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<strong>St</strong>. Joseph’s <strong>Academy</strong><br />

. . . . .<br />

A PUBLICATION FOR ALUMNAE, PARENTS AND FRIENDS<br />

<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2009</strong><br />

. . . . .<br />

Renovations Continue to Mother Alice Hall<br />

In this issue...<br />

Alums Celebrate Reunions<br />

Several classes celebrated milestone<br />

reunions this spring and summer.<br />

page 4<br />

New Sign to Greet Visitors<br />

A new sign being constructed at the<br />

corner of Broussard and Parker streets<br />

will greet those visiting campus. The sign<br />

is a gift of the senior classes of 2006,<br />

2008 and <strong>2009</strong>.<br />

page 8<br />

Always the <strong>Academy</strong> Update<br />

Sister Adele Lambert, CSJ, offers an<br />

update on the Always the <strong>Academy</strong> Capital<br />

Campaign for the construction of the<br />

Academic Performing Arts Center.<br />

page 8<br />

Class of <strong>2009</strong> Earns<br />

Millions in Scholarships<br />

Fifty-five percent of the class of <strong>2009</strong><br />

received academic scholarships totaling<br />

$12.85 million, including $9.95 million<br />

in institutional or private scholarship<br />

dollars.<br />

page 10<br />

<strong>St</strong>udents Serve Others in<br />

<strong>Summer</strong> Mission Trips<br />

<strong>St</strong>udents and recent graduates continued<br />

to reach out to the “dear neighbor” by<br />

participating in a number of service immersion<br />

experiences during the summer.<br />

page 10<br />

Alumnae News...2-3<br />

Alums Today...4-5<br />

The SJA Community...6-9<br />

Campus News...10<br />

Transitions...11<br />

A second phase of renovations is under way to<br />

Mother Alice Hall. Begun after the resident Sisters<br />

of <strong>St</strong>. Joseph moved into their new retirement<br />

center in late August, the renovations will complete<br />

the process which transforms the $6 million<br />

building to strictly academic space. The Sisters’<br />

decision to turn over their residence to SJA means<br />

the school now has complete access to every<br />

building on campus. Renovations are projected to<br />

be completed when students return to school after<br />

the Christmas break.<br />

<strong>Academy</strong> Welcomes Record<br />

Freshman Class<br />

The <strong>2009</strong>-2010 academic year began on August<br />

10 with <strong>St</strong>. Joseph’s <strong>Academy</strong> welcoming its largest<br />

ever freshman class. Two hundred-fifty four<br />

ninth graders became the newest members of the<br />

<strong>Academy</strong> community, bumping the overall student<br />

population to 918, another SJA record.<br />

With enrollment at its peak and classroom space<br />

limited while Mother Alice Hall renovations continue,<br />

administrators have resorted to creative uses<br />

of space to accommodate the student body. Classes<br />

are being taught on the library mezzanine, in the<br />

faculty community room and Bologna Lobby. SJA<br />

President Sister Adele Lambert offered her office<br />

as a family and consumer science classroom.<br />

Phase two renovations will create<br />

upstairs classrooms for fine arts instruction.<br />

The downstairs will be transformed<br />

to include an art room and gallery<br />

as well as a teaching kitchen and<br />

sewing room with dressing area and<br />

layout tables, in addition to other family<br />

and consumer science needs.<br />

Space will also be created for additional<br />

theology and family and consumer<br />

science classrooms; faculty work<br />

areas; and meeting space. A new weight<br />

room will also be part of the design.<br />

While the facilities expansion will<br />

most directly impact the <strong>Academy</strong>’s<br />

visual and performing arts curriculum,<br />

the entire school community will reap<br />

the rewards.<br />

Funding for this renovation is made<br />

possible by gifts to the SJA Foundation.<br />

The academic year began on August 10 with SJA at<br />

peak enrollment of 918 students.<br />

“We want to offer an <strong>Academy</strong><br />

education to every young lady who desires<br />

one,” said Principal Linda Fryoux<br />

Harvison. “We are having to stretch to<br />

make that happen, but it is an exciting<br />

time at SJA.”


where we are ... graduations...<br />

’51 Junie Baudin Bordelon<br />

was honored by the<br />

Catholic Council of Women<br />

in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee,<br />

for her past service as president<br />

of the organization.<br />

She is the longest-serving<br />

president of the group.<br />

’79 Selena Courtney-Koro,<br />

P.T., has been a physical therapist for 23 years.<br />

In May, she earned her doctorate of science in<br />

physical therapy at Oakland University in Rochester,<br />

Michigan, with a 3.8 GPA.<br />

’83 Michelle Brassett Jenson, PhD, is a forensic<br />

DNA analyst with Trinity<br />

DNA Solutions in Milton,<br />

Florida. She lives in Pace,<br />

Florida, with husband Eric,<br />

a chemical engineer, and<br />

their two daughters. She is a<br />

volunteer with her church’s<br />

youth group and the local<br />

select soccer team.<br />

’84 Dr. Anne Mary Couvillon Orr was invited<br />

to address the annual meeting of the American<br />

Orthodontic Society in Chicago. She is a Phi<br />

Beta Kappa graduate of LSU who maintains<br />

a private dentistry practice<br />

with her husband, Dr. Chad<br />

Orr, in Broken Bow, Oklahoma.<br />

’84 Lynn Lamousin is a<br />

freelance copywriter living in<br />

Baton Rouge. She received a<br />

Bordelon<br />

Jenson<br />

Lamousin<br />

“dishonorable mention” in<br />

the <strong>2009</strong> Bulwer-Lytton Fiction<br />

Contest, an international literary parody<br />

contest in which contestants write intentionally<br />

bad opening sentences for imaginary novels.<br />

’84 Maria Prochaska Boudreaux was the featured<br />

artist in July at The Foyer in Baton Rouge.<br />

She owns Fleur De Me Designs and does reverse<br />

painting on glass, metal design and gilded and<br />

painted canvasses.<br />

’87 Andrea Dragna teaches French at McKinley<br />

High School in Baton Rouge and received<br />

a CODOFIL scholarship to study French this<br />

summer at the Universite de Mons in Belgium.<br />

’91 Claire Cowan Barbetti<br />

was awarded the Dissertation<br />

Fellowship for<br />

Duquesne University Graduate<br />

School (Pittsburgh,<br />

Pennsylvania) in 2008.<br />

She received the Graduate<br />

Teaching Award in English Barbetti<br />

in <strong>2009</strong> and was offered a visiting<br />

professorship at Duquesne for <strong>2009</strong>-2010.<br />

She is married to Victor, a psychologist. They<br />

live in Pittsburgh with their three children.<br />

’99 Megan Barrios is studying voice in Frankfurt,<br />

Germany, and will audition for an agent<br />

in September. She received her undergraduate<br />

degree in 2003 in vocal performance from LSU<br />

and her master’s in 2006 in<br />

vocal performance from<br />

Indiana University.<br />

’99 Elizabeth Cowan Wells<br />

received her master’s in English<br />

from LSU in 2005 and<br />

worked at Boston’s Wellington<br />

Management in the legal<br />

division until last fall. She and husband Court<br />

spent 2008-<strong>2009</strong> in Lyon, France, while he pursued<br />

research on his dissertation. She is now at<br />

home with their first child, born in April.<br />

’00 Megan Brooks graduated in May from<br />

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine<br />

with a doctor of medicine degree. She received<br />

her master’s of public health in 2008 from the<br />

Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School<br />

of Public Health. She began her residency in<br />

internal medicine in July at<br />

the Duke University Medical<br />

Center.<br />

’00 Virginia Bernard lives<br />

and works in New York City,<br />

where she is an assistant<br />

project manager for Coach<br />

International Architecture.<br />

Wells<br />

Bernard<br />

Since 2006, she has designed and built more<br />

than 50 retail stores in 14 countries. She graduated<br />

summa cum laude in 2005 from the Savannah<br />

College of Art and Design. She holds bachelor’s<br />

and master’s degrees in architecture.<br />

’00 Catherine Hensley is a proofreader/copy<br />

editor at the New England Journal of Medicine/<br />

Massachusetts Medical Society in Waltham,<br />

Massachusetts.<br />

’01 Jeanne Svendson recently<br />

exhibited a group<br />

of 24 photographs in her<br />

show Etudes de Specimens at<br />

the Galerie Rue Du Pont in<br />

Breaux Bridge. She owns<br />

JES Photography and Fine<br />

Svendson<br />

Art, which focuses on architectural work, some<br />

portraits and personal fine art commissions.<br />

’01 Carmen Gealogo-Estela received her juris<br />

doctor degree in May from Loyola University in<br />

New Orleans.<br />

’02 Leslie Ziober was awarded the <strong>2009</strong> Law<br />

<strong>St</strong>udent Pro Bono Award by the Louisiana <strong>St</strong>ate<br />

Bar Association. She was recognized for her<br />

work in 2007 when she organized a group of<br />

LSU law students to travel to Biloxi for Hurricane<br />

Katrina relief efforts; in 2008 for her work<br />

in Lake Charles after Hurricane Rita; and in <strong>2009</strong><br />

for her efforts along the Texas Gulf Coast after<br />

Hurricane Ike. In three years, she amassed more<br />

than 600 hours of pro bono service.<br />

’03 Katie Ferrara graduated<br />

in May from LSU<br />

Health Sciences in New<br />

Orleans with a degree in<br />

clinical laboratory sciences.<br />

She was on the dean’s list<br />

and graduated with a 3.3<br />

GPA. She is employed at<br />

Our Lady of the Lake as a Ferrara<br />

medical technologist in the Blood Bank.<br />

’03 Glencora Cowan is pursuing her doctorate<br />

in English at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh,<br />

where she was awarded a teaching assistantship.<br />

She spent 2007-2008 teaching in Gisors, France,<br />

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2 • <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2009</strong>


accolades ... what we’re doing<br />

and 2008-<strong>2009</strong> teaching Italian<br />

in an all-girls school in<br />

Washington, D.C.<br />

’03 Veronica Cowan received<br />

her master’s in English<br />

in May from Catholic<br />

University of America and is<br />

now pursuing her doctorate<br />

there. Her focus is medieval Glencora Cowan<br />

and renaissance literature.<br />

’04 Danielle Clary is a<br />

2008 cum laude graduate of<br />

Spring Hill College with a<br />

bachelor’s degree in nursing.<br />

’04 Brittany Creehan<br />

graduated in May from<br />

Auburn University with Veronica Cowan<br />

bachelor of architecture and<br />

bachelor of interior architecture degrees. She<br />

studied in Tuscany in May and received recognition<br />

for her proposed student residences around<br />

a Tuscan villa. She lives in Birmingham, where<br />

she will work for Davis Architects.<br />

’04 Rebecca Katherine Ferrell graduated in<br />

May from LSU’s College of Engineering with<br />

a bachelor of science in chemical engineering<br />

and minors in chemistry and mathematics. She<br />

works as a process automation engineer with<br />

Dow Chemical in Freeport, Texas.<br />

’05 Sarah DeLeo is the recipient of a National<br />

Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship at<br />

LSU. She will pursue doctoral studies in biomedical<br />

engineering after which she plans to pursue<br />

a career as a university professor and researcher.<br />

’05 Mallory Morgan graduated cum laude in<br />

May from Samford University (Birmingham,<br />

Alabama) with a bachelor of science degree in<br />

sports medicine/pre-med.<br />

’05 Amanda Briody graduated in May from<br />

the University of Georgia with bachelor of science<br />

degrees in biology and psychology. This<br />

fall, she will teach secondary biology in Baltimore,<br />

Maryland, as part<br />

of Teach for America. She<br />

will attend Johns Hopkins<br />

University to study for a<br />

master of arts in teaching<br />

degree.<br />

’05 Elizabeth Miller<br />

graduated in May with a<br />

degree in journalism. She<br />

Miller<br />

has started a new publication called The CC<br />

Lagniappe, which will cover the mid-city area of<br />

Baton Rouge.<br />

’05 <strong>St</strong>ephanie Reed graduated Phi Beta Kappa<br />

in May from LSU with a degree in English literature.<br />

She was accepted to the MBA program<br />

at the LSU College of Business Administration<br />

for the fall <strong>2009</strong> semester.<br />

’05 Laura Rachal will attend<br />

the Ecole normale superieure<br />

de Lyon in France to<br />

pursue a master’s in biosciences<br />

concentrating on<br />

neurodevelopment and toxicology.<br />

She will attend on a<br />

full scholarship. She recently<br />

graduated summa cum laude from<br />

Rachal<br />

LSU with degrees in biological sciences and<br />

French.<br />

’05 Lindsay Key graduated in May from LSU’s<br />

Manship School of Mass Communication. She<br />

will spend the next two years teaching elementary<br />

special education in the Dallas Independent<br />

School District with Teach for America.<br />

’05 Kaitlyn Guerin was selected as a collegiate<br />

development consultant for Delta Gamma sorority.<br />

Following a highly competitive selection<br />

process, she will spend the<br />

next year traveling the country<br />

to visit Delta Gamma<br />

chapters, evaluating their<br />

operations.<br />

’06 Kelli Huff is a junior<br />

at LSU where she is a premed<br />

major and a member<br />

of Delta Gamma sorority.<br />

She is president of the LSU<br />

Panhellenic Council, the<br />

governing body of all sororities.<br />

She spent last summer<br />

volunteering in Krabi,<br />

Thailand, with OpenMinds<br />

Projects, teaching English in<br />

the mornings and working in a<br />

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your record up to date. Please let us know if you have a change in address,<br />

phone number, email address or occupation.<br />

Guerin<br />

hospital emergency room in the afternoons.<br />

’06 M. Britton Romero spent the summer as<br />

an internal auditing intern with Ernst & Young<br />

in Houston. She is a senior at LSU, studying in<br />

the certified internal auditing program.<br />

’07 Katie Schluter was the recipient of a<br />

scholarship at LSU to study in the Ubbaye Valley<br />

region of France this summer. She studied<br />

French in the mornings and served an internship<br />

at an equestrian center in the afternoons.<br />

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Send to: SJA Connections, 3015 Broussard <strong>St</strong>reet, Baton Rouge, LA 70808<br />

or email your news to connections@sjabr.org<br />

Huff<br />

<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2009</strong> • 3


leaders...mothers...professionals<br />

Class of 1959 Celebrates 50th Reunion<br />

<strong>St</strong>. Joseph’s <strong>Academy</strong> honored its 50-year graduates at a special<br />

dinner held April 24 at the <strong>Academy</strong>. Twenty-five members of the<br />

class of 1959 took part in the celebration.<br />

The honorees began the evening with mass, celebrated by Msgr.<br />

William Greene. The graduates then gathered in Mother Alice Hall<br />

for a social hour and posed for a group photograph. They also<br />

enjoyed a tour of the school and listened to a brief presentation<br />

by SJA President Sister Adele Lambert, CSJ, about the Always the<br />

<strong>Academy</strong> Capital Campaign.<br />

The SJA Mothers’ Club Hospitality Committee, chaired by Karen<br />

Deville and co-chaired by Jeanne James, prepared a special meal.<br />

As a remembrance of the evening, the graduates received an<br />

SJA 50-Year Alumnae lapel pin.<br />

Toni Catanzaro Lewis traveled the greatest distance to be with<br />

her classmates, coming from Newnan, Georgia.<br />

Class of 1969 Celebrates 40th Reunion<br />

Forty-eight members of the class of 1969 celebrated their 40-<br />

year reunion during a weekend filled with activities.<br />

On Friday, July 31, the graduates gathered at the home of Rachel<br />

Bryan Ehricht for a Girls’ Night Out celebration. On Saturday,<br />

the alumnae enjoyed a party with Catholic High School<br />

graduates at Café Americain.<br />

Freda Yarbrough Dunne compiled information contributed by<br />

her classmates into a commemorative booklet. Margaret Losavio<br />

Jolly created a keepsake featuring the class’ composite graduation<br />

picture and summary of their four years at SJA that was originally<br />

printed in the May 1969 edition of <strong>St</strong>udent Prints.<br />

The reunion planning committee was chaired by Liz Conley<br />

Walker. She was assisted by Freda Yarbrough Dunne, Kay Jolly<br />

Hoffpauir, Janet Raymond Gremillion, Grace Guttner Anderson,<br />

Rachel Bryan Ehricht, Marianne <strong>St</strong>. Amant, Carmie Greco Collins<br />

and Ann Felice Fourrier.<br />

Members of the class of 1969 began their reunion weekend with a Girls’ Night<br />

Out at the home of Rachel Bryan Ehricht.<br />

4 • <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2009</strong><br />

Members of the class of 1959 pose in front of Mother Alice Hall.<br />

On April 25, the alumnae gathered as a group for SJA’s Outstanding<br />

Alumnae Luncheon at Boudreaux’s.<br />

Class of 1979 Celebrates 30th Reunion<br />

Members of the class of 1979 celebrated their 30-year reunion<br />

on July 24 and 25.<br />

Nearly 60 alumnae gathered for a Girls’ Night Out on Friday<br />

evening at<br />

Acme Oyster<br />

House. They<br />

enjoyed a funfilled<br />

awards<br />

presentation,<br />

with prizes<br />

going to those<br />

with the most<br />

children, least<br />

changed and<br />

most entertaining,<br />

among for a Friday-night get-together.<br />

Members of the class of 1979 met at Acme Oyster House<br />

other categories.<br />

The graduates also enjoyed looking at old photographs, yearbooks<br />

and senior memory books.<br />

Saturday began with mass celebrated by Father Mark Beard,<br />

a 1979 graduate of Catholic High School. The Chapel at <strong>St</strong>. Joseph’s<br />

<strong>Academy</strong> was filled nearly to capacity for the mass, which<br />

included a memorial to classmates lost in the last 30 years.<br />

The festivities concluded Saturday evening with an SJA/CHS<br />

Reunion Bash at De La Ronde Hall.<br />

Planning the reunion were committee members Geri Guarino,<br />

Lyndra Lea and Joni Muscarello Leggio.<br />

Kathy Anderson traveled the farthest, coming from California<br />

to join her classmates for the weekend.


scholars...volunteers...friends<br />

Class of 1984 Celebrates 25th Reunion<br />

Class of 1999 Celebrates 10th Reunion<br />

The class of 1984 enjoyed tours of campus as part of their reunion weekend<br />

celebration.<br />

Forty members of the class of 1984 marked their 25-year reunion<br />

with a weekend of festivities.<br />

On Friday, July 24, the graduates gathered at the home of Andree<br />

Gautreaux for a Girls’ Night Out. On Saturday, they celebrated<br />

a couples’ night at Mike Anderson’s Seafood Restaurant.<br />

The weekend concluded on Sunday with mass in the Chapel at <strong>St</strong>.<br />

Joseph’s <strong>Academy</strong> and tours of the campus.<br />

Planning the reunion were committee members Michelle Duke<br />

Thompson, Karen Baudin Allen and Patricia Brignac Talbot. The<br />

graduates are in the process of planning a girls’ beach weekend<br />

for late September, organized by Angela Roppolo Jordan.<br />

Jeanne Fenasci Bridgers traveled from Sydney, Australia, for<br />

the reunion weekend.<br />

A Girls’ Night Out at Walk-Ons began the weekend celebration for members<br />

of the class of 1999.<br />

Eighty-six members of the class of 1999 celebrated their 10-<br />

year reunion with a weekend of activities.<br />

The festivities began August 7 with a Girls’ Night Out at Walk-<br />

Ons. The graduates and their families gathered at SJA on August 8<br />

for a picnic lunch and campus tours. The evening concluded with<br />

a party with the Catholic High School class of 1999 at the Sheraton<br />

Atrium. A memorabilia table and door prizes were among the<br />

highlights of the gathering.<br />

The reunion planning committee was chaired by Kristin Zumo.<br />

She was assisted by Rebecca John MacMorran, Lindsay Southerland<br />

Mayo, Emily Hipwell Monsour, Courtney Loup Edwards,<br />

Laney Simar Sanders, Emily May Kline and Jessica Lato Williams.<br />

Class of 1989 Celebrates 20th Reunion<br />

Approximately 75 members of the class of 1989 celebrated<br />

their 20-year reunion during a weekend filled with activities.<br />

The festivities began on Friday, June 19, with a Girls’ Night<br />

Out celebration at the home of Aimee <strong>St</strong>uckey Oatley. Food was<br />

provided by Heads and Tails Seafood.<br />

On Saturday, June 20, the celebrants, along with their families,<br />

gathered on the SJA campus for an ice cream social and tours of<br />

the campus. On Saturday evening, the group met at the Hilton<br />

Capital Center in downtown Baton Rouge for a joint party with<br />

the Catholic High School class of 1989. Music was provided by<br />

Ned Fasullo’s Big Band, followed by a DJ.<br />

Co-chairs of the reunion planning committee were Tracey<br />

Little Madison and Claesi Casio McCrary. They were assisted<br />

by committee members Allison Lindsay Traxler, Karen Smith<br />

Melancon, Courtney Rhodes McGraw, Megan Coogan Foco,<br />

1989 CHS Bruinettes strike a pose: Nancy Lemoine Ellis, Claesi Cashio Mc-<br />

Crary, Lea Bonacorso Faso, Michelle Bonnecaze Doherty, Megan Coogan Foco,<br />

Aimee <strong>St</strong>uckey Oatley and Leigh Smith Baxter.<br />

Elizabeth Chesson Martin, Gabé Vetter, Laurie O’Neal Lemoine,<br />

Aimee <strong>St</strong>uckey Oatley and Jenny Thayer Hanks.<br />

<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2009</strong> • 5


Tribute Donations<br />

The following tribute donations were<br />

made during the period of February 21 to<br />

August 6, <strong>2009</strong>. Please remember those being<br />

honored, as well as those who honored<br />

them, in your prayers.<br />

If you wish to make a special gift in<br />

honor or memory of a family member<br />

or friend, please use the SJA Foundation<br />

envelope found in this issue. If you have<br />

any questions or wish to request more envelopes,<br />

please call the SJA Development<br />

Office at (225) 388-2219.<br />

In Memory of Sister Mary Rose<br />

Amorello, CSJ<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Davis<br />

In Memory of Mr. Fred Anepohl<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas T. Ferrara<br />

In Memory of Mrs. Ann B. Arbour<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bahlinger Jr.<br />

In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Arbour<br />

Mrs. Barbara Pease<br />

In Memory of Mrs. Joy Bani<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Broussard<br />

Dr. and Mrs. Jacques A. de la Bretonne<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Locascio Jr.<br />

Louis Mechanical Contractors Inc.<br />

Ms. Patricia Swenson<br />

The Milton J. Womack Foundation Fund<br />

In Memory of Lucy Imogene Batten ’48<br />

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Corry Jr.<br />

The Class of 1960 Is Planning a<br />

50-Year Reunion Celebration!<br />

April 30: Reunion Mass and Dinner<br />

at SJA; May 1: Catered luncheon at<br />

the home of Beth Pallud Ferachi.<br />

The class is compiling a directory.<br />

Any email or address changes should<br />

be sent to the SJA Alumnae Office.<br />

6 • <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2009</strong><br />

In Memory of Mrs. Maria Bologna<br />

Mr. and Mrs. John Maranto<br />

In Memory of Mr. Ronald Borne<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Laurance W. Brooks Jr.<br />

In Memory of Sister Lydia<br />

Champagne, CSJ ’42<br />

Dr. and Mrs. John B. Cowan<br />

In Memory of Mr. John F. Cooper Jr.<br />

Mr. Frank Bologna<br />

In Memory of Mrs. Patricia Daigle<br />

Mr. Frank Bologna<br />

In Memory of Mr. <strong>St</strong>ewart L. Dietrich<br />

Mr. Daryl Dietrich<br />

In Memory of Mr. William H. Dietrich Sr.<br />

Mr. Frank Bologna<br />

In Memory of Mr. Joseph S.<br />

DiVincenti, Sr.<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Bologna<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ribes<br />

In Memory of Mr. Edgar Ducote<br />

Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Kleinpeter<br />

In Honor of Mr. Luke Duval<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Chustz<br />

In Memory of Mr. Dominic Engolio<br />

Ms. Lillian L. Wasson<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Russell D. Wasson<br />

In Memory of Mr. Henry Goldman<br />

Mrs. Frances Barcelona<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Bologna<br />

Mr. Frank Bologna<br />

Mr. Justin Ribes<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ribes<br />

Ms. Candace Ribes Young<br />

In Memory of Mrs. Katherine<br />

<strong>St</strong>uart Hall ’77<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Bridges<br />

Elan Cotillion Inc.<br />

Mr. and Mrs. George K. Hayes Sr.<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Blake A. Hodges<br />

Mr. and Mrs. James M. Landi<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey J. Rome<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. <strong>St</strong>uart Sr.<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. <strong>St</strong>uart Jr.<br />

In Memory of Mr. Fred Hannaman<br />

Ms. Jan Gravolet<br />

In Memory of Mrs. Genevieve Hanks<br />

Heine ’44<br />

Louisiana Electric Co. Inc.<br />

In Memory of Mr. Millard Herrington<br />

Mrs. Theresa Herrington<br />

In Memory of Mrs. Evelyn Hill<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Tanner Jr.<br />

In Memory of Ms. Karole Hirschey<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Badeaux<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Dauzat<br />

Ms. Angela Ellis<br />

Mr. Pete Hirschey<br />

Ms. Kathy Kovacevich<br />

Ms. Joni M. Leggio<br />

Mrs. Marie R. Ruggiero<br />

Mr. and Mrs. David Vasser<br />

In Memory of Mrs. Jamie Lousteau<br />

Holdstein ’80<br />

Mr. Albert Lousteau<br />

In Memory of Ms. Frances P. Holliday ’55<br />

Henry and Anna Bernard<br />

Ms. Paula M. Berumen<br />

Mr. Frank Bologna<br />

Margaret Brennan, Thomas Aversano and<br />

Reed Riley<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Laurance W. Brooks Jr.<br />

Ms. Catherine David<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Glenn<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Earl T. Haynes<br />

Mr. <strong>St</strong>eve Haynes<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Holliday<br />

Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Kleinpeter<br />

Ms. Bette Levin<br />

Mr. and Mrs. David McCarty<br />

Mrs. Louise Prosser<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. <strong>St</strong>ewart<br />

Keri Martin Torres


support...family...working together<br />

In Memory of Mr. David M. James Jr.<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ribes<br />

In Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Leon R.<br />

Kleinpeter Jr.<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lysinger<br />

In Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent<br />

Kleinpeter (Patricia Torregrossa ’46)<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Lindsey<br />

In Memory of Mr. Brandon Kling<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Soileau<br />

In Memory of Ms. Mary Ellen Leeper ’69<br />

Ms. Ann Felice Fourrier<br />

In Memory of Mrs. Cynthia<br />

Braud LiRocchi ’59<br />

Mrs. Mary O. Doerner<br />

Ms. Joan Ervin<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Falcon Morgan<br />

In Memory of Mrs. Amber Lousteau<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Todd A. Pourciau<br />

In Memory of Mr. Richard Macmurdo<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Hal B. Macmurdo<br />

In Memory of Mr. Keith Marchand<br />

Mr. Frank Bologna<br />

In Honor of Mrs. Mary<br />

Hebert McCowan ’61<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Hebert Jr.<br />

Mrs. Barbara H. Magruder<br />

In Memory of Mr. Andrew McGinty<br />

Mrs. Rita McGinty<br />

In Honor of Mrs. Linda Messina<br />

SJA Dads’ Club<br />

SJA Mothers’ Club<br />

In Memory of Mr. John Monte Sr.<br />

Mrs. Jo Cockrell<br />

In Memory of Mr. Phillip Muscarello Sr.<br />

Mr. Frank Bologna<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Dauzat<br />

In Memory of Mr. Brent David Pecue<br />

Mrs. Danni Bourgeois Pecue<br />

In Memory of Mr. William B. Pecue<br />

Mrs. Danni Bourgeois Pecue<br />

In Memory of Mr. Gordon Pugh Sr.<br />

Mr. Frank Bologna<br />

In Memory of Mrs. Maria Reeves<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Chustz<br />

In Memory of Mr. Albert T. Salzer III<br />

Mrs. Betty Huber<br />

In Memory of Mrs. Katherine<br />

Quebedeaux Seward ’93<br />

Ms. Jerri M. Mack<br />

In Honor of Ms. Abbey M. Simoneaux<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Simoneaux<br />

In Memory of Mr. James Smith<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Dauzat<br />

In Honor of Sister Gracelyn Soignet, CSJ<br />

Sister Elizabeth Bourg, CIC<br />

In Memory of Mrs. Barbara<br />

Masling Territo ’54<br />

Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Kleinpeter<br />

In Memory of Mrs. Verna Thompson<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas T. Ferrara<br />

In Honor of Mr. Grey Traxler<br />

Dr. and Mrs. Jon Traxler<br />

In Memory of Mrs. Gracie Uter<br />

Mr. Frank Bologna<br />

In Memory of Mrs. Margaret<br />

Waggenspack<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Fontane<br />

In Memory of Mr. Jack Wessel<br />

Mr. Frank Bologna<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Paul P. Bologna<br />

In Memory of Mrs. Marilyn<br />

Polk Wittorf ’67<br />

Mr. Richard Wittorf<br />

Call for Nominations<br />

Each year, the <strong>St</strong>. Joseph’s <strong>Academy</strong><br />

Alumnae Association bestows<br />

Outstanding Alumnae awards<br />

upon graduates who, in their dayto-day<br />

living, exemplify integrity,<br />

moral character, love of God and<br />

service to humanity. They also<br />

serve as role models to current and<br />

future <strong>Academy</strong> students. Award<br />

winners are honored at a special<br />

luncheon, held each spring. (This<br />

year’s luncheon will be on Saturday,<br />

April 24.) A nomination form<br />

can be found on the SJA website<br />

(www.sjabr.org) under the Alumnae<br />

drop-down, Outstanding Alumnae<br />

link. Or contact Lauren Griffin,<br />

alumnae coordinator, at (225)<br />

388-2246 or griffinl@sjabr.org. Entry<br />

deadline is December 31, <strong>2009</strong>.<br />

The SJA community also nominates<br />

an alumna for the annual<br />

Distinguished Graduate Award<br />

from the Diocese of Baton Rouge.<br />

Honorees are recognized during<br />

Catholic Schools Week at a special<br />

awards dinner in late January or<br />

early February. Contact Griffin for<br />

a nomination form. Entry deadline<br />

is October 26, <strong>2009</strong>.<br />

<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2009</strong> • 7


support...family...working together<br />

New Sign To Greet Visitors<br />

A new sign being erected<br />

at the corner of Broussard<br />

and Parker streets will<br />

soon welcome visitors to<br />

the <strong>St</strong>. Joseph’s <strong>Academy</strong><br />

campus. Reich Associates<br />

is the landscape architect<br />

for the project; it worked<br />

closely with Cajun Constructors Inc., as well.<br />

The sign is a gift from the senior classes<br />

of 2006, 2008 and <strong>2009</strong>.<br />

Featuring brick columns, cast SJA shields,<br />

a planter, iron fence and the school’s name<br />

and year it was established, the structure is<br />

more than six feet tall and approximately 27<br />

Chapel Available for Special Occasions<br />

With the move of the Sisters living in<br />

Mother Alice Hall to their new residence on<br />

Hundred Oaks in Baton Rouge, a number<br />

of changes have been announced regarding<br />

the Chapel at <strong>St</strong>. Joseph’s <strong>Academy</strong>.<br />

On August 16, Monsignor William<br />

Greene celebrated a closing Eucharist for<br />

lay friends of the Sisters who have joined<br />

them for Sunday mass for many years. Because<br />

the new chapel at Hundred Oaks is<br />

limited in size, welcoming guests for Sunday<br />

mass will no longer be possible. Fr. Greene<br />

will continue to serve as chaplain for the<br />

Sisters in their new residence.<br />

feet wide.<br />

The design reflects the school’s architectural<br />

vernacular in repeating materials used on<br />

the buildings. By using sections of the antique<br />

fencing that came from SJA in downtown<br />

Baton Rouge, the sign also incorporates the<br />

school’s history.<br />

The beautiful Chapel at <strong>St</strong>. Joseph’s<br />

<strong>Academy</strong>, designed by Adalie Brent and<br />

completed in 1965, is leased to SJA by the<br />

Congregation of <strong>St</strong>. Joseph. It remains open<br />

and available weekdays during school hours<br />

to <strong>Academy</strong> students, faculty and staff. It<br />

is available at other times to alumnae and<br />

friends of the Sisters of <strong>St</strong>. Joseph for<br />

small weddings or special occasions. Seating<br />

capacity is 100.<br />

Sister Adelaide Williamson, CSJ, is chapel<br />

coordinator. Please direct questions or reservation<br />

requests to her at (225) 202-7600<br />

or awilliamson@csjoseph.org.<br />

Alum To Lead Foundation Board<br />

Jo Ellen Kearny, a 1967 graduate of<br />

the <strong>Academy</strong>, will serve as president<br />

of the SJA Foundation for <strong>2009</strong>-2010.<br />

Kearny is a partner with the firm of<br />

Daigrepont & Brian. She is also president<br />

of Kearny Financial Services Inc.,<br />

is certified in financial planning and is<br />

the holder of securities and insurance<br />

licenses for her investment advisory<br />

business.<br />

The SJA Foundation, established in<br />

1968 by the SJA Lay Advisory Board, is<br />

the vehicle wherein funds are collected,<br />

managed and distributed, thereby ensuring<br />

that the school’s operation is on sound<br />

financial footing. All funds are invested<br />

under the supervision of the SJA Board<br />

of Directors.<br />

An active volunteer, Kearny has served<br />

SJA in a number of capacities, including<br />

Elusive Alumnae<br />

If you know the current address for any<br />

of the following alumnae, please call the SJA<br />

Development Office at (225) 388-2219.<br />

Johnny Childress ’60<br />

Catherine Bahm Claudet ’60<br />

Louise Cobb Gautrer ’60<br />

Diana Hindery ’60<br />

Patricia Betancourt Scardina ’60<br />

Marie Erie ’70<br />

Jean Roche Atwell ’80<br />

Gretchen <strong>St</strong>aub Bugeaud ’80<br />

Paula Price Cahill ’80<br />

Debbie Coonan ’80<br />

Robin Montgomery Kremer ’80<br />

Lisa Fortenberry Lopez ’80<br />

Rachel Rodriguez Morales ’80<br />

Erica Ricard ’80<br />

Karyn Nelson Scales ’80<br />

Mary Cardillo Shattuck-Thurman ’80<br />

Carol Crapanzano ’85<br />

Christine Deeds ’85<br />

Laure Williamson Watts ’85<br />

Sharon Williams Leahy ’85<br />

Jennifer Rountree Barrientos ’90<br />

Holly Brown ’90<br />

Yvette Creel ’90<br />

Allison Elizabeth Dartez ’90<br />

Nikki Fontenot Ford ’90<br />

Katheryn Lantrip ’90<br />

Kreslyn Jill Pieterse ’90<br />

Susan Remmetter Wallace ’90<br />

Letrece Griffin ’00<br />

Amanda Henry ’00<br />

Maria Locker ’00<br />

Heather Pizzolato ’00<br />

Michelle Seeger ’00<br />

as a member of the<br />

SJA School Board<br />

for 10 years, ulti-<br />

Jo Ellen Kearny<br />

mately becoming<br />

board chair. She<br />

served as head of<br />

the Finance Committee,<br />

overseeing<br />

major changes to<br />

the <strong>Academy</strong>’s accounting<br />

and budgeting processes. She<br />

is active in the community, serving numerous<br />

organizations.<br />

8 • <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2009</strong>


support...family...working together<br />

Greetings from the SJA President<br />

Sister Adele Lambert, CSJ<br />

With a “faint feel of fall” in the air, <strong>St</strong>.<br />

Joseph’s <strong>Academy</strong> welcomed the largestever<br />

student body of 918 young ladies<br />

eager to begin another year of sanctity, joy<br />

and action.<br />

Our 254 freshmen arrived early in June<br />

for the annual computer orientation sessions.<br />

Most freshmen now come to SJA with<br />

some basic computer skills. All students<br />

(and teachers) learned a new online course<br />

management system for this year, Moodle,<br />

which serves to provide email and all communication<br />

between students, faculty and<br />

parents. This system, used by LSU, replaces<br />

Blackboard.<br />

Signs of recent and new construction<br />

and renovation are visible on the SJA campus.<br />

A construction fence and gravel drive<br />

on Kleinert Avenue provide a staging area<br />

for subcontractors as the North/South<br />

wing of Mother Alice Hall is renovated<br />

this fall. The rose bed in the Sisters’ garden<br />

has been moved to the Fontbonne Garden,<br />

small but significant signs that big things<br />

are happening.<br />

The renovation of Mother Alice Hall<br />

(formerly the residence for the Sisters and<br />

a children’s home) begins this month. The<br />

use of Mother Alice Hall for academic classrooms<br />

and faculty rooms is an extremely<br />

generous gift of the Sisters of <strong>St</strong>. Joseph.<br />

Mother Alice Hall is valued at $6 million.<br />

As the number of Sisters serving on the<br />

SJA faculty begins to lessen and older sisters<br />

moved to retirement and nursing homes, the<br />

Congregation of <strong>St</strong>. Joseph leadership began<br />

to talk about the <strong>Academy</strong>’s use of the<br />

entire Mother Alice Hall. After Hurricane<br />

Katrina in 2005, the Congregation began to<br />

look for residential space for retired Sisters<br />

evacuated from New Orleans.<br />

It was evident that the residential space<br />

at Mother Alice Hall could not be easily<br />

converted for handicap accessibility for the<br />

elderly. In formal conversations with the<br />

leadership of the Congregation, it was de-<br />

To make a contribution, visit the SJA website at www.sjabr.org and follow the links to Give<br />

Online. Or, complete the contribution card below and send it in the envelope provided<br />

in this issue.<br />

I/we _______________________________ pledge $____________ to the<br />

Always the <strong>Academy</strong> Capital Campaign to be paid over the next three years.<br />

q I/we will pay this pledge in installments of (circle one)<br />

Annually Semi-Annually Quarterly Monthly<br />

or<br />

q Enclosed is my one-time donation of $ __________ to the Always the <strong>Academy</strong><br />

Capital Campaign.<br />

q Please do not include my name in donor reports.<br />

cided to build a retirement residence on land<br />

purchased from the Baton Rouge Diocese<br />

at 3134 Hundred Oaks (at Parker <strong>St</strong>reet).<br />

The residence is now complete and houses<br />

16 retired Sisters. The Sisters’ new home<br />

serves the needs of the retired Sisters with<br />

private rooms and baths, communal dining<br />

and sitting rooms, an intimate chapel and<br />

beautifully landscaped gardens.<br />

The Always the <strong>Academy</strong> Capital Campaign<br />

for the construction of an Academic<br />

Performing Arts Center (APAC) has surpassed<br />

the halfway mark. This $6 million<br />

campaign has the support of more than<br />

400 donors (individuals, families and businesses).<br />

The center, the final major building<br />

of the SJA Master Plan, will house music,<br />

drama, dance and fine arts and will include<br />

a black box theatre. It will complement our<br />

present academic buildings.<br />

Both the APAC and the renovation of<br />

Mother Alice Hall demonstrate the <strong>Academy</strong>’s<br />

commitment and<br />

mission to educate the<br />

whole person.<br />

We have invited<br />

SJA alumnae, parents Sister Adele Lambert<br />

and friends to participate<br />

in this capital campaign for the young<br />

women of the <strong>Academy</strong>. Baton Rouge<br />

businesses and community groups are being<br />

solicited. If you have received materials for<br />

the Always the <strong>Academy</strong> Capital Campaign,<br />

we sincerely invite your participation now.<br />

It will be a great joy and blessing to be able<br />

to say at the end of the campaign, “Look<br />

what we did.”<br />

Thank you for all the amazing work you<br />

do as an SJA alum or friend. We love to hear<br />

the stories of your lives and your continued<br />

commitment to the ideals taught at SJA.<br />

May you and your families receive the<br />

abundant blessings our God has reserved<br />

for you.<br />

Always the <strong>Academy</strong> Capital Campaign<br />

Name: _________________________________________________________<br />

Address: _______________________________________________________<br />

City/<strong>St</strong>ate/Zip: __________________________________________________<br />

______________________________ ______________________________<br />

Signature Date Please print your name<br />

Make checks payable to SJA Always the <strong>Academy</strong><br />

<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2009</strong> • 9


O n Campus<br />

academics...traditions...faculty<br />

Graduates Earn $12.85<br />

Million in Scholarships<br />

Fifty-five percent of the class of <strong>2009</strong><br />

received academic scholarships totaling<br />

$12.85 million: $9.95 million in institutional<br />

or private scholarship dollars and<br />

$2.9 million in TOPS dollars. Ninety percent<br />

of the members of the graduating class<br />

applied and was eligible for TOPS scholarship<br />

money.<br />

<strong>St</strong>udents Serve ‘Dear Neighbor’ over <strong>Summer</strong><br />

Taylor Mockler and Carleigh Lanclos share a special moment<br />

with a Honduran child.<br />

<strong>St</strong>. Joseph’s <strong>Academy</strong> students and recent<br />

graduates continued to reach out in service<br />

to the “dear neighbor” by participating in a<br />

number of service immersion experiences<br />

over the course of the summer.<br />

Eleven members of the class of <strong>2009</strong><br />

spent 10 days in Nicaragua, working with<br />

Sister Dianne Fanguy, CSJ, in Cuidad Sandino<br />

and interacting with the youth and pre-school<br />

children in an internal refugee camp. The<br />

mission trip marked the first time a group of<br />

high school students traveled to Nicaragua to<br />

offer service.<br />

Five rising seniors spent 10 days at Mission<br />

Honduras as part of a working retreat.<br />

The missionaries offered service, education<br />

and spiritual guidance to children living in<br />

extreme poverty.<br />

Two groups of students spent a week in<br />

New Orleans, assisting those affected by Hur-<br />

10 • <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2009</strong><br />

Megan Aultman and Gisele Calderon, salutatorian<br />

and validictorian of the class of <strong>2009</strong>.<br />

ricane Katrina. The trips were coordinated by<br />

Contemplatives in Action and sponsored by<br />

the SJA Office of Campus Ministry.<br />

Six students spent a week in Klagetoh, Arizona,<br />

working with the Navajo people on Saint<br />

Anne’s Mission. They hosted a Bible camp for<br />

the children, visited a home for handicapped<br />

adults and served food at a nursing home.<br />

“Through the service immersion trips,<br />

our girls were able to identify with people<br />

on the deepest level,” Campus Minister Tori<br />

McRoberts said. “These opportunities helped<br />

the girls develop into young leaders as they<br />

served the dear neighbor without distinction<br />

and were transformed in the charism of the<br />

Sisters of <strong>St</strong>. Joseph.”<br />

Angela LeBlanc, Jessica Bordelon, Alex Francis, Emily<br />

Guidry and Emily Lopez spent 10 days at Mission<br />

Honduras.<br />

Faculty/<strong>St</strong>aff News<br />

Several faculty and staff members enjoyed<br />

opportunities for personal growth<br />

during the summer.<br />

Principal Linda Fryoux Harvison<br />

’66 and IT Implementation Director<br />

John Richardson were presenters at<br />

the 30th annual National Educational<br />

Computing Conference in Washington,<br />

D.C. They told the story of SJA’s involvement<br />

in the Cordoba Education Initiative,<br />

bringing technology and computer<br />

training to schools and orphanages in<br />

Cordoba.<br />

Twelve faculty and staff members<br />

attended the <strong>2009</strong> Lausanne Laptop<br />

Institute in Memphis, Tennessee. Three<br />

faculty members – Kate Beal, Jennifer<br />

Guidry and John Richardson – were<br />

selected as presenters.<br />

Math teacher Ellen Bush was chosen<br />

to participate in the <strong>2009</strong> Illuminations<br />

<strong>Summer</strong> Institute, developing materials<br />

for the National Council of Teachers of<br />

Mathematics’ library.<br />

Bush and science teacher Vickie<br />

LaPlace were chosen to attend the Engineering<br />

Principles in Science and Math<br />

Classrooms workshop at LSU.<br />

Dance faculty member Kris Cangelosi<br />

’80 choreographed three episodes of<br />

a TV sitcom entitled JK’s House. The<br />

children’s musical stars Robin Givens.<br />

Science teacher Lori Harper participated<br />

in an intensive, two-week biomedical<br />

research program at the University<br />

of Washington. Ethics in the Science<br />

Classroom was hosted by Collaborations<br />

to Understand Research and Ethics.<br />

Celebrating milestone years of service<br />

to SJA are Joanna Campbell, Sister<br />

Ily Fernandez, Gloria K. Green, Amy<br />

Scheurich House ’97, Clarinda Palmer<br />

and Candace Ribes Young ’87, five<br />

years; Niki Banta, Karen Douet, Mary<br />

Beth Elfert, <strong>St</strong>acy Rennhoff and John<br />

Richardson, 10 years; Judy Lavergne<br />

and Linda Messina, 15 years; and Druci<br />

Balkom, 45 years.


marriages...births...memorials<br />

Marriages<br />

’78 Debbie Talbot to David Butterworth 4/3/09<br />

’80 Ellen <strong>St</strong>olzenthaler to Gregory Martinez<br />

10/11/08<br />

’00 Betsy Ellis to Tim Bowers 6/7/08<br />

<strong>St</strong>acy LeBlanc to Joe Ghanami 5/2/09<br />

’01 Mary Ann Wegenhoft to David White 5/9/09<br />

’04 Danielle Clary to Michael Alch 6/26/09<br />

’05 <strong>St</strong>ephanie LeBlanc to Alexander LeBoeuf<br />

2/14/09<br />

Births<br />

’89 Allison Lindsay Traxler: son, James “Grey,”<br />

born 9/15/08<br />

’90 Renee Bourgeois Busch: son, Britain Matthew,<br />

born 6/24/08<br />

’92 Ginger Coghlan Rabb: daughter,<br />

Lillian Elizabeth, born 1/19/09<br />

’93 Shelly Henry Daigle: son, Luke Henry,<br />

born 2/2/09<br />

’94 Kelly Richard Vaughan: daughter,<br />

Camille Catherine, born 12/8/08<br />

Caroline <strong>St</strong>ickman Lemann: daughter,<br />

Mary Frances, born 11/7/08<br />

’95 Amanda Arceneaux Schamber: daughter,<br />

Emilie Kate, born 6/20/08<br />

Lauren Edmonston Brown: daughter,<br />

Avery Claire, born 10/28/08<br />

’96 Laura Bosch Ferrara: daughter, Rebecca Joy,<br />

born 3/12/09<br />

’98 Becky Carriere Christofferson: daughter,<br />

Evelyn Rose, born 8/21/08<br />

Allison Tate Zeringue: daughter, Ava Claire,<br />

born 3/3/09<br />

’99 <strong>St</strong>acy Mayeaux Roberts: son, Parker Joseph,<br />

born 4/24/09<br />

Elizabeth Cowan Wells: son, Julian Joseph, born<br />

4/26/09<br />

Jessica Lato Williams: son, Tyler Matthew, born<br />

7/16/09<br />

’00 Natalie Nola Thompson: son, Nicholas John,<br />

born 6/22/09<br />

’02 Danielle Zito Banquer: daughter,<br />

Molly Adeline, born 10/9/08<br />

In Memoriam<br />

Notices which appear in this issue were received by<br />

August 10, <strong>2009</strong>. The SJA family extends sincere<br />

sympathy to the loved ones of:<br />

Charles Richard “Rick” Albright II<br />

father of Mary Alison Albright ’93<br />

Robert Frederick Arbour<br />

father of Denise Arbour Tebbe ’80 and Dr. Jeanne<br />

Arbour Favrot ’81; brother of Katherine Arbour<br />

Hannaman ’34, Sister Jane Louise Arbour ’41, Virginia<br />

Arbour Tomeny ’47 and Eloise Arbour Selig ’42<br />

Joy Neff Bani<br />

mother of Lynn Anne Bani Carville ’71<br />

Angelina Delores Lombardo Barthel ’58<br />

mother of Donna Lynn Barthel-Jones ’81<br />

Lucy Imogene Fisher Batten ’48<br />

mother of Sandra Batten ’68<br />

George Albert Bishop<br />

father of Frances Bishop Edwards ’78, Mary Bishop<br />

Hall ’80 and Margaret Bishop Baier ’82<br />

Elizabeth Claitor Blagg ’45<br />

sister of Jewel Claitor Ogorzaly ’38 (dec.)<br />

Ronald Francis Borne<br />

brother of Carolyn Borne <strong>St</strong>ewart ’55, Yvonne Borne<br />

Thompson ’56 and Estelle Borne Holliday ’59<br />

Adam J. “Bodie” Boudreaux<br />

father of Laura Boudreaux Miller ’86<br />

Roy Matthew Bourgeois<br />

father of Renee Bourgeois Busch ’90<br />

Orland Morgan Brown Jr.<br />

husband of Ruth Eiswirth Brown ’41; father of Catherine<br />

Brown ’68 (dec.) and Sandra Brown Clark ’82;<br />

grandfather of Christin Clark ’05 and Katelyn Clark ’10<br />

Carmen “Carmelita” Berumen ’53<br />

sister of Paula Berumen ’55<br />

Joseph Louis “Joey” Conkerton<br />

son of Sara Martrain Conkerton ’56<br />

Robert “Bob” Conway<br />

father of Maureen Conway Beyt ’99<br />

Harold Kendall Cotten<br />

husband of Marion Wood Cotten ’47; father of Karen<br />

Cotten Maczewski ’71 and Wendy Cotten Schenck ’72<br />

Robert “Bob” Culver Jr.<br />

father of Elizabeth “Libba” Culver Wilson ’66, Cathy<br />

Culver Black ’68 and Frances Culver McConnell ’72<br />

Thomas Benton “Tommy Ben” Darensbourg Sr.<br />

father of Celeste Darensbourg Roquemore ’79 and<br />

Alyson Darensbourg ’82<br />

Robert Wayne David Sr.<br />

father of Olivia David Latiolas ’99<br />

Edgar Arthur Ducote<br />

father of Julie Ducote Young ’81; grandfather of<br />

Lauren Young ’10<br />

Odessa “Kermit” Gremillion Ducote<br />

grandmother of Celeste Couvillion Fahey ’80, Michelle<br />

Couvillion Kellner ’82 and Melanie Couvillion ’86<br />

Dominic “Dom” Engolio<br />

grandfather of Rachel Pastorek ’02 and Sarah Pastorek<br />

’06<br />

Rita Gipson Gable<br />

mother of Carolyn Gable Bergeron ’65 and Janie Gabel<br />

Barnes ’69; sister of Edith Gipson Taylor ’50<br />

Sidney “Barry” Gautreaux Sr.<br />

brother of Mary Lou Gautreaux Gaudin ’57<br />

Michael W. Gaydos<br />

brother of Joanne Gaydos Day ’64<br />

George Gustave Griffon Jr.<br />

father of Renee Griffon Morris ’87 and Anyce Griffon<br />

Naegele ’88<br />

Veronica Mary “Vee” Bourgeois Guthrie ’48<br />

sister of Theresa Bourgeois Herrington ’41<br />

David W. Hall<br />

father of Carmen Hall Walker ’77, Cheryl Hall<br />

DeRouen ’79, Cynthia Hall Cloudet (attended 1978-<br />

79), Carol L. Hall ’85 and Constance Hall Carter ’90<br />

Frederick Anthony “Fred” Hannaman Jr.<br />

husband of Katherine Arbour Hannaman ’34; father<br />

of Mary Kay Hannaman Burns Collins ’58 and Nancy<br />

Hannaman Endom ’61<br />

Jean M. Haydel<br />

mother of Melissa “Missy” Haydel Diez ’79<br />

Hilda Simm Henson<br />

mother of Hilda Henson Donaldson ’68<br />

Evelyn Tricuit Rivault Hill<br />

mother of Debra Rivault Bennett ’73<br />

grandmother of Kristi Rivault Allen ’95, Leigh Rivault<br />

Donohue ’96, Lindsey Bennett Templet ’99, Lauren<br />

Bennett O’Brien ’02 and LeeAnn Bennett ’12<br />

Karole Leslie Hirschey, alum by choice<br />

mother of Ashlee Gardiner ’10<br />

Frances Paula Holliday ’55<br />

sister of Lydia Holliday Langan ’54 (dec.), Betty Holliday<br />

Thudium ’63 and Cathy Holliday Larsen ’70<br />

George A. Hudson Jr.<br />

brother of Peggy Hudson Fugler ’53<br />

Martha Caldwell Innes<br />

mother of Elizabeth Innes McBurney ’62<br />

Dominic A. “Big I” Inzenga<br />

brother of Maria Inzenga Cloessner ’66<br />

Thomas W. Johnson<br />

father of Colleen Johnson Hoerner ’79<br />

Lorraine Maher Kelley<br />

mother of Mary Kelley Davis ’71 and Sharon Kelley<br />

Brown ’85<br />

Mary Ellen Troxclair Kestler<br />

mother of Lauren Kestler Anderson ’02<br />

continued on page 12<br />

<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2009</strong> • 11


<strong>St</strong>. Joseph’s <strong>Academy</strong><br />

3015 Broussard <strong>St</strong>reet<br />

Baton Rouge, LA 70808-1198<br />

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Baton Rouge, LA<br />

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A National School<br />

of Excellence<br />

1991 • 1996 • 2002<br />

Parents, if your daughter no longer lives at home, please send us her address. If you would<br />

like to continue to receive Connections, please phone Alum Coordinator Lauren Griffin at<br />

(225) 388-2246 or email her at griffinl@sjabr.org.<br />

In Memoriam ... continued from page 11<br />

William Donald “Bill” Kimbro Sr.<br />

father of Laura Kimbro Molino ’77<br />

William Glenn Kyle<br />

father of Kara Kyle Shupe ’86<br />

Gertrude “Tibby” Hebert Landry ’32<br />

Rita Fabre Langlois<br />

sister of Clara Fabre Murphy ’50<br />

Frank Joseph LaPorte<br />

father of Margaret LaPorte Elgin ’65<br />

Amber Vampran Lousteau<br />

mother of Jennifer Lousteau ’05<br />

Woodrow A. Mansur Jr.<br />

brother of Janet Mansur Terrell ’62<br />

A. Keith Marchand<br />

father of Michael Ann Marchand ’10 and Alixandra<br />

Marchand ’11<br />

Dane Erin McCandless (member of class of 2003)<br />

R. Russell McMahon Sr.<br />

father of Claudia Barbe McMahon ’66<br />

Charles N. Meoli Jr.<br />

brother of Lynne Meole Rawley ’63, Phyllis Meole<br />

Pierce ’65 and Kathleen Meole Bernacchio ’71<br />

Marjorie Couniot Mitchell<br />

mother of Lisa Mitchell Cornejo ’73<br />

Susan Van Hees Murphy<br />

mother of Claire Murphy ’04<br />

Philip J. “Muskie” Muscarello Sr.<br />

husband of Mamie Jean Nicholas Muscarello ’53;<br />

father of Toni Muscarello Tucker (alum by choice) and<br />

Joni Muscarello Leggio ’79<br />

George R. “Nickie” Neck<br />

father of Barbara Hillary Neck Burt ’85; grandfather<br />

of Amanda Glaser Brumfield ’98<br />

Ronald Elmore “Ronnie” O’Rear<br />

husband of Barbara Hollis O’Rear ’70<br />

Ceola Sanchez Otto ’32<br />

George H. Persac Jr.<br />

brother of Wanda Persac Annison ’43<br />

Kathleen “Kathy” Boudreaux Prouty<br />

sister of Grace Boudreaux Burton ’44<br />

Gordon Alexander Pugh Sr.<br />

husband of Camilla Rachel Pugh ’59; father of Rachel<br />

Pugh Winger ’91<br />

Thomas “Buddy” Robichaux<br />

brother of Frances Robichaux Bahlinger ’41<br />

Emile B. Roques Jr. (boy of SJA)<br />

Caleb Aaron Rushing<br />

grandson of Lorraine Langridge Adams ’59<br />

James Franklin Smith<br />

grandfather of Dana Guitreau Favoro ’78, <strong>St</strong>acie<br />

Guitreau ’81 and Rhonda Hebert Ruffino ’85<br />

John Henry Smith<br />

father of Cheryl Falgoust Smith ’62<br />

Lewis Beale Smith III<br />

grandfather of Rachel Serio ’09<br />

SFC Severin West “Sev” <strong>Summer</strong>s III<br />

brother of Andree <strong>Summer</strong>s Freeman ’85<br />

Mary Lena Tate<br />

grandmother of Lena McGee, SJA staff member<br />

Barbara Gay Masling Territo ’54<br />

Verna Marie LeBlanc Thompson (former preschool<br />

teacher at SJA)<br />

mother of Verna Thompson Swinney ’59 and Karen<br />

Thompson Villavaso ’64<br />

Leon Joseph Torregrossa II<br />

son of Ann May Torregrossa ’52<br />

Joseph N. Vince Jr.<br />

brother of Jo Ann Vince Levatino ’64<br />

Aubrey J. Weil Jr.<br />

father of Kim Ann Weil Pritchard ’78 and Leslie Ann<br />

Weil Schulte ’80

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