Friday 25 May 2001
Dear Jaspers,
The jasperjottings email list has 1,051 subscribers.
Don't forget:
Sunday May
Weekend Reunion Friday - Sunday 6/1-3 @ the College
Classes of
36,41,46,51,56,61,66,71,76,81,86,91,96
(contact Grace Feeney at gfeeney@manhattan.edu)
Thursday 6/7 Environmental Engineering Plumbers Club?
Monday 6/11 Capitol District Golf?
Wednesday 6/13 Hall of Fame nominations?
Thursday 6/14 Alumni Careers Meeting?
Saturday 6/16 General Meeting Alumni Society?
Monday 6/18
33rd Mid-Atlantic Industrial & Hazardous Waste Conference
(Dr. Nada Assaf-Anid
nassafan@manhattan.edu)
Saturday 7/21 (thru 7/30) Alumni Safari to Kenya
(Maria Khury-Anton '77, 718-543-500
vacations@khury.com)
Monday 7/30 (thru 8/3) 19th Annual AP Workshops
TEACHING OF ADVANCED PLACEMENT
(Dr. Pamela Kerrigan 718-862-7209 pkerriga@manhattan.edu
ALL BOILER PLATE is at the end.
Signing off for this week.
Things to ponder this upcoming Memorial Day, May 28th
THE THINGS THEY CARRIED:
They carried P-38 can openers and heat tabs, watches and dog tags, insect
repellent, gum, cigarettes, Zippo lighters, salt tablets, compress bandages, ponchos, Kool-Aid, two or three
canteens of water, iodine tablets, sterno, LRRP- rations, and C-rations stuffed
in socks. The carried standard fatigues, jungle boots, bush hats, flak jackets,
and steel pots.
They carried the M-16 assault rifle. They carried trip flares and Claymore
mines, M-60 machine guns, the M-70 grenade launcher, M-14's, CAR-15's, Stoners,
Swedish K's, 66mm Laws, shotguns, .45 caliber pistols, silencers, the sound of
bullets, rockets, and choppers, and sometimes the sound of silence. They
carried C-4 plastic explosives, an assortment of hand grenades, PRC-25 radios,
knives and machetes.
Some carried napalm, CBU's, and large bombs; some risked their lives to rescue
others. Some escaped the fear, but dealt with the death and damage.
Some made very hard decisions, and some just tried to survive.
They carried malaria, dysentery, ringworms, and leaches. They carried the land
itself as it hardened on their boots. They carried stationery, pencils, and
pictures of their loved ones - real and imagined. They carried love for people
in the real world, and love for one another. And sometimes they disguised that
love: "Don't mean nothin'!"
They carried memories!
For the most part, they carried themselves with poise and a kind of dignity.
Now and then, there were times when panic set in, and people squealed, or wanted to, but couldn't; when
they twitched and made moaning sounds and covered their heads and said
"Dear God", and hugged the earth and fired their weapons blindly, and
cringed and begged for the noise to stop, and went wild and made stupid
promises to themselves and God and their parents, hoping not to die. They
carried the traditions of the United States military, and memories and images
of those who served before them.
They carried grief, terror, longing, and their reputations.
They carried the soldier's greatest fear: the embarrassment of dishonor.
They crawled into tunnels, walked point, and advanced under fire, so as not to
die of embarrassment. They were afraid of dying, but too afraid to show it.
They carried the emotional baggage of men and women who might die at any
moment. They carried the weight of the world, and the weight of every free
citizen of America.
THEY CARRIED EACH OTHER
Author Unknown
Remember them this Memorial Day May 28th
Reflect well on our alma mater, this week, every week, in any and every way possible, large or small. God bless.
"Collector-in-chief" John
ICQ#72967466
reinkefj@alum.manhattan.edu
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CONTENTS
0 Removals
0 Formal announcements
1 Jaspers publishing web pages
0 Jaspers found web-wise
0 Honors
0 Weddings
1 Births
0 Engagements
0 Graduations
1 Obits
3 "Manhattan in
the news" stories
0 Resumes
0 Sports
10 Jasper emails
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1951 BA |
Helm, Robert A. |
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1951 BA |
Helm, Robert A. |
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1953 BBA |
McEneney, Michael F. |
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1959 S |
Cabranes, Manny |
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1966 BS |
Clickner, Robert |
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1967 BS |
Jones, Clarence J. |
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1968 B |
Young, Ralph |
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1971 BA |
Arella, Stephen Y. |
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1971 MA |
Romond, Br. James L. FSC |
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1972 BEE |
Toner, Mike |
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1975 BS |
Delaney, Gerard |
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1977? |
Kruegler, Joseph F. |
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1980 B |
McEneney, Michael F, |
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1980 EE |
Johnson, Charles A. |
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1981 B |
Johnson, Theresa A. McEneney |
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1981 B |
McEneney-Johnson, Theresa A. |
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McEneney, Alexandra Victoria |
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Gagliano, Frank |
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1966 BS |
Clickner, Robert |
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Delaney, Gerard |
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1951 BA |
Helm, Robert A. |
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1951 BA |
Helm, Robert A. |
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1980 EE |
Johnson, Charles A. |
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1981 B |
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Jones, Clarence J. |
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McEneney, Alexandra Victoria |
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McEneney, Michael F, |
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Romond, Br. James L. FSC |
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Young, Ralph |
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AND on the Postcard front:
[JR: Keep you're eye on your email and your mail for my postcards. These ISPs are not all that good at SP-ing it.]
[FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT JASPERS]
FILLER
"Our present addiction to pollsters and forecasters is a symptom of our chronic uncertainty about the future.... We watch our experts read the entrails of statistical tables and graphs the way the ancients watched their soothsayers read the entrails of a chicken." - Eric Hoffer, American philosopher (1902-1983).
[JASPERS PUBLISHING WEB PAGES]
http://hometown.aol.com/sjak79/obituary.html
Romond, Brother James L. FSC TROY --
Brother James L. Romond FSC, 56, LaSalle Institute Principal since 1982, peacefully entered into eternal life on Monday, October 9, 2000 at Samaritan Hospital.
Born on September 9, 1944 in Queens, NY, he was the son of the late James F. and Elaine C. Lawrence Romond, Jr. Brother James was a graduate of the class of 1962 at St. Joseph's Juniorate High School in Barrytown, NY and class of 1967 graduate of Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, where he received his bachelors degree in education. He was a graduate of the class of 1971 at Manhattan College in Riverdale, NY where he received his masters degree and 1973 graduate of Fordham University where Brother received his Certification in School Administration and Supervision. He entered the Brothers of the Christian Schools in 1963.
Brother James was currently the principal of grades 6 through 12 at LaSalle Institute in Troy, NY. During this period, LaSalle had been selected as a National School of Excellence by the US Department of Education in 1987 and 1991. Brother had previously served in several capacities at the Good Shepherd School in New York City. From 1967 to 1971, he had been a teacher of grades 6, 7 and 8, from 1971 to 1975 served as assistant principal and from 1975 to 1982 as principal of grades 5 through 8.
Brother James was a member of NASSP (National Association of Secondary School of Principals), CSAANYS (Catholic School Administrators of New York State), Christian Brothers District Council where he served as advisory council to several Provincials and had written for the Evangelist.
Survivors include his brother and sister-in-law, William F. and Nancy Romond of Colchester, VT; one niece, Laena Romond; one nephew, Joshua Romond; and a cousin, Joan Sinnacker.
A Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday morning, October 12, 2000 at 11:00 a.m. at The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (corner of Eagle Street and Madison Avenue), Albany where the Most Reverend Howard J. Hubbard, DD, Bishop, Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, will preside. Reception of Brother James will be held on Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. at McCormick Hall Gymnasium, LaSalle Institute, 174 Williams Road, Troy where he will then lie in state from 4-9 p.m. for those wishing to attend. Following the visitation period, Brother will continue to lie in state in McCormick Hall where a vigil will be held until departing to the Cathedral the following morning. Interment will be held in the Christian Brothers lot in St. Agnes Cemetery in Menands.
Those desiring may make memorial contributions to the Romond Family Scholarship Fund, c/o LaSalle Institute, 174 Williams Road, Troy NY 12180.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the John J. Sanvidge Funeral Home, Inc., (corner of 115th Street and Fourth Avenue) Troy, NY.
[JR: A tombstone site?]
[JASPERS FOUND ON & OFF THE WEB BY USING THE WEB]
From: Michael F. McEneney
Date: Sunday, May 13, 2001 11:52 PM
Subject: Some Good News
Dear John,
I am pleased to report that our 11th Grand Child was born on Thursday, May 10th to our son Michael F, ('80 Bus) and his wife Victoria. Alexandra Victoria joins her brother Michael F, IV in their Alexandra, Virginia home. I should also report that our Oldest Grand Child, Lauren Johnson, daughter of our daughter Theresa A. ('81 Bus) and her husband Charles A. Johnson ('80 EE) will start her college career at Manhattan this Fall.
Keeping the tradition alive!
Keep up the good work.
Best,
Mike McEneney, Esq. '53 BBA
[JR: I guess that would make AV Class of 2023? And LJJ Class of 2006? We look forward to you giving us progress reports on both!! No excuses. ;-) Bon chance to them and all of us.]
[No Jasper Engagements reported]
[No Jasper Graduations reported]
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"One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea." - Walter Bagehot, English editor and economist (1826-1877).
[Collector's prayer: And, may perpetual light shine on our fellow departed Jaspers, and all the souls of the faithful departed.]
Copyright 2001 The Hearst Corporation
The Times Union (Albany, NY)
May 19, 2001, Saturday, THREE STAR EDITION
SECTION: CAPITAL REGION, Pg. B8
HEADLINE: Kruegler, Joseph F.
WATERFORD -- Joseph F. Kruegler, 45, of Mallards Landing South, Waterford, died at St. Mary's Hospital, Troy, May 18, 2001 after a long illness. He was born in Schenectady and was educated in St. Agnes School, Cohoes and Cohoes High School. He attended Manhattan College, Hudson Valley Community College and Northern Virginia Community College. He is the son of John Kruegler of Waterford and the late Doris M. LaMora Kruegler. He was an electronic technician for Penn Central Computer in Harrisburgh, PA. He was also doing computer programming, assembly and sales. He managed a restaurant in Annandale, VA. Survivors in addition to his father include his former wife, Mary Mosher Kruegler of Ashland, PA; one daughter, Catherine Kruegler of Ashland, PA; a son, John Kruegler of Ashland, PA; a sister, Barbara J. Klemz of Albany; three brothers, John A. Kruegler and William T. Kruegler, both of Troy and Richard P. Kruegler of Richmond, VA; nephew of Evelyn and James VanBuskirk of Waterford. Also survived by several nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles. Funeral Monday 8:30 a.m. from the Dufresne Funeral Home, Inc., 216 Columbia St., Cohoes and 9:00 a.m. at St. Mary the Assumption Church, Waterford where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated. Interment in St. Mary's Cemetery, Waterford. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. For directions and guest registry www.dufresne. Arrangements by LOOBY FUNERAL HOME 203 Remsen St., Cohoes, NY 12047 (518) 237-6310
LOAD-DATE: May 22, 2001
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Subject: TED's Bits and Pieces 05/17
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Date: 2001-05-17 06:03:51 PST
E! ONLINE...TED CASABLANCA....
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Russell Crowe, crusading through yet another university campus. This time, Manhattan College. Riverdale. New Yawk. Still filming A Beautiful Mind, Russ and a police officer strolled the grounds toward a cheery coed. The gal was gabbing on her cell but managed a quick "hello" to the Thighmaster. Suddenly, R.C. was yakking away to the chick's sister on the other end of the cellular waves and winning a heap of undergrad admirers.
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Daily News (New York)
May 21, 2001, Monday SPORTS FINAL EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 64 DAILY NEWS SPECIAL REPORT
HEADLINE: THE CITY'S GAME Golf tees
off in New York
BYLINE: BY JULIAN GARCIA DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
On a breezy afternoon last week at Brooklyn's Dyker Beach Golf Club, Damion McAlpin, a senior at Erasmus High, stood over his ball on the first tee imagining a long, straight drive. Taking a mighty rip, he weakly sliced his tee shot onto an adjacent fairway, where a startled foursome was preparing to play. McAlpin hurried to a ball, wound up for another whack and was gently reminded by a member of the group to play his own ball, which was sitting several yards away.
Not exactly a chapter from the "Rules of Golf" but McAlpin was doing his best: He needed six more strokes before finally bouncing in a three-foot putt to make quadruple-bogey. As he waited out a BQE-caliber traffic jam on the second tee, Erasmus' No. 1 golfer looked back at a few of his teammates as they, too, struggled to stay in play.
If the action on the course didn't make it clear that this was no afternoon at Winged Foot, McAlpin's baggy, hip-hop style cuffed jeans proved the point. His teammate, Rodney Majuste, made his own fashion statement by wearing an authentic Atlanta Falcons jersey, not your average country club-style golf attire.
It was just another day at Dyker, one of the busiest courses in the country and one of eight public courses in the five boroughs where inner-city kids like McAlpin and Majuste are getting the same chance to make par as any other afternoon hacker.
Quality of play notwithstanding, the sport is thriving on the high school level in New York City - on public courses, where public school players carry ragtag bags of scattered clubs and at country clubs where Catholic and private school kids swing titanium woods and wear Ashworth golf shirts.
The Public Schools Athletic League has 37 golf programs (many of them coed) and plans are underway to begin a girls league in the fall. In the Catholic High Schools Athletic Association, golf is the second biggest sport behind hockey, with 18 teams. Six of those teams have been started in the last seven years and more are on the way, according to commissioner Bill Niklaus.
For the first time, the PSAL will join the CHSAA and other private and public schools for a New York state championship beginning June 10 at Carvel Country Club in Pine Plains.
Although his team didn't qualify for the PSAL playoffs, which begin tomorrow at several of the eight public courses, including Dyker, McAlpin says he loves the personal challenge of the game and plans to keep at it, even if it's only at driving ranges or on an occasional trip to a public course.
When McAlpin was 3, he and his father moved to Brooklyn from the island of Jamaica, and he now lives in Canarsie with his grandmother. Like many of the Erasmus players, he developed an interest in golf by playing video games and by catching glimpses of Tiger Woods on TV. He takes the subway or rides the bus to his matches, or he catches a ride with his coach, Ray Adamkiewicz.
He says basketball is his first love but that he had an urge to spend some of his free time doing "something different."
"I said I might as well try it if we have a team," McAlpin says.
The first time he picked up a club was during his tryout for the Erasmus team three months ago. His swing, aggressive if not smooth, impressed Adamkiewicz.
"Coach gave me a club and said hit the ball," says McAlpin. "I hit it, and it went far. He said I am a natural."
McAlpin arrived at Dyker last week in the passenger seat of Adamkiewicz's car just minutes before the team's scheduled tee time. He grabbed a wrinkled Erasmus golf shirt from the trunk and pulled it over the T-shirt he had worn to school that day.
After joining his teammates for a match against Brooklyn Tech, McAlpin talked about getting away from the tough area around his school and spending a beautiful afternoon on perhaps the greenest patch of Brooklyn.
"It's calm, but my sinuses are killing me," he says, referring to his allergies. "But I like being outside."
McAlpin and his five teammates are from the Caribbean, a great place for tourists to play golf but not necessarily a place where people grow up dreaming about the Masters.
But McAlpin says kids are now more willing than ever to take a chance on a sport like golf. "People are open to all sports now," he says. "Golf, they don't make fun of it."
Unlike many of the other players on the course, McAlpin doesn't let his struggles get to him, even when he advances his ball only a few inches as he tries to chip out of some deep rough. "Sometimes I get frustrated," he says. "But if I don't have a clear head, I won't play good."
Unfortunately, McAlpin has little opportunity to improve. Like many other PSAL schools, Erasmus supplies its players with clubs and a small bag to carry them in. But after each match, Adamkiewicz collects the equipment and takes it back to the school to be locked up.
If a player wants to practice on his free time, he can rent a club at the driving range, or sometimes get one for free by showing a student ID, as McAlpin often does at a range in Marine Park.
On the course, getting into form is difficult, especially at Dyker, where 400 to 500 rounds are played daily, according to head pro Jeff Contrady.
Contrady works for a company called American Golf, which manages over 300 courses throughout the U.S. and overseas. Between 2:30 and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, American reserves tee times on eight of the city's public courses for public and Catholic school teams, which play for free.
One of the program's purposes is to help make the game an option for inner-city kids. At Dyker, high school players of all skill levels are always welcome.
"Is it tough for these kids to get out?" Contrady asks. "No, if they get down here."
Though the area's Catholic schools are given the same opportunity to play on public courses, many avoid the cluttered fairways by taking advantage of valuable connections, allowing them to worry more about missed birdie putts than poor playing conditions.
One of the perks of playing for Iona Prep - a New Rochelle school that competes against city teams in the CHSAA - is course time on some of the most well-manicured links in Westchester County -Wykagyl Country Club, Quaker Ridge, Westchester Country Club, Westchester Hills or Winged Foot.
Iona Prep senior Brian Fitzpatrick has been playing since he was 4, mostly at Westchester, where his parents are members. He says such a privilege is the key to his earning a scholarship to Penn State.
"I definitely think it's a big advantage," says Fitzpatrick. "On the college level, the courses are tough. On courses like this, you get a better idea of what you will face."
Players like Fitzpatrick and Tim Connors, who earned a scholarship to Boston College, have helped turn the Gaels into one of the area's golf powers. The team has won three of the last six CHSAA titles and is one of four teams remaining with a chance to play in the championship match on June 6.
At a regular season match at Westchester Hills two weeks ago, the Gaels and host Stepinac seemed to have the entire course to themselves. A twosome teed off about 20 minutes before the match began and the only reason any of the high school players had to look back was to check for a yardage marker. Nobody played the wrong ball.
As he walked down the second fairway, which sloped down to a small green surrounded by large bunkers, Stepinac senior Tim Hand talked about the advantages of playing on courses like this, and Winged Foot, site of several U.S. Opens. Hand, who lives in Yonkers, was one of the only players on the course that afternoon with no personal connection to a country club.
"If I can play well here I can play well anywhere," says Hand, who will try out for the Manhattan College golf team in the fall. "I wish I had the same facility to practice on. They can hit balls all day at a country club."
Each of the players had a full set of clubs tucked neatly into a full-size bag. Of Iona Prep's five, three have relatives who are members at a local country club.
"Generally," says Gaels coach Kevin O'Meara, "your best golfers come from homes that are conducive to playing golf. That's the best way to put it."
Damion McAlpin won't play in the state championship but there are plenty of other city kids like him who will. Graduation day is soon, meaning McAlpin's days of never having to worry about getting a tee time will end. But he says he will continue his development in the game, even if it takes away from his time on the basketball court, where he feels a lot more comfortable and where no one counts his shots.
"I play basketball better," McAlpin says. "But the more I play golf, the better I'll get."
GRAPHIC: KEITH TORRIE DAILY NEWS The Erasmus golf team, (from l.) Damion McAlpin, Estivenson Guevara, Rodney Majuste and Ernest Bien-aime, gets set to play at Dyker Beach Golf Club in Brooklyn.KEITH TORRIE DAILY NEWS Damion McAlpin changes in the parking lot before hitting the links for a recent tournament.MIKE ALBANS DAILY NEWS Iona Prep's golf team (above, r.) plays at places like scenic Wykagyl Country Club in Westchester.MIKE ALBANS DAILY NEWS Iona Prep's Brian Fitzpatrick
LOAD-DATE: May 21, 2001
[JR: Any Jasper golfer have time to take a potential future Jasper out?]
May 20, 2001, Sunday, Final Edition
SECTION: PART C; SPORTS; WEEKEND ATHLETE; RUNNING; Pg. C10
HEADLINE: Gagliano's legacy heads westward
BYLINE: Steve Nearman; THE WASHINGTON TIMES
It was hardly a surprise to receive a phone call last Wednesday evening from Frank Gagliano, informing me that he had accepted the opportunity to coach the Nike Farm Team in Palo Alto, Calif.
Gagliano, the man synonymous with Georgetown University track and field for nearly two decades, and with the sport for four decades, had been talking about the position for months - since at least last November when Reebok pulled the plug on Gagliano's pet project, the Enclave, a group of post-collegiate athletes with Olympic potential.
Gagliano, who appears gruff on the outside and is anything but on the inside, had been a broken man. As he looked for a sponsor for the Enclave, knowing deep down that his program was history, the 64-year-old Gagliano made a prophetic statement: "I'm too young to give it up."
Since he graduated from the University of Richmond in 1960 and took the helm of Roselle (N.J.) Catholic High School's track program, surfaces have been transformed from dirt and cinders to tartan and rubber but one thing has never changed - Gagliano's love of the sport and commitment to his athletes, many of whom he affectionately calls "son."
The only difference now is that while Gagliano used to stand on the track with his arms folded, barking out times and instructions, today he spends more time sitting trackside answering his busy cell phone.
The call he awaited most came in earlier last week. It came from Vin Lananna, the Stanford University coach who has been managing the two-year-old Farm Team program of 50 middle-distance and distance runners, including Sydney Olympian Brad Hauser and other former Cardinal runners.
Just as the Enclave was created by Gagliano in 1993 to give his Georgetown graduates some structure and direction in their pursuit of Olympic dreams, so was the Nike Farm Team.
After coaching at Roselle from 1960 to 1969, Manhattan College in the Bronx from 1969 to 1974, Rutgers from 1974 to 1983 and Georgetown from 1983 to 1999, when he was made coach emeritus, Gagliano still was not ready to be put out to pasture, even if it meant living away from the East Coast for the first time in his life.
"I guess the appeal to me is that I still have an awful lot of energy and I still have the desire to coach post-collegiate athletes," Gagliano said last week after signing on through the 2004 Olympics.
Track enthusiasts will look back on his career and focus on the 23 Big East titles his Georgetown teams won as well as the 140 athletes he coached to NCAA All-America honors, including Steve Holman, Rich Kenah and Bryan Woodward.
But don't forget that his Roselle kids set the national high school indoor 3,200-meter relay record in 1967. Don't forget that he coached Mike Roche, a steeplechaser and 1976 Olympian. And don't leave out Elliott Quox, whom Gagliano coached at Rutgers and went on to win a silver medal in the 200 meters at the 1983 World Championships.
The legacy will continue - Gagliano said he is taking Woodward westward with him. Another Enclaver, Chris Graff, earlier this month said he will ship out to Palo Alto after he gets married in August. If Gagliano can keep his athletes healthy, his resume will grow exponentially.
His greatest success, however, can't be measured by counting the number of Olympians he has produced. Instead, try counting all the people he has affected over 41 years of coaching.
Dan Ireland, who coached at Georgetown under Gagliano, is now heading up Yale's program. Chris Thompson, a runner for Gagliano at Georgetown, now coaches at Hartford (Wis.) Union High School.
The list goes on - from here to California.
LOAD-DATE: May 20, 2001
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"It is the weakness and danger of republics, that the vices as well as virtues of the people are represented in their legislation." - Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, American author (1830-1885).
Date: 8 May 2001 20:33:04 -0000
From: Robert A. Helm
Subject: RE: Jasper Jottings 2001-05-04
Dear John:
Obviously from your Jasper e-mail quote, you have received my letter and can understand why I did not wish it as an e-mail. I have heard nothing from Bro. President...I wonder if his people had the guts to give him my answer since what I received from him was most probably a generic letter to all to whom he sent that book. I doubt that I will hear from him since the lack of action all those years ago was then and is now indefensible.
Sincerely,
Bob Helm
P.S.: They still have not corrected my address. The rank is incorrectly written and the lack of service designation leaves one in doubt as to whether I am Navy, Coast Guard or Coast and Geodetic Survey. RAH
Robert A. Helm
Military Miniatures
[JR: <1> I have no problem publishing what ever Jasper feel need saying. If you want to print it for your fellow Jasper to read, and potentially act upon, that’s fine with me. Your statement was reasonable and rational. It is possible to still be upset after lots of years. I personally have not “forgiven” Jane Fonda, the politicians who put us in Vietnam, or the draft dodgers who went to Canada. <2> The MCOLDB and its related databases at the College are IMHO poorly maintained. I don’t know weather it is lack of attention, under-staffing, or some technical reason. Maybe when I do finally retire I’ll volunteer and find out. Working on the Computer Governance committee, I know that the databases are fragmented by type of use which should not have happened but now that it has is difficult to fix. Did you update MCOLDB? I think that feeds some of the systems. <3> A more active alumni helps everything – the school, the students, and the alumni themselves. We have a thousand on Jottings so we should be able to influence change.]
Date: 14 May 2001 12:39:08 -0000
From: Stephen Y. Arella
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings 2001-05-11
J.R.
Please change my e-mail address
to <privacy invoked>. Thanks.
Steve Arella '71
[JR: Done]
Date: 18 May 2001 15:00:20 -0000
From: Helm
Subject: RE: Jasper Jottings 2001-05-18
Good Morning, John:
1. Mention of the Pinewood brought back a flood of memories...Peter Weiden, '49 and some others who were just enough younger than I so that they were not drafted for WWII took me into the Pinewood on my first day back and bought me a "Welcome Home" drink. At that time, the day bartender was a tall, slim gentleman named Jimmy Crotty. His first words to or about me were to ask Peter: "Is this kid old enough to drink ?" Mr. Crotty and I became friends and I spent many a lunch hour in the rear of the Pinewood, having my lunch. Mr. Crotty would make lunch for me on those days when I didn't bring my own. (I learned quite soon after my return from combat that 'Poison Gulch' was worse than any meal I had ever had in the Navy), I remember the bowling machine at the end of the bar...I usd to play Mr. Crotty almost daily for my glass of Ginger Ale which I had after Lunch or at the end of the day before taking the trolley - and later the bus - home. At one time in those three years after the War, I owed Jimmy Crotty about 14,000 cases of Ginger Ale because he beat me so often on that game. (In 3 years, I never saw any drunkenness during the day in that establishment. Mr. Crotty simply would not permit it !)
2. Looking back on this memory after all these years...I bet Jimmy Crotty let me win to wipe out the debt, since the G.I. Bill didn't provide me with enough money to pay for 14,000 cases of Canada Dry Ginger Ale.
3. Relative to your comment on regulations et al, the states and the various counties around us are passing laws about driving while cell-phoning. The various legislative bodies seem to me to spend their time passing laws, most of which are probably unconstitutional. They don't need another law. The police already have one...its called reckless endangerment. Just as we do not need another "gun control' piece of crap, we do not need a DWCP law. Just enforce the good ones we already have. See you next week. FNS sends
Robert A. Helm
Military Miniatures
MMOG @ HelmHouse.com
[JR: WRT #1, that’s how I remember it. Underage drinking was firmly limited by peers and barkeeps. Physical instruction was provide how to hold one’s liquor for those that couldn’t. Few and far between. WRT #3, there are just too many laws and regulations. And, too little common sense.]
Date: 18 May 2001 15:16:45 -0000
From: Mike Toner
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings 2001-05-18
Dear John,
I don't know, I must be getting fuzzy in the head - I completely agree with you - twice in one JJ.
I also very much dislike the tone of Weakest Link (and Survivor). I object to the glorification of the belittlement of others as the way to succeed.
And, I couldn't agree more that the "War on Drugs" is a foolish fraud. I suspect we might disagree on the amount of government-funded treatment that should be provided for those who wish it, but the untold billions for the "war" and the attendant consequences for innocents in other countries and the build-up of the prison system here are just awful and should be stopped.
Keep up the good work.....
mike toner
buffalo, ny
bee '72
PS - I, too am saddened to hear of the loss of the broadway "landmarks"
From: Gerard Delaney
Subject: Stanners to Jaspers
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 18:05:14 +0000
John,
I'm not surprised that Molloy has once again taken the CHSAA track and field championship. Nor am I surprised that Dan McGrath has chosen to go to Manhattan. When I graduated from Molloy (1971), Manhattan was one of the favorite colleges among my classmates, beaten out (I believe) only by St. Johns and the various CUNY campuses.
I'll be down at St. Andrew's in Manhattan (between the Federal Courthouse and the MCC, across from City Hall) for most of the month of June.
See you at the reunion.
Peace,
Gerard Delaney, NSSS
[JR: Not me. I am a Manhattan Prep-ster. I just passed along the message as a service to that particular “flavor” of Jasper. As an alum of a “dead” school, I have some feeling that schools should always merge rather than “die”. If for no other reason, then to generate “alumni” contributions. Too cynical?]
From: Robert Clickner
Subject: Jasper jottings
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 16:07:26 -0400
Dear John,
I recently found out from Jim Mahoney, '64, that you "publish" an informal e-mail newsletter for Manhattan College alumni. I would like to be included on the distribution list. My e-mail address is below.
Bob Clickner, '66
Robert P. Clickner, Ph.D.
Associate Director
WESTAT
1650 Research blvd.
Rockville, MD 20850
[JR: Done. Enjoy.]
Date: 19 May 2001 01:58:33 -0000
From: Ralph Young '68B
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings 2001-05-18
John,
You may find this a little controversial, but I would like to know what the other alumni parents with kids going to Manhattan have to say about drugs, drinking and live-in lovers on campus.
Ralph Young '68B
From: Manny Cabranes '59S
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 11:22:46 -0700
Subject: Question
Hi John. As always it is a joy to receive the newsletter each week. Congratulations on a great job week after week. I just read about an old classmate, Ken Bantum and wanted to know if you might have his email address. If not I can call the High School and chat with him. FYI, we were classmates in the PE program from 1953 until I went into the Navy in 1955. The last time I saw him and my other original classmates at Manhattan was in 1957 the year that they were graduating and I was back to eventually graduate in '59 from the Science Program. Too bad we didn't have Jasper Jottings all these intervening years. It would have been great to touch bases.
Continued success and God Bless!
Regards
Manny Cabranes '59S
[JR: Thanks for your kind words. I caught only the news story about him. You'll have to try catching up with him on your own. Sorry. MCOLDB does not have current information on him or an email address either. So the best I can give you is the story about him. Good luck. Let us know how you make out. At least you are a leg up in that you know some details where he is.]
From: Michael F. McEneney
Subject: Fw: Some Good News
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 22:33:52 -0400
Dear John,
I am re-sending this bit of news as I am not sure that you received it last week.
Best,
Mike McEneney
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael F. McEneney
Date: Sunday, May 13, 2001 11:52 PM
Subject: Some Good News
Dear John,
I am pleased to report that our 11th Grand Child was born on Thursday, May 10th to our son Michael F, ('80 Bus) and his wife Victoria.
Alexandra Victoria joins her brother Michael F, IV in their Alexandra, Virginia home. I should also report that our Oldest Grand Child, Lauren Johnson, daughter of our daughter Theresa A. ('81 Bus) and her husband Charles A. Johnson ('80 EE) will start her college career at Manhattan this Fall.
Keeping the tradition alive!
Keep up the good work.
Best,
Mike McEneney, Esq. '53 BBA
Date: 20 May 2001 18:55:21 -0000
Subject: Re: Jasper Jottings 2001-05-18
From: Clarence J. Jones
As to this Dr Laura and "Weakest Link" connection, I feel that to kick a person, when they are down or feeling down, takes no courage or GRIT. I also will boycott BOTH shows.
Clarence J. Jones
Class of 1967
[JR: I have listened to “Doctor” Laura and don’t completely concur that she kicks people when they are down. While she is definitely not politically correct wrt to homosexuality or sexuality, she could sometimes, like most of us, be more charitable. But, on the whole, I think her message needs to be communicated more. Actions do have consequences; Morality, as set forth in the Bible, does give us some laws. Laws, in the sense of the Law of Gravity, that when broken have adverse consequences. Only the politicians in California would try to ignore the “Law” of supply and demand. Remember when the Louisiana legislature voted to repeal the Law of Gravity. Silly humans!]
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