Seton Hall Magazine, Winter 2000 - Seton Hall University

Robert J. Losyk ’67/M.A. ’69, of
Davie, FL, was designated a
Certified Speaking Professional
(C.S.P.), the highest honor given by
the National Speakers Association.
Only 258 people hold the award
worldwide. Losyk is the president
and CEO of Innovative Training
Solutions Inc. in Fort Lauderdale.
Reverend Kevin M. Hanbury
’68, M.Div. ’75/Ed.S. ’79/Ed.D.
’85, of Spring Lake, received Seton
Hall’s College of Education and
Human Services Archbishop Walsh
Award at the College’s annual
awards brunch in October 1999.
Father Hanbury, associate dean of
the College, was recognized for his
distinguished contribution to the religious
community through his
lifestyle and career. He has been a
contributing author to Nova
Homiletic Services and also has
written for Today’s Parish and
Catechist magazines. He is a
consultant for RCL Publishing, as
well as director of Family Retreat
Days in the Newark Archdiocese.
He has been an adjunct professor
of Seton Hall for the past 10
years. Joseph A. Spinella,
J.D. ’68, of Clifton, was named
the New Jersey Commission
on Professionalism’s 1999
Professional Lawyer of the Year.
Spinella is a certified trial attorney.
Steven Novak Jr. ’69, of North
Plainfield, was inducted into the
New Jersey Scholastic Coaches
Association Hall of Fame. During
the 16 years he was head baseball
coach at South Plainfield High
School, Novak guided the teams to
six league championships. Honored
as the Mid-State Conference and
the Greater Middlesex Conference
Division Coach of the Year, he also
coached South Plainfield’s soccer
team. Robert A. Winter ’69, of
Tuscaloosa, AL, was nominated
for the Tuscaloosa County Citizen
of the Year award, sponsored by
the Tuscaloosa Civitan Club. The
award honors outstanding contributions
to the community. Winter is
superintendent of the Tuscaloosa
city schools.
1970s
Robert M. Gilmartin, M.A.E. ’70,
of Midland Park, was named superintendent
of West Milford Township
public schools. Gilmartin, a school
administrator for the past 25 years,
was a history teacher for 10 years in
the Hamilton Township, Westwood
and Midland Park school districts.
Joseph A. Bottitta ’71/J.D. ’74,
of Florham Park, was sworn in as
immediate past president of the
New Jersey State Bar Association.
He is an attorney with the law firm
of Bottitta & Bascelli in West Orange
and Wayne. Sister Maureen
Crowley, M.A.E. ’71, of Bloomfield,
received Seton Hall’s College of
Education and Human Services
Most Distinguished Alumnus award
for 1999 at the College’s annual
awards brunch in October 1999.
She is the principal at Immaculate
Conception High School in Montclair.
Sister Maureen also was honored
with the 1999 Catholic Secondary
Education Award from the National
Catholic Education Association
and with the 1994 Ancient Order
of Hibernians, Division No. 9,
“Irishwoman of the Year” Award in
recognition of her accomplishments
in Catholic education.
Susan Klebaur-Armstrong ’72,
of Manahawkin, received a master’s
degree in teaching through
a distance learning program at
Marygrove College in Detroit. She
has been a fifth grade teacher at
Stafford Intermediate in Manahawkin
for 14 years.
Patricia Renner ’73, of
Mountainside, was appointed
director of Weichert Real Estate
and Insurance School in Morris
Plains. She brings 14 years of
industry experience in training and
an in-depth knowledge of regional
and national real estate. Renner,
a licensed New Jersey real estate
instructor and broker, has earned
the professional designation of
Certified Relocation Professional.
Joseph E. Sanchez ’73, of Manor
Vero Beach, FL, was named
truck/fleet manager at Vatland
Olds-Pontiac-GMC-Honda in Vero
Beach. He was a fleet manager
for Janie Dean Chevrolet in Vero
Beach for 15 years.
William Dowd, J.D ’75, of
Westfield, was appointed vice president
of finance and chief financial
officer of Asarco Incorporated.
Dowd, a member of the Financial
Executives Institute and the
American Bar Association, is also
the director of Southern Peru
Copper Corporation, a subsidiary
of Asarco. Francis Foye ’75, of
South Orange, was a participant in
the Leukemia Society of America’s
Team in Training Marathon that took
place in San Diego. All proceeds
benefited programs for research,
patient aid and public education.
Foye, a small forward on the 1970-
74 Pirate basketball teams, is the
owner of Gram’s Natural Foods in
Clinton, a business that caters to
those who are striving to maintain
healthy lifestyles. Mary Lou Parker,
J.D. ’75, of Summit, was appointed
a trustee of the New Jersey State
Deehan Scholarship Established
for Stillman Students
Honoring John P. Deehan ’52,
M.B.A. for his more than 40
years of service and dedication
to Seton Hall, a University scholarship
committee has surpassed its
goal of $100,000 to endow the John P.
Deehan Scholarship Fund.
After Deehan announced his
retirement last year as a professor of
accounting, the scholarship commit-
A new scholarship tee, chaired by Monsignor William
honors the dedicated
Noé Field ’36, curator of rare books
service of John P.
Deehan ’52, M.B.A., a and archives and director of special
Seton Hall professor of collections, established the scholar-
accounting who retired ship to provide annual tuition support
in June 1999.
to an outstanding and deserving
Stillman School of Business student.
“John has been a true partner to so many here at the
University — our faculty, our alumni and, most importantly,
our students,” says Dolores Tremewan Martin, Ph.D., dean
of the Stillman School. “For 40 years, he has shared in and
been committed to our students’ academic, spiritual and
professional lives. This scholarship is an enduring tribute to
his commitment to education and to Seton Hall that allows
us to hold on to a piece of his extraordinary leadership and
integrity for years to come.”
Since he began his career at Seton Hall in 1959, Deehan
has been involved with the University community on a
number of levels. His achievements include serving as chair
of the accounting department for 24 years; serving as associate
dean of the M.B.A. program for eight years; establishing
the Accounting Internship Program; helping to establish
the Seton Hall chapter of Beta Alpha Psi, the National
Accounting Honor Society, and serving as the chapter moderator
for 10 years; and assisting in the establishment of the
Stillman School Alumni Association. Deehan has acted as
moderator for the Black Student Accounting Association,
the Accounting Club and Phi Chi Theta, the first female
business sorority. He was secretary of the Tri-Partite
Committee that established the University Senate and
the President’s Catholicity Committee.
Deehan received many awards during his tenure at
the University, including the Catholic Layman Award, presented
by the Holy Name Society (1975); the New Jersey
Society of Certified Public Accountants Award (1977); the
Seton Hall Outstanding Alumnus Award (1978); and the
Seton Hall McQuaid Medal (1980). He was awarded the
Outstanding Catholic Layman of the Year Award by Our
Lady of Sorrows Church in South Orange last April.
For information on contributing to the John P. Deehan
Scholarship Fund, call (973) 761-9222.
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