seattle University from
1978-1988.
With aspirations to
become a college president, Fr. Lucey applied
and interviewed for
presidency at two colleges. Coming in second both times, he
thought perhaps presidency wasn’t what he
was meant to pursue.
Fr. Lucey returned to a
spiritual role as rector of
the Jesuit community at
Marquette University for
five years, during which
time he founded and
served as director of
Marquette’s Center for
Ignatian Spirituality. He
then served as president
of the Jesuit Conference
USA based in Washington, D.C. Serving in that
capacity, he attended the 34th General Congregation
of the Society of Jesus in 1995 as one of 200 delegates
worldwide. Although he enjoyed the international
aspects of his role as president of the Jesuit
Conference, he felt less connected to a single community and missed the opportunity of forming relationships with individuals.
Finally, in 1997 the opportunity to lead Spring Hill
College presented itself, and Fr. Lucey was the right
man for the job at the right time. “I was looking for a
challenge,” he said. “I had a wide range of experience
over a lifetime to bring to Mobile to a small liberal
arts college.”
Fr. Lucey said he did not come to Spring Hill with a
vision or blueprint of what he planned to accomplish.
Instead, he brought a refreshing attitude and a collaborative management style.
“I’m more like, ‘I don’t have the answer. Let’s talk
about it,’” he said. “Then we have to have the confidence that we can do this. The question is not can we
do it, but how can we
do it?”
Fr. Lucey knew he
would be questioned at
first on becoming the
president of a college,
having never taught a
college course. But,
after 10 years the questioning has silenced.
Fr. Lucey’s approach is
that he doesn’t have to
have all the skills
needed to run a college, but he needs to
surround himself with
people who do possess
those skills.
“I think the most
challenging part is
being able to supervise,
inspire and motivate
really bright, capable
people,” he said. “The
stronger and brighter
and more capable, the
better.”
With a talented
group of faculty and
staff at Spring Hill, Fr.
Lucey said he couldn’t
take credit for all the
college’s success in the
last decade. And, surprisingly, the achievements of which he is most proud are not newly constructed or renovated buildings.
“What I’m most pleased with is what I’ve been able
to coalesce, to bring people together around a mission,” he explained.
A self-described extrovert, Fr. Lucey said the most
enjoyable aspect of his job as president is interacting
with people, whether through talking to them in the
cafeteria, writing letters, giving presentations, or cultivating relationships with donors. Being a big-picture
leader, Fr. Lucey admits his least favorite part is “really
picky details.”
Fr. Lucey states matter-of-factly that he has no life
“I think Spring Hill all the time.
When I wake up in the
morning, I’m thinking about
Spring Hill.”
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outside of Spring Hill College, but the beauty of his
position is that he can combine many dimensions of
his being into the college – his spirituality, his relationships with people, and his ability to lead.
“I used to think that I needed another life, but at
my age, doing what I’m doing is my life,” he said. “I
think Spring Hill all the time. When I wake up in the
morning, I’m thinking about Spring Hill.”
Despite Fr. Lucey and Spring Hill College seeming
one and the same, he is not defined solely by his job
title as president. As Dr. Noreen Carrocci, provost
and vice president for academic affairs, once told him,
“You’re first a person, secondly a priest, and thirdly a
president.” In an emotional recount of their conversation, Fr. Lucey explained that this description reflects
his priorities in life.
“My first priority and most basic identity is the dignity of the human person, and the priesthood reflects
my whole spiritual dimension,” he said. “Having
authority and titles and exercising leadership would
be the least important.”
After he retires from Spring Hill, Fr. Lucey said he
might enjoy being a retreat director or working in a
parish, giving homilies and providing spiritual direction. Regardless of what path his life takes, he will
take with him the fundamental principles that have
served him well during his time at Spring Hill.
“I think one of the reasons I don’t have another life
is because I have been successful at integrating those
three things,” he said. “I am a person and a priest and
a president.”
Editor Lindsay O’Quin is Assistant Director of Communications at
Spring Hill College.
Celebrating a
Presidential Milestone
“Fr. Lucey exemplifies the four ‘pillars’ of
leadership outlined in Chris Lowney’s
book, ‘Heroic Leadership,’ which is based
on the history and ‘way of proceeding’ in
the Society of Jesus. Fr. Lucey is selfaware and comfortable in his own skin.
He displays an incredible level of ingenuity and adaptability. Look around our
campus at the people he’s brought to us
and the places he’s created: he always
finds a way! He conveys his genuine caring and love for all of God’s children; as
he often says, ‘It’s all about relationships.’
Finally, Fr. Lucey has demonstrated
heroism in taking Spring Hill College to a
new level of excellence. He has advanced
a heroic vision, grounded in his faith in
the mission and people of Spring Hill
College. He has worked tirelessly with
every constituency, and the result is a
transformed institution, strengthened for
generations to come.”
— DR. NOREEN CARROCCI,
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Fr. Lucey’s 10th anniversary celebrations included a campus picnic, dinner with
trustees and friends of the college, and Mass concelebrated with the Jesuits.
Above, he enjoys a slideshow dedicated to his 10 years as president.
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“Fr. Lucey is well known for his gift of making friends and
cultivating benefactors. He is also known for his vision of
moving to the next level and building a team of professionals to
make it happen. But none of this would have borne fruit without two other gifts: his perseverance through times of failure
and frustration and a deep faith in God’s grace and providence.”
— REV. CHRISTOPHER VISCARDI, S.J.,
Chair, Division of Philosophy and Theology
Fr. Lucey laughs heartily during the dinner
in his honor.
“Right next to my mental image of
Fr. Lucey is the unmistakable sound
clip of his laugh. It’s a hearty laugh
from deep inside, not too thunderous
or overpowering, but with a merry
delight in humor and a warm hint of
delighted surprise. Whether in the
campus center, in between classes, in
the cafeteria, or in the library (albeit
slightly subdued), noticing that distinctive sound is a surefire way to
know that Fr. Lucey is near. As
administrator, mentor and friend, he
has always afforded me the best
opportunities for personal growth and
community impact, leaving considerable room for individual creativity
while maintaining a ready closeness
in case of crisis. To students, Fr.
Lucey always offers at least a nod
and a smile, an interested greeting,
or, if you’re lucky, that unmistakable
laugh.”
The Rev. Christopher Viscardi shows guests the T-shirts the campus community wore at the picnic. The shirts read ‘I Love Lucey’ and featured a ship, a
reference to Fr. Lucey’s famous shipwreck speech he gives each year to
freshmen.
“Fr. Lucey is a leader with vision. His vision has called each
of us at Spring Hill to reach both inwardly to a greater understanding of Ignatian spirituality, examining ways we can
become what God hopes for us, and outwardly to participate
in a transformed community of living and learning in the 21st
century. I appreciate the opportunity of working with Fr.
Lucey; I have learned so much.”
— DR. CHARMANE MAY,
Executive Vice President
— BRAD HENTSCHEL ’07
At right, Fr. Lucey applauds Alabama Gov. Bob
Riley, a special guest speaker at the dinner.
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“Fr. Lucey is an ideal college
president. He is not only a figure
of Spring Hill College but a man I
am very proud to say I know. I
often attend morning Mass in the
Sodality Chapel and it is there that
Fr. Lucey and I have become
friends. Listening to Fr. Lucey
every morning gives me necessary
food for thought in my daily spiritual life. I have to say that partaking in the daily Mass community
has definitely enriched my Spring
Hill experience. Fr. Lucey's morning homilies leave me with a challenge for each day. Moreover, I
believe that Fr. Lucey speaks from
the heart and that his homilies
reflect the challenges that he works
to accomplish in his daily life.
Through this morning ritual I have
not only become friends with Fr.
Lucey but come to admire him as
well. He is a man of true conviction, integrity and love for Spring
Hill College.”
“We have been blessed for the
last 10 years to know not one
Greg Lucey, but three: Greg
Lucey, the college president;
Greg Lucey, the priest; and Greg
Lucey, our friend.
As president, Greg is a tremendous leader and a tireless worker
who exemplifies an amazing commitment to the future of Spring
Hill College. He has, in fact,
saved the college and, more than
that, brought it to a new level of
excellence. He has assembled a
wonderful leadership team. While
his responsibilities often keep him
on the road, he seems most at
home when he is on campus
interacting with students.
As priest, Greg is not only the
spiritual leader of the college
community, but he is also the
parish priest for the community
who regularly attends daily Mass
in the Sodality Chapel. Many of
us have come to love his insightful reflections during this special
morning Mass. He lives the
gospel message of loving all of his
fellow men and seeing the goodness in each one of them. He
inspires us to be better.
As friend, Greg exemplifies the
warmest kind of friendship. He
has an amazing ability to take
time from his busy schedule to
check in with a phone call or email and remembers birthdays,
anniversaries and important life
events. His hearty laughter cannot fail to warm your heart and
brighten your day.
In summary, Greg is such an
effective president for Spring Hill
because he is not just a great
leader but also a wonderful priest
and friend. We are blessed by
knowing him.”
—MARY LOU ’70 and
JOHN BARTER ’68, Trustees
— JENN TOULON ‘07
“During these past 10 years
Greg Lucey has led the transformation of the college both structurally and as a community. He
has as much energy now, fueled
by hope and natural optimism, as
he did 35 years ago when I first
met him at Campion High School
in Wisconsin.”
— JOSETTA MULLOY,
Director of Student Academic Services
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Fr. Lucey visits with Nan Altmayer, a longtime friend and benefactor of the college.
Top left, Fr. Lucey concelebrates Mass with the Jesuits.
“For almost 11 years I have
known Fr. Lucey. Our first meeting
was when he was a finalist for the
Spring Hill College presidency position and I was a search committee
member. At his interview the question was asked why someone with
his prior experiences and achievements and his age would want to
become a college president. His
answer was that he wanted another
challenge, was not ready to slow
down, and had not been a college
president.
For 11 years now we have witnessed the many challenges he,
along with the strong team he has
built, has faced successfully. He has
not and will not slow down in his
efforts to make Spring Hill a better
school – academically, spiritually
and physically. And, we are all fortunate that he achieved his goal of
becoming a college president.”
— ED OVERBEY, Trustee
Left, the Most Rev.
Oscar Lipscomb,
archbishop of
Mobile, speaks to
the crowd about Fr.
Lucey’s impact on
Spring Hill College.
Bottom left, guests
at the dinner sign a
caricature of Fr.
Lucey. Bottom
right, Fr. Lucey
delivers the homily
at Mass.
“When Father Greg was about to join the Society of Jesus we happened to meet in Milwaukee, and he told me I didn’t tie my tie properly. He was right. I have always tied it the way he taught me ever
since. I thought it was nice of him to pass this little bit of knowledge
on to me, but why shouldn’t he? He would have no use for the skill
once he began to wear the Roman collar.”
— PAT LUCEY, Brother
— Compiled by Lindsay O’Quin
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Admin Building to be Named for Fr. Lucey
A
s part of his 10th
anniversary celebrations, the Rev.
Gregory F. Lucey, S.J.,
learned that the historic
Administration Building
would be named in his
honor. Mrs. Nan Altmayer
and John and Mary Lou
Barter announced on April
26 that the Administration
Building would be named the
Administration Center upon completion of restoration.
“I can’t think of a more satisfying tribute than to have the
administration center named in my
honor and to have the major gift
for this important project come
from three dear friends,” Lucey
said. “Nan Altmayer and John and
Mary Lou Barter have done so
much for the College and continue
to be an inspiration. They care
deeply about our mission and our
stewardship and I am very grateful.”
Altmayer and the Barters have
given a substantial gift to the college with the understanding that
they would share the right to name
the building in honor of their good
friend in recognition of his
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From left, the Rev.Gregory F. Lucey,
S.J., Nan Altmayer, Mary Lou Barter
and John Barter stand next to the rendering of the restored Administration
Building with Lucey’s name.
achievements as president of the
college over the last 10 years. They
made the announcement at a dinner for the trustees and friends of
the college.
The project entails a thorough
restoration of the building, including replacement of the cupola,
which was destroyed by the hurricane of 1916. Completion of the
project is slated for January 2009,
at which time it will be rededicated.
Altmayer has made significant
contributions to Spring Hill
College initiatives, including the Altmayer Gallery
in the Burke Memorial
Library and the renovation
and an addition to Moore
Hall, a building that now
bears her name, Nan
Altmayer Place. The building houses the admissions
offices and the president’s
office. In 1999 Altmayer
established the Altmayer
Endowed Chair of
Literature for the College.
In addition, she funds two full
scholarships annually for Spring
Hill College students.
Mary Lou Barter, class of 1970,
serves on the Board of Trustees;
and John Barter, class of 1968,
served as a trustee for 15 years,
including four years as chairman of
the board. Their philanthropic
interests at Spring Hill include the
restoration of St. Joseph Chapel,
the Barter Room in the Burke
Memorial Library, the Anniversary
Gardens with the “Rites of
Passage” sculpture, and scholarships.
A rendering of the restored Administration
Building by The Architects Group shows
the building will be named the Rev. Gregory
F. Lucey, S.J. Administration Center.
George Will Speaks at
“SCHOLARSHIPS AT SPRING HILL COLLEGE”
By Lindsay O’Quin
Hill College have afforded me many opportunities to
overing a wide range of political topics with
grow and mature mentally, physically and spiritually;
his unmistakable dry wit, George Will,
and all of this has prepared me for future professional
Pulitzer-Prize-winning columnist and
excellence,” James
Newsweek essayist,
said, citing the hallspared neither liberals
marks of the Spring
nor conservatives in
Hill experience.
his remarks at the
In his hour-long
second annual scholcommentary, Will
arship dinner,
warned the audience
“Scholarships at
of the contradiction
Spring Hill College.”
of the “welfare state.”
Will presented
He said Americans
“The Political
profess to hate exorArgument Today,”
bitant government
touching on subjects
spending yet enjoy
such as Social
the benefits of federal
Security, healthcare,
programs like Social
gas prices, taxes and,
Security and
of course, his affinity
Medicaid, which
for baseball. Never
account for an evercracking a smile, Will
increasing share of
delivered his comthe federal budget, as
mentary on the
aging Americans are
Washington political
becoming more
scene, sparking disreliant on
course among the 475
Washington.
people who attended George Will presents ‘The Political Argument Today’ at ‘Scholarships at
Spring
Hill
College,’
which
raised
$50,000
toward
scholarships.
“I think our politics
the dinner. The
is
a duel between two
event, which took
nostalgias:
Conservatives
want
to
live
in the 1950s. …
place on April 17, raised approximately $50,000
Liberals want to work in the 1950s,” he said.
toward the Spring Hill College Scholarship Fund.
Will said Americans need to realize that the counThe Rev. Gregory F. Lucey, S.J., thanked those in
try is very different now from when Social Security
attendance for providing deserving students with
was in its early stages. In 1935 there was no such
access to a Spring Hill education. Lucey said while it’s
thing as retirement. As Will pointed out, “you either
nice to have a beautiful campus, “we need students,”
worked till you dropped or dropped shortly after you
he emphasized. “We need talented young men and
quit working.”
women who are truly eager to make the most of the
Will told the story of Ida Mae Fuller, who in 1940
educational opportunities available at Spring Hill
became the first American to receive a monthly
College.”
Social Security check. She had worked just long
Lucey recognized several outstanding students who
enough to be vested in the system, having paid $24 in
have not only excelled in their studies at Spring Hill
Social Security taxes. Her first check from the Social
but have also been accepted to graduate schools
Security Administration was for $22.
across the country. Among those recognized for aca“You could see there was a problem with the system
demic achievement was scholarship recipient Nolan
from
the get-go,” Will said. “Then, in an act of very
James ’08, who serves as president of the Student
reckless
citizenship, Ida Mae turned on her country
Government Association.
and lived to be 100!”
“My experience here the last three years at Spring
C
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nothing is available.”
As Baby Boomers
Will said
begin to retire, the
Americans tend to
American people are
forget the “inconvenbecoming more reliant
ient facts” when it
on Washington for
comes to the rising
their income, Will
cost of gasoline as
said. “Go out to the
well. “There are two
streets of Mobile and I
culprits involved:
guarantee you if you
supply and demand,”
stop any person at any
he said.
pharmacy and ask
Will said the welthem what do they
fare state breeds an
think of Washington,
“entitlement mentalthey’ll say, ‘I hate
ity,” in which
Washington. I love
Americans believe
Social Security,
they are entitled to a
Medicare and
The Rev. Gregory F. Lucey, S.J., recognizes students for their outstanding
life free of friction.
Medicaid,’” Will said. academic achievements.
He said more and
“That’s 43 percent of
more people are
the federal governreceiving checks from the
ment right there.”
government and fewer and
Although Will used the
fewer are actually paying for
elderly in many of his examit. “I believe Americans are
ples, he added, “I want you to
becoming the crybabies of the
understand that I am not
Western world,” he said.
against the elderly. I am
Will, who admits that his
elderly.”
commentary might have
Will addressed the backlash
come across as pessimistic,
against the pharmaceutical
said a speaker should “always
industry, which he says more
end with something cheerthan anything else has
ful.” So, he concluded his
reduced our healthcare costs
remarks by saying that
by shortening the length of
America is stable, for the
hospital stays.
most part, and that we live a
“I hear it said today how
country that is “fundamentalthe pharmaceutical industry
ly better than the one our
makes obscene profits. I cerparents and grandparents
tainly hope so,” Will said
lived in.”
emphatically. He went on to
Still, Will insists that if one
say, “The sum of it is that
were to take any three letters
everyone in America is entiof the alphabet and put them
tled to their own opinion but
in any order, “you will have
not their own facts.”
the acronym of a federal
Will said it costs approxiagency that we can do
mately $1 billion to bring a
without.”
drug from conception to
development to market. “If
we start imposing price controls on our drugs, we will
have what Europe has, which
Above left, George Will covered
topics such as Social Security,
is a pharmaceutical industry
healthcare, taxes and baseball.
that 20 years ago was rich in
innovations but no longer is,”
At left, Nolan James ’08, scholarhe said. “We will be one step
ship recipient and president of the
closer to a healthcare system
SGA talks about his Spring Hill
where everything is free and
experience.
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Sisterhood
NUNS FROM VIETNAM EXPERIENCE
LIFE ON THE HILL
PHOTO BY GREG WITCHER ’07
Yen Le, left, and Thu
Do, two nuns from
Vietnam, enjoy a meal
in the cafeteria with
their friends.
D
ressed in their long black tunics and habits, Sister
Thu Do, 24, and Sister Yen Le, 27, always seem
to be traveling parallel to each other wherever they
roam on campus. The two young women have known
each other for five years, having lived together at the
Congregation of the Lovers of the Holy Cross in
Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam.
During a visit to Spring Hill’s campus about a year
ago, the archbishop of the Catholic Diocese in
Vietnam consulted the Rev. F. Gregory Lucey, S.J.,
about sending a couple of students to study here,
recalled Rev. Mark Lewis, S.J., associate professor of
history.
And, just after making their vows into religious life
in July 2006, Sister Do and Sister Le were appointed
by their Mother Superior, along with the archbishop,
to continue their college education at Spring Hill
College.
This is the first time the two students are living
outside their home country, and the young women
expressed some hardships in being in a new environment and far away from their community of 100 sisters. “The food is completely different here,” Do said.
But, despite having no rice on their breakfast plate,
the sisters seem to have no trouble forming friendships within the Spring Hill community.
“Immediately people introduce themselves. We can
make a long conversation about everything,” Do said
in her gentle voice.
Indeed they can. Both sisters, much like other 20somethings, find many ways to entertain themselves.
In addition to listening and sometimes singing along
to music, they also like to watch TV and most recently, to play a game of bowling. Le jokes about Do’s liking for romantic films. “She watches and wonders
what her life would’ve been like if she wasn’t a nun,”
Le said with a chuckle.
Nevertheless, they both show confidence about
their decision to have a religious vocation. The
friendly sisters come from firm Catholic roots and
have other family members in the religious order. In
fact, Do has a younger sibling back home who is
presently a novice in the religious life.
Living as sisters is not as well received in Vietnam
as it is in The United States. However, the young
women have recognized the Communist regime’s
growing laxity toward Christianity over the years, as
well as amicable relationships existing between the
Buddhist and Christian faiths.
Do is pursuing a master’s degree in management
while Le is working toward a bachelor’s degree in psychology. The sisters are active participants in Campus
Ministry Masses and welcome fellow students to join
them in their daily prayers.
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SENIOR
SUCCESSES
Lindsay Mott and Jolie Pollard, both of whom graduated with degrees
in journalism this year, had the opportunity to interview a few of their
peers from the class of ’07 about their plans for the future.
JENNIFER TOULON
PHOTOS BY LINDSAY O’QUIN
By Lindsay Mott ’07
Nursing major Jenn Toulon is
excited about entering the next
stage of life. The Tallahassee native
has spent the last four years preparing herself for a nursing career
inside and outside the classroom.
She says she has received a well-rounded education by
having to take classes she wouldn’t have at a state
school.
Toulon has also pushed herself to seek opportunities
and accomplishments outside Spring Hill. For the
past two years she has served as president of the
Alabama Association of Nursing Students and found
her own volunteer opportunities in the area. On campus, she participated in SGA and a multicultural student program. She is also a member of the nursing
honor’s society and Alpha Sigma Nu.
The next step for Toulon is joining the pediatric
intensive care unit at Duke University as a registered
nurse. She believes she earned this position because
she pushed to get a position in the pediatric intensive
care unit at the USA Children’s and Women’s
Hospital for her practicum. Toulon’s long-term goals
are to get her doctorate and teach nursing, but she
plans to spend a good bit of time working in a hospital first so she can teach from first-hand experience.
With her time at Spring Hill coming to an end, she
leaves a word of advice for incoming freshmen: “Seize
every opportunity and go outside the box. Look further than what’s handed to you. There’s always something to get involved in.”
JAMES COLEMAN
Eruditely spoken and having a
witty sense of humor are just a couple qualities that many attribute to
22-year-old James Coleman.
Graduating with a bachelor’s in
English with a minor in philosophy
and creative writing, Coleman says Spring Hill,
“hands down,” has more than prepared him for graduate school. The core curriculum at Spring Hill has
given him the background and the opportunity to
“really focus academically.” “Spring Hill really allows
you to spread your interest. … That’s a big advantage
that I’ll miss,” he says.
And he’ll also miss a few professors whom he says
helped him overcome personal struggles and encour-
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aged him to pursue his dream. “I think the English
department is where, in a sense, every professor is
willing to talk to you on a very personal level,” he
says.
Coleman is ready to go after his dream. “I want to
teach, I want a Ph.D., and I want to research medieval
renaissance in the field of medieval literature,” he says.
But, ultimately, this student, who is welcomed in
almost every social circle on campus, has intentions to
give his cohort a voice in the writing world.
“I feel like our generation of 18- to 22-year-olds
haven’t been adequately represented in literature. …
All I want to do is push in the chips – the Spring Hill
chip, the 2007-2008, 22-year-old chip,” he says.
Coleman plans to begin his track toward pushing in
those “chips” when he enrolls in the master’s and
Ph.D. in literature program at the University of
Virginia this fall.
FINN COX
Philosophy and Hispanic studies
double major Finn Cox had the
option of attending one of eight
law schools after graduation, but he
has chosen the Cumberland School
of Law at Samford University.
“Having gone to Spring Hill, I like the personal feel
and community, and I got that same feel,” he says
about choosing Cumberland.
He also chose Cumberland because of its focus on
trial skills, which gets students ready to try actual
cases. He has not fully decided on his plans after law
school. Cox says he will probably practice law for a
firm for a while, and he has also thought about a
career in military law and politics.
Cox says his core and major classes have fully prepared him for law school. “The core curriculum prepares students to be versatile in all situations and prepares you well for law school and graduate school in
the arts,” Cox says. He said he has also picked up analytical skills and better reading and writing skills that
will help him in law school and in future plans.
Cox has been a seminar leader for three years,
tutored within his major, and served as SGA senior
class senator. He also spent his spring break in
Nicaragua for a service trip. He is a member of the
philosophy honor society, Phi Sigma Tau.
Cox says he will miss the people at Spring Hill the
most. He has made a lot of great friends, and “it will
be much harder to see some of my best friends” with
everyone going in different directions.
ALISHA LACOUR
Ever since her experience meddling in a biology course during her
senior year in high school, Alisha
Lacour knew exactly what her college major would be.
A radiologist and physician who
was her father’s colleague thought Spring Hill was the
right place for Lacour to enroll in a pre-med program.
“(He said) ‘They have a really awesome pre-med program there’ so I came here and looked, and he was
definitely right,” Lacour says.
Lacour has carried a G.P.A. of 3.9 for the past two
years and is heading to LSU New Orleans Medical
School to pursue a career in medicine. But, making it
this far didn’t start out too easy. Her freshman year she
got B’s and C’s, and in her sophomore year organic
chemistry and anatomy and physiology gnawed at her.
“That was just a very deciding year for me. … I
either had to change my major or buckle down and
really, really study and get really involved in my
major,” she says. Having decided that being a doctor
was her dream, she chose the latter.
Lacour gives much credit to her mentors such as Dr.
Lesli Bordas, associate professor of chemistry, who welcomed her questions outside the classroom, and Dr.
David Dean, professor of biology, who taught Lacour
how to study and be a dedicated student.
Lacour says, “You have to be someone intelligent,
but the main thing is persistence and dedication …
I’m really thankful that I came here because I don’t
think I could have had the educational experience
anywhere else.”
CEDERICK McMILLAN
Mobile native Cederick McMillan
has spent his time at Spring Hill
learning in his classes and applying
that knowledge outside the classroom. The political science and theology double major is heavily
involved in the Prichard community and is also youth
minister at his church, Pure Word Ministries. He was
recently elected as president of the Prichard Chamber
of Commerce, which he said was a huge honor for him.
He will graduate with double honor cords, as he is a
member of the national honor societies for both political science and theology.
McMillan’s plans after graduation are to enter the
Master of Arts in Teaching program at Spring Hill,
with a focus on secondary education, and to continue
his work in the Prichard community. “I want to focus
on still growing the Chamber of Commerce and building relationships with the chamber, the city and business owners,” he says. McMillan will also be married
the day before graduation.
McMillan is thankful for his time at Spring Hill and
feels he has learned a lot by being at the school. “I
believe Spring Hill has prepared me holistically to be a
successful leader, Christian and business person,” he
says. He loves the mission of the school and this year’s
theme, and he feels he has become a better person
through his time at Spring Hill. “Truly Spring Hill has
been successful in its mission,” he says. “I am thankful
to have been a part of such a great institution.”
MARGARET SANDERS
Margaret Sanders is leaving
Spring Hill College having successfully completed a double major in
mathematics and philosophy along
with a minor in chemistry. Her
accomplishments have warranted a
graduate assistantship at Florida State University,
where she’ll be taking on the interdisciplinary field of
mathematical biology.
What drives Sanders to challenge herself? “I don’t
know,” she says with a humble and shy laugh. As for
how she chose her track at Spring Hill, Sanders says,
“I always wanted to get my doctorate degree in math. I
like math. I didn’t know what philosophy was, but I
took logic, and I liked logic so I took philosophy. …
Somewhere along the line I added in a chem. minor.”
And while tackling the course load, which included
the notorious organic chemistry, Sanders managed to
squeeze time in her schedule for her relationship with
then-study-partner, Spring Hill alumnus James
“Jimmy” Watts ’06, who is now her fiance. He also
attends graduate school at FSU, but Sanders makes
sure to point out that he’s not the only reason she’s
moving to the Sunshine State. “Florida State has an
awesome program,” she says.
Sanders says she’s looking forward to working in
research. She talks about the works of current students
in the program, which includes a brain mapping project and research into diseases such as Alzheimer’s and
diabetes.
“Depending on what you get into, you can contribute to the world in a better way. ... I want to do
something with my life,” she says.
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OUTSTANDING ALUMNI
HONORED AT
PRESIDENT’S DINNER
2007 Alumni Award recipients, from left, are Dr. Bryan Bertucci ’73,
Ignatian Award; Brother Neal Golden, S.C. ’61, Gautrelet Award;
Rev. Richard McGowan, S.J. ’53 accepting for Rev. Edmundo
Rodriguez, S.J. ’59, Gautrelet Award; and Dr. Katy Phelan ’75,
Gautrelet Award
S
pring Hill College honored four outstanding
alumni at the President’s Dinner on March 22 as
part of the Homecoming on the Hill celebration.
THE IGNATIAN AWARD
The Ignatian Award is presented to an alumnus
or alumna in recognition of community service in
keeping with the ideals set forth by St. Ignatius
Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, and
reflected in selfless acts of humanitarianism.
BRYAN BERTUCCI, M.D. ’73 – B.S., BIOLOGY
Since 1983 Dr. Bryan Bertucci has practiced medicine in the New Orleans area. He has been president
and chief of staff of the medical executive committee
of Chalmette Medical Center, president of the St.
Bernard Parish Medical Society and is board certified
in family practice. Bertucci received the Freshman
Cup for Service to Spring Hill College in 1969, thus
beginning an adulthood distinguished by many awards
for years of service to others. In 2006 he received a
Collifontanum Award for Professional Achievement
from Spring Hill College. When he graduated from
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medical school in 1980, he was named the
Outstanding Student in Family Practice. Bertucci was
the St. Bernard Parish coroner from 2000 until 2006,
and in that capacity he was responsible for retrieval,
identification and autopsies of the 154 residents of St.
Bernard Parish who died as a result of Hurricane
Katrina. Bertucci has been a medical director of several nursing homes, a home health organization and a
hospice program. Additionally, he has served as a
Eucharistic minister, and was given the Thelma
Deano Outstanding Red Cross Board Member Award
in 2000.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina’s destruction
of the New Orleans area, Bertucci was instrumental
in acquiring land, a building, renovation funds, personnel and medical equipment for a 22,000-squarefoot temporary medical clinic to serve area residents.
With the help of his wife and another physician,
Bertucci created a directory that ultimately included
more than 90 of the 110 physicians displaced by
Hurricane Katrina, so patients could locate their former physicians. In recognition of his extraordinary
service in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,
Bertucci received the Louisiana Department of
Health and Hospitals Award for Excellence and
Leadership and the American Academy of Family
Practice Award for Outstanding Medical Service to
the Community in a Time of Disaster. Bertucci will
appear in Washington, D.C. in May 2007 before a
Department of Energy and Commerce subcommittee
to request funds for a new hospital to meet the medical needs of St. Bernard Parish in New Orleans.
GAUTRELET AWARD
The Gautrelet Award, named after the Rev.
Francis Gautrelet, S.J., the first Jesuit president
of Spring Hill College, is presented to individuals
with high integrity who have demonstrated outstanding personal achievement.
MARY CATHERINE “KATY” PHELAN, PH.D.
’71 – B.S., BIOLOGY
Dr. Katy Phelan is the director of the Molecular
Pathology Laboratory Network’s cytogenetics laboratory in Maryville, Tenn., which she founded in 2004.
She received her doctorate in human genetics from
the Medical College of Virginia in 1982. After
completing a postdoctoral fellowship in cytogenetics, Phelan
directed a cytogenetics lab in South Carolina for 17 years.
During that time she identified a chromosomal abnormality
that largely defines a disorder now named after her – the
Phelan-McDermid Syndrome. In 2001 Phelan received the
Basic Health Sciences Outstanding Alumnus Award from the
Medical College of Virginia, and in 1989, she was named Young
Career Woman of the Year in the state of South Carolina. She
has two children, Maureen, 16, and David, 14. In addition to
balancing a full-time career with parenting, Phelan volunteers
with the Girl Scouts and the Red Cross, is an exercise enthusiast, and rows with the Smoky Mountain Rowing Club.
THE REV. EDMUNDO RODRIGUEZ, S.J.
’59 – B.A., EDUCATION
The Rev. Edmundo Rodriguez, S.J., is the pastor of
Immaculate Conception Church in Albuquerque, N.M., a position he has held since 2000. After receiving his master’s degree
in 1960, Rodriguez did postgraduate work and taught for several
years. Perhaps his most far-reaching impact on his community
was when he served as the organizing committee chair of
COPS, the Communities Organized for Public Service, in San
Antonio, Texas. COPS changed the political face of San
Antonio by causing the city council to change from at-large
elections to elections by districts, thus including minority views
on the council. Rodriguez has been appointed the provincial’s
assistant for pastoral and international apostolates, the provincial superior of the New Orleans Province, and the spiritual
director and academic dean at Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving,
Texas. Rodriguez has worked with the National Catholic
Committee on Hispanic Ministry, the Woodstock Theological
Center and the Mexican-American Cultural Center. He is the
co-founder of PADRES, a national organization of MexicanAmerican Priests, which was responsible for Mexican-American
priests being appointed as bishops.
Does
Someone You Know
Deserve an Award?
Spring Hill College presents several honors annually to outstanding alumni and non-alumni who, through various acts
and achievements, have shown their commitment to Spring
Hill College and their communities. What follows is a brief
description of each award and a nomination form. We
encourage you to take a few minutes to nominate outstanding individuals who deserve recognition in these areas.
Ignatian Award – Presented to alumni in recognition of
community service in keeping with the ideals set forth by St.
Ignatius Loyola. This award recognizes those who have dedicated their spirit to making a difference in the lives of others
through selfless acts of humanitarianism.
Karopczyc Award – This award is named after Lt. Stephen
E. Karopczyc ’65, Medal of Honor recipient killed in service
during the Vietnam War. The award recognizes a young
alumnus, fewer than 10 years from his/her graduation date,
for outstanding service to the College or community.
Gautrelet Award – Presented to an alumnus or non-alumnus
of high integrity who has demonstrated outstanding professional achievement.
Athletic Hall of Fame – This award is presented to athletes
and coaches who have made outstanding contributions to
Spring Hill College or who have made significant achievements in their athletic or sports careers.
In adherence to the descriptions above, I hereby nominate:
Nominee:______________________________________
Date Submitted:____________Class (if known):_______
Address:_______________________________________
City/State/Zip Code______________________________
BROTHER NEAL GOLDEN, S.C.
’61 – B.S., SECONDARY EDUCATION
Professional Affiliation:___________________________
Brother Neal Golden is founder, director and president of the
Academic Games Leagues of America, president of the Greater
New Orleans Teacher of Mathematics and Chair of the
Technology Committee of the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics. Golden, chair of the Department of Computer
Science at Brother Martin High School in New Orleans, La.,
has a long and very distinguished career in teaching. Before
earning his Ph.D. in mathematics, Golden designed and taught
the first high school course for credit in computer science in
the state of Louisiana. In 1975 he wrote the first high school
computer programming textbook in the United States and has
authored and co-authored four additional computer and mathematics textbooks. Golden has been chair of the Louisiana
Computer Literacy Committee and was a charter member of
the Mathematical Sciences Education Board of the National
Research Council in Washington, D.C. During his career as a
Brother of the Sacred Heart, Golden has been recognized with
numerous awards for excellence in teaching.
For the Following Award(s):_______________________
Reasons for Nomination:__________________________
________________________________________________
Submitted by:___________________________________
Address:________________________________________
City/State/Zip Code:______________________________
Phone: _________________________Class:__________
Please detach and send this completed form to:
Office of Alumni Programs
4000 Dauphin Street
Mobile, AL 36608
Or, complete online at www.shc.edu/slumni-and-friends
If you have questions about any of these awards, please
call the Alumni Office toll-free at (877) SPR-HILL.
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HOMECOMING ON THE HILL
By Greta Sharp
M
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Members of
the class of
1972 pose for
a picture on
the steps of
Byrne
Memorial
Hall after
‘graduating’
under the
Avenue of the
Oaks.
PHOTOS BY SETH LAUBINGER AND KEITH NECAISE
ardi Gras happened twice in
Mobile this year, as the 2007
Homecoming on the Hill concluded with a carnival celebration in the college’s Arthur Outlaw Recreation Center.
More than 200 guests attended the Mardi
Gras-themed party, complete with beads,
king cakes and a jazz band. As the Bay City
Brass Band entered the party, alumni and
guests leaped to their feet to join the musicians in a second line around the room in
true Mardi Gras fashion.
Another of the evening’s events was a
silent auction filled with Spring Hill
College artwork, gift baskets and even a
chance to name
one of the oaks on
the Avenue of the
Oaks. The auction
raised $5,710 to
benefit the
National Alumni
Association
Brown-Oliver
Scholarship Fund,
which is awarded
annually to the
child or grandchild
of an alumnus.
President
D.R. Atkinson '57 and his wife, J.C.,
Gregory F. Lucey, are recognized by the Rev. Gregory F.
Lucey, S.J., for their support of the 1830
S.J., took to the
stage after the sec- Planning Giving Society.
ond line extravaganza, honoring the work done by alumni classes for
fundraising efforts. More than $258,800 was raised by
the 10 different reunion classes, and money will continue to be accepted through May 31.
This year, two special awards were presented to
honor extraordinary fundraising efforts. The Reunion
Cup was presented to the class with the greatest overall giving participation rate, the class of 1957 with
36.3 percent of its members giving. The class raising
the greatest overall dollar amount was awarded the
President’s Cup, going to the class of 1982 with a
total of $57,250. D.R. Atkinson ’57 of Baton Rouge,
La., presented Lucey a check for the grand total raised
and accepted the Reunion Cup on behalf of his class.
Roland O’Leary ’82 of Johnson City, Tenn., accepted
the President’s Cup for the class of 1982.
Alumni enjoy letting the good times roll at the Mardi
Gras-themed celebration held Saturday night.
While Jack Schuessler ’73, chairman of the Board
of Trustees, has attended Homecoming weekends
before, this marked a special occasion as he accompanied his daughter Penny for her 10-year reunion. “It’s
the first time she’s been back, and it’s a thrill showing
her around campus,” Schuessler said, explaining the
special bond Spring Hill alumni share. “You see all
the progress and you think back and see how much
has happened in the transformation of Spring Hill.”
To Penny Schuessler Lykins ‘97, the 10 years since
she graduated have brought about many changes to
the physical campus. “To see my father help further
the vision, to help continue the growth and beautification, it’s amazing,” Lykins said. “You always have a
connection no matter how long it’s been. You can
always come back.”
A very special highlight marked her return to
Spring Hill College. “I took communion today for the
first time at Spring Hill College at St. Joseph from Fr.
Lucey. It meant a lot to me that he was presiding at
Mass and that my father was there,” she said. “Being at
Spring Hill College solidified my relationship with the
Church because of the education and respect for the
Church that all the students had at Spring Hill.”
For alumni like Elin Murphy ’78, catching up with
old friends was a top priority. With Murphy’s daughter
as a current SHC student, she’s been able to see firsthand the changes to the campus. “The new beautiful
buildings,” Murphy said. “I love them. I love the
advancement of the campus. I love seeing the renovation of old buildings, too.”
Being so closely
connected with a
student also keeps
the Spring Hill tradition alive for
Murphy. For members of the class of
1972, such as Ron
Sims, a highlight of
the weekend was
getting to walk
down the Avenue
of the Oaks to
“graduate.” He also
noted the new
library and residence halls. “It’s
amazing the work
— Ron Sims ’72
that has been
done,” Sims said. “I
graduated in ’72 and the overall feeling of the place has not changed. The
buildings may change, but the feeling
will never change.”
Even recent graduates are surprised
at the changes on campus. “It’s
changed so much I feel like I didn’t
go here,” said Mike Henderson ’92.
“The improvements are remarkable:
the Outlaw Center, the library and
dorms. In ‘92 there wasn’t a facility
like this. Most of the dorms were run
down. There’s a new sense of pride.
Fr. Lucey’s done a wonderful job.”
That new sense of pride is accompanied by a long-term focus for the
campus. “I’m super impressed with
the architecture,” said John Grady
’77. “They’ve tied in everything aesthetically well. There’s a whole plan.
I’m very impressed. I’m pleased to see
the college do so well.”
“I graduated in
’72 and the
overall feeling of
the place has not
changed. The
buildings may
change, but the
feeling will never
change.”
Above, alumni from
the class of 1982
enjoy sharing stories
at their 25-year
reunion celebration
held at Stewartfield.
At left, Dr. John
Hafner ’60, professor of English,
enjoys reconnecting
with young alumni
at the Mobile
Bay Boil.
At left, Mike
Mimnaugh, Rudy
Stonisch, Pete
Ragland and Mike
Gamauf reconnect
at the 1992 class
party held at the
Stonisch Fieldhouse.
Above, members of the class of 1957
were honored with 50-year medals
and golden diplomas during the
Golden Badger Dinner.
At left, members of the class of 1997
enjoy the Mobile Bay Boil.
Greta Sharp is a freelance writer
living in Mobile.
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CLASSNOTES
1940s
William J. Schaffer Jr. ’47
and his wife, Alice, recently celebrated their 60th
wedding anniversary. Bill
retired from the U.S. Postal
Inspection Service and
Merchants (Regions) Bank.
Alice is a retired principal
of Mobile County Public
Schools. The couple has
two daughters and three
granddaughters and one
great grandson, the first boy
in the family in more than
80 years. They reside in
Mobile.
1950s
Patricia Pergantis Barr ’58
is the recipient of the 2006
Lifetime Achievement
Award of Vestavia Hills,
Ala. The Lifetime
Achievement Award recognizes citizens who have
devoted many years of service to the city. Patricia is a
former president of the
Vestavia Hills Chamber of
Commerce and is in her
12th year serving on the
Planning and Zoning
Commission. She and her
husband, Jack, reside in
Vestavia Hills.
1960s
Rosalie Pergantis Lockhart
’60 is a mediator with the
Baldwin County District
Courts. She resides at the
Pergantis Farms in Daphne,
Ala.
1970s
Denis McCarthy ’72 and
his wife, Mary Ann, live in
Lilburn, Ga. They have
been married for 31 years
and have six children.
Three children have graduated from college, including
Maureen McCarthy
McIntosh ’01. Two of their
children are currently seniors at St. Louis University.
Denis and Mary Ann have
two grandchildren. Denis is
president of Radio
Communications Inc. in
Norcross, Ga.
Christopher E. Peters ’72
and his wife, Lisa, have four
children. He has practiced
law in Mobile for 31 years.
In his spare time he enjoys
sailing his boat on extended cruises in the Bahamas
and the Gulf.
Teresa F. Cesarano ’77 is
employed with Cozen
O’Connor as a paralegal in
Miami, Fla.
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Carolyn M. Coyne, MD,
MHA ’77 is the senior
medical consultant with
the Washington State
Medicaid program. She
lives in Olympia, Wash.,
with her life partner,
Connie Riddle. She and
Connie enjoy entertaining
their three grandchildren,
DeVere, Govan and
Gianna as often as they
can.
Jaime William Betbeze ’87
has been selected to serve
on the board of directors of
the Alabama Chapter of
the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society. Jaime
recently served as honorary
chairman of the Multiple
Sclerosis Society’s Mobile
Leadership Class of 2006.
In this capacity, he led the
class of 2006 in their
fundraising efforts to help
find a cure for MS. Jaime is
a partner in Hand
Arendall’s Mobile office,
where he practices in the
fields of admiralty and construction law. He and his
wife, Sydney Dann Betbeze,
live in Mobile. They have
two children, Mary Dann
Betbeze, born in 1999, and
Jenna Betbeze, born in
2001.
Leo Ounanian, Jr. ’77 is
vice president of GTM
Services, Ltd. in Houston,
Texas. He and his wife,
Joan, live in Bellame,
Texas.
Father Joe Culotta ’79 has
been appointed pastor of
Saint Mark the Evangelist
Catholic Church in
Birmingham, Ala. He continues to serve as a diocesan consultor and on the
priest’s personnel board.
1990s
1980s
JoAnn C. Jenkins ’80 was
appointed chief operating
officer of the Library of
Congress by Librarian of
Congress James H.
Billington. Effective Jan 1,
she has full authority and
responsibility for the dayto-day operation of the
Library of Congress. For the
past 10 years she has served
as chief of staff for the
library. She is active in several organizations including
the Links Inc. and Jack &
Jill of America Inc. She is a
founding member of the
U.S.-Japan Young Leaders
Program and a member of
the AARP Services Board
of Directors. She is married
to Frank G. Jenkins, Ed.D.
They have two children,
Christian and Nicole
Jenkins.
Cindy Ellis Bray ’81 made
a career change to legal
nurse consulting after
Hurricane Katrina displaced from her job as a
neonatal nurse at Memorial
Medical Center. She has
recently been hired as a
nurse paralegal at the New
Orleans Law Firm of Chaffe
McCall, LLP. Her oldest
son will graduate from the
Naval Academy this year,
her oldest daughter is
studying design at LSU,
and her youngest son is
studying computer science
at the University of New
Orleans.
Joe Crumley ’91 recently
accepted a position with
DFW Funding Solutions as
their vice president – sales
manager. Joe resides in
Dallas, Texas.
John “David” Jernigan ’92
is vice president for Lamar
Advertising in Suwanee,
Ga. He married Elizabeth
“Jane” Jernigan in 1994,
and they have three children, Caroline, Anna and
Sage.
Kevin Louis O’Gorman
’92 was promoted in 2004
to principal of North Aiken
Elementary School in
Aiken, S.C. He earned his
Ph.D. in educational
administration from the
University of South
Carolina in May 2006. He
also earned his M.A. in
teaching and his M.Ed. in
educational administration
from the University of
South Carolina.
Marlo (Carney) Zarzaur
’92 and Ben Zarzaur ’92
live in Memphis, Tenn.
Marlo completed her
Doctorate in Counseling in
2004. She has a private
practice in Germantown,
Tenn., treating children
and adolescents. She is also
a consultant and counselor
for Incarnation Catholic
School and an adjunct professor at the University of
Memphis. Ben completed
his surgery residency
through the University of
Tennessee in Memphis in
2003. He then completed a
Masters in Public Health at
the University of North
Carolina in Chapel Hill in
2006. He is employed as an
assistant professor of surgery
in the Division of Trauma
and Critical Care. He
works as a trauma surgeon
at The Med in Memphis.
Amalia Chaser ’96 married
Casey Chesser in 2000.
They are the proud parents
of two children, Julia, 5,
and Andrew, 2. The couple
lives in Old Town, Fla.
where Amalia teaches third
grade at James M.
Anderson Elementary
School.
2000s
“You Thought Your Night
Was Bad,” made its debut
on Jan. 11 at Donny’s
Skybox. Andrew is a student at The Second City in
Chicago.
Gregory M. Schram ’06 is
employed as a Medicare
specialist with the Railroad
Retirement Board. He
resides in Chicago, Ill.
MARRIAGES
Arthur J. Martin Sr. ’59
joined Ann S. Neathery in
marriage on Dec. 15, 2006,
in Westminster, Md. Both
are retired and residing in
Sykesville/Eldersburg, Md.
Alicia M. Jacob ’00 is
employed with Galloway,
Wettermark, Everest,
Rutens & Gaillard, LLP, in
Mobile, Ala. Alicia’s husband, Robert Corley, has
been promoted to regional
claims manager with
Progressive Insurance. The
couple lives in Mobile.
Mary Ellen Zoghby ’85
was married Nov. 25, 2006,
to Kevin Lee Bradley in
Mobile. The couple resides
in Mobile where Mary
Ellen works as marketing
communications coordinator for The Architects
Group Inc., and Kevin is
the associate editor/arts editor for The Lagniappe
newspaper.
Jean-Paul “JP” Morrell
’01 was elected to the
Louisiana State House of
Representatives in a special
election on Nov. 7, 2006.
He serves as the state representative for District 97,
which encompasses the
Gentilly Area in New
Orleans. He is the youngest
member of the Louisiana
Legislature.
Amy Brooke (Bascle)
Scott ’97 married Steven
Mitchell Scott on Dec. 30,
2006. Steven is the father
of two daughters, Reagan,
10, and Logan, 5. The couple completed their Master
in Counseling degrees this
semester and resides in
Rock Springs, Ga.
B.J. Bertucci ’03 and his
wife, Christina Przybylski
Bertucci ’01, have relocated from Chalmette, La. to
Gonzales, just outside
Baton Rouge, La., following
Hurricane Katrina.
Eugene Ramierez ’05 has
joined Central Florida
News 13 as an
anchor/reporter. Eugene
resides in Orlando, Fla.
Claire Walker ’05 assisted
the Florida Democratic
Party-House Victory effort
as the deputy political
director in April 2006. She
served as an aid in the
party’s largest legislative
gain in more than 30 years
and the sixth largest gain
nationwide among state
legislatures in 2006.
Andrew Crider ’06 cowrote a play that was
accepted for production in
Chicago. The play, titled
Liz Heacock ’01 married
Samuel Coverdale on May
20, 2006, in Mobile at the
Government Street
Presbyterian Church, followed by a reception at
Spring Hill’s Stewartfield.
Liz’s bridesmaids, all from
the class of 2001, were:
Maureen McCarthy
McIntosh, Sara Kathryn
Skilling Hill and Theresa
Bertucci Truxillo. Both Liz
and Sam work for
International Paper in
Memphis, Tenn.
Karen (Whalen) Popp ’01
and Nicholas Popp were
married on July 15, 2006,
in San Antonio, Fla. Karen
and Nicholas reside in
Byron, Ga., where Karen
works for Merck
Pharmaceuticals and
Nicholas is a captain in the
United States Air Force,
stationed at Robins Air
Force Base.
Katherine Lee Brown ’03
and Scott Michael Gristina
’02 married April 22, 2006,
during a nuptial Mass at St.
Joseph Chapel on the campus of Spring Hill College.
Following the ceremony,
the reception was held at
the Louise Moorer
Commons at Spring Hill.
Katherine earned her
Master in Occupational
Therapy from the
University of Alabama at
Birmingham in 2005. Scott
earned his Master of
Business Administration
from the University of New
Orleans in 2005. The
Gristinas reside in
Mandeville, La.
Keenan Carrere ’03 married Brian Mann on Oct.
13, 2006, in New Orleans,
La. They live in Davidson,
N.C.
Lauryn Pollard ’03 and
Jim Walker married on
April 21, 2007, in Carrilon
Beach, Fla. They live in
Birmingham, Ala.
Kelly Spinucci ’03 and
Jason Tickle were married
on Nov. 11, 2006, in
Memphis, Tenn. They
reside in Memphis. Kelly
works as a registered nurse
in the intensive care unit at
St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital and will
finish her Master of
Science in Nursing degree
as a pediatric clinical nurse
specialist/pediatric nurse
practitioner in May.
Debra Hughes ’05 is
pleased to announce the
engagement and forthcoming marriage of her daughter, Kathleen Tucker
Hughes, to Sellers Dorlon
Payne, son of Mrs. Paula
Payne of Montrose and Mr.
Weldon Payne of
Montgomery. Kathleen is a
graduate of Bayside
Academy and Spring Hill
College. She is a clinical
psychology doctoral student
at the University of
Southern Mississippi.
Sellers is a graduate of
Fairhope High School and
the University of South
Alabama. He is employed
as a real estate appraiser in
Mobile and Baldwin
County. The couple plans
to marry in May 2007 and
will reside in Spanish Fort,
Ala.
BIRTHS
Paul Christman ’86 and
Trisha Faulkner proudly
announce the birth of their
baby boy, Cameron John
Christman, born on Sept.
5, 2006. Cameron and his
older brother, Nathan, 2,
reside in Farmington, Pa.,
where Paul is the controller
for Nemacolin Woodlands
Resort.
David Hall ’87 and Pamela
(Brown) Hall ’00 are
happy to announce the
birth of their second daughter, Julia Eugenia, born on
Feb. 7, 2006.
Jacqueline Klock ’87 and
Keith Frey announce the
birth of their first child,
Sebastian Shane Frey, born
on Dec. 6, 2005. Jackie,
Keith and Sebastian live in
the Atlanta area where
Jackie is a senior manager
of data marketing for
Cingular Wireless.
Justin Foltz ’92 and his
wife, Rebecca, welcomed
their third daughter, Jane
Ashley, born June 2, 2006.
Justin is an investment broker with Capital One
Investments, LLC, and
Rebecca is a teacher at Our
Lady of Prompt Succor
School. The Foltz family
lives in Alexandria, La.
Anne (Barkofske)
Dielschneider ’93 and her
husband, Kevin, welcomed
their second son, Luke
Francis, on Oct. 4, 2006.
He joins 2-year-old brother
Jack. They live in St. Louis,
Mo.
Mallory. The Medo family
lives in New Orleans, La.
Heather Momper Leonard
’94 and her husband,
Brian, announce the birth
of their third daughter,
Nora Kathleen, who was
born on June 12, 2006.
Nora is enjoying her big sisters Grace, 5, and Caitlin,
3. The Leonard family
resides in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Elizabeth Goodwin
Welborn ’94 and her husband, Hearst, are proud to
son, John Hearst Welborn
III, born January 22, 2007.
John Hearst joins his big
sister, Camille, 18 months.
The Welborns reside in
Tiburon, Calif.
Paola Conosciani Berardi
Chris, are pleased to
son, Cristian Louis Berardi,
who was born on Sept. 26,
2006. Cristian Louis
weighed 7 pounds and was
19 inches long. The
Berardis reside in
Moorestown, N.J.
Sherry Aycock Cumbest
’99 and her husband, Kelly
Cumbest, are the proud
parents of their second
child, Iain Quinn, born on
Aug. 16, 2006. He is welcomed by his big brother,
Colin, 4.
Matthew N. Simmons,
M.D., Ph.D. ’95 and his
wife, Rachael Ream, Ph.D.,
are happy to announce the
birth of their daughter,
Annabel Elise Simmons.
She was born on Dec. 30,
2006. The Simmons reside
in Cleveland, Ohio.
Rachael is finishing law
school at Case Western
Reserve University and will
be pursuing a career in
patent law. Matthew is a
urologist at the Cleveland
Clinic. They are enjoying
life in the Midwest and
they miss their friends from
the Hill.
Greg Simpson ’93 and his
wife, Leigh, proudly
first child, William
Gregory, born on Dec. 1,
2006. The Simpsons reside
in Athens, Ga.
Jennifer Janet Medo ’94
and Steven Medo III
proudly announce the birth
of their daughter, Emily
Anne Medo. She was born
Jan.11, 2007, weighing 7
pounds 9 ounces. Emily
joins her 2-year-old sister,
Aimee Fitzpatric ’01 and
her husband, Nick ’01, are
proud to announce the
birth of their son, Declan
Nicholas Fitzpatric, born
on Feb. 3, 2007. He
weighed 7 pounds 11
ounces.
IN MEMORIAM
SHIRLEY JEAN CARUSO
JAMES RAYMOND CRESSON
IRENE CROWLEY
MARY JOE TACON
JOSEPH COSTA JR. ’31
WILLIAM C. CLAIBORNE ’39
JOHN B. GOETZ ’41
GLEN TRAVIS ’41
JOHN ELSEVIER ’42
PAUL O. VILLIEN SR. ’42
Michelle Hoobler Cook
Stacey, welcomed a baby
girl, Carlen Grace Cook,
on July 17, 2006. The Cook
family lives in Mobile, Ala.
Alice Hull Lachaussee ’96
and her husband, Matt,
first child, Evelyn Faith,
born June 9, 2006. Evelyn
Faith was 7 pounds 4
ounces. Alice teaches history at SHC and Tulane
University – Biloxi campus.
The Lachaussee family lives
in Pascagoula, Miss.
Larry and Kelly Lenning
’93 announce the birth of
their first child, Darby
Quinn Lenning. Darby was
born on Sept. 15, 2006, in
Louisville, Ky.
Lara (Goeke) Walker ’99
and Jamie Walker of
Mobile, Ala., are happy to
son, Riley, who was born
on Nov. 24, 2006. He is
welcomed by his big sister,
Emily.
DAVID A. AZAR ’50
REV. PATRICK HERMAN KOCH, S.J. ’50
PAUL T. BISHOP ’51
ANTHONY J. CARANNA ’52
THOMAS EDWARD TILL JR. ’57
JOHN T. STEINER SR. ’58
THOMAS STEPHEN GLEASON SR. ’59
ELIZABETH ROCHE KENNEDY ’59
ANN CRABTREE ROSEN ’59
ANTHONY MCNAMARA ’62
Stephen Quina ’96 and his
wife, Shawna, welcomed
their son, Jake D’Olive
Quina, who was born on
Aug. 23, 2006.
WILLIAM C. NIJEM ’65
Allison Acrey ’99 and her
husband, Scott, are happy
to announce the birth of
their daughter, Caroline
Cecile Acrey, born on Nov.
7, 2006.
DR. RAMON G. HANNAH ’68
MICHELE K. COODY ’68
WILLIAM HAJESKI ’68
ROBERT BLAHNIK ’79
KERRI CRONIN ’79
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CHAPTERUPDATES
ATLANTA
On Jan. 18 the Atlanta Chapter held an organizational meeting
to look at the year ahead. With new chapter president Frank
Butterfield ’00 at the helm, a lively group of alumni gathered to
share an array of thoughts and ideas about the future of the chapter. The next Atlanta Chapter event will be an outing to watch
home team Atlanta Braves take on the Arizona Diamondbacks,
and there are other events in the works for later this year.
beer and brats dinner. Hosts Mary Grace and Kevin ’66 Burke welcomed guests to the new center on April 14 for an evening of delicious food, sampling of a wide variety of beer and other adult beverages, and a tour of the facility.
An enthusiastic bunch of alumni gather in Memphis to celebrate Mardi
Gras the SHC way.
Shirley and Price ’47 LeBlanc and Dan ’51 and Percival LeBlanc at
the Baton Rouge alumni reception.
BATON ROUGE
Krista ’92 and Christopher ’91 Valluzzo opened their home in
Baton Rouge on March 1 to celebrate fun and friends on a beautiful spring evening. A popular local catering company provided
the delicious buffet menu that was enjoyed by approximately 31
alumni and friends. Missy and Dave Cresson, both ’93, and
Michael Olinde ’88 were co-hosts for the evening.
MEMPHIS
The Memphis Chapter also held a Mardi Gras party to celebrate
the season at the home of Charlotte ’93 and Mike ’92 Henderson.
On Saturday, Jan. 27 approximately 30 alumni gathered to enjoy
some homemade gumbo and moon pies from Mobile while they
shared stories about their days on the Hill.
BIRMINGHAM
On Thursday, Feb.15 the Birmingham Chapter chose the Open
Door Café, a neighborhood hot spot in Crestline Park, as the
venue for its appropriately timed Mardi Gras King Cake Happy
Hour. Chapter president Megan Wyatt ’95 supplied the king cake,
and about 30 alumni came out for the event.
Scott Angle ’92, Jackie Angle ’92, Mimi Strasavich ’92, Mike
Strasavich ’91, and Kelly Hughes ’00 at the Mobile Mardi Gras celebration.
MOBILE
From left, Barry Hue ’90, Carlos Cuadrado ’90, Steve Kocian ’94,
and chapter president Mike Gamauf ’92 at the Chicago alumni party.
CHICAGO
Nearly 60 alumni and friends gathered at Burke Beverage, Inc.,
one of Chicago’s premiere Miller beer distribution centers, for a
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The Mobile Chapter celebrated Mardi Gras here in its native
city with a pre-parade gathering at Downtown Mobile’s Mardi
Gras-themed bar The Krewe. On Feb. 13, approximately 23 alumni and friends enjoyed happy hour and a festive meal of red beans
and rice, muffalettas and king cake. Then they strolled a few
blocks together to the parade route to watch the Order of LaShe’s
roll through the streets.
Alumni and friends enjoy delicious boiled crawfish at an event hosted
by Lauren Lemmon ’85 and her parents in New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS
Just outside of New Orleans, on Bayou Gauche, more than 30
alumni and their families gathered for a traditional Louisiana
crawfish boil. Hot, boiled crawfish, beverages and hot dogs for the
kids were served while the relaxed setting allowed alumni and
friends an opportunity to mingle. A special thanks to Lauren
Lemmon ’85 and her parents, Harry and Mary Ann Lemmon, for
hosting this wonderful get-together.
Kevin Rys ’99 and Sean Hengesbach ’98 at the alumni
happy hour in Tampa.
TAMPA
The National Alumni Association hosted a Mardi Gras-themed
happy hour in Tampa at Valencia Garden restaurant on Feb. 23.
Approximately 19 alumni and friends celebrated with a delicious
menu of tapas in a private room that was decorated to bring a
taste of Mobile Bay area Mardi Gras down to the Tampa Bay area.
Guests expressed interest in continuing to organize events in the
area, so be on the lookout for more to come this fall.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON UPCOMING ALUMNI
EVENTS, VISIT www.shc.edu/alumni-and-friends
Fundraiser hosts take a moment from their duties to smile for the
camera at the St. Louis alumni event.
ST. LOUIS
For the second year in a row, the St. Louis Chapter held a
fundraiser to finance the chapter scholarship that is awarded
annually to a local student. This year the scholarship was renamed in memory of Daniel C. Aubuchon ’69, a beloved alumnus
and faithful supporter of SHC who died in 2004. Building upon
its success last year, chapter members donated more than $2,500
this year. On Feb. 10 Mary ’75 and Mike Reedy welcomed more
than 65 alumni, parents and friends to their home for a Mardi
Gras-themed party co-hosted by Maureen Guzy ’71, Ellen ’94 and
Doug Dolan, Mary Beth ’87 and Jim ’79 Dunn, and Lynn ’77 and
Raoul ’77 Robichaux.
Mimi McGinn ’07, Ali Mullin ’07 and Kristie Murphy ’07 are welcomed into the alumni association at the Senior Class Crawfish Boil.
SENIOR CLASS CRAWFISH BOIL
The Office of Alumni Programs hosted a crawfish boil on April
10 to serve as its official welcome to the National Alumni
Association for the soon-to-be graduates. Despite a rainy evening,
more than 60 members of the class of 2007 turned out to eat
boiled crawfish with all the fixings and enjoyed live music entertainment at Stewartfield. Congratulations seniors!
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ALUMNI NEWS
UPCOMING EVENTS
MEMPHIS CRAWFISH BOIL
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS FOOTBALL
VIEWING PARTY
Sunday, May 20, 2007, 3 p.m.
At the home of Paul Chandler ’91
$15 per person
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Time and location TBA
BATON ROUGE STUDENT SEND-OFF RECEPTION
Thursday, July 19, 2007, 6 p.m.
At the home of David ’83 and Denise ’85 Hatcher
CHICAGO CUBS BASEBALL GATHERING
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Chicago Cubs
10:05 a.m. – Brunch at the Wrigley Field
Stadium Club
12:05 p.m. – Game time
$75 per person
$65 for alumni in Classes of 2002-2007
* Limited number of tickets available
ATLANTA BRAVES BASEBALL GATHERING
Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Atlanta Braves
5:05 p.m. – Pre-game gathering – Turner Field
City Scape Patio
$40 per person
12TH ANNUAL CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIP
GOLF CLASSIC AND AUCTION
Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007
Bloomingdale Golf Club
10 a.m. – Registration
10:30 a.m. – Tee times begin
5:30 p.m. – Dinner and Auction
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS BASEBALL GATHERING
Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007
Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals
2:25 p.m. – Pre-game gathering in the Cardinal’s
Golden Glove, Room 207
$100 per person
DALLAS ALUMNI PARTY
Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007, time TBA
Home of Andrew Minigutti ’90
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13TH ANNUAL ZOGHBY-DEVANEY MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP GOLF TOURNAMENT
Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007
11 a.m. – Mass at St. Joseph Chapel
12 p.m. – Registration and lunch
1 p.m. – Shotgun start
5:30 p.m. – Dinner
Spring Hill College Golf Course
To register or find out more about these events,
visit www.shc.edu/alumni-and-friends/alumnievents
ALUMNI SERVICES
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through the U.S. mail. Now, you can order
SHC Badger personalized mailing labels with
your name and address. Choose from two
styles.
BANK OF AMERICA CREDIT CARD
Spring Hill College is proud to offer the
Platinum Plus credit card, a MasterCard credit card program that provides peerless benefits, service, worldwide acceptance, and convenience. Issued by Bank of America, the
nation’s leading issuer of affinity credit cards,
this program offers our Spring Hill College
members a low introductory Annual
Percentage Rate. Platinum Plus customers
may also take advantage of numerous superior
benefits. The Spring Hill College credit card
proudly displays our name.
Call the exclusive Spring Hill line toll free
at 1-800-932-2775 for more information and
to apply today. The priority code is FABBZQ.
For more information on these and other alumni
services, visit www.shc.edu/alumni-andfriends/services.
CONGRATULATIONS!
CLASS OF
2007
A rendering of the restored Administration Building by The Architects Group shows that the building will
be named the Rev. Gregory F. Lucey, S.J. Administration Center. The project, which is scheduled for completion in January 2009, includes a thorough restoration of the building and replacement of the cupola.
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