Loyola School’s Online Alumni Newsletter — December 2009

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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Inside this Issue:

Alumni Retreat 2

Back to School Night 2

Alumni Service Day Alumni Basketball Tournament

2

Class Notes 3 , 4, 5

Facebook 5

Upcoming Events 5

LOYOLA ANNUAL ALUMNI DINNER

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2010

2009 Robert I. Gannon Award Recipient

Francis J. Nemia ’73

2009 Rev. James F. Fox, S.J. Award Recipient

Sunita Stevens Meyers ’88

Plan to be there on this special evening! Click here for more

information and to RSVP!

A Christmas Gift for You

Please accept this Christmas Gift from the Loyola Alumni Association; a day of reflection and quiet tailored to your busy schedule.

This gift is for both you and a guest.

This Day of Reflection has been set aside for you on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at Loyola School. You can select to spend the full-day or just attend the morning or afternoon

session. A light lunch will be served for all participants. Rev. Robert Reiser, S.J., President of Saint Peter’s Preparatory School in Jersey City, New Jersey, will lead the

group.

More information to follow. Merry Christmas from the Loyola Alumni Association!!!

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Alumni Retreat

Back to School Night

On Wednesday, February 17, 2010, alumni and alumni parents are invited to attend an educational

evening with members of our faculty and administration including Eliza Gelfand, Librarian,

Joann Kusk, History, Rev. James Martin, S.J., Associate Editor at America Magazine, and Danilo

Tramontozzi, Foreign Language and History. Course presentations will include: Dystopian Literature:

Past, Present, and Future; History of New York City; Laughing During Lent? Joy in the Spiritual Life; and

Reflections of Italy.

We hope to see you there. Please note that February 17th is Ash Wednesday. Fr. Katsouros will

distribute ashes at the beginning of the evening.

More information and invitations to follow.

Alumni Service Day

On Sunday, December 6, 2009 alumni and their families, students and

administrators gathered together to celebrate Mass and compose 125 boxes of donated items for the Welcome Table

at St. Francis Xavier Church.

Thank you for your generosity and for taking the time during the holiday

season to come home to Loyola for a great cause!

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LOYOLA ONLINE

Coach “A” Alumni Basketball Tournament

This year’s tournament will be held on Sunday,

February 21, 2010. Save the date and start organizing your teams today!

Details to follow.

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LOYOLA ONLINE Class Notes Notes

1963 Michael Turner recently updated the office, “Family is growing: Proud Grandparent of five, with two more on the way. Enjoying my second career as an SAP consultant and traveling throughout the country. Looking forward to my next trip back to 83rd street!” 1975 John Connor completed this year’s New York City marathon. 1986 Christy-Ann Coppola’s graphic design company, Coppola Design, was recognized in the 2009 American Graphic Design Awards Competition for the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society’s Dogs Days of Summer event logo. Coppola Design also planned and marketed the event, including donor solicitation. The first event of its kind, Mohawk Hudson Humane Society raised more than $9,500 for the shelter! Robert Redinger’s novel, The Sylvan Horn, recently received rave reviews from ForeWord CLARION Reviews: "...The Sylvan Horn is a solidly entertaining start to what is sure to be an intriguing series." The US Review of Books said, “Redinger interweaves a page-turning plot with a subtly beguiling poetic manner...A magical world of elves, trolls, dryads, and druids is drawn in vivid colors and dreamlike majesty...In fact, the depth of mythic sophistication raises this novel above any simple pigeon-holing as a young-adult fantasy.” More information about the book is available at www.elves.cc and www.robertredinger.com. 1989 Alicia Osborne Kusiak has been named a director of Cook County, Illinois operations for Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC). TASC is a statewide criminal justice advocacy and service organization.  Meredith Silverson Smith’s son, Ryan Justin, was baptized in the Loyola School Chapel by Fr. Katsouros on November 7, 2010. Samantha Silverson Hanley ’87’s husband, Matt, was godfather. 1994 Ryan Lowry and Michael Smith completed this year’s New York City marathon. 1995 Edward Minson completed this year’s New York City marathon. 1999 Caryn Seebach is engaged to be married to Travis Turner. A wedding is planned for September 18, 2010.

Donate Now! Making a donation to Loyola School has never been easier!  Click here to make your secure gift to the Annual Fund!  It is not too late to receive a tax 

deduction for 2009!   

We thank you for your support.   On behalf of the entire Loyola family, we would like to wish you a very 

Merry Christmas and a  Happy New Year! 

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LOYOLA ONLINE Class Notes

2001 Emilie Castro will be running a half marathon in May for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in memory of former Loyola faculty member, Michael Toolan. John McLaughlin passed his Level 3 CFA exam in June 2009. 2007 Melinda Kiefer has been selected to receive the Studio Art Centers International (SACI) Consortium Scholarship and will spend the Spring 2010 term studying in Florence, Italy. 2009 Kelsey Barclay made the Dickinson College varsity basketball team and will play as a guard. Faculty Andrew Donacik and Billy Bludgus ran in this year’s New York City marathon. Andy finished in 2:48:24 and Billy in 2:52:21.

Weddings 1994 & 2000 Raul Perez ’94 and Ximena Gallegos ’00 were married on October 16, 2009. 1995 Karrianne Humen wed Matthew Pike on October 9, 2009. Deirdre Humen ’93 was maid of honor and Jessica Gallagher was a bridesmaid. 2003 Kristina Ordoneza married Andrew Donald Gracia on November 21, 2009 at St. Thomas Villanova Church on Villanova University’s campus. Faculty Kate Irvin married Russell Pfeffer on October 24, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. Births 1968 Robert Sheehy welcomed two new additions to his family, grandchildren, Maeve Elizabeth and Michael Patrick Foley on October 9, 2009. 1990 Katie Burns Brennan and her husband, George were blessed with the arrival of their third child, Caitlin Grace Brennan, on October 5, 2009. She joins big brother, Connor Jack, 2, and big sister, Caroline Grace, 2.

Notes Continued

Jessica Gallagher ’95, Karrianne Humen ’95 and

Deirdre Humen ’93

Top: Maeve Elizabeth and Michael Patrick Foley

Bottom: Caitlin Grace Brennan

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LOYOLA ONLINE Class Notes 1997 Tara Quinn Sparks and her husband, Matt, welcomed the birth of their son, Gavin Michael, on October 20, 2009. Faculty Juan Jose Toro and his wife, Jamie, welcomed the birth of their son, Vladimir on December 3, 2009. Vladimir is also the grandson of staff member, Juan Toro. Deaths 1945 J. Richard Edmondson on November 12, 2009. 1966 Jerome Poirier, brother of John Poirier ’67, on December 4, 2009. 2007 Winifred Duane, grandmother of Sean Duane, in November 2009.

Births Continued

We Want Your Notes! If you have any information or photos to

share for our Class Notes section, please mail them to:

Advancement Office

Loyola School 980 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10028

You may also e-mail any information or

digital photos to mminson@loyola-nyc.org

You can also update your information and e-mail your fellow classmates by logging in to

the Online Alumni Directory: http://www.loyola-

nyc.org/alumni/onlineCommunity.html

Friday, February 5th Alumni Dinner

Wednesday,

February 17th Back to School

Night

Saturday, February 20th

Alumni Retreat

Sunday, February 21st

Alumni Basketball

Tournament

Wednesday, March 3rd Alumni

Networking Night

Sunday, April 18th Alumni Service

Project

Friday, May 7th Auction Gala

Friday, June 4th

Graduation

Monday, June 14th Shea-Armstrong

Golf Classic North Hills Country

Club

UPCOMING EVENTS! GET INVOLVED!

Gavin Michael Sparks

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