DePaul Athletic Development Staff

Thad Dohrn tdohrn@depaul.edu Lemone Lampley llampley1@depaul.edu Marge Mazik mmazik@depaul.edu Mario Stula mstula1@depaul.eduMolly Creek mcreek@depaul.edu

NAME: Cory BlenkushSPORT: Men’s GolfYEARS PARTICIPATED: 2005-2009What does being a DePaul Letterwinner mean to you?The fact that I was able to be a Letterwinner in each year I was at DePaul was much more gratifying then having it occur once or twice. It meant I had to have made a difference on the team I played.

Why did you choose DePaul?I chose DePaul for many reasons. The main reasons were I knew I was going to be well educated since I was accepted into the Honors program for accountancy. I was also going to get a chance to compete for the golf team. The city of Chicago and its adventures baited me, and hearing about the family-like atmosphere in the Athletic Department was also a major plus.

What was your favorite memory while at DePaul?Right now, my favorite memory is traveling all around the nation with a great group of guys to play a sport we all loved. Tomorrow, it may be getting to know everyone in the DePaul Athletic community. Not one memory sticks out as a favorite, but instead the whole experience.

What did receiving a scholarship from DePaul mean to you?Receiving a scholarship meant I needed to do more then just a graduate from DePaul. I believe a scholar-ship is not meant to be a gift for a student-athlete based on their talents, but instead a means to which they should prove themselves they are worth it.

What was your funniest memory at DePaul?The golf team was very small but full of character. There was never a dull moment on the course with the things we would talk about or say to each other.

Brief Summary of your life from graduation till now:I decided to take a summer off right after graduation. I ended up playing a lot of amateur golf that summer which led me to prepare to chase the dream of becoming a successful professional golfer. Since then I have been experience the full grind involved with professional golf. It is exciting, joyful, and humbling all at the same time, but I wouldnt change a thing (unless its being more successful).Is there a recent highlight that you would like to share with Alumni and friends of DePaul Athlet-ics?I love being able to follow the team I once played on, especially when I still know a few of the players. I get great pleasure when I see their success be it a recent hole-in-one they made, or their elected role on the captains council board.

What advice would you give to a current or future student-athlete?Being a student-athlete is all about being the best all-around person you can. Don’t put your academic or athlete abilities in front of the other. When you look back on your career at DePaul, you will be most content with how successful you were in every aspect of your DePaul experience.

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DePaul Hall of Fame Class of 2013: Cheryl (O’Dekirk) Katalinic‘She was as good a defensive shortstop as we’ve ever had at DePaul’ - coach Eugene Lenti

Verdun, Mary Connolly, Staci Bonezek and Morgan Maize.“Not only was Cheryl talented in softball, but she was also a very good volleyball and basketball player. She was a really special all-around athlete and one of the consummate student-athletes we’ve ever had at DePaul. She excelled in both facets. Because of her constant work ethic and leadership skills, I always knew she would be successful.”

As a senior at Oak Forest High School, Katalinic led the volley-ball team to third in the state and the basketball team to the Elite Eight. The Bengals lost in the state quarterfinals to a York team that went on to win the state championship. One of the stars on that York team was Kandace Nied Lenti, who wound up being Katalinic’s teammate and roommate at DePaul and was inducted into the DePaul Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006.

“The athletic department was much smaller when I played at DePaul and softball was in its infancy,” Katalinic said. “I was part of the first softball recruiting class. We played for the love of the game. Kandace played softball and basketball for DePaul.

“The sport was beginning to get athletes to be more focused on softball. We weren’t as specialized as the game is today. None of us were slap hitters. We did some traveling, all by bus.

“My freshman year we played our home games at Oz Park. Be-fore games, we would pick up all the glass and rocks on the field. I was able to play on Wish Field my last two years.

“It was exciting times for DePaul as we started to get some of the top local recruits and do well in the North Star Conference, win-ning the league title in 1985 and 1987. We were getting players who really wanted to play softball in the Midwest. Each year, it seemed like our budget got bigger and better.”

Katalinic has remained close and very supportive of her alma mater. She played 100 innings of errorless ball at shortstop in the August, 1986 Blue Demon softball fundraiser. She repeated that feat five years later in the 100-inning game won by the alumnae team 45-28.

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The whole time Cheryl (O’Dekirk) Katalinic played short-stop for DePaul, her coach could relax any time a ball was hit to the left side of the infield.

That’s because in the illustrious history of Blue Demon softball, Katalinic ranks as one of the best fielders ever at that most critical position. She was also at the forefront of a softball class that elevated the program to one of the best in the Midwest.

For all she has done on and off the field to enhance the DePaul softball program, Katalinic is being inducted Sunday into the DePaul Athletic Hall of Fame.

“I was really surprised about the Hall of Fame,” said Katalinic (1985-88) who was an Academic All-American, North Star Confer-ence co-MVP and is second all-time in career assists. “It seems so long ago that I played at DePaul. It’s exciting that everything you did all those years ago still matters.

“Even though my kids are most excited about going to the DePaul men’s and women’s basketball games on Saturday, they are bragging to their friends that mom is going into the Hall of Fame. Kevin, Carly and Brett are doing things you don’t see teenage kids normally do.”

That’s because their mom did things you don’t see college kids normally do. The two-time, All-North Star First Team selection led the 1985 conference tournament in hits while batting .357 in the postseason. The 160 assists she recorded in 1987 is the third-highest season total in DePaul history. Thanks to her gold glove at shortstop, the Blue Demons were fifth in the nation in fielding percentage her sophomore year.

“It was so important having her at shortstop,” said DePaul softball coach Eugene Lenti. “She was as good a defensive shortstop as we’ve ever had at DePaul. I was comfortable anytime the ball was hit to her. Once she finished her career, she became a great re-cruiter for us and helped bring in Barb Fogarty and Laura Griffin. We still get a lot of talented players from the suburbs like Kirsten

DePaul Hall of Fame Class of 2013: Otis DunsonDual record-holder now puts experience at DePaul to use as an education administratorOtis Dunson remem-bers thinking it odd that DePaul University was recruiting him for track and field, especially considering the lack of space for a facility in downtown Chicago.

Then he visited the Lincoln Park campus for the first time as a high school senior.

No on-campus track? No problem.

“I was sold on the atmosphere,” said Dunson. “It was funny, I had always seen DePaul downtown but I had never seen the Lincoln Park campus. When [former head coach Bill Leach] started talk-ing to me about track, it was like `how is there going to be a track in the middle of downtown Chicago?’”

The lack of a home track didn’t deter Dunson from coming to DePaul. And once he arrived, it definitely didn’t stop him from breaking records during four memorable years. For those reasons and more, Dunson will be a part of the 2013 DePaul Athletics Hall of Fame class. The induction will be held Sunday in Lincoln Park.

On the track, Dunson remains the school record holder in two different events. As a senior, he broke the 55m hurdle dash record with a blazing mark of 8.08 in 1996.

Dunson also recalls his junior meet at the Great Midwest Confer-ence Outdoor Championships to be one of the defining moments of his career. At the meet, he placed first overall in the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.39. That time still tops the DePaul record books but, more importantly, solidified his spot as the last 110m champion in the history of the Great Midwest Conference.

“My ultimate goal was to finish as the last hurdle champion in the Great Midwest and then come out in the first Conference-USA meet and be the first champion there,” said Dunson. “You know you have to put your name in the book because they remember the first and they remember the last, but not in between.”

A Chicagoland-native and Farragut High School alum, Dunson competed in many sports in high school but found track to be his passion. He ran in first position in four races as a junior, teaming up with roommate and fellow Hall of Famer Dave Dopek - now the head coach of the Blue Demon track and field program - in several sprint medleys and, “whatever coach Leach put me in.”

An elementary education major, Dunson would go on to a ca-reer in the classroom beginning as a teacher in Chicago Public Schools. After earning a master’s degree in supervision and instruction from Concordia University in 2003, Dunson got out of the blocks quickly and began to rise as an administrator.

Now a principal of George Armstrong International Studies Elementary School in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, it has become his life’s work attempting to get kids to take the same path he did - from Chicago Public Schools to a college atmosphere like DePaul.

“Coming from Farragut, an inner-city school, and going to a major university like DePaul was the greatest thing that ever happened to me at that point in time,” said Dunson. “And then being in the city as a teacher and a principal, I’m constantly pushing kids into those arenas.”

“We have our struggles in the city, but it doesn’t dictate your entire life. It’s your decisions and your work ethic. You have to have a work ethic”

Dunson finds himself still applying many of the principles he learned from his track days at DePaul.

“Being a part of education, where you always hear test scores, test scores, test scores,” said Dunson. “You never want to be the status quo and you want to be competitive to get better, so you’re trying to find an edge and build teams. As a principal, you have to motivate your squad.”

All six starters were home-grown - in fact, no player on the roster was from further away than Mt. Prospect, Ill. - and the lineup featured a pair of six-footers. Despite some height on the court, the Blue Demons were still frequently out-sized in their matchups and relied on athleticism and skill to take down many of their regional foes.

“Certainly height helped, but the smaller players we had were awfully good defensive players and good setters,” said Nakamura. “Most of the team was solid in terms of athletic ability and each of the girls accepted the role they had to play and they were okay with that.”

“Besides their athletic ability, they were just a really good group of girls that worked really, really hard and worked together. There were no petty jealousies. There weren’t any hot dogs on the team.”

Former starter Debbie Strus (formerly Brinkman) agrees, citing the team’s camaraderie for much of its success.

“We all really loved to play volleyball,” said Brinkman. “We loved to go to practice. A lot of us are still very close and keep in contact with each other. That was the benefit of going to a school where the recruiting was done locally at that time.”

“We all really loved to play volleyball,” said Brinkman. “We loved to go to practice. A lot of us are still very close and keep in contact with each other. That was the benefit of going to a school where the recruiting was done locally at that time.”

Full 1978 Volleyball roster: Debbie Brinkman, Kimary Brown, Sonya Fabiankovits, Sue Glab, Evelyn Johnson, Corrine Kordas, Vida Mark, Anna Moraitis, Sally Murphy, Sarah Seavers, Andrea Slowik, Donna Urbanski, head coach Ray Nakamura, student manager Paul Goodman, student trainer Allan Goodman

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The 1978 volley-ball team was the first women’s pro-gram at DePaul to fly in two different respects.

In an airplane, quite literally, the team flew out of state for competition and set an important university precedent during the infancy of Title IX legislation.

But it was on the volleyball court, too, where the Blue Demon program experienced a rapid liftoff. They did it with a rookie head coach and a collection of Chicagoland players, who came togeth-er quickly and turned in two of the most spectacular seasons in school history from 1977-79.

“We just blossomed within a three-year period into a major force at that time,” said former head coach Ray Nakamura, a faculty member in the physical education department who took on the challenge of inheriting an 0-7 team in the middle of its 1976-77 season. “We were underdogs until people started to recognize, `hey, DePaul is pretty good.’”

“Prior to the 1977-78 season none of the other schools even had us on the radar as being a good team. Nobody gave us a second thought. They just thought they’d roll over DePaul and move on, but the girls were terrific and gelled into a really good team.”

Over a two-year period, DePaul’s success was staggering as the team ran up a 69-21-8 record under Nakamura, including a 37-10-2 mark in 1978-79. The Blue Demons also finished as high as second at the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (IAIAW) Tournament and reached the regional quarterfinals of the Midwest Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (MAIAW).

In 1978, the Blue Demons took the Midwest by storm, captur-ing tournament titles at the DePaul Invitational, Chicago Classic Tournament and Michigan State Invitational. At one point dur-ing the season, from September 29 until October 14, the Blue Demons strung together 16 wins in a row.

DePaul Hall of Fame Class of 2013: 1978 DePaul Volleyball TeamThe first women’s team to fly at DePaul put together an unmatched two-year run of success in the late 70’s

one regret---not win-ning the NCAA title in the 1986-87 season.

“Hey, we had four pros on that team---Rod Strickland, Dallas Comegys, Kevin Edwards and Stanley Brundy---and we were a bunch of junkyard dogs on de-fense,” Greene said. “Our defense created our offense and we had great chemistry on that team.

“Coach Joey Meyer always had me guard the opponent’s best offensive player. We stopped Hersey Hawkins with me defending him and Dallas back in the block along with help from the other guards.

“We started off winning our first 16 games and finished 28-3. That’s the most wins by any team in DePaul history. It still both-ers me to this day, that NCAA tournament loss (63-58) to LSU in the Sweet 16.”

Points flowed as freely as the good times in Greene’s era. De-Paul scored 2,568 points in Greene’s senior season, the second-highest mark in program history. A year earlier, the Blue Demons put up the fifth-highest season total (2,366).

Before the advent of cable television, DePaul and legendary star Mark Aguirre had become the darlings of the country in the late 1970s thanks to superstation WGN-TV televising Blue Demon games all over the nation.

Greene made an immediate impact on the program with his 14 assists against Northern Iowa as a freshman. That is the third-highest, single-game mark in school history. The co-captain of the 1988-89 team along with Brundy is second all-time in ap-pearances, fourth in assists and minutes played, seventh in free throw attempts and tied for 11th in three-point percentage.

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One of the most painful memories of Terence Greene’s stellar basketball career at DePaul actually had an inspirational ending.

It was bad enough that Greene and the Blue Demons lost to Georgetown 74-64 in December of 1988 in Washington, D.C. For Greene, the sting of defeat was magnified by the pain from an impacted tooth that had taken him out of the starting lineup.

Georgetown coach John Thompson, who had intensely recruited the high school All-American out of Flint (Mich.) Central, made sure to say a few encouraging words to Greene walking off the court.

That was just a prelude to what Thompson told the assembled postgame media.

“There are some players you recruit that you see years later and don’t feel bad about losing,” Thompson said. “But when I see Terence Greene, it makes me all the more disturbed we didn’t get him. He has more courage in his little finger than 80 percent of the players in the country.”

After helping lead the Blue Demons to four consecutive NCAA tournament appearances---including a pair of Sweet 16 berths---Greene is being inducted as part of the Class of 2013 into the DePaul Athletic Hall of Fame.

Greene and teammates such as fellow 2013 Hall of Fame in-ductee Stanley Brundy and past inductees Rod Strickland, Dallas Comegys, Kevin Edwards, Stephen Howard and David Booth took DePaul on an exhilarating four-year ride.

And despite some of the best times of his life, Greene does have

DePaul Hall of Fame Class of 2013: Terence GreeneGreene was a catalyst for Blue Demons’ four trips to the NCAA tournament

Once she arrived in Lincoln Park, the Blue Demon women’s basketball program immediately began to soar to new heights.

From 1990 until her senior year in 1993, Hale and the Blue Demons never failed to appear in the NCAA tournament - one of just 18 programs in the nation to reach the tourney during that four-year stretch. She was also a back-to-back All-Great Midwest selection during the 1991-92 and 1992-93 seasons, leading DePaul in scoring and rebounding during both campaigns.

Hale finished her storied career with 1,217 points, a number which stands 17th all-time at DePaul. In addition to the postsea-son success the Blue Demons achieved during her four years, Hale also helped DePaul to an 82-41 regular season record - including a 37-9 conference mark - over the course of her time with the program.

“During my years at DePaul, I played with players and coaches that did not like losing,” said Hale. “Every night we came out to play and always gave 100 percent.”

“My favorite memories of playing at DePaul were my family and friends being there to cheer us on and all the little kids in the Blue Demon Room afterwards wanting to take pictures with us and getting autographs.”

After wrapping up her basketball career at DePaul and a degree in education, Hale began a teaching stint at Charles Evans El-ementary School until leaving to join the Chicago Police Depart-ment, where she currently works in the 14th District as District Secretary.

Much like the night she helped take down Leslie and the Trojans, her induction is sure to be a source of pride and a night she won’t ever forget.

“My family and I are very excited; I never imagined that this would happen,” said Hale. “My family is coming in from Arkansas and Texas to witness the day.”

“Get her lil’ bit!”

Her Marshall High School coach, Dorothy Gaters, yelling her nickname from the stands is what Rita Hale remembers most viv-idly about the game in which she guarded Lisa Leslie.

She remembers winning, of course, but doesn’t recall kick-starting the late 12-0 run - with four of her team-high 17 points - as the Blue Demons roared back to win 62-54 over the country’s ninth-ranked team in the game’s closing minutes.

“I never even knew who Lisa Leslie was until tip-off and the videos we used to watch before the game,” said Hale, who received the unenviable task of trying to slow down a future three-time WNBA Most Valuable Player and possibly the most dominant post to ever play women’s basketball. “I can’t remember if I shut her down, but I do remember us winning and beating a top-10 ranked team and me sticking with a girl I thought was about 6-foot-9.”

Leslie was actually listed at 6-5 and scored a game-high 21 points, but it was Hale who led the Blue Demons to the champion-ship of the Coopers and Lybrand Invitational on that December day in 1992. It was just one feat on a laundry list of career high-lights for Hale, who spent her time at DePaul leading the Blue Demons to many noteworthy accomplishments.

A 5-9 forward from Marshall, a West Side Chicago high school featured in the 1994 basketball documentary, Hoop Dreams, Hale came from a storied high school program and helped lay the groundwork for DePaul’s remarkable NCAA Tournament success of the past 20-plus years. And although she had chances to play elsewhere, Hale never seriously considered leaving Chicagoland to play college ball.

“[Coming to DePaul was] one of the best decisions I have made in my life,” said Hale. “During the recruiting period, I was always telling Doug that I wasn’t for sure where I was going, but I only knew that I wanted to stay close to home. All the time I knew it was DePaul.”

DePaul Hall of Fame Class of 2013: Rita HaleWomen’s basketball standout led DePaul to its first NCAA Tournament Appearance in 1990

DePaul Hall of Fame Class of 2013: Stanley BrundyBrundy helped take the Blue Demons to four consecutive NCAA Tournaments in the mid-to-late eighties.

“Brundy pounds the boards. He gets open for layups that appear routine.” The words of the late Chicago Tribune sportswriter, Bill Jauss, might describe Stanley Brundy, the player, in the best possible way.

“Fans don’t seem to see him cruising down court on a fast break,” Jauss scribed in a 1989 Tribune feature story. “Yet somehow he man-ages to get to the

business end in time. Even his dunks are more functional than thundering.”

An all-business, blue-collar power forward known for his tip-ins, tireless work on the glass and a couple epic matchups with Loyola Marymount, Brundy helped take the Blue Demons to four consecutive NCAA Tournaments in the mid-to-late eighties.He ranks 16th all-time in scoring (1,375) and ninth in rebounding (835) and is one of just six players in DePaul history to rank in the top-20 in both categories along with program legends Dave Corzine, Stephen Howard, Tyrone Corbin, Terry Cummings and Curtis Watkins.

For all his career highlights, however, Brundy’s two meetings with Hank Gathers – the nation’s leader in scoring and rebound-ing at Loyola Marymount – stand out above the rest.

Brundy was at his best in the first meeting when he poured in 47 points on December 23, 1988 to lift the Blue Demons to a 115-111 win in the Old Style Classic title game at the Rosemont Horizon – a DePaul home court scoring record that still stands. Three weeks later, the two squads met again in a nationally-televised game. This time Brundy torched the Lions for 41 points and 23 rebounds in a 122-108 victory.

After the game he sighed and told the Tribune: ``I wish I could play ‘em every day.``

``I have a nose for the ball and they didn’t box out very well, so I got re-bounds. I’m quicker than their big men, so I was always open.``

Brundy was available to score a lot in his senior year when he became one of just four players in DePaul history to rack up 600-plus points in a season (642). The other names on that dis-tinguished list include Blue Demon legends Corzine, Cummings and Mark Aguirre.

It wasn’t all individual accolades that led Brundy down the path to the DePaul Athletics Hall of Fame, which will be held on Sunday in Lincoln Park, as the New Orleans-native played on some special teams in the mid-to-late eighties. Coached by Joey Meyer, Brundy’s squads reached the NCAA Tournament in all four of his years in Lincoln Park – including two trips to the “Sweet 16.”

His class was among the most productive in school history, run-ning up a 51-11 record at Allstate Arena. The Blue Demons won a school record 28 games in 1986-87.

Brundy’s finest season came as a senior co-captain (a role he shared with fellow 2013 Hall of Fame Inductee Terence Greene) in 1989-90 when he averaged 19.5 points per game and 10.2 rebounds in 33 contests. Those numbers secured him a spot in the ensuing NBA Draft’s Second Round when he was picked 32nd overall by the New Jersey Nets.

After sticking with the Nets for a season, Brundy continued his professional career in the CBA and various leagues overseas. He won the 1990 CBA Rookie of the Year title and became well-traveled, spending time with teams in Venezuela, Colombia, Turkey, the Phillipines, France and Israel.

DePaul Hall of Fame Class of 2013: Vic CacciatoreBenevolent alumnus and former DePaul trustee will receive Special Service Award

When it comes to innovative thinking and foresight, Vic Caccia-tore is a veritable visionary.

And after a lifetime of success and good fortune while building a business empire, this proud DePaul alumnus has done all he can to share his energy, vision and prosperity with his alma mater.

He joined the DePaul University Board of Trustees in 1973, and as chairman of the Physical Plant and Property Committee helped DePaul acquire the Goldblatt’s building. He headed the drive to acquire the Blackstone Theatre, now the Merle Reskin Theatre. Cacciatore also played a leading role in bringing the Goodman School of Drama into the DePaul community.

His generosity resulted in the construction of Cacciatore Stadium where the Blue Demon softball and soccer teams compete. The stadium features permanent seating for 1,200, complete concessions and restroom facilities and a state-of-the art press box.

Along with the stadium, his endowments include the Victor J. Cacciatore Annual Scholarship Award and the Joseph Caccia-tore Classroom---both for the DePaul College of Law.

For all he has accomplished in enhancing the university’s aca-demics, facilities and athletics department, Cacciatore is being inducted Sunday into the DePaul Athletic Hall of Fame and will receive the Dr. Robert Hamilton Special Service Award.

“I was absolutely thrilled to find out about the Hall of Fame,” Cacciatore said. “I never thought this could happen to anyone but an athlete at DePaul. I was an undergraduate student who

got my degree in 1952 and graduated DePaul Law School in 1955. DePaul has always been a place that makes me feel right at home.

“It was the only school I could afford. Students back then were pretty much the same as now. Everybody was friendly and we had a similar profile. A good 90 percent of us had parents who did not attend college. DePaul made an education very pos-sible for kids who didn’t come from affluent families and couldn’t afford college.

“I love DePaul. Father (John T.) Richardson baptized all of my 10 children and married most of them. I’ve been blessed with 21 grandchildren. DePaul has a rich heritage and tradition because of people like Father Richardson and our president, Father Den-nis Holtschneider.”

Vic’s father, Joseph Cacciatore, started a real estate company in 1906 while working as a milkman and delivering from a horse-drawn wagon. He was living by himself at the age of 15 with no parents or relatives to take care of him. He worked for a family as a handyman and they taught him English.

Upon his father’s death in 1975, Vic Cacciatore was elected as Chairman and CEO of the Joseph

Cacciatore & Co. real estate firm. He now runs seven compa-nies including Lakeside Bank and Elgin Sweeping that cleans the Chicago-area expressways.

“I started that company in 1970 and remember people question-ing that move,” Cacciatore said. “What does he know about sweeping? Well, that company has expanded to four states.

“I’m still working at the age of 82 and have been blessed with good health. I’ve been able to build Lakeside into a billion-dollar community bank and one of the top-rated banks in the Chicago area with five branch facilities.”

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DePaul University has selected Saturday, Feb. 2 as the inaugural Blue Demon Day that will be become an annual gath-ering of members of the University community to get together throughout the nation and world and show DePaul pride.

JANUARY 18, 2013Today In Blue Demon History:On January 18th 2002, Entering the game undefeated in Conference USA play, the DePaul women’s basketball team didn’t change a thing as they knocked off Memphis, 80-59. Lenae Williams led DePaul (11-6, 4-0 C-USA) with 16 points while Yolanda Lewis added 13 and Jamie Smith chipped in 12 points. The Blue Demons were off to their best conference start in the 2001-2002 season since going 6-0 at the beginning of the 1995-96 C-USA season. Click Here for the full story. Click Here for the full story.

Sports Updates: Softball:When it comes to innovative thinking and foresight, Vic Cacciatore is a veritable visionary.And after a lifetime of success and good fortune while building a business empire, this proud DePaul alumnus has done all he can to share his energy, vision and prosperity with his alma mater.

He joined the DePaul University Board of Trustees in 1973, and as chairman of the Physical Plant and Property Committee helped DePaul acquire the Gold-blatt’s building. He headed the drive to acquire the Blackstone Theatre, now the Merle Reskin Theatre. Cacciatore also played a leading role in bringing the Goodman School of Drama into the DePaul community Click Here for the full story.

Mark Your Calendars:D-Club Day: All D-Club members are entitled to a pair of complimentary tickets for the the men’s and women’s basketball games on January 19. On that day, as part of the Hall of Fame festivities the Blue Demon men play St. John’s in a 11 a.m. tilt at Allstate Arena while the women play Providence at 7 p.m. in McGrath-Phillips Arena. Click Here to reserve your tickets, or call Marge Mazik at 773 325 7240

MANY DREAMS. ONE MISSION. - THE CAMPAIGN FOR DEPAUL UNIVERSITYThe Many Dreams, One Mission Campaign for DePaul University is an historic initiative undertaken in support of one of America’s great universities. It will ensure that DePaul continues to deliver on our founding promise: an excellent education for any talented student who seeks it.

The Campaign supports dreams. Students come to DePaul from across the country and around the world. Their dreams are many and varied, individual to each, as our students come from all stations in life. Many are the first in their family to attend college.

The realization of their dreams gives rise to new dreams and strong communities.The Campaign sup-ports DePaul’s mission, a mission which blends opportunity and excellence, inquiry and discovery, ser-vice to the individual and benefit to the larger community. It is manifested in the work that goes on here every day, in libraries, classrooms, laboratories, practice rooms and on the stage in hours of solitude and moments of connection

ATHLETICS CAPITAL CAMPAIGN NEARS $10 MILLION MARKAthletics provides an avenue of opportunity for students at DePaul. Athletics also helps build community and enhance DePaul’s reputation locally and nationally. As part of DePaul’s Many Dreams. One Mission. Campaign, Athletics is charged with raising $14 million. Strategically, goals have been set to raise the gifts to support scholarship endowment, facility improvements and programmatic sup-port. As of January 1, DePaul Athletics had raised almost $9.8 million dollars.

INSURE OPPORTUNITY FOR TOMORROW, TODAY THROUGH SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENTSDePaul Athletics fundraising efforts have focused on endowing scholarship and programming needs. Annually athletics spends nearly $5 million on scholarship expenses for its more than 200 student-athletes. By endowing scholarships, DePaul Athletics has the opportunity to enhance scholarships in some sports and redistribute available funding to maximize the department’s resources.A named scholarship requires a gift of $50,000. All gifts can be made in pledges over five years. Planned giving opportunities are also available. For more information, call Thad Dohrn at 773-325-7240.

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ADDITIONAL WAYS TO GIVEDePaul University offers other ways to give, includ-ing: electronic funds transfers, recurringcredit card charges and stock transfers. For more information, call Mark Burns, 312-362-5651.

Upcoming EventsJanuary 20Brunch with President Holtschneider in Naples, FlaTime 11:30 a.m.Link: http://alumni.depaul.edu/events/EventDetail.aspx?event_id=1639

January 21The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer BreakfastTime 8:30 a.m.Link:http://alumni/events/EventDetail.aspx?event_id=1596

January 23Alumni & Friends Reception in New York CityTime 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.Link: http://alumni.depaul.edu/events/EventDetail.aspx?event_id=1611

January 24Reception with President Holtschneider in Boca Raton, Fla.Time 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.Link: http://alumni.depaul.edu/events/EventDetail.aspx?event_id=1638

January 26Black Alumni Chapter Receptiont Time 6:30 p.m.Link http://alumni/events/EventDetail.aspx?event_id=1655

January 30Alumni & Friends Reception with the PresidentTime 6 p.m.Link http://alumni.depaul.edu/events/EventDetail.aspx?event_id=1631

Alumni Center Hours:

Monday through Friday9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Address & Phone Number:2400 N. Sheffield Ave., Ste. 150Chicago, IL 60614Ph: (773) 325-8390Toll-free: (800) 437-1898

CHAMPIONS CLUB ROOM SCHEDULEWOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Date Opponent Jan. 19 vs. Providence * Student Center - 2nd Floor Jan. 29 vs. Pittsburgh * Student Center - 2nd FloorFeb. 6 vs. Seton Hall Student Center - 2nd FloorFeb. 12 vs. Rutgers Student Center - 2nd FloorFeb. 24 vs. Notre Dame Student Center - 2nd FloorFeb. 26 vs. Georgetown Student Center - 2nd Floor

Champions Club Room DetailsDoors Open: Doors opens 60 minutes before tip-off

Eligibility: Must be current Champions Club member or D-Club member. Alumni may attend special Alumni Association Dates

Reservations: All reservations need to be made at least 48 hours in advance by calling 773-325-7240.

CHAMPIONS CLUB ROOM MENUMEN’S BASKETBALL

Date Opponent MenuJan. 19 St. John’s * brunchFeb. 2 Notre Dame* build your own burgerFeb. 5 Villanova* pizza, BLT saladFeb. 16 Rutgers vegeterian penne pasta Feb. 23 Connecticut* build your own hot dogFeb. 27 Loiusville* chiicken fajitasMarch 9 Pittsburgh* build your own chicken sandwich

Champions Club Room DetailsDoors Open: Doors opens 75 minutes before tip-off

Eligibility: Must be current Champions Club member or D-Club member. Alumni may attend special Alumni Association Dates

All Meals: $10 for adults - $5 for Children 14 and under.Cash bar is available. Complimentary snacks will be provided.

Reservations: All reservations need to be made at least 48 hours in advance by registering on-line, or by calling Marge Mazik at 773-325-7240.

Directions: Champions Club Room is in Skyline Room North of Allstate Arena. Entrance is adjacent to ticket office on Lunt Ave.

PRESIDENT’S CLUB ROOM SCHEDULEMEN’S BASKETBALL

Date OpponentJan. 19 St. John’sFeb. 2 Notre Dame Feb. 5 Villanova Feb. 16 Rutgers Feb. 23 ConnecticutFeb.27 LouisvilleMarch 9 Pittsburgh

President’s Club Room DetailsDoors Open: Doors opens 60 minutes before tip-off when doors open.

Eligibility: Must be current President’s Club member.

All Meals: Complimentary snacks and beverages will be available to President’s Club member and their significant other. Additional guests are available for $20.

Reservations: All reservations are suggested at least 48 hours in advance by calling 312-362-8573.

Directions: President’s Club Room is in the Southeast Party Room on South Concourse of Allstate Arena.

Reconnect in the Legends Lounge! Each DePaul team will have a designated day to meet teammates and their alumni for a day of fun at a men’s basketball game. Tickets will be provided for an alum and guest to see friends, to meet other alumni and to say hello to our current coaches. Snacks and Beverages will be provided.The Legend’s Lounge is located in the Southwest corner of Allstate Arena and is available for all games for D-Club members who have made a gift to DePaul Athletics. All eligible attendees can enjoy complimentary snacks and refreshments.

February 2- Softball, Click Here to RegisterFebruary 5- Volleyball, Click Here to RegisterFebruary 16- Tennis, Click Here to RegisterFebruary 23- Men’s Basketball Alumni DayFebruary 27-Track & Golf, Click Here to RegisterMarch 9- Men’s & Women Soccer, Click Here to Register

Watch the men’s basketball team take on Notre Dame at 1 p.m. CST. Bring the blue by sporting your DePaul gear and help cheer the team to victory from Allstate Arena or on ESPN2 at one of our game-watches across the nation. Celebrate together on Blue Demon Day by participating in game-watches in the following cities:Ahwatukee, AZ Atlanta Boston Dana Point, Calif. Denver Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Manhattan Beach, Calif.

Minneapolis Schererville, Ind. New York City St. Louis Washington, D.C.