Volume 33, Number 1
JAYNotes
The Magazine of Jesuit High School in New Orleans
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SUMMER 2006
The Special Edition:
Blue Jay Spirit Soars as Jesuit Rebounds
from the Katrina Deluge
Inside this Issue:
Graduation 2005
Katrina Submerges Jesuit
Graduation 2006
Jesuit Today—Resilient, Rebuilding, Rejuvenated
Volume 33, Number 1
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INSIDE
Jaynotes Returns After an Extended Absence
A year has gone by since the last issue of Jaynotes was published. We were
in the final stages of preparing the Graduation 2005 issue when Hurricane
Katrina interrupted all of our lives. Jaynotes was put on the back burner until
a sense of normalcy returned to Jesuit.
Our efforts were focused on several important projects, not the least of
which was helping the administration with the satellite school for Blue Jays at
Strake Jesuit in Houston. Alumni director Mat Grau ’68, who also serves as
Jaynotes editor, was called back to the classroom in the first semester following
Katrina and taught English to displaced Blue Jays at Strake Jesuit.
Meanwhile, we established the funding mechanism to help with repairing
the millions of dollars in damages caused by Hurricane Katrina. We are pleased to report that the Katrina
Restoration Fund is more than halfway to reaching its goal of $5 million, thanks in large part to significant
contributions by other Jesuit institutions, Blue Jay alumni and parents, and foundations. In February 2006,
we appealed to parents in an abbreviated PAG drive, raising more than $1 million. A few weeks later, our
faithful alumni responded generously to the annual (and also abbreviated) LEF drive, pledging more than
$730,000. Coupled with the amount donated to the Katrina Restoration Fund, Blue Jay alumni have
contributed an astounding $1.7 million to their Alma Mater.
Class reunions in spring and summer have brought together Blue Jays from years ending in “1” and
“6,” events that have been infused with a refreshing spirit of camaraderie in these post-Katrina times.
We have made a valiant effort to keep pace with the frequent changes of addresses experienced by many
alumni affected by Katrina. In most cases, our database has been successfully changed to reflect your new
address and contact information. However, the amount of mail returned to us as “undeliverable, left no
forwarding address” indicates we need to do a better job of locating you. We hope you can help us find you
by sending any relevant contact information by e-mail to: alumni@jesuitnola.org. Or you can phone Jesuit’s
alumni office at 504-483-3815.
For many months after the hurricane, the post office did not deliver bulk
mail. Therefore, publishing and mailing Jaynotes would have been an
expensively futile project. Now that the post office has resumed delivering bulk
mail to most zip codes in the New Orleans area, we have cooked this special
edition of Jaynotes which encompasses an entire year of events at Jesuit High
School, including two graduations, Katrina, and Jesuit in the here and now.
We hope this issue reaches your mailbox and you enjoy devouring its contents.
We can only hope and pray that this sense of normalcy stays with us for a long,
long time.
Pierre DeGruy ’69
Graduation 2005
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2005 Valedictory Address
Awards
Where Did They Go?
Scholarships Offered
Principal Reviews 2004-2005
Sports: Magical “6”
Graduation 2006
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2006 Valedictory Address
Awards
Where Are They Going?
Scholarships Offered
Principal Reviews 2005-2006
State of the School Address
Michael Puente ’06 —Presidential Scholar
Hurricane Katrina Coverage
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Jesuit Under Water
Fr. Anthony McGinn, S.J. ’66 Opines that
New Orleans Needs an Attitude Adjustment
A Million Thanks to All
Fr. Raymond Fitzgerald ’76 Offers
“Reflections of a Religious Nature”
The Blessings that Katrina Brought
Guest Authors
Jaynotes Interviews:
Br. William Dardis, S.J. ’58
and Michael Prados ’83
Jesuit Today
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Paul Frederick Celebrates 50 Years
Guest Author: Dave Lagarde ’65
The Life of St. Ignatius of Loyola
Where Y’at!
Jeopardy Champ Kevin Marshall ’03
Sports: Old Hats & New Faces
2005 Alumnus of the Year
Bib List
In Memoriam
SUMMER
2006
Jaynotes, the magazine for and about
alumni, parents, and students of Jesuit
High School in New Orleans, is
published three times annually by
the Development and Alumni Affairs
Office including a special Graduation
issue in the summer. Opinions
expressed in Jaynotes are those of the
individual authors.
President
Fr. Anthony McGinn, S.J. ’66
mcginn@jesuitnola.org
Director of Development
and Public Relations
Pierre DeGruy ’69
degruy@jesuitnola.org
Jaynotes Editor
Mat Grau ’68
Director of Alumni Affairs
grau@jesuitnola.org
Director of Special Projects
Bro. William Dardis, S.J. ’58
dardis@jesuitnola.org
Coordinator of Development
& Alumni Affairs
Mary Tschantz
tschantz@jesuitnola.org
Design & Layout
Design III
Printing
Harvey-Hauser
Photography
Harold Baquet, Mike Barberito
Photography, Chris Barberito ’08,
David Castillo ’06, Nick de la
Rua ’06, Karl Fiegley ’06,
Paul Fitzmorris ’06, Jonathan
Rowan ’06
Letters, photographs, and
correspondence are welcome and
can be either submitted by e-mail
(grau@jesuitnola.org) or mailed to:
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4133 Banks St.
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Address changes should be
submitted to alumni@jesuitnola.org
or contact Jesuit’s Alumni Affairs
office at 504-483-3815.
Parents: If you are receiving your
son’s copy of Jaynotes and he no longer
lives with you, please let us know so we
can change our records and send the
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reading your son’s copy of Jaynotes, let
us know that as well. We will be glad to
send a copy to his new address and a
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It is easy to make a donation
online to benefit Jesuit High
School. You can donate to the
Katrina Restoration Project, the Living
Endowment Fund, and the Parents
Annual Giving by going to Jesuit’s
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deeply appreciate your generosity.
Jesuit High School in New Orleans
GRADUATION
2005
There were four valedictorians among the 266 graduates of the Class of 2005.
A few weeks before Hurricane Katrina, the valedictorians returned to Jesuit
for a photo taken on the roof of the school.
They are, from left to right, Dustin Chase Alonzo, Jayson Joseph Lavie, Daniel Patrick Murphy, and Randall Paul Folse. On the following page, our 2005
vals were photographed crossing Banks Street, in a scene vaguely resembling a certain album cover by the Beatles some 37 years ago.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
“Unanswered Prayers”
Delivered to the Class of 2005 at the Commencement Ceremony held May 26, 2005
at the Municipal Auditorium.
My fellow graduates who are of the class of
2005:
Many times you have heard me say that
everything is God’s gift. Personal happiness is found in recognizing
those gifts and acknowledging that we are only stewards. Nothing is
ours forever. We will be called to give an account of our stewardship.
Our talent is on loan from God.
A man who is much wiser than I once said, “Some of God’s
greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.”
Not all of your dreams will be fulfilled, not all of your goals
will be met, not all of your ambitions will be accomplished.
Disappointment, frustration, and defeat are as much a part of your
future as are success, accomplishments, and personal satisfaction.
God has blessed us with a great tool for dealing with unanswered
prayers. Our emotional resilience helps us manage disappointment.
On the other hand, we all have a weakness that militates against the
gift of resilience. Too frequently we fall into self-deception. The
capacity for resilience and the capacity for self-deception both seem
almost limitless. It is the interplay of these two abilities that will
determine your happiness, how well you fulfill the plan God has
for you, and how well you live in service to the community.
Self-deception manifests itself in our refusing to take
responsibility, in our shifting the blame, and in our denying that we
need to change. Often we refuse to believe that our friends can make
mistakes, so we try to defend what is indefensible. We deny our
responsibility when something goes wrong, and we can even blame
the victims whom we have injured. We have the ability to justify the
most horrendous acts, and we can rationalize our most anti-social
and egocentric choices.
Fortunately, God created us with a tremendous capacity for
resilience. We have the ability to accept disruptive changes and
bounce back. Each of us is responsible for finding a way to deal
effectively with adversity. We are responsible for how we use God’s
gift of resilience. Life is about change; nothing ever stays exactly
the same. Adaptability and flexibility free us from being slaves
to our own insistent and often irrational demands. Putting our
disappointments in perspective and looking at them objectively
strengthen us when we are tempted to give up hope. Take as your
heroes those among your number who have shown courage in
the face of significant personal challenges. Resilience empowers us to
face the next series of challenges with optimism.
My hope for you is that as you look back on your life fifty years
from now you will be able to say, “Some of God’s greatest gifts were
unanswered prayers.”
Anthony McGinn, S.J. ’66
2005 VALEDICTORY ADDRESS
Reverend Father McGinn, Mr. Giambelluca, faculty of Jesuit High
School, relatives, friends, and classmates of the class of 2005:
As I stand before you this evening, there is little I can say to you that
is more than mere cliché. Thousands upon thousands of Blue Jays have
sat here where we are tonight, their faces ruddy with the gleam and
expectation of facing the world, straddling the threshold of one era to
the next, with their backs to the past and their eyes towards eternity.
After so many generations, words of wisdom, hope, and inspiration of poets, sages, and saints have lost their meaning, their power.
Standing before you now, I do not presume to possess the eloquence of a poet, the insight of a sage, or the virtue of a saint, nor do I
wish to fill you with words of one. Nevertheless, tonight, this evening, when we leave behind much of what we cherish, the place we have
called our home, I offer you this one thing: that we are not alone. Countless numbers like ourselves have sat in these very seats, have worn
these very clothes, about to embark upon the same journey that lies before us tonight. We are not the first ones to have walked this road,
nor will we be the last. When we feel the pain of the weight of the world on our shoulders, we are not alone. When our eyes gaze upon the
arduous road before us, we are not the only ones to see. Together, we have come this far, to this place; together, we trod onward.
For there is nothing in this world that our four or five years at Jesuit High School have not prepared us for. Already we have experienced
much that life has to offer. And we will experience many of these things again, in different times, in different places, in different ways;
but pain is pain, and loss is loss; triumph is triumph, and victory is victory. We have exulted with trophies high above our heads, with
the exhilaration of all our efforts having come to fruition; and we have watched while others have done the same, feeling the agony of
defeat even though we had done nothing different, worked no less hard than at any other time. But we are still here, here with the
consolation that nothing we have done has been in vain.
As representative of the class of 2005, it is my privilege, honor, and duty to say goodbye. Goodbye to parents, teachers, and coaches,
who have worked as tirelessly as we have, allowing us to be here, to bask in glory. Goodbye to those we have called classmates, teammates,
and friends, with whom we have shared every sorrow, every victory these past five years, those whom we will hold dear to our hearts
until the day we die. Goodbye to the red bricks and the halls of Carrollton and Banks, that for such a short time we have called home, with
the hope that what we have experienced and learned in our days at Jesuit High School, the good and the bad, the ups and the downs,
may ultimately lead us to our eternal home.
Jayson Lavie ’05
Thank you and God bless you.
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Blue Jays’ Achievements Recognized
Each year Jesuit students are recognized for their achievements. The following
awards and their recipients were announced at the Commencement Ceremony
and at the Awards Assembly.
AWARDS PRESENTED AT GRADUATION
The Reverend Father President’s Spiritual Leadership Award is awarded
to the student who has exerted the greatest spiritual influence on others by
living a life exemplifying his Catholic faith. The President’s Spiritual Leadership
Award is given to that member of the senior class who manifests to the rest of
the school community his dedication and commitment to Christ and the
Church through his personal life, concern for others, and Christian example.
By vote of the faculty, this year’s award was merited by John Brennan
Stanton ’05.
The Harry McEnerny, Jr. Memorial Plaque is awarded to that member of
the senior class who not only has a good scholastic record, but is also proficient
in an athletic activity his senior year, has participated in extracurricular activities
outside of athletics, and possesses those qualities which symbolize the most
representative Jesuit High School student. He should be a leader among the
students and his leadership should be in the area of preserving school spirit.
The student who has been judged deserving of this award by a vote of the faculty is John-Michael Early III ’05.
John Brennan “Jack”
Stanton (above)
received the Spiritual
Leadership Award
while John-Michael
Early (left) was
honored with The
Harry McEnerny, Jr.
Memorial Plaque and
The Father Pedro
Arrupe Award.
The Father Pedro Arrupe Award is made each year to the senior who has exemplified the spirit of being a man
for others by his participation and excellence in service. This year, by vote of the faculty, the Father Pedro Arrupe
Award is merited by John-Michael Early III ’05.
The Blue Jay Parents’ Club Award for excellence in scholarship is awarded to the seniors who graduated with
the highest grade point average for four years at Jesuit High School and are named co-valedictorians of the class.
This year it was merited by Dustin Chase Alonzo ’05, Randall Paul Folse ’05, Jayson Joseph Lavie ’05,
and Daniel Patrick Murphy ’05.
AWARDS PRESENTED AT ASSEMBLY
The Frank T. Howard Memorial Award for English was merited by
Jayson J. Lavie ’05.
The Jesuit 500 Club Award for Latin was merited this year by Randall
P. Folse ’05.
The William Helis Memorial Award for Greek was merited by
Matthew J. Caverly ’05.
The Loyola University Award for Mathematics, given to the senior with
the highest overall average in mathematics, was earned by Randall P. Folse
’05.
The Reverend William J. Ryan Memorial Award for History, donated
by Dr. J. Joseph Ryan, was merited by Jayson J. Lavie ’05.
The Frank T. Howard Memorial Award for excellence in Physics was
merited by Jayson J. Lavie ’05.
The Paquette Family Award for excellence in French was merited by
Jay E. Trusheim, Jr ’05.
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The Ubaldo Trelles Memorial Award for excellence in Spanish
was merited by Sean M. Brennan ’05.
The Giunio Socola Memorial Award for excellence in Public
Debate in the Senior Division, donated by Mrs. Anita Socola Specht,
was merited by Ian P. Gunn ’07.
The Philelectic Society Award for outstanding achievement in
Dramatics was merited by Nicholas W. Simoneaux ’05.
The Professor Michael Cupero Memorial Award for band
leadership, donated by his grandson, Hamil Cupero, was merited by
Ryan E. O’Malley ’05.
The Coach Edwin W. Toribio Memorial Award, given to the
member of the graduating class who best combined scholarship and
athletics, was presented to Johnny A. Giavotella, Jr. ’05.
The Susan and Garic Schoen Award for excellence in Computer
Studies, awarded to the graduating senior who has made outstanding
progress in and contributions to Computer Science, was awarded to
Randall P. Folse ’05.
The Larry Gilbert Family Memorial Award for the best allaround athlete on the varsity teams for the current year was awarded
to Anthony J. Scelfo ’05.
The Jimmy Kuck Award for excellence in Chemistry was merited
by Ernest K. Svenson ’06.
The Award for Excellence in Biology was merited by Robert C.
Mattamal ’05.
The Culture of Life Award for exemplary leadership in the Jesuit
Pro Life Club, profound belief in the inviolable dignity of human life
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from conception to natural death, and consistent respect and concern
for others in daily life was awarded to Jeremy H. Call ’05.
The Lea Naquin Hebert Memorial Award for excellence in
Public Debate in the Senior Division, donated by her sons F. Edward
and Gordon Ray Hebert, was merited by Allen C. Porter III ’06.
The Aloysius J. Cahill Memorial Award in Oratory was merited
ex aequo by Lee J. Gresham ’08 and Paul M. Leingang ’08.
The John D. Schilleci Memorial Award for Elocution in the
Senior Division was merited ex aequo by Gavin S. Atilano ’06 and
Nicolas J. DiRosa ’06.
The Felix J. Hebert Memorial Award for Elocution in the Junior
Division, donated by his sons F. Edward and Gordon Ray Hebert,
was merited by David A. White, Jr ’06.
The Reverend Francis A. Fox, S.J., Memorial Award for
proficiency in instrumental music, donated by Mr. Harry J. Morel,
Sr., was merited by Christian M. Bautista ’06.
The Vincent J. Liberto Award for Second Place in
Instrumental Music, donated by Mr. Vincent J. Liberto, was
merited by Justice V. J. Buras ’05.
The Reverend Elwood P. Hecker, S.J. Award given
to the bandsmen who show dedication to music, honesty, understanding, dependability, and Blue Jay spirit was merited ex aequo by
Brett C. Bodin ’05 and Eric H. Simmons ’05.
The Robert T. Casey Memorial Award, given to the varsity
athlete who manifested the best sportsmanship during the current
year was awarded to Jeremy J. Chenier ’05.
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The Coach Gernon Brown Memorial Award for the best allaround athlete of the junior varsity teams for the current year was
awarded to Jamaan L. Kenner ’08.
The “Rusty” Staub Award to the senior baseball letterman
manifesting outstanding sportsmanship, leadership, and spirit for the
current year was awarded to Jerad J. Comarda ’05.
The Award for the Best Football Lineman for the current season
was awarded to Eric D. Block ’05.
The Award for All-Around Athletic Ability was awarded to Brett
L. Guidry ’06.
The William D. and Maybell Postell Award, donated by Mr.
John Blake Postell, to the senior basketball player who manifested
leadership, scholarship, and spirit during the current season was
presented to Nicholas A. Darensburg ’05.
The Fighting Jaylet Award, donated by Mr. Charles W. Heim, Jr.,
in honor of the 1968 Fighting Jaylets, to the junior varsity basketball
player who has demonstrated the highest quality of excellence as a
student athlete, was presented to Scott L. Saunders ’07.
The Morris B. Redmann Memorial Award for the senior football
letterman who best combined scholarship and athletics was presented
to Alexander J. Farge ’05.
The Edwin F. Stacy, Jr. Wrestling Award to the senior who has
made a major contribution to the team, excelling in academics,
exhibiting exemplary leadership, and sacrificially working for the benefit
of his teammates was awarded to George Paul Hebbler III ’05.
The Michael D. Conway Award for the most valuable player on
the current soccer team was awarded to Jay E. Trusheim, Jr ’05.
The Rodriguez Family Most Valuable Swimmer Award for
the senior who made significant contribution to the team, exhibited
exemplary leadership, and performed in an outstanding manner in
meet competition was awarded to Robert T. Casey II ’05.
The Chester M. Rieth Award for the senior track letterman
manifesting sportsmanship, leadership, and spirit for the current year
was awarded to James S. Truxillo ’05.
The Stanley Ray Award for the most improved track letterman
during the current year was awarded to Kyle M. Rose ’07.
The Most Valuable Golfer Award for the golfer who has made
a significant contribution to the team, has exhibited exemplary
leadership, and has performed in an outstanding manner was
presented to Neal A. Ajubita ’06.
The Most Valuable Tennis Player Award for the senior tennis
player who has made a significant contribution to the team by having
exhibited exemplary leadership and having performed in an
outstanding manner was awarded to Taylor M. Fogleman ’05.
The Christopher Morgan Memorial Award for the cross-country
letterman who has best exemplified courage, leadership, sportsmanship,
and spirit was awarded to Brett M. McMann ’05.
The Joseph Michael Worley Memorial Award, given to the
graduating senior who by his unselfishness, sportsmanship, and spirit
during his career at Jesuit has enhanced the athletic program as a
player, manager, trainer, or student, was presented to John-Michael
Early III ’05.
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WHERE DID THEY GO?
From Los Angeles to Boston, from Hammond to Chicago, from the cozy environs of Carrollton and Banks
to unfamiliar campuses around the country, members of the Class of 2005 headed off to…
Baton Rouge Community College
Daniel K. King II
Royce Palmer Martin also accepted to Southeastern Louisiana University
Blaine Dennis Rogers also accepted to Spring Hill College, University of
New Orleans
Belmont University
William Paul Herrington, Jr. also accepted to Louisiana State University
(Honors College), University of New Orleans
Clemson University
Scott Aron Rosman also accepted to University of Dayton, Christian
Brothers University
Dartmouth College
Matthew Jean Caverly also accepted to Brown University, University of
Virginia, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Boston College,
Loyola University New Orleans, Miami University—Ohio (Honors
College), Louisiana State University (Honors College)
Michael William Magner also accepted to California Institute of
Technology, Cornell University, University of Michigan (Honors College),
Pomona College, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Honors
College), Carnegie Mellon University, Georgia Institute of Technology,
Louisiana State University (Honors College)
Delta State University
Philip Michael Blancher also accepted to University of Alabama, Lehigh
University, University of Southern Mississippi, Louisiana Tech University
Terrence Michael Ibert, Jr. also accepted to University of New Orleans
East Carolina University
Reece Daniel Thomas also accepted to Christian Brothers University,
University of Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Coastal
Carolina University, University of North Florida, University of North Texas,
University of Mississippi
Florida State University
David John Brennan, Jr. also accepted to University of Alabama, Auburn
University, Louisiana State University
Fordham University
Michael Lawrence Mantese also accepted to Louisiana State University
(Honors College), Saint Louis University, University of Georgia
Benjamin Howard Prentice also accepted to Santa Clara University,
University of San Francisco
Georgetown University
Daniel Patrick Murphy (Early Action) also accepted to Boston College
(Honors College), Villanova University (Early Action)
Ithaca College
Jeremy Cole Reese also accepted to University of Northern Colorado
(Honors College), Fordham University (Honors College), New York
University, Emerson College (Honors College)
Louisiana State University
Philipp Dmitrievich Akchurin
Leonard Clarkson Alsfeld
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Travis Magner Andrews also accepted to University of Alabama (Honors
College), Baylor University (Honors College)
Travis James Barbara also accepted to Our Lady of Holy Cross College
Jesse Lee Beckemeyer also accepted to Tulane University
Bradley Joseph Begault also accepted to University of Alabama
David Corey Benoit
Brett Charles Bodin also accepted to University of New Orleans,
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Brett Colin Bordelon also accepted to University of San Francisco
Brett Nations Bourgeois (Honors College)
Kyle Adrian Breaux (Honors College) also accepted to Mississippi State
University, Tulane University
Sean Michael Brennan (Honors College) also accepted to University of
Southern California
Timothy Michael Brinks (Honors College) also accepted to Tulane
University (Honors College), Loyola University New Orleans (Honors College)
Cory Lannan Burks
Christopher David Capps
Jeffrey John Carey also accepted to Auburn University, College of
Charleston
Sean Harrison Casey also accepted to Mount St. Mary’s University,
Spring Hill College, University of Mississippi, University of Alabama
Jeremy Joseph Chenier
Matthew Anthony Chivleatto (Honors College)
Patrick Martin Cotogno
Kevin Patrick Cowley (Honors College) also accepted to Clemson
University
Benjamin Worth Cozad
Daniel Joseph Currault (Honors College) also accepted to University
of Miami
Brycen Joseph Timothy Daniels
Craig Stephen Daste, Jr. (Honors College) also accepted to Emory
University, Tulane University (Honors College), Loyola University Chicago,
Loyola University New Orleans
Daniel Cole Dudley also accepted to University of Houston, University of
Florida, Florida State University
Christian David Dupré also accepted to University of Louisiana at
Lafayette, University of Alabama
Talmadge Williford duQuesnay also accepted to University of
Mississippi, Loyola University New Orleans, Spring Hill College
John-Michael Early III also accepted to University of Tennessee at
Knoxville
Alan Joseph Elmer, Jr. also accepted to Loyola University New Orleans,
Tulane University, University of New Orleans
Stewart Austin Estopinal
Cameron Hodapp Eustis
Alexander James Farge also accepted to University of Alabama,
University of Southern Mississippi
Matthew John Farmer (Honors College)
Timothy William Finn also accepted to University of New Orleans,
University of Southern Mississippi, University of Mississippi, University
of Alabama
James Joseph FitzSimons III
Matthew Joseph Flynn also accepted to University of New Orleans,
Southeastern Louisiana University, University of Mississippi, University of
Louisiana at Lafayette
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Nicholas Emile Frisard (Honors College) also accepted to Georgia
Institute of Technology, University of Georgia
Keith Michael Gaffney
Nicholas Salvatore Gambino (Honors College)
Colin Lindhe Guarisco also accepted to Rhodes College
Diego Alejandro Gutierrez also accepted to University of New Orleans
Patrick Edward Haggerty, Jr. (Honors College)
Eric Scott Hargrove
Charles Andrew Harmon also accepted to University of Louisiana at
Lafayette, University of New Orleans
Brandon Daniel Hartmann also accepted to University of Georgia
Bentley Joseph Harvey III also accepted
to University of Miami, Loyola University New Orleans
Christopher Bijan Hatamian
George Paul Hebbler III (Honors College) also accepted to University
of Florida (Honors College), University of Alabama, Auburn University,
Texas Christian University (Honors College)
Michael Steven Heier (Honors College)
William Thomas Hibert
Aaron L. Hoover
Peter Michael Hopkins also accepted to University of New Orleans
Christopher Joseph Hornberger also accepted to University of Southern
Mississippi
Brett Steven Jackson also accepted to University of Alabama, University
of Florida, University of Miami, University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M
University, Tulane University
Tyler Brice Jaynes
Todd Jared Jones
Matthew Phillip Juge also accepted to University of New Orleans
(Honors College)
Stephen Michael Krobert also accepted to University of New Orleans
Cody Anton Kucera
Leo Alvin Labourdette III
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WHERE DID THEY GO?
Charles Grant Lade III also accepted to Auburn University,
University of Alabama
Andrew Hubert Lafont (Honors College) also accepted to Spring
Hill College
Christopher Chan Liaw also accepted to University of New Orleans,
Loyola University New Orleans
Cameron Joseph Loebig (Honors College) also accepted to Loyola
University New Orleans (Honors College)
Andrew Schaefer Lowe
Mark Alan Madden
Robert Chen Mattamal (Honors College) also accepted to Boston
College, Boston University, Emory University, Vanderbilt University
Ryan Cameron McCall
Brett Michael McMann (Honors College) also accepted to Tulane
University
James Andrew Miceli also accepted to University of Southern Mississippi
Michael Cavanagh Mims (Honors College) also accepted to Tulane
University (Honors College), University of Georgia
Ryan Matthew Monica also accepted to University of New Orleans,
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Michael Edward Morse, Jr. (Honors College) also accepted to University
of Southern Mississippi
Kyle Austin Murray also accepted to Tulane University, Georgia Tech
University, Vanderbilt University, University of New Orleans
Andrew Gerrets Necaise
Stephen Charles Newitt also accepted to Spring Hill College
Ryan Edward O'Malley (Honors College)
Jon Pierre Pastorek also accepted to Rhodes College (Honors College),
Spring Hill College (Honors College), Christian Brothers University
(Honors College)
Blake James Perez
Paul William Perron also accepted to University of Southern Mississippi,
University of Alabama, University of New Orleans
Wayne Daniel Pierce also accepted to Clemson University
Ernesto Armando Posadas
James Wilson Raley also accepted to University of New Orleans,
Southeastern Louisiana University
Daniel Christopher Ré (Honors College)
Brandon James Retif also accepted to Christian Brothers University
Robert Devin Ricci (Honors College) also accepted to Baylor University,
Loyola University New Orleans, University of Alabama, Tulane University
(Honors College), University of New Orleans
Andrew Javier Rodriguez also accepted to Loyola University New Orleans
Miles Thomas Rowan also accepted to Auburn University, University of
Buffalo, State University of New York (Honors College), Stony Brook, State
University of New York (Honors College), University at Albany, State
University of New York
John Eisenhauer Ryan also accepted to University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Bradley Jason Schwab also accepted to University of Southern Mississippi
William Alden Settoon III
Eric Harold Simmons
Douglas Spencer Smith, Jr.
Nicholas Joseph Steckler
Alex Robert Stuart
Jeffrey Ross Sullivan (Honors College) also accepted to Tulane University
(Honors College), University of Miami (Honors College), Fordham University
Timothy Andrew Torres
Jay Edward Trusheim, Jr. (Honors College) also accepted to Millsaps
College, Christian Brothers University
Ryan Joseph Tusa also accepted to University of Mississippi, University
of New Orleans
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Joseph Maxfield Vincent (Honors College) also accepted to St. Edward’s
University, Saint Louis University
Bryan Michael Whalen
Matthew Allen Wilson also accepted to University of Southern
Mississippi
Ryan James Wischkaemper
Edwin Alexander Zavala also accepted to University of New Orleans
Louisiana Tech University
Zachary Clay Daigle also accepted to Louisiana State University
Aaron Michael Henry Ranson also accepted to University of Louisiana
at Monroe
Geoffrey Joseph Thibeau
Loyola Marymount University
John Connor Montgomery also accepted to Boston University, University
of Miami, Tulane University, Occidental College, University of Southern
California
Adam Thomas Parkinson also accepted to University of Colorado at
Boulder, University of San Diego, Santa Clara University, Saint Louis
University, University of California at Santa Barbara
Loyola University Chicago
John William Murray also accepted to Baylor University, University of Dallas
Nicholas Webster Simoneaux (Honors College)
Loyola University New Orleans
Gregory Roger-Alfred Agid also accepted to College of Santa Fe, Berklee
College of Music, University of New Orleans
Joseph Elias Daher also accepted to Tulane University, Louisiana State
University (Honors College)
Carlo Nicholas Loria
Stuart Michael Schneider also accepted to University of Alabama,
Spring Hill College, University of Mississippi, University of New Orleans
Jere Richard Smith III
Evan James Stoudt also accepted to Louisiana State University
Ramon Antonio Vargas also accepted to Tulane University
Justice Victor Joseph Buras (Honors College) also accepted to Southern
Methodist University (Honors College)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ryan Michael Daspit also accepted to University of Notre Dame (Honors
College), Texas A&M University (Honors College), Georgetown University
Mississippi College
Kyle David Kruse also accepted to Spring Hill College, Oglethorpe
University, Millsaps College, University of Southern Mississippi,
Northwestern State University, Our Lady of Holy Cross College, Louisiana
State University
Purdue University
Michael Patrick Schafer (Honors College) also accepted to University
of Michigan, Clemson University (Honors College), Auburn University,
Louisiana State University (Honors College)
Rhodes College
Michael Hughes Tufton also accepted to United States Naval Academy,
Boston College, Tulane University, Louisiana State University (Honors
College), Washington and Lee University
Saint Louis University
Brian Gerard LeBon, Jr. also accepted to University of Alabama,
University of Mississippi, University of Tennessee
G R A D U AT I O N 2 0 0 5
John Pauly Leonard, Jr. also accepted to Louisiana State University
(Honors College), Vanderbilt University, Texas A&M University
Brendan Michael Murphy also accepted to Spring Hill College,
Louisiana State University
Thomas Gerard Nuttli, Jr. also accepted to Texas Christian University,
Spring Hill College, Loyola University Chicago, Loyola University New
Orleans, Louisiana State University, Millsaps College
Savannah College of Art & Design
Troy Anthony Herbert, Jr. also accepted to Louisiana Tech University
Southeastern Louisiana University
Justin Michael Armond
Matthew Christopher Druen
Jarred David Lang
Lester Joseph Millet IV also accepted to Nicholls State University,
Louisiana State University
Norman Timothy Roussel, Jr.
Jose Adrian Sardina
Southern Methodist University
Daniel Aurelio Montenegro also accepted to United States Coast Guard
Academy, Baylor University, Catholic University of America, University of
Miami, Pennsylvania State University, Florida State University, Louisiana
State University
Spring Hill College
David Edward Amrock
Matthew Benjamin Bertucci
Richard William Kelly also accepted to Louisiana State University
Leland Barkerding Smith (Honors College) also accepted to Southern
Methodist University, Louisiana State University
Stanford University
Nicholas Anthony Darensburg also accepted to University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wake Forest University, Vanderbilt University,
University of Notre Dame, Emory University, Tulane University, Georgetown
University, Duke University, Harvard University, Syracuse University
Randall Paul Folse also accepted to Boston University (Honors College),
Tulane University (Honors College), Harvey Mudd College
Stony Brook University, State University of New York
Andrew William McGowan (Honors College) also accepted to University
of New Orleans, Louisiana State University (Honors College), Loyola
University New Orleans, State University of New York at New Paltz
Texas A&M University
Hersh P. Fernandes also accepted to Purdue University, Louisiana State
University
Leonard Francis Lasecki (Honors College) also accepted to University
of Miami (Honors College), Tulane University, University of Arizona
(Honors College), Baylor University (Honors College), Arizona State
University (Honors College), Texas Christian University (Honors College),
Auburn University (Honors College), Georgia Tech University, North
Carolina State University (Honors College), University of Texas at Austin,
Virginia Tech University (Honors College)
Evan Clayton Tate also accepted to University of Notre Dame, University
of Florida
Joseph B. Testa III also accepted to University of Texas at Austin,
Louisiana State University, Tulane University, Georgia Institute of
Technology
Texas Christian University
Joel Maurice Hron II (Honors College) also accepted to Georgia Institute
of Technology, Vanderbilt University, Virginia Tech University, Tulane
University, Christian Brothers University (Honors College), University of
Central Florida (Honors College), University of Dallas, Trinity University,
University of San Diego, Texas A&M University, Louisiana State University
(Honors College), Florida Institute of Technology
Gregory John Stokes (Early Action) also accepted to Tulane University
(Early Action), Trinity University (Early Action), Louisiana State University,
University of Tennessee (Early Action), Spring Hill College (Early Action),
Millsaps College (Early Action), College of Charleston (Early Action),
University of the South (Sewanee)
Trinity University
George Terence Fisk also accepted to American University, Boston
College, Eckerd College, Louisiana State University (Honors College),
Regis University, Rhodes College, Saint Louis University, Spring Hill
College, University of Dallas
Tufts University
John Baker Potts III
Tulane University
Grant Matthew Adolph also accepted to Louisiana State University,
University of Mississippi
Nicholas Robert Bernard (Honors College) also accepted to Louisiana
State University (Honors College), Loyola University New Orleans (Honors
College), University of New Orleans (Honors College)
Phillip Anthony Berns also accepted to Louisiana State University
Namdi Victor Brandon (Honors College) also accepted to Boston
University, Swarthmore College
Jeremy Hite Isaac Call also accepted to Fordham University, Florida
State University, College of Charleston, Louisiana State University,
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
John Tinsley Haley, Jr. also accepted to Louisiana State University,
Louisiana Tech University, Purdue University
Bryan Stephen Hayes also accepted to Louisiana State University
Benjamin Dozier Johnson
Thomas Joseph Krouse also accepted to George Washington University,
Loyola University Chicago, Loyola University New Orleans
Chase Montague Markovich also accepted to School of the Art Institute
of Chicago
Scott Charles Ponoroff
Anthony Jude Scelfo also accepted to University of Alabama, University
of Mississippi, University of Southern Mississippi
Imran Muhammad Shuja also accepted to Loyola University New
Orleans, Louisiana State University (Honors College)
Thomas Eamon Slattery (Honors College) also accepted to College of
William and Mary
David Vincent Swetland (Honors College) also accepted to George
Washington University (Honors College), Georgetown University, Boston
College
Robert Franklin Wood, Jr. (Honors College) also accepted to Millsaps
College, Texas A&M University (Honors College), Louisiana State
University (Honors College)
United States Air Force Academy
Blaise Louis DiLeo
United States Military Academy
Stephen Paul Baxter also accepted to Tulane University, Texas A&M
University
Graduation 2005
9
WHERE DID THEY GO?
United States Naval Academy
Michael Christopher Krouse also accepted to Boston College (Honors
College), Loyola University New Orleans (Honors College), Rhodes College
(Honors College), Tulane University (Honors College), University of
Georgia (Honors College), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Saint Joseph’s University (Honors College)
University of Georgia
Douglas Joseph deVerges also accepted to Boston College, College of
Charleston, Louisiana State University
Ignatz Gerard Kiefer III
Matthew Houston Plummer also accepted to Saint Louis University,
Louisiana State University
University of Alabama
Robert Patrick Bruce also accepted to University of New Orleans
Roy Guste Bruno
Michael Louis Gonczi also accepted to University of New Orleans,
University of Southern Mississippi (Honors College)
Dale L. Hanan also accepted to University of New Orleans
Martin Haynes Hayden
Jeffrey Richard Hymel, Jr. also accepted to Louisiana State University
Westley Richardson Keiser
Taylor Kellers Mitchell
Adam Joseph Perricone (Honors College) also accepted to Boston
College, University of Georgia, University of Nebraska (Honors College),
Louisiana State University (Honors College), Saint Louis University
Nicholas Stephen Schindler
University of Illinois
Eric David Block
University of Dallas
Joseph Thomas Wilson also accepted to Louisiana State University,
University of Alabama
University of Florida
Michael Alan Brodt (Honors College) also accepted to Arizona State
University (Honors College), Louisiana State University (Honors College),
University of Southern Mississippi, Louisiana Tech University
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University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Michael George Bartlett
Timothy Donald Hyde
Stephen Scott McCall, Jr.
University of Louisiana at Monroe
James Santiago Truxillo also accepted to Louisiana State University,
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
University of Maryland at Baltimore
Jim Yu also accepted to Baylor University, Rutgers University, University
of Mary Washington
University of Mississippi
John William Becknell III also accepted to Louisiana State University,
Loyola University Chicago
Alexander Matthew Wheatley also accepted to Mississippi State University
University of New Orleans
Eric C. Baas
G R A D U AT I O N 2 0 0 5
Bo Daniel Bellow
Timothy Dewayne Borgardt also accepted to Louisiana State University,
Loyola University New Orleans
Steven A. Castay also accepted to Southeastern Louisiana University
John Anthony Cerniglia (Honors College)
Jerad Joseph Comarda also accepted to LeMoyne College, Loyola
University New Orleans, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Samford
University, University of Southern Mississippi
Sean Keefer Cowan also accepted to Delgado Community College
Brook James Danos
David Sheldon Dietz, Jr. also accepted to University of Louisiana at
Lafayette
Lonny Anthony Ford, Jr.
Paul Charles Forstall, Jr. also accepted to Spring Hill College, Loyola
University New Orleans, College of Santa Fe
Fernando Manuel Furlán also accepted to Louisiana Tech University
Johnny Arthur Giavotella, Jr. also accepted to Southeastern Louisiana
University, Louisiana State University
Sean Michael Gipson (Honors College) also accepted to Louisiana State
University
Sean Michael Gonzales
Christian Reisch Grundy
Todd David Hack
Michael James Haydel, Jr. also accepted to University of Louisiana at
Lafayette
Brett Joseph Hornsby
Zachary James Hudson (Honors College) also accepted to Loyola
University New Orleans, Tulane University
Roger Gerard Irion II
Neil Jonathan Larrieu
Anthony Michiele Livaccari
Gregory Steven Pellerin
David William Prieur
Kyle Julian Sanderson also accepted to Louisiana State University,
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Shane Andrew Simoneaux
John Elwin Worrel III also accepted to Belmont University, Louisiana
State University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Taylor McNeilly Fogleman also accepted to Louisiana State University
University of Notre Dame
Paul Desbon Cordes III also accepted to Georgetown University (Early
Action), Boston College, Tufts University
University of Pennsylvania
Robert Taylor Casey II also accepted to Emory University, Villanova
University, Clemson University (Honors College), Texas Christian
University (Honors College), Louisiana State University (Honors College)
Jonathan Spencer Hayman also accepted to Boston College
University of San Diego
Christopher George Johnson also accepted to Louisiana State University,
Spring Hill College (Honors College), University of San Francisco, Loyola
University Chicago, Loyola Marymount University
University of Southern Mississippi
James Earl Bonck also accepted to Louisiana Tech University, University
of New Orleans, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, University of Alabama,
Northwestern State University
Brian Talbot Bosworth
Spencer Charles Cedor also accepted to University of Alabama,
University of New Orleans
Troy Mitchell Christen
Sean Michael Cronin also accepted to University of Alabama, University
of Mississippi, University of New Orleans, Southeastern Louisiana University
Todd Michael Javery also accepted to University of Alabama
Christopher William Legrand also accepted to University of Alabama,
University of New Orleans
Anthony Macaluso also accepted to University of Mississippi, University
of Louisiana at Monroe, University of New Orleans
Thomas Joseph Maestri also accepted to Spring Hill College, Christian
Brothers University, University of Mississippi, Louisiana State University
Andrew George Messina II also accepted to University of Alabama,
University of Mississippi
John Ryan Ovella
Hauser George Reboul
Paul Nicholas Saputo, Jr. (Honors College) also accepted to Rutgers
University, William Paterson University (Honors College)
University of Texas at Austin
Cash Evan Kennedy also accepted to Texas A&M University, Louisiana
State University
University of Virginia
Kenneth Bruce Ruello III also accepted to Boston College (Honors
College), Tulane University (Honors College), Vanderbilt University,
Washington and Lee University
Vanderbilt University
Jayson Joseph Lavie also accepted to University of Notre Dame, Duke
University, Georgetown University, Washington University in St. Louis,
Tulane University (Honors College), Loyola University New Orleans
(Honors College), Louisiana State University (Honors College)
Washington and Lee University
Dustin Chase Alonzo also accepted to University of Notre Dame,
Washington University in St. Louis, Louisiana State University (Honors
College), Tulane University (Honors College), University of Georgia
(Honors College), Loyola University Chicago (Honors College),
Vanderbilt University
Lee Reiss Eagan
Michael Coleman Gretchen also accepted to University of the South
(Sewanee), George Washington University, University of Georgia,
Catholic University of America (Honors College), American University
John Brennan Stanton also accepted to University of Notre Dame,
Louisiana State University (Honors College)
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Brandon Mario Chagnard also accepted to University of New Orleans
Worchester Polytechnic Institute
Andrew Cambre Sandefer also accepted to Boston University, Tulane
University
Undecided
Christopher Robert DeTrinis accepted to University of New Orleans
David Scovell McChesney accepted to Louisiana State University,
University of New Orleans, University of Alabama
Daniel Charles McCullough accepted to Washington University in
St. Louis, University of Richmond, Washington and Lee University
The 2005 Jesuit Yearbook is now available and can be picked up in the
president’s office on the third floor of the Banks Street residence. The
2006 Jesuit Yearbook is scheduled to be published by the end of 2006.
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SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED
More than $17 Million in Scholarships Offered to the Class of 2005
The 266 members of the Class of 2005 were awarded $17,623,065 in scholarships to colleges and
universities throughout the United States.
Grant Matthew Adolph—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of
Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship, University of Mississippi
Out-of-State Fee Waiver
Philip Michael Blancher—Delta State University Football Scholarship,
Louisiana Tech University Academic Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award
Eric David Block—University of Illinois Football Scholarship
Gregory Roger-Alfred Agid—Berklee College of Music 2004 World
Scholarship Tour, College of Santa Fe Christian Brothers Scholarship,
College of Santa Fe De La Salle Scholarship, College of Santa Fe Dean’s
Merit Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Loyola Scholarship,
Loyola University New Orleans Music Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity
Award, University of New Orleans Decennial Scholarship
Brett Charles Bodin—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New
Orleans Lafitte Scholarship
James Earl Bonck—University of Southern Mississippi Academic
Excellence Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi Leadership
Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award
Philipp Dmitrievic Akchurin— TOPS Opportunity Award
Brett Colin Bordelon—TOPS Opportunity Award
Dustin Chase Alonzo—Louisiana State University Alumni Association
Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide
Award, Loyola University Chicago Damen Scholarship, Loyola University
Chicago Jesuit Heritage Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane
University Distinguished Scholars Award, University of Georgia Charter
Scholarship/Regents Waiver, University of Notre Dame University
Scholarship, Vanderbilt University E. D. Johnson, Jr. Family Scholarship,
Washington and Lee University W&L Scholar Award, Washington
University in St. Louis Thomas H. Eliot Scholarship
Leonard Clarkson Alsfeld—TOPS Opportunity Award
Travis Magner Andrews—Baylor University Academic Achievement
Scholarship, Baylor University Presidential Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity
Award
Timothy Dewayne Borgardt—Loyola University New Orleans Loyola
Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award
Brian Talbot Bosworth—University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award
Brett Nations Bourgeois—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS
Opportunity Award
Namdi Victor Brandon—Boston University Engineering Scholars Award,
National Achievement Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University
Distinguished Scholars Award
Kyle Adrian Breaux—Louisiana Young Bankers Association, Mississippi
State University Out-of-State Tuition Waiver, TOPS Honors Award
Eric C. Baas—University of New Orleans Regents Scholarship
David John Brennan, Jr. —TOPS Opportunity Award
Travis James Barbara—TOPS Opportunity Award
Michael George Bartlett—TOPS Opportunity Award
Stephen Paul Baxter—Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets
Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, Tulane University Founders
Scholarship, United States Military Academy Appointment
Jesse Lee Beckemeyer—TOPS Opportunity Award
John William Becknell III—Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage
Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award
Bradley Joseph Begault—TOPS Honors Award, University of Alabama
President’s Cabinet Scholarship
David Corey Benoit—TOPS Opportunity Award
Sean Michael Brennan—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors
Award
Timothy Michael Brinks—Louisiana State University Alumni Association
Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Future Leaders
in Research, Louisiana State University National Merit Finalist Scholarship,
Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award,
Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, Pro Deo and Pro Patria
Scholarship for Columbian Squires
Michael Alan Brodt—Arizona State University National Merit
Scholarship, Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State
University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana Tech University
National Merit Scholarship, Texas A&M University Merit Plus Scholarship,
TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Florida Merit Finalist Scholarship,
University of Southern Mississippi National Merit Scholarship
Nicholas Robert Bernard—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola
University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane
University Distinguished Scholars Award, University of New Orleans
Chancelors Scholarship, University of New Orleans Study Abroad Program
Justice Victor Joseph Buras—Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s
Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Music Scholarship, Southern
Methodist University National Merit, Southern Methodist University
Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award
Phillip Anthony Berns—TOPS Opportunity Award
Cory Lannan Burks—TOPS Opportunity Award
Matthew Benjamin Bertucci—Spring Hill College Faculty Jesuit
Scholarship
Jeremy Hite Isaac Call—TOPS Performance Award
Christopher David Capps—TOPS Honors Award
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G R A D U AT I O N 2 0 0 5
Jeffrey John Carey—TOPS Opportunity Award
Jeremy Joseph Chenier—TOPS Opportunity Award
Robert Taylor Casey II—Clemson University IPTAY Academic
Scholarship, Clemson University Swimming Scholarship, Clemson
University Trustee Scholarship, Louisiana State University Centennial
Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Texas
A&M University Out-of-State Tuition Waiver, Texas Christian University
Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Villanova University Scholarship,
Villanova University Swimming Scholarship
Matthew Anthony Chivleatto—Louisiana State University Centennial
Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS
Opportunity Award
Sean Harrison Casey—Mount St. Mary’s University Mount Scholarship,
Spring Hill College Academic Jesuit Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity
Award, University of Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship
Troy Mitchell Christen—University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award
Jerad Joseph Comarda—Lemoyne College Ignatian Scholarship, Loyola
University New Orleans Loyola Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award,
University of Alabama Non-Resident Scholarship, University of New Orleans
Decennial Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award
Patrick Martin Cotogno—TOPS Opportunity Award
Steven A. Castay—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New
Orleans Napoleon Scholarship
Matthew Jean Caverly—Dow Jones Foundation National Merit
Scholarship, Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100
Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award,
Loyola University New Orleans Jesuit Identity Scholarship, Miami
University-Ohio General Scholarship, Miami University-Ohio Millett
Scholarship, Miami University-Ohio Oxford Scholars, Robert C. Byrd
Honors Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award
Spencer Charles Cedor—University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award
John Anthony Cerniglia—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New
Orleans Regents Scholarship
Brandon Mario Chagnard—TOPS Performance Award, West Virginia
Wesleyan College Academic Scholarship, West Virginia Wesleyan College
Soccer Scholarship
Kevin Patrick Cowley—TOPS Honors Award
Benjamin Worth Cozad—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS
Opportunity Award
Sean Michael Cronin—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New
Orleans Privateer Book Award, University of Southern Mississippi Regional
Award
Daniel Joseph Currault – Louisiana State University National Merit
Finalist Scholarship, Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100
Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award,
TOPS Honors Award, University of Miami Bowman Foster Ashe Scholarship
Joseph Elias Daher—Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship,
TOPS Honors Award
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SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED
Zachary Clay Daigle—Louisiana Tech University Academic Performance
Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award
Daniel Cole Dudley—Louisiana Tech University Outstanding Student
Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans
Decennial Scholarship
Brycen Joseph Timothy Daniels—TOPS Opportunity Award
Christian David Dupré—TOPS Opportunity Award
Nicholas Anthony Darensburg—Duke University Scholarship, Emory
University Dean’s Achievement Scholarship, Robert C. Byrd Honors
Scholarship, Stanford University General Scholarship, Stanford University
National Achievement Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University
Distinguished Scholars Award, Vanderbilt University Chancellor’s
Scholarship, Alpha Phi Alpha Ernest Morial Scholarship
Ryan Michael Daspit—Massachusetts Institue of Technology MIT
Scholarship, Texas A&M University Merit Plus Scholarship, Texas A&M
University Out-of-State Tuition Waiver, Texas A&M University President’s
Endowed Scholarship, Texas A&M University Southwest Louisiana A&M
Club Scholarship, University of Notre Dame University Scholarship
Craig Stephen Daste, Jr.—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola
University Chicago Damen Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago Jesuit
Heritage Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship,
TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award
Douglas Joseph deVerges—TOPS Opportunity Award
Talmadge Williford duQuesnay—Loyola University New Orleans Loyola
Scholarship, Spring Hill College Academic Jesuit Scholarship, TOPS
Opportunity Award
John-Michael Early III—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, National
Council on Youth Leadership Award, TOPS Performance Award, University
of Tennessee at Knoxville J. Wallace & Katie Dean Scholarship
Alan Joseph Elmer, Jr.—Louisiana State University Balanced Man
Scholarship, Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State
University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana State University
Petroleum Engineering Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s
Scholarship, Tulane University Founders Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity
Award
Stewart Austin Estopinal—TOPS Opportunity Award
Cameron Hodapp Eustis—Cytec Industries Inc. National Merit
Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award
David Sheldon Dietz, Jr.—University of New Orleans Claiborne Book Award
Alexander James Farge—TOPS Opportunity Award
Blaise Louis DiLeo—United States Air Force Academy Appointment
Matthew Christopher Druen—TOPS Opportunity Award
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Matthew John Farmer—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS
Opportunity Award
G R A D U AT I O N 2 0 0 5
Hersh P. Fernandes—Texas A&M University ROTC Scholarship
Charles Andrew Harmon—TOPS Opportunity Award
Timothy William Finn—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New
Orleans Claiborne Book Award
Brandon Daniel Hartmann—Louisiana State University Centennial
Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS
Opportunity Award
George Terence Fisk—Eckerd College Honors Scholarship, Louisiana
State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s
Student Aide Award, Regis University Board of Trustees Scholarship, Regis
University St. John Francis Regis Award, Rhodes College Spencer Scholar,
Saint Louis University Dean’s Scholarship, Spring Hill College Presidential
Jesuit Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, Trinity University National
Merit Scholarship, Trinity University President’s Scholarship
James Joseph FitzSimons III—TOPS Opportunity Award
Matthew Joseph Flynn—Knights of Columbus Catholic Youth
Leadership Award
Taylor McNeilly Fogleman—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tennis Scholarship
Randall Paul Folse—Boston University Trustee Scholarship, Mu Alpha
Theta Scholarship, National Merit Finalist Scholarship, TOPS Honors
Award, Tulane University Dean’s Honor Scholarship
Paul Charles Forstall, Jr. — College of Santa Fe Christian Brothers
Scholarship, College of Santa Fe De La Salle Scholarship, Loyola University
New Orleans Recognition Award, Spring Hill College Academic Jesuit
Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Lafitte
Scholarship
Bentley Joseph Harvey III—Louisiana State University Centennial
Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola
University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award,
University of Miami Bowman Foster Ashe Scholarship
Christopher Bijan Hatamian—TOPS Opportunity Award
Bryan Stephen Hayes—TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University
Faculty/Staff Tuition Waiver
George Paul Hebbler III—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana State
University National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Texas Christian University
Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, University of Alabama National
Merit Scholarship, University of Alabama Presidential Scholarship,
University of Florida Merit Finalist Scholarship
Michael Steven Heier—Louisiana State University Alumni Association
Top 100, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award,
Louisiana State University National Merit Finalist Scholarship, TOPS
Honors Award, St. Bernard Parish Alumni Association Scholarship
William Paul Herrington, Jr.—Belmont University Music Scholarship,
University of New Orleans Lafitte Scholarship
Nicholas Emile Frisard—TOPS Honors Award
William Thomas Hibert—TOPS Honors Award
Fernando Manuel Furlan—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of
New Orleans Claiborne Book Award
Aaron L. Hoover—TOPS Opportunity Award
Keith Michael Gaffney—TOPS Performance Award
Peter Michael Hopkins—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New
Orleans Lafitte Scholarship
Nicholas Salvatore Gambino—Louisiana State University Centennial
Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS
Opportunity Award
Christopher Joseph Hornberger—TOPS Opportunity Award
Johnny Arthur Giavotella, Jr. —TOPS Performance Award, University of
New Orleans Baseball Scholarship, University of New Orleans Decennial
Scholarship
Joel Maurice Hron II—Christian Brothers University Buckman Scholar
Award, Christian Brothers University Engineering Scholarship, Florida
Institute of Technology Academic Scholarship, Louisiana State University
Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide
Award, Louisiana State University Pegues Engineering Scholarship, Texas
A&M University President’s Endowed Scholarship, Texas Christian
University Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Trinity University
Trustees’ Scholarship, Tulane University Founders Scholarship, University of
Central Florida Pegasus Gold Scholarship, University of Dallas UD Scholar
Award, University of San Diego Trustee Scholarship
Sean Michael Gipson—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New
Orleans Chancellors Scholarship
Sean Michael Gonzales—TOPS Opportunity Award
Michael Coleman Gretchen—Catholic University of America Alumni
Scholarship, Catholic University of America Parish Scholarship, Catholic
University of America University Scholarship
Colin Lindhe Guarisco—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS
Opportunity Award
Brett Joseph Hornsby—University of New Orleans Lafitte Scholarship
Zachary James Hudson—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition
Award, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Lafitte
Scholarship
Timothy Donald Hyde—TOPS Opportunity Award
Diego Alejandro Gutierrez—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of
New Orleans Decennial Scholarship
Jeffrey Richard Hymel, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of
Alabama Engineering Academic Scholarship
Patrick Edward Haggerty, Jr.—Louisiana State University Centennial
Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS
Opportunity Award
Terrence Michael Ibert, Jr.—Delta State University Football Scholarship
John Tinsley Haley, Jr. —TOPS Opportunity Award
Brett Steven Jackson—Louisiana State University Alumni Association
Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide
Award, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars
Award, University of Alabama Presidential Scholarship, University of Miami
Bowman Foster Ashe Scholarship
Eric Scott Hargrove—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS
Opportunity Award
Roger Gerard Irion II—TOPS Opportunity Award
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SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED
Todd Michael Javery—University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award
Cameron Joseph Loebig—Italian American Society Scholarship, Loyola
University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award
Benjamin Dozier Johnson—TOPS Opportunity Award
Christopher George Johnson—Louisiana State University Centennial
Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola
University Chicago Jesuit Heritage Scholarship, Spring Hill College Trustee
Honors Jesuit Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of San
Diego USD Scholarship
Carlo Nicholas Loria—Loyola University New Orleans Loyola
Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award
Andrew Schaefer Lowe—TOPS Opportunity Award
Anthony Macaluso—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Southern
Mississippi Regional Award
Todd Jared Jones—TOPS Performance Award
Mark Alan Madden—TOPS Performance Award
Matthew Phillip Juge—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS
Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Decennial Scholarship
Westley Richardson Keiser—University of Alabama Music Scholarship
Richard William Kelly—Spring Hill College Academic Jesuit Scholarship,
TOPS Opportunity Award
Cash Evan Kennedy—TOPS Honors Award
Stephen Michael Krobert—TOPS Opportunity Award
Michael Christopher Krouse—Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s
Scholarship, Rhodes College University Scholarship, St. Joseph’s Presidential
Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished
Scholars Award, United States Naval Academy Appointment, University of
Georgia Charter Scholarship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Naval ROTC Scholarship
Thomas Joseph Krouse—Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage
Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago Loyola Scholarship, Loyola
University New Orleans Loyola Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane
University Legislative Scholarship
Thomas Joseph Maestri—Christian Brothers University Presidential
Scholarship, Spring Hill College Faculty Jesuit Scholarship, St. Francis
Xavier Seelos Essay Contest, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of
Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship, University of Southern
Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship, University of Southern
Mississippi Leadership Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi
Regional Award
Michael William Magner—Louisiana State University Alumni
Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s
Student Aide Award, National Merit Finalist Scholarship, TOPS Honors
Award, University of Michigan LSA Scholarship, University of Michigan
Scholar Award
Michael Lawrence Mantese—Fordham University Dean’s Scholarship,
Fordham University National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Louisiana State
University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student
Aide Award, Saint Louis University Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award
Chase Montague Markovich—School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Academic Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, Tulane University Arts
Award
Kyle David Kruse—Millsaps College Millsaps Award, Mississippi College
Heritage Scholarship, Mississippi College Leadership Scholarship, Spring
Hill College Family Incentive Jesuit Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award,
University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award
Robert Chen Mattamal—Boston University Engineering Scholars
Award, Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Future Leaders in Research,
Louisiana State University National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Metropolitan
Republican Women’s Club Essay Contest, TOPS Honors Award
Cody Anton Kucera—TOPS Opportunity Award
Ryan Cameron McCall—TOPS Opportunity Award
Andrew Hubert Lafont—Spring Hill College Trustee Honors Jesuit
Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award
David Scovell McChesney—TOPS Opportunity Award
Leonard Francis Lasecki—Arizona State University Sun Devil
Scholarship, Baylor University Merit Scholarship, Texas Christian University
Faculty Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Founders
Scholarship, University of Arizona Excellence Scholarship, University of
Miami Bowman Foster Ashe Scholarship
Jayson Joseph Lavie—Loyola University New Orleans Jesuit Identity
Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished
Scholars Award, Tulane University National Merit Scholarship, Tulane
University Valedictorian, Vanderbilt University Academic Achievement
Scholarship, Vanderbilt University National Merit Finalist Scholarship
Christopher William Legrand—University of Southern Mississippi
Regional Award
John Pauly Leonard, Jr.—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Saint Louis
University St. Francis Xavier Leadership Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award
Christopher Chan Liaw—TOPS Opportunity Award
Anthony Michiele Livaccari—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of
New Orleans Claiborne Book Award
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Daniel Charles McCullough—Washington University in St. Louis
National Merit Finalist Scholarship
Andrew William McGowan—Louisiana State University Centennial
Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola
University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans
Music Scholarship, State University of New York Presidential Recognition
Scholarship, Stony Brook University National Merit Scholarship, TOPS
Opportunity Award
Brett Michael McMann—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana State
University Pegues Engineering Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award
Andrew George Messina II—University of Southern Mississippi
Regional Award
James Andrew Miceli—TOPS Opportunity Award
Michael Cavanagh Mims—Louisiana State University Alumni
Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s
Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University
Distinguished Scholars Award, University of Georgia Charter Scholarship
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Ryan Matthew Monica—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New
Orleans Privateer Book Award
Daniel Aurelio Montenegro—Baylor University Dean’s Baylor
Scholarship, Catholic University of America Award, Catholic University of
America Parish Scholarship, Southern Methodist University Scholarship,
TOPS Opportunity Award, United States Coast Guard Academy
Appointment
John Connor Montgomery—Occidental College Director’s Scholarship,
TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Miami George Edgar Merrick
Scholarship
Michael Edward Morse, Jr.—TOPS Honors Award, University of
Southern Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship, University of
Southern Mississippi Regional Award
Brendan Michael Murphy—Saint Louis University Ignatian Scholarship,
Spring Hill College Academic Jesuit Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award
Daniel Patrick Murphy—Georgetown University Bellarmine Scholarship,
National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Villanova University Scholarship
John William Murray—Baylor University Academic Achievement
Scholarship, Baylor University President’s Baylor Scholarship, Loyola University
Chicago Jesuit Heritage Scholarship, University of Dallas Scholar Award
Kyle Austin Murray—Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top
100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide
Award, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars
Award, University of New Orleans Chancellors Scholarship
Andrew Gerrets Necaise—TOPS Opportunity Award
Stephen Charles Newitt—Spring Hill College Family Incentive Jesuit
Scholarship
Thomas Gerard Nuttli, Jr.—Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage
Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Loyola Scholarship, Saint Louis
University Ignatian Scholarship, Saint Louis University Residence Scholarship,
Spring Hill College Academic Jesuit Scholarship, Texas Christian University
Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award
Ryan Edward O'Malley—Fred J. Miller Higher Education Scholarship,
Louisiana Federation of Music Club Scholarship, Louisiana State University
Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide
Award, TOPS Honors Award
Adam Thomas Parkinson—Loyola Marymount University Jesuit High
School Scholarship, Saint Louis Unversity Dean’s Scholarship, Santa Clara
University Preferred Scholarship, University of Colorado Chancellor’s
Achievement Scholarship, University of San Diego Trustee Scholarship
Jon Pierre Pastorek—Christian Brothers University Presidential
Scholarship, Rhodes College Award, Spring Hill College Presidential Jesuit
Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award
Blake James Perez—TOPS Opportunity Award
Adam Joseph Perricone—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Saint Louis
University Provost Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, University of
Alabama National Hispanic Presidential Scholarship, University of Nebraska
National Hispanic Recognition Scholarship
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SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED
Paul William Perron—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Alabama
Non-Resident Scholarship, University of New Orleans Claiborne Book
Award, University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award
Student Aide Award, Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship,
TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award,
University of New Orleans Adventure Abroad Award, University of New
Orleans Chancellor’s Scholarship
Wayne Daniel Pierce—TOPS Honors Award
Matthew Houston Plummer—Louisiana State University Centennial
Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Saint
Louis University Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award
Scott Charles Ponoroff—TOPS Opportunity Award
Ernesto Armando Posadas—TOPS Opportunity Award
Benjamin Howard Prentice—Fordham University Dean’s Scholarship,
Fordham University National Merit Finalist Scholarship
James Wilson Raley—TOPS Opportunity Award
Andrew Javier Rodriguez—Loyola University New Orleans Loyola
Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award
Blaine Dennis Rogers—Spring Hill College Jesuit Service Scholarship
Scott Aron Rosman—Christian Brothers University Lasallian Achievement
Scholarship, Christian Brothers University Soccer Scholarship, Clemson
University Soccer Scholarship, University of Dayton Achievement Scholarship
Norman Timothy Roussel, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award
Miles Thomas Rowan—Stony Brook, State University of New York
Provost Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, University at Buffalo, State
University of New York Honors Scholarship
Aaron Michael Henry Ranson—TOPS Opportunity Award
Jeremy Cole Reese—Fordham University National Achievement Finalist
Scholarship, Ithaca College ALANA Scholarship, Ithaca College Dean’s
Scholarship, Ithaca College Premier Talent Award, New York University J.
Eckhouse Scholarship, New York University Tisch Scholarship, University of
North Colorado Dean’s Scholarship
Kenneth Bruce Ruello III—Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship, TOPS
Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, Vanderbilt
University National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Washington and Lee
University Francis P. Gaines Scholarship
John Eisenhauer Ryan—TOPS Opportunity Award
Brandon James Retif—Christian Brothers University Dean’s Scholarship,
TOPS Performance Award
Andrew Cambre Sandefer—TOPS Honors Award, Worchester
Polytechnic Institute University Award
Robert Devin Ricci—Baylor University President’s Scholarship, Louisiana
State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s
Kyle Julian Sanderson—TOPS Opportunity Award
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Paul Nicholas Saputo, Jr.—Rutgers University Merit Scholarship,
University of Southern Mississippi Presidential Scholarship, William
Paterson University Presidential Scholarship
Anthony Jude Scelfo—TOPS Opportunity Award, Tulane University
Football Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi Regional Award
Michael Patrick Schafer—Clemson University Philip H. Prince Alumni
Scholarship, Clemson University Presidential Scholarship, Purdue University
Academic Success Award, TOPS Honors Award, University of Michigan
Scholar Award
Texas A&M University Lindsay Scholars Program, Texas A&M University
Merit Plus Scholarship, Texas A&M University National Merit Finalist
Sponsorship, Texas A&M University Out-of-State Tuition Waiver, Texas
A&M University President’s Endowed Scholarship, Texas A&M University
Recognition Award
Joseph B. Testa III—Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets Scholarship,
Texas A&M University NROTC Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award
Reece Daniel Thomas—East Carolina University Soccer Scholarship
Timothy Andrew Torres—TOPS Opportunity Award
Stuart Michael Schneider—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition
Award, Loyola University New Orleans Reverend Janssen Award, Spring
Hill College Family Incentive Jesuit Scholarship, University of New Orleans
Claiborne Book Award
Bradley Jason Schwab—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of
Southern Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship, University of
Southern Mississippi Regional Award
William Alden Settoon III—TOPS Opportunity Award
Imran Muhammad Shuja—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola
University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane
University Founders Scholarship
Nicholas Webster Simoneaux—Loyola University Chicago Jesuit
Heritage Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago National Merit Finalist
Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago Presidential Scholarship
Thomas Eamon Slattery—TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Dean’s
Honor Scholarship, Tulane University National Merit Finalist Scholarship
Douglas Spencer Smith, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award
Jere Richard Smith III—Loyola University New Orleans Loyola
Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award
Leland Barkerding Smith—Southern Methodist University Scholar,
Spring Hill College Faculty Jesuit Scholarship, TOPS Performance Award
Jay Edward Trusheim, Jr.—Christian Brothers University Trustee
Scholarship, Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State
University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors Award
James Santiago Truxillo—University of Louisiana at Monroe Football
Scholarship
Michael Hughes Tufton—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Rhodes
College Presidential Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, United States
Naval Academy Appointment
Ramon Antonio Vargas—Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s
Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Founders Scholarship
Joseph Maxfield Vincent—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Saint Louis
Unversity St. Francis Xavier Leadership Scholarship, St. Edward’s University
Trustees Distinguished Achievement Scholar, TOPS Honors Award
Bryan Michael Whalen—TOPS Opportunity Award
Joseph Thomas Wilson—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of
Dallas President’s Leadership Award, University of Dallas Scholar Award
Matthew Allen Wilson—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of
Southern Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship, University of
Southern Mississippi Regional Award
Ryan James Wischkaemper—TOPS Honors Award
John Brennan Stanton—Knights of Columbus Catholic Youth
Leadership Award, Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100
Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award,
National Merit Finalist Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Washington and
Lee University Francis P. Gaines Scholarship, Washington and Lee
University National Merit Scholarship
Robert Franklin Wood, Jr.—Louisiana State University Centennial
Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award,
Millsaps College National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Millsaps College
Presidential Scholarship, Texas A&M University President’s Endowed
Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished
Scholars Award, Tulane University National Merit Finalist Scholarship
Nicholas Joseph Steckler—TOPS Opportunity Award
John Elwin Worrel III—TOPS Opportunity Award
Gregory John Stokes—Spring Hill College Faculty Jesuit Scholarship,
Texas Christian University Faculty Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award,
Trinity University Academic Scholarship
Jim Yu—University of Maryland, Baltimore County President’s Scholar Award
Edwin Alexander Zavala—TOPS Opportunity Award
Evan James Stoudt—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award,
TOPS Opportunity Award
Alex Robert Stuart—TOPS Opportunity Award
Jeffrey Ross Sullivan—Fordham University Loyola Scholarship, Louisiana
State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s
Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished
Scholars Award, University of Miami Bowman Foster Ashe Scholarship
David Vincent Swetland—George Washington University Presidential
Academic Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Dean’s
Honor Scholarship
The results of the 2005 PAG drive were
outstanding—$1,076,013 donated by
1,046 families. Jesuit thanks its parents
for their unwavering generosity.
A special thanks goes to Stephen Bruno
’75, who chaired the 2005 PAG drive.
Evan Clayton Tate—Texas A&M University Director’s Excellence Award,
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P R I N C I PA L ’ S C O R N E R
2004-2005: The
At the conclusion of every school year, the administrators of Jesuit High School spend a day
reflecting on the year. This day typically involves discussing what went well during the year,
what could be improved, how this improvement might take place, and what we are looking
their stellar work in representing Jesuit this past school year. The
MCJROTC cadets also made us proud in their various competitions
and services to the New Orleans community. The rugby and in-line
hockey clubs continued their winning ways as well as the varsity
and junior varsity quiz bowl teams.
Faculty
There were also numerous faculty highlights for the year. At the
top of the list is Malcolm Villarrubia’s new position as director of
professional development. Working with department heads,
assistant principal Kathleen Juhas and me, Malcolm is primarily
responsible for the daily professional development of teachers’
classroom instruction so that they are in the best position to help
Spirituality
Enhancing the spiritual dimension of the school were many activities.
Monthly Mass, adoration every Friday, religious retreats, faculty/
student trips to events/locations with religious themes, Mission
Drive, and Thanksgiving Drive all contributed to the creation of a
spiritually charged school atmosphere.
Student Life
Concerning students overall, school spirit and student council
leadership were great. Welcome Week and Homecoming Week
enhanced student life and school spirit. Numerous Brown Bag
Concerts, organized by student activities director Mike Prados ’83,
enhanced the students’ break from studies and filled the Traditions
Courtyard with a variety of sounds.
Academics
Academically, scholarships earned by graduating seniors, college
acceptances, and the continued stellar performances in National
Merit and State Rally competition were all mentioned prominently
in our reflections.
Athletics
Never before in the history of the school have our athletic teams
claimed 6 state championships and 7 district championships (out of
a possible 10). What a tremendous testament to the dedication, hard
work, and teamwork of our student-athletes and coaches!
The Arts
Artistically, our students had much success. Mentioned specifically
were the Philelectic Society members doing a great job in performing
the two plays Dead Man Walking and Singin’ in the Rain. Also,
several student/faculty trips with artistic themes outside New
Orleans enhanced classroom learning.
Co-curriculars
Co-curricular programs and clubs continued their excellent ways in
2004-2005. The Blue Jay Marching Band and Jayettes continued
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Year in Review
forward to in the next academic year. The following selections in no way reflect all the successes/challenges of this past year,
but they reflect what we as administrators recalled when we met in late May.
Student success occurred throughout the spiritual, academic, athletic, artistic, and co-curricular realms of the school.
our students succeed. Other faculty highlights were the faculty
retreat last January directed by former Jesuit faculty member Fr.
Tony Corcoran, S.J. and the multitude of workshops, conferences,
and classes attended by faculty throughout the year.
Events
Various events enhanced the educational atmosphere of the school
year. Mat Grau ’68, director of alumni, and Mike Prados ’83 were
responsible for the myriad alumni who spoke to the student body
at morning assembly. These speakers truly connected with the
students. Mat was also responsible for making possible Dana
Gioia’s visit to Jesuit. He was Jesuit’s first visiting poet.
Other events that were mentioned as successful were the
Town Hall meetings, the visit of Father General of the Society of
Jesus, Open House, Investiture, the presidential forum, the
used-book sale, the dedication of Will Clark Field, and first-time
events of Prom-Fest and senior career shadowing.
Challenges
With successes, always come challenges. We had our share of
challenges in 2004-2005. Students and faculty experienced a great
deal of suffering and loss of loved ones. The circumstances of Fr.
Boudreaux’s departure saddened us all. Fr. Hermes is leaving us for
the Philippines at the beginning of the 2005-2006 academic year to
complete his tertianship, the next stage in his formation as a Jesuit
priest. We had a close call with Hurricane Ivan, and we lost four
school days as a result. And with all the athletic honors comes the
real challenge to learn how to handle success with grace, humility,
and thankfulness.
2005-2006
As we close 2004-2005, we look forward to many things in 20052006; namely, the addition of three Jesuits for the coming year, the
addition of thirteen total new faculty, an August faculty in-service
day focusing on the behavior and motivation of the adolescent male,
Dave Moreau in the new position of assistant athletic director, and
dozens of Jesuit students making a pilgrimage with current and former
Jesuit faculty to World Youth Day in Germany in August, an
October faculty in-service on the Profile of a Jesuit Teacher, and a
mid-February three-day province-wide colloquium at Strake Jesuit
(Houston) focusing on social justice issues.
St. Ignatius Loyola viewed himself as a pilgrim on a journey to
become more and more of the person God wanted him to be so that
he could serve God more and more. As we begin a new school year,
we have the same motivation. We pray that we will be open daily to
the grace of what God wants from Jesuit High School in 2005-2006
and that we will have the strength of spirit to carry through with
His will for us. AMDG.
Michael Giambelluca ’82
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6
SPORTS
In sports, numbers can be significant.
For the 2005 Blue Jays, “6” happens to be magical.
In fact, some numbers are indelibly etched in fans’ collective sports
minds. Quick. Who comes to mind when you hear “Baseball 61” or
“Basketball 100” or “Cycling 7”?
Jesuit High School has its own collection of significant
numbers. 4 —undefeated state championship teams in 1946.
18—state swimming titles in a row (1988-2005). 3—state basketball
championships in a row (1964-1966). 11—state wrestling titles in
a row (1988-1998). 19 —state baseball championships.
And now we add to this list the number “6”—the number of
state championships won by Jesuit teams during the 2004-2005
school year. “6”—the most state championships in a single school
year in the school’s history. “6”—two more than the most state
championships in any other school year in Jesuit’s history.
Competing in ten sports in the state’s top classification 5A,
Jesuit won state in six. Incredible. Never before had Jesuit won state
in five sports. Several times Jesuit has won four state championships
in a single year.
Of course, one of those years was the 1945-46 school year in
which the Blue Jays not only won state in the four major sports football, basketball, baseball, and track—but also won state with undefeated records in all four sports. That’s an entire school year without a loss!
The Blue Jays began their trek into the record book in
November 2004 by running away from the competition in the state
cross country meet—for the second year in a row. A week later the
Jays swam their way to the second state title of the year when they
brought home the state swimming title—for the 18th year in a
row. In February the wrestlers were the third Jesuit team to hold
a state trophy high this year as they captured state for the second
consecutive year. Then the soccer team tied the school record for
state titles in a year when they marched into Tad Gormley stadium
and marched out with the state trophy. The honor of breaking
the school record for state titles in a single year goes to the tennis
team which brought home the state title for the seventh year in a
row. But five definitely was not enough as the baseball team ended
the sports year by winning for the school a memorable and historic
sixth state championship.
Add to the year’s accomplishments a 13-1 football record with
an undefeated district championship, a basketball team with the
most wins in the school’s history, and state titles in non-LHSAA
sports rugby and inline hockey, and you have arguably the most
successful sports year in the 159 years of Jesuit history.
By the way, were you 3-3 in naming Roger Maris, Wilt
Chamberlain, and Lance Armstrong as those sports heroes whose
numbers earned them iconic status?
Jesuit’s long-time athletic director Frank Misuraca put the
accomplishment in perspective. “At the end of the year, I did think
of the song ‘We Are the Champions.’ But this great achievement is
really an exercise in humility for our students. All that each state
championship means is that that particular team performed better
on that particular day in that particular contest.”
But a great performance is the result of much preparation,
hard work, and great execution. Misuraca recognizes that, too. “Our
student-athletes and our coaches did a great job this year preparing
and executing.”
And so we quietly, humbly, but proudly add the number 6 to
the list of significant numbers at Jesuit High School. And from now
on when one hears the two words “Jesuit” and “six” in combination,
no doubt he will think immediately of the 2004-2005 school year
and the great achievements of the school’s athletes and those who
supported them.
In winning six state championships in 2004-2005, Jesuit once again captured the Southern Quality Ford Cup for Class 5A—Louisiana’s coveted All-Sports
Trophy. The award recognizes the school with the most outstanding overall athletic successes during the year. Jesuit has won the award five times in its
nine-year existence. Seated alongside the state championship trophies are Daniel Walk (left) and Danny Zimmermann, both of the Class of 2006.
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Class of 2005 Profile
SAT SCORES
Jesuit Mean Verbal
Jesuit Mean Math
INTERNATIONAL GREEK EXAMINATIONS
628
638
ACT SCORES
Jesuit Mean Composite
26.1
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Semifinalists
Finalists
Commended
32
31
32
NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
SEMIFINALISTS
3
NATIONAL HISPANIC
SCHOLARS
4
SCHOLARSHIPS
$17,623,065 was offered to 216 of 266 graduating
seniors of 2005. More than $76,884,957 has been
awarded in academic and athletic scholarships to colleges
and universities throughout the United States in the last
five years.
COLLEGE CREDIT AWARDED
93% of the 196 students taking Advanced Placement
examinations received college credit.
INTERNATIONAL LATIN EXAMINATIONS
4
67
Perfect Scores
Gold Medals
4
Blue Ribbons
STATE RALLY
3
2
4
1
First and Overall
First Places
Second Places
Third Place
DISTRICT RALLY
4
12
15
13
First and Overall
First Places
Second Places
Third Places
SUPERIOR SWEEPSTAKES RATINGS
Jesuit Blue Jay Concert Band
Jesuit Blue Jay Marching Band
STATE AND NATIONAL RANKINGS
Junior Varsity Quiz Bowl—National & State
Championships
Chess—State Championship
6 ATHLETIC STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Cross Country
Swimming
Wrestling
Soccer
Tennis
Baseball
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HURRICANE
KATRINA
Jesuit High School in New Orleans
AUGUST 29, 2005
The unnatural disaster caused by the sudden failure of the floodwalls submerged Jesuit High School
and the Mid-City neighborhood in almost six feet of rancid water. When the water finally drained
two weeks later, Jesuit began an intensive clean-up and remediation program—becoming the first
New Orleans school that flooded to reopen and welcome back students on its home campus.
The Indomitable Blue Jay Spirit
Drives the Recovery, Upholds Tradition,
and Rallies the Jesuit Community
by Julie Bourbon
The story of Jesuit High School’s recovery
from Hurricane Katrina is as much about its past
as its future.
In its 159-year history, Jesuit has graduated thousands of
young men. Of its living alumni, about 70 percent still call
New Orleans home, which would be high for almost any other
city but not for this one.
How many of them suffered losses in the storm is hard to
say. What is clear, however, is that the Ignatian ideal of educating
men for others has manifested itself in a myriad of ways since
the floodwaters rose and receded, weeks later.
It is in the way the school’s faculty and staff stayed behind
to safeguard the school buildings rather than their own homes,
then went ahead to Houston, to Dallas, to Metairie to open
branches of Jesuit in those cities; it is in the way students and
staff in those other cities welcomed their Jesuit brothers in
their hour of greatest need; and it is in the way alumni have
responded with time and money to bring the Blue Jays back to
Banks Street for the spring semester and for another century
and beyond.
“On the surface, it all looks normal now,” said Mat Grau,
’68, director of alumni. Nearly 10 months later, as students sit
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for final exams, a few weeks later than usual, what’s normal
and what’s not often run up against each other in unexpected
ways. One floor below, the front windows are still boarded up
and the stairwells and cafeteria remain a construction site.
A combination of FEMA money, insurance, and donations
should cover the $12-$13 million total costs for rebuilding
structures and replacing everything from computers to football
equipment. Daily, they are making strides both physically and
financially between now and August 21, when construction
ends, classes begin, and a tradition continues.
“Saving the school and ensuring the future of the school,”
were paramount, both in those first days of chaos and flooding,
and then the long months in exile that ensued, said Grau.
He ended up in Houston, teaching English, along with 34
other Jesuit faculty from New Orleans.
Mike Prados lived two blocks from Jesuit and, in a
compromise to concerned friends and family, evacuated to the
school building the night of the storm. The director of student
activities and a 1983 alum, Prados spent the night on the
second floor, creeping up to the roof occasionally and watching
the roof of the physical education building across the street
blow away. The next day he walked home to find his house had
escaped the storm unscathed. Then the water began to rise.
The larger picture is well-known by now, but the little
details, the quiet heroics that carried the day and the months
to follow, are less so. Prados, Br. Billy Dardis, S.J. ’58, and a
group of others saved a large mural that hung in a hallowed
spot on the first floor when the water was just inches from it;
they stacked tables ever higher and higher, the mural resting on
top, and rescued a statue of the Virgin Mary, who “kept
making this journey up the steps,” Prados said.
It was Prados and Br. Larry Huck, S.J. ’87, who paddled out
into Mid-City once the water stopped flowing, making an
enormous loop down Carrollton, across Tulane, past the ruined
province office on Jeff Davis, down Canal and back to the school.
“It was clear we were just one building among many, many
buildings in this neighborhood that was full of people,” he
said. Help could not come fast enough for many, including the
staff and about 60 neighbors who had sought refuge at Jesuit.
When rescue boats finally took the last of them to safety, a
group remained behind at the school.
Prados left when he received a text message—one of the
only working forms of communication—that he was needed in
Houston, where colleagues had managed to set up a school in
less than one week.
“Basically, we created a small school,” said Peter Kernion
’90, assistant principal for student affairs. And they did it
without access to student records, or textbooks, or school
supplies, or even dry clothes and housing. Kernion began
calling faculty— first those who were single, then with no
children or with older children—to implore them to come to
Houston. He didn’t have to ask twice.
The Strake Jesuit College Preparatory community didn’t
even have to be asked once. While initially planning to absorb
50 students from New Orleans, once the ranks swelled to more
than 400, they opened their school up in the evenings for a
second session of classes, taught by displaced New Orleans
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faculty and staff. Strake parents gathered clothes, school
supplies, bookbags and toiletries; the cafeteria served dinner;
the students made t-shirts that proclaimed them all
“brothers’ keepers.”
“Some faculty had to leave families and didn’t have
a place to stay,” said Kathy Juhas, assistant principal for
academics, a daughter and mother of Jesuit alumni. “People
were very generous, teaching out of their departments.”
Not a single New Orleans student who wanted to attend
Strake was turned away.
“There was a certain amount of luck involved,” said
Kernion, another alum, who left two youngsters behind with
their mother. “Everything just sort of worked out.”
The months that followed were a blur of activity, an
embarrassment of kindnesses heaped upon the young men
from New Orleans. From the adopt-a-date program for the
homecoming dance to the lights strung up in the quad so
that the evening students could continue their intramural
football games during dinner, Strake never dropped the ball.
“That’s an example of how much they did for us,” said
Grau, recalling the unprompted appearance of the outdoor
lights once daylight savings time made the intramural
football games, a lunchtime tradition during simpler times
back home, impossible.
All told, more than 1,000 Jesuit New Orleans students
attended Jesuit high schools, tuition-free, throughout the
country. Those who could return to New Orleans in
October attended satellite classes at St. Martin’s Episcopal,
again set up by Kernion, this time with a little more time to
plan and a little more experience under his belt.
More than 88 percent of the student body returned to
finish the school year in New Orleans, and next year’s
admissions are up slightly. No teachers lost their jobs in the
storm’s aftermath, although some weren’t able to come back
due to their own changing life circumstances.
Two hundred sixty-one students graduated outside the
city (at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner) for the first
time in the school’s history this year. Approximately 85 spent
the entire school year away and will return in the fall. There
will be some sort of welcome for them, but otherwise, fingers crossed, the next school year will begin like any other.
“We’ll start school without dwelling on it,” said Prados.
“Normality will be shown by being normal.”
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With repairs well under way, the school has many
generous alumni to thank. In a typical year, they give about
$850,000. In this most atypical year, they have given $1.7
million, but the need is still great; the school must raise
about $5 million from outside sources to cover expenses that
FEMA and insurance will not. They are over halfway to that
goal. They’re counting on alumni and other community
members to keep giving until the rebuilding is complete.
“Our alumni want to see this school come back,” said
Prados. “People want to send their kids here.”
Julie Bourbon is on staff at the National Jesuit News in
Washington, D.C. Her article is also being published in the
Jesuits’ Southern Province magazine.
Jesuit thanks Julie and the Southern Province for their
permission to publish the article for Jaynotes’ readers.
The cafeteria (opposite page, top left) sustained major damage, as did the auditorium, bathroom, Student Commons, 11 classrooms, the maintenance
shop, and the switchboard area. In the large photo above, taken from the roof of the school by principal Mike Giambelluca, rising water on the Monday
after the storm quickly covered the school yard and the athletic field, with another four feet yet to come. Jesuit lost a total of six buses, two cars,
and three trucks. In the lower left photo, Banks Street and the adjacent Mid-City neighborhood appear all but deserted in mid-September, except for
the workers brought in to begin the clean-up and remediation (lower right).
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Laid-back Town
Needs an Attitude Adjustment
by Anthony McGinn, S.J. ’66
When the second semester began on January 23, 2006, Fr. McGinn addressed the 1,275 Blue
Jays at assembly. His timely and memorable remarks to students were subsequently published
on the op-ed page of The Times-Picayune.
For decades New Orleans has suffered from attitudes that have
contributed to the malaise that has kept it from prospering. After
Katrina, New Orleans needs to rebuild its homes, businesses,
schools, hospitals, and other institutions. But we also need a new
way of thinking, an attitude adjustment, for a rebuilt
New Orleans.
I told our reunited student body on the first day
back at Jesuit High School that each of them had a
special calling to contribute to rebuilding our great
city. All New Orleanians are called upon to change.
A great event such as this hurricane should not leave
us unchanged, especially in our attitudes. We can
never solve our problems with the same level of
thinking that got us here in the first place.
We need to change four fundamentally flawed
attitudes that have permeated our city for generations. For too long we have been a city of lethargy,
parochialism, self-indulgence, and self-pity. Every
neighborhood, every economic and social class, and
every subculture in New Orleans shares these selfdestructive attitudes.
Much of the charm of the city is attributable to
its laid-back demeanor, the sense of pride in our
uniqueness, the good times we show our visitors, and
our fascination with our past. Our problem is that
reliance on charm can get us only so far. The
unfortunate downside of this quality is a spirit of
lethargy that permeates New Orleans culture. All segments of New
Orleans suffer from a lack of achievement and motivation and an
exaggerated sense of entitlement.
For years we have decried the brain drain to other cities of the
South. Even more significant is the “hustle drain,” the loss of
talented and highly motivated young people. We have lost not
only their intelligence but also their ambition and eagerness to
make changes.
The downside of the pride in our unique city is our
parochialism. For too long the charm of our culture has blinded
us to the need to look outside of our city to see how and why other
cities are successful. Our smug sense of superiority over bland
Houston, for example, has not gotten us very far. In fact, it has
impeded our progress. New Orleans can only be enhanced when its
young people return after experiencing other places.
The current situation also challenges us in the area of
self-indulgence. Many tourists come to New Orleans for our food
and drink, but too much food and drink make us lethargic
and unmotivated. We need self-discipline to emerge from this
devastation. The same addiction to comfort that makes us resist
needed changes also keeps us uninvolved, passive, and content
with mediocrity.
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Our fascination with the good times and our laissez faire
attitudes, especially at Mardi Gras, have led to an epidemic of
underage drinking that will surely have grave consequences.
Finally, we have a long history of self-pity in this city. Before
the Civil War, New Orleans was the nation’s sixth-largest city. But
we have declined ever since we started feeling sorry for ourselves
when the city surrendered to Admiral Farragut and his federal
troops in 1862.
Blaming others and refusing to take responsibility for our
development led to our being surpassed, first by Dallas, Houston,
and Atlanta, and then by Birmingham, Austin, and Memphis.
How long will it take us to fall behind Gainesville, Pascagoula,
and Macon?
Self-pity destroys confidence and ambition. The rebuilding
of New Orleans demands that we have a realistically optimistic
attitude and confidence in our ability to restore the greatness of
our city. Focusing on what was lost makes it difficult for us to
have the strength to rebuild.
God has blessed New Orleans. He has blessed us with the gifts
we need to come back strong. He has blessed us with the opportunity
to make the changes that will restore that greatness. Let us remove
those attitudes that keep us helpless, focused on the past, and
comfortably mediocre.
Before we condemn our elected leaders for their mistakes, let us
look to ourselves, and change our thinking, our passivity, and our
way of blaming.
Thank You
We preach the importance of being Christ-like, of being men for others, of
being agents of change for the better. Perhaps no time in the school’s history
have we been more in need of and the recipients of man’s love than during
the past year.
In the faces of those who helped Jesuit
High School, those men and women
who gave of themselves to soothe our
wounds and make our lives better, we
clearly see Christ.
The Jesuit order, the Southern
Province, and the U.S. Jesuit high
schools themselves all quickly came to
the school’s aid. Every U.S. Jesuit high
school opened its doors to Jesuit’s
displaced students to offer schooling and
comfort—at no charge. The financial
support of the Jesuit order, the Southern
Province, and the Jesuit schools provided
for the replacement of lost supplies and,
in general, helped with the recovery of
the school. Mike Rodrigue ’73 provided
Jesuit’s administration with working
space in the headquarters of his Fore!Kids Foundation. And
when the city was reopened and families returned, St. Martin’s
Episcopal School made its facilities available for evening classes.
Incredibly, Ryan Gootee General Contractors had the school
and the physical education building demolded, cleaned,
sanitized, and ready for student life on November 28, just three
months after Katrina hit.
Many of Jesuit’s students took refuge in Houston and Dallas,
and the Jesuit schools there responded with open arms. Seventy
Blue Jays attended Jesuit College Prep in Dallas. Strake Jesuit’s
president, Fr. Dan Lahart, quickly marshaled his troops of students,
Teaching as many as 400 Blue Jays who
attended evening classes at Strake Jesuit
in Houston for the first semester, 35
members of Jesuit’s faculty (pictured
above) made sacrifices that will never be
forgotten. At left, Peter Kernion, assistant
principal for student affairs, was largely
responsible for successfully organizing
student’s schedules, first at Strake, then
St. Martin’s, and a third time when
students returned to New Orleans.
faculty, staff, and parents to provide school
facilities, support, and housing for 310
students.
When Fr. McGinn put out the word
that teachers were needed in Houston,
35 responded, though many of them had
suffered serious losses themselves. Other
faculty made significant sacrifices to
teach Jesuit’s students at St. Martin’s when it opened in October.
And when the word got out that Jesuit’s financial burden
to make the school whole again would require $5 million in
donations, the community of alumni, parents, Jesuit institutions,
friends, and foundations responded, giving the school just over
half the needed amount as of June 30, 2006.
The anchor is rebuilding. Jesuit will be whole again, perhaps
even better than before. And it will be because of the generosity of
so many who gave of themselves to help “the other,” in this case,
Jesuit High School.
Thank you.
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Why?
Of course, immediately following the experience of Katrina, the question was asked.
And it continues to be asked. The following two articles in no way answer the
question. They simply deal with it. The first article is by Fr. Raymond Fitzgerald ’76,
former teacher at Jesuit and now a teacher and rector at Jesuit College Prep in Dallas.
Hurricane Katrina:
Reflections of a Religious Nature
by Raymond Fitzgerald, S.J. ’76
All of us who acknowledge New Orleans as our home have been through an experience
that we fervently hope is a “once-in-a-lifetime” experience.
You in your teenage years certainly can say that you’ve seen nothing
like this before. The same, though, can be said by me at the age of
forty-seven—and indeed, could be said by my parents, grandparents,
and great-grandparents. I remember very well the day before
Katrina hit New Orleans telling another Jesuit here at the high
school in Dallas, “I’ve studied enough history to know it when I
see it; and this is history.”
No one can say that his life is going to be exactly the same as
it was before. To one degree or another, each of us was directly
affected; we also have some sense of the collective harm done to
our community as a whole—and this touches each of us to some
degree as well.
In the face of Katrina and its aftermath, then, it is very much
in the order of human reflection for us to ask “Why?”
There is a lot of emotion packed into this simple but powerful
cry of the heart. The very act of posing that question, whether we
breathe it in the silence of our prayer or shout it with the full force
of our lungs, can have a cathartic effect, a cleansing of the mind,
heart, and soul, a letting loose of those thousands of feelings and
reactions that attend such a disaster.
However, if we go beyond the level of venting our feelings,
we can enter into the realm of a true religious reflection, one in
which we employ all that we are: not just our feelings, not just our
fears and hopes, but also our reason, our faith, our whole heritage
as Christians. This is not an easy task; it demands much of us.
Not everyone will have the energy, the time, and the inclination
for such a reflection at one and the same time. However, I wish to
offer some thoughts and reflections of my own on this matter that
has touched our lives so dramatically.
That simple question “Why?”—like most simple questions—
actually contains more content than meets the eye. I suggest that
there are really two ways to approach such a “Why?”
The first is to ask “What caused this storm to happen?” This
form of the question looks backward. And at this stage, I suggest
that such a look backward is almost never satisfying. Certainly, we
can investigate the kind of meteorological causes that produce
hurricanes of this magnitude. We can look to the protection of
our region and the ways in which it could have been better. We
can consider the ways in which we prepared or failed to prepare as
families or as civic communities for such dangers. These inquiries
may yield helpful information that may save untold lives in the
future, but they leave us with the feeling that there was something
else in the cause.
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We may seek to know why such storms exist in our world in
the first place. Here again, an investigation back into the causes
fails to yield a satisfying answer. The temptation to attribute
Katrina to God’s immediate action is just that, a temptation.
Fatal calamities—whether general like Katrina or individual like
cancer—are not special punishments that God thinks up for sin.
Evildoing’s ultimate punishment is that which we inflict on ourselves: making ourselves into evil, even hellish, persons.
Ultimately, we will never—in this life anyway—get a completely satisfying account of the backwards “why” of something
like Katrina. And this is a good thing. Such a completely satisfying account would have us to say, “Ah, yes, I now see that this
storm was a necessary, even good thing to have happened and that
any loss was well spent.” And that’s not something that I think we
are inclined to say—or should be inclined to say.
On the contrary, we know for a fact that we live in a world in
which all kinds of things happen that we rightly sense ought not
to happen. We know that good people suffer as much as—often
even more than—evil ones. We know that virtue and wisdom do
not always make our lives immediately easier; in fact, they often
lead us to face more and more difficulties. As Christians, we take as
a key symbol of our faith the cross, something that we acknowledge
would not exist in a perfect world, something that shows that
the good do indeed suffer, even if they pray like Jesus in the
Garden of Gethsemane that they be spared this cup of pain. And
this assumption of the cross by Jesus, God made man, points
to another way of looking at the “why” of a great evil like the
hurricane and its aftermath.
This “why” looks rather to the future and very much links
us with the will of God. It poses the question this way: “Granted
that this evil has happened, what is God’s will for me, for us in
the face of this reality?”
How are we to be part of God’s providential power that can
bring good out of even the greatest of evils? How do we let our
pain—especially pain that is undeserved—be incorporated into
the saving work of Jesus? Can we find in our being joined with
Christ on the cross that our suffering loses its greatest sting, its
pointlessness, and is granted a meaning that is both a transformation and a source of salvation?
Just as each one of us has been affected uniquely by this
storm, so too each one of us is uniquely called to cooperate with
God in seeking and doing His will under circumstances that were
unimaginable six weeks ago. Each one of us has been called to
In assembling the first post-Katrina school newspaper, the editors of The Blue Jay asked Fr. Fitzgerald for his thoughts on the
question. The second article, by Jesuit’s alumni director Mat Grau ’68, is a response to the same question posed to him by
the editors of MAGISine, an annual publication of the Jesuit Secondary Education Association. Both articles are reprinted with
permission of the respective publications.
discover strength and generosity that we never knew we had because
we never needed it before. Each of us has been called to put aside
our thousands of daily worries and anxieties that so filled our preKatrina days and to learn what is truly and unalterably important
in our lives. Each one of us has been called to face challenges
beyond our individual abilities to solve and thus to join with others
both in giving and receiving help, comfort, and encouragement.
Each one of us has—in the final analysis—been called upon to
experience something of the cross of Christ and thus to be able to
enter even more fully into His Resurrection. And each one of us
has been called to experience the unity in the one Body of Christ.
In this one Body we are touched by the troubles of others
and they are touched by ours. In this one Body we are to find
Jesus present in our sufferings and to be the voice, hands, and
presence of Jesus in the sufferings of others. In this one Body we
see that our final hope does not lie in ourselves and what we can
produce on our own; and thus we can move forward with courage
and confidence. This courage and confidence are born of the
confession in faith that there is no evil, no loss, no suffering so
great that God cannot bring good from it. Christ’s passion and
death, which in a sinless and perfect world would not have
happened, led to the shattering of the bonds of sin and death in
the Resurrection.
And so, I would like to close with these questions for our
reflection, prayer, discussion, and action on how we may seek
the forward-looking “why” of God’s will in these difficult circumstances:
• What are my current duties to family, to friends, to my work
or studies, to others whom God has now put into my life for
service?
• What are the particular talents and strengths of body, mind,
spirit, and heart that can be inflamed with God’s spirit for
doing His good work in these next days, weeks, and months?
• Can I grow in gratitude for these gifts, a gratitude that is all
the greater as the need for them is greater?
• How am I a voice and an example of encouragement and
comfort to those around me?
• How do I allow myself to be comforted and encouraged by
those around me?
• What are those words and mottoes from life at Jesuit, such as
AMDG, the Prayer for Generosity, the images of Christ, that
are now finding new reality and meaning in this situation?
How has the best of Jesuit High School and its formation
prepared me for the historic role that I have?
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“Many people believe that God was absent during and after Hurricane Katrina. They are wrong. God
has an outpouring of love for us, and He would never abandon us. People expect God to fix all things, to snap
His fingers and all to be better. God does not work in that fashion. During the storm, God was present and acting
in the lives of everyone. Everyone can say that there was one instance where someone acted on his or her
God’s Presence in the Trial,
Blessing of Katrina
by Mat Grau ’68
OK, let’s just get it out there quickly. You know, the question. Just where was God on
August 29, 2005?
It’s an easy question to ask. After all, the God we know, or at least
think we know, would never allow us to experience the absolute
misery of such a catastrophe as Katrina. Yes, it’s an easy question to
ask. And we do ask it. We asked it on September 11, 2001, when
terrorists shattered our secure domestic lives. We asked it on
December 26, 2004, when a tsunami washed away more than
200,000 lives. And we asked it on January 4, 2006, when twelve
lives perished in a coal mining accident in West Virginia. And we
will ask it again. We will ask it as we turn from the coffin of a
young alumnus who will take his own life. And we will ask it as we
try to explain to our students why their classmate chose to drive
after drinking, killing himself and several other young people.
How arrogant of us to think that we can ask such a question,
that we can shake our giant collective finger at some entity that
we just know is supposed to take care of us, that we even deserve
an answer. “Snap, snap” as Jonathan notes. This posture is just too
easy. And it’s just a short step from pathetic self-pity. “The Katrina
experience would have been one of defeat and self-pity without
the grace of God in all of those people lifting me up, sustaining
me, loving me, encouraging me,” says Jesuit teacher Kathi
Tomeny, who was one of 35 teachers who made their way to
Houston to teach the Jesuit students in exile at Strake Jesuit.
What saved Kathi was God’s greatest creation—mankind.
Certainly, as all tragedies do, Katrina had a distilling effect on
those who experienced the event. It pushed aside the clouds of
materialism and vanity and misdirection and sharpened our view
of this life’s essentials. It clarified, even purified. Routines were
shattered, and mindless action was replaced by deeds thought out
and deeply considered. It slammed us right in the face with a
challenge to reconsider and ultimately embrace what really matters
to us. The experience reminded us of our relationship with our
God and our place in His creation. Aaron Pidel, S.J., first year
regent who had all of five days of teaching under his belt when
Katrina hit, became refocused: “I am always as dependent upon
God and neighbor as I was when first displaced by the storm, but
this dependence is often hidden from me and far from my mind
and heart…this helped to chip away at my illusions of selfreliance.” Such refocusing is always a practice in humility. “I was
forced to lean upon God in a way more childlike than I have
experienced in years,” notes Pidel, S.J. “I am always as poor before
God as on the day of my birth. Katrina was and continues to be a
vehicle of that grace for me.”
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As men and women of faith, God is the center of our
universe, though the things of this world often present an
attractive alternative. Janet Tedesco, Jesuit High School geometry
teacher, noticed a return to God by many. “For weeks after
Katrina, churches were packed. God got His word to many who
had not heard it in years.” Indeed, Katrina tore through the
façade of materialism. “Priorities were realigned,” says Tedesco.
“Family, friends, God all became more important to us than
physical items.” Helen Swan, science teacher and director of
service projects at Jesuit, found inspiration and strength in the
experience: “God has given me newfound inner strength and a
renewed zest for life, a greater appreciation for humanity in seeing
how much good can come out of people, and a realization of how
fulfilling self-sacrifice can be and how big of an impact sacrifice
can have on others.”
Yes, God was where He always is—in His creation here on
earth, at work in our fellow man. Attorney Pat Veters ’79, father of
two current Jesuit students, says, “I found Him in an assistant to
one of my clients, someone I had never met before, who spent over
two weeks finding housing in Houston for me and my family; I
found Him in the smile—and free coffee certificate—of the girl
who worked at Starbucks; and I found Him in the unconditional
acceptance and charitable love that I experienced as a pilgrim from
the Strake Jesuit community in Houston.” Like Pat, I found God
in those who offered their love unconditionally to me and others of
the Jesuit New Orleans community exiled in Houston: John and
Elizabeth Jamerlan and their two young sons Emilio and Jaquin
who shared their home with me for nearly four months; Dan
Lahart, S.J., president of Strake Jesuit, who was relentless in his
efforts to provide a secure educational environment for us; Ginny
Sullaway, wife and mother of Strake alumni, who secured housing
for literally hundreds of displaced Jesuit faculty, students, and their
parents. And the list goes on and on and on.
In a moment, our lives changed. The unimaginable became
a reality for us. We lost loved ones. We became separated. We
hurt. The experience of Susie Veters, Pat’s wife, sadly is typical.
“I honestly could never have imagined a scenario in which our
home would be destroyed, our children’s schools would be closed,
our friends and family would be scattered, and my husband and
older sons would be forced to move to Texas leaving me and my
youngest son living with family in a suburb of New Orleans.”
Indeed, we suffered. But in that suffering we came to understand
behalf. God was there in that someone. Since Katrina, so many people are offering compassion and assistance to
us and our city. God is there in these people. Everyday I see God around me—in the relief workers trying to ease
our pain, in the local business owners fighting to keep the city alive, and in the schools around the country who
offered assistance.”
— Jonathan Rowan ’06
an essential truth of our faith, “that it is only through union with
the Cross that we are able to persevere through our trials,” says
Veters. “Suffering teaches us the really important lessons in life in
a way we could never learn them otherwise. God has now blessed
us abundantly with the trial of Katrina, as we have learned that
our blessings are not our prized material possessions, but instead
our loved ones. I am not sure we could have learned that in any
other way but through the suffering of separation we have
experienced.” God’s love for us is Christ on the cross. In our
suffering, we feel God’s love most deeply.
Kathy Juhas, Jesuit’s assistant principal and acting principal
of the “second session” at Strake Jesuit, reminds us that those who
do not see and feel God’s presence in this Katrina experience are
embodied in the persona of the prayer “Footprints”:
“Lord, you said that once I
decided to follow you, you’d walk with me all the
way. But I have noticed that during the most
troublesome times in my life, there is only one set
of footprints; I don’t understand why when I
needed you most you would leave me.”
The Lord replied, “My precious, precious child,
I love you and I would never leave you. During
your times of trial and suffering, when you see
only one set of footprints, it was then that I
carried you.”
Anthony McGinn, S.J., president of Jesuit New Orleans, carried
us by his incredible decision to provide the security of a job and a
salary through the first semester. Dan Lahart, S.J., carried us as he
told us, “Come to Strake and we will comfort you.” And so many
others carried us as they offered a smile, a tear, a hand to us. “God
was there in that someone…God is there in these people…
Everyday I see God around me.”
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GUEST AUTHORS
All of our alumni living in the New Orleans and Gulf Coast regions when Katrina hit have a
story to tell. Some of these stories are written down. Some exist only in our hearts. Here are
a few of the written ones. Look for more Katrina stories from our alumni in future Jaynotes.
Michael Varisco ’83
September 3, 2005
I lived a life in four days. It was like a drug.
I cried with despair. I cried with thankfulness. I cried over the dead. I cried with the
living. And I cried because I had to leave.
I’m crying as I write to you. I will never be
the same. It will be a while before I am back
to where I was on last Sunday. I only pray
that I will be a better man because of it.
I prepared for the hurricane on
Saturday and Sunday. My wife Jenny and
the kids left for Austin on Saturday, so they
were ok. I gathered two generators, 150
gallons of gas, 150 gallons of water, and all
the food I could fit in my pantry. My two
friends and I were ready by Sunday night.
I’ve never experienced wind like that
before. I have no idea how strong it was,
but the rain was like getting a tattoo all over
your body. When a leaf hit you, it left a
bruise. The trees either snapped or doubled
over and bounced back.
On Tuesday, I drove a boat with my
friend, Guy Clesi, through New Orleans
trying to rescue people in their attics. We
launched on the Old Hammond Hwy. at
the 17th street canal bridge. We were asked
not to bring out the dead, only the living.
We found one dead man on the corner of
Jewel and Sardonyx Streets and could only
tie a rope around his ankle and to his porch
so that he would not float away. I prayed
for his soul as I left him there.
We found Maurice Fitzgerald (of
Fitzgerald’s Restaurant) who is currently
teaching at Delgado. He is 80 years old and
graduated from Jesuit in 1943. He had a
broken hip and was exhausted and delirious.
He was on the third floor of his apartment
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building behind the old Robert E. Lee
Theater, sitting on his balcony with the water
right below him. We climbed into his apartment, packed his bag with clothes and
medicine, and took him over the balcony
into the boat. We rode five miles in the boat
ten feet above Pontchartrain Blvd. and
brought him to be processed by FEMA at
the 610/ I-10 split to be heli-vac’d to Baton
Rouge.
On Wednesday, we rode the boat
through Lakeview, something I will never
forget. Mt. Carmel Academy had water two
feet below the third floor. One-story houses
in Lakeview barely had their roofs sticking
out of the water. On Harrison Ave., St.
Dominic’s statue’s head was under water.
Each day we did something different.
The first night, Monday, we walked from
house to house tying front doors closed. I
used over 700 feet of rope simply tying doors
and windows shut. The second day, Tuesday,
we went to check on people who we knew
were still there. We offered to take whoever
wanted to leave. No one wanted to leave.
A buddy of mine on assignment in
Israel called me on a satellite phone to ask
me to check on his 80 year-old mother-inlaw and father-in-law to see if they were ok.
The old man, it turned out, had a broken
hand. He begged us to take his wife because
she was, he said, driving him out of his
mind. We called his daughter and son-inlaw, Peter Zuppardo ’70, and everyone
cried when they found out they were ok.
Seeing the national news for the first
time has been very upsetting. I assure you
that for every one thug, 3,000 people are
busting their butts trying to help each
other. I came across at least 1,000 strangers
through my four-day excursion. Every
single one asked the same question, “Do
you have enough food and water? If you
don’t, I can give you some.” I did not do
anything that any one of you would not
have done. When I went out in the boat,
we were one of about 300 civilians in boats
beating on roofs with paddles trying to find
people trapped in their attics.
The sensational and insatiable thirst of
the press to focus on the worst of the human
element is sickening. I witnessed the most
heroic people that had no personal ties to
my city work to exhaustion every day, and I
know that they are still there working to
exhaustion.
We will overcome this adversity to
rebuild our lives and our city. I am emboldened by all of the good that I saw. I cannot
tell you how many times I cried to myself
out of despair. I can tell you, however,
that I cried twice as many times out of
thankfulness to God for not making that
storm hit twenty miles to the west. I cannot
tell you how thankful I was to have my
rosary in my pocket so that I could pray.
two months later…
Emotionally over the past two months I
have felt like a post in the center of a
torrent of uncertainty and despair. At times,
I thought that the soil that held me in place
would erode from beneath me; however,
the waters have ebbed, the current is now a
trickle, and yet I remain in the place where
I stood when I spoke to you last. I have had
your support, good wishes, and empathy to
thank for this good fortune. When I felt
overwhelmed, I received either a phone call
or an e-mail from one of you, which
emboldened me to keep the path and hold
on tight. We live in the greatest place in the
world. This is because of people like you.
The offers to help are uncountable. The
welcome we received in the surrounding
and remote communities (in spite of ourselves) has been beyond the expectations of
the most active imagination.
My office is still a shambles, my neighborhood has branches and roofing materials strewn from one end to the other, and
the grass is brown, but I shall rebuild my
office, I shall clean my neighborhood, and
I shall sow the most beautiful garden I have
ever owned. Fortunate and grateful is me.
Though I am not in heaven, I am nowhere
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near hell.
During the week of January 10th, Notre Dame students from around the country joined
with local students and alumni to assist the Helping Hands program run by Catholic
Charities of New Orleans to identify and clean houses for people who cannot do it on their
own. The student group, and indeed the entire effort, was spearheaded by New Orleanian
and current Notre Dame sophomore Baker Jones. This account by Baker was originally
published in the University of Notre Dame Alumni Association Newsletter (online).
Baker Jones ’04
January 24, 2006
Originally I wanted to be home for
the entire semester to help out with the
hurricane relief effort. I had made plans to
swap the spring and summer semesters at
Notre Dame, which I believed would land
me in a better academic position with a better chance of going abroad next year.
Ultimately I decided I had better stay in
South Bend. I still wanted to contribute, so
I got with some friends and we decided to
make our own service project. After a little
bit of recruiting and some on-campus
fundraising, the trip was rapidly taking
form. Three guys from my dorm and five of
our girl friends would come to New
Orleans. We connected with Catholic
Charities and decided to work with their
Helping Hands program. We would be
gutting houses, a little different from the
general cleanup of churches, schools, and
parks I had originally planned, but I was
excited for the change.
The first night we were in New
Orleans, we had Mass and a gathering in
the Notre Dame seminary. I thought it was
an appropriate way to start our service
oriented trip and am grateful to Fr. Pat
Williams for having us there. The gathering
offered us beignets and cafe au lait from
Cafe du Monde (erasing one obligation
from my personal list of things to show/
feed my friends). Claire also gave us the
address of our first house to gut.
Tuesday morning we arrived at Mrs.
Jerri Heigel’s shotgun double on Woodlawn
Place in Lakeview. (Miss Gerry had no
flood insurance on the home she owned
outright. A week before Katrina hit, she
had finished her 33rd and final radiation
treatment for breast cancer. The folded
American flag on her front porch once had
lain across her husband’s casket, and it was
not to leave the property. Despite applying
three times, Gerry had not yet gotten a
FEMA trailer.)
After some initial introductions and
the arrival of tools from Catholic Charities,
we got to work. Everyone grabbed either a
sledge hammer or a crowbar, and we
tore down the sheetrock and plaster with
enthusiasm. By lunchtime we had nearly
a half foot of debris covering the entire floor,
and part of the group began the interminable
task of removing it. We left Tuesday with
most of the walls down.
Wednesday and Thursday was more
of the same, but the further we went
along, the more attention we could pay
to the smaller details. Wednesday we got
the ceiling down, tackled the bathrooms,
and knocked out most of the baseboards.
Thursday consisted of finishing whatever
walls were left, pulling up the old floors to
expose her relatively unharmed hardwood,
and beginning the arduous task of nailpulling. Friday was touch-up day with
the removal of the rest of the nails and
other minor details followed by a generous
spraying of Clorox. It was amazing to see
the mold colonies on the white woodwork
disappear in seconds leaving a brilliance
that likely hadn’t been seen in years.
Seeing the joy and love in Mrs. Heigel’s
face was amazing. Her attitude was incredibly
refreshing—a lady who had lost many of her
friends and neighbors, who had no insurance, facing the prospect of rebuilding a
house without the aid of a contractor, only
her son. She said numerous times that she
never cried about the storm, that that would
not have done any good. She was resolved to
pick up the pieces and rebuild her house
and her life. She called us her angels.
All in all, I was very satisfied with the
trip. The work was immensely rewarding,
and I got to show some of my friends more
than they saw on TV. My friends’ attitudes
and comments at the end of the week
showed me that people outside New
Orleans have no idea what we are dealing
with until they experience it first hand.
I’m glad I was able to make more people
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aware.
Members of the Jesuit High School Chapter
of YRNO—Youth Rebuilding New Orleans—pose
for a photo after cleaning the Lakeview home
of Jesuit fine arts teacher Meg Feinman.
YRNO is a city-wide, high school service
organization that unites New Orleans’s youths
who can help restore various aspects of our
city. On weekends YRNO cleans and guts homes
that were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
ANNUS MARABILIS
With all the talk about “That Thing,” we thought it would be interesting to see how Jesuit responded when Hurricane Betsy struck New Orleans.
Looking through The Blue Jay of October 8, 1965, we discovered The Challenge of Love, an editorial written by editor-in-chief Ralph Adamo ’66.
Four decades later, Adamo’s words are inspiring and should be part of our current state of mind in these post-Katrina times.
The Challenge of Love
by Ralph Adamo ’66
Betsy has taken away, and Betsy has given…
The most obvious aspect is the taking away, the physical loss
she caused. Some lost homes, cars, most of the material possessions they had. Some lost relatives and close friends. Some lost
their lives. Betsy did take away a great deal, much of it irreplaceable. And such loss is always a cause of suffering.
Yet, what has she given us and can it ever be compensation
for her great thefts?
In a very real sense (though one which suffering almost
necessarily blinds us to), she has given to some an opportunity to
broad growth and deepening through their very loss. The persistent, indomitable human spirit has been challenges… To go on, or
not to go on? To rise up…begin again…? For those who accept the
challenge, success and growth are inevitable.
Others, those who did not suffer loss, face a different and
conceivably more difficult challenge...To help, to love as Christ has
taught us to love…? Or to be indifferent? For those who accept
the challenge of love, reward is immediate and soul-filling: another
human being is better off because of their existence—there can
be no greater satisfaction. For the indifferent, the profiteer, hell
remains the suffering of being unable or unwilling to love. And
there can be no greater sorrow.
It may sound all too abstract to those whose physical loss
was great, but what Betsy has given to us is a chance to glimpse
into our souls; she held a mirror to our hearts and let us see
ourselves with new clarity. And we cannot help but profit from such
insight.
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A New Orleans Lampooning of Katrina:
The Making of The Creole-Tomato by Ryan Mayer ’97
In the weeks following Katrina, Jesuit alumni in New York City wanted to help their friends back home. They sent care
packages and set up a website with helpful information. And in the process, they made people laugh.
a great block party to raise money for Red Cross. I was bound for
During the weekend before the storm, I left New York City for a
Lafayette, Louisiana, the following day. On my way to Jacque-Imo’s,
quick respite on the Jersey Shore. I watched the storm approach on
I was walking down Columbus Avenue in Manhattan with Jeff and
television. I called my dad, my uncle, and my best friend. At that
Charlie. We were ridiculing the old shabby New Orleans institutions
point, the calls were more of an excuse to say hello than expression
(i.e. the school board, crime rate, overwhelming poverty) we’ve all
of concern. We’d dodged other hurricanes for so long I didn’t think
encountered. Though we didn’t know how devastated our home was,
our number was up. Everyone knows what happened next.
we were joking about the possible directions New Orleans could take
In New York City, I had recently taken a terrific new job. After
with the Katrina-made Tabula Rasa. Would the school board be as
the storm I couldn’t pay due attention to it. I wanted to help my
inept, would accounts of municipal corruption fade into history?
flooded hometown. I called all the New Orleanians I knew in
Would we come together in this rising of Atlantis, would we make a
Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. I had
better city or fall in step behind the grim and dangerous woes of old
them over for jambalaya so we could discuss what we could do to
New Orleans?
pitch in during the crisis. Not very much, to be sure, but those in
Quickly the conversation became very funny—we envisioned
the room were creative, skilled, and enthusiastic about wanting to
scenarios and potentially outrageous headlines gracing the covers of
do whatever we could. Among Mount Carmel alumna Jamie
The Times-Picayune during and after the storm. With the wild and
Neumann, Dominican alumna Alison Gootee, and Orleansophile
passionate citizenry of New Orleans confronting such a great deluge
Susan Heitmann were Jesuit grads Charlie Veprek ’96, Ben Eberle
and disaster, we could only concoct the ridiculous. Our jokes rolled
’97, Jeff Simno ’97, Patrick Plaisance ’97, and I. We came up with a
into a teasing of the good and strong institutions of
number of tasks we could perform that would be useful to those
New Orleans as well. The Creole-Tomato was born.
affected.
Immediately, Jeff and Charlie took the helm of The
Immediately we set up the website
Creole-Tomato, an online parody news website,
www.nycnolahelp.org. During the critical
www.thecreoletomato.com. The design resembles
days after the levee failure, Plaisance had
a news site like NOLA.com, but the distinction
the evacuee contact information database
is that The Creole-Tomato contains nothing real,
up and running. We sent care packages to
important, valuable, or even socially redeeming.
displaced friends and family, and George
It is designed to make people laugh, spread
Jeansonne ’97 had organized a local fundraisgood cheer, and encourage exploration of the
er in Manhattan. With the website at our
New Orleans culture as a unique and resilient
disposal, Eberle began setting up links to
tradition. Most importantly, it helps us and
relief source websites and taking over duties
others feel connected to home.
as webmaster. Alison Gootee, a commercial
Veprek and Simno have accomplished
photographer, suggested we put up a photo
that mission and continue to put forth high
gallery of shots that were distinctly Katrinadevastation free. Wary of slanted media covermato.com quality comedy. They have published Jesuit grads John
ecreoleto
Dunne ’95, Matt Welch ’96, and me. However, Charlie and
age, we believed a meaningful rendering of the www.th
Jeff do the lion’s share of the writing themselves. Eberle designed
city for which we care deeply would inspire hope.
the look, maintains the page, and updates the stories.
Early in September, we published the first newsletter, The New
The website, with its humble aims, has received compliments
York Times Picayune, with the idea that it could be a forum by which
and scorn, but relies on two things: the sense of humor of its readers
friends, relatives, and neighbors could keep up-to-date with each
and the fact that “if you ain’t from here, you won’t get it.” In our first
other. It would be a place to catch up since all the New Orleans
web posting, we lampooned Jesuit High School as having moved the
grocery stores and restaurants were under water. It has since evolved
elusive pool on the roof to the flooded ground floor.
into a sound online rag by which contributors can share stories,
Our modest efforts had paid off in inspiration, and we
artwork, or any other form of expression. Contributions are hereby
became determined to keep it up. We even received a cease and
encouraged.
desist letter from a lawyer claiming to represent one of the satirized.
By mid-September, I felt I could do more. I called Jesuit grads
We figured you know you’re doing something funny when a lawyer
Michael DeGruy ’97 and Ryan Gootee ’91, who operate a commerthreatens to sue.
cial construction company in New Orleans to find out if they could
What started out as humor among friends produced a
use me on their team. As it happened, Ryan Gootee Construction
well-crafted piece of collaborative art. The aim of The CreoleCompany was awarded the contract for, and indeed the honor of,
Tomato was to foster hope. Hope, based on the opportunities and
restoring Jesuit High School from the destruction of the storm.
possibilities imagined only by humankind, is the mortar in every
As I had acquired some experience in New York in construction
new course of brick laid. Hope is the singing of steel whenever a
management, they hired me immediately. I was to start in a couple of
hammer hits home the shiny head. Hope is the reconstruction of
days. I booked a plane ticket for Thursday and quit my new job.
New Orleans.
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On the night of September 15, Jacque-Imo’s NYC was hosting
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“I figured here comes another hurricane…I’ve been here since
1963 and stayed through Betsy and I’ve never left this building.
I didn’t have any fear at all. Absolutely none.”
—Brother Dardis
The Katrina Adventures
of Brother Dardis and Mr. Prados
Our Jaynotes Interview for this special issue features two of the many faces that give Jesuit its distinct identity—Brother
William Dardis, S.J. ’58 and Michael Prados ’83. As director of special projects, Br. Dardis wears many hats, perhaps none
more important than serving as caretaker of the Jesuit’s residence on the fifth and sixth floors of the Banks Street building.
A friendly fixture at Jesuit since 1963, Brother Dardis single-handedly was responsible for turning the lights back on after the
storm, restoring the school’s phone service, and working alongside the many people who are laboring to repair the damage.
“Mr. Prados,” as students call him, is a popular English teacher who has been a member of the Jesuit faculty since 1990.
In addition to his classroom duties, Mr. Prados is director of student activities, overseeing the myriad extracurricular
activities offered to Blue Jays. Along with a few other Jesuits, faculty, and staff, Brother Dardis and Mr. Prados bunkered down
at the school and rode out Hurricane Katrina. It was only after the storm passed that their adventures began in earnest.
Jaynotes: Take us back to August 28, 2005, the Saturday
before Hurricane Katrina.
Br. Dardis: We were just getting prepared for the storm, making
sure that all the windows, doors, and everything were closed. The
flooding of the first floor never even entered my mind. We have
never flooded from a hurricane or tropical storm in this building.
So I really wasn’t worried about the first floor. I figured here comes
another hurricane. I’ve been here since 1963 and stayed through
Betsy and practically every storm that’s come through here. I’ve
never left this building. I didn’t have any fear at all, absolutely
none. To me it was just a hundred mile-an-hour wind going by.
Mr. Prados: I was supposed to go to a dinner with several people
Saturday night but found out that most of them had evacuated and
were in Texas or Florida. I was watching more and more weather
and the mayor was on every TV channel saying this is a big one,
you need to get out. I still wasn’t going to leave. But Fr. (Richard)
Hermes, (S.J.) suggested I stay at school. He said we had a generator if the power goes out. And as much as I intended to stay in my
house, I knew that if the big oak tree in front of my house fell on
the roof, it could be a problem. So somewhat reluctantly, I packed
an overnight bag, a t-shirt, toothbrush, and my sleeping bag and
came over to the school. I set up camp outside the chaplain’s office
on the second floor, figuring I’d just spend the night down there
and then head back home after the storm.
Jaynotes: When Katrina did arrive, what was it like?
Mr. Prados: We watched the roof of the (Roussel) physical education building just get ripped right off and that yellow insulation was
flying everywhere. It was quite a sight to see. There was a lot of
noise from the wind and things were blowing around.
Br. Dardis: We lost power about 2 a.m. Monday, and by 3:30 a.m.
the storm’s coordinates were above New Orleans, so I went outside
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“There was a huge piece of metal from the gym roof
that was blowing around and banging against things. Then, right in front
of us, it banged in one of those big new windows, and shattered it.”
—Mr. Prados
to take a look on Banks Street. The water was up to the second step
of the main entrance. I thought this was nothing. We escaped
everything. So I actually decided to go to bed. And that’s when I’d
say disaster struck.
Mr. Prados: In the morning we found some broken windows.
Brother (Larry) Huck, (S.J. ’87) and I were walking on the fourth
floor, on the Banks Street side of the school building, and there was
a huge piece of metal from the gym roof that was blowing around
and banging against things. Then, right in front of us, it banged in
one of those big new windows, and shattered it. That was a sight to
see. We went to the theology office which had a number of broken
windows that we boarded up.
Mr. Prados: The confusion was that although the storm had
stopped the water was rising. And that didn’t seem to make sense.
We couldn’t get the mural out the doors. So we put another four
tables on top of four more tables. It took all of us to lift that mural
to the top of those eight tables. And we said if the water gets any
higher, the mural’s done.
Br. Dardis: At a certain point we made a decision that there were
some things that we could not save.
Jaynotes: The water’s rising. It’s now inside the school.
It’s serious. What were your thoughts about the potential
here?
Br. Dardis: Other than a couple of broken windows and the roof
of the Roussel building, the damage from the hurricane was almost
nothing. That’s why I felt we were safe, high and dry, and everything was wonderful. Then Mike (Giambelluca, Jesuit’s principal)
came running up to the sixth floor of the residence to tell us the
water was rising. And I said it couldn’t be.
Br. Dardis: In all sincerity I don’t think we were worried about the
potential. We figured we had gotten the stuff out of the way that
was worth getting out of the way and we were just going to settle
in. We had dinner and then we just relaxed and talked.
Mr. Prados: We noticed the water on Banks Street, but again it
floods all the time. there was some water in the school yard and on
Palmyra Street. But when I got to my street, South Alexander, there
was water, and my street has never flooded. My neighbors came out
and said that we had dodged a bullet. My house was fine, so I
returned to Jesuit. We kept thinking the water was going to go
down, but we noticed it was coming up. And it was coming up in
the schoolyard. Those of us who had our cars in the yard moved
them once, and then the big question was whether we should move
them onto the new bricks of the Traditions Courtyard. As the water
rose in the yard, we decided to move the
cars again. (Laughs) But we were worried
we’d get in trouble moving them on top of
those new bricks.
Br. Dardis: Then everybody just tried to sleep. The next morning,
this would have been Tuesday, all of a sudden, we heard the front
doors banging. Someone was trying to break through the front
doors. We had a generator and lights at night, and it was a beacon
up here.
Mr. Prados: Brother invited us all up for steaks.
Mr. Prados: Fr. Hermes and I went up to the roof and saw a boat
by the doors at the corner of Carrollton and Banks. We went down
into that stairwell and saw that a few guys in the boat had broken
the window, trying to find higher ground. These people had been
in their homes all day and all night as the
water was rising. So they broke in and
were looking for somewhere to go. They
had a lot of elderly people and children
who had a pretty rough night. We realized
Jaynotes: How did you guys save the
we needed to help them. So we got a
mural in the Student Commons?
ladder and put it on the inside. They had
(The mural is a rendering of Jesuits,
their little ladder on the outside and they
faculty, and alumni through the
made numerous trips back and forth and
years.)
brought in some elderly people. There
were people of all ages, including a lady in
Mr. Prados: The water was now in the
her 90s and some very young children. Bit
Commons and coming into the adjacent
by bit, with help from Brother Dardis,
hallways when I thought of the mural. It’s
Brother Huck, and others, we got them up
attached to the wall and sits up on a onethrough the window and into the stairThe Blue Jay Shop and bookstore took a mighty
inch base, and the water was near the top
well. A few people got cuts from some
hit from the water.
of that base. I ran upstairs and got Br.
glass.
Dardis, Br. Huck, Mike (Giambelluca), “Big Mike” (McKnight,
who works in the maintenance department), and Fr. Hermes. We
Br. Dardis: We decided to take their names, ages, and addresses.
started ripping that mural off the wall. Big Mike knew how well
We went in one of the classrooms, room 231, and asked them to
they had screwed that thing in and it took some doing to rip it off
declare whatever they brought with them, food as well as anything
the wall without damaging it. We put four of the round tables
else. To our surprise, two people had guns, a .45 and a .38 caliber,
together and laid the mural on top of them. The tables are 30 inchthat they gave to us to keep.
es high, so we figured the mural would stay above water.
Mr. Prados: At this point it was 30, maybe 40 people. We found
Br. Dardis: After we took the mural off the wall and set it on those
out if they had any special medical problems. We prayed with them
four tables, it was only five or six hours later when the water got
first, which I thought was important, and they were all very open
even higher.
to that idea. We prayed and welcomed them, and we gave them
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ground rules—stay in the hallway on the second floor near the
Banks Street area where they could use the bathroom.
Br. Dardis: We raided the walk-in coolers (downstairs by the
maintenance offices and in the cafeteria). Probably the worst area
was the cafeteria. There were plastic containers with cereal in the
cafeteria manager’s office. They floated and the cereal did not get
wet. It was difficult because the refrigerators and freezers were all
over the place. We had to climb over them, and the water was
grimey because the grease from the three fryers was floating on the
top. We were slimey. The only consolation was that we still had
enough hot water in the heater to take a lukewarm, tepid shower.
Mr. Prados: We met with the people and gave them all quite a bit
of water and cereal, and they brought some things themselves.
Some of them were even barbecuing on the balcony overlooking the
courtyard. The people were very cooperative and very appreciative.
Most of them were able to put on some dry clothes. They had been
up all night in their homes with rising water not knowing what
was happening and I think it was such a relief for them to be on dry,
solid ground, that they went to sleep. They were completely
exhausted.
Br. Dardis: Meanwhile, the number of people was increasing. How
were we going to feed them all? We had enough water, but we were
not set up to feed 60 people. It was somewhere around late Tuesday
evening or early Wednesday morning when we sat down to talk
about the situation. We were beginning to pick up people a lot
faster than we could handle them.
Jaynotes: There came a time when the decision was made
to begin evacuating all of these folks from Jesuit. Tell us
what happened.
Mr. Prados: My house had two feet of water inside and it’s raised
three feet. I got my own canoe and paddled back to school. From
the roof, Brother Huck and I could see a lot of activity on the
Pontchartrain Expressway and the interchanges below. We thought
if we could go down Carrollton and reach the on-ramp to the interstate, that would be an escape route. So Brother Huck and I paddled down Carrollton. We saw people in all the buildings and on
top of the overpass that leads from Tulane Avenue to Airline
Highway. It was full of people who had been there all night long.
And the water itself went all the way up to the train trestle. We realized we couldn’t get to the other side of Carrollton, and there was
no way to get onto the interstate. So we proceeded down Tulane
towards Jeff Davis and almost every building was full of people who
were calling out to us, “Come help us, come rescue us.” But we
couldn’t do anything—we were just two in a canoe. We returned to
school and made it clear to everyone that we’re just one building
among many, many buildings in this neighborhood full of people.
We’re not getting out of here tonight. And this is just one small part
of the city. So we realized the seriousness of our situation. We kept
trying to come up with plans. What could we do?
Jaynotes: In the midst of this chaos, a plan, in fact, did
emerge, correct?
Mr. Prados: Early Wednesday Fr. Hermes and I decided to head
out towards City Park Avenue. We took the canoe down Banks,
went down South Alexander to Canal Street and headed toward the
cemeteries. When we greached City Park Avenue, which is on the
Metairie Ridge, we saw the first green grass. Water was still on City
Park Avenue, but not much, and we actually got out and walked
down to the interstate on-ramp. There were rescue boats with people from Lafayette and we convinced two of them to come with us
back to Jesuit. We tied my canoe to the back of one of their boats.
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A neighbor took this photo of Jesuit English teacher Mike Prados who had just retrieved his canoe from his home on S. Alexander
Street, just three blocks from the school. At the time, the water was rising and Prados was preparing to launch a rescue and
evacuation mission.
All along the way people were calling out to us. Back at Jesuit, we
decided to move the elderly first. We also put two young teenage
girls in my canoe. Their mother was very, very concerned because it
was the first time in their life they’d been in a boat. But I said,
“Don’t worry, they’re in good hands.” The mother said, “Okay, Mr.
Mike, you got ’em.” I said, “I got ’em and they’re gonna be fine.”
The rescue boats were loaded and we left Jesuit. One of the boats
towed my canoe with the girls and me. We went down Canal Street,
City Park Avenue, onto the interstate on-ramp, and then to the
train bridge that crossed the interstate. The water there was very
deep. We unloaded everybody at the train bridge, and on the other
side of the bridge bigger boats were taking people up to the I-610
split, then to buses, and eventually Causeway and I-10. Someone in
one of the rescue boats saw a tattered American flag in Metairie
Cemetery, and hung it from the interstate bridge, a little patriotic
gesture. During this first trip, I realized there was a shortcut straight
down Banks Street to the interstate. Instead of taking people all the
way to the train bridge, we could bring them more quickly to the
end of Banks Street where they could walk along the train tracks to
board boats for the next leg of the trip. With the different boats
going back and forth, we finally evacuated everyone. I paddled a lot
of people straight down Banks Street, including the last group of
Jesuits and some teachers.
Br. Dardis: At the end of Banks Street, we walked along the railroad tracks to where the new pumping station is next to Metairie
Cemetery. Then we all got in a boat and were taken to the I-10/610
split. We were put in a van which went only about two blocks.
People in the van were then separated into medical and non-medical. Those who needed medical attention went one way; those who
didn’t climbed into another van and were brought to the main staging area located at Causeway and I-10 to board buses.
Mr. Prados: We got everybody safely out and things were shutting
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down at Jesuit. Big Mike (McKnight) had decided he was not leaving. I wasn’t leaving either. I was staying. At the time, I was hungry
and dehydrated so I found some water and a sandwich. By this
time, I had already taken a few loads in my canoe, including three
Hondurans who didn’t speak much English. They lived on Banks
and wanted to stop at their house because one of them needed his
passport. So I paddled the canoe onto their porch, which was under
water, and they worked the front door open. They disappeared into
the darkness and eventually came out with a soaking wet passport.
Jaynotes: Meanwhile, Brother Dardis, you and several of
the other Jesuits found yourselves at the main staging
area of Causeway and I-10 waiting to be bused somewhere
out of the city with thousands of others. Tell us what
happened.
Br. Dardis: Fr. Hermes, Fr. (Tony) Rauschuber, (S.J.), Fr. O’Neal,
Brother Huck, Mr. (John) McCullough and his friend, Mike
Giambelluca and his wife Donnamaria, and I were all there. It was
funny when we first got there because Fr. Hermes and Fr. O’Neal
were spotted by the Sister Servants who were boarding a Baptist
bus. The sisters stopped the police and said, “Those are our two
priests.” And so Fr. Hermes and Fr. O’Neal got on that bus right
away and were taken to Baton Rouge. The rest of us then stood in
line by the police barricades and waited for buses. From about three
till about seven in the evening it was pretty rough. It was hot,
humid, and people needed water. It became a little sticky when the
buses did not show up with the frequency that they had earlier. One
young lady had her three kids lined up to board the bus. But she
couldn’t hold onto all three and one would disappear and she would
have to take the others off the bus. Brother Huck and I helped put
her on a bus to Baton Rouge. When we reached Gonzales, the bus
stopped at the outlet mall. I’m getting nervous because we are surrounded by armed guards and there must be 30 or 40 buses in the
“I’ve never felt more needed in my role in what I do.
I gathered some of my English II teaching materials and textbooks
and threw them in a bag, took my overnight bag with a few things…and
eventually ended up at Strake for the semester.” —Mr. Prados
parking lot. We sat there for about 25 minutes. Apparently one of
the young troopers announced that nobody was getting off the bus.
There was an elderly man sitting in front of Br. Huck. The man
turned around and said to us, “You know, I don’t understand you
two. You were there the whole time with us, you never lost your
temper, you never got excited about anything. You were just calm
and everything was wonderful.” Finally the lady driving the bus tells
us we’re driving to Pineville. And I said to myself, “We’re not going
out there.” Well, we’re on the interstate maybe four or five minutes
when the driver suddenly exits at College Drive and pulls into a
Wal-Mart parking lot. The driver sasaid, “If you have friends here
you can get off.” So I called my sister and about 10 minutes later,
she picked us both up.
Jaynotes: You prayed during all of this?
Br. Dardis: I guess about 1:30, 2:00 in the morning, I asked the
Blessed Mother, “I would be appreciative very much if you would
stop a bus in front of us.” It was funny when the police moved the
barricade and put it right where we were standing. One problem
was young kids in uniform with rifles trying to deal with people
who were not in their best condition. I
don’t think these kids were prepared to
handle that, and you didn’t see an officer
or somebody who was mature, who
could’ve helped. But, Br. Huck and I
talked to everybody. I mean, it didn’t make
any difference—black, white, purple,
green, blue, orange, nationality, had nothing to do with it. We talked as if we were
the best of friends.
Jaynotes: They knew you were
Jesuits?
Br. Dardis: No, they did not. It was not
the best of conditions out there. It really
was an adventure, and I appreciated the experience. My sister yelled
at me, but that’s what sisters are for. She wanted to know if I understood what “mandatory evacuation” meant. I wasn’t in her car five
minutes when I got that sermon. But I know they were worried
about me. I guess I had faith in the good Lord that He would take
care of me.
Jaynotes: Mr. Prados, you and Big Mike McKnight were
the only two left at Jesuit. How did you pass the time?
Mr. Prados: Big Mike did not want to be evacuated. I reassured
him that we would be fine here. Then one day just led into the next.
I’d walk around the school building and check things. If you looked
in any direction, you would always see four or five helicopters. The
sound of helicopters was constant day and night. Each night before
going to sleep, I went to the roof just to seek a little bit of quiet, but
it really wasn’t quiet because of those helicopters. It was pitch dark
everywhere you looked, the whole city was dark. We decided the
longer we were there, the less we wanted people to know we were
there. We didn’t want the lights in the building to be shining into
the neighborhood because we were no longer in a position to take
people in. And, quite honestly, we didn’t want to get rescued. So we
would eat a little dinner before dark, and then we’d close the blinds
and turn down the lights. We watched the news and thought they
would fix the breech much sooner than they did. Every day we’d
get up and look at that water line on the side of the Blue Jay band
trailer parked in the yard. And every single day the water mark
stayed at the same level.
Jaynotes: At some point, your routine was interrupted.
Mr. Prados: We were trying to keep a low profile. One morning,
men wearing bullet proof vests and carrying guns showed up in a
boat. We could see them in the schoolyard from the window of the
residence kitchen (on the sixth floor). They pulled up to the “boat
dock,” as we called it, which was the steps in the courtyard that go
up to the balcony. We weren’t too concerned, but suddenly, they
were in the building. They had broken the glass on the door to get
inside and I couldn’t understand why they did that. There were
signs that people had been there because we still had a few things
on the balcony, including the trash that I put out. Big Mike was
getting nervous because he didn’t want to be forcibly evacuated.
They went all over the building and for some reason never came up
to the sixth floor. When they finally left,
we were relieved, but now the building was
open and not as secure as it had been. But
nobody else came around.
Jaynotes: Of course, there were
rumors going around.
Mr. Prados: The best rumor was the dead
person found on the second story balcony.
Now that was absolutely false.
Br. Dardis: There was also the rumor that
I was beaten up while stopping the ransacking of some trophy cases on the
second floor. When some alumni called and
wanted to know what was going on, I told them nothing had happened. One alumnus didn’t believe me and had to come over to
make sure that I was all right. Nobody broke in to damage the trophies. The only damage done was by the National Guard to the
front door and the roof of the residence.
Jaynotes: Mr. Prados, you had every intention of staying
put until a text message came through on Big Mike’s cell
phone.
Mr. Prados: It was Saturday afternoon that Big Mike got a text
message from Fr. Hermes, who said that there were 200 Jesuit
students in Houston looking to enroll at Strake Jesuit. He said
they needed teachers. I was hit with that call. I’ve never felt a
greater call to be a teacher in my life. I’ve never felt more needed
in my role in what I do. I gathered some of my English II
teaching materials and textbooks and threw them in a bag, took
my overnight bag with a few things…and eventually ended up at
Strake for the semester.
Jaynotes: Looking back, how do you begin to describe
your experiences?
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In addition to losing buses and vehicles, Jesuit sustained catastrophic damage to its auditorium (renovated just three years ago),
cafeteria, bathroom, and Student Commons.
Br. Dardis: I just say it was an adventure.
When they first told me the water was rising,
my first impression was they shut the doggone pumps off. The neighbors who stayed
with us at Jesuit were good and very friendly.
As soon as people realized Jesuit was on high
ground and that we had food and water, we
were inundated. There was absolutely no way
to handle 60 people. You need an awful lot of
food and there’s only so much in the
cafeteria and on the sixth floor. And as you
start to run out, attitudes and demeanor and
character all change as I learned very much on the interstate.
Mr. Prados: To me, the most important thing we did that whole
week was welcoming those people inside. They were tired, they were
hungry, and they were scared. The water was in their homes. They
were elderly, they were young, and there was no question that it was
important that we invited those people into the school. Everything
we’re all about, being men for others, being men of conscience and
compassion, doing things for the greater glory of God, to me that’s
all clear as to why it was so important that we took care of the least
of our brothers here. I hope that I run into some of them again
because it’ll be fun to go back and reminisce. They were just so
appreciative to be here, and we welcomed them. That’s why they all
went to sleep! It was like the first peace these people had in 36 hours.
Br. Dardis: I will admit that the guns bothered me. I’m not
one who likes guns. We eventually returned them, except we kept
the bullets.
curb on Carrollton Avenue. I snuck back in
with a little help from a few friends. The front
doors had already been broken, so I went inside
and brought some computers outside to load
them into a car. I went back inside and took my
first look at the basement and it was a mess. It
was probably the first time I really got choked
up. I realized what other people were going
through with their houses that had flooded.
It was black, it was gooey, and it stunk. I
padlocked the front doors, and as I came down
the front steps, a police car turned from Canal
Street onto Carrollton. I knew I was in a “no-fly zone” and no one
else is with me. Two more police cars turn onto Carrollton and I
thought, “Oh Lord, they think I’m looting.” Well, the first police
car pulls up, and the window rolls down. I don’t know who the
young man was, but the first words out of his mouth were, “Brother,
what are you doing here?” [Laughter] The nice officer happened to
be one of our graduates.
Mr. Prados: Fr. (Anthony) McGinn, (S.J., president of Jesuit High
School) immediately deciding to continue to pay the faculty after
Katrina was extremely important. (Assistant principal for student
affairs) Peter Kernion scheduling Houston, St. Martin’s, the second
semester, and now scheduling the coming year, was unbelievable.
(Assistant academic principal) Kathy Juhas took on the role of acting principal at Strake Jesuit. There are many stories about teachers
and their personal sacrifices.
Jaynotes: Brother, when did you return to Jesuit for
the first time?
Br. Dardis: The primary objective was to take care of our kids.
And I think, in all sincerity, everybody looked at it that way. The
inconvenience to them didn’t take precedent over what it meant to
take care of our kids.
Br. Dardis: About two weeks after the storm. The water was not
quite off of Banks Street. There was maybe a foot of water at the
Jaynotes: You both told a wonderful story. Thank you very
much.
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Jesuit High School in New Orleans
GRADUATION
2006
The 261 Blue Jays who comprise the Class of 2006 will always be remembered as the Katrina class,
which is not necessarily a negative. Confronted with disruptive change and dislocation, the Class of 2006
proved themselves to be resilient, hard-working, dedicated, and compassionate Blue Jays. Upon returning
to Jesuit for the start of the second semester on January 23, 2006, the seniors belatedly received their rings
at Ring Mass, then proudly displayed them on the following Tuesday morning at assembly.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
“Hope is an Anchor”
Delivered to the Class of 2006 at the Commencement
Ceremony held May 24, 2006 at the Pontchartrain Center
My fellow graduates who are of the class of 2006:
Our goal has been to prepare you for the life that lies ahead. We have given you an
anchor, a compass, a map, and, we hope, the ability to read the stars so you can know
where you are.
As I look at this class, I see great hope. Hope is an anchor. We hope not in ourselves
but in God who is the source of all that we are, all that we have. He is the source of
our ambition, our resilience, and our compassion.
What do we hope for God to give us—a convenient, comfortable life; a life free of
challenges; a life of instant success; a life free of frustration, disappointment, and
defeat? I certainly hope not. Our hope is that you will have the power to overcome
the temptation of the self-defeating choices of self-indulgence, self-pity, and
self-aggrandizement.
An anchor provides stability. We hope that God’s power in your life will provide the
stability you need in time of trouble, in times when you are tempted to be less than
who you are called to be. Your map and your compass are the conscience and the
compassion we have called you to develop. If you don’t know where you are, how will
you know where you are going?
You are now near the end of your adolescence. It is time to leave the harbor. You face a choice more important than the choice of a
college, more important than the choice of a career, and almost as important as the choice of your spouse. One of the most important
choices you are called to make is when you decide to leave adolescence. Unfortunately many people before you have chosen to prolong their
adolescence well into their twenties, thirties, and forties. You can continue to be approval-focused. You can continue to live for today and
give no thought to your long-term responsibilities. Without the compass and map, you may drift about on a sea of self-indulgence or
become stuck on a lonely island of self-pity.
Social and economic pressures may encourage you to stay where you are, to extend your adolescence well past the appropriate time.
You know well my thoughts on how excess in the choice of leisure activities leads to prolonged immaturity.
You owe it to yourself, to your family, to your city, to your future to leave the comfortable patterns of adolescence that do not expect
much of you, that do not challenge you.
The challenges of this year offer this class a special opportunity to use the compass and read the map.
The decisions you make will have profound influence not only on your lives but on the lives of so many people who will depend on you
for courageous, self-sacrificing choices.
May God guide your choices as you grow into the men He calls you to become.
Anthony McGinn, S.J. ’66
Steve Morgan ’68
Instilled Passion in the Hearts
of Seniors and Urged Them
to Make a Difference in the World
Nationally acclaimed motivational speaker Steve
Morgan ’68 was the keynote speaker at the 2006
Seniors’ Commencement Luncheon on May 12. Now
in its fifth year, the event brings together the old and
the new, pairing alumni and seniors at the tables, and
ushers the new graduates into the ranks of Jesuit
alumni which now total more than 12,500.
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G R A D U AT I O N 2 0 0 6
2006 VALEDICTORY ADDRESS
After graduation rehearsal,
the 2006 valedictorians got
together to ponder life after
Jesuit. They are, left to right,
Allen Calvert Porter III;
Paul Joseph Sampognaro;
Timothy David Shea;
Adam James Tosh;
Ryan Michael Boudreau;
Michael Albert Puente, Jr.;
and Louis William McFaul IV,
who delivered the valedictory
address.
Seniors, teachers, parents, relatives, friends: Wednesday, May 24th, 2006 is by no means an end: it is the
beginning of our mission to live on our own Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, for the greater glory of God.
Consider a box. If you have resided in the box for most of your life so far, then life in the box is actually
quite comfortable. As Rosencrantz, an old friend of Hamlet, once said, “Life in a box is better than no life at
all.” Most people assume that the box implies a life lesson on freethinking and individuality, that we should
break out of the box. Everyone in this auditorium knows better. The people inside the box did not break
free to the reality outside; rather, the reality of surging waters breached the walls of our box and broke in.
There’s an old Chinese curse that says, “May you live in interesting times.” This class, along with Top
and Mr. Giambelluca, arrived at Jesuit just before 9/11; this class leaves just after Katrina. But the class of
2006 has not fallen victim to the self-pity that Father McGinn has warned us about; this class not only
endured but also prevailed, triumphantly returning with three state championships, six district championships, and several other incredible awards reflecting the seniors’ talent, dedication, and focus. After being
Fifteen members of the Class
scattered across the country for the first semester, this class and the teachers came back.
of 2006 began this academic
To our parents, relatives, friends, and everyone who helped us to arrive at this moment—we thank you
year in August at Jesuit High
for your incredibly selfless support, for supporting our clubs and cheering our teams, for encouraging us to
School. However, after
merit academic honors and motivating us to win athletic championships. We thank you, our parents for
Katrina, for various reasons
they were not able to return
all you have sacrificed, public and private, in order to ensure that we could continue our education and our
to New Orleans to complete
lives.
their academic year at Jesuit.
To the faculty, coaches, staff, administration, and every employee of Jesuit High School—you, along
They are: John M. Alsfeld,
with our parents, made us who we are today. You have taught, trained, and tested us for the past five years,
Samir M. Bhatti, Louis M.
and though the course was often arduous, it was well worth the effort. As you look upon another
Brantmeyer, Edgar M. Dixey,
graduating class, know that it was your commitment to our mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing that
William H. Edwards, Jr., Justin
enabled us to earn these diplomas. Although we can never fully repay you for what five years of
C. Gettys, Jeremy B. Green,
formation and experience at Jesuit is really worth, we sincerely thank you and will always remember your
Timothy P. Keogh, Philip M.
profound influence on us.
Mahne, Nicholas A. March,
To the class of 2006, you who made yourselves men of faith and men for others, you
Kyle P. Salzer, Brian T. Smith,
who took the initiative and dedicated yourselves to ROTC, band, philelectic society, student
Julian B. Terry, Andrew H.
council, and every other club; you who gave your blood, sweat, tears and represented Jesuit by practicing,
Wiltz, and Zhiyang M. Yu.
training, and winning on the track, field, court, and every other arena—as you all march forward to every
corner of this country from California, to Texas, to New York, never forget who you are and who formed
you—you are the Blue Jays of Jesuit High School of New Orleans, and no one can ever take that away from you.
There are those who believe that the old Blue Jay Spirit is not as strong as it used to be. I suggest that the Blue Jay Spirit is more evident
and clearly defined this year than it has ever been since 1847. Consider those alumni who stayed behind and searched the flooded city in boats
people stranded on rooftops in an otherwise-abandoned city, and those who kept the Thanksgiving Drive going during an extremely demanding
year. Consider those incredibly selfless members of the faculty and staff who moved their lives to Houston for the students, for us, for our education and our wellbeing. Remember those who worked and continue striving tirelessly and unceasingly behind the scenes coordinating the
satellite schools and the forever-changed Jesuit, not out of concern for recognition or visibility, but out of concern for the students’ futures.
Also, remember those seniors who dedicated themselves to the newspaper and coordinated people across several states to write articles, those
seniors who kept the traditions of senior lunches, brown bag concerts, welcome week, and a smorgasbord of other activities. Finally, consider
those seniors who even in incredibly disruptive circumstances, including the loss of homes, friends, and family and with shortened seasons,
continued to excel in arts, academics, and athletics. This year there are 62 seniors graduating summa cum laude, 68 graduating magna cum
laude, and 64 graduating cum laude. In addition, this class achieved 11th place in the nation in mock trial, a score of 96% and a rating of
outstanding in the annual 6th Marine Corps District inspection, state championships in cross country, tennis, and wrestling, and district
championships in those three plus swimming, basketball, and soccer. Blue Jay Spirit remains not only alive and well but also stronger than
ever, found in the community of Jesuit High School—parents, alumni, faculty, staff, students, and especially seniors.
And so, congratulations, class of 2006. Today you receive your hard-earned diplomas. You deserve them.
Louis W. McFaul IV ’06
Graduation 2006
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AWA R D S
Blue Jays’ Achievements Recognized
Each year Jesuit students are recognized for their achievements. The following
awards and their recipients were announced at the Commencement Ceremony
and at Awards Night.
AWARDS PRESENTED AT GRADUATION
Matthew S. Dozier
(above) received the
Spiritual Leadership
Award, Daniel B. Walk
(right) received
The Harry McEnerny,
Jr. Memorial Plaque,
and Adam J. Tosh
(below) was honored
with The Father Pedro
Arrupe Award.
The Reverend Father President’s Spiritual Leadership Award is awarded
to the student who has exerted the greatest spiritual influence on others by living a
life exemplifying his Catholic faith. The President’s Spiritual Leadership Award is
given to that member of the senior class who manifests to the rest of the school
community his dedication and commitment to Christ and the Church through his
personal life, concern for others, and Christian example. By vote of the faculty, this
year’s award was merited by Matthew Samuel Dozier ’06.
The Harry McEnerny, Jr., Memorial Plaque is awarded to that member of the
senior class who, not only has a good scholastic record, but is also proficient in an
athletic activity his senior year, has participated in extracurricular activities outside
of athletics, and possesses those qualities which symbolize the most representative
Jesuit High School student. He should be a leader among the students and his
leadership should be in the area of preserving school spirit. The student who has
been judged deserving of this award by a vote of the faculty is Daniel Beslin Walk ’06.
The Father Pedro Arrupe Award is made each year to the senior who has exemplified the spirit of being a
man for others by his participation and excellence in service. This year, by vote of the faculty, the Father Pedro
Arrupe Award is merited by Adam James Tosh ’06.
The Blue Jay Parents’ Club Award for excellence in scholarship is awarded to the seniors who graduated with
the highest grade point average for four years at Jesuit High School and are named co-valedictorians of the class.
This year it was merited by Ryan Michael Boudreau ’06, Louis William McFaul IV ’06,
Allen Calvert Porter III ’06, Michael Albert Puente, Jr. ’06, Paul Joseph Sampognaro ’06,
Timothy David Shea ’06, and Adam James Tosh ’06.
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G R A D U AT I O N 2 0 0 6
AWARDS PRESENTED AT ASSEMBLY
The Frank T. Howard Memorial Award for English was merited by
Kenneth J. Lota ’06.
The Jesuit 500 Club Award for Latin was merited this year by
Alexander D. Buras ’06.
The William Helis Memorial Award for Greek was merited by
Andrew P. Lambert ’06.
The Loyola University Award for Mathematics, given to the senior
with the highest overall average in mathematics, was earned by Ernest
K. Svenson ’06.
The Reverend William J. Ryan Memorial Award for History,
donated by Dr. J. Joseph Ryan, was merited by Delos M. Flint ’06.
The Frank T. Howard Memorial Award for excellence in Physics was
merited by Samuel A. Just ’06.
The Paquette Family Award for excellence in French was merited
by Alexander J. Schneider ’06.
The Coach Gernon Brown Memorial Award for the best all-around
athlete of the junior varsity teams for the current year was awarded to
Rontrell P. Edwards ’09.
The “Rusty” Staub Award to the senior baseball letterman
manifesting outstanding sportsmanship, leadership, and spirit for the
current year was awarded to Barry M. Butera, Jr. ’06.
The Award for the Best Football Lineman for the current season
was awarded to Jean-Marc V. Bonin ’06.
The Award for All-Around Athletic Ability was awarded to Jaron S.
Villafana ’06.
The William D. and Maybell Postell Award, donated by Mr. John
Blake Postell, to the senior basketball player who manifested leadership,
scholarship, and spirit during the current season was presented to
Richard W. Coffey, Jr. ’06.
The Fighting Jaylet Award, donated by Mr. Charles W. Heim, Jr.,
in honor of the 1968 Fighting Jaylets, to the junior varsity basketball
player who has demonstrated the highest quality of excellence as a
student athlete, was presented to Christopher D. Joseph ’08.
The Morris B. Redmann Memorial Award for the senior football
letterman who best combined scholarship and athletics was presented to
Matthew S. Dozier ’06.
The Edwin F. Stacy, Jr. Wrestling Award to the senior who has
made a major contribution to the team, excelling in academics,
exhibiting exemplary leadership, and sacrificially working for the benefit
of his teammates was awarded to Bradley R. Gruezke ’06.
The Michael D. Conway Award for the most valuable player on the
current soccer team was awarded to Jeffrey K. Romig ’06.
The Rodriguez Family Most Valuable Swimmer Award for the
senior who has made significant contribution to the team, having
exhibited exemplary leadership, and having performed in an outstanding
manner in meet competition was awarded to Cullen M. Wheatley
’06.
The Award for Excellence in Biology was merited by Delos M.
Flint ’06.
The Culture of Life Award for exemplary leadership in the Jesuit Pro
Life Club, profound belief in the inviolable dignity of human life from
conception to natural death, and consistent respect and concern for
others in daily life was awarded to Scott J. Delatte ’06.
The Aloysius J. Cahill Memorial Award in Oratory was merited ex
aequo by Lee J. Gresham ’08 and Paul M. Leingang ’08.
The Reverend Francis A. Fox, S.J., Memorial Award for
proficiency in instrumental music, donated by Mr. Harry J. Morel, Sr.,
was merited by Christian M. Bautista ’06.
The Chester M. Rieth Award for the senior track letterman
manifesting sportsmanship, leadership, and spirit for the current year
was awarded to Michael D. Modica ’06.
The Stanley Ray Award for the most improved track letterman
during the current year was awarded to Yuki T. Dunn ’07.
The Most Valuable Golfer Award for the golfer who has made a
significant contribution to the team, has exhibited exemplary leadership,
and has performed in an outstanding manner was presented to Ryan D.
Peters ’06.
The Most Valuable Tennis Player Award for the senior tennis
player who has made a significant contribution to the team by having
exhibited exemplary leadership and having performed in an outstanding
manner was awarded to Paul J. Sampognaro ’06.
The Vincent J. Liberto Award for Second Place in Instrumental
Music, donated by Mr. Vincent J. Liberto, was merited by Christian A.
Gonzalez ’07.
The Christopher Morgan Memorial Award for the cross-country
letterman who has best exemplified courage, leadership, sportsmanship,
and spirit was awarded to Brett L. Guidry ’06.
The Reverend Elwood P. Hecker, S.J. Award given to the
bandsmen who show dedication to music, honesty, understanding,
dependability, and Blue Jay spirit was merited ex aequo by Jonathan
Mann ’06 and Domagoj Jursic ’06.
The Joseph Michael Worley Memorial Award given to the
graduating senior who by his unselfishness, sportsmanship, and spirit
during his career at Jesuit has enhanced the athletic program as a player,
manager, trainer, or student, was presented to Maxwell D. Gruenig
’06.
The Robert T. Casey Memorial Award, given to the varsity athlete
who manifested the best sportsmanship during the current year was
awarded to Craig M. Schnell ’06.
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WHERE ARE THEY GOING?
It’s a migratory thing. Every summer Blue Jays leave the unique climate of Carrollton and Banks for
destinations far and near. Check the list on the following pages to discover where the 2006 Jays will be
nesting.
Arizona State University
Cameron Michael Chamberlain also accepted to Louisiana State
University, University of Alabama, Colorado State University
Cullen Michael Wheatley also accepted to University of Mississippi,
Louisiana State University (Honors College), University of Florida
Baton Rouge Community College
Dustin William Dantin also accepted to University of Southern
Mississippi
Richard William Coffey, Jr. also accepted to Loyola University New
Orleans
Matthew Glenn Finney
Stephen William McMahon also accepted to University of New Orleans
Philip Fernandes Moseley also accepted to University of Alabama
Baylor University
Robert Byron Farber II also accepted to Louisiana State University
Belmont Abbey College
Christopher Lee Ragusa, Jr. also accepted to Spring Hill College
Boston College
Ryan Michael Boudreau (Honors Program), also accepted to
Georgetown University, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Tulane University
(Honors Program), Duke University
Barry Michael Butera, Jr. also accepted to Tulane University, University
of Alabama (Honors Program), University of Georgia, Loyola University
New Orleans, Texas Christian University, Providence College, Samford
University
Danminh Quy Mui
Mark Andrew Singer also accepted to Vanderbilt University, College of
Charleston (Honors Program), Spring Hill College, Tulane University
(Honors Program)
William Michael Varney also accepted to Tulane University
Catholic University of America
Lawrence Agusta Comiskey also accepted to Mount Saint Mary’s
University, Saint Joseph’s University, Louisiana State University
Patrick Thomas Cragin also accepted to Louisiana State University
Christendom College
Scott Joseph Delatte also accepted to Louisiana State University,
Catholic University of America, Spring Hill College
Clemson University
Neal Albert Ajubita also accepted to Mississippi State University,
University of Alabama, Texas Christian University, University of Mississippi,
Florida State University, University of South Carolina
Gerald William Vocke, Jr. also accepted to Texas Christian University
(Honors Program), Louisiana State University, Tulane University
College of Santa Fe
Gavin Solis Atilano also accepted to University of New Orleans, Loyola
University New Orleans
Nicolas Joseph DiRosa also accepted to Louisiana State University
Christopher George Woods also accepted to Loyola University New
Orleans, Spring Hill College
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Colorado State University
Victor Alexander Perez also admitted to Louisiana State University
Columbia University
Michael Joseph Bossetta, Jr. also accepted to University of Maryland,
Boston University, Arizona State University
Timothy David Shea (Early Decision) also admitted to Tulane University
(Honors Program)
Dartmouth College
Alexander Kane Assaf also accepted to Tulane University, University of
San Francisco, Colorado School of Mines, Kettering University, Louisiana
State University
Duke University
Ernest Knute Svenson also accepted to Rice University, Boston College
(Honors College), Trinity University, Tulane University, Louisiana State
University (Honors College), Georgia Institute of Technology (Honors
Program)
Flagler College
Luke Andrew Prados also accepted to University of New Orleans
Georgetown University
Eric Claude Cusimano also accepted to College of the Holy Cross,
University of Richmond, Furman University, Gettysburg College,
Randolph-Macon College (Honors Program), University of Mary
Washington (Honors Program), Centre College, Tulane University, Wake
Forest University, The College of William and Mary, Dickinson College
Kevin Ashton Laborde, Jr. also accepted to Florida State
Gregory Noel Re also accepted to Washington University in St. Louis,
University of Notre Dame, Boston College
Paul Joseph Sampognaro also accepted to University of Virginia,
Vanderbilt University, Louisiana State University (Honors College)
Georgia Institute of Technology
Christopher Joseph Combes also accepted to Louisiana State University
Harvey Mudd College
Samuel Andrew Just (Early Decision)
Louisiana State University
Ryan Scott Adams
Matthew Gerard Babin also accepted to University of Southern
Mississippi, University of New Orleans
Jeffrey Michael Bandera
Christian Marc Bautista (Honors College)
Cory Alan Bender also accepted to University of Louisiana Lafayette,
Spring Hill College, Centenary College, University of New Orleans
Roy Edward Blossman II (Honors College)
Robert Gerald Boesch also accepted to Auburn University, University of
Southern Mississippi, Spring Hill College, Tulane University
Youssef Estevan Bou-Mikael also accepted to University of Louisiana
Lafayette, University of New Orleans
Patrick Wayne Braud, Jr.
Kyle James Briscoe also accepted to University of Louisiana Lafayette
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Andrew Michael Browning (Honors College)
Shane Michael Buchler also accepted to Tulane University, Loyola
University New Orleans
Andrew Michael Cambus also accepted to University of Louisiana
Lafayette
Vincent Steven Campo
Stephen Parker Carriere also accepted to Tulane University
Carey Carter Celestin
Casey Nicolas Chimento also accepted to University of New Orleans,
Tulane University, Florida State University, University of Wisconsin,
University of Georgia, University of Alabama, University of Texas at
Arlington, University of Mississippi, University of Louisiana Lafayette,
University of Southern Mississippi, Southeastern Louisiana University
Kyle Timothy Christiansen
David James Creighton (Honors College) also accepted to Creighton
University
Gabriel Michael Cusimano
George Anthony Cvitanovic also accepted to Spring Hill College, Loyola
University New Orleans, University of Mississippi
Matthew Thomas Daniel (Honors College)
James Corey Day
Christopher Michael Drewes
Jason Noel Dubos
Adam Michael Duvernay also accepted to University of New Orleans
Jeffrey Michael Farnet
Jonathan Norwood Finney (Honors College) also accepted to Catholic
University of America
Paul Stephen Fitzmorris (Honors College) also accepted to St. Louis
University (Honors Program), University of Dallas (Honors Program),
Emory University, Tulane University (Honors Program), Loyola University
New Orleans (Honors Program), University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M
University
David Michael Fraychinaud
Jeffrey Michael Ganucheau (Honors College) also accepted to
Mississippi State University (Honors Program)
Gerard Joseph Gaudet also accepted to Tulane University (Honors
Program), Rhodes College, Millsaps College
Michael Edward Graham II (Honors College) also accepted to Southern
Methodist University (Honors Program)
Andrew William Graziano (Honors College) also accepted to Purdue
University, Tulane University, Loyola University New Orleans
Collin Robert Green also accepted to Arizona State University, Colorado
State University, University of Alabama
Michael Connaugh Grennan also accepted to University of Southern
Mississippi, University of Louisiana Lafayette
Taylor Michael Grimm
Bradley Robert Gruezke (Honors College)
Brett Leonard Guidry also accepted to Tulane University, Loyola
University New Orleans
Jeffrey Sanford Guin, Jr.
Evan Joseph Harrington also accepted to University of Southern
Mississippi
Stuart Robert Hart, Jr.
Robert Lee Hatfield III (Honors College)
Ryan Brandt Hathaway also accepted to University of Southern
Mississippi
John Alcide Helmstetter
Andrew Michael Herpich also accepted to University of Mississippi,
University of Alabama
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WHERE ARE THEY GOING?
Joshua Michael Hess also accepted to University of New Orleans,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Mississippi State University
Brandon Lee Hicks
Mario Jose Hurtado, Jr.
Robert Anthony Johns
Shelby Charles Johnson
Lee Brenan Jones
Michael Bowen Jones (Honors College) also accepted to Southern
Methodist University (Honors Program), University of Georgia, Tulane
University
Stefan Eleftherios M. Karasoulis also accepted to Spring Hill College
Jason Charles Kincl
Sean Andrew Lajaunie also accepted to University of Louisiana Lafayette,
University of Southern Mississippi, Loyola University New Orleans, Tulane
University
John Hartson Leary, Jr. also accepted to Auburn University, University of
Mississippi, University of Alabama, University of New Orleans
Samuel John LeBlanc
Clay Justin LeGros, Jr. also accepted to Tulane University
Richard Brian Maia also accepted to Tulane University
Marc Joseph Mandich (Honors College)
Jonathan Frey Mann (Honors College) also accepted to Tulane
University, Loyola University New Orleans, St. Louis University, Spring Hill
College, Fordham University, University of New Orleans
Cooper William McGregor also accepted to University of Alabama,
University of Mississippi
Patrick Timothy McKay (Honors College) also accepted to Wake Forest
University
James David McManamon also accepted to Arizona State University,
Florida State University, University of Alabama, University of Mississippi,
Spring Hill College
Thomas Francis Meagher IV also accepted to California State University
Fullerton, Mississippi State University
Sean Stephen Melendreras
Gunther Richard Michaelis III also accepted to Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University, Tulane University
Jordan Thomas Milazzo also accepted to Tulane University
Derek Alan Mnichowski also accepted to Rhodes College
Michael David Modica (Honors College) also accepted to Duke
University, Georgetown University, University of Notre Dame
Casey William Moll also accepted to University of Mississippi, Texas
Christian University
Matthew William Mondello
Daniel LeDoux Montgomery also accepted to Ave Maria University
Eric Thomas Murray also accepted to Tulane University, University of
New Orleans, University of Mississippi, University of Miami
Derek Joseph Naccari (Honors College)
Darrell Charles O’Neill, Jr. also accepted to University of Louisiana
Lafayette, University of New Orleans
Jason George Papale (Honors College) also accepted to Spring Hill
College, Tulane University, Millsaps College, Loyola University New
Orleans
Ryan Dean Peters
Joseph Gohres Pretcher also accepted to Baylor University (Honors
Program), University of Mississippi, Tulane University
Stephen Michael Procido also accepted to Loyola University Chicago
Shane Andrew Quirk
Christian Michael Rabito
Frank Joseph Rabito III
Blake Stephen Raggio
Gregory Joseph Raymond, Jr. also accepted to University of Louisiana
Monroe
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Michael Howat Raymond
Benjamin Francis Reed
Sean Michael Regan also accepted to University of Alabama, University
of Mississippi, University of Louisiana Lafayette
Jean-Paul Richard also accepted to University of Mississippi, University of
Alabama
Kevin Thomas Rizzo
Colin O’Neill Roberson (Honors College) also accepted to Fordham
University, Tulane University
Rustin Lance Roberts
Leroy Joseph Rogers, Jr. also accepted to Texas A&M University
Joshua Thomas Romig also accepted to University of Alabama,
University of Southern Mississippi
Kevin Avery Rooney (Honors College) also accepted to Tulane University,
Baylor University
Joseph J Sabrier IV (Honors College) also accepted to Vanderbilt
University, Southern Methodist University, Tulane University (Honors
Program)
Robert James Schindler
Stephen Thomas Sewell also accepted to University of Mississippi
Kevin Vismay Shah
William Parker Stewart, Jr.
Jaron Sean Villafana also accepted to University of Southern Mississippi,
Millsaps College, Louisiana Tech University, University of Alabama,
Louisiana Tech University
Robert Nicaud Commagere also accepted to University of Louisiana
Lafayette
Loyola University Chicago
Matthew Scott Davis also accepted to Marquette University, Louisiana
State University (Honors College), Tulane University
Christopher James Fox
Francis William Huete III also accepted to Tulane University, University
of Colorado Boulder, Georgia Institute of Technology
Christopher Joseph Riehlmann also accepted to Loyola University New
Orleans, Fordham University, Louisiana State University
Loyola University New Orleans
Philip Michael Boyd also accepted to Tulane University, Louisiana State
University, University of Florida
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Christopher Alan Brown
David Anthony Camacho Castillo also accepted to Tulane University,
Louisiana State University, Fordham University, Spring Hill College,
University of San Francisco
Mitchel Tyler Cross also accepted to Tulane University
Matthew Samuel Dozier also accepted to University of Southern
Mississippi, Spring Hill College, University of Louisiana Lafayette,
Louisiana State University
Ralph Roger Eyles III also accepted to Tulane University, Louisiana State
University (Honors College)
Brandon Christopher Ford also accepted to University of New Orleans
Brian Anthony Gabriel, Jr. also accepted to Louisiana State University,
University of San Francisco, Seton Hall University, Hawaii Pacific
University
Dante William Gandolini also accepted to Tulane University, Louisiana
State University, St. John’s University
Michael Sean Hohan also accepted to University of New Orleans
Bradley Stephen Kellett also accepted to Tulane University, Louisiana
State University, University of New Orleans, University of Arkansas
Marc Joseph Melancon also accepted to Nicholls State University
(Honors Program), University of Louisiana Lafayette (Honors College)
David Christopher Rigamer also accepted to University of New Orleans
Princeton University
Louis William McFaul IV also accepted to University of Notre Dame,
Vanderbilt University, Rice University, Georgia Institute of Technology,
Boston University, Louisiana State University
Allen Calvert Porter III (Early Decision)
Providence College
Jeffrey Keenan Romig (Early Decision)
Rhodes College
Lester Joseph Madere III also accepted to Louisiana State University
Allen Joseph Orgeron also accepted to Auburn University, College of
Charleston, Louisiana State University, Loyola University New Orleans
Rice University
Michael Albert Puente, Jr. also accepted to Baylor School of Medicine,
Washington University in St. Louis, Tulane University (Honors Program),
University of Notre Dame, Emory University, Vanderbilt University
Savannah College of Art and Design
Dominic Angelo Graves also accepted to California Design Institute
Southeastern Louisiana University
Brent Alexander Gruber
Spring Hill College
Devin Richard Golden also accepted to Regis University, Marquette
University, Louisiana State University, Wofford College
Michael Houston Horchoff also accepted to Louisiana State University,
Texas Christian University, Loyola University New Orleans, University of
New Orleans, St. Edward’s University
Carlos Enrique Labadie also accepted to Loyola University New Orleans,
Tulane University
Dante Salomon Posadas also accepted to Louisiana State University
Jonathan Patrick Rowan also accepted to Westminster College
Nicholas de la Rua also accepted to Tulane University, Loyola University
Chicago, Louisiana Tech University
Michael Francis Schott, Jr.
Mark Joseph Seither also accepted to Tulane University, Louisiana State
University, Fordham University, University of New Orleans
Andrew Christopher Todd
Carlos Miguel Vera Santos also accepted to Tulane University, Fordham
University
Michigan State University
Domagoj Jursic also accepted to University of Colorado Boulder
Mississippi State University
Kaled Matthew Mustafa (Honors Program)
Northwestern University
Delos Michael Flint (Early Decision)
Texas Christian University
Nathan Louis Levenson also accepted to Birmingham Southern College,
Samford University
Clayton Edward Richardson (Honors Program) also accepted to
Louisiana State University, Loyola University New Orleans, Tulane
University, University of Alabama
Douglas Matthew Stokes also accepted to University of San Diego,
University of Alabama, University of Mississippi, Louisiana State University,
Tulane University
Texas A&M University
Ryan Michael Amedee also accepted to St. Louis University (Honors
Program), Catholic University of America, Louisiana State University,
Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University, Loyola University New Orleans, Florida Institute of Technology
Julien Charles Petit also accepted to Loyola University New Orleans,
Louisiana State University, Texas A&M University Galveston
Russell Edward Trahan III also accepted to University of Central Florida,
Auburn University, St. Louis University, Mississippi State University
Tulane University
Michael Stephen Blaum (University College)
Alexander David Buras (Honors Program) also accepted to University of
Florida (Honors Program), Texas A&M University (Honors Program),
Vanderbilt University (Honors Program), Emory University
James Carl Cronvich also accepted to Georgetown University, University
of Texas at Austin
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WHERE ARE THEY GOING?
Robert Michael Gardner (Honors Program) also accepted to Colorado
School of Mines (Honors Program)
Kenneth Jude Lota (Honors Program) also accepted to University of
Richmond, Rhodes College, Louisiana State University (Honors College),
Emory University
Alexander Julien Schneider also accepted to University of Texas at
Austin
Matthew Rhea Slattery (Honors Program)
Leo Joseph Webb, Jr. also accepted to Southern Methodist University,
Rhodes College, College of the Holy Cross
United States Naval Academy
Lawrence Walter Stoulig III also accepted to Colorado School of Mines,
Tulane University, Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Alabama
Robert Bradley Alpaugh also accepted to College of Charleston
Joel Thomas Block (Honors Program) also accepted to Louisiana State
University (Honors College), Westminster College, Tulane University
Jean-Marc Vincent Bonin
Andrew Braddock Burns
Gregory Gill Glaeser (Honors Program) also accepted to Loyola
University New Orleans, Tulane University
David Conway Kepper, Jr. also accepted to Auburn University (Honors
Program), University of Mississippi, Tulane University, Louisiana State
University, Clemson University
Adam Michael Klock (Honors Program) also accepted to Loyola
University Chicago, Loyola University New Orleans, Tulane University,
George Washington University, Boston College, Louisiana State University
(Honors College)
Benjamin Marion Oertling also accepted to University of South Carolina,
University of Tennessee
Bradley Taylor Oster also accepted to Louisiana State University
University of Colorado at Boulder
Paul Hilbert Joseph Loeb also accepted to University of Southern
California, Arizona State University (Honors Program)
University of Florida
Matthew Michael Hobbs also accepted to Tulane University, Louisiana
State University, University of Alabama, Texas A&M University
University of Georgia
Matthew Taylor Lorio also accepted to Louisiana State University
(Honors College), University of Alabama (Honors Program)
University of Louisiana Lafayette
Dustin James Broussard also accepted to University of Louisiana
Monroe
Craig Crosby Forshag also accepted to University of New Orleans,
University of Alabama
Cameron Geoffrey LaCoste
James Michael Linn IV also accepted to University of New Orleans
Chad Matthew Naremore also accepted to University of New Orleans
(Honors Program), Southeastern Louisiana University (Honors Program)
Tyler Winner Schaefer also accepted to Spring Hill College
Gary John Toca
Kyle Joseph Vincent
John Christopher Viviano also accepted to University of Mississippi
Christopher Wayne Vizzini
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Cory Joseph Vogel (Honors College) also accepted to Miami University
Ohio, University of New Orleans, Loyola University New Orleans (Honors
Program)
Eric William West also accepted to Regis University, University of
California Berkeley
Matthew Alexander Willard also accepted to Oxford College at Emory,
University of Dayton, Alcorn State University (Honors Program)
Chad Robert Zibilich
University of Louisiana Monroe
Alex Clayton Deshowitz also accepted to University of Southern
Mississippi, Louisiana State University, University of Louisiana Lafayette,
Louisiana Tech University
Frederick Bratton Holley IV also accepted to University of Houston,
University of Mississippi, Creighton University, Xavier University, Campbell
University
James Nicholas Vitale also accepted to University of Alabama,
Northwestern State University
University of Miami
Craig Michael Schnell also accepted to College of Charleston, Hendrix
College, Tulane University, Louisiana State University, University of
Southern Mississippi
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Bolaji Tunde Akingbola also accepted to Tulane University, Louisiana
State University
University of New Orleans
Nicholas Claiborne Breaux (Honors Program)
Shelby Pickett Grosz, Jr. (Honors Program) also accepted to Loyola
University New Orleans, Tulane University
Maxwell Duke Gruenig
Gordon Gately Hall
David Erwin Junker (Honors Program) also accepted to Louisiana State
University, Loyola University New Orleans
Joseph John Laura IV (Honors Program)
Casey Michael McGann
Ryan Joseph Nauck
Justin Michael Pigford
John Edward Pivach also accepted to Millsaps College, Louisiana State
University, Auburn University, Loyola University New Orleans
Michael Robert Slattery
Steven Michael Swanson, Jr. also accepted to Louisiana State University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Adam James Tosh also accepted to Boston College (Honors Program),
Tulane University (Honors Program), Louisiana State University (Honors
College)
University of Notre Dame
Christopher Ryan Green also accepted to University of Southern
California, Washington and Lee University, Villanova University, Tulane
University, University of Alabama (Honors Program), University of Florida
Vincent Howard Scelfo also accepted to Tulane University (Honors
Program), University of Florida
David Michael Theriot also accepted to Tulane University
University of Pennsylvania
David Allen White, Jr. (Early Decision)
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University of Rochester
William Joseph Knighten also accepted to Rhodes College, Emory
University, Loyola University New Orleans, Tulane University, Xavier
University
University of South Alabama
Tariq Mohammed Yousuf also accepted to Tulane University, Loyola
University New Orleans, Louisiana State University, University of New
Orleans
University of Southern Mississippi
Marcus Paul Dufour
Charles Francois Wilson also accepted to Louisiana State University,
Florida State University
University of Texas at Austin
Jonathan Stephen Frischhertz also accepted to Clemson University,
Louisiana State University
Michael John Mestayer, Jr. also accepted to Louisiana State University,
University of Miami, Providence College
Daniel Beslin Walk also accepted to Duke University, University of Notre
Dame, University of Virginia, Rice University, Tulane University, Louisiana
State University, University of Florida, University of Alabama
Vanderbilt University
Dominik Joseph Cvitanovic also accepted to Washington and Lee
University, Tulane University, Louisiana State University (Honors College)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Marc Stephen Sketchler also accepted to Washington University in St.
Louis, Trinity University, Tulane University (Honors Program), Georgia
Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University
Wagner College
Gilbert Eugene Hebert also accepted to Marymount Manhattan College,
Fordham University
Washington and Lee University
Andrew Pierce Lambert also accepted to New York University, Tulane
University, American University, Boston University, University of Texas at
Dallas, University of Mississippi
Marion Peter Tripp Roy III also accepted to Louisiana State University
(Honors College), Tulane University, Southern Methodist University
(Honors Program)
Washington University in St. Louis
Sean Ellis Rhoads also accepted to University of North Carolina Chapel
Hill, Washington and Lee University, Rhodes College, Furman University,
Davidson College
Westminster College
Karl Anderson Feigley
Matthew Stuart Repman also accepted to Tulane University, Spring Hill
College (Honors Program)
West Virginia University
Rouglas Jose Odor also accepted to University of Hawaii at Manoa
Xavier University of Louisiana
Alexander Long Nguyen also accepted to University of New Orleans
Undecided
Ross Michael Lehnhardt
Ross Michael Reboul accepted to University of Southern Mississippi,
University of Louisiana Lafayette
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SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED
More than $16.5 Million in Scholarships Offered to the Class of 2006
The 261 members of the Class of 2006 have been awarded $16,683,228 in scholarships to colleges
and universities throughout the United States.
Ryan Scott Adams—Louisiana State University Baseball Scholarship
Cory Alan Bender—Spring Hill College Swimming Scholarship, TOPS
Opportunity Award
Bolaji Tunde Akingbola—TOPS Opportunity Award
Ryan Michael Amedee—Catholic University of America Alumni Award,
Catholic University of America CUA Award, Catholic University of America
Parish Scholarship, Louisiana State University ROTC Scholarship, Loyola
University New Orleans Recognition Award, Saint Louis University Billiken
Scholarship, Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets Scholarship, TOPS
Opportunity Award
Alexander Kane Assaf—Kettering University Scholarship, Kettering
University Trustee Scholarship, TOPS Performance Award
Gavin Solis Atilano—College of Santa Fe Christian Brothers Scholarship,
College of Santa Fe De La Salle Scholarship
Joel Thomas Block—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana State
University National Hispanic Scholarship, TOPS Performance Award,
Tulane University Founders Scholarship, University of Alabama National
Hispanic Scholarship, Westminster College National Hispanic Scholarship
Roy Edward Blossman II—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, TOPS Honors Award
Robert Gerald Boesch—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Southern Mississippi
Academic Excellence Scholarship
Michael Joseph Bossetta, Jr.—Boston University Wrestling Scholarship
Jeffrey Michael Bandera—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, TOPS Opportunity Award
Christian Marc Bautista—LMA Music Award, Louisiana State
University Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State
University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana State University
Distinguished Freshmen Award, Louisiana State University National Merit
Finalist Scholarship, Louisiana State University Tiger Band Scholarship,
TOPS Honors Award
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Ryan Michael Boudreau—National Merit Finalist Scholarship, TOPS
Honors Award, Tulane University Dean’s Honor Scholarship
Youssef Estevan Bou-Mikael—Louisiana State University Freshmen
Merit Award, TOPS Opportunity Award
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Philip Michael Boyd—Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top
100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide
Award, Loyola University New Orleans Ignatian Scholar, National Merit
Finalist, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Founders Scholarship
Andrew Michael Cambus—TOPS Opportunity Award
Patrick Wayne Braud, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award
Stephen Parker Carriere—Louisiana State University Chancellor’s
Student Aide Award, Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award,
TOPS Honors Award
Nicholas Claiborne Breaux—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of
New Orleans Regents Scholarship
Kyle James Briscoe—TOPS Opportunity Award
Christopher Alan Brown, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award, Loyola
University New Orleans Academic Scholarship
Andrew Michael Browning—Louisiana State University Centennial
Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS
Opportunity Award
Vincent Steven Campo—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, TOPS Performance Award
David Anthony Camacho Castillo—Loyola University New Orleans
Academic Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Music Scholarship,
Spring Hill College Jesuit Academic Honors Scholarship, TOPS
Opportunity Award
Carey Carter Celestin, Jr.—Louisiana State University Centennial
Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS
Honors Award
Cameron Michael Chamberlain—TOPS Opportunity Award
Shane Michael Buchler—TOPS Opportunity Award, Loyola University
New Orleans Recognition Award
Jean-Paul Bujol—Spring Hill College Jesuit Service Award
Alexander David Buras—Texas A&M University President’s Endowed
Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Dean’s Honor
Scholarship, Tulane University National Merit Finalist Scholarship
Barry Michael Butera, Jr.—Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s
Scholarship, Providence College St. Catherine of Siena Scholarship, Texas
Christian University Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane
University Founders Scholarship, University of Alabama Presidential
Scholarship
Casey Nicolas Chimento—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, TOPS Honors Award, University of Louisiana Lafayette
Distinguished Freshman Scholarship, University of Mississippi Academic
Excellence Scholarship, University of New Orleans Chancellor’s Scholarship
Kyle Timothy Christiansen—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, TOPS Honors Award
Richard William Coffey, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award
Christopher Joseph Combes—Georgia Institute of Technology Army
ROTC Scholarship, Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award,
TOPS Honors Award
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SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED
Lawrence Agusta Comiskey—Catholic University of America CUA
Award, Mount St. Mary’s University Mount Scholarship, TOPS
Opportunity Award
Ralph Roger Eyles III—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola
University New Orleans Loyola Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award
Robert Nicaud Commagere—TOPS Opportunity Award
Robert Byron Farber II—TOPS Performance Award
Patrick Thomas Cragin—Catholic University of America Musical
Theatre Scholarship, Catholic University of America Scholarship, TOPS
Opportunity Award
Jeffrey Michael Farnet—TOPS Opportunity Award
David James Creighton—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, TOPS Honors Award
James Carl Cronvich—Georgetown University Scholarship, TOPS
Honors Award, Tulane University Dean’s Honor Scholarship
Mitchel Tyler Cross—TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University
Distinguished Scholars Award, National Merit Finalist, Loyola University
New Orleans Ignatian Scholarship
Eric Claude Cusimano—Centre College Colonel Scholarship, Gettysburg
College Dean’s Scholarship, Randolph-Macon College Presidential
Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Founders Scholarship,
University of Mary Washington Scholastic Excellence Award
Gabriel Michael Cusimano—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, TOPS Honors Award
Dominik Joseph Cvitanovic—Louisiana State University Alumni
Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s
Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished
Scholars Award, TOPS Opportunity Award, Loyola University New Orleans
Loyola Scholarship
Karl Anderson Feigley—Westminster College Alumni Scholarship,
Westminster College Trustee’s Scholarship
Jonathan Norwood Finney—Catholic University of America Academic
Scholarship, Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana State
University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana State University
Walter Hitesman Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award
Paul Stephen Fitzmorris—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola
University New Orleans Jesuit Identity Scholarship, St. Louis University
Presidential Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University
Distinguished Scholars Award, University of Dallas Scholar Award
Delos Michael Flint—National Merit Finalist Scholarship
Brandon Christopher Ford—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition
Award
Christopher James Fox—Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage
Award
David Michael Fraychinaud—TOPS Performance Award
Jonathan Stephen Frischhertz—Louisiana State University Freshmen
Merit Award, TOPS Honors Award
Matthew Thomas Daniel—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana State
University Pegues Engineering Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award
Brian Anthony Gabriel, Jr.—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition
Award
Matthew Scott Davis—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage Award, Loyola University
Chicago Loyola Scholarship, Marquette University Jesuit High School
Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award
Dante William Gandolini—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, St. John’s
University Scholastic Excellence Scholarship, TOPS Performance Award,
Tulane University Scholarship
James Corey Day—TOPS Performance Award
Jeffrey Michael Ganucheau—Louisiana State University Alumni
Association Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s
Student Aide Award, Mississippi State University Academic Excellence
Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award
Nicholas Marcel de la Rua—Louisiana Tech University Outstanding
Student Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage Award,
Loyola University New Orleans Academic Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity
Award
Scott Joseph Delatte—Christendom College Presidential Scholarship,
Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, Spring Hill College
Jesuit Presidential Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award
Alex Clayton Deshowitz—TOPS Opportunity Award
Nicolas Joseph DiRosa—College of Santa Fe Christian Brothers
Scholarship, College of Santa Fe De La Salle Scholarship, TOPS
Opportunity Award
Matthew Samuel Dozier—Loyola University New Orleans Academic
Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award, Spring
Hill College Jesuit Academic Honors Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity
Award
Christopher Michael Drewes—Louisiana State University Freshmen
Merit Award, TOPS Honors Award
Robert Michael Gardner—Colorado School of Mines Academic
Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished
Scholars Award
Gerard Joseph Gaudet—Louisiana State University Alumni Association
Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide
Award, Millsaps College Else Scholarship, Millsaps College Second Century
Scholarship, Millsaps College TOPS Scholarship, Rhodes College Honors
Scholarship, Rhodes College Performance Award, TOPS Honors Award,
Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award
Gregory Gill Glaeser—Loyola University New Orleans Jesuit Identity
Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Founders Scholarship,
University of Alabama President’s Cabinet Scholarship
Devin Richard Golden—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, Marquette University Ignatius Scholarship, Regis University
Achievement Award, Regis University St. John Francis Regis Award, Spring
Hill College Jesuit Academic Honors Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity
Award
Jason Noel Dubos—TOPS Performance Award
Adam Michael Duvernay—TOPS Opportunity Award
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Michael Edward Graham II—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, TOPS Honors Award
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Andrew William Graziano—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, Loyola University New Orleans Academic Scholarship, TOPS
Opportunity Award
Francis William Huete III—Loyola University Chicago Damen
Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage Award, TOPS
Performance Award
Christopher Ryan Green—TOPS Performance Award, University of
Alabama National Achievement Scholarship, University of Florida National
Achievement Scholarship
Mario Jose Hurtado, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award
Michael Connaugh Grennan—TOPS Opportunity Award
Shelby Charles Johnson—TOPS Opportunity Award
Taylor Michael Grimm—TOPS Opportunity Award
Lee Brenan Jones—TOPS Opportunity Award
Shelby Pickett Grosz, Jr.—Loyola University New Orleans Academic
Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, University of New Orleans Decennial
Scholarship
Michael Bowen Jones—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Southern
Methodist University Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University
Founders Scholarship
Robert Anthony Johns—TOPS Opportunity Award
Brent Alexander Gruber—TOPS Opportunity Award
Maxwell Duke Gruenig—TOPS Opportunity Award
Bradley Robert Gruezke—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Louisiana
State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Performance
Award
Brett Leonard Guidry—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, TOPS Honors Award, Loyola University New Orleans Business
Scholarship
Jeffrey Sanford Guin, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award
David Erwin Junker—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition Award,
University of New Orleans Lafitte Scholarship
Samuel Andrew Just—Harvey S. Mudd Merit Award, National Merit
Finalist Scholarship
Stefan Eleftherios M. Karasoulis—Louisiana State University
Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide
Award, TOPS Opportunity Award
Bradley Stephen Kellett—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, McDermott
Scholarship, TOPS Performance Award, Tulane University Scholarship,
University of Arkansas Dean’s Scholarship
Evan Joseph Harrington—TOPS Opportunity Award
Robert Lee Hatfield III—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors
Award
David Conway Kepper, Jr.—Auburn University Academic Scholarship,
Freeport McMoran & R. Vangh Memorial Scholarship, Louisiana State
University Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s
Student Aide Award, TOPS Performance Award, University of Alabama
Engineering Leadership Scholarship, University of Alabama President’s
Cabinet Scholarship
Ryan Brandt Hathaway—TOPS Opportunity Award
Jason Charles Kincl—TOPS Opportunity Award
Gilbert Eugene Hebert—Marymount Manhattan College Academic
Excellence Scholarship, Marymount Manhattan College External
Competitive Scholarship, Wagner College Academic and Theatre Studies
Dean’s Scholarship
Adam Michael Klock—George Washington University Presidential
Scholarship, Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, Loyola
University Chicago Damen Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago Jesuit
Heritage Award, Loyola University New Orleans Scholarship, TOPS Honors
Award, Tulane University Founders Scholarship, University of Alabama
National Hispanic Scholarship
Stuart Robert Hart, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award
John Alcide Helmstetter—TOPS Opportunity Award
Andrew Michael Herpich—TOPS Opportunity Award
Joshua Michael Hess—TOPS Performance Award, University of New
Orleans Decennial Scholarship
William Joseph Knighten—Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s
Scholarship, Rhodes College Dean’s Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award,
National Merit Finalist, University of Rochester Renaisance Scholarship,
Xavier University of Louisiana Howard Hughes Scholarship, National
Achievement Scholarship
Brandon Lee Hicks—TOPS Opportunity Award
Matthew Michael Hobbs—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors
Award, University of Alabama President’s Scholarship, University of Florida
National Merit Finalist Scholarship
Michael Sean Hohan—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition
Award, TOPS Opportunity Award
Frederick Bratton Holley IV—Campbell University Scott Ellis
Scholarship, Creighton University Jesuit HS Scholarship, TOPS
Opportunity Award, University of Louisiana Monroe Academic
Achievement Scholarship, Xavier University of Louisiana Xavier Scholarship
Michael Houston Horchoff—Loyola University New Orleans
Recognition Award, Spring Hill College Jesuit Academic Honors
Scholarship, Spring Hill College Soccer Scholarship, St. Edward’s University
Academic Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award
Carlos Enrique Labadie—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition
Award, Spring Hill College Jesuit Gautrelet Award, TOPS Opportunity
Award
Cameron Geoffrey LaCoste—TOPS Opportunity Award
Sean Andrew Lajaunie—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS
Opportunity Award, University of Southern Mississippi Out-of-State Fee
Waiver Scholarship
Andrew Pierce Lambert—American University Dean’s Scholarship,
National Merit Finalist, Boston University National Scholar’s Award, TOPS
Opportunity Award, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award,
University of Texas at Dallas Academic Excellence Scholarship
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SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED
Joseph John Laura IV—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of New
Orleans Lafitte Scholarship
Marc Joseph Melancon—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition
Award, Nicholls State University President’s Scholarship, TOPS
Opportunity Award
John Hartson Leary, Jr.—TOPS Performance Award
Sean Stephen Melendreras—TOPS Opportunity Award
Samuel John LeBlanc—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, TOPS Honors Award
Clay Justin LeGros, Jr.—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, TOPS Honors Award
Michael John Mestayer, Jr.—Louisiana State University Centennial
Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS
Opportunity Award, University of Miami Bowman Ashe Scholarship
Gunther Richard Michaelis III—TOPS Opportunity Award
Nathan Louis Levenson—Birmingham Southern College Greensboro
Scholarship
Paul Hilbert Joseph Loeb—University of Colorado Air Force ROTC
Scholarship, University of Colorado Chancellor’s Achievement Scholarship,
Arizona State University Academic Scholarship, University of Colorado
National Merit Finalist Scholarship, University of Colorado Naval ROTC
Scholarship
Matthew Taylor Lorio—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS
Performance Award
Kenneth Jude Lota—Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Alumni
Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award,
National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Rhodes College Cambridge
Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished
Scholars Award
Lester Joseph Madere III—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, Rhodes College Award, TOPS Honors Award
Richard Brian Maia—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award,
TOPS Performance Award
Marc Joseph Mandich—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Honors
Award
Jonathan Frey Mann—Fordham University Jogues Scholarship, Griffin
Industries Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Leadership
Scholarship, Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, Loyola
University New Orleans Loyola Scholarship, Saint Louis University
Scholarship, Spring Hill College Jesuit Faculty Scholarship, TOPS
Opportunity Award, University of New Orleans Decennial Scholarship
Jordan Thomas Milazzo—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, TOPS Opportunity Award
Derek Alan Mnichowski—TOPS Performance Award
Michael David Modica—Georgetown University Bellarmine Scholarship,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Alumni Scholarship, Louisiana State
University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Louisiana State University
Distinguished Freshmen Award, Louisiana State University National Merit
Finalist Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award
Casey William Moll—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of
Mississippi Chancellor’s Leadership Scholarship
Matthew William Mondello—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, TOPS Opportunity Award
Eric Thomas Murray—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award,
TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Scholarship, University of Miami
George Edgar Merrick Scholarship, University of Mississippi Academic
Excellence Scholarship, University of New Orleans Chancellor’s Scholarship
Kaled Matthew Mustafa—Mississippi State University Academic
Excellence Scholarship, Mississippi State University College of Engineering
Scholarship, Mississippi State University Non-Resident Tuition Scholarship
Derek Joseph Naccari—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS
Opportunity Award
Rouglas Jose Odor—TOPS Opportunity Award
Darrell Charles O’Neill, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of
New Orleans Decennial Scholarship
Louis William McFaul IV—Boston University Trustee Scholarship, J.P.
Morgan Chase Scholarship, Louisiana State University Alumni Association
Top 100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide
Award, National Merit Finalist Scholarship, University of Notre Dame
Scholarship, Vanderbilt University Merit Scholarship
Allen Joseph Orgeron—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition
Award, TOPS Opportunity Award
Casey Michael McGann—University of New Orleans Regents
Scholarship
Jason George Papale—Louisiana State University Centennial Award,
Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola
University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship, Millsaps College Millsaps
Award, Spring Hill College Trustee Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award
Cooper William McGregor—TOPS Opportunity Award
Bradley Taylor Oster—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award,
TOPS Opportunity Award
Patrick Timothy McKay—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, Texas Christian University Faculty Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity
Award, University of Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship
Victor Alexander Perez—TOPS Opportunity Award
James David McManamon—Spring Hill College Jesuit Academic
Honors Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award
Julien Charles Petit—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award,
Loyola University New Orleans Business Scholarship, Texas A&M
University Corps of Cadets Scholarship, Texas A&M University Out-ofState Fee Waiver Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award
Thomas Francis Meagher IV—Louisiana State University Centennial
Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS
Honors Award
Ryan Dean Peters—TOPS Honors Award
Justin Michael Pigford—TOPS Opportunity Award
John Edward Pivach—Loyola University New Orleans Scholar’s Award,
Millsaps College Else Scholarship, Millsaps College Second Century
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Scholarship, Millsaps College TOPS Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity
Award, University of New Orleans Baseball Scholarship, University of New
Orleans Decennial Scholarship
Allen Calvert Porter III—National Merit Finalist Scholarship
Dante Salomon Posadas—Spring Hill College Jesuit Gautrelet Award,
TOPS Opportunity Award
Frank Joseph Rabito III—TOPS Opportunity Award
Blake Stephen Raggio—Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student
Aide Award, Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS
Honors Award
Christopher Lee Ragusa, Jr.—Belmont Abbey College Hintemeyer
Catholic Leadership Scholarship, Belmont Abbey College Saint Benedict
Academic Scholarship, Spring Hill College Jesuit Faculty Scholarship
Luke Andrew Prados—University of New Orleans Regents Scholarship
Michael Howat Raymond—TOPS Opportunity Award
Joseph Gohres Prechter—Baylor University Achievement Scholarship,
Baylor University President’s Scholarship, Louisiana State University
Centennial Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide
Award, TOPS Opportunity Award, Tulane University Legislative
Scholarship
Gregory Joseph Raymond, Jr.—Louisiana State University Charles
McClendon Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, University of
Louisiana Monroe Academic Achievement Scholarship
Gregory Noel Re—National Merit Finalist
Stephen Michael Procido—Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Heritage
Award, TOPS Opportunity Award
Michael Albert Puente, Jr.—2006 Presidential Scholar, AXA
Achievement Scholarship, Best Buy Children’s Foundation Scholarship,
Emory College Liberal Arts Scholarship, National Merit Finalist
Scholarship, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Scholarship, Rice University
Century Scholarship, Rice University Trustee Distinguished Scholarship,
TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Dean’s Honor Scholarship,
Vanderbilt University A&S Dean’s Select Honor Scholarship, Vanderbilt
University Chancellor’s Scholarship, Washington University in St. Louis
Annika Rodriguez Scholarship, Washington University in St. Louis
Entrepreneurial Scholarship, Robert C. Byrd Scholarship
Ross Michael Reboul—TOPS Opportunity Award
Sean Michael Regan—TOPS Opportunity Award
Benjamin Francis Reed—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, TOPS Opportunity Award
Matthew Stuart Repman—TOPS Honors Award, Westminster College
Churchhill Scholarship
Shane Andrew Quirk—TOPS Performance Award
Sean Ellis Rhoads—Furman University Achiever Scholarship, Rhodes
College Cambridge Scholarship, Washington and Lee University Robert E.
Lee Honor Scholarship, Washington University in St. Louis Mylonas
Scholarship
Christian Michael Rabito—TOPS Opportunity Award
Jean-Paul Richard—TOPS Performance Award
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SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED
Clayton Edward Richardson—Louisiana State University Centennial
Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, Loyola
University New Orleans Scholar’s Award, Texas Christian University Dean’s
Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award
Christopher Joseph Riehlmann—Fordham University Jogues
Scholarship, Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award, Loyola
University Chicago Jesuit Heritage Award, Loyola University Chicago
Presidential Scholarship, Loyola University New Orleans Academic
Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award
David Christopher Rigamer—Loyola University New Orleans
Recognition Award, TOPS Opportunity Award
Kevin Thomas Rizzo—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award,
TOPS Opportunity Award
Colin O’Neil Roberson—Fordham University Loyola Scholarship,
Louisiana State University Centennial Award, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane
University Scholarship
Leroy Joseph Rogers, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award
Joshua Thomas Romig—TOPS Opportunity Award
Kevin Avery Rooney—Baylor University Provost’s Scholarship, Louisiana
State University Freshmen Merit Award, TOPS Opportunity Award
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Jonathan Patrick Rowan—Loyola University New Orleans Recognition
Award, TOPS Opportunity Award, Westminster College Founder’s
Scholarship
Marion Peter Tripp Roy III—Louisiana State University Centennial
Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award,
Southern Methodist University Distinguished Scholar Award, TOPS Honors
Award, Robert C. Byrd Scholarship
Joseph J. Sabrier IV—Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top
100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide
Award, Southern Methodist J. Lindsay Embrey Scholarship, Southern
Methodist University Distinguished Scholar Award, TOPS Honors Award,
Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award
Paul Joseph Sampognaro—Georgetown University Bellarmine
Scholarship, Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100
Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award,
National Merit Finalist, TOPS Honors Award, Vanderbilt University
Academic Achievement Scholarship
Vincent Howard Scelfo—TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University
Distinguished Scholars Award, University of Florida Out-of-State Fee
Waiver Scholarship
Tyler Winner Schaefer—Spring Hill College Jesuit Service Award
Alexander Julien Schneider—TOPS Opportunity Award, Tulane
University Founders Scholarship, University of Texas August Kunz
Scholarship
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Craig Michael Schnell—Hendrix College Academic Scholarship,
Hendrix College Odyssey Distinction Award, TOPS Performance Award,
University of Miami George Edgar Merrick Scholarship, University of
Southern Mississippi Leadership Scholarship
Michael Francis Schott, Jr.—Loyola University New Orleans
Recognition Award, TOPS Opportunity Award
Mark Joseph Seither—TOPS Opportunity Award, Loyola University
New Orleans Recognition Award
Jaron Sean Villafana—Louisiana Tech University Academic Award,
Millsaps College Else Scholarship, Millsaps College President’s Service
Award, Millsaps College Scholarship, Millsaps College TOPS Scholarship,
TOPS Opportunity Award, University of Southern Mississippi Academic
Excellence Scholarship
Kyle Joseph Vincent—TOPS Opportunity Award
John Christopher Viviano—TOPS Opportunity Award
Christopher Wayne Vizzini—TOPS Opportunity Award
Stephen Thomas Sewell—TOPS Opportunity Award
Timothy David Shea—TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University
Distinguished Scholars Award
Mark Andrew Singer—Boston College Scholarship, College of
Charleston Presidential Scholarship, Spring Hill College Jesuit Presidential
Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Distinguished
Scholars Award, Tulane University Scholarship
Marc Stephen Sketchler—TOPS Honors Award, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University National Merit Finalist Scholarship, Trinity
University Murchison Scholarship, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars
Award, Robert C. Byrd Scholarship
Matthew Rhea Slattery—TOPS Opportunity Award, Tulane University
Distinguished Scholars Award
William Parker Stewart, Jr.—TOPS Opportunity Award
Douglas Matthew Stokes—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of
Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship
Lawrence Walter Stoulig III—Colorado School of Mines Merit
Scholarship, National Merit Finalist, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane
University Scholarship, United States Naval Academy Appointment
Ernest Knute Svenson—Georgia Institute of Technology President’s
Scholarship, Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top 100
Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award,
National Merit Finalist, TOPS Honors Award, Trinity University Murchison
Scholarship, Tulane University Distinguished Scholars Award, Robert C.
Byrd Scholarship
Steven Michael Swanson, Jr.—Louisiana State University Centennial
Award, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS
Honors Award, University of New Orleans Chancellor’s Scholarship
David Michael Theriot—TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University
Distinguished Scholars Award, National Merit Finalist
Gary John Toca—TOPS Opportunity Award
Andrew Christopher Todd—Loyola University New Orleans Scholar’s
Award, TOPS Opportunity Award
Adam James Tosh—Louisiana State University Alumni Association Top
100 Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide
Award, National Merit Finalist Scholarship, TOPS Honors Award, Tulane
University Dean’s Honor Scholarship
Russell Edward Trahan III—Saint Louis University Ignatian Scholarship,
TOPS Opportunity Award
William Michael Varney—Boston College Scholarship, TOPS
Opportunity Award, National Merit Finalist, Tulane University Founders
Scholarship
Carlos Miguel Vera Santos—Loyola University New Orleans Academic
Scholarship, TOPS Performance Award, Verizon Foundation Scholarship
Gerald William Vocke, Jr.—Clemson University E. H. Gregory
Scholarship, Clemson University Out-of-State Fee Waiver Scholarship,
Clemson University Trustee Scholarship, Louisiana State University
Freshmen Merit Award, Texas Christian University Dean’s Scholarship,
TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Scholarship
Cory Joseph Vogel—Loyola University New Orleans Dean’s Scholarship,
TOPS Opportunity Award
Daniel Beslin Walk—Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Alumni
Scholarship, Louisiana State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award,
Louisiana State University Pegues Engineering Scholarship, Rice University
Century Scholarship, Rice University Trustee Distinguished Scholarship,
TOPS Honors Award, Tulane University Dean’s Honor Scholarship,
University of Alabama Engineering Leadership Scholarship, University of
Alabama President’s Scholarship, University of Texas at Austin Engineering
Scholarship, University of Texas at Austin National Merit Finalist
Scholarship
Leo Joseph Webb, Jr.—College of the Holy Cross Scholarship, Southern
Methodist University Scholarship, TOPS Opportunity Award, Tulane
University Scholarship
Eric William West—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit Award,
TOPS Honors Award
Cullen Michael Wheatley—Arizona State University National Merit
Finalist Scholarship, Louisiana State University Centennial Award, Louisiana
State University Chancellor’s Student Aide Award, TOPS Opportunity
Award
Matthew Alexander Willard—Alcorn State University Scholarship,
TOPS Performance Award, University of Dayton President’s Scholarship
Charles Francois Wilson—TOPS Opportunity Award, University of
Southern Mississippi Academic Excellence Scholarship, University of
Southern Mississippi Regional Award
Christopher George Woods—College of Santa Fe Creative Writing
Talent Award, College of Sante Fe Christian Brothers Scholarship, Loyola
University New Orleans Recognition Award, TOPS Opportunity Award
Tariq Mohammed Yousuf—Louisiana State University Freshmen Merit
Award, Loyola University New Orleans Loyola Scholarship, TOPS Honors
Award, University of New Orleans Chancellor’s Scholarship, University of
South Alabama President’s Scholarship
Chad Robert Zibilich—TOPS Opportunity Award
The 2006 PAG drive, typically held on the last Sunday of September,
was postponed as the result of Katrina. It was re-scheduled on February
12, 2006 and, even though the response time to the drive was
considerably abbreviated, Jesuit’s parents showed their generosity.
With approximately 250 fewer families participating because of
evacuation and relocation, 953 families pledged $1,108,626, an
overwhelming and gracious response in difficult times for all. A special
thanks to Jesuit families who donated to PAG, and a special commendation
to Tommy Milazzo ’75, who enthusiastically chaired the drive.
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P R I N C I PA L ’ S C O R N E R
2005-2006: The
As they do at the end of each school year, the administrators of Jesuit High School met in
June to reflect on the year. Obviously, all of what we reflected on this year was shaded by
As the second semester began, Blue Jays who
attended Jesuit high schools elsewhere were
able to sport that particular school’s colors.
In the photo at right, the cast and crew of Twelve Angry Men happily performed.
Katrina
When asked to relate the most positive aspects of the 2005-2006
school year, we mentioned the following things. In spite of all the
suffering the storm caused, it has helped us become better people.
Losing so many material possessions has taught us what is truly
important; namely, the health and safety of those we love. We are
not what we have.
Living with other people other than family members has taught
us how to receive graciously the kindness of others. Living in various
locations around the country has also provided many of us with the
opportunity to see things from new perspectives. Many faculty and
staff members who normally would not have worked closely together
on a daily basis at Jesuit were able to make new connections with
each other because they found themselves literally thrown together
in tighter working environments at Strake Jesuit in Houston and at
St. Martin’s. These newly-formed relationships have made us a
stronger faculty and staff.
Many of us listed the strong leadership of Fr. McGinn as
paramount throughout the ordeal. We mentioned how important it
was for us to establish so quickly night schools in Houston and in
Metairie. We will always be eternally grateful to Strake Jesuit, to the
other Jesuit high schools throughout the country, and to St. Martin’s
for welcoming our students and our families into their school
communities.
Many people throughout our school community have risen to
the occasion in numerous ways. The faculty and staff rose to the
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occasion in heeding the
call to travel to Houston,
and others just a couple of
weeks later answered the
call to start things up at
St. Martin’s. Many of
these same faculty and
staff, both in Houston
and back home, did all
this at the same time they were dealing with extraordinary losses of
their own. Yet, even with all this loss, we found the faculty and staff
to be extremely compassionate to students who were also dealing
with extraordinary losses of their own. We also found encouraging
the flexibility, patience, and understanding that students and parents
gave to faculty, staff, and administrators. It has been gratifying to
know what our school community can do when we’re all pulling in
the same direction.
Back to Normal
We all mentioned how important it was for us to make the year as
normal as possible for the students. We maintained our academic
standards throughout this entire school year, and this has provided
students with stability. We set as a priority to salvage as much of the
student retreat program as we could, and we were able to do so.
Contributing to the spiritual continuity at Jesuit were daily morning
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Year in Review
the experience of Katrina. The following selections in no way encompass all the successes/challenges of this past school
year, but they reflect what we as administrators recalled when we met this past June 16.
Masses, school monthly Masses, and adoration every Friday in the
small chapel.
We were able to have Ring Mass on January 21. What a special
time this was for the seniors, who were together for the first time
since the Friday before the storm. Because of the generosity of the
Class of 1983 and the hard work of many students and faculty, we
were able to keep alive the tradition of the Thanksgiving Drive.
Having the Mission Drive, presenting the Homecoming Court,
staging Brown Bag concerts at lunch, and serving hot food in the
cafeteria were all important events contributing to the “can-do”
spirit of this school year.
and coaches in wrestling and
tennis for winning state
championships, and we are
equally proud of the semi-final
finishes of the baseball and soccer
teams. The basketball team is to
be commended on its district
championship, especially considering they were not able to play
even one game in our stormravaged gymnasium. In such a
turbulent year, we are proud of all our student-athletes in all sports.
Athletics
Being able to participate in the three fall sports was a major accomplishment. What an important event it was for the entire school
community when the football team, with only four days of practice,
took the field to compete against Holy Cross in late October. Being
able to win the third consecutive state championship in crosscountry and to finish second in state in swimming (literally by a
second in the last event of the championship meet) were incredible
accomplishments. We are extremely proud of our student-athletes
Co-curriculars
We also singled out the successes of other co-curricular activities.
The Blue Jay newspaper was mentioned as having its finest year in
recent memory. The student-directed play, Twelve Angry Men, held in
St. Ignatius Hall, was a major accomplishment as well. The newly
formed student group, Youth Rebuilding New Orleans, has spent (and
continues to spend) many hours on weekends gutting houses and
doing other needed work in the local community. The Jesuit Mock
Trial team won the school’s first ever state
championship and performed extremely well in
regional competition.
We commended our graduating seniors
on college acceptances, and we mentioned the
continued stellar performances in National
Merit and State Rally competitions. The Blue
Jay marching band and Jayettes, MCJROTC,
rugby, in-line hockey, and varsity/junior
varsity quiz bowl teams all continued their
excellent work in representing Jesuit.
As we close 2005-2006, we look forward
to many things in 2006-2007. While we are
saddened by the departure of 24 faculty and
staff members, we look forward to the
positive contribution that will be made by
those individuals who will be starting their
tenure here. In addition, the faculty will
participate in an August in-service focusing
on the Profile of a Jesuit High School Teacher;
and we will be sending a number of faculty
to Strake Jesuit to participate in a February
province-wide colloquium focusing on social
justice issues.
As we begin 2006-2007, we pray that we
will be open daily to the will of God at Jesuit
High School and that we will have the
strength of spirit to carry through with His
will for us in the new school year. AMDG.
Michael Giambelluca ’82
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T H E S TAT E O F T H E S C H O O L
Senior Day has become a tradition at
Jesuit. On the seniors’ last day of
classes, they get to celebrate, well,
being a senior. Actually, they get to
celebrate the end of being a senior,
the end of daily classes, the end
of high school. At the seniors’ final
morning assembly, the president of the student council delivers a
“state of the school” address, his overview of the school year and
of his time spent at Jesuit.
Life’s greatest questions are unanswerable: Why are we here?
Where are we going? How did Charlie Conway get so good
between Mighty Ducks 2 and Mighty Ducks 3? And why did Katrina
have to happen? We could spend our time searching for an excuse
or an answer that does not exist, but of what benefit is that? It’s
just a wild goose chase.The answers are unimportant. The way
we respond is the important thing. After the hurricane—the most
destructive and uncalled for natural disaster in our history–after
everyone returned from Houston, Baton Rouge, Washington,
wherever, we responded.
The thing people want most in post-Katrina New Orleans is
this “sense of normalcy.” When people see things getting back to
normal, hopes are heightened. I remember I thought New Orleans
would never be the same again. Then the Saints scheduled all of
next season’s home games in the Dome. Then parades rolled
down St. Charles. Then Five Happiness reopened. Then Jazz Fest
returned, better than ever.
Meanwhile, Jesuit High School was doing its part to restore
the normalcy. Once the second semester began, we preserved the
school’s most-known attribute—its commitment to excellence.
Once again, we had the highest number of National Merit
Semifinalists in the state. Once again, we were dominant in sports
program in the state: we won state and district championships
in cross country, wrestling, and tennis and won district championships in swimming, basketball, and soccer. One of our seniors
is even a Presidential Scholar. We put on a great play without
money or a faculty director. We assembled some of the most
memorable issues of The Blue Jay ever published. We proved our
title as “men for others” through continued community service,
such as Youth Rebuilding New Orleans. We accomplished a lot.
The resilience of each student and of each faculty member is
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responsible for our success in such trying times. We should be
very proud of ourselves.
I came to Jesuit in eighth grade, knowing a handful of students
and not knowing what to expect. My apprehension faded, and in
no time I was feeling like a bona fide Blue Jay. I remember my first
PH—from Fr. Hermes for chewing gum. There were many that
year. I was an alleged al Qaeda member and Teenage Terrorist.
I composed dirty sentences in Latin. I failed a geometry honors test
or two. I filled out guide sheets. I fell asleep in Mr. Powers’s
class. I learned about life from “Prof ” in Greek. I drew pictures of
dragons. And I struggled in calculus. I ate chicken patties and
shepherd’s pie. I went to football games. I played in soccer games.
I received random calls on my cell phone from trainer Kevin.
I went to back-to-school-dances and to the prom. I received my
Blue Jay pin and I received my Blue Jay ring. And, in just over
a week, I will receive my Blue Jay diploma.
That last event—graduation—sounds much more important
than the ones I mentioned earlier. But graduation would be
an empty experience were it not for the late nights, hard work,
successes, failures, and beautiful memories that got me there. I
owe these beautiful memories to every faculty member and
to every friend I have made here. When I remember high school,
I will remember all of you.
These last few months were difficult for all of us. We were
expected to meet the same high standards in less-than-ideal conditions. We rose to the occasion and once again proved what we are
made of. We strive for excellence. We strive to be the best. I was
proud to represent this student body. I am proud to graduate in the
class of 2006. And I am proud to be a Blue Jay.
Jimmy Cronvich ’06, Student Council President
G R A D U AT I O N 2 0 0 6
Presidential Scholar Michael
Puente (left) selected English
instructor Michael Prados as his
most inspirational teacher while
attending Jesuit.
Michael Puente ’06 Honored as Presidential Scholar
Michael Puente ’06 has been chosen as a 2006 Presidential Scholar.
As one of only 141 students in the nation to be named Presidential Scholars, Michael has received
perhaps the nation’s highest honor for high school students.
The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program honors some of our
nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors. The
Scholars represent excellence in education and the promise of
greatness in young people. They are chosen on the basis of broad
academic achievement, essays, school evaluations and transcripts,
as well as evidence of leadership, community service, and
demonstrated commitment to high ideals.
As a Presidential Scholar, Puente enjoyed an expense paid
trip to Washington, D.C., in June to meet with government
officials, educators, authors, musicians, scientists, and other
accomplished people. He was awarded the Presidential Scholar
medallion at a ceremony sponsored by the White House.
All Presidential Scholars are asked to identify those educators
who have most influenced them. Puente named Mike Prados as
his most inspirational teacher. Prados, too, was invited to D.C.
and presented with the Teacher Recognition Award at a special
reception to recognize and thank him for his efforts. Only two
Scholars are chosen to read their essays about their teacher, both
selected on the content and quality of their essays. Puente was one
of them, and spoke of his English II class with Prados as “the most
challenging class that year” and “English boot camp,” yet
“the highlight of my freshman year” and “a turning point in
my life.” And he spoke of his teacher as someone who “pushed all
his students to the limits of their ability and demanded their very
best,” someone who “was thinking not of himself but of his
community” as he remained at the school and helped neighborhood people in the aftermath of Katrina, and someone “who
made a difference in my life.”
Soon Puente will be taking off for China as part of the U.S.China Student Leaders Exchange. Each year only 12 Scholars are
chosen for this program through which the students spend two
weeks in China learning about China’s successes and struggles
and, in general, its culture.
At Jesuit Puente did a lot more than just study. As editor
of the school newspaper, he was the driving force behind the
publication of the paper while the students were in exile. Also, he
created Jesuit’s Politics Club. Puente will attend Rice University.
At the ceremony’s program, Puente said, “Even though I was
born in Texas, evacuated to Texas, and will soon be educated in
Texas, I am still a proud Louisianian and know that New Orleans
is where my heart lies.”
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G R A D U AT I O N 2 0 0 6
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The 2005-06 student council executive board was recognized at the final assembly in May. They are, from left, Jeff Schott (junior class
president), Daniel Walk (senior class president), Matt Hobbs (executive aide), Drew Lambert (director of communications), Andrew
Simoneaux (secretary), Doug Stokes (treasurer), Andrew Herpich (vice president), and Jimmy Cronvich (president).
Class of 2006 Profile
SAT SCORES
Jesuit Mean Verbal
Jesuit Mean Math
INTERNATIONAL LATIN EXAMINATIONS
Not yet available
Not yet available
2
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Perfect Scores
Gold Medals
INTERNATIONAL GREEK EXAMINATIONS
4
ACT SCORES
Jesuit Mean Composite Not yet available
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Semifinalists
Finalists
Commended
31
26
27
NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
SEMIFINALISTS
3
NATIONAL HISPANIC
SCHOLARS
3
PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR
1
Blue Ribbons
STATE RALLY
2
4
7
1
First and Overall
First Places
Second Places
Third Place
DISTRICT RALLY
6
3
5
First Places
Second Places
Third Places
NON-ATHLETIC STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
SCHOLARSHIPS
$16,683,228 was offered to 214 of 261 graduating seniors
of 2006. More than $93,568,185 has been awarded in academic
and athletic scholarships to colleges and universities throughout
the United States in the last six years.
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Mock Trial
Rugby
Quiz Bowl
3 ATHLETIC STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Cross Country
Wrestling
Tennis
Jesuit High School in New Orleans
JESUITTODAY
The 2005-2006 school year began with 1,458 Blue Jays. Then along came Hurricane Katrina
which forced the permanent relocation of several Jesuit families. Jesuit lost 24 faculty members,
some who retired (longtime social studies teacher Mr. Jim LeBeau is in that number),
while others were relocated by Katrina (such as former head football coach Vic Eumont). The admissions process
earlier this year resulted in Jesuit successfully recruiting a full class of 59 new freshmen and 274 pre-freshmen.
Jesuit begins the 2006-2007 term with a full house of 1,413 Blue Jays.
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FA C U LT Y R E C O G N I Z E D
2006—(pictured left to right) Kathi Tomeny,
Tim Powers, Juanita McCabe, Andrew Schiro,
and Rosalyn Moreau
2005--(below, pictured left to right) Denise
Dupuis, Jim LeBeau ’60, and Jackie Bruno
25 Years At Jesuit:
Silver Honorees Recognized
At the annual end-of-the-year faculty luncheon in May,
Jesuit’s teachers and staff are recognized for their
years of service to the school. The 25-year silver
anniversary honorees are pictured at right and above
for 2005 and 2006.
Jesuit
Community
Loses Three
Who Made
a Difference
During the past year the Jesuit
High School community lost
three of its members who had
a significant impact on its
students and programs. Pat
Allison, Sidney Menard ’49, and Steve Rodi, Sr. ’32 all left their imprint on
the school they embraced so fervently. Pat Allison taught English for 18 years
at Jesuit. She died on August 6, 2005, after waging a valiant battle against
leukemia. Sidney Menard died on September 22, 2005. Sidney was a popular
English teacher and counselor from 1966-1998. Steve Rodi came to Jesuit in
his retirement years and became just as successful as he was in the business
world. Through Steve’s efforts the Boys Hope Girls Hope program became
firmly established as a foster program for children from dysfunctional
families. Steve was Jesuit’s Alumnus of the Year in 1997. Steve died on
December 29, 2005.
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Jesuit Leads the
World in AP Latin
Each May many of Jesuit’s students take Advance
Placement exams that provide the opportunity for
them to receive college credit based on the results.
In February, Jesuit’s Classics Department received
a nice nod from the College Board, which
administers the AP exams. “Congratulations on
your school’s achievement in leading the world in
one or more areas of Advanced Placement Program
participation and performance.” The Board cited
Jesuit for having one of the nation’s Exemplary AP
Latin Programs. “These schools lead the world in
helping the widest segment of their total school
population achieve an exam grade of 3 or higher
in AP Latin.” Congratulations to Jesuit’s Latin
teachers Joe Knight, Mitch Chapoton, and
Clayton Acy.
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Trabajo Magnífico:
A Half-Century of Dedicated Service
Here’s to You, Señor Paul Frederick!
At a Mass and ceremony in the Chapel of the North American Martyrs on April 11, 2006,
Jesuit High School honored Paul Frederick for his 50 years of dedicated service to the
school. Paul came to Jesuit in January of 1955 and is still going strong.
Through the years, Paul has been a mainstay in the modern foreign language department as a Spanish
teacher. Paul has also served as department chair, prefect of discipline, academic assistant principal, director
of faculty, and principal.
In recognizing Paul’s achievement, Mike Giambelluca, Jesuit’s principal, spoke of Paul as “the absolute
model of discipline, scholarship, hard work, and Christian charity” and as someone whom “the members
of the Jesuit High School community look to with a very high level of respect for his tremendous
contribution to this school community.”
Speaking at the ceremony, Gary Mannina, former Jesuit teacher and current principal of St. Andrew’s
Episcopal School, remembered Paul as an “imposing presence” for a young teacher seeking a job. Young
Blue Jays who experienced Paul as their disciplinarian might agree with Gary’s profile of Paul.
What impressed Gary most, though, beyond that imposing presence was Paul’s “passion and enormous
commitment not only to instruction but to the education—in the Latin sense educere, to bring forth, to
raise young men.”
“Repetitio est mater studiorum, or repetition is the mother of studies,” said Paul, adding, “You might
remember that from your Latin class.” Of course. Paul estimates having taught approximately half of
Jesuit’s 12,500 alumni. “I tell the students repeatedly that they need to be aware of their responsibilities,
whether it’s in sports or in the classroom,” he said. “As in sports, I tell them they are not going to stay on
the team unless they produce. Same thing in the classroom—they need to produce. They just cannot come
in and sit down and do nothing.” In teaching and leading with passion and commitment for so many years,
Paul has become a model of professionalism and dedication.
Faculty toasted Paul
Frederick at a reception
held in his honor in St.
Ignatius Hall.
Mr. Frederick’s first
official Jesuit photo
appeared in the 1955
Yearbook.
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GUEST AUTHOR
Enjoying the Ride
by Dave Lagarde ’65
After a long career as sports columnist for The Times-Picayune, Dave Lagarde ’65 retired and mused
on a few memorable moments he experienced while covering the beat. At Jesuit, Dave was a member
of the golf team. No surprise, then, that his most passionate writing was about golf. Several times
Dave was named Columnist of the Year by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association, and four times
the Associated Press recognized his column as the Sports Column of the Year in Louisiana-Mississippi.
For me it was all about the ride.
For 42 years mine took place in the Toy Box, a.k.a., the sports
department of New Orleans’ major daily newspaper. Sometimes
smooth, sometimes turbulent, sometimes up, sometimes down.
Sometimes it tilted and whirled all around. But one thing it wasn’t
was dull.
It started, innocently enough, with part-time work when I was
a junior at Jesuit and picked up steadily as I moved on to Loyola,
where I received a journalism degree. This was a time when the
only strikes were called by umpires, when the only race card was
the one held at the Fair Grounds, when athletes had less money
than John Beresfoot Tipton, when the only word in the sports
vernacular that ended in “r-o-i-d’’ began with “h-e-m.’’
The ride ended quietly on Halloween of 2004 with nary a
ghost or goblin in sight.
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In between I had a front-row seat, where I watched an
ever-changing world of sports on all fronts—professional, amateur
and recreational. It grew like mushrooms after a summer thunderstorm, from something regionalized into a global behemoth.
I truly was fortunate enough to observe, inquire and describe
the games people play and watch with equal parts wide-eyed
fascination and uncommon fervor.
Ah, the games. Among the unforgettable standouts:
The Sugar Bowl in 1973, when Notre Dame upset unbeaten
Alabama for the national title…
North Carolina’s NCAA championship victory against
Georgetown in the Superdome on freshman Michael Jordan’s
dagger from the left wing…
Chris Webber’s ill-fated time-out call…
Pistol Pete lighting up the Knicks for 68 in the Superdome…
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LSU’s domination of Oklahoma for a BCS title…
Tulane’s first NCAA Tournament victory over St. John’s in
Atlanta after the comeback from the scandal…
Jack Nicklaus’ incredible victories at the Masters in 1975 and
1986—at the age of 45…
The Tiger Slam, one that started in 2000 and spilled over
into 2001…
Two Cubs victories over the Padres in the National League
Championship Series on a Wednesday and Thursday in 1984
followed by Walter Payton breaking Jim Brown’s rushing record
against the Saints on Sunday…
David Toms’ victory in the 2001 PGA Championship, less
than a month before our world changed forever…
I could go on, but I believe you get my drift. I’ve been blessed.
And then there are the memories and the people I’ve met
and the places I’ve been along the way. It is overwhelming when I
reflect on how a kid who grew up on Pine Street got to rub
elbows with some of the biggest and best.
These are some of the indelible ones:
A solitary week spent with Muhammad Ali at his training
camp in the hills of Pennsylvania before he defeated Leon Spinks
in the Superdome. He took me in his confidence, allowed me into
his home and once did about two hours of magic tricks as actress
Dina Merrill and I sat wide-eyed…
A trip to New York with Peyton Manning on draft weekend,
when the New Orleanian was selected first, ahead of Ryan Leaf…
A quiet lobster dinner with Tom Watson and Jack Weiss in
Augusta, Ga., in 1977, the year Watson won his first Masters…
A scheduled 15-minute interview with Martina Navratilova at
UNO Lakefront Arena that lasted almost an hour and a half. At
one point a press flack poked her head into the room and tried to
usher out the tennis star, who said, “It’s O.K. I’m really enjoying
this.’’ About knocked me off my chair…
Caddying twice for Kelly Gibson on the PGA Tour. And
making each cut…
A Friday night recruiting trip with Tim Floyd when he was at
Iowa State. We boarded a twin-engine plane and were in the air
for 10 minutes when one of the engines blew. I could only
imagine the headline: Floyd Perishes in Cornfield Crash, Three
Others Aboard Killed…
A late Saturday night in a Birmingham hotel suite, hours after
Alabama had steamrolled Auburn, 35-0, to set up the Sugar Bowl
matchup with Notre Dame in 1973. Duffy Daughtery and John
McKay sat conversing with Mary Harmon Bryant, the Bear’s wife.
Meanwhile Bryant sat over by a picture window, his ear glued to a
portable radio. I could hear Bryant saying, “Man, they’re going to
cut Charlie Mac to pieces.’’ He was listening to Tulane defeat LSU
for the first time in 25 years.
Hey, I’m a lucky guy.
Fr. Norman O’Neal
Offers Spiritual Exercises
to Alumni
Dear Alumni:
Each year I offer the alumni the opportunity
to make the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.
This modified version covers the total Exercises
but over an extended period rather than for thirty
days straight as St. Ignatius originally gave them.
Usually known as The Spiritual Exercises in
Everyday Life, they originally involved praying
over the week’s prayer for four or five hours each
day for thirty days.
In my modified version, the meditations are
taken one at a time. The amount of time to go
through all of them in this manner takes about
five months. It is not for everyone. But for those
who are interested in furthering their religious
life and advancing in their prayer life, this is a
wonderful way to do so without taking a whole
month off.
If you are interested, contact me by writing
me here at Jesuit or calling me at 483-3907. There
will be no obligation to pursue this, just an
opportunity to discuss whether you think this
would be for you.
Norman O’Neal, S.J.
Alumni Chaplain
SUMMER 2006 73
The Life of Saint
By REV. NORMAN O’NEAL, S.J.
The second installment of Fr. Norman O’Neal’s The Life of St. Ignatius of
Loyola presented Ignatius’s spiritual experience at Manresa and his return
to school to prepare himself for the priesthood. We concluded the last
installment with Ignatius being ordained a priest.
Retired from the classroom, Fr. O’Neal now serves as Jesuit’s Alumni Chaplain. To receive Fr.
O’Neal’s booklet, contact the Jesuit Provincial Office at 504-571-1055 or 1-800-788-1719.
The Company of Jesus
Ignatius, along with two of his companions, Peter Faber and James
Lainez, decided to go to Rome and place themselves at the disposal of
the Pope. It was a few miles outside of the city that Ignatius had the
second most significant of his mystical experiences. At a chapel at La
Storta where they had stopped to pray, God the Father told Ignatius,
“I will be favorable to you in Rome” and he would place him (Ignatius)
with His Son. Ignatius did not know what this experience meant, for
it could mean persecution as well as success since Jesus experienced
both. But he felt very comforted since, as St. Paul wrote, to be with
Jesus even in persecution was success. When they met with the Pope,
he very happily put them to work teaching scripture and theology and
preaching. It was here on Christmas morning 1538, that Ignatius
celebrated his first Mass in the church of St. Mary Major in the Chapel
of the Manger. It was thought that this chapel had the actual manger
from Bethlehem; so if Ignatius was not going to be able to say his first
Mass at Jesus’ birthplace in the Holy Land, then this would be the best
substitute.
During the following Lent (1539), Ignatius asked all of his companions to come to Rome to discuss their future. They had never thought
of founding a religious order; but now that going to Jerusalem was out,
they had to think about their future—whether they would spend it
together. After many weeks of prayer and discussion, they decided to
form a community, with the Pope’s approval, in which they would vow
obedience to a superior general who would hold office for life. They
would place themselves at the disposal of the Holy Father to travel
wherever he should wish to send them for whatever duties. A vow to
this effect was added to the ordinary vows of poverty, chastity, and
obedience. Formal approval of this new order was given by Pope Paul
III the following year on September 27, 1540. Since they had referred
to themselves as the Company of Jesus (in Latin, Societas Jesus), in
English their order became known as the Society of Jesus. Ignatius was
elected on the first ballot of the group to be superior, but he begged
them to reconsider, pray, and vote again a few days later. The second
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ballot came out as the first, unanimous for Ignatius, except for his own
vote. He was still reluctant to accept, but his Franciscan confessor told
him it was God’s will; so he acquiesced. On the Friday of Easter week,
April 22, 1541, in the Church of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls, the
friends pronounced their vows in the newly formed Order.
The Last Years
Ignatius, whose love it was to be actively involved in teaching
catechism to children, directing adults in the Spiritual Exercises, and
working among the poor and in hospitals, would for the most part
sacrifice this love for the next fifteen years—until his death—and
work out of two small rooms, his bedroom and next to it his office,
directing this new society throughout the world. He would spend years
composing the Constitutions of the Society and would write thousands
of letters to all corners of the globe to his fellow Jesuits dealing with
the affairs of the Society and to lay men and women directing them in
spiritual life. From his tiny quarters in Rome he would live to see in his
lifetime the Society of Jesus grow from eight to a thousand members,
with colleges and houses all over Europe and as far away as Brazil and
Japan. Some of the original companions were to become the Pope’s
theologians at the Council of Trent that played an important role in the
Catholic Counter Reformation.
At first, Ignatius wrote his own letters; but as the Society grew in
numbers and spread over the world, it became impossible to communicate with everyone and still run the new order. Therefore a secretary,
Fr. Polanco, was appointed in 1547 to help him in his correspondence.
We know that Ignatius wrote almost 7000 letters during his lifetime,
the vast majority of them after he became the Superior General of the
Jesuits. Ignatius considered the correspondence between members of
the Jesuits one of the most important elements in fostering unity.
Separation of Jesuits throughout the world was one of the greatest
dangers to the growth, apostolate and unity of the Society. He not only
wrote, therefore, to all the houses of the Order, but he also required the
various superiors throughout the world to write to Rome regularly,
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Ignatius of Loyola
Part
informing him of what was happening. This information could be
passed on to the houses of the Society everywhere.
In his letters to members of the Society, he treated each one as an
individual. He was overly kind and generous with those who gave him
the most problems. On the other hand, with those who were the
holiest and humblest, he seemed at times to be too harsh, obviously
because he knew they were able to take his corrections without rancor,
knowing that Ignatius loved them and was looking only to their greater
spiritual good. Fr. James Lainez, one of Ignatius’s original companions,
was the provincial in northern Italy. He had done a couple of things
that put Ignatius on the spot. He made commitments that Ignatius
could not fulfill. In addition Lainez had expressed his disagreement to
others about a change of personnel, which Ignatius made.
Ignatius wrote to Lainez through his secretary Polanco: “He,
(Ignatius) has told me to write to you and tell you to attend your own
office, which if you do well, you will be doing more than a little. You
are not to trouble yourself in giving your view of his affairs, as he does
not want anything of the kind from you unless he asks for it; and much
less now than before you took office, since your administration of your
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own province has not done much to increase your
credit in his eyes. Examine your mistakes in the
presence of God our Lord, and for three days take
some time for prayer to this end.” So much for
the saints being all sugar and spice.
It was to Lainez’s credit that he took this severe
reproof with humility and grace, asking to be
assigned several harsh penances, such as being
removed from office and being assigned the meanest
job possible in the Society. Ignatius never even
referred to the incident again, leaving Lainez to carry
on as before. Lainez was to succeed Ignatius as the
second Superior General of the Jesuits.
A superior of somewhat less humility than Lainez
could not see the importance of writing to Rome
of all the happenings in his house. With tact and
kindness, so as not to hurt the Superior’s feelings,
but perhaps with a touch of sarcasm, Ignatius wrote:
“It will not be a matter of surprise to you to learn
that reproofs are sometimes sent out from Rome…
If I have to dwell at some length on them, do not
lay the blame on your own deserts alone, but also
on the concept that has been formed here of your
fortitude, in the sense that you are a man to whom
can be said whatever needs saying…you did well to
observe obedience in the matter of writing every
week…What you should have done was to try to
find someone, once the letters were written, to carry
and deliver them.”
While zealous to bring people to God and to help them spiritually,
Ignatius still remained a person of practicality and common sense.
A Jesuit had complained of having trouble with overly pious people
who monopolized his time for no good reason. Through Polanco,
Ignatius instructed him on how to deal charitably with such people
without giving offense. “Our father (Ignatius) made another remark as
to how to free oneself from one whom there was no hope of helping.
He suggests talking to him rather pointedly of hell, judgment, and such
things. In that case he would not return; or, if he did, the chances are
that he would feel himself touched in our Lord.”
There was a bishop who had a great animosity to the Society. He
refused to have this new Order in his diocese, and he excommunicated
anyone who made the Spiritual Exercises. He was known as Bishop
“Cilico” by the Jesuits (that is, “the hairshirt bishop”). Ignatius told the
Jesuits who were worried about his attitude to relax. “Bishop Cilicio is
an old man. The Society is young. We can wait.”
Next: “The Jesuits and Schools,” “Ignatius as a Man,” and “Last
Illness”
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W H E R E Y ’ AT
Ed Harrigan ’38 lost his house and his car (“with me in it,” says
Ed) to Katrina. Ed was rescued by helicopter and flown to
Shreveport. “I thought I was back in the Navy Air Force in WWII
going back to Japan!” writes Ed. Eventually, Ed’s son Mike brought
him to Kalamazoo, MI to live with him. Ed summarizes his
experiences this way: “After a plane crash and other injuries in
WWII, I’m getting tired.”
Robert B. Anderson, Jr. ’42 reports that
his son, Fr. R. Bentley Anderson, S.J., was
on the Sri Lanka Beach preparing to go
snorkeling December 26, 2004 when the
tsunami hit. Fr. Anderson became an eyewitness of the terrible devastation.
Anderson
Dr. Albert J. Simon ’44 is teaching at
Jackson State University where another
Jesuit graduate, Ronald F. Mason, Jr. ’70, is
president.
Rev Victor B. Brown, O.P. ’45 is chaplain to a monastery of
cloistered Dominican nuns in Lufkin, Texas. He congratulates
Kerry P. Redmann ’45 on the publication of his book of WWII
remembrances.
Judge Adrian Duplantier ’45 has established the Judge Adrian G.
Duplantier Jesuit High School Scholarship that will be awarded
annually to a Loyola Law School student who graduated from
Jesuit of New Orleans and one of the 28 Jesuit colleges and
universities in the United States. Judge Duplantier remains a very
active Blue Jay. In addition to being the
Chairman of the Board of Boys
Hope/Girls Hope, he is a member of the
President’s Advisory Council and a
leader in the organization of the many
activities of the Class of 1945.
Peter Finney ’45 in June 2005 reached
the 60 year mark as a print journalist
with The Times-Picayune. On June 22,
1945 Peter wrote his first story as a staff writer for the paper—an
advance on a summer league baseball game between Jesuit and the
Comiskeys.
Finney
Alec Gifford ’45 was honored at the Press Club of New Orleans’
48th Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards gala for his fifty
years as a broadcast journalist with WDSU-TV.
Kerry Redmann ’45 honors his brother’s memory in his book
Unfinished Journey: A World War II Remembrance, published on
January 1. The story centers around the letters of the oldest of
Kerry’s eight brothers, Morris B. Redmann, Jr. ’40, written home
to his family from October 20, 1943, through January 11, 1945.
Morris was killed in action on January 14, 1945. Kerry’s son, Kirk
’79, says, “This book is a labor of love…it is a compilation of his
letters home that were steadfastly kept by his father and preserved
for all time by my father. It was the infamous shoebox full of
letters that Uncle Morris wrote home that my dad kept in the
attic and always said he would write a book about them one day.
Well, he did! And what we have is a heart-warming glimpse into a
young American boy’s life, one that he sacrificed gladly for his
country and for the liberty that we all enjoy.” Kerry was fourteen
years old when Morris left for the military. He now lives in
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Covington, Louisiana. His brother Morris is buried in the
Luxembourg American Military Cemetery at Hamm, Luxembourg.
Donald Wetzel ’46, who revolutionized personal banking with his
invention of the automatic teller banking machine (ATM), has
been named recipient of the 2006 IEEE (Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers) Simon Ramo Medal. The IEEE is the
world’s leading professional association for the advancement of
technology. Today, more than 371,000 ATMs in the United States
process 30 million transactions a day. There are at least another
700,000 ATMs worldwide.
Ron King ’51 is now one of the 3,500 inhabitants of Rifle,
Colorado. He resides at the Crossroads Assisted Living Home
where he is rehabbing his spine, hips, and legs. Ron says, “One of
my motivations to shed my walker and wheelchair is to be able to
join my classmates for our 55th year reunion. I missed the 50th
but have been studying the group picture from the event. I marvel
at how we all got so old so fast.”
John D. Shea, D.D.S. ’51 received the Order of St. Louis
Medallion in 2004 and the Distinguished Service Award of the
Louisiana Dental Association in 2005.
Will Billon ’54 and Brian Hughes ’93 were two of the seven 2005
inductees into the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame. Starting every
game of his Tulane career, Will was a two-way football player for
the successful Green Wave teams of 1955-57. He led the team in
receiving in 1956. After his senior season, Will was chosen to play
in the 1958 Blue-Gray All-Star game. Brian was a standout Tulane
baseball player
from 1995 to
1998 playing
both catcher and
outfield. When
he finished his
Tulane career, his
name was atop
the school’s
record books in
many categories,
Hughes
Billon
including games
played, at-bats, doubles, and stolen bases. In 1996 and 1998 Brian
earned first team All-Conference USA honors and was the MVP
of the Conference USA tournament in 1998. A career .355 hitter,
Brian earned the team’s Leadership Award in each of his four
seasons and was named the squad’s MVP as a freshman and as
a senior.
Peter Quirk ’54 received the 2006 Jimmy Fitzmorris Award.
The ceremony’s program notes, “With a distinguished career and
devotion to his family, friends, and his faith, Peter Quirk
embodies the qualities of this award’s namesake, Jimmy Fitzmorris
’39. Mr. Quirk leads an exemplary life filled with exceptional
service to others in all his civic, professional, and spiritual
commitments.” Peter is the executive director of the department
of development and the Catholic Foundation of the Archdiocese
of New Orleans.
Rev. Warren F. Chassaniol ’58 has been retired since July 2005,
with almost forty years of active ministry, the last 13 years of which
were spent as pastor of Our Lady of the Isle Church, Grand Isle.
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Mike Elvir ’58 retired from the banking business last August,
having served as executive vice president for BOKF Corporation, a
bank holding company headquartered in Tulsa, OK. In January
Mike and his wife Sondra moved to the heart of the Texas Hill
Country. Mike spends a fair amount of time in New Orleans. He
serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Ursuline. Mike and
Sondra have been married 42 years and have four children, one a
Blue Jay and one a graduate of Jesuit Dallas. Mike and Sondra have
seven grandchildren. Mike has served on several civic boards over the
years, including Junior Achievement in three cities, Habitat for
Humanity, and zoos in two cities. Active in the church, Mike has
served on parish councils and has been a lector and a Eucharistic
minister. During his time in New Orleans, Mike served on Jesuit’s
President’s Advisory Council and was president of the Parents’ Club.
After visiting the school in February, Mike noted that he was happy
to see the school’s recovery progressing so that young men will
continue to benefit from the Blue Jay experience just as he did.
Ronald Jung ’58 was honored by Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes
for his twenty-five years of volunteer service to the Archbishop’s
Community Appeal which raises money for the poor and
underprivileged in our community.
Richard L. Baringer ’59 was recently named professor of history
emeritus by the Board of Regents of the University System of
Georgia. He retired in 2003 following a 36-year career at Georgia
Southwestern State University where he was a professor of history,
department chairman for 22 years, and, when he retired, interim
dean of the school of arts and sciences. In retirement, he and his
wife, Abbie, are dividing their time between their home in Americus
near the University and a farm near Butler, Georgia.
Ronald J. Bonck ’59 has been acting in movies. He played the
brother of Mary Tyler Moore in Snow Wonder, a Christmas family
movie.
Robert M. Caswell ’60 has recently retired after thirty-five years of
law practice. Bob is now well-known as the founder and executive
director of the nationally famous annual Medina Lake Cajun Festival
for the last twenty-five years despite having serious Multiple
Sclerosis.
John D. Nolan, Jr., D.D.S. ’61 received the Order of St. Louis
Medallion in 2004.
Jim Amoss ’65, editor of The Times-Picayune, has been named
Editor & Publisher’s 2006 Editor of Year. He is being honored for
directing his newsroom in its remarkable coverage of Hurricane
Katrina. Also, under Jim’s leadership, The Times-Picayune won two
Pulitzer Prizes, a gold medal for meritorious public service and a
prize for distinguished reporting of breaking news. After Katrina hit,
more than 200 staff of The Times-Picayune and their family
members were forced to flee the paper’s downtown offices in delivery
trucks. But photographers, reporters, and editors stayed in the area
continuously, and the newspaper never ceased publishing, posting
online editions for three days, then returning to print editions as
well on Sept. 2. “As our city was being ravaged, our citizens dying,
our market destroyed, our homes lost, with chaos and lawlessness
reigning—while this was happening, we came together as a team,”
Amoss said, “and fulfilled a mission that is sacred to us: to publish
no matter what—no matter whether our house was destroyed,
whether we knew what had happened to our families, or what the
future held.” Speaking of Jim’s leadership, Ashton Phelps, Jr.,
president and publisher of The Times-Picayune, said, “I remember
being in this room on the Tuesday after Katrina hit, and Jim
Amoss told our team, ‘This will be the biggest story of our
lives.’ He was right. And our team rose to the occasion.”
Tom Kitchen ’65 has been named the acting CEO of Stewart
Enterprises. Tom joined the Stewart Board in February 2004
and became the company’s chief financial officer in December
of that year.
Ashton Ryan ’65 has opened a new First NBC in the very
building once occupied by the first First NBC. The new bank
set a state record with the amount of capital raised for a bank
start-up, bringing in more than $56 million. The bank will
focus on small businesses involved in recovery efforts.
Glenn Gennaro ’66 has been appointed principal of the
Jefferson Community School for the 2006-2007 school year.
For the last seven years, Glenn has served as the Fellows
Director of the School Leadership Center of Greater New
Orleans, where he assisted in the development of school
improvement plans for schools throughout the metro area.
Glenn has served as principal of St. Clement of Rome and St.
Christopher elementary schools and Pope John Paul II High
School and as the director of guidance and admissions director
at Jesuit.
Timothy Flynn III ’75 has been appointed to the rank of rear
admiral of the U.S. Navy. Rear Admiral Flynn is Acting Vice
Commander of SPAWAR. As Vice
Commander, he is responsible for
development, acquisition, and life
cycle management of command,
control, communications,
computers, intelligence,
surveillance and reconnaissance
systems for the Navy, select
Marine Corps, and joint service
programs. After graduating from
Jesuit, Rear Admiral Flynn
received an appointment to the
United States Naval Academy
Flynn
where he earned a B.S. in Marine
Engineering. He completed nuclear propulsion plant operator
training in 1980 and was later awarded master of science
degrees in National Security Affairs and Mechanical
Engineering from the Navy Postgraduate School. His
decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal (four
awards), the Joint Commendation Medal, and the Navy
Achievement medal (three awards). Pats on the back—Tim’s
back, that is--were plentiful at the ’75 reunion in June 2005
when Tim’s classmate and friend David Paternostro announced
the nomination. We, too, salute Rear Admiral Flynn and wish
him well in his new leadership position.
Michael Cahill ’76 starred as Felix Ungar in Rivertown
Repertory Theater’s March production of The Odd Couple.
Since 1988 Michael has been active on the stage and in front of
the camera in the New Orleans area.
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David H. Bernard ’80 recently moved from Maryland back to the
New Orleans area and is living in Hammond. David is an
assistant professor of voice in the music department of the
University of New Orleans.
Tim Parenton ’80 was the third base coach for the national
runnerup Florida Gators in the 2005 College World Series. After
serving as Samford University’s head coach for several years, Tim
moved to Florida two years ago as an assistant coach.
songs from the 2000 musical he wrote, Thou Shalt Not, was
released. Also that week the series finale of Will & Grace aired
with Harry reprising his role of Grace’s ex-husband Leo Markus.
Daniel J. McCabe, Jr. ’86 has begun a new career at Bollinger
Shipyards in Gretna as the Materials Coordinator.
Lt. Col. Alexander R. Barthe ’81 manages all air force aircrew
Daniel R. Shea, D.D.S. ’86 received the prestigious Mastership
Award of the Academy of General Dentistry in 2004 for
completing 1,100 hours of continuing dental education in the
sixteen disciplines of dentistry.
flight simulators at Eglin AFB, Florida. Alex and his wife Adele
have two children.
Dean Cochran ’87 recently joined the cast of a new season of
Will Clark ’82 is among ten
legends of collegiate baseball
that comprise the first-ever
induction class in the new
College Baseball Hall of Fame
in Lubbock, Texas. Will
starred for Mississippi State
from 1982-85 and was
honored as college baseball’s
player of the year with the
1985 Golden Spikes Award.
He earned All-American and
All-Southeastern Conference
team honors in 1984 and
Clark
1985. He hit 61 home runs in
175 games and compiled a school-record .391 career batting
average, including a .420 batting average in 1985 when he helped
lead Mississippi State to a school-best third place finish in the
NCAA College World Series. Will was the second player selected
in the Major League Baseball draft in 1985 and went on to a
15-year major league career compiling a .303 batting average with
2,176 hits, 284 home runs, and 1,205 RBIs.
Kyle S. Brue ’84 has been serving as a special investigator for the
U.S. Office of Personnel Management working national security
clearance and investigation cases for agencies such as the
Department of Defense, Department of Justice, FEMA, IRS, and
DEA. Kyle received his BA from SMU in 1988 and his MA from
LSU in 1990. He lives in Dallas with his wife Glenda, their one
and a half year-old daughter Holly, and Glenda’s 14 year-old
daughter, Miranda.
Fred Weller ’84 continues with his acting career at full throttle.
In August of 2005, Fred completed his run in the Broadway
revival of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glenn Ross. Fred shared the
stage with Alan Alda, Liev Schreiber, and Tom Wopat. This
August in New York, Fred joins Meryl Streep and Christopher
Walken in the production of Mother Courage and Her Children,
a new translation by Louisiana playwright Tony Kushner. In the
play, Fred plays Streep’s elder son. Like most of us, Fred is quite
impressed with Meryl Streep—“As good as she is in movies, she’s
incredible on stage.”
Harry Connick, Jr. ’85 received a Tony nomination as best actor
in a musical for his Broadway debut in The Pajama Game. Harry
plays a pajama factory boss who falls for a union adversary. The
week of the Tony Awards show was quite a week for Harry. Harry
on Broadway, his double CD of The Pajama Game cast album and
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I Wanna Be a Soap Star on digital cable’s SOAPnet. This season’s
ten contestants are playing to land a 13-week stint on One Life to
Live. A die-hard Saints fan, Dean says, “I actually tried to sneak
my Saints hat onto the set of Soap Star, but they confiscated it.”
When not in front of the camera, Dean is behind the scenes
working for Regency Films, an independent production house for
TV and movies.
Sean Doles ’88, best-selling author of last year’s Saving Mr.
Bingle, has published the second book in his series of New
Orleans Stories. All Saints Day is a novel that involves a losing
team, a desperate owner, a football-loving Pope, and a kicker that
looks like Jesus. Inspired by true events, All Saints Day is a magical
story about winning, losing, and the meaning of faith that will
make you laugh, make you question your own beliefs, and make
you take note of the tiny miracles surrounding us every day.
Troy P. Roddy ’89 is the first head of St. John Berchman’s School
for boys at the Academy of the Sacred Heart at Grand Coteau,
LA. The school will educate young boys PK through the 2nd
grade, adding grades as needed and will maintain the goals/
principles of the Sacred Heart schools network. Troy received his
second master’s degree—this one in educational leadership—
from UNO in May and will continue toward the PhD.
Sal Liberto ’90 is now the vice president for enrollment at
Newbury College. Sal and his wife Amy live in Boston.
Jay ’91 and Mark ’95 Duplass, aka The Duplass Brothers, are
making quite a splash in the indie movie scene. Acting as writers,
producers, and actors—well, Mark, at least—the Duplass Brothers
have created The Puffy Chair, a feature film about a guy, his
girlfriend, and his brother, all of whom embark on a road trip
designed to deliver a La-Z-Boy chair. The movie premiered at
Sundance 2005 and was nominated for two Independent Spirit
Awards.
Kurt Werling ’91 came back. In March, Kurt, his wife Lisa, and
their family moved back into their fully renovated Lakeview
home. Kurt hopes that all of his friends and neighbors will quickly
join him in renovating and moving back into their Lakeview
homes.
Daniel Mitchell ’92 is the executive chef at the Bayou Grill in
Chelsea, Alabama. A Delgado Culinary School graduate, Daniel
has created an Acadian retreat in the Birmingham area and would
love to greet any Blue Jays traveling through.
Dr. Stephen A. Morgan, Jr. ’92 has partnered in a family dental
practice in Houma, Louisiana, where he, his wife Amanda, and
their three children reside.
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Captain Ross Parrish ’92, U.S.M.C., has received the Bronze
Star Medal for meritorious achievement in connection with
combat operations involving conflict with an opposing force
while serving as a company commander in Iraq.
Kyle Ruckert ’92, chief of staff to U.S. Senator David Vitter,
has been named a “rising star” by Campaign & Elections
Magazine. Only forty “rising stars” were named nationally.
Capt. Brad J. Butler ’93, after training as a UH-1N “Huey”
instructor pilot, is stationed at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland,
and NAWS China Lake, California, as one of six pilots selected
for the operational evaluation of the new UH-1Y helicopter.
Ben Grau ’93, his wife Camey, and their son Benjamin now live
in Frisco, Texas. Ben is an associate with the law firm of Wilson,
Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP.
The year he graduated from Jesuit, Nick Rauber ’97 created
Swollfest, a fishing rodeo dedicated to benefiting the American
Diabetes Association. The rodeo has grown to include over 100
sponsors and 600 participants. In the past four years, Swollfest has
donated $40,000 to ADA, benefiting its educational and research
efforts.
Nick Lama ’99, a University of New Orleans senior, has won a sales
competition for New York Life Insurance Co. interns. More than
fifty New York Life offices around the country competed to see
which could generate the most sales by college interns. The New
Orleans office won the honor despite having only one intern:
Nick Lama.
Joseph M. Rausch ’99 served as executive assistant to the chairman,
Dominic Massa ’94 took home
first place awards at the Press Club
of New Orleans’ 48th Annual
Excellence in Journalism Awards
gala for his 2005 WYES
production Stay Tuned: New
Orleans’ Classic TV Commercials
and for his production of WWLTV’s Eyewitness News at 6. In
Dominic’s nostalgic tour of New
Orleans’ classic commercials, once
again we hear from Al Scramuzza,
Mr. Bingle, and the “Special Man.”
volunteer with the Peace Corps in Cameroon. He will be gone June
2005 through August 2007.
55th Presidential Inaugural Committee and was appointed special
assistant for investment funds, The Overseas Private Investment
Corporation (OPIC) in the second Bush administration.
Robert L. Crist, Jr. ’00 graduated in May 2005 from University of
Louisiana at Lafayette with a B.S. in education kinesiology with a
minor in exercise science. B.J. was a four-year letterman on the UL
Football team and had 38 catches and 2 TDs in his senior season.
He is presently in Los Angeles pursuing a modeling/acting career.
Scott Madden ’00, Tim Guidry ’02, and Peter Connick ’04 were
Massa
Chad Perniciaro ’95 and his wife and two children have been
Houston residents since January 2001. Chad is the founder and
principal owner of Computer Training Services, Inc. In 2005 he
entered Altiris Software’s President’s Club for selling over $3
million in software and services.
Jeffrey Melancon ’96 received the 2004 LSU Alumni Association
Distinguished Dissertation Award in Science, Engineering, and
Technology. Jeffrey’s dissertation is helping pave the way for new
and more effective treatments against herpes-related diseases.
Jeffrey received both a bachelor’s degree in microbiology and a
doctorate in molecular virology from LSU.
Daniel Riche ’96 and Bob Wynne ’98 were the valedictorians of
their respective classes at 2005 spring commencement exercises.
As the student with the top scholastic record at UL-Monroe’s
Pharmacy School, Daniel delivered the address to the faculty.
Bob was recognized for having the highest GPA in the graduating
class of Loyola University’s Law School.
Todd E. Berger ’97 has left The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration for a position with the National Science
Foundation. He has been assigned to McMurdo Station, located
in Antarctica (where temperatures can reach –50 degrees
centigrade!). He will be working on solar astronomy and cosmic
ray physics studies, focusing on long-duration balloon flights.
Dr. T. Christopher Forstall, Jr. ’97 received a doctor of
veterinary medicine degree in January 2005. He practices at the
Ark Animal Hospital in New Orleans.
Conan M. Magee ’97 is leaving the Federal Railroad
Administration in DC to become a small enterprise development
members of the Tulane baseball team that participated in the 2005
College World Series.
Kevin Rosier '00 graduated in May 2006 from the Fletcher School
of Law and Diplomacy receiving a Masters of Arts in law and
diplomacy. In 2003, Kevin was awarded the U.S. Department of
State Thomas Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship. He will join the
U.S. Foreign Service this September as an economic officer.
Nicholas B. Spindel ’00 graduated from Tulane in May 2005 and
received a Fulbright grant to teach English as a second language in
Dresden, Germany, to high school students. He also received the
Bodo Gotzkowsky award from Tulane for excellence in German.
Two members of the Class of 2002 have been named recipients of
the Thomas B. Crowley, Sr. Scholarship at the U. S. Merchant
Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York. Midshipman Henry
Peterson ’02 was awarded $3,000 as the first place recipient, and
Midshipman Kevin Duffy ’02 received a $1,000 award. The criteria
for the scholarship include scholastic achievement, demonstrated
leadership skills, initiative, teamwork skills, history of community
service, and involvement in the maritime industry.
Jason Brown ’02 earned dual degrees from the University of
Georgia at the May commencement, a B.S. in biology and a B.A. in
political science. In August, Jason continues his dual degree approach
as he enters Emory University’s Medical School to work on an MD
and a masters in public health in policy and administration. Jason’s
Foundation Fellowship, UGA’s most prestigious undergraduate
scholarship, provided for his travel to Europe, Ecuador, Costa Rica,
Nicaragua, Tanzania, South Africa, and China.
Benjamin Moise ’02 graduated from the University of Southern
California in May 2006. He earned a B.S. in computer science with
minors in classics and video game programming.
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Homecoming 2006
Return Home to Celebrate the Blue Jay Spirit
Nathan Stibrich ’02 graduated with honors from the
University of Georgia with a B.S. in chemistry. He received
the American Chemical Society’s Outstanding
Undergraduate Student Award for UGA and the 2005-2006
Dick Bestwick Scholar-Athlete Award as the graduating
senior athlete with the highest GPA at Georgia. A Phi
Kappa Phi honor student, Nathan was a contributing
author for two published articles. Nathan will pursue a
doctor’s degree in chemistry. Nathan was a four-year
letterman in swimming and was consistently placed on the
All-Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll. He has
been involved in many service projects and currently is
doing volunteer work with the Lutheran Disaster Response
Team, helping families affected by the hurricanes.
Back-to-Banks Homecoming Celebration
Saturday, October 21, 2006
3:00 p.m.-- 6:00 p.m.
Homecoming Football Game
Saturday, October 21, 2006
7:30 p.m.
Jesuit vs. St. Augustine
Tad Gormley Stadium
Alumni Mass and Jazz Brunch
Sunday, October 22, 2006
James Truxillo ’05 and Eric Block ’05 were two of the
forty-four Louisiana players in the third-annual Bayou Bowl
in which Louisiana defeated Texas, 10-7.
10:00 a.m.
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Kevin Marshall ’03 asked all the right questions to pocket a cool $100,000
playing Jeopardy!
Like most New Orleanians, I evacuated because of Hurricane
Katrina. Fortunately for me, however, my experience turned out
to be much luckier than most. For as long as I can remember, my
family has watched Jeopardy! And since I played quiz bowl in
grammar school and at Jesuit, I wanted to be a contestant. I chose
to audition for the regular show rather than the College
Tournament, hoping that I could become the next Ken Jennings
and win millions in the process.
In February 2005, I went to Atlanta to audition. Along with
about sixty other people, I took a fifty-question written test. When
the scores were counted up, I had managed to pass the test. Those
of us who passed played a mock game and answered a few potential
interview questions so that the contestant search team could make
sure we had the poise and energy to be on the show. After the
mock game, we were told that we
could be called at any time
during the next twelve months.
So I returned home, waiting
for the phone call. I waited. And
waited. And waited. By the end of
August, I still had not been called.
With Katrina headed for New
Orleans, my family and I evacuated, first to a Red Cross shelter in
Natchez, Mississippi, and then to
a hotel in Vidalia, Louisiana.
When I heard that Loyola would
be closed for the fall semester,
I started searching for a college.
I chose the College of the Holy
Cross in Worcester,
Massachusetts. Holy Cross has as
good a reputation for classics (my
major) among the nation’s Jesuit universities as our alma mater has
among the nation’s Jesuit high schools.
Three weeks after I had settled in at school, I finally got the
call I had been waiting for. On October 26th, I would fly to Los
Angeles to appear on Jeopardy! I spent a month studying for the
show; I made lists of Oscar winners and Shakespeare plays. I read
the World Almanac. On October 25th I flew to Los Angeles. My
family, who by that time had already moved back to our home
(which had eight inches of water), flew out to watch me compete.
When the big day came, I went to the studio at 8:30 a.m. The
day’s contestants were given a chance to practice on the stage. One
thing people may not realize is that Jeopardy! tapes five episodes a
day. Each tape day starts with a defending champion from the
previous tape day. The two challengers are selected from a pool of
ten waiting contestants only fifteen minutes before a show.
I was not one of the first
challengers picked, so I got to
watch a game as it was being
taped. I saw Tom Kavanaugh win his eighth game. After that
game, the names of the next contestants were picked. This time, I
was picked. Less than fifteen minutes later, I was on stage and
ready to play.
Things were tough at first. Though I knew many of the
questions, I had trouble buzzing in. Fortunately, I started to get
the hang of things, and by the end of the first round I was
leading by $2,200. With just a few questions left in the second
round, I had a big lead. The only category left was “Women
Poets.” I knew one Daily Double was left, so I jumped around
trying to find it. Unfortunately, Tom Kavanaugh beat me to the
buzzer, so he got a chance at the
Daily Double. I led by $5,200.
He wagered $5,201. He was
unable to think of the correct
response, and I won the game.
I now had to rush backstage
to change into a new suit.
Fortunately, years of shows with
the Phils had prepared me for
quick costume changes! I won
another nailbiter in my second
game, then yet another one, before
winning by a slightly wider margin
in the day’s last game. I would
return on All Saints’ Day to tape
at least one more episode. I took a
red-eye flight back to Boston so I
could be in class the next day. On
November 1st I was back in L.A.
I went to the studio, this time as the defending champion. I won
two more games before I lost. I took a bittersweet flight back to
Massachusetts—losing is always a somewhat bitter experience. But
considering that I had won over $100,000, things were not all
that bad.
When I returned home for Christmas, I let everyone know
that I would be appearing on Jeopardy! on January 10th. For four
days, we had parties at our partly gutted house, as my friends and
family nervously watched one close win after another. But when
our kitchen was ripped out, it was time for the party to move—
some of our friends were gracious enough to offer their homes for
the remaining parties.
The experience was nerve-wracking, exhilarating, and incredible.
But most of all, it was fun. It brought back memories of quiz bowl
practice every day during the first half of lunch. And my time at
Jesuit certainly helped—what other high school would have
taught me enough to guess “What is zootheism?” in response to
“Found in many ancient cultures, it’s the religious worship of
animals”?
I hope my appearance on the show brought a smile to Blue
Jays and New Orleanians everywhere at a time when many of us
desperately needed it.
Kevin Marshall ’03
“I’ll Take
‘Ancient Religions’
for a Thousand,
Alex.”
Former Quiz Bowler Kevin Marshall would be proud
of this year’s Quiz Bowl team, which finished with a
ranking of 19th out of 774 teams in the world.
Coach Ron Rossi’s team was the highest ranking
team from Louisiana.
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SPORTS
Following Jesuit’s victory in the 2005 state championship
game, Coach Dave Moreau receives a congratulatory hug
from his father, Don Moreau ’54.
In the photo below, Matt Dozier ’06 is flanked by his
parents, Edie and head baseball Coach Sam Dozier, after
signing a commitment to play baseball for Loyola
University’s Wolfpack.
Shortly after his selection as Jesuit’s new head football
coach, Sid Edwards introduced himself to the Blue Jay
football team.
New Coaches
For Baseball, Football
After a 23-year run as the leader of Jesuit’s successful baseball program, Dave Moreau started the
2005-2006 school year as the school’s first assistant athletic director.
The demands of an athletic program with ten sports, some with four teams—8th, 9th, JV, and varsity—dictate the creation of the new
position to assist long-time AD Frank Misuraca. Dave is responsible for the direct supervision, evaluation, and support of the junior high
programs, and particularly the part-time coaches. Also, he coordinates all practices, activities, and competitions in the Roussel Building
and on the Will Clark Field.
Dave’s career coaching record at Jesuit of 532-161 puts him in an elite group of prep baseball coaches at the national level. The
record book of the National Federation of State High School Associations lists no other Louisiana coach with more than 500 victories.
Dave went out on top as his Blue Jay team won the 2005 state championship.
Sam Dozier took over as Head Baseball Coach for the 2006 season.
For the past five years, Sam has coached the freshman baseball team. Counting his years before coming to Jesuit, Sam has put in 23 years
coaching high school athletics. With Coach Dozier at the helm, the 2006 Jays finished 30-6 and made it to the quarterfinals of the state
tournament.
Sid Edwards replaces Vic Eumont as Head Football Coach for the 2006-2007 school year.
Coach Edwards comes to Jesuit from Central High in Baton Rouge. A native of Baton Rouge, Edwards has held teaching and coaching
positions at several schools, but his tenure as head coach at his alma mater, Redemptorist, stands out. While head coach from 1997-2004
at Redemptorist, Edwards compiled a 75-25 record and won two state championships.
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Ryan Adams ’06
Sean Regan ’06 maneuvers himself into a winning position.
Drafted by Orioles
Blue Jay Ryan Adams ’06 is now a bird
of a different feather. Ryan was drafted by
the Baltimore Orioles in the second round
of the Major League Baseball draft. With
the 58th overall pick, the Orioles chose
the Blue Jay short stop, who emerged last
summer as one of the top high school
prospects in the class of 2006 by playing in
the Aflac All-American Classic, a showcase
endorsed by Major League Baseball as the
nation’s marquee prep All-American baseball
event. Before this season, Ryan signed to
play at the collegiate level with LSU.
Meanwhile, three other Blue Jays will
head to college on scholarships to play
baseball. Eric Hymel signed a scholarship
pact with Southeastern Louisiana University,
Matt Dozier will play for Loyola University
New Orleans, and John Pivach signed to
play with the University of New Orleans.
A Year of Competing,
A Year of Champions
In a year in which just competing was the greatest victory, Jesuit’s sports teams
once again were quite successful. First, Peter Kernion’s cross country team won
state for the third year in a row. Then the wrestlers, led by first-year head coach
Carlos Bertot, brought the state trophy home for the second year in a row. Finally,
Mitch Chapoton’s tennis team won their eighth State Championship in a row.
Dramatically and gallantly, the Blue Jay swimmers took the state runner-up
spot. The team competed with only twelve swimmers and was in the running for
the state title right up until the last race. Chris Jennings’s basketball team, playing
without a home court, won the district title. Under first-year head coach Sam
Dozier, the baseball team made it to the quarterfinal round of the state tournament.
And the soccer team won district and advanced to the quarterfinals of state.
In competing during this extraordinary year, the Jays were indeed champions.
SUMMER 2006 83
HOMECOMING
B
Accolades for Arthur Mann III—Jesuit’s 2005 Alumnus of the Year
Arthur S. Mann III, a tireless volunteer and leader for all things Jesuit, and current president of the
school’s board of directors, was honored at the annual Homecoming as the 2005 Alumnus of the Year.
Jesuit’s Homecoming, traditionally held in the fall but delayed
until Sunday, January 29 because of Hurricane Katrina, brought
together more than 600 Blue Jays, including the Classes of 1955
and 1980 that were recognized on their golden and silver anniversaries, respectively.
Mann, a graduate of the Class of 1964, received a standing
ovation when Fr. Anthony McGinn, S.J., president of Jesuit High
School, presented him with the award at the conclusion of Mass in
the Chapel of the North American Martyrs.
"Arthur has been a tremendous help to me personally and to
Jesuit," Fr. McGinn told alumni. “Even before Katrina, Arthur gave
me the ‘big picture’ insight, that a school also needed to be operated
as a business. His steady leadership and sensible guidance have been
invaluable to Jesuit through the years.”
In accepting the award, Mann told his fellow Blue Jays that he
was part of “the illustrious class of 4F” and is used to difficult
situations.
“Actually, we graduated in a high position—you know, that last
row of risers at the auditorium was probably 16 feet off the ground,”
said Mann, who reminded alumni that “we—all alumni—and I am
here as proof that Jesuit High School is all about students, then and
now. We are its strength, its major source of funding, and its
promise for the future.”
Mann said a Jesuit graduate often is viewed as successful, which
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can be measured in many ways—academics, athletics, and spiritual
growth. “But most importantly, in one special way, success is
achieved when we become less of a ‘me’ person and more of a ‘Man
for Others’,” said Mann.
When a Jesuit graduate gets a job, or enters a profession, or
raises a family, or is ordained a priest, “he is looked on as being
successful, and this is good but not heroic.”
“I suggest he is a true success, a true hero, when he speaks out
for social change for the better, or involves himself in neighborhood
and community matters, or demands accountability from those in
charge, or takes the lead,” said Mann, adding that all of us have
confronted “lifetimes of experiences” during the past several months
as a result of Hurricane Katrina.
“Young or old, we, the students of Jesuit High School, must
continue to be the true successes, these heroes I refer to,” he said.
“Our city, region, and country desperately need our individual
strength and determination to serve as the anchor in the storm.
Don’t let us be fooled into thinking otherwise.
“To the extent that you and I, in the here and the now, are
living the life of this ‘Man for Others’, we become symbols of the
success of Jesuit High School, and in a profound way, each one of
you is a perpetual alumnus of the year,” concluded Mann. “All I
have to do now is figure a way to distribute this plaque to each of
you over the next year.”
J E S U I T T O D AY
BIB LIST
Deacon and Mrs. Gerard J. Fasullo, Sr. ’51
on the birth of their fourth grandson, Ryan Jude
Bravo, January 31, 2005.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Gendusa ’51 on the
birth of their fourth grandson, Anthony John
Guernsey, July 5, 2005.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Blereau ’53 on the
birth of their third grandchild, a girl, Hailey Ann
Denning, May 25, 2005.
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Dardis ’59 on the birth
of their granddaughter Katherine Therese Barket,
October 30, 2005. Katherine is the grandniece of
Bro. William Dardis, S.J. ’58, the late Francis Xavier
’62, and Joseph M. Dardis ’64 and the niece of John
J., Jr. ’88, William C. ’90, and Stephen P. Dardis ’97.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Schlater ’61 on the
birth of their grandson, Cooper Mitchell Crow,
July 4, 2005.
Mr. and Mrs. Pierre V. DeGruy ’69 on the
birth of their first grandchild, Isabelle Margaret
DeGruy, April 4, 2006.
Mr. and Mrs. Brian E. Adorno ’77 on the birth
of their daughter, Hayley Marie Adorno, June 18,
2005. She is the sister of Brian E., Jr. ‘07 and
Andrew E. Adorno ’10. She is also the niece of Earl
L. Mangin, Jr. ’77 and Paul G. Mangin ’80.
Mr. and Mrs. Sean T. Stratton ’83 on the
birth of their daughter, Elena Kathryn Stratton,
June 12, 2005.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Adams III ’85 on the
birth of their son, C. William Adams IV, May 20,
2004. William is the nephew of James M. Adams ’88
Mr. and Mrs. Walter T. Gamard III ’85 on the
birth of their first child, a daughter, Leila Whitney
Gamard, March 15, 2005. Whitney is the granddaughter of Walter T. Gamard II ’60 and the niece
of Christopher J. Gamard ’88.
Dr. Michael J. Thomas ’85 and Dr. Rachel L.
Moore on the birth of their son, Maddox Jacob
Thomas, June 25, 2005. M.J. is the grandson of
the late Mire J. “M.J.” Thomas ’48.
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Zollinger IV ’85 on the
birth of their daughter, Quincy Taulli Zollinger,
March 3, 2006. Quincy is the great granddaughter
of the late John J. Zollinger, Jr. ’29, the granddaughter of John J. Zollinger III ’54, and the great
niece of William D. ’58, Robert W. ’60, Karl D.
’67, and Philip I. Zollinger ’69 and the niece of
Lloyd E. Huck ’87.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. McCabe, Jr. ’86 on the
birth of their daughter, Elizabeth Leigh McCabe,
May 5, 2005. Elizabeth is the niece of Kevin C.
McCabe ’88.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Bradley Murret ’86 on the
birth of their twins, Matthew Graham and Mary
Grace Murret, October 7, 2005. Matthew and
Mary Grace are the great-nephew and great-niece
of Eugene J. Murret ’50, Charles W. Murret ’47
and the nephew and niece of Donn H. Murret ’88.
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Watermeier ’86 on
the birth of their third daughter, Ashley Elaine
Watermeier, August 25, 2005. Ashley is the greatgranddaughter of the late Ralph N. Watermeier
’30, the granddaughter of Ralph N. Watermeier, Jr.
’61, niece of Blake A. Watermeier ’91, John W. ’86
and Vincent E. Hummel ’88.
Mr. and Mrs. Sean R. Dunn ’87 on the birth of
their second daughter, Katherine Hansen Dunn,
May 17, 2005. Katherine is joined by her sister
Ashley who is 26 months.
Dr. and Mrs. Nate J. Normand ’87 on the
birth of their second daughter, Emily Caroline
Normand, February 18, 2005. Emily is the niece
of Newell D. Normand ’76 and the cousin of Dr.
Robert D. Normand ’71.
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Treigle, Jr. ’87 on the
birth of their son, Harry Mills Treigle. Harry is the
nephew of Kevin M. Treigle ’94.
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Browne, Jr. ’88 on
the birth their daughter, Carson Louise Browne.
Carson is the great-granddaughter of the late
Stephen F. Browne, Jr. ’41, the granddaughter of
Patrick J. Browne ’56, the great-niece of John T.
Browne ’48, and the niece of Stephen B. Browne ’91.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Gatti IV ’88 on the birth
of their son, Jackson “Jack” Ross Gatti, May 3, 2004.
Jack is the grandson of Frank R. Gatti III ’62 and
the great-grandson of the late Frank R. Gatti, Jr. ’38.
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Adams ’88 on the
birth of their second child, Elizabeth Claire Adams,
February 19, 2004. Elizabeth is the granddaughter
of Adrian A. Colon ’59, the niece of Adrian A.
Colon, Jr. ’83 and Charles W. Adams III ’85 and
the great niece of Leed J. Colon, Jr. ’57 and
Malcolm J. Colon ’66.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith C. Maresma ’89 on the
birth of their son, Matthew Gerard Maresma,
September 22, 2005. Matthew is the nephew of
Bradley A. Maresma ’94, Edgar A. Maresma ’53,
and Kevin J. Mulligan ’76.
Mr. Troy P. Roddy and Mrs. Meghan Holahan
’89 on the birth of their daughter, Irene Catherine
Roddy, September 24, 2005. Irene is the granddaughter of John M. Holahan ’49, the niece of
John M. Holahan, Jr. ’75, Trent P. ’97, and Travis
B. Roddy ’01.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Dietz ’90 on the birth
of their son, Harrison Edward Dietz, August 28,
2005. Harrison is the nephew of Timothy A.
Dietz ’94.
Mr. and Mrs. Henri M. Friloux ’90 on the birth
of their daughter, Margo Allison Friloux, May 28,
2005. Margo is the granddaughter of Henry J.
Friloux, Jr. ’57, the great-niece of Nash J. Friloux
’61, and the niece of William J. Scheffler IV ’88.
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Milazo ’91 on the birth
of their daughter, Sarah Virginia Milazo, April 12,
2005. Sarah is the granddaughter Dr. Nicholas J.
Milazo ’65 and the niece of Joseph M. Milazo ’92
and Timothy J. Milazo ’97.
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan C. Orgeron ’91 on the
birth of their second child, a daughter, Ellen Ryan
Orgeron, February 3, 2005.
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan J. Quinlan ’91 on the birth
of their daughter, Eleanor Michele Quinlan, October
4, 2005. Eleanor is the granddaughter of William
J. Quinlan ’61, the niece of the late C. Gregg
Quinlan, Jr. ’59, M. Michael Quinlan ’69 and
William J. Quinlan, Jr. ’86.
Mr. and Mrs. Blake A. Watermeier ’91 on the
birth of their son, Brady Patrick Watermeier. Brady is
the great-grandson of the late Ralph N. Watermeier
’30, the grandson of Ralph N. Watermeier, Jr. ’61,
and the nephew of David W. Watermeier ’86.
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Werling ’91 on the birth of
their son Luke Jude Werling, October 26, 2005.
Luke is the nephew of Adam Werling ’99.
Mr. and Mrs. Mason G. Couvillon ’92 on the
birth of their daughter, Bryce Surgala Couvillon,
December 15, 2005. Bryce is the niece of Scott A.
Couvillon ’92, Tucker H. Couvillon ’04, J.
Monore Laborde ’65, and John P. Laborde ’67
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Mitchell ’92 on the
birth of their second daughter, Emily Rose Mitchell,
May 18, 2005. Emily is the great niece of Leonard
N. Bouzon ’64 and Robert W. Bouzon ’69.
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Morgan, Jr. ’92 on
the birth of their daughter, Adeline Bell Morgan,
May 25, 2005. Adeline is the granddaughter of
Stephen A. Morgan ’68 and the niece of the late
Christopher M. Morgan ’95.
Dr and Mrs. Roland S. Waguespack III ’92 on
the birth of their son, Roland Simeon Waguespack
IV, April, 15, 2005.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Duggan ’93 on the
birth of their daughter, Caroline Elizabeth Duggan,
February 19, 2005. Caroline is the niece of Mark
T. Duggan ’04.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin R. Grau ’93 on the
birth of their son, Benjamin Roth Grau, Jr.,
February 8, 2006. Benjamin is the grandson of
Matias J. Grau, Jr. ’68, the nephew of Matias J. III
’92 and Brett A. Grau ’99, Ignatius P. ’80, David P.
’88, and Salvadore A. Liberto ’90.
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Newman ’93 on the
birth of their son William Paul Newman, Jr.,
August 31, 2005.
Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Spreen ’94 on the birth
of their first children, Amelia Nicole and Abigail
Leigh Spreen, April 18, 2005. Amelia and Abigail
are the nieces of Irwin C. Spreen III ’92 and
Aubrey R. Spreen ’99, and the great-grandchildren
of Milton W. Seiler ’39.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Quintana ’94 on the
birth of their son, Joshua Robert Quintana,
December 14, 2005. Joshua is the grandson of
Robert R. Quintana, Jr. ’55 and the nephew of
Donald E. Quintana ’01.
Capt. And Mrs. Eric J. Moore ’94 on the birth
of their second child, Megan Hudson Moore,
March 27, 2004.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Guste ’95 on the birth
of their son, Henry Joseph Guste, December 28,
2004. Henry is the grandson of Ralph W. Junius,
Jr. ’66, the nephew of the late Tristan P. Junius ’71,
Cletus A. Junius ’81, Bernard R. Guste, Jr. ’93, R.
William Junius III ’93, and Nathan J. Junius ’97.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Laborde ’98 on the
birth of their second child, Brady Jacob Werling
Laborde, August 5, 2005. Brady is the great-grandson of the late Robert W. Krieger ’51 and the
nephew of Christopher J. Laborde ’02.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Looney ’98 on the
birth of their daughter, Abigail Elizabeth Looney,
April 8, 2005.
SUMMER 2006 85
IN MEMORIAM
Each edition of Jaynotes lists those members of the Jesuit High School
community who have died. Please remember our recently deceased in your
prayers.
Clement Betpouey, Jr. ’24, James P. Turner
’27, George F. Indest, Jr. ’28, Edward J.
Martin, Sr. ’29, Rene E. LaBruyere ’29, Alfred
E. Grady ’30, Charles A. Roccaforte ’30,
Edward M. Aubert ’31, Gerald J. Rantz ’31,
Frank W. Trapolin ’31, Anthony P. Schiro III
’31, Stephen B. Rodi ’32, VanNorman J.
Bailey ’34, John H. Edwards, Jr. ’34, Karl L.
Koster, Jr. ’34, George R. Simno, Jr. ’34,
Joseph G. Boudreaux ’35, George F. Escoffier
’35, Raymond M. Jurado ’35, Harry N.
Charbonnet, Sr. ’36, Jesse A. Danna, Sr. ’36,
Albert P. Gaude, Jr. ’36, Gustave L. Heintz, Jr.
’36, Edward W. Patterson ’36, John J. Alloy
’37, Dudley C. O’Dowd ’37, Robert J.
Doskey, Sr. ’38, Hubert Fielder, Jr. ’38, Emile
J. Laiche ’38, Bates J. MacGowan ’39, Russell
J. Schonekas ’39, George J. Wetzel ’39,
Edward L. Fernandez ’41, Henry D. Lancaster
’41, Roy J. Mossy ’41, Robert L. Ory ’42,
James A. Bertel, Jr. ’43, George W. Davila, Jr.
’43, F. Pat Quinn, Jr. ’43, Louis D. Matherne,
Jr. ’43, John H. Miller, C.S.C. ’43, John N.
Oglesby ’43, Robert A. Philibert ’43, William
V. Redmann ’43, Joseph B. Williams ’43,
Gerald L. Bertucci, Sr. ’44, James R.
Boudousquie ’44, Peter L. Hilbert ’44,
Augustus H. Jelks ’44, C. C. Clifton, Jr. ’45,
Chandler R. Craig ’45, Vincent J. Greco ’45,
Aberlardo J. Massa ’45, Ernest A. Haydel, Jr.
’46, Robert I. Ballina ’47, Robert J. Bordes, Sr.
’47, Ernest W. Hupperich ’47, Joseph M.
Lichtenstein, Jr. ’47, Louis J. Bernard, Jr. ’48,
Charles J. Larue ’48, James J. Brothers ’49,
Sidney J. Menard, Jr. ’49, Juan V. Velasco ’49,
Robert C. McClure II ’50, Raymond M.
Rocker ’50, Rene J. Lorio ’51, Theodore
Tumminello ’51, Denis E. Rufin III ’51,
Daniel M. Foley, Jr. ’52, Oscar J. Robert, Jr.
’52, F. Benjamin Toledano ’53, Robert G.
Miller ’54, John F. Klees III ’55, Frederick W.
Veters ’55, Blaise M. Carriere ’56, Warner C.
Vogt, Jr. ’56, Frank B. D’Arcangelo ’57,
Salvatore J. DeMatteo ’57, Joseph A. Plaideau
’57, Ronald D. Molony ’59, William F.
Enright, Jr. ’60, Louis J. Buisson, Sr. ’61,
James K. Treadway, Sr. ’65, Roger I. Dallam
’61, Thomas E. Motto, Jr. ’61, Michael J.
Muldrey ’61, Michael J. Casteix ’70, Charles
V. Bellone ’72, Alvin A. Meliet ’72, Geoffrey J.
Orr ’76, James K. Terrio ’81, Gavin C. Willem
’82, Dwight L. McNamara ’85, Kyle J. Acosta
’89, Joseph R. Loproto ’98, James W. White ’01.
WIFE OF
Anthony C. Amadeo ’53, the late David T.
Arceneaux ’65, the late Forest J. Arnondin, Jr.
’46, Earl T. Bellanger ’46, the late Harry F.
Blust, Jr. ’38, the late William P. Boulet ’37,
the late Pierre V. Bowman ’33, the late J.
Martin Brinkman ’31, the late George W.
Byrne ’37, the late Rudolph J. Classen ’42, the
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late James L. Crandell, Jr. ’30, Charles J.
Cyrus, Jr. ’58, the late Herbert F. deBuys ’26,
the late Charles I. Denechaud, Jr. ’31, the late
Maxime J. Derbes, Jr. ’39, the late Thomas W.
Dubourg ’33, the late Joseph D. Early ’42, J.
Michael Early ’33, Allen J. Ecuyer ’55, the late
Millard L. Falcon ’18, James L. Flood ’38, the
late George P. Gagnet, Jr. ’34, the late Jacob G.
Hecker, Jr. ’33, the late Lawrence W.
Holzenthal, Sr. ’36, Patrick J. Johnson, Jr. ’73,
the late Otto A. Kempff ’33, the late Earl H.
Kent ’25, the late Albert Kreider ’25, the late
Philip P. LaNasa ’34, the late George F.
Lagroue ’39, the late Carroll P. Lincoln ’39,
the late Vincent J. Liuzza, Sr. ’30, the late J.
Leonhard McGinn ’35, Warren J. Mermilliod,
Jr. ’30, the late Oliver S. Montagnet ’28,
Matthew C. Morgan ’76, Alvin L. Murphy
’52, the late Henry F. O’Connor ’23, the late
Clement F. Perschall ’27, the late Hugh A.
Prats ’36, the late Joseph C. Pritchard ’31,
Richard P. Redmann ’47, the late Peter J. Ricca
’39, the late Cedric F. Riche ’39, the late
Warren C. Ruello, Sr. ’32, the late John C.
Schneider ’27, Charles A. Sill, Jr. ’47, the late
Santo E. Taormina ’35, the late Nicholas P.
Tardo ’31, the late James P. Turner, Sr. ’27,
Andrew A. Yuratich, Jr. ’41, Kent J.
Zimmermann ’40, the late Lawrence L.
Zeringer ’40.
FATHER OF
Kenneth W. ’81 and Brian J. Andrieu ’84,
Gerard A. Ballanco ’60, Robert S. Baxter ’58,
James A. Bertel III ’67, Clement Betpouey III
’55, Alvin J. Bordelon, Jr. ’63, Jorge J. ’63 and
Brock L. Bravo ’65, Benjamin D. Brickner
’07, Michael A. ’72, Andre J. ’74 and Emile J.
Broussard ’76 (stepfather), Jarrod J. Broussard
’86, Claiborne W. Brown ’91, Christopher S.
Burmaster ’02, Louis J. Buisson, Jr. ’84,
Carlos A. Calix, Jr. ’92, Daren B. ’79 and
Christopher Carriere ’86, Ryan M. ’01 and
Mark M. Casteix ’08, Michael J. Chaix ’07,
Mason G. ’92, Scott A. ’92 and Tucker H.
Couvillon ’04, Colin J. Crumbley ’09 (stepfather), W. David Crumhorn ’71, Frank N., Jr.
’55 and Richard C. Cusimano ’57, Lionell
Daggs III ’09, Jesse A. Danna, Jr. ’60, Daniel
G. ’76 and George W. Davila ’80, Saverio J.
DeMatteo ’83, Joseph J., Jr. ’50 and Frank G.
DeSalvo ’61, Thomas P. Dolbear ’83, Walter
C. Doskey ’74, Michael E. Driscoll ’71, John
A. Edwards ’63, John L. Faciane ’80, the late
Ambrose C. Farley, Jr. ’61, Raymond R.
Fitzgerald, S.J. ’76, Gerald M. Frances, Jr. ’71,
David E. Franz ’88, Wallace E., Jr. ’75 and
Stephen D. Gammon ’81, Andrew L. Gangolf
III ’72, George Gant II ’99, Servando C.
Garcia III ’63, George A. Geerken, Jr. ’61,
Melvin M. III ’04 and Gregory M. Gerrets ’06,
Devin R. Golden ’06 (stepfather), William H.
’70 and James D. Grady ’75, Stanley B., Jr. ’68,
Kendall P. ’70 and Robert S. Green ’72,
Timothy D. Griffin ’02, Bruce M. Guenin ’66,
Ernest C., Jr. ’51 and Gerard P. Hansen ’57,
Andre J. Harrell ’86, James H. Harvey, Jr. ’68,
Odom B., Jr. ’56 and Marvin G. Heebe ’61,
Gerald C. Heintz ’79, Brandon L. Hicks ’06,
Peter L., Jr. ’70 and Kevin D. Hilbert ’73,
Donald G., Jr. ’73, Bruce M. ’75, Daniel, Jr.
’77, David M. ’78 and Blaine H. Hoppe ’82,
Michael C. ’79 and Worthing F. Jackman ’82,
D. Scott ’74, Jeffrey L. ’80, William J. ’81 and
Walter D. Jacobsen ’88, Raymond J., Jr. ’69
and Allan J. Jeandron ’74, Rene A. LaBruyere
II ’78, John M. III ’60 and Michael G. Lachin
’67, Michael J. ’74 and Zachary J. Landry ’78,
Hal A. LeBlanc ’61, Hobson E. LeBlanc ’51,
Louis R. LaBruyere III ’63, Stephen F. Leech
’55, James A. Lochridge, Jr. ’81, Stephen M.
Looney ’98, Daniel J. Lorentz ’75, Thomas J.
Lowenstein ’86, Kevin F. Mackenroth ’82,
Walter S. III ’61 and Howard G. Maestri ’64,
Edward J., Jr. ’53, Robert J. ’55, David J. ’57
and John J. Martin ’60, W. Thomas McElroy,
Jr. ’85, Brian K. McSwain ’02, Brett R. Meliet
’98, Robert G., Jr. ’78 and David G. Miller
’80, Brandon S. ’01 and Marcus A.
Montgomery ’04, James M., Jr. ’65, Stephen
A. ’68, Matthew C. ’76 and Mark T. Morgan
’77, Paul H. Morphy III ’71 (stepfather), Ross
M. Muller ’70 (stepfather), Eric H. Nungesser
’81, John M. ’81 and Robert G. O’Brien ’82,
Keith R. Perrier ’71, J. Maurice Pilie, Jr. ’66,
F. Walter Pitts ’65, Daniel J. Poolson, Jr. ’99,
F. Pat Quinn III ’72, Philip D. ’61 and
Raphael J. Rabalais, Jr. ’65, Mark J. ’75, Frank
J., Jr. ’77, Carl F. ’79 and Chris C. Rabito ’82,
Albert A. III ’62, William H. Reinhardt, Jr.
’62, John F. ’64 and Randolph E. Robbert ’65,
Stephen B., Jr. ’58 and Mark O. Rodi ’59,
Otha L. Sandifer ’83, Richard C. Scofield ’01,
Brian G. ’80 and Kevin G. Shearman ’87,
George R. Simno III ’65, Roy J. ’89 and Kyle
J. Smith ’91, Juan M. ’79 and Rick D.
Thomassie ’95, Earl A. Thompson, Jr. ’64, W.
Ray Trammell ’58, Timothy J. Trapolin ’63,
James K. Treadway, Jr. ’97, Theodore, Jr. ’81,
Kevin J. ’82 and Paul J. Tumminello ’83, John
T. Velasco ’88, Gregory M. Verges ’71, Patrick
J. ’79 and Frederick W. Veters, Jr. ’85, Andrew
C. ’82 and James C. Webster ’87, Richard E.
Wentz ’80, Paul B. ’79 and Kevin E. Wolf ’80,
the late Mark S. Zumpe ’67.
MOTHER OF
Harley O. Albert ’54, Donald C. Allenbach
’64, Joseph V. Anzelmo ’63, Gary M. Artigue
’78, Digby W. ’55 and the late Eugene J.
Barrios ’48, J. William Barrios ’64, Robert E.
Bauer ’63, Gerard J. Becker ’57, Brandon J.
Benion ’03, Sidney J. Berger ’66, Bruce E.
Bernard ’64, H. Joseph Bernard ’65, Stephen
J E S U I T T O D AY
M. ’68 and Wayne E. Blust ’73, George E.
Booker, Jr. ’62, Kenneth C. Bordes ’00,
William P., Jr. ’73, John G. ’75, Andrew J. ’76,
and Thomas M. Boulet ’79, Samuel T., Jr. ’66
and Thomas H. Burguieres ’68, Stephen F. ’72
and Patrick H. Campbell ’81, John J. ’75 and
Anthony C. Classen ’76, Fletcher W. Cochran
’61, J. Michael Collins ’67, Rhett D. ’87 and
Richard D. Collins ’90, John M. III ’73 and
Gregory O. Currier ’75, Charles J. Cyrus III
’88 Michael F. deBuys ’64, Charles I.
Denechaud III ’59, Christopher W. van
Dervort ’98, James C. Dinsmore ’60, the late
Vincent S. Dominici ’54, Kevin C. Downs
’72, Roy A. Dubourg ’60 (stepmother), James
D. Dupre ’76, Robert L. Ebberman, Jr. ’67,
Henry A., Jr. ’51 and Gregory J. Ecuyer ’56,
Lonn E. Ellzey ’87, Matthew J. Farley ’70,
Joseph III ’68 and Jerome Fein ’69, William F.
’65 and Dennis J. Fitzgerald ’66, Arthur J.
Franz IV ’91, P. H. Fred ’82, the late Joseph D.
Friedman, Jr. ’55, the late G. Peter Gagnet III
’61, Clifford J. ’77 and David K. Glaviano ’80,
the late Edwin L. Gros, Jr. ’45, James A.
Guderian ’63, Raul B. Guevara ’66, John J.
’65, William A. ’67, and Robert A. Hardin ’74,
Boris C. III ’65 and F. Philip Haase ’71,
Zachary T. Heard III ’64, Robert D. Hess, Jr.
’62, Richard G. Hibbs, Jr. ’66, Lawrence W.
Holzenthal, Jr. ’62, Jacob S. Janoe ’92, Alfred
J. Jeanfreau ’60, Patrick J. III ’02, Daniel H.
’04 and Michael J. Johnson ’07, the late
Frederick P. Kelly ’75, William R. Kelly, Jr.
’49, Wayne R. Kempff ’59, John H. Knauer
III ’79, Harold H., Jr. ’68 and Frederick T.
Kolb ’69, James I.. Kotter, Jr. ’74, George E.
Kreider ’56, Joseph O., Jr. ’42, Robert G. ’47,
Kenneth A. ’57, and the late Conrad M.
Kuebel ’50, Matthew V. Landry ’88, Keith D.
LaRose ’66, Lester J. Lautenschlaeger, Jr. ’50,
Donald E. ’92 and Joseph F. Lavigne ’94,
Bruce J. LeBlanc ’70, Hal A. LeBlanc ’61,
Bernard J. LoCascio, Jr. ’68, Albert J., Jr. ’43
and Gordon J. Lousteau ’47, August S.
Martin, Jr. ’89, Jerry M. McElwee ’73 (stepmother), J. Patrick McGinn ’73, Henry C.
Mender ’76, Michael D. Mitchel II ’95, Earl
T., Jr. ’76 and Michael J. Monson ’79, Oliver
S. Montagnet, Jr. ’62 (stepmother), the late
Daniel F. Mouney ’66, Barry W. ’63 and the
late Albert C. North, Jr. ’57, Henry F., Jr. ’61,
James J. ’62, and John M. O’Connor ’72,
Thomas R. ’56 and Alex J. Ortolano ’59, the
late Pascal R. Palmisano ’53, Wayne P. Palmer
’74, Neal F. III ’76 and Robin L. Pendleton
’80, Keith R. Perrier ’72, Frank J. Randazzo
’57, Michael J. Raymond ’68, Richard P., Jr.
’85 and James G. Redmann ’86, Mark S.
Rettman ’76, Michael E. Reyes ’86, Boroskie J.
Richard ’79, Ronald D. Riche ’64, Thomas M.
Rodgers ’69, J. Michael Rooney ’59, John
Ruckert, Jr. ’64, Harold L. ’52 and Steve L.
Salaun ’54, James P. C. Scalise ’54, Frederick
L., Jr. ’71, Keith N. ’76 and Scott G. Schmitt
’80, Joseph P. Schneider ’77, Julius A. Smith,
Jr. ’54, Joseph G. Stassi, Sr. ’53, Calvin C.
Stein, Jr. ’64, Paul S. ’70 and Robert K.
Stevens ’74, James P., Jr. ’60 and William T.
Tallon ’66, Anthony S. ’63 and Santo E.
Taormina, Jr. ’64, Robert A. Tardo ’58,
Timothy H. ’61 and Jon T. Terrell ’66, the Rev.
L. Pike Thomas ’60, John I. Trapen ’71,
Charles V. Vodanovich, Jr. ’66, William E.
Wahden, Jr. ’58, Robert U., Jr. ’62 and James
R. Weiss ’65, Eugene J. ’76 and Karl J.
Zimmermann ’78.
BROTHER OF
Blaine G. Austin ’82, the late Charles H. ’31
and the late Stephen J. Bailey ’34, Harold R.
’36 and Dario F. Ballina ’39, Antoine M.
Barriere ’80, Christopher J., Jr. ’70, James L.
’74, and Michael G. Bellone ’78, Alvin C. ’39
and the late Emile A. Bertucci, Jr. ’37, the late
Edmund J. ’37 and the late Robert J. Bordes
’47, the late Angelo A., Jr. ’42, the late
Frederick P. ’44 and the late George H.
Boudousquie ’48, James A. Buisson III ’56,
Gerard H. ’36 and Harold J. Burke ’36, the
late Paul G. Charbonnet, Jr. ’36, W. Richard
Couturier ’60, the late John G. Cronan ’42,
the late Charles E. DeGeorge ’37, the late
Maurice R. Duplantier ’34, the late Thomas
M. Edwards ’40, Paul M. Elvir ’58, Lawrence
J. Ernst ’24, Raymond J. Fagot ’45, Emile J.
Fossier ’35, the late Thomas V. Flynn ’31, the
late Walter T. Geary ’26, Holger F. Heap ’83,
Robert J. Klees ’58, the late Philip P.
LaBruyere ’29, Louis P. ’47 and the late
Ferdinand L. Larue, Jr. ’33, Edward P.
LaBruyere ’37, Scott D. ’84 and Brett M.
Leonard ’90, the late Jules A., Jr. ’37 and the
late Fernand D. Lorio ’40, Allen W., Jr. ’53,
Donald F. ’55, Gerry M. ’66 and the late
Patrick J. McClure ’57, the late J. Leonhard
McGinn ’35, the late Evander MacGowan ’39,
J. Price McNamara ’82, the late Joseph T. ’34,
the late Conrad U. ’37, and the late Charles A.
Miller ’39, Wiley L. Mossy, Jr. ’39, Barry J.
Muldrey ’63, the late Henry M. Nunmaker, Jr.
’45, the late Fred R. O’Dowd ’27, Robert C.
Oglesby ’39, the late James M. Perrier ’38, the
late Louis Prima ’28, C. Randall Orr ’65,
Bryce F. Pussegur ’68, Arthur J. Rantz, Jr. ’40,
George B. Recile ’71, Kerry P. ’45, Richard P.
’47, Ralph C. ’50, Ronald L. ’51, David E. ’56,
Robert E. ’58, the late Morris B. Jr. ’40 and the
late Jerome J. Redmann ’53, Louis G. Riecke,
Jr. ’43, Louis L. Robein, Jr. ’69, the late Henry
O. Rocker, Jr. ’49, Claude G. Scanlan ’48,
David E. Schof ’56, the late Jacob F. Schwab
’42, the late James P. ’27, the late Sylvester J.
’30, and the late Terrence R. Turner ’34, Paul
S. Vogt ’59, James H. ’37, Thomas D. ’42 and
Donald C. Wetzel ’46, Garrett C. Willem ’87,
George A. Williams, Jr. ’42.
SISTER OF
The late Joseph Arrigo ’46, J. Dudley
Atkinson, Jr. ’29, the late Raymond P.
Augustin, Sr. ’38, Victor E. Babin, Jr. ’38,
Thomas J. Bryne ’43, James A. Cannon ’64,
Robert H. ’46, the late Malcolm G. ’37 and the
late Clayton J. Charbonnet ’38, Thomas J.
Conners ’40, the late John G. Cronan ’42,
Nelson J. Daigle, Jr. ’59, the late John H.
Dees, Jr. ’33, Robert E. ’57, the late Irl J. ’37
and the late John R. DeSilva ’42, Thomas J.
Difulco ’67, William J. Dunlap ’59, the late
Thomas M. Drury, Jr. ’64, Phillip D. ’55,
Franklin V. ’56 and the late Donald P. Endom
’53, Louis J. Ferry, Jr. ’52, John R. ’61 and
James P. Glas ’64, the late Thomas J. Godelfer
’21, Andrew F. Gonczi ’37, Henry W.
Hinrichs, Jr. ’69, the late James H., Jr. ’29 and
the late Stewart J. Kepper ’36, William H.
Lawton ’38, Louis R. LaBruyere III ’62, the
late Rev. Jean M., S.J. ’11, the late Emile M.
’13, the late Andre C. ’15, the late Bro. Martial
O., S.J. ’26, the late Fernand S. ’27 and the late
Felix H. Lapeyre ’32, the late Rev. Dennis P.
Lonergan, S.J. ’47, the late Sal J. Maggiore
’39, Pierre V. ’55 and Martin O. Miller II ’62,
Dimitry M. Morvant, Jr. ’59, George E. ’46,
the late Gabriel J. ’33 and the late Warren E.
Mouledoux ’39, Rev. Jerome H. Neyrey, S.J.
’57, the late Ernest B., Jr. ’33 and the late J.
Robert Norman ’34, Joseph J. Quartana ’40,
the late Dennis P. Ritter ’47, the late Joseph S.
Reynaud ’32, the late Charles J. Roccaforte
’30, Arthur O. ’36, Rev. Paul W., S.J. ’40,
Steven H. ’46, Patrick M. ’47, Matthew J. ’53
and the late Bernard J. Schott ’37, the late
Alvin F. Short ’29, the late William H.
Seemann, Jr. ’24, Thomas J. Tiblier, Jr. ’70, the
late Charles W. Tschirn ’42, Robert J. Viator,
Jr. ’54, Edward C. III ’59 and Gerald W. Vocke
’68, Daniel O. ’39, the late J. Oswald, Jr. ’25,
the late Clifford A. ’27, the late Warren O. ’30,
and the late Chester O. Weilbaecher ’34.
SON OF
The late Marcel H. Bouby ’27, Samuel T.
Burguieres, Jr. ’66, Jason M. Cerise ’95, James
A. Cobb ’44, John D. Couturier ’33 (stepson), the late Hartman C. Daniel ’41, the late
James C. Decuers, Sr. ’37, the late Vincent C.
Manguno ’55, A. J. McNamara ’54, the late J.
Edward Muldrey, Jr. ’35, the late Jules J.
Mumme, Jr. ’26, the late Robert L. Newman
’54, Mark H. Olivari ’72, Louis L. Robein, Sr.
’38, Larry J. Radosta, Sr. ’62, William V.
Renaudin, Jr. ’55, the late Louis B. Trenchard,
Jr. ’27.
DAUGHTER OF
Anthony Morales, Jr. ’72, the late Harry M.
Nolan ’13, the late Thomas J. Tiblier, Sr. ’41.
GRANDFATHER OF
Roy E. ’92 and Brian J. Alexander ’95, David
M. Alfonso, Jr. ’97, John M. Alongia ’09,
Stephen W. Andrieu ’09, Albert J. III ’93 and
Brandon B. Aucoin ’96 (step-grandfather), Paul
J. Bacino ’98, Christopher M. Barberito ’08,
Jordan D. Barkoff ’09, Brad P. Bennen ’08,
Philip M. Blancher ’05, Mikel G. Bonano ’00,
Kevin J. Bordes ’98, Ramsay P. Burch ’10,
Scott V. Bracey ’91, Jorge J. III ’86, Eric M.
’89 and Christopher P. Bravo ’94, Geoffrey C.
Brien ’97, Jeremy D. Burke ’97, Christopher
E. ’07 and Ryan W. Cabos ’09, David C. ’90,
Brandon C. ’94 and Colin B. Cambre ’00,
Leon A. III ’01 and Christopher M.
Cannizzaro ’03, Michael C. Canseco ’07,
Jeffrey C. ’02 and Gregory T. Chatelain ’03,
Benjamin C. Childress ’03, Stephen M. ’04
SUMMER 2006 87
IN MEMORIAM
and Thomas P. Combes ’07, Christopher P. ’92
and Joseph A. Cretini ’94, Joseph E. Daher ’05,
John J., Jr. ’88, the late Frank J. Dassing ’44,
William C. ’90, and Stephen P. Dardis ’97,
Timothy N. ’04 and Christopher C. Deano ’07,
the late Charles I. Denechaud, Sr. ’31, Frank G.
DeSalvo, Jr. ’89, Todd A. ’85 and Scott S.
Dittmann ’89, Henry C. ’02 and Talamage W.
duQuesnay ’05, David R. Dyer ’85, Bently T.
Early ’96, Ryan L. Ebberman ’07, Christopher
F. Eriksen ’89, John L., Jr. ’07 and Joshua L.
Faciane ’11, Van C. Falgout ’87, Ryan P. ’04
and Matthew G. Finney ’06, Joseph J. Fradella
III ’99, Brady P. Gallwey ’01, Kenneth W.
Gaulter III ’09, John P. Gebbia ’99, Bret P.
Gessner ’01, Joseph I. Giarrusso III ’94, Scott
M. Gibson ’90 (step-grandfather), Angelo J. ’00
and Mario J. Giorlando ’02, Christopher J.
Glueck ’10, Jeffrey P. Green ’98, Michael B.
Grodsky ’98, Charles J. ’02 and Martin H.
Hayden ’05, Marcus R. Hayes ’95, Michael S.
Heier ’05, Jeremy T. Hernandez ’03, Duval H.
Hilbert ’07, Douglas M. ’94, Stephen J. ’03,
and Daniel M. Hoskins ’04, Scott L. Hutchins
’00, Raymond J. Jeandron III ’02, Andrew R.
Jensen ’10 (step-grandfather), Robert S. Keller
’00, John P. Kippers ’08, Zachary R. Ladner
’11, Adam L. LaHoste ’10, Hal A. LeBlanc ’97,
Maurice J. III ’97 and Spencer P. LeBlanc ’07,
John C. Leech ’75, Keith C. ’97, Ignatius P. ’80,
David P. ’88 and Salvadore A. Liberto ’90, the
late Theodore L. Lightfoot ’96, Cameron J.
Loebig ’05, Jason D. ’04 and Jared D. Lorentz
’10, Patrick T. Madore ’08, Walter P. ’89, Jeffrey
M. ’91, Scott H. ’95, and Andrew M. Maestri
’97, Michael A. Mahone, Jr. ’02, Murphy J. ’94
and Philip C. Majoria ’98, Dane M. Mannina
’04, Edward J. III ’78, Robert J., Jr. ’80, David
J., Jr. ’83, Logan J. ’84 and Stephen J. Martin
’86, David R. Melius ’97, Benjamin G. ’95 and
Ted M. Mineo ’98, McDonald P. ’98 and Scott
P. Mirabile ’99, Lucien S. Miranne III ’04,
Stephen A. ’92 and the late Christopher M.
Morgan ’95, Benjamin L. Mumphrey ’91,
Brendan M. Murphy ’05, Stewart E. Niles ’94
(step-grandfather), Steven J. Perrier ’02,
Stephen M. Pesce ’97, Christopher M. Pilie
’92, David M. ’86 and Stephen A. Pitre ’90,
James L. ’97 and Michael S. Quinn, Jr. ’01, M.
Scott ’87, Sean P. ’89, Frank M. ’93 and
Raphael J. Rabalais III ’95, Matthew J. ’04,
Christian M. ’06 and Frank J. Rabito III ’06,
William C. Richard II ’93, Matthew M. ’02,
Christopher J. ’06 and Michael N. Riehlmann
’10, Peter J. Rivas ’00, Thomas F. ’78, Stephen
E. ’83, and Joseph P. Ryan ’85, Drew J. ’03,
Graham H. ’04 and Parker D. Ryan ’09,
Edward D. Sarrat ’94, Myles D. ’99, Andrew P.
’01, and McClain R. Schonekas ’03, Brian R.
Seay ’07, Jared M. ’08 and Brandon P.
Shearman ’11, Andrew E. Stahel ’11, Robert A.
Steiner, Jr. ’04, Randolph E. Thibodaux ’93,
Michael C. Touchey II ’02, Paul G. Trepagnier
’98 (step-grandfather), Michael J. Varnado, Jr.
’01, Christopher C. ’07 and Ryan P. Veters ’09,
L. Keith, Jr. ’94 and Kyle J. Vincent ’06, Ryan
E. Wall ’95, Neil P. ’99 and Eric W. West ’06,
Joseph D. Wright III ’89, Bradley J. ’99 and
Alexander C. Yoder ’03.
88 JAYNotes
GRANDMOTHER OF
Troy M. Albert ’92, Paul J. Bacino ’98,
Broderick A. ’94 and John D. Bagert ’04, James
M. III ’97, William C. ’02 and Christopher L.
Baldwin ’07, Robert C. ’97, Andrew W. ’01,
Stephen P. ’05, and Robert J. Baxter II ’08,
David L. ’87, Eric H. ’91, Mark V. ’93, Kevin
C. ’94, and Jon A. Beach ’95, Jonathan H.
Becnel ’02, Eric B. ’92 and Todd E. Berger ’97,
Devin P. Black ’87, Jack M. Boasberg ’89,
Dennis J. Booth ’87, Keith B. ’96, Kevin M.
’98, and Ken M. Bode ’01, Harold J. ’76, John
T. ’79, and Paul G. Bosworth ’83, Edward L.
III ’98 and Nathan M. Boudreaux ’01,
Kenneth T. Bourgeois ’10, Nicholas B. Braden
’97, Kyle A. Breaux ’05, Bryan A. Brothers ’03,
Brian P. ’89 and Christopher L. Broussard ’95,
Christopher M. Brown ’04, Ryan P. Callegari
’08, Dino L. Carlomagno II ’85, Bradley S.
Carson ’99, William D. Cass ’75, Frank J.
Catalano ’89, Michael J. Chaix ’07, Donald E.
’87 and Anthony P. Clogher ’92, James T., Jr.
’01 and Blasé P. Connick ’07, Robert C. III ’99
and Casey L. Creel ’01, Michael V. D’Aquila
’99, Brook T. deBuys ’95, Daniel D. Dehon
’03, Stephen J. ’00, Thomas E. ’02 and Paul J.
Delahoussaye ’04, T. Michael ’97 and Kevin N.
Dietz ’01, Matthew C. W. ’04 and Jeffrey A. W.
DiLeo ’10, Daniel C. Duke ’97, Jared N.
Dupaquier ’01, Pierre M. Dupleix ’00, Bentley
T. ’96, Brian S. ’00, and John-Michael Early III
’05, Ryan L. Ebberman ’07, C. Greg Eckert
’83, John J. Elmer, Jr. ’03, Joshua P. Favalora
’00, Stewart A. Estopinal ’05, Ian C. ’04 and
G. Mason Eustis ’08, Darryl T. Failla, Jr. ’79,
Todd M. ’92 and Ian S. Fitzgerald ’09, Robert
W. Fitzgerald ’90, John E. III ’86, Timothy C.
’88 and Corey M. Fitzpatrick ’88, Michael D.
Fontaine ’02, Ryan W. ’04 and Christian M.
Fraught ’10, Bryan M. Funck ’98, Brady P.
Gallwey ’01, Jeffrey J. Gelpi ’08, Jeffrey P.
Gernon ’90, Nicholas D. Glaviano ’10,
Thomas M. Gordon III ’04, Patrick C. ’07 and
Michael K. Grace ’10, Michael B. Grodsky ’98,
Rev. Edwin L. Gros III, S.J. ’68, Ian P. Gunn
’07, Robert M., Jr. ’98 and Andrew J.
Hamilton ’07, Ardley R. III ’85, Christophe L.
’88 and David T. Hanemann ’03, Darrenn J.
Hart ’76, Robert L. Hatfield III ’06, William
M. Heim ’04, Robert D. III ’85 and Reed P.
Hess ’86, Ryan ’04 and Devin Hildebrand ’08,
Adam R. Husty ’99, Raymond T. ’85 and
Ronald D. Huxen ’90, Craig A. Juneau ’04,
Ryan T. Kambur ’01, Mason B. Katz ’09, John
M. IV ’89 and Christopher G. Kinabrew ’90,
Ryan P. ’01, Sean J. ’03 and Kyle D. Kruse ’05,
John L. Krummel ’89, Jay O. ’72, Donald A.
’76, and Conrad M. Kuebel, Jr. ’77, Owen J.
III ’86, Gregory S. ’88, Stephen M. ’90, and
Jeffrey B. LaCour ’94, Stewart J. ’84, John K.
’85, Paul V. ’87, James K., Jr. ’89, Thomas E.
’93 and Jean Paul Lagarde ’94, Russell L. Laine
’90, Sean A. Lajaunie ’06, Keith M. Landry
’85, Brian M. ’94 and Bradley J. Landry ’97,
Edward J. ’82 and Rev. John A. Lasseigne,
O.M.I. ’82, Justin E. LeBlanc ’99, Craig M.
Levet ’01, Bernard M., Jr. ’90, Gregory J. ’93
and Matthew W. Lousteau ’07, Aaron G.
Lowe ’90, James M. III ’79, Kevin P. ’82,
Michael E. ’87, and Robert J. Linn ’97, Brian J.
Lusher ’88, Brandon M. ’98 and Kyle N.
Maitre ’02, Michael J., Jr. ’97 and Christopher
J. Messonnier ’03, Jules D. ’77 and Timothy G.
Morales ’84, Stephen A., Jr. ’92 and the late
Christopher M. Morgan ’95, Richard C. Moss
’96, Thomas G. ’99, Michael G. ’02, and
Millard P. Mule ’02, Michael IV ’94 and Colin
J. Offner ’97, James J., Jr. ’93, Clayton H. ’95,
and Andrew C. O’Connor ’99, John Orr ’02,
Christopher A. Palermo ’00, Steven J. Perrier
’02, Scott M. Phillips ’91, William T. Pique
’01, Calvin A. Rauch, Jr. ’70, Gregory J.
Raymond, Jr. ’06, Daniel M. ’98, Andrew M.
’00 and David J. Riche ’03, John J. III ’85 and
Michael G. Ripoll ’95, Dwight M. Robinette,
Jr. ’89, Richard D. II ’93, Matthew A. ’02, and
Mitchell D. Roniger ’04, J. Michael, Jr. ’84 and
Mark G. Rooney ’89, Kyle D. Ruckert ’92,
Robin H. Ruffino ’98, Ryan W. Santangelo
’99, Cory M. Schexnaildre ’08, the late Robert
A. Shields ’89, Clifford M. ’85 and Peter D.
Smith ’92, Kyle D. Smith ’98, Donald E.
Songy ’07, Brandon D. Spann ’99, Joseph G.
Stassi, Jr. ’82, Robert E. Stevens ’04, Carl J.
Stiebing II ’97, Warren M. Surcouf III ’97,
Alexander A. Talbot ’09, Eric S. Testerman ’03,
Jonathan L. ’94 and Wilkinson M. Therio ’95,
Darren T. Torres ’02, William P. Trist ’86, L.
Keith, Jr. ’94 and Kyle J. Vincent ’06, Albert L.
III ’98, Cameron A. ’08 and Peyton W. Vitter
’11, Ralph S. Voorhies IV ’94, Nicholas M.
Walsh ’07, David W. ’86 and Blake A.
Watermeier ’91, Elliot L. Williams ’08, Joseph
D. Wright ’89, Kollin J. ’02 and Kory J.
Zimmermann ’09.
GRANDSON OF
Henry M. Cerise ’68, Leo L. DuBourg, Jr. ’48,
Gerald R. Fucich ’50, the late Joseph L. Kreller
’38.
GRANDDAUGHTER OF
The late Jules J. Mumme, Jr. ’26.
GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF
John C. Leech ’97, Edward J. Martin IV ’07
and Graham M. Belou ’08.
GREAT-GRANDMOTHER OF
Roger A. Bacon III ’10, Ian C. Blackburn ’97,
George J. ’92 and Kurt D. Buchert ’95, Andrew
T. Failla ’09, Barry L., Jr. ’99 and Andre M.
Gros ’01, Evan C. Hart ’95, Christopher J.
Heneghan ’09, James M. IV ’06 and Garrison
C. Linn ’10, Patrick T. ’06 and Sean M. McKay
’08, Kevin M. Poche ’03, Stephen V. ’07 and
Sean C. Salassi ’10, Alexander A. Talbot ’09
(step-great-grandmother), Casey M. ’10 and
Tyler P. Treuting ’10, Kenneth L. Verlander, Jr.
’00.
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