New Turf Field Awaits Cardinals - St. Charles Preparatory School

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CARDINAL
The magazine for alumni and friends
of Saint Charles Preparatory School
Spring 2007 Volume 21, Number 2
www.stcharlesprep.org
Advisory Board
Robert W. Horner III ’79
Chairman
Timothy M. Kelley ’76
Vice Chairman
Rev. William L. Arnold ’70
Albert J. Bell ’78
Rev. Thomas J. Brosmer ’61
Hugh J. Dorrian ’53
James P. Finn ’65
Charles W. Gehring Sr. ’74
Paul G. Heller ’82
Thomas L. Horvath ’65
Matthew A. Howard ’58
Joseph M. Isbell ’83
Mrs. Patricia D. Kletzly
Thomas J. Mackessy ’77
Richard J. Miller ’75
Thomas M. O’Leary ’64
David L. Pemberton Jr. ’79
Daniel L. Rankin III ’53
Michael J. Rankin, M.D. ’77
Thomas N. Ryan, D.D.S. ’58
T. Jay Ryan III ’76
John L. Sauter ’58
Press C. Southworth III ’65
Msgr. David V. Sorohan ’59 (College)
George G. Vargo ’58
Emeritus Members
Msgr. William A. Dunn ’57
Louis V. Fabro ’49
James T. Foley Jr.
Leonard J. lannarino Jr. ’58
John J. Ritz ’47
Henry J. Sherowski
Richard R. Stedman ’54
F. W. “Bill” Sullivan Jr.
Michael M. Sullivan ’58
Administration
Dominic J. Cavello ’64
Principal
Scott M. Pharion
Assistant Principal &
Academic Dean
James R. Lower
Assistant Principal &
Dean of Students
The Campaign for St Charles
Robert D. Walter ’63
Honorary Chairman
Matthew A. Howard ’58
Co-Chairman
Timothy M. Kelley ’76
Co-Chairman
006-07 Annual Fund
Thomas M. O’Leary ’64
Alumni and Parents Chairman
David and Laura Butler
Doug and Beth Byorth
Robert Griffith and Pat McJoynt-Griffith
Ed and Sarah Kistner
Mark and Laurie Palmer
Kevin and Marie Quinn
Parent Co-chairs
Alumni & Development Staff
Douglas H. Stein ’78
Senior Director of Development & Alumni
Louis J. Fabro ’83
Editor, the Cardinal
Director of Alumni Affairs &
Communications
Cheryl F. Taynor
Development Secretary
Louis V. Fabro ’49
Senior Editor, the Cardinal
Design and Layout
Marcy Design Group
Greg Krivicich ’75
Yuko Kelly
Principal’s Column
A year to celebrate
Bishop James J. Hartley created a profound and lasting legacy 84 years ago when
he established St. Charles Preparatory School upon two basic tenets. He wanted the
new school to provide students “a complete, thorough, and sound classical training”
that would enable them to take up the specialties and profession of their choice; and
he pledged that no qualified young man would be turned away from receiving a St.
Charles education because of his inability to meet tuition.
And since the school’s inception, we have used the inspiring legacy of our patron
saint, Charles Borromeo, to impress upon every student that we all are “our brother’s
keeper,” and are expected to serve others, one another, and the community at
large.
With these concepts as our school’s foundation, the St. Charles faculty and staff
have nurtured the minds and hearts of its students for more than eight decades.
Many alumni, in pursuit of these concepts, have distinguished themselves in many
ways, pursuing careers as priests, entrepreneurs, business leaders, artists, scientists,
doctors, lawyers, teachers, and judges to name a few endeavors, and as community
leaders.
In this edition of the Cardinal magazine, you can read stories about alumni whose
lives and careers have made an impact locally, nationally, and globally -- in essence,
creating and handing legacies of their own to children, friends, and institutions, all
for the greater good.
One such example is Walt Plank, a 1941 St. Charles alumnus who died in 1993
but whose legacy of service to his fellow man and devotion to alma mater lives on.
continued on page 3
Photo contributors
Will Shilling, Ed Winters ’79 and Sal Panarello of Tri-Village Studio, Finocchi Photography,
Phil Smith, The Catholic Foundation and Colleen Carey of Emerald PR, Picture
America, Greencrest Marketing, Michelle Wolfe, the office of Congresswoman Deborah
Pryce, The Columbus Diocese Department of Communications, The Columbus Diocese
Department of Education, Louis J. Fabro ’83, Douglas H. Stein ’78, and the many
St. Charles alumni and friends who shared photos of themselves and their families.
On the Cover—
A grateful corps of St. Charles team captains from this year’s baseball, football, soccer,
and lacrosse teams posed atop a newly-graded surface of the Cardinals’ new athletic
field prepared by the Nick Savko & Sons construction company. St. Charles principal
Dominic J. Cavello ’64 proudly announced that the new synthetic playing surface has
been named Walt Plank Field in honor of 1941 graduate, sports fan, and humanitarian,
Walter H. Plank.
Thanks to the generosity of many in the St. Charles community, this complex will
host dreams and efforts of future generations of St. Charles students seeking to excel
in everything they do. The new football field and baseball diamond, resurfaced with
synthetic turf, the Cardinal athletic complex is truly state of the art. Photo by Will
Shilling.
Corrections
In the fall edition of the Cardinal magazine…
The late Anson Chan’s ’99 last name was misspelled in the headline of a story about
the new scholarship in his name on page 25. The first name of Tom Brandt (Aquinas
’59) was incorrect in a photo caption on page 50. The Class of 1971, properly identified
in the headline about its class reunion last year, was mistakenly referred to as the
Class of 1966 in the story on page 23. Please accept our sincere apology for the errors.
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