Fall 2005 - St. Charles Preparatory School

Advisory Board
Advisory Board changes
announced
After 56 years of combined service to the
St. Charles Advisory Board, Louis V. Fabro
’49 and Leonard J. Iannarino Jr. ’58
completed their final three-year terms last
May and will continue in an “emeritus”
status.
Elected to fill their vacancies were John
L. Sauter, Class of ’58 and Peter G.
Kleinhenz, the parent of a current student.
The recently expanded board has 25
members plus nine who are listed as
“emeritus.”
Sauter is an attorney in private practice
in Westerville. He formerly was a vice
president for the Ohio National Bank and
its successor, BancOhio, and served as
development director at St. Charles from
1998-2002. He is on the board of the
Catholic Foundation and a member of St.
Paul Parish. He and his wife, Connie, have
five children.
Kleinhenz is a general partner and
managing director of CID Capital Inc. a
private equity investment firm. He manages
CID’s Columbus office, leads their
investments in healthcare and serves on
the board of a variety of medical and
technology based companies. He is on the
executive committee and treasurer of
Omeris, Ohio’s life science organization and
a director of Nidus Center BioGenerator
and The Midwest Healthcare Investment
Network. He and his wife, Judy O’Brien
are members of St. Andrew Church, have
three children, including current St.
56 years of service continues
Louis V. Fabro ’49 (left) and Leonard J. Iannarino Jr. ’58
The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education
Charles sophomore, Nolan.
Fabro was on the board for 31 years,
was president/chairman for eight years
(1976-84), and was the annual fund chairman
during the 1994-1995 campaign. He
was the publicity chairman for the 2002
Campaign for St. Charles.
At the St. Charles Feast Day Mass in
2001, Fabro was presented with one of the
school’s highest honors, the first Principal’s
Award for Service to St. Charles. He was
honored for authoring St. Charles
Borromeo Preparatory School, The First
75 Years, a 250-page hardbound history
published in 2000. It chronicles in stories
and photos many individuals who figured
in the growth and development of St.
Charles, highlighted memories and anecdotes
of alumni, teachers, and administrators,
and many of the school’s athletic
achievements.
He represented the school for six
years on the Diocesan Secondary School
Board. He’s currently in his fifth year on
the diocese’s Catholic Schools Advisory
Commission. A former daily newspaper
reporter, he worked 37 years for Nationwide
Insurance where he retired in 1997
as its news and information director.
Fabro remains as publicity chairman
for the Campaign for St. Charles and is the
senior editor of the Cardinal, the school’s
alumni magazine.
Iannarino was a board member for 25
years, the last 23 as secretary, and was
chairman of the 1991-1992 annual fund
campaign. He served on the planning
committee for the
successful $10-
million Campaign
for St. Charles,
launched in 2002
and which was the
largest in school
history and one of
the largest for a
private school in
Central Ohio.
For his many
ongoing contributions
to St. Charles
and its alumni,
Iannarino was
awarded The
Principal’s Award
for Leadership and
Service in 2002 at
the school’s annual
feast day Mass.
Iannarino also
represented St.
Charles for eight
years on the
John L. Sauter ’58
Peter Kleinhenz
Diocesan Secondary School Board and was
on its student grievance committee for
several years. He worked for the State of
Ohio for 22 years, the last 13 for the
Department of Administrative Services
from which he retired in 2001.
Asked about some standout events
while on the board, Fabro cited the school’s
comeback after its enrollment had fallen
to 65 students in its final year as a seminary
prep in 1968-69 and its ability to
overcome the loss of the diocesan subsidy,
which had been used to support the school
during its seminary years and was ended
in 1975. To do that, the school rebuilt
enrollment, increased tuition, and established
bingo, an annual lottery, and other
fund-raising projects, and established a
development office to become self-sufficient
financially.
Other important highlights cited by
Fabro and Iannarino were the ambitious
and successful $10-million Campaign for
St. Charles and the establishment in 1987
of the first St. Charles Preparatory School
Endowment Fund of which deceased board
member Harry L. Thoman was the primary
motivator and architect. That
endowment now exceeds $7 million.
Other notable achievements were the
extensive capital improvements, including
the conversion of former dormitories and
apartments into classrooms, and the
building of new facilities – the Jack Ryan
physical fitness center, the multipurpose
building, the natatorium, and the Robert C.
Walter Student Commons and Student
Services & Fine Arts Center now under
construction.
Iannarino and Fabro agreed that the
appointment in 1985 of Dominic J. Cavello
as the school’s first lay principal stands out
as a singular wise decision. Cavello has
preserved and enhanced St. Charles as an
academic stronghold in keeping with the
high scholarly standards for which it was
founded. In addition, he has worked over
and beyond the call of duty to oversee the
many physical improvements that have
been made during the past 25 years.
49