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De La Salle Magazine Fall 2015 Editor Michael K. Walsh Photography De La Salle Archives Root Studios/HR Imaging Michael K. Walsh Contributing Authors Christopher Ahearn Iris Gist Cochran Paul Dirschl La Toya Keys Michael K. Walsh Designer Jacqueline Daniels Printer M&G Graphics De La Salle Magazine is published three times a year by De La Salle Institute’s Office for Advancement. The purpose of this publication is to unite the Christian Brothers, alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff and friends together in De La Salle’s mission of excellence in education. All submissions or comments should be directed to dmagazine@dls.org To receive this magazine electronically, please send an email to dmagazine@dls.org. As a high school with as rich a tradition as ours, we know a thing or two (or three) about achieving milestones. Celebrating 125 years of providing an outstanding, Lasallian secondary education to the students of Chicago? Check. Incorporating Tablet PC technology into our curriculum and classrooms? We were the first school to start that back in 2006 and it’s going very well. Becoming one of two co-institutional high schools in the country? Did that 13 years ago. As justifiably proud as we are of our past accomplishments, we feel it’s necessary to keep moving, progressing and growing. It’s time for us to achieve our next goal. And what a wonderfully historic goal it is! De La Salle President Fr. Paul Novak With our Board of Directors setting an aggressive agenda of innovation and transformation, De La Salle will merge our campuses and become a co-educational high school beginning with the 2017-18 school year. While six of our classes are currently co-educational, in two years all of our classes will be coeducational. As all of our students will be attending classes at 3434 S. Michigan, we want to make our Institute Campus the best learning environment possible for our Meteors. With that in mind, we will be embarking on a capital campaign that will allow De La Salle to remain at the forefront of secondary education in Chicago. Since De La Salle took ownership of the property on the northeast corner of 35th and Michigan, it’s been our fervent hope and dream that someday we could expand our campus with classrooms, offices, a new theatre and retail space in a sparkling new facility that would be used by everyone at De La Salle as well as the local community. The time has arrived to make that dream a reality. We need everyone within the De La Salle community to make a commitment and an investment so that we can accomplish our vision. Maintaining our roots in the same location on 35th Street while continuing to grow and develop as one of the top high schools in the Chicago area is something in which everyone at De La Salle has a great deal of pride. This is an exciting time to be a Meteor and we would love for you to play a significant part in our success. Please join us and help De La Salle continue thriving as the place where the past is cherished and great futures begin. May God bless you and those you love with peace, health and happiness this fall. St. John Baptist de La Salle, pray for us! Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us! Live Jesus in Our Hearts, Forever! MISSION STATEMENT De La Salle Institute is an independent Catholic secondary school rooted in the tradition of Christian education begun by St. John Baptist de La Salle. Founded in 1889, its mission has been, and is, to foster a desire for excellence in education. Young people from a variety of ethnic and economic backgrounds are given the opportunity to fully develop their abilities so they may be active, contributing members of our complex, changing society. www.dls.org INSTITUTE CAMPUS FOR YOUNG MEN 3434 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVE • CHICAGO, IL 60616-3898 P 312.842.7355 • F 312.842.4142 LOURDES HALL CAMPUS FOR YOUNG WOMEN 1040 WEST 32ND PL • CHICAGO, IL 60608-6507 P 773.650.6800 • F 773.650.9722 TOLTON ADULT LITERACY CENTER 3647 SOUTH STATE ST • CHICAGO, IL 60609-1951 P 312.747.3471
TABLE OF CONTENTS ACADEMICS Diane L. Brown Named Interim Principal 2 De La Salle Going Co-Educational In 2017 3 Colleges & Universities the Class of 2015 Will Attend 4 A Technology Infused Curriculum 5 A Picture Is Worth a 1,000 Words… 6-7 Meteors on the Move 8 Welcoming New Faculty for the 2015-16 School Year 9 An Improved Educational Experience 9 FAITH, SERVICE & COMMUNITY Archbishop Cupich Celebrates The Mass Of The Holy Spirit 10-11 Tolton Center Reaches Milestone 12 PARENT PLACE Save the Date! Important Dates for the Parent Association 13 Parent Association Chooses Leadership 13 Dancing with the Meteors 13 ATHLETICS Meteor Fall Sports Update 14-15 DEVELOPMENT A True & Dedicated Meteor: Jim Cunningham ‘46 16 Alumni Profile: Victor Megaro ‘81 17 Recap of 120th Alumni Banquet 18 Coming Home for Career Day at De La Salle 19 Estate Planning: What Will Your Legacy Be? 20 In Memoriam 22 Alumni Updates 22 Support De La Salle Through the Annual Fund 23 Promote Your Business by Advertising in D Magazine 24 De La Salle Institute Board of Directors 2015-2016 Chairman Mr. Paul D. McCoy ‘68 Vice Chairman Mr. Prentiss J. Jackson ‘67 Members Mr. Marshall A. Blake Mr. George A. Bonomo ‘59 Mr. Victor M. Chavarria ‘69 Mr. Eugene L. Ferretti Dr. Robert O. Graham ‘64 Honorable Patrick M. Huels ‘67 Sister Mary Alice Jarosz, SSJ-TOSF Brother Michael Kadow, FSC Dr. Scott A. Kier Sister Valerie Kulbacki, SSJ-TOSF ‘L64 Mr. La Rue Martin, Jr. ‘68 Ms. Sharon R. O’Brien Mr. Joseph D. Parente ‘84 Mr. Michael J. Passarelli ‘90 Mr. Thomas J. Sargant ‘62 Mr. Michael A. Tadin ‘69 Mrs. Cathryn P. Taylor Mr. Thomas L. Taylor Mr. James A. Vanek ‘64 President’s Council Honorable William J. Aukstik ‘64 Mr. Michael G. Bansley ‘53 Mr. Michael F. Hickey ‘56 Mr. James R. Woodrow ‘53 Extollo Educational Foundation Board of Directors President Mr. Michael G. Bansley ‘53 Vice President Mr. James R. Woodrow ‘53 Secretary/Treasurer Mr. Michael F. Hickey ‘56 De La Salle Magazine 1
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