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<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Xavier</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />

1609 Poplar Level Road<br />

Louisville, KY 40217<br />

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<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Xavier</strong>’s Student Activities Leadership Team spearheaded the first-ever senior gift campaign. Their goal was to have all seniors contribute money toward<br />

a new campus marquee that would be matched by reserved dollars in the Student Activities Fund. At the time of publication, participation totaled 95 seniors.<br />

Pictured are members of the Leadership Team. Front row (left to right): Mr. David Bradshaw, Rory Hopkins, Cameron Wieneke, Hunter Keith, Matt Anderson,<br />

Ben Randolf, Sam Ratterman, Michael Ising, and John Kim. Back row (left to right): Geoff Banta, Nick Elder, John Allen, Parker Foy, Redmon Lair, Keller Barrett,<br />

Luke Brohm, and Eric Jackson. Not Pictured – Chase Heuke. Photo by: Tim Porco ’85


SAINT XAVIER<br />

HIGH SCHOOL<br />

THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE OF SAINT XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL • Volume 43, No. 3 • <strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2011</strong><br />

A Voice for Radio,<br />

The Face of Planes,<br />

New Age Grows<br />

with Mafia Support<br />

Page 2<br />

New <strong>School</strong> Event<br />

Old <strong>School</strong> Success<br />

Page 4<br />

Artistic Awards for<br />

Creative Trio<br />

Page 5<br />

Joe Steier<br />

The Idea Master<br />

Page 8<br />

www.saintx.com


2<br />

Deener has<br />

Audience of<br />

Sports Fans<br />

Since his college days, Drew Deener ’91 has<br />

been quenching the thirst of Kentuckiana<br />

sports fans with talk and information about<br />

their favorite teams. He is a self-proclaimed<br />

sports fanatic.<br />

While at Transylvania University, Drew<br />

petitioned the administration and was<br />

allowed to broadcast the home basketball<br />

games on the school radio station – a one<br />

watt juggernaut. Although a “one-man flyby-the-seat-of-your-pants<br />

operation,” it was<br />

a great learning experience. He was hooked.<br />

Drew began his career in Hazard, Ky., as a<br />

TV sports anchor. Soon he was in Lexington<br />

again, where he was sports anchor and<br />

reporter for WKYT-TV for eleven years. Drew<br />

also worked for the UK Football TV Network<br />

as a sideline reporter. On radio, he hosted<br />

sports talk shows on ESPN Radio 1300 and<br />

WVLK-AM 590, served as color analyst for the<br />

Kentucky Thoroughblades hockey team, and<br />

was announcer for UK baseball for four years.<br />

In 2008, Drew moved back to Louisville.<br />

He was paired with John L. Smith to host<br />

a morning sports show “The Early Birds”<br />

on WKRD-AM 790. It was an immediate<br />

success. John L. has moved on, but Drew<br />

remains, and the show’s popularity has<br />

soared. He also hosts “Cardinal Insider”<br />

on WKRD, “Cardinal Courtside,” and UofL<br />

Football/Basketball play-by-play on WHAS-TV.<br />

While sometimes controversial, he is “not a<br />

shock jock.” He strives “to be entertaining,<br />

while being fair and informative.”<br />

Written by Pete Wimsatt ’72<br />

A Global Voice<br />

What started as a 3-month gig doing technical<br />

writing has turned into a 19-year career for<br />

Mike Mangeot ’84. As Public Relations<br />

Manager for UPS Airlines, Mike is the face and<br />

voice of the world’s largest package carrier.<br />

In fact, Mike got connected to UPS by another<br />

St. X grad, Mike Clark ’71. During his tenure,<br />

he has concentrated on communicating the<br />

company’s purpose – global commerce that<br />

improves humanity. Three years ago he<br />

moved into the public relations arena for<br />

Louisville-based UPS Airlines. Mike’s expertise<br />

recently helped guide UPS through its greatest<br />

tragedy, the crash of one of its jets and<br />

death of two crew members.<br />

Though his work is global in nature (when<br />

reached for this article, he took the call<br />

while standing atop a mountain in Alaska),<br />

Mike’s roots remain in Louisville. That sense<br />

of connectivity keeps him bonded to UPS, as<br />

well as St. X. As a professional communicator,<br />

he is grateful for the writing skills he learned<br />

from Rena Boyd, as well as the critical thinking<br />

ability fostered by Brother Julius Mahoney<br />

and Brother James McCarthy.<br />

Written by Chuck Willenbrink ’77<br />

Trio of<br />

’77 Grads<br />

Exemplifies<br />

St. X Mafia<br />

Tony Fink, Charlie Hagerty, and Ed<br />

Miller were mutual classmates and good<br />

friends while at St. X. Tony and Charlie<br />

played football – Tony for two years and<br />

Charlie all four. Ed seemed to get more<br />

kicks playing soccer for the Tigers.<br />

They never dreamed to what extent they<br />

would be involved in the burgeoning<br />

computer world, or that they would<br />

eventually be leading one of the region’s<br />

top IT consulting firms.<br />

After graduating from St. X in 1977,<br />

Tony and Ed attended Bellarmine and<br />

Charlie marched on to UK. Throughout<br />

college, all kept in contact.<br />

In 1996, Charlie, after 20 years in the<br />

computer industry, started New Age


Technologies. Tony joined the firm in 1998<br />

as Charlie’s partner and COO. In January of<br />

2004, Ed was approached to serve as CFO.<br />

All three were like tigers burning the<br />

midnight oil…<br />

The foundation was now in place and<br />

together the three proceeded forward<br />

with alacrity. The company provides<br />

comprehensive information technology<br />

consulting services. New Age Technologies<br />

is known for their capabilities in providing<br />

IT staffing and virtualization services to<br />

all industries. During the past year, New<br />

Age Technologies has earned a national<br />

reputation with their work in virtualizing<br />

environments supporting hospitals’<br />

electronic medical records systems.<br />

Virtualization can save companies on capital<br />

and energy costs by consolidating multiple<br />

server hardware platforms onto one server.<br />

New Age Technologies does about 70% of<br />

its volume in staffing solutions and 30%<br />

in consulting. Healthcare IT consulting is<br />

expected to increase dramatically.<br />

The trio attributes much of their success to<br />

the strong groundwork and the relationships<br />

they built while at St. X. From their origins,<br />

all of their vendors are from the St. X Mafia<br />

– “network.” Today, the men continue to<br />

utilize their St. X network to keep their<br />

business growing. Tony expressed, “when<br />

you have the opportunity to build your<br />

network of trusted advisors, why wouldn’t<br />

you choose a St. X grad?” The three feel<br />

very strongly that the values and principles<br />

taught to them at St. X follow their fellow<br />

grads as they go into the workplace. Even<br />

if you’re working with grads from different<br />

eras and classes than yours, they feel the<br />

St. X brotherhood sets the common ground<br />

in which to conduct business.<br />

1977 graduates Charlie Hagerty, Tony Fink, and Ed Miller lead New Age Technologies.<br />

The following grads make up New Age<br />

Technologies’ St. X. Mafia; Al Burke ’68 –<br />

401K program; Bill Roby ’65 – insurance<br />

services; Greg Cecil ’77 – accounting;<br />

Steve Heeb ’77 – HR support; Denis<br />

Noltemeyer ’77 and Kenny Minogue ’77<br />

– printing; Mark Buehner ’78 – heating<br />

& air; Bill Kelly ’47 – office supplies and<br />

furniture; Kevin Smith ’71 – legal advice;<br />

Bob Thieman ’76 – legal advice; Dan<br />

Kauffmann ’77 – office remodeling; Keith<br />

Schnell ’77 – roofing; David Heintzman<br />

’77 – banking; John Simms ’71 – banking;<br />

and Tom Clines ’73 – marketing/mailings.<br />

This network of St. X alumni has provided<br />

the support to allow New Age to flourish to<br />

this point and will continue to be the trusted<br />

advisors that they look to as they continue<br />

their growth.<br />

Written by Jim Head ’50<br />

Volume 43 • No. 3 www.saintx.com 3


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Young alumni posed with former St. X President Brother James Kelly. Front row (left to right):<br />

Ben Reno-Weber ’98, Jeff Farmer ’95, Brother James Kelly, C.F.X., Honorary ’01,<br />

Ben Jankowski ’95, and Andrew Meirose ’96. Back row (left to right): Zach Steinbock ’01,<br />

Brock Ramser ’96, P.J. Duckworth ’02, Connor Breen ’02, and Mark Metzger ’95.<br />

Photo by: Adrian Earhart – Sweet Spot Photos<br />

New Event<br />

Sets Record<br />

Attendance<br />

Over 600 <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Xavier</strong> alumni, parents, and<br />

friends were on hand to celebrate <strong>Saint</strong><br />

<strong>Xavier</strong>’s inaugural event Legacy…A Gala<br />

of Giving, which was held on Saturday,<br />

February 26. The Gala was created to<br />

recognize donors who are St. Francis <strong>Xavier</strong><br />

Society members, yet also provide an<br />

opportunity for the St. X community to<br />

socialize and support our efforts to fund<br />

tuition assistance for St. X families. In addition<br />

to cocktails and dinner, nearly 200 items<br />

were available for bidding at our silent auction.<br />

The highlights of the evening included the<br />

presentation of the St. Francis <strong>Xavier</strong> Award<br />

to Brother James Kelly, C.F.X., Honorary<br />

’01, and the $40,000 grand prize drawing.<br />

The Gala was a true success, exceeding<br />

attendance and fundraising expectations.<br />

In recognition of his dedication to the<br />

many young men of <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Xavier</strong> <strong>High</strong><br />

<strong>School</strong>, Brother James Kelly was named the<br />

recipient of the St. Francis <strong>Xavier</strong> award,<br />

which recognizes an individual who, in the<br />

spirit of St. Francis <strong>Xavier</strong>, dedicates him or<br />

herself to the betterment of life by endorsing<br />

an educational process that integrates the<br />

rigors of academic excellence with the<br />

light and guidance of Divine faith. Brother<br />

James served as President at <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Xavier</strong><br />

<strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> from 1993 until 2001. He is<br />

currently the President and Chief Executive<br />

Officer of Mount <strong>Saint</strong> Joseph <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> in<br />

Baltimore, Maryland. He is also the author of<br />

two books, Respecting the Man the Boy Will<br />

Become and Building Men Who Matter.<br />

The evening was capped off by the drawing<br />

for the $40,000 grand prize. Gerry ’59 and<br />

Mary Ann Hubbs were the lucky recipients<br />

drawn from 400 chances. They are the<br />

parents of three St. X alumni, David ’85,<br />

Tom ’87, and Mark ’88 and grandparents<br />

of Andrew ’13. An earlier drawing for<br />

purchasers of raffle tickets by December 31<br />

was held on January 1. This $1,000 prizewinner<br />

was Tim Wissing ’93.<br />

<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Xavier</strong> would like to thank the many<br />

volunteers who were instrumental in making<br />

the Gala possible, including dozens that<br />

worked in the areas of silent auction, check-in<br />

and check-out, including students that<br />

served as greeters. The Steering Committee,<br />

which provided leadership and helped<br />

form the framework of the event,<br />

Gerry ‘59 and Mary Ann Hubbs (middle) receive their winnings from Perry Sangalli ’76,<br />

President and Mike Littell, Honorary ’07, Vice President for Advancement.


included co-chairs Earl ’82 and Holly<br />

Winebrenner, Cindy Allison, Michelle<br />

Bickel, Ron ’77 and Donna Kramer,<br />

Harriet Lair, Rich Lechleiter ’76,<br />

Michael Metzger ’92, Rick Murphy ’71,<br />

Jerry Plappert ’71, Kevin Smith ’71,<br />

Karin Sonnier, Leslye Ulmer, and<br />

Kathy Yancey.<br />

Make plans to attend next year’s Gala, which<br />

will be held Saturday, February 25, 2012!<br />

Artists Receive<br />

National<br />

Awards<br />

Each year <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Xavier</strong>’s talented artists<br />

submit their work for judging in Regional<br />

Scholastic Competition. Over a dozen<br />

students tallied awards in the areas of<br />

writing, painting, sculpture, drawing,<br />

ceramics and glass, photography, digital<br />

art, and film and animation. Three of the<br />

students, Justin Allard, Chip Raque, and<br />

Ian Timothy won a total of five Gold Keys,<br />

the highest distinction. All Gold Key winners<br />

automatically had their winning work<br />

entered into national competition. <strong>Saint</strong><br />

<strong>Xavier</strong> is pleased to announce that Justin<br />

Allard and Ian Timothy were award winners<br />

in the National Scholastic Competition. Ian,<br />

a sophomore, won a Gold Key for Film and<br />

Animation, while Justin, a senior, won a<br />

Silver Key for his creative writing portfolio.<br />

Congratulations to these students.<br />

Regional Gold Key winners were: Ian Timothy, Chip Raque, and Justin Allard. Ian and Justin won awards<br />

at the national competition, as well.<br />

Alumnus<br />

Named <strong>School</strong><br />

Administrator<br />

Earlier this year, <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Xavier</strong> announced<br />

that Tony Scheler was appointed to the<br />

position of Assistant Principal for Student<br />

Life, Grades 9 and 10. This appointment<br />

as Dean of Students is effective with the<br />

<strong>2011</strong>-2012 academic year. Dr. Perry Sangalli<br />

described Scheler as “very much in touch<br />

with student needs, very approachable<br />

and communicates well with students,<br />

parents and colleagues.” He is a 1983<br />

St. X graduate and has been a faculty<br />

member in our science department since<br />

1988. He holds a master’s degree from the<br />

University of Louisville and has completed<br />

additional graduate studies to earn Rank I<br />

and Professional Certifications or licenses<br />

to teach secondary biology and chemistry.<br />

Scheler has served as assistant wrestling<br />

coach and as a coach/moderator for the<br />

academic teams. Currently, he assists<br />

with both the intramural program and the<br />

Student Activities Council.<br />

Volume 43 • No. 3 www.saintx.com<br />

5


6<br />

Dan Ratterman Sam Ratterman<br />

Basketball<br />

Throughout the history of Tiger basketball,<br />

there have been numerous examples of<br />

cousins who, as classmates, played important<br />

roles for the team during their senior years.<br />

As the <strong>2011</strong> team made its way into the<br />

state’s top twenty rankings, Dan and Sam<br />

Ratterman were playing key roles. After<br />

playing in a reserve role last year, Dan started<br />

all 27 games for the Tigers this season. The<br />

primary inside scoring threat, he shot nearly<br />

60% from the field and finished the season<br />

as the team’s leading rebounder and secondleading<br />

scorer. Dan’s cousin Sam took a<br />

slightly different path toward becoming a team<br />

co-captain in <strong>2011</strong>. While most of his<br />

experience during the 2010 season was<br />

earned as a leader of the Tiger JV team,<br />

his valuable court time helped him blossom<br />

into a team leader during his senior year.<br />

While playing several positions and starting<br />

23 games, Sam was always counted on<br />

to defend the opponents’ top perimeter<br />

player. His defensive stats were impressive,<br />

and he led the team in charges taken while<br />

also providing the team with steady play<br />

at the offensive end of the court. “Their<br />

selfless, team-first approach was important<br />

to their development as individual players,”<br />

said Coach Kevin Klein ’95,“ but more<br />

importantly it was vital to the team’s success<br />

and a great example to the younger players<br />

in the program.”<br />

Hockey<br />

While the <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Xavier</strong> Hockey program has<br />

had its share of All-State performers over the<br />

past decade, the <strong>2011</strong> squad includes a first<br />

for the Tigers and for the entire Kentucky<br />

<strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> Hockey League. Senior Alex<br />

Senn (#4) and sophomore Hunter Senn<br />

(#11) became the first pair of brothers to<br />

ever be named to the KHSHL first team<br />

All-State in the same season! This marks<br />

the fourth consecutive first-team selection<br />

for Alex, a three-time St. X captain and twotime<br />

KHSHL scoring leader who finished the<br />

season with 27 goals and 18 assists. Hunter<br />

earned All-State recognition for the first time<br />

in a season during which he scored 11 goals<br />

in addition to contributing 15 assists. Coach<br />

Randy Boehme said of Alex and Hunter, the<br />

forwards on the Tiger first line throughout<br />

the year, “It has been a privilege for us to<br />

have had the opportunity to coach such<br />

gifted athletes and true gentlemen. They<br />

always demonstrate a significant work ethic<br />

and consistently play the game with passion,<br />

character, and integrity.”


Garrett Stephens, Bo Blythe, Drew Wagner, and Khalid Aldaboos made up the record-setting relay team.<br />

Swimming<br />

The Tiger Swimming and Diving team<br />

captured its 23rd consecutive state title on<br />

February 26 at the University of Louisville’s<br />

Ralph Wright Natatorium, capping off an<br />

incredible undefeated season. Of the<br />

many memorable performances turned in<br />

throughout the year, the 200 Yard Freestyle<br />

Relay team created its own highlight reel<br />

of accomplishments. The team set two pool<br />

records in the event while winning races at<br />

Jeffersonville <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> and at St. X in the<br />

Hubbuch Natatorium. At the KHSAA state<br />

meet, the Tiger squad of sophomore<br />

Garrett Stephens and seniors Khalid<br />

Aldaboos, co-captain Drew Wagner,<br />

and Bo Blythe bettered the state record<br />

in a preliminary heat on Friday and then<br />

shattered it in the finals with an incredible<br />

time of 1:23.87. This time is nearly two full<br />

seconds faster than the old state mark and is<br />

the second fastest reported high school time<br />

in the nation this year. “ It was a great<br />

performance,” said Coach Todd Larkin,<br />

“but even more impressive is the leadership<br />

that these guys displayed for our team<br />

throughout the year.” With the victory,<br />

St. X now holds the record in all three<br />

KHSAA state meet relay events.<br />

John Lampe Justin Lampe<br />

Wrestling<br />

The Tiger wrestling team’s 5th place finish at<br />

the <strong>2011</strong> KHSAA wrestling championships<br />

provided more evidence of the program’s<br />

steady improvement in its drive to return to<br />

the form that last captured a team title in<br />

2001. For the past three years, John Lampe<br />

has proven himself as one of the best<br />

individual performers in the history of the<br />

St. X wrestling program. After earning a 4th<br />

place finish at 135 pounds as a sophomore<br />

in 2009, John became just the third St. X<br />

wrestler to earn multiple state titles when he<br />

captured the individual state championship<br />

at 160 pounds in both 2010 and <strong>2011</strong>.<br />

In addition, he became the first All-American<br />

wrestler in the history of the program and<br />

finished his senior campaign with a record of<br />

47-0. Making his senior season even more<br />

special was the experience of watching his<br />

brother, Justin Lampe, become only the<br />

second Tiger wrestler ever to place at the state<br />

tournament during his freshman year. Justin,<br />

a two-time state middle school champion,<br />

completed his first season with a record of<br />

38-11 and earned the 5th place medal at the<br />

state tournament, knocking off the state’s<br />

top-ranked wrestler at 112 pounds along the<br />

way. Two of the hardest workers on the team,<br />

both John and Justin were outstanding team<br />

leaders. “Justin is just like John,” said Coach<br />

Jim Kraeszig, “only meaner.”<br />

All sports photography<br />

by Tim Porco ’85<br />

Volume 43 • No. 3 www.saintx.com 7


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When you sit across the desk<br />

from Joe Steier, you hear him<br />

describing one thing, but you<br />

see his mind working on five or six other<br />

burning ideas. As we visited in his office<br />

in early March, I was wondering truly if<br />

smoke would start to emerge from his ears<br />

as he hit high gear for the day. Steier is<br />

President and CEO of Signature Healthcare<br />

in Louisville, Ky. (as of August 2010). With<br />

significant time spent evaluating a move to<br />

Tennessee or Kentucky while contemplating<br />

staying in Florida, Signature’s board finally<br />

chose Louisville because of the presence of<br />

a large “senior care” footprint in our region.<br />

Senior care as an industry is getting larger<br />

every year as baby boomers age and need<br />

such services. Signature aspires to “raise<br />

the bar for nursing home care” according<br />

to Steier. He sees the current public health<br />

system as holding great value and believes<br />

it can be improved once we create an<br />

environment between government and the<br />

private sector open to the changes needed.<br />

Steier says “the three pillars of our company<br />

(intrapreneurship, learning and spirituality)”<br />

have fostered a work environment that<br />

leads to superb care at Signature’s 75<br />

nursing homes.<br />

Signature takes a unique approach to its<br />

employee base, including aggressive programs<br />

to continue the education of its employees<br />

from GED to doctoral studies. Steier himself<br />

holds two master’s degrees from the University<br />

of Miami and Penn, a doctorate (Ed.D.) from<br />

Penn and a CPA license. Additionally, Steier<br />

has subscribed to spirituality in the workplace<br />

on all levels. Having a faith-based<br />

approach to everything from their hiring<br />

practices to a compassion fund for employees<br />

facing illness or death of a loved one allows<br />

for the team to really grow as a spiritual<br />

family. Steier’s passion for this started when<br />

he and his wife, Sony, faced serious illness<br />

issues with their son Luke.<br />

These strategies, Steier is quick to point out,<br />

lead to better candidates for future positions,<br />

a stronger retention rate for current employees<br />

and, of course, employees with a unique<br />

passion to make a Signature home the best<br />

it can be. The outcome is greater efficiency<br />

and a solid bottom line leading to significant<br />

growth since Signature began just 3½<br />

years ago.<br />

Steier’s roots are very much centered in<br />

Kentucky. He worked as a bus boy for<br />

Bearno’s Pizza and spent 10 years saving<br />

every extra penny to buy the local pizza<br />

favorite with two other St. X graduates.<br />

He remains a partner today – a way to stay<br />

connected to his community while living<br />

in Florida. He enjoys serving as a business<br />

partner and mentor to the other Bearno’s<br />

owners. Now that he is back, he hopes to<br />

see greater success with the 15-store chain.<br />

Steier experienced what he termed the<br />

“St. X Delta” when considering Louisville<br />

for his new corporate headquarters. He was<br />

reminded of how many X-men were in positions<br />

of leadership in our region when many<br />

offered assistance and sought to provide<br />

services that the new arrival would need<br />

immediately. The ability to utilize what we<br />

on campus call “The X-Factor” gave Steier a<br />

unique confidence that he could expect the<br />

best from other alumni. What Steier found<br />

Joe Steier ’84:<br />

The Idea Master


was “a bond that began as students on the<br />

campus transferred to a better advantage”<br />

in the daily business transactions.<br />

The ideas come often for Steier, one being<br />

that a major advantage for the move to<br />

Kentucky was the unique public health<br />

incubator created by local healthcare players,<br />

including the University of Louisville. Steier<br />

and other local and national investors could<br />

foster his constant innovative culture by<br />

cultivating these unique business ideas with<br />

initial funding already in place. Steier’s St. X<br />

classmate John Reinhart has taken the lead<br />

of this program and enjoys working with<br />

Joe on such a fulfilling set of opportunities.<br />

Steier’s return to Louisville has seen him<br />

become involved with his new parish,<br />

St. Patrick’s, where he and his wife attend<br />

with their four children, Joseph, Jackie,<br />

Luke, and Ava. To maintain his passion for<br />

the senior care world, he commits to two<br />

“date nights” per week and enjoys the<br />

many activities his children participate in<br />

over the weekends.<br />

By Michael J. Littell, Honorary ‘07<br />

Photo by Joseph Humphrey ’77<br />

About the Author: Mike Littell, a 2007<br />

Honorary Alumnus, is Vice President for<br />

Advancement and has led the advancement<br />

office since 1986.<br />

Retreatants Ring in New Year<br />

Focused on Happiness<br />

The 12th Alumni Retreat was held in January<br />

at St. Meinrad Archabbey in Southern<br />

Indiana, drawing 31 participants, including<br />

a few Flaget <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> graduates.<br />

The attendees, representing six different<br />

decades, heard Fr. Timothy Sweeney, OSB,<br />

present on the pursuit of God’s intended<br />

Alumni News & Events<br />

happiness for us. The annual retreat,<br />

coordinated by Steve Gray ’80, is a dayand-a-half<br />

getaway offering an opportunity<br />

to grow in faith and holiness, and also to<br />

socialize with new and familiar faces.<br />

For more information, contact the Office<br />

of Advancement at (502) 637-8485.<br />

Volume 43 • No. 3 www.saintx.com 9


10<br />

Dipped in<br />

Green and Gold<br />

Who would think that St. X alumni like to<br />

get together for an evening of camaraderie?<br />

Well, Rob Samuels ’92 and the folks at<br />

Maker’s Mark would. That is why over 150<br />

alumni showed up for the St. X Business and<br />

Professional Association sold-out gathering<br />

on April 19 at Audubon Country Club.<br />

Enticed by bourbon-inspired appetizers, a<br />

mint julep demonstration, and the chance<br />

to bid on a select number of Maker’s Mark<br />

bottles hand-dipped in green and gold wax,<br />

the Tiger faithful heard Rob, Chief Operating<br />

Officer of Maker’s Mark, discuss success<br />

in his industry, and also describe how to<br />

A Tiger<br />

Tradition<br />

Perhaps the most popular alumni event in<br />

the St. X calendar is the annual Alumni Golf<br />

Outing. Each year, the event draws over 300<br />

alumni golfers who enjoy a round of golf<br />

at one of the region’s finest courses. There<br />

is friendly competition, good food, and the<br />

chance to enjoy a day with friends. This year<br />

is no different as Audubon and Hurstbourne<br />

properly enjoy good bourbon. Additionally,<br />

XBPA happenings like this offer alumni<br />

the chance to network, both socially and<br />

professionally. Each guest left the event<br />

wiser to the Kentucky bourbon traditions and<br />

with a personalized bottle of Maker’s Mark<br />

in hand.<br />

Country Clubs will host the outing, set for<br />

Monday, July 25. There is a morning and<br />

afternoon round offered at Audubon and<br />

an afternoon round at Hurstbourne.<br />

All alumni are invited to attend, but<br />

spots are limited and normally fill quickly.<br />

Registration will open in late May, so watch<br />

your mailbox and email for an invitation.<br />

Additionally, there is an opportunity to<br />

advertise your business by becoming a<br />

sponsor, so do not miss the opportunity<br />

to see and be seen by fellow Tigers.<br />

One of the winning foursomes from 2010 (left to right):<br />

Vince Feldkamp, Dusty Corum, Paul Gruner and Jimmy Ford, all from the Class of 1982.<br />

Upcoming Events<br />

April 30 Alumni Bass Fishing Tournament<br />

May 5 Alumni Day-at-the-Races<br />

May 17 Student Art Show/Music Concert<br />

May 18 Student Choral Concert<br />

May 21 Baccalaureate Mass<br />

May 22 Graduation<br />

June 3 Volunteer Appreciation Reception<br />

June 10 50-Year Club Dinner<br />

July 25 Alumni Golf Outing<br />

August 13 Alumni Cross Country Run<br />

August 13 Alumni Booth/St. Joe’s Picnic<br />

Event information available at www.saintx.com<br />

or by calling (502) 637-8485.


Alumni Tigers<br />

Participate<br />

in Record<br />

Phonathon<br />

More than 2,400 Tiger alumni answered<br />

the call during the 25th annual Alumni<br />

Phonathon, and, thanks to them, the school<br />

has commitments to send $212,767 to the<br />

tuition assistance fund for students who are<br />

currently enrolled at St. X. This is a record<br />

amount of dollars, beating the 2008 total by<br />

more than $13,000. This success would not<br />

have been possible without 412 volunteer<br />

callers during the month of March, including<br />

73 current students. This is our largest number<br />

of volunteers in the history of the Alumni<br />

Phonathon. More than a dozen classes<br />

excelled in recruiting volunteers for this<br />

important event. The classes of 1952, 1953,<br />

1955, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965,<br />

1971, 1972, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1993, and<br />

2003 all had a minimum of eight callers.<br />

For the second year in a row, the class of<br />

1982 had the highest participation with 19<br />

callers! Be sure to watch for the summer<br />

issue of The Tiger to see a complete listing of<br />

alumni callers in the Class Notes section.<br />

The Class of 1982 call night turns into a mini-reunion. Seated (left to right): Frank Marx,<br />

Al Fleming, Troy Jones, Darryl Metzger, Earl Winebrenner, and Stan Sims.<br />

Standing (left to right): Terry McDermott, Mike Scheid, Paul Conway, Dave Zickel,<br />

Mike Azzara, Steve Weyland, John Carney, Ed Fallon, Steve Meyer, Chris Kurtz,<br />

Al Bennett, Kevin Raque, and John Jury.<br />

Members of the Class of 1977 – Clockwise: Tom Gavin, Tom Mann, Clark Salot, John Raque,<br />

Chuck Willenbrink, Ken Kinderman, and Tony Fink.<br />

The Class of 1981 continues having strong representation. Kneeling: Jim Doll and Dave Esterle.<br />

Standing (left to right): Greg Kosse, Alan Graves, Tim Head, Frank Steltenpohl, Tim Reilly, Jerry Roby,<br />

Joe Bauer, and Phil Miller. Not pictured: Bob Keene, Joe Kleine-Kracht, and Steve Mattingly.<br />

2003 Phonathon callers. Seated (left to right): Brad Ruch,<br />

Zach Cooke, Rob Schenkenfelder, and David Horne.<br />

Standing (left to right): Ben Colyer, David Phillips,<br />

Paul Chumbley, and Art Baumann.<br />

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Class Notes<br />

Class of 1936<br />

William Cooper, Sr., was posthumously inducted into the<br />

U.S. Tennis Association Kentucky Hall of Fame on January<br />

29. Mr. Cooper was recognized for his support of junior<br />

tennis, including his relationship with<br />

St. X, obtaining indoor training facilities<br />

before indoor tennis facilities were<br />

built, and his visionary efforts in the<br />

area of philanthropy, community<br />

service, and civil rights. The honor was<br />

accepted by his son and namesake,<br />

St. X class of ‘57 Bill Cooper, Jr.<br />

Class of 1943<br />

Class Agent: William F. Lippy (502) 458-5608<br />

Our Class has met annually for over 40 years for food,<br />

drinks, games, and camaraderie. At our 50th, I suggested<br />

we establish our X’43 Endowment of $50,000, and you<br />

all generously and immediately responded with just over<br />

that goal. In the ensuing years, many needy students have<br />

received funds for their tuition from the interest of our<br />

Endowment, and they have written their heartfelt thanks<br />

to our Class. Through later bequests, the total has risen to<br />

over $83,000. I have now raised our target to a $100,000<br />

Endowment, and I know we can make it! Please remember<br />

our X’43 Endowment Fund in your generosity now or in<br />

your will.<br />

With Jim Huter’s recent passing, we now have 53<br />

members still in this Vale of Tears and there are over 150<br />

classmates in that Big Reunion In The Sky! Please remember<br />

to attend the 50-Year Club celebration on June 10 and<br />

let’s get together there for our annual reunions. By the<br />

way, a couple dozen guys from St. X come to lunch at<br />

the Knights of Columbus on River Road on the third<br />

Wednesday of each month. Let’s make the scene(s) and<br />

start a table of X’43ers.<br />

Class of 1948<br />

Class Agent: George Bouchard (502) 634-8679<br />

Come join the class for lunch the second Wednesday of<br />

each month at the Knights of Columbus on River Road at<br />

11:00 a.m. Reservations not required. Call Emil Graeser<br />

at (502) 894-0540 for details.<br />

Class of 1949<br />

Class Agent: Joe Maupin (502) 458-4670<br />

62-Year Reunion to be held August 5. Details will be mailed.<br />

Class of 1951<br />

Class Agents: Bob Quarles (502) 425-7494 and<br />

Walt Schnurr (502) 639-3547<br />

60-Year Reunion to be held June 18. Details will be<br />

mailed. Contact Bob at b_quarles@bellsouth.net or Walt<br />

at snusnr@gmail.com.<br />

Class of 1954<br />

Class Agent: Jerry Bayens (502) 690-6082<br />

Bobby Nichols is included in<br />

a display inside the KFC Yum!<br />

Center in downtown Louisville.<br />

It features famous<br />

Kentucky athletes.<br />

Class of 1955<br />

Class Agents: Howard Meyer (502) 458-5820 and<br />

Bob Weihe (502) 459-6397<br />

Jim Augustus retired after many years selling office<br />

equipment. Jim spends a lot of time hunting and fishing.<br />

He has held the record for the largest Brook Trout caught<br />

in Kentucky since 1982. He is also #3 on the list for<br />

harvesting the largest wild turkey. Jim and his wife,<br />

Sarah, live in the <strong>High</strong>lands area.<br />

Jim Barker retired after 30 years with ORI, an office<br />

products company. Jim and his wife, Bernice, who is an<br />

artist, are active in creating and selling handcrafted<br />

children’s furniture and miscellanous items – all hand-<br />

painted by Bernice. They live in the Crescent Hill area.<br />

Jim Downs retired after 32 years as manager of the<br />

Brill Glass Company. He plays a lot of golf and still<br />

breaks 80. He and Fran, his wife of 50 years, live in the<br />

<strong>High</strong>lands area.<br />

Jim Gates, a CPA, retired a few years ago as the chief<br />

accounting officer for the Louisville Metro Revenue<br />

Commission. Look for Jim at St. Raphael Church as<br />

an altar server or as a Eucharistic Minister. He is also a<br />

volunteer at Churchill Downs. Jim and his wife, Judy, live<br />

in the <strong>High</strong>lands area, but still find time to relax at their<br />

second home at Cumberland Lake.<br />

Jim Pahler, Sr., owned and operated “Our Place,” a retail<br />

beverage shop on Poplar Level Road for many years.<br />

He is now retired and his son, Jim, Jr., operates the<br />

business. Jim, Sr., and his wife, Marilyn, live in the<br />

Bashford Manor Lane area.<br />

Jim Rademaker recently returned to Louisville from North<br />

Carolina after retiring a few years ago as plant manager<br />

of GE/Black & Decker Companies. You’ll find Jim on the<br />

golf course once his “new knee” is working properly.<br />

Class of 1956<br />

Class Agent: Alan Dries (502) 875-0416<br />

55-Year Reunion to be held June 11. Details will be mailed.<br />

Class of 1960<br />

Class Agent: Bob Benson (502) 583-8373<br />

John Evans, Jr., was posthumously inducted into the<br />

U.S. Tennis Association Kentucky Hall of Fame on January<br />

29. As a 17-year-old, he won the 1960 National Public<br />

Parks Tournament. By then, he already had won two state<br />

singles championships and three doubles titles at St. X.<br />

At Bellarmine University, he won four straight Kentucky<br />

Intercollegiate Conference singles championships. He<br />

lost only four matches during his high school and college<br />

career. He was the Great Lakes Valley Conference Coach<br />

of the Year in 1987 at Northern Kentucky University.<br />

Mike Cahill (middle) was<br />

a member of Virginia Tech’s<br />

first basketball team to play<br />

in Cassell Coliseum 50 years<br />

ago. This past January, when<br />

his alma mater hosted Florida<br />

State, the team was recognized<br />

during the game for going unbeaten at home and as<br />

Atlantic Coast Conference Champs. Virginia Tech still plays<br />

in the Coliseum.<br />

Class of 1961<br />

Class Agent: Mike Pollio (502) 797-5530<br />

50-Year Reunion to be held June 10–12. Invitations were<br />

mailed. Contact Mike at apollio@1400willow.com or Ed<br />

Weis at (502) 267-8120 or edwincjr@bellsouth.net.<br />

Class of 1962<br />

Class Agent: Bill Wiegandt (502) 244-4850<br />

The class holds monthly luncheons at various locations.<br />

Our principal method of communication is via e-mail.<br />

If you currently don’t receive an e-mail relative to this<br />

luncheon and you would like to, contact Bob Meyer at<br />

(502) 296-5806 or Bill Wiegandt at (502) 244-4850.<br />

Tom Fisher will retire May 31 after 25 years of service at<br />

Bellarmine University. After that, he will consult<br />

part-time for Bellarmine and become a full-time golfer.<br />

Wanda and Roland Bisig will return to Louisville<br />

September 20 after 13 years in Margate, Fla., and most<br />

recently 22 years in St. Louis. Roland is looking<br />

forward to catching up with his old classmates.<br />

Class of 1963<br />

Class Agent: Jerry Barnes (502) 228-1994<br />

In recognition of anti-death penalty<br />

work, the Kentucky Association of<br />

Criminal Defense Lawyers (KACDL)<br />

has given its Bill of Rights Enforcer<br />

Award to Donald H. Vish for<br />

effectively supporting and vigilantly<br />

protecting the Bill of Rights for all<br />

citizens accused of crime and subjected<br />

to prosecution and punishment by the government.<br />

The award was presented in November 2010 at the<br />

KACDL annual meeting.<br />

Class of 1964<br />

Class Agent: Don Meyer (502) 491-2704<br />

Ray Wine would like to tell all St. X Boomers if you’re<br />

confused about the 14 options to Medicare and can’t<br />

seem to make any sense of all the confusion, as a<br />

Medicare Specialist he can assist and answer your questions,<br />

and make it more simple. Call him at (502) 491-4926 or<br />

e-mail rayw63@insightbb.com.<br />

Class of 1966<br />

Class Agent: Ed Mayer (502) 456-4960<br />

45-Year Reunion date to be determined. Details will be mailed.


Class of 1968<br />

Class Agent: Mike Horlander (502) 637-5611<br />

The East Carolina University <strong>School</strong> of Dental Medicine<br />

appointed Michael L. Scholtz, DMD, as Associate<br />

Professor and Director of Community Dental Practices.<br />

Ray Bukszar celebrated his 60th<br />

birthday on March 14, 2010, by<br />

swimming four miles as he does three<br />

times a week. He needs to stay fit to<br />

keep up with his family. His daughter<br />

and son are athletes in high school<br />

and college, and his wife runs<br />

marathons and is an executive at<br />

Abbott Labs.<br />

Class of 1971<br />

Class Agent: Bert Erny (502) 244-1987<br />

40-Year Reunion to be held June 24–25. Details will be<br />

mailed. Contact Bert at berterny@insightbb.com.<br />

Class of 1974<br />

Class Agent: Bill Ryan (502) 456-2121<br />

Tim Lasley is a unit manager for Acosta Sales and<br />

Marketing, a national brand food broker for retail. Tim and<br />

his wife, Becky, have two sons currently attending and<br />

enjoying St. X – Travis ’12 and Matthew ’13.<br />

Paul Noltemeyer is the owner of PFN Productions Inc.,<br />

(502) 459-4819, a marketing consulting firm that has<br />

worked for KFC Yum! Brands and Churchill Downs. He<br />

and his wife, Jo, have two daughters. Annie attends<br />

Murray State and Kylie is an Assumption Rocket.<br />

Glenn Pike is the owner of Pike Insurance Agency<br />

(502) 473-5454. They can assist with all of your<br />

insurance needs, but concentrate on property and casualty<br />

insurance. Glenn has three adult children and is a proud<br />

new grandfather to twins born December 13, 2010.<br />

Class of 1976<br />

Class Agent: Mike Sheehan (502) 298-2956<br />

35-Year Reunion to be held June 24–25. Details will be<br />

mailed. Contact Mike at sheehan.mike@lou.sysco.com.<br />

Class of 1981<br />

Class Agent: Jerry Roby, Jr. (502) 693-7629<br />

30-Year Reunion to be held June 24–25. Details will be<br />

mailed. Contact Jerry at jkrobyjr@aol.com.<br />

In February, Brad Brian was named to Eastern Kentucky<br />

University’s All-Century Baseball Team. He was one of 27<br />

former players to make the roster. Brad was a three-year<br />

starter at catcher for the Colonels. He hit .356 with nine<br />

home runs and 42 runs batted in as a senior when he<br />

was named first-team all-conference. A career .337 hitter<br />

at EKU, he was drafted following his senior year in the<br />

30th round by the Montreal Expos.<br />

Class of 1982<br />

Class Agent: Earl Winebrenner (502) 671-0015<br />

Jan and Mike Curley celebrated 22 years of marriage this<br />

past August. They reside in Orlando, Fla., where Mike is a<br />

teacher and swim coach at Lakeland <strong>High</strong>land Prep. They<br />

are the proud parents of 11-year-old Hayden, 14-year-old<br />

Mitchell, and 17-year-old Harrison. Harrison continues<br />

the Curley tradition of excellence in the pool. He signed<br />

a National Letter of Intent to swim for the University of<br />

Florida Gators. Congrats Mike!<br />

Class of 1983<br />

Class Agent: Dave Sermersheim (502) 899-3399<br />

David Hardy has been elected to the inaugural class<br />

of the Midwest Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame.<br />

Nominations were solicited from peers in the commercial<br />

real estate profession throughout the region.<br />

Will Olliges was honored along with his teammates in<br />

commemorating the 25th anniversary of the University<br />

of Louisville Cardinals 1986 basketball National<br />

Championship. The team was honored at halftime of a<br />

recent U of L basketball game in the new KFC YUM! Center.<br />

Class of 1986<br />

Class Agent: John McCarthy (502) 262-4797<br />

25-Year Reunion to be held September 30–October 1.<br />

Details will be mailed. Contact John at john@mssgov.com.<br />

In November 2010, Joe M. Corradino was re-elected as<br />

Village Council Member by 71% of the vote to the Village<br />

of Pinecrest, Miami Dade County, Fla. Joe received his<br />

BA in geography from Villanova University (Pennsylvania)<br />

in 1990 and his MA in community planning from the<br />

University of Cincinnati in 1992. He currently serves as<br />

president of The Corradino Group, Inc., a national planning<br />

and engineering firm. Joe and Mia, his wife of 15 years,<br />

have two children, Alexis and Joe.<br />

Class of 1987<br />

Class Agent: Kris Mueller (502) 599-7310 and<br />

Mike Jury (502) 458-6731<br />

Craig Dilger was unanimously re-elected by the Kentucky<br />

Registry of Election Finance to serve as its Chairman for a<br />

fourth consecutive term.<br />

Class of 1991<br />

Class Agent: Tim Amshoff (502) 538-4951<br />

20-Year Reunion to be held July 23. Details will be mailed.<br />

Contact Tim at tim.amshoff@jefferson.kyschools.us.<br />

Class of 1993<br />

Class Agent: Peter Cummins (502) 779-8190<br />

Juva and Chris Barber welcomed their first child, Samuel<br />

Warren, on January 18. They reside in Indianapolis where<br />

Chris is in his second year of residency in the internal<br />

medicine/pediatrics program.<br />

In Memoriam<br />

William Anthony Muench ’28<br />

George M. Goetz ’29<br />

Reverend Herbert L. Uphaus ’39<br />

James J. “Coach” Huter ’43<br />

William H. “Bill” Buchart, Sr. ’44<br />

Clarence Horrell Clark ’44<br />

Robert Henry Wetterer ’45<br />

Henry John Heit ’46<br />

Caryl K. Gruneisen, Sr. ’47<br />

John C. “Jack” Higdon ’47<br />

Richard L. Jefferson ’47<br />

Francis Eugene O’Callaghan, III ’47<br />

Robert L. “Bob” Bremm, Sr. ’48<br />

Peter H. Eiden ’48<br />

Francis Eugene “Frank” Shircliff ’49<br />

Robert Renshaw “Bob” O’Connor, M.D. ’50<br />

Charles A. Wehrley, Sr. ’50<br />

James R. Schnurr ’51<br />

John Edward Browning ’52<br />

David Vincent Spanyer ’52<br />

Courtney Delmus Aubrey ’53<br />

Martin Frank Peters ’53<br />

Joseph Priest ’54<br />

Edward Justin Logsdon ’55<br />

Paul Burton Ray ’55<br />

William Walter Tinker, Jr. ’55<br />

F. Peter “Pete” Mullaney, Sr. ’56<br />

Benjamin Conroy Parker ’56<br />

Robert J. “Bob” Pank ’59<br />

Joseph F. Sprauer, III ’59<br />

Robert Breslin “Rob” Wheeler ’59<br />

Al C. Garau ’60<br />

Boyd Richard Hanke ’60<br />

Fredrick Bernard “Rick” Brand, III ’61<br />

Daniel Karl Abrams, Sr. ’63<br />

John V. Forsee ’64<br />

Thomas Alden Young ’64<br />

George Michael Stebbins ’65<br />

Robert Carl Ward, Ph.D. ’65<br />

Stephen J. Reilly ’68<br />

Doug Noe ’70<br />

Gary D. Passanisi ’70<br />

Tom Wentzel ’76<br />

John A. Gerber ’77<br />

Richard Darrell Keith ’88<br />

Andrew Michael “Andy” Hecht ’91<br />

Matthew Ryan Butcher ’00<br />

Kenneth Scott Akers ’03<br />

August Dillon Murphy ’10<br />

Class of 1994<br />

Class Agent: David Pape (502) 435-5021<br />

Harold (Hal) F. Salsbery, III, recently joined Alliance<br />

Insurance Solutions as an Agent/Commercial Specialist.<br />

He can be reached at (502) 773-0634 or via e-mail at<br />

hal.allianceinsurance@gmail.com.<br />

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Class of 1996<br />

Class Agent: Jon Giacalone (502) 727-7926<br />

15-Year Reunion to be held September 30–October 1.<br />

Details will be mailed and available on Facebook – <strong>Saint</strong><br />

<strong>Xavier</strong> Class of 1996. Contact Jon at jongiacalone9@aol.com<br />

or Tendai at (502) 548-8770 or<br />

tendai.charasika@summitenergy.com.<br />

Brent Thomas is the video coordinator for Auburn<br />

University, which won the BCS championship in January.<br />

Kyle Wood’s Manual team was ranked in the top 10 of<br />

last year’s final KHSAA girls’ volleyball coaches’ poll. In<br />

2009 his team was ranked in the Top 100 in the nation.<br />

Class of 1999<br />

Class Agent: Charlie Dicken (502) 693-7583<br />

Sarah and Derek Diachenko are<br />

proud parents of a son, Dylan, who<br />

will be 2-years-old on July 26. He and<br />

his wife are expecting their second<br />

child this spring.<br />

In the November 2010 election,<br />

Mark Blum was elected to the<br />

Jeffersontown, Kentucky City Council.<br />

As a council member, he is the chairman of the Economic<br />

Development Committee and member of the Finance,<br />

Planning & Zoning, and Legislative committees.<br />

Matt Weir was selected to be one of five sculptors<br />

commissioned to spend two weeks in Vandalia, Ohio,<br />

carving 12,000 pounds of Indiana Limestone. These<br />

works are public art commissions and will be permanently<br />

installed in Vandalia this spring. His piece is titled “At Play<br />

In Geologic Time.” For more information about the project,<br />

visit www.mweir.com/commissions.<br />

Class of 2000<br />

Class Agent: Brooks Mayer (502) 558-4913<br />

Mary and Matt Graham welcomed their first child,<br />

Michael Joseph, on November 24, 2010.<br />

Nick Mudd graduated from the University of<br />

Kentucky College of Law last May and received the<br />

University’s 2010 College of Law Most Outstanding Trial<br />

Advocate Award. Nick currently works as an Assistant<br />

Commonwealth’s Attorney for the Jefferson County<br />

Commonwealth’s Attorney Office.<br />

The Jeremy Mattingly† Foundation will host the third<br />

annual Jeremy Mattingly Golf Scramble Fundraiser at<br />

1:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 18 at Charlie Vettiner Golf<br />

Course. The cost is $65 per person and includes greens<br />

fee, golf cart, drink tickets, and cookout. Reservations<br />

can be made by contacting Pam at (502) 551-5844 or<br />

hairbypam@insightbb.com. Additionally, hole sponsorships<br />

are available. All proceeds will benefit The Jeremy<br />

Mattingly Endowment Fund at St. X and The Jeremy<br />

Mattingly Foundation Scholarship Fund.<br />

Brian Holmes will graduate this spring with a BA in<br />

Marketing from Indiana University Southeast.<br />

Brooks Mayer was elected Treasurer of the Young Real<br />

Estate Professionals of Louisville.<br />

Sean Miller, M.D., spoke to <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Xavier</strong>’s Medical Club in<br />

February. He is an Otolaryngologist (ear, nose and throat<br />

specialist) and is in his third year of residency at St. Louis<br />

University’s <strong>School</strong> of Medicine. Sean earned his undergraduate<br />

degree at Notre Dame and received his medical degree at<br />

the University of Louisville. He spoke about the process to<br />

get to his level of profession and beyond.<br />

Class of 2001<br />

Class Agent: Nathan Durbin (502) 807-5723<br />

10-Year Reunion to be held June 24–25. Details will be mailed.<br />

Contact Nathan at durbinn@saintxfac.com; Greg at<br />

ghermann@humana.com; or Scott at scott.graeser@ge.com.<br />

Justin Bickett, pictured here with<br />

Linda Kinderman, principal of St.<br />

Leonard <strong>School</strong>, spoke to students<br />

during Catholic <strong>School</strong>s week about<br />

his experience as a guard at the<br />

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in<br />

Washington, D.C. Justin is back in<br />

Louisville after serving in the Army<br />

from 2003-2009. He works as a supervisor at UPS, takes<br />

classes at the University of Louisville, and is hoping to<br />

attain a position with Louisville Metro Police Department.<br />

Do you love bourbon? If so,<br />

then you need to get a minibourbon<br />

barrel! The mini-barrels<br />

range in size from one liter<br />

to five liters and “age” your<br />

bourbon so you can craft your<br />

own bourbon to your particular<br />

taste! These working barrels are great gift ideas and<br />

perfect for your home bar, ranging in price from $30–$70.<br />

If you are interested, give Jeff Ames and Better Bourbon,<br />

LLC, a call at (502) 523-9100 or jeffreyames@gmail.com.<br />

Class of 2002<br />

Class Agent: J. Shamus Greene (502) 526-3433<br />

Aaron Baumer is currently a master’s of engineering<br />

student at the University of Louisville.<br />

Class of 2003<br />

Class Agents: Zach Cooke (502) 396-7607 and Rob<br />

Schenkenfelder (859) 608-7416<br />

Rodney Vallejo graduated with a BS<br />

in Psychology from the University of<br />

Kentucky in 2007 and served as the<br />

Sigma Chi Fraternity Social Chairman<br />

for two years. He obtained his master’s<br />

in sport & exercise psychology<br />

from Barry University in Miami,<br />

Fla., and worked in the Operations<br />

Department for the Miami Dolphins professional football<br />

team. Rodney currently resides in Chicago, Ill., pursuing a<br />

master’s in industrial/organizational psychology at the Illinois<br />

Institute for Technology (IIT) and works as a consulting<br />

assistant at the Center for Research and Service at the<br />

same institution. Contact him at tidel144@yahoo.com.<br />

Matthew Gosnell graduated Magna<br />

Cum Laude from the University of<br />

Kentucky with a BBA in finance and<br />

international business in 2007. He<br />

joined the Bank of New York Mellon<br />

that fall where he worked for two<br />

years in the Municipal Trust Division<br />

in Chicago, Ill. In 2009, Matthew<br />

transitioned to international education<br />

and has taught business and financial english to executives<br />

in Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia. Matt currently resides<br />

in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Contact him at gozzy23@gmail.com.<br />

Sean Duffy completed the cooperative education<br />

program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center while pursuing<br />

a civil engineering degree at the University of Kentucky.<br />

He earned his Engineer in Training (EIT) certification and<br />

graduated Cum Laude in 2007 with a BS in civil engineering<br />

and a minor in mathematics. Upon graduation, Sean<br />

accepted an engineering rotational position in Pittsburgh<br />

with Sunoco, where he acted as project manager throughout<br />

Pennsylvania and into Maryland and Virginia. After a year,<br />

Sean transferred to Tampa, where he currently resides, and<br />

manages construction operations for Sunoco throughout<br />

Florida. Contact him at spduff2@gmail.com.<br />

Tom Evans graduated Summa Cum<br />

Laude from the University of Kentucky<br />

in 2007 obtaining a BS in accounting<br />

and BBA in finance. While at UK,<br />

Tom served as president of the Sigma<br />

Phi Epsilon fraternity. After college,<br />

Tom took a position at the Federal<br />

Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)<br />

Corporate Employee Program. He has<br />

had numerous assignments with the FDIC in various<br />

locations, including Dallas, Memphis, and Washington, DC.<br />

Tom currently works in Knoxville, Tenn., where he specializes<br />

in Financial Institution Risk Management. Contact him at<br />

thomaso.evans@gmail.com.<br />

After spending his freshman year at<br />

University of Colorado-Boulder, John<br />

McKay transferred to the University<br />

of Kentucky and graduated in 2007,<br />

obtaining his BS in psychology. He<br />

recently started his third clinical year<br />

of medical school at the University of<br />

Louisville and is interested in pursuing<br />

a career in ophthalmology or radiology. E-mail him<br />

at jwmcka01@louisville.edu.<br />

Kevin Barger graduated Summa<br />

Cum Laude with a BBA in finance<br />

and a minor in economics from the<br />

University of Kentucky, where he<br />

served two terms as treasurer for the<br />

Sigma Chi fraternity. Upon graduating<br />

in 2007, he moved to Winston-Salem,<br />

N.C., to start with BB&T in their<br />

Leadership Development Program. After completing<br />

the six-month training program, Kevin moved to<br />

Charlotte, N.C., where he works as a Merchant<br />

Sales Consultant for BB&T, covering their Charlotte<br />

and northern South Carolina regions.<br />

Contact Kevin at kevinbarger@gmail.com.


Class of 2005<br />

Class Agent: Joe Tronzo (502) 291-4330<br />

Brian Crush is currently living in Chicago, Ill., where<br />

he started an entertainment production company:<br />

Family Squid, Inc. (www.familysquid.com). He’s currently<br />

developing a feature film and will pursue financing for<br />

the project in summer <strong>2011</strong>.<br />

Class of 2006<br />

Class Agent: J. Matt Raque (502) 296-5891<br />

5-Year Reunion to be held June 10–11. Details will be<br />

mailed. Contact Matt at mraque3@yahoo.com.<br />

John Baunach is the co-founder<br />

of the group, Vanderbilt<br />

Melodores, who have produced<br />

their first CD, “Rain Check.”<br />

The all-male A Cappella group<br />

has been nominated for a<br />

Contemporary A Cappella<br />

Recording Award for Best<br />

Classical Song for their rendition of Eric Whitacre’s<br />

“Sleep.” You can purchase their CD on iTunes,<br />

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/rain-check/id416649227.<br />

You can also purchase a hard copy of the CD by contacting<br />

John at john.d.baunach@vanderbilt.edu.<br />

Collin Burke spoke to <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Xavier</strong>’s<br />

Medical Club in March. He is a<br />

first-year medical student at the<br />

University of Louisville. Collin talked<br />

about the classes he is taking and<br />

the amount of studying needed to<br />

survive in medical school.<br />

Class of 2007<br />

Class Agents: Daniel Francis (502) 533-5316 and<br />

John Patrick Greenwell (502) 287-3690<br />

Daniel Vollmer will graduate from the University of<br />

Kentucky with a degree in mathematics in May and has<br />

been admitted to the Ph.D. program in mathematical<br />

sciences (statistics) at the University of Cincinnati.<br />

He has been awarded a full, four-year University<br />

Graduate Scholarship.<br />

Class of 2008<br />

Class Agent: Peter Urda (502) 718-6994<br />

Tom Cecil is currently a junior at Centre College and was<br />

named to the Dean’s list for the fall term. Tom is a member<br />

of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and is spending the spring<br />

term studying abroad in Strasbourg, France.<br />

This summer, Rich Gottbrath will join Lincoln International<br />

in Chicago as an Investment Banking Analyst.<br />

Justin Amlung, a sophomore at the University of Louisville,<br />

was recently featured on LouisvilleCatholicSports.com. He<br />

is the number two starter in the rotation for the two-time<br />

defending Big East Conference champion Cardinals. The<br />

article notes his 5-0 record with a 0.65 ERA. Justin is also<br />

pursuing a degree in civil engineering.<br />

Class of 2009<br />

Class Agent: Chris Yared (502) 271-7999<br />

Ben Freeman, Nick Murphy, Daniel Nall, and Will<br />

Spence started the Wildcat Investors, LLC, a student<br />

investing club at the University of Kentucky.<br />

University of Louisville sophomore Akash Gupta<br />

represents the future of cancer research. He is developing<br />

great research skills to be a leader in cancer prevention in<br />

the university’s undergraduate research program. Akash<br />

was recognized by the American Association for Cancer<br />

Research with the Thomas J. Bardos Science Education<br />

Award for Undergraduate Students. The purpose of this<br />

award is to inspire science students at the undergraduate<br />

level to enter the field of cancer research.<br />

Class of 2010<br />

Patrick Scrivener and Zachary Hensley both completed<br />

their Eagle Scout Awards. They are members of Troop 71.<br />

The Tiger is published three times a year by the <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Xavier</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> Alumni Association.<br />

To submit a class note or news article, or to make an inquiry, contact the Office of Advancement at<br />

alum@saintx.com, call (502) 637-8485, or mail to: Office of Advancement, <strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Xavier</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>,<br />

1609 Poplar Level Road, Louisville, KY 40217<br />

<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Xavier</strong> Alumni Board of Directors<br />

President – Anthony H. Ambrose ’63<br />

President-Elect – Charles F. Mercer, Jr. ’88<br />

Vice-President, Resources – William J. Cooper, IV ’57<br />

Vice-President, Activities & Events – Charles B. Dicken ’99<br />

Secretary – Alan L. Gates ’75<br />

Past-President – Peter J. Wimsatt, DMD ’72<br />

Teddy E. Bordador ’87<br />

Scott D. Budnick ’89<br />

Paul A. Burke ’95<br />

Michael D. Bush ’98<br />

Phillip J. Duckworth ’02<br />

Mark E. Fetter ’69<br />

D. Anthony Fink ’77<br />

James R. Head ’50<br />

Gavin X. Howard ’94<br />

Captain Michael D. Lush ’68<br />

Paul M. Mangeot ’61<br />

Andrew P. Masterson ’88<br />

Mark W. Raque ’85<br />

Eric J. Saling ’01<br />

Michael R. Scheid, Sr. ’82<br />

William J. Sherman, Jr. ’54<br />

Martin A. Wissing ’94<br />

William D. Yancey ’79<br />

<strong>Saint</strong> <strong>Xavier</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />

President Perry E. Sangalli, Ed.D. ’76<br />

Senior Vice President and Principal Bro. Edward Driscoll, C.F.X., Honorary ’89<br />

Vice President for Finance Lawrence F. Bergamini ’79<br />

Vice President for Advancement Michael J. Littell, Honorary ’07<br />

Director of Advancement Chuck Willenbrink ’77<br />

Assistant Director of Advancement – Kelly Purcell Stratman<br />

Constituent Relations<br />

Assistant Director of Advancement – Holly Morris<br />

Annual Giving<br />

Executive Assistant for Advancement Natalie DeNardo<br />

Administrative Assistant for Advancement Stacey Mercer<br />

Administrative Assistant for Advancement Kathy Pierce<br />

Volume 43 • No. 3 www.saintx.com<br />

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