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To my new friends at Ave Maria University:

This issue of the magazine speaks of a transition—the passing of the baton from our founder, Tom Monaghan, to me. It is an honor to be Ave Maria University’s second president.

When you step back for a moment and look at how much has been done at Ave Maria in such a short time, it is nothing short of breathtaking. Tom Monaghan did the unimaginable: he devoted hundreds of millions of dollars of his own wealth towards the creation of an academically-excellent, authentically-Catholic university. An army of laborers was

assembled—at one time as many as 1,600 a day—and the transformation of tomato fields and pepper patches into a university campus was underway. I wasn’t here to see any of this happen, or for that matter, the building of the pyramids in ancient Egypt, but my sense is that both endeavors must have had a similar frenzy of activity! Today the campus is one of our country’s newest and most beautiful. One of the first steps I took as president was to move my office to the Bob Thomas Student Union to be more accessible to our students. My corner office on the second floor has a panoramic view of nearly all of the campus. Each day the sun rises over the glorious church that seats 1,100 people and whose exterior is adorned with a beautiful bas-relief of the Annunciation, and as it

sets it casts a splendid red glow on the residence halls that rest on our western border. Without question the story of the start-up phase of Ave Maria is a meditation on the words of the angel Gabriel to Mary of Nazareth: Nothing is impossible with God. Tom clearly believes those words. He had Nick Healy by his side and many other dedicated men and women working with him from the earliest days in pursuit of what seemed humanly impossible. Our debt to them and our donors who helped Tom with the funding is immense. To put it simply, Tom built a sturdy foundation for Ave Maria: a world-class faculty has been brought together, the eleven buildings that adorn our campus are state-of-the-art, and the University is fully-accredited. Now it is my responsibility to take the University forward. I am happy to report that the incoming class we just welcomed is our largest ever (310), and undergraduate enrollment is now just shy of 750. When you add our 113 graduate students, and consider that we are looking to bring in a class of 400 next August, you begin to find yourself repeating the words of our patroness: “God who is mighty has done great things and holy is His name.” Enjoy these pages and the new look of our magazine, and also, when you get a chance, visit our brand new web site: www.avemaria.edu. We hope you are proud of Ave Maria University, and that in the years ahead, by the grace of God, we’ll make you even prouder!

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2 Changing of the guard H. James Towey begins his tenure at Ave Maria

6 economic impact Software allows for in-depth analysis of impact on community

10 Faculty Spotlight

Dr. Michael Pakaluk publishes new books and Dr. Marc Guerra receives grant

12 Tompkins Family

A legacy of love for the University

16 Students Travel to Un

Students are pro-life and pro-family at international headquarters

18 Student Spotlight

19 Commencement

22 Sports Roundup

24 News Briefs

26 Donor Roll

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TransiTioning Leadership and Transforming

CaThoLiC higher eduCaTion

ave Maria universiTy’s coMing of age

By sharon Bayata

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after eight eventful years under the direction of its founder, acclaimed entrepreneur and philanthropist Thomas S. Monaghan, Ave Ma-ria University is firmly on the path toward the completion of a defining transition of leader-ship and its first-ever inauguration ceremony.

On October 7, H. James Towey will officially assume the dual roles of President and CEO. In February, Ave Maria University’s Board of Trustees de-termined that Jim Towey was the ideal successor to Mon-aghan. For several months, Monaghan and the Board had searched for a candidate who would bring new ideas and leadership. They ultimately found such an individual in Jim Towey.

As the new president, Towey immediately pledged to continue the work that Tom Monaghan had started more than a decade earlier with the founding of Ave Maria College in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Succeeding a man of Monaghan’s cali-ber will be his first challenge. How does one succeed a leg-end? From an early age, Monaghan had an uncanny ability to adapt to a changing world and pursue dreams that oth-ers would consider unattainable. Over the years, this work ethic never changed, but his career focus did. Monaghan’s

achievements as the founder and CEO of Domino’s Pizza are leg-endary, and his success enabled him to purchase the Detroit Ti-gers and watch his beloved team win a World Series. Yet an even more ambitious dream was beginning to form in his mind: the creation of a new institution of Catholic higher edu-cation that would be faithful to the Church, promise academic excellence, and produce genera-tions of leaders. What began in Michigan was soon to take root in Florida. University President Nicholas J. Healy, who stepped down in June with Monaghan, led the relocation effort and deserves much credit for Ave Maria’s suc-cess. While the school’s perma-nent campus was being planned, Ave Maria University opened its

doors for the first time in 2003 in a temporary campus based at The Vineyards in Naples. Despite the severe economic downturn that stopped many far less ambitious construction projects at colleges and universities across the nation, Monaghan’s vision con-tinued to take shape. In 2007, Ave Maria University moved to its permanent home: a sprawling tomato field that was transformed into a 1,000 acre campus in a newly developed town that was also named Ave Maria. Chairman of the Uni-versity’s Board of Trustees, Michael Timmis, Jr. described the massive undertaking -- the simultaneous creation of an en-tire university and town -- as “incredible and unparalleled.” The style of the campus buildings was inspired by the “prairie style” design made famous by Monaghan’s favorite

architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. The Oratory, which dominates the town center, was completed earlier this year with the unveiling of a magnificent bas-relief by renowned sculptor Márton Váró, depicting the Annunciation. With the first phase of construction now completed, and the University fully accredited, Monaghan decided that it was time to hand over the reins to someone who could move Ave Maria toward financial independence without compromis-ing its commitment to academic excellence or its Catholic

vision Turned realiTy

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“a president has to immerse himself in the lives of the students.”

founder Tom Monaghan joined by President H. James Towey and Board of Trustees Chairman Michael Timmis, Jr.

identity. The Board of Trustees wasted little time and tapped Towey. “This decision was a result of ongoing discussions that I’d had with the board throughout the last couple of years in terms of developing and implementing a succession plan,” Monaghan said. “I have known Jim for more than 10 years, and I am very excited about the new stage of growth and de-velopment that AMU has to look forward to under his lead-ership. He is a man of high moral character and professional competence.” Monaghan will remain on board as the University’s Chan-cellor, and the new structure will focus his efforts on fund-raising.

Despite the challenges ahead, Jim Towey sees a bright future for the University. “I was deeply moved by what has been go-ing on here, and I recognize the tremendous potential this school offers. I am impressed with the students, and the fac-ulty here is one of the unpublicized wonders of higher educa-tion: professors with degrees from institutions such as Har-vard, Columbia, Yale, Cornell, Princeton, and Notre Dame, who came here to teach without having to compromise their identity as Catholics.” Jim Towey’s background and experiences are remark-able. He was senior advisor to President George W. Bush and Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives from 2002 through 2006. This work in the White House was not the high point of his career, he believes. For 12 years, he served as legal counsel for Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and was a full-time volunteer in her semi-nary in Tijuana, Mexico and at her AIDS home in Washing-ton, DC. He also comes to Ave Maria with a proven record in academia, with record enrollment and fundraising following in his wake. From 2006-2010, Towey served as the President

of Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. As Ave Maria’s new President, Towey has set a few per-sonal goals for himself. One consists of meeting every Ave Maria student. His first academic post taught him many valuable lessons. “I learned that a president has to immerse himself in the lives of the students. And I learned how the hiring and retention of good people in the administration and faculty are essential, not only to promoting academic excellence, but also to building an authentic Catholic institu-tion of higher education.” Additionally, he hopes to foster an enduring service learn-ing project in the nearby community of Immokalee. Ave Ma-ria students will be asked to commit to a number of com-

munity service hours for the school year. Each participating student will be assigned a Junior or Senior high school student in Immokalee and help them prepare for college. The tutoring sessions will focus on English and mathemat-ics, and the university will work closely with the Immokalee Foundation. Towey sees this project as important for the growth of the Ave Maria students, as it will enable them to put their skills and faith into action. Putting Ave Maria University on a track to financial independence in a three-year time-frame is one of Towey’s key institutional respon-sibilities. “Tom has funded this University with hundreds of millions of his own dollars. My goal is to have a balanced budget before the Board of Trustees for the 2014-15 academic year, and to do that we’ll need to nearly double our en-rollment to about 1,100 undergrads.” Towey believes that the university has many elements already in place to achieve that goal: “We have 500 brand new residence hall beds that are avail-

able. We have state-of-the-art classrooms and facilities that require little maintenance, a majestic church, and all the land you could want to grow. Best of all, students who come to Ave Maria University get an Ivy League-caliber education at about half the price.” While recognizing all the possibilities before him, Towey is also aware of the many challenges. “I believe the Lord led my wife Mary and me to Ave Maria. I remember Mother Teresa telling me that she prayed she wouldn’t spoil God’s work. I find myself praying that a lot these days.” Ave Maria University’s first Presidential Inauguration will mark a new phase in the life of the University, one that fo-cuses on growth while maintaining the highest standards in education. Tom Monaghan’s vision has transformed tomato fields into a vibrant university, and Jim Towey will now en-deavor to take the school to a new level without losing sight of the core mission. Tom Monaghan made his fortune in piz-za delivery, and now it is Jim Towey’s turn to deliver. With the largest ever incoming class and Ave Maria enjoying record enrollment, he is off to a great start. amu


first President Nicholas J. Healy.

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understanding the economic impact of ave Mariaby guy hagen


Ave Maria is an unincorporated college town currently under development in Collier County, near Immokalee and Naples. It falls

under the county government for most matters, but has limited power to tax to support its limited responsibility for infrastructure. It was founded in 2005. At build-out, the town was planned for a 5,500 student Catholic university, more than 10,000 residential units, 1.2 million square feet of retail and office space, and many amenities. The town and university opened in 2007. Through the Rural Lands Stewardship Program, the development credits for the town of Ave Maria came from 17,000 acres of environmentally important lands (an

area approximately one and a half times the size of the City of Naples) that has been permanently placed into conser-vation at no cost to the taxpayer. We’ve undertaken a formal analysis of Ave Maria’s impact on the region, and you will probably be surprised at how much this developing commu-nity means to the health of the local economy.

The sTudyIn March 2011 Tucker/Hall conducted a formal economic impact analysis of the community of Ave Maria for Lee and Collier counties (Florida). The purpose was to document the extensive invest-ments that went into the construction of this community, and the resulting “ripple effects” its construction, devel-opment, and resulting employment has created on the surrounding econo-

mies of Lee and Collier counties. We utilized a transparent, repli-cable, academically and professionally accepted research method – it is our philosophy that the impact findings we generate should be replicable by any competent economist with access to the same tools. We make a point of not using any proprietary or “black box” as-sumptions or tools, and to that end we utilized the IMPLAN (Version 3) eco-nomic software to model our impacts with a 2008 county data model. Since 1988, the IMPLAN software has been the basis of thousands of economic impact studies for economic develop-ment, public policy and academic re-search. Ave Maria community data, investment activity, visitor levels, and growth projections were provided by Ave Maria Development and relevant Ave Maria organizations.

ave Maria’s iMpacT From 2007 to 2010, more than $814 million has been invested in the devel-opment of the Ave Maria community. This includes: • More than $446 million in non- residential and university construction

• Almost $77.6 million in residential home construction

• More than $19.7 million in costs for planning, architectural, professional services, and engineering

• Nearly $4.5 million in combined annual maintenance

• $16.7 million invested into the Ave Maria School of Law

In addition, the Law School, University and Town have created a significant number of direct and indirect jobs that have benefited Southwest Florida. In total, our analysis shows that the development of the Ave Maria com-munity has generated a total impact of approximately $1.28 billion in sales (output) in Lee and Collier counties from 2007-2010.

econoMic iMpacTs 101Our favorite explanation for how the IMPLAN software models economic impacts is the metaphor of a tree. Of course, there’s a lot more to a tree than you can see above the surface; in much the same way, a project’s activities touch the local economy on different levels. There are three types of impacts we consider–direct, indirect, and in-duced – and we will relate each of these to how a tree connects to the earth and surrounding landscape. First, direct impacts represent the actual jobs, cash investments, and ac-tivities that support the project. Just as it is easy to see a tree’s trunk, branches, and leaves, it’s relatively easy for most people to see and understand how these direct economic activities are a source of economic activity. Indirect activities are like the roots of a tree that reach unseen into the ground. Indirect impacts constitute the local demand for products and services from other companies and service pro-viders (goods, materials, supplies). They are the local vendors and suppli-ers that receive money for goods and services provided. Like roots, they are the feeder system in which local goods and services support the company or project. Trees have leaves, branches, trunks and roots; but if you have ever pulled a tree or shrub from the ground, you know that you get left with a big hole in the ground and pull up a lot more than clean roots... you also get earth, weeds, grass, bugs and worms and everything else that makes up healthy soil. All of this additional earth and life that de-pends on the tree is similar to what we call induced economic impacts of a company or project. Induced impacts reflect everybody who relies on spend-ing generated by direct and indirect ac-tivity – local restaurants, retail stores, service providers, schools, real estate, etc. They are job losses and gains by people who have no direct connection to the project, but benefit from the money the company introduces into the local economy.


econoMic iMpacT


Thus, when we speak of economic im-pact, we speak about the combined contributions of all three types: direct, indirect, and induced together. Thus, our metaphor of economic impact in-cludes not just the tree, but everything that is connected to it and benefits from it as well.

calculaTing The iMpacTsThe IMPLAN software works by using documented direct impacts as inputs to calculate indirect and induced impacts over time. It is based upon federally published industry-by-industry buy-sell

(input-output) relationships; how much each industry sells to each other indus-try to create the total national product. Using this national data, IMPLAN is able to create a national average pro-file of how much a typical company in each industry must buy, sell, and hire to do its business. It then calibrates its profile with state and local economic, business, tax, labor, and demographic information to generate local models of typical companies in each industry, and how much they must buy, sell, im-port, export, and hire locally or exter-nally to do their business.

As a result, IMPLAN can estimate how direct changes in a local com-munity propagate through the web of local buy, sell, and hire relationships. The result is a widely accepted and well-published model of the spending, employment, exporting, sales and pro-duction activities of typical companies in every industry sector. This model is calibrated even further by information we can collect on a given community’s activities, expenditures, and opera-tions. amu

a B o u T T h e s T u d y

Guy Hagen is Vice President at Tucker/Hall, a national public relations and communications consulting firm based in Tampa, Florida. He has authored dozens of economic impact assessments and has over 15 years of experience conduct-ing dozens of economic impact, economic cluster, and industry analysis studies for clients such as Enterprise Florida, the Florida Office of the Governor, Agere (Lucent/AT&T), EA Sports, JP Morgan Chase, Citibank, and numerous other respected corporations and industry associations. His work has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals, and his leadership in economic research has been leveraged by major corporations and state and local governments. He has been a leader in promoting objective and transparent economic analysis, including co-chairing a state task force to provide guidelines for consistent and transparent economic measurement for public policy (the Florida Governor’s Office Cluster Metrics Task Force). He has served as a lecturer for the Council for Community and Economic Research’s (C2ER) professional economic research accreditation program. He has been a member of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC), the Florida Economic Development Council (FEDC), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).


Dr. Michael Pakaluk, chairman of the AMU Philosophy Department, was pretending to be upset with his publications for last year: besides half a dozen scholarly papers, “only three books of mine were published last year,” was his mock-complaint, “when I was trying to finish twelve!”

Whatever one’s judgment on the number of books published, one can’t help being impressed by the range of interests they display. His first book of the year, Human Action and Moral Psychology in Aristotle, was published by Oxford University Press in the early spring. Pakaluk collaborated on the book with Giles Pearson, an English scholar at the University of Bristol. “Giles and I met at a Mayweek Seminar in Cambridge University, hit it off, found we had similar interests and judgments, and wanted to work together on something,” Pakaluk said. “It was fun to work together. In philosophy collaboration is not as common as in other fields.” Pakaluk’s own essay in the volume is “Mixed Actions and Double Effect,” which attempts to see if the “Doctrine of Double Effect,” so important in Catholic moral teaching, can be traced back to roots in Aristotle, long before it was articulated by St. Thomas Aquinas.

Pakaluk’s second book of the year was The Appalling Strangeness of the Mercy of God, published by Ignatius Press, the collected correspondence and writings

of his late wife, Ruth. “It makes you laugh and makes you cry, while conveying profound insights about the interior life,” Pakaluk said.

Appalling Strangeness has already been widely reviewed and has won many devoted fans, including AMU Professor Michael Novak, who remarked that it “towers head and shoulders above the justly acclaimed accounts of C.S. Lewis in A Grief Observed and Sheldon Vanauken in A Severe Mercy.” Pakaluk downplays Novak’s adulations, “if the book is great, that’s not on account of me— I was only the observer--but because God wrote the story which it tells.” Finally, Pakaluk’s Accounting Ethics . . . and the Near Collapse of

the World’s Financial System was published in the summer by Allen David Press, a business publisher. This, his third book on accounting

professionalism, was written similarly in collaboration with Mark Cheffers, a long-time friend, CPA, and founder of the leading market

intelligence service for the audit industry. As its title indicates, Pakaluk and Cheffers discuss professional ethics for accountants in the context of the recent financial melt-down, including case studies of AIG and

Lehman Brothers. Accounting Ethics also gives a detailed analysis of the

shift of accounting from a profession to business over the last century. It is unusual to find a philosopher writing on business. “You cannot write responsibly on professional ethics without

having a good grasp of the relevant technical issues,” Pakaluk says. With a couple of months left in the year, does Pakaluk hope to bring out another book--or two? “Unfortunately, I have too

many commitments to write chapters for scholarly volumes,” he said, “but, God willing, I hope to finish those

uncompleted books next year!”

faculty spotlights


Dr. Marc D. Guerra, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Programs in Theol-ogy at Ave Maria University, has been awarded a $150,000 grant through the New Sciences of Virtue Project at the University of Chicago. Guerra and his project’s co-director, Dr. Peter Augustine Lawler, Professor of Government and International

Studies at Berry College in Rome, Georgia, will use this grant to hold a series of three inter-disciplinary conferences at Berry College that focus on the challenges and prospects modern technological society pose to the cultivation of virtue. The University of Chicago’s multidisci-plinary research initiative awarded a grand total of three million dollars to 19 highly original, scholarly projects that have the potential to contribute to a renewed focus on the study of virtue in the contemporary academy. The New Sciences of Virtue Project garnered more than 700 grant applications worldwide. Researchers chosen for funding come from a wide range of highly prestigious institutions, including Vanderbilt University, Stanford University, the Uni-versity of Oxford (United Kingdom), Tel Aviv University (Israel), Northwestern University, Yale University, Princeton University, and Amherst College. Through these conferences, Dr. Guerra and his colleague, Dr. Lawler, hope to provide a model for colleges and universities seeking to initiate the study of virtue in a way that is both

intellectually serious and engaging. As the Conference Series’ website states: “This project defends the common-

sensical but by no means self-evident belief that virtue is a naturally desirable feature of human life. At the same time, it recognizes that human beings in modern technological societies increasingly find it difficult to articulate and defend the irreplaceable role that virtue plays in human life. Working from the premise that humans are, by nature, stuck with virtue, we will attempt to identify the moral, intellectual, scientific, educational and civic frame-work in which an intellectually serious and humanly satisfying new science of virtue could reasonably hope to unfold and develop.”

Held on the Berry campus, the Conference Series provides a unique op-portunity for students to interact with renowned scholars and experience for themselves discussions that could lead to the birth of a new course

of academic study. The first conference in the series, held on November 18-19 of 2010 at Berry College in Rome, Georgia, featured nine speakers. Over 135 faculty and students, from six different colleges, attended that conference. The second conference, held on April 8-9, 2011, featured eight

speakers. Over 115 faculty and students, from nine different colleges, were in attendance. The third and final conference will be held on November

17-18, 2011. Dr. Guerra commented, “A morally, intellectually, and

spiritually compelling science of virtue must be able to draw connections among human biology, human psy-

chology, human freedom, and human happiness. Developing and sustaining those connections is

perhaps the central task of the science behind the claim that we are stuck with virtue. Such a science aims to connect what nature and God equip us with to our distinctive longings to know, and to be known, and to love, and be loved, by other human beings.” amu

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aLL in The famiLy aT ave maria

The greatest compliment

parents and families can

bestow upon an institution of

higher education is to send

multiple children to it. in our

first edition, we’re proud to

introduce you to Jack and

Maria Tompkins and their

eight children from Tampa,

florida.

by K e v i n J o y c e

from leftt: Maria Tompkins, Jack Tompkins, Teresa, robby, Angela and vanessa

Jack and Maria met while she was in school, studying to be an ar-chitect. Little did they know that they would be designing and

building something much greater than a skyscraper, at the time. Today, their family includes eight children, four of whom are married, and six grandchil-dren. To look at Jack and Maria, one is certainly shocked about the grandchil-dren. Maria looks just a few years re-moved from college herself and Jack’s rugged good looks could land him on the covers of GQ or Men’s Health magazines. So why did they send five of their first six children to Ave Maria University? In the following pages we explore that question and others with Jack, Maria and their talented children. When Jack Christopher Tompkins was in the 6th grade, his parents, Jack and Maria, made a decision that would impact young Jack and his sev-en brothers and sisters for the rest of their lives. The young couple decided they would have more family time and could grow together in their relationship with God by ho-meschooling their children. As longtime parishioners of Saint Lawrence Catholic Church, the Tompkins family practices their faith through daily prayer and actions. That’s why when it came time for their eldest son to go to col-lege, he was given three choices. The first would be to take advantage of the foresight his financial planner fa-ther had had in investing in a prepaid college tuition program, by enrolling in a state school and living at home. The second option was to enroll in an “authentically Catholic school,” as his mother Maria puts it. Of course there was a third option that wasn’t very realistic. Jack Christopher could pay his own way and go to any school he wanted. The year was 2001 and Ave Maria University was still a college located in Michigan. Moving that far away from the family and his high school sweetheart, and now wife, was

not an option. In the end, Jack Chris-topher chose to live at home and at-tend the University of South Florida. According to his father, during those college years, it was not unusual for young Jack to have friends over late at night discussing scripture and reading the bible together. Two years behind her brother Jack, Marisa Tompkins knew she wanted to go away to college and she knew that meant she had to find an authenti-cally Catholic college. She had spent some time in the previous summers at Christendom College in the Shenan-doah Valley of Virginia. While she enjoyed the camps, the family felt it was not the right fit. Then one night,

during her senior year, Marisa and her parents, at the urging of the legend-ary Monsignor Higgins went to listen to Tom Monaghan speak at the Saint Lawrence parish hall. “The team of people from Ave Maria University was so wonderful and I had goose bumps after listening to the presentations on the vision of the University,” said Mrs. Tompkins. Mr. Tompkins added, “It was at this point that we knew Ave Ma-ria was a place that our daughter could go and not lose her faith but actually continue to grow and nurture the faith and values that we had instilled in her for the previous 18 years.” Later that fall, Marisa took a leap of faith and enrolled in Ave Maria as part of the inaugural class in Southwest Florida.

Some concerns existed to be sure. Not the least of which was the lack of a re-gional accreditation for the university. But between the promised mission for a truly authentic Catholic educa-tion and the explanation Mr. Richard Dittus gave on the future accredita-tion process, the Tompkins family was willing to take a chance on Ave Maria University. Little did they know that a family tradition was about to begin. Ryan Tompkins is only a year younger than Marisa. So, by the time his sister had made her college choice, the college selection process had al-ready begun for Ryan. The process itself seemed to be much quicker for Ryan as his mother recalls. “Ave Maria

was the first campus Ryan vis-ited as we dropped Marisa off in the beginning of his senior year. It was also the last. Once we got a taste of Ave Maria, there were really no other op-tions on the table, especially for Ryan. We really thought he was going to become a priest. There was no doubt in our hearts and minds that Ave was the place for Ryan. It turns out we were right about Ave be-ing the right place but wrong about Ryan’s vocation. He en-rolled in August of 2004 and met a young woman named Mary a month later. That was

the end of Ryan’s calling to the priest-hood. Upon graduation in 2008, Ryan and Mary were given instruction and married by Fr. Garrity. Among the ex-citing times during Ryan’s years at Ave Maria University was the opening of the new campus in the Town of Ave Maria to start his senior year. While Marisa graduated the year prior, Ryan was not without family on this new magnificent campus. Joseph was the next Tompkins child to attend Ave Maria University. Being that he was just 2 years behind Marisa and one year behind Ryan, he thought it would be pretty cool to go to college with his siblings. Joe like Ryan met his wife at Ave Maria University. However, it took Joe a little longer

“The grace of god is ever-present at ave Maria. you see it in the

rosary walks and the perpetual adoration chapel with college kids taking time to pray and practice their faith. These are the future leaders of our communities, our church and our country. What is happening at ave Maria gives me

great hope for our society.”


(not until his senior year) to actually approach Nicolette for a date. His par-ents credit a professor (who shall go unnamed) of Joe’s for urging him to take a chance before it was too late. Joe enjoyed the original Vineyards campus so much that he has returned as a first-year student at the Ave Maria School of Law. For Jack and Maria, the fact that their children wanted to be together brought them great joy. The fact that there was an authentically Catholic university where they could be together brought them great hope. And finally that this university actually existed in Florida and had faculty that really cared about each student both in and out of the classroom brought them great resolve. “It’s so exciting that the Catholic education that we worked so hard to give our children at home could be continued, nurtured and strengthened both spiritually and academically at a university to-day,” said Jack. Maria continued, “The grace of God is ever-present at Ave Maria. You see it in the Rosary walks and the perpetual adoration chapel with college kids taking time to pray and practice their faith. These are the future leaders of our communities, our church and our country. What is hap-pening at Ave Maria gives me great hope for our society.” The ToMpKins faMilySo after having three children happy at Ave Maria, one would think the rest of the kids would be drawn to the uni-versity. Not quite. In addition to the academic and spiritual life that was instilled in the Tompkins children, Jack and Maria exposed their children to multiple extra-curricular activities in-cluding sports, music and dance. That brings us to the next daughter in line, Vanessa. If the music department of Indiana University and her longtime voice coach had their way, Vanessa would have been in Bloomington, In-diana last March 25th instead of sing-

Nicolette and Joe Tompkins on their wedding day.

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ing at the unveiling of the Márton Váró Annunciation sculpture on the façade of the Oratory. Vanessa only applied to Ave Maria to appease her parents. They believed they needed to let Vanessa go wherever was best for her music career. Her talent had been recognized through competitions and performances. After two interviews/auditions in Bloomington for the pres-tigious school of music at Indiana Uni-versity, it was clear that Vanessa would undoubtedly be heading for colder weather. Then one day a letter arrived for Vanessa. It was from Dr. Timothy McDonnell, the chair of the music de-partment at Ave Maria University. The letter, according to Jack and Maria, so beautifully explained to Vanessa the importance of the gift of her talent and how it should be used, developed and nurtured in direct relation to her faith and intellect. Suddenly Indiana seemed colder and farther away to Vanessa and her parents. Today Van-essa is a junior at Ave Maria. This past summer she sang with the Tampa Lyric Opera. The opportunities appear

limitless for Vanessa. For her parents, they’re glad that her successes have only strengthened her faith and rela-tionship with God. They are forever grateful for the “beautiful letter” Dr. McDonnell sent to Vanessa less than three years ago. Younger brother Robby was never intending on heading down I-75 for college. His charming personality, stellar academic performance, ath-letic talent and phenomenal ability to play the violin combined to create many opportunities for college. How-ever, according to his mother, some-thing happened his senior year in high school. Robby became more prayer-ful. He spent time with his father who was getting pulled more and more into a group of devout Catholic men who had a common spiritual leader in Monsignor Higgins. Monsignor Hig-gins himself told Robby that Ave Ma-ria was where he belonged. So early in August of this year, Jack, Maria, Van-essa along with younger sisters An-gela and Teresa packed up the family SUV and headed south down I-75 from

Tampa to drop Robby off at Ave Ma-ria University in time to start summer practice for the men’s soccer team. He has embraced the family tradition that has become one of faith at Ave Maria University. He is hopeful for his sisters, that one day they will exit the family SUV with their belongings as his parents drive back to Tampa with one more child at Our Lady’s Univer-sity. However he knows the choice will be very challenging for his 15 year-old sister Angela. For like her elder sib-lings, she has excelled in her extra-curricular activity. She is a world-class ballet dancer and New York is already calling her. Why wouldn’t they? Like her sister Vanessa, her angelic voice can silence a room and her infectious smile can light up a room with no can-dles or electricity. And like it was for her siblings before her, Jack and Maria will support Angela in her college and career decisions. They can only hope, like her siblings before her, Angela’s foundation of faith will guide her to Ave Maria University. amu

The Tompkins extended family


sTudenTs gain reaL WorLd experienCe

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STUDENT FOCUS

From July 23-27, 2011, Ave Maria University students Bridget Littleton, Katherine Rosario, Tatenda Mabikacheche, Eliza Scarnecchia, Joseph Embry, Katherine Rettig, Maria Guardiola and Isabel Avila had the opportunity to travel to

New York City and gain real world experience in defending the pro-life and pro-family values at the heart of their AMU education. All the aforementioned students and staff were accepted into the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute’s Edmund Burke Fellowship, and thus gained unique access to both advocacy training and the inner workings of

the United Nations. On Saturday, July 23, students arrived at the Monastery of the Precious Blood, home to the Sister Adorers of the Precious Blood as well as the headquarters of the Helpers of God’s Precious Infants, headed by Msgr. Philip J. Reilly. Also housed at the Monastery were other Edmund Burke Fellows, including students from Notre Dame University, St. John’s Seminary, and Ave Maria School of Law. That evening, all the Fellows housed at the Monastery were privileged to receive a talk by Msgr. Reilly on Humanae Vitae and Pope Paul VI’s visit to the UN in 1965, to prepare them for their coming experience.

On Sunday, July 24, students got an early start and traveled to mid-town Manhattan for the Youth Formation Day, co-sponsored by the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM) and the International Youth Coalition (IYC). Students received training on strategies for approaching delegates and committees, and also heard panels on The Foundations, Values in Action, The Hard Issues, and Engaging Through New Media in relation to their coming work at the UN. Afterwards, students attended Mass at the Church of the Holy Family, celebrated by Archbishop Francis Chullikat, Permanent Observer of the Holy

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All the students and staff were accepted into the catholic family and human rights institute’s

edmund Burke fellowship, and thus gained unique access to both advocacy training and

the inner workings of the united nations.

See to the UN. They also attended a prayer vigil in the Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza near the UN, hosted by Lila Rose, President of the pro-life group Live Action. On Monday, July 25, students arrived at the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan and received passes to the General Assembly and a variety of side events, including “Youth Protecting and Promoting Human Dignity,” sponsored by the Holy See, and “Strengthening Youth Leaders: Advocacy from the Ground Up,” sponsored by the International Planned Parenthood Federation. Students used their training and research conducted prior to the trip to question assertions made by Planned Parenthood that “abstinence increases the risk of HIV” and “statistics

show that abstinence programs don’t work.” Students also networked with other students and presenters afterwards to further explain their pro-life position and question the points made about sexual and reproductive rights. On Tuesday, July 26, students continued attendance at the UN General Assembly and side events, and many were interviewed by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), thus giving them an opportunity to further explain their pro-life and pro-family positions. The conference closed with a concert by Scythian, sponsored by C-FAM and the IYC, and students departed on Wednesday, July 27, having gained real world experience and a number of new friends. amu

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On September 9, 2011, senior Shir-ley Anghel read a paper at St. Andrew’s Univer-sity in Scotland for the 200th

anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s novel Sense and Sensibility. One of only 30 academics chosen for the conference, Anghel was the young-est and the only undergraduate in the group. Her paper, entitled “Holding a Mirror Up to Nature: Reader-Response in Sense and Sensibility,” was written as a class assignment for her course in the novel, taken when she was a sopho-more. Anghel said that because of the intensity of the curriculum here she wanted to attend the best graduate school she could find. She discovered the Jane Austen conference as she was looking at the St. Andrew’s website, and simply applied. With the help of her professor for the novel class, she revised the essay for the public, got on a plane, and went to her first academic conference. “One of the professors there told me that I write very well and that she wishes her undergraduates wrote like me,” she said. “I read well, much better than I’ve usually done when presenting papers in class – I have no idea how that happened – and responded effectively to two objections I received to one of my points.”

Having given her paper on the first day of the conference, Anghel was free to attend the other readings. She said that she felt very confident about ask-ing questions of the readers, especially because of her background in the core curriculum here at Ave Maria Univer-sity. “My courses in Nature and Person, Romanticism, Introduction to Political Thought, and especially Philosophy of Love enabled me to ask about the func-tion of the narrator and the relationship between emotions and moral action,” she said. She added that her course in Early Modern Literature particularly helped with research and the presen-tation of a sustained argument. “I en-joyed going back and forth, informally talking with international scholars at coffee breaks and at dinners. Those conversations confirmed my desire to be an academic and to see that I really love this sort of discussion. Since I also want to be a writer, I’m hoping that a knowledge of Austen will help me in my own literary creation.” Jane Austen (1776-1817) is consid-ered one of the greatest novelists in the English language. Although her stories concern the dilemmas of engagement, marriage, and life among the country gentry, her satire, stinging wit and ob-servation of life raise her literary work to a level equal to other masters includ-ed in the core curriculum at Ave Maria, such as Shakespeare and Milton. As one of the electives available for the

Literature major, the course “Jane Aus-ten and Samuel Johnson” is occasion-ally taught by Associate Professor of Literature Travis Curtright. Sense and Sensibility was Austen’s first published work. St. Andrew’s University is the third oldest university in Great Britain, after Cambridge and Oxford. Established by Papal Bull between 1410 and 1413, St. Andrew’s is considered one of the world’s top research institutions and is among the top 20 Arts and Humanities universities, according to World Rank-ings 2010. About 15% of its internation-al students come from the US. Anghel concludes, “The Sense and Sensibility conference at the University of St. Andrews was an extremely re-warding experience which introduced me to British and international aca-demia. My paper was very well received by Austen scholars at the conference, from whom I was able to gain new per-spectives on Austen studies. I was able to participate in discussions about phi-losophy and art in relation to literature thanks to the broad-ranging, liberal arts education I’ve received at Ave Ma-ria. I am especially grateful to Dr. Lylas Rommel [who taught the Novel class]. It was her high standards and guidance on writing and research that enabled me to produce a paper of high academ-ic caliber.”

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Ave Maria University held its fourth Commencement Cer-emony at the permanent campus in the Golisano Field

House, as well as the Baccalaureate Mass in the Oratory, on Saturday, May 7, 2011. This was the first time at the new campus when both events were held on the same day, and the first time the commencement was not held in the Oratory. The day began with Mass at 9:00 a.m., with the Celebrant being William Cardinal Levada, Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco and Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Cardinal Levada delivered the homily, in which he recognized

the wonderful and supportive Catho-lic atmosphere provided by Ave Maria University in service to the Church. Noting that students would be leaving AMU and entering a very secular so-ciety, Cardinal Levada recommended that the students “stay close to God” and “bring God to others” to fulfill their Catholic mission as engaged members of the Church. He cautioned them that living a committed faith would not be easy in a world that is often hostile to Christians, often more so for those who profess to be Catholics. At the conclu-sion of the Mass, Cardinal Levada was recognized for his career-long and ex-tensive contributions to the Catholic

Church through the presentation of the Doctor of Humane Letters Degree, honoris causa, by President Healy and Chancellor Monaghan. Following the Baccalaureate Mass, a light brunch was held in the Bob Thomas Student Union for parents, graduates, guests and fam-ily friends. The honorees for the 2011 AMU Commencement Ceremony were Carl A. Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, and Mrs. Patricia C. Lynch, noted Catholic philanthro-pist and benefactor. Both speakers received honorary degrees, Anderson receiving the Doctor of Laws Degree, while Lynch was awarded the Doctor

Ave Maria Holds Commencement for 157 Graduates

Christina fernandez is all smiles as she graduates with a degree in History.


of Humane Letters. In her remarks, Lynch requested that the graduates re-main loyal to the mission of the Univer-sity, support the institution throughout their lives, and be service-contributing representatives of the University in their various careers and endeavors. Accompanied by her husband, Frank, the University was pleased to recog-nize Patricia Lynch for her distinctive service to the Catholic Church and a va-riety of arts-related entities, service on numerous corporate governing boards, and service in governance to St. John Vianney Seminary, Franciscan Univer-sity of Steubenville, and the National Center of Opus Dei. Supreme Knight Anderson was rec-ognized for his public service in the Reagan White House as Director of the Office of Public Liaison, his adminis-

trative and legislative service to U. S. Senator Jesse Helms (NC), and mem-bership on the U. S. Commission on Hu-man Rights. His successful leadership of the Knights of Columbus is almost legendary, as is his service to the Cath-olic Church in a variety of capacities. His service to the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, the National Shrine and Basilica, and The Catholic University of America, as well as authorship of his best-selling

books on the “civilization of love” and the practical applications of the teach-ings of Blessed John Paul II, also were recognized. His excellent commence-ment address focused on the life-long contributions of Blessed John Paul II. He encouraged the graduates to pattern their lives after the life and service of Blessed John Paul II during the various stages of his life. Carl An-derson was accompanied by his wife, Dorian.

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A total of 157 graduates were awarded degrees on this occasion. At the undergraduate level, Bachelor of Arts degrees were awarded to a total of 130 students. At the graduate level, 4 received the Master of Arts in Theol-ogy. The Master of Theological Studies degree was awarded to 20 recipients. Three candidates were awarded the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Theol-ogy. This year, the senior class selected Fr. Robert McTeigue, S. J., Ph.D., Ad-junct Professor of Philosophy, to de-liver the Faculty Address. Fr. McTeigue delivered an inspiring and challenging message to the graduates on the im-portance and meaning of the under-graduate education they received at Ave Maria University, and its impact on their future lives. The Academic

Achievement Address was delivered by the Salutatorian, Jamille Marie Seaberg, of Gilbert, Arizona. The Vale-dictorian, Cecilia Boccardo of Daphne, Alabama, was unable to deliver the address, as she was studying in Rome in the AMU Study Abroad Program. Of the undergraduates, eight earned summa cum laude honors, while eight were recognized as magna cum laude graduates and seventeen earned cum laude recognition. This represents the largest number of honor graduates in the history of the institution, as well as the largest percentage of any gaduate class (25.3%) earning this designation. At the graduate level, three degree re-cipients received academic honors. Undergraduate students represent-ed 25 states and five international lo-cations. amu

Carl A. Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus.


volleyball – Fresh Faces - Five newcomers and the hiring of new Head Coach John leonard are making for an exciting year of Lady Gyrene Volleyball. Six players return from last season to guide the Lady Gyrenes. Megan arago, a junior from Kissimmee, Florida, will do the setting again this season, while outside hitters hayley Wonka, Christianne ludwick, and lilla lukacs return to lead the offensive attack. Cecilia eckard and Marian deTar return to balance the veteran lineup. Incoming freshmen, raquel laing (Miami, FL), Julia brkich (Watsonville, CA), and Savannah Stona (Clearwater, FL) add skill and depth to the outside hitter positions. Illinois Central College transfer, ashley voudrie (Metamora,

IL), brings a year of junior college experience to the Lady Gyrenes. The 5’11” middle blocker adds height to the Lady Gyrenes’ front row. Freshman Mary eckard (West Okoboji, IA) joins the squad at libero. Coach Leonard brings a wealth of knowledge and experience having coached high school and club levels for over two decades. Keep an eye on the Lady Gyrenes as they bound through the season.

Men’S and WoMen’S SoCCer is in full swing. Lady Gyrenes (1-1-0 overall) blanked their first opponent 1-0 when Morgan Collins (Freshman, Dearborn, MI) found the back of the net in the 53rd minute on an assist from Grace Cheffers (Freshman, Lancaster, MA). The win over the University of South Carolina—Beaufort gave the Lady Gyrenes a 1-0-0 record in The Sun Conference to start the season. In late September Gyrene Men played the visiting Fighting Knights of Lynn University. AMU Men’s Soccer Team was defeated 3-0 after a lightning delay and two power outages. The Gyrenes fell to 2-3 overall as the NCAA division II #18 ranked Knights improved to 5-1.

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aMU FooTball steamed into their first season under Head Coach barry Fagan. Local sports writer Scott Clair noted, “Rather than the oversized and speedy opponents Ave Maria might see . . . perhaps the Gyrenes’ biggest obstacle will be overcoming the newness of the program. Coach Fagan commented that, “A lot of this stuff takes care of itself when you have juniors and sophomores who have gone through the process before. It’s the same routine. You get a feel for it. We have 55 incoming new players along with 23 returning from last year.” The Gyrenes dropped their first game 41-19. Putting 19 points on the scoreboard gave the team some positive momentum for Coach Fagan and his staff to build on for the next game. “We put points on the board today, just not enough.”

baSeball - The Ave Maria University baseball team engaged in fall workouts in preparation for fall practice and the beginning of their third season. The

Gyrenes open the 2012 season at home on Friday, January 27th with a noon doubleheader versus Emmanuel College. Ave Maria looks forward to yet another year as new members join the squad, adding depth, talent, and arms to the Gyrene ball club. In Ave Maria’s first year of competition, the young team finished 21-24 overall. Senior starting pitcher, Justin James returns for his final campaign alongside sophomore pitchers ethan Striz and Joe bocchino. James recorded a school record 109 strikeouts last season in 90 innings of work. Striz enjoyed a phenomenal freshman year leading the team with a 2.00 earned run average over 76.1 innings. Junior gabe loweree will again be called upon to set the pace for the Gyrene offense after batting .328 last year with 26 RBI. Infielders Alex Sanchez, Pete lesniewski, and Trace Mcdermott will return for their third season with the Gyrenes. amu

More Than hiTTing The bookS

Theology MaJor and bUSineSS minor, standing 6 feet, 8 inches tall with an extraordinary reach and tipping the scale at 245 pounds, AMU Senior Jimmy Torney had a very interesting summer. He was described by hometown Braintree, Mass. sportswriter, Paul Harbor, as a young man that “ . . . has movie star looks with piercing eyes and thunderous right hand that could knock you into another world.” Jimmy Torney is most familiar to the AMU faithful as the center on the Men’s Basketball team, but Jimmy spent his summer training for the ring, the boxing ring. But the ring he is training for first and foremost is the AMU graduation ring. He is studying hard to finish his final three classes and graduate as a major in Theology and minor in Business. Don’t be surprised if we see Jimmy in the ring one day mixing it up for the heavyweight crown. PHOTO BY PAUL HARBOR


news Briefs

1st Annual


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new vp of institutional advancement

Dr. Louis Traina has been appointed by President Towey as the new Vice President of Institutional Advancement of Ave Maria University.

“Lou has experience in leading comprehensive cam-paigns and will be a key architect as Ave Maria University shapes the next advancement campaign. He is highly regarded in the Naples community and as a long-time resident of Southwest Florida, he will be able to hit the ground running,” Towey said. Dr. Traina stepped down from his posts at Hodges University as Vice President, Department of University Advancement, and as Execu-tive Director of the Hodges University Foundation, where he served since 1998, leading the effort that raised tens of millions of dollars. Before earning his Doctorate in Education from Co-lumbia Teachers College, Dr. Traina received a B.A. and an M.A. from Seton Hall University. Traina and his wife Meg have two children, John (16) and Julia (14).

World youth day

Rebecca Rothenbach (below, with friend), who attended World Youth Day reports, “Although we, like many other pilgrims of World Youth Day,

were challenged by language barriers, there was one thing that we all understood: the Eucharist.” Other Ave Maria participants included Margaret Ascenzo, Maureen Mullally, Anne Hartney, Olivia Lalak, Elise Koomen, Katarzyna Penar and Elizabeth Cain. The group was chaperoned by Lauren Dionne.


ave Maria University would like to thank The Peter & Caroline Striano Foundation for their generous donation of lighting of the beautiful bas-relief frieze of the Ave Maria Oratory. Although their gift means so much to Ave Maria University, their own feelings of thanksgiving

to God has made an impact on their lives. With their permission, we have included an excerpt from their letter to Ave Maria University.

“… Being asked to return following our earlier work lighting the oratory exterior speaks to the respect you have for our organization’s capabilities. however, we look deeper, and hold the task very dear to us: the sculpture’s subject, the annunciation of Mary, is a story of god’s love as interpreted through light; through the Blessed Mother, god gives his son to light the World. By entrusting the interpretation of god’s chosen communication medium, the university has bestowed a great honor on our team . . . we are all brought closer to god, and thank you for this second opportunity to glorify god’s work through our own. . . . When we see the oratory, we consider our inclusion in its development to be one of our lives’ greatest blessings.”

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robert & Christina GoodsonMarried December 11, 2010

Daniel & Chantal McPike Married August 6, 2011

Gerald & Maria BoersmaMarried May 14, 2011

Jeremy & Casey GayMarried May 9, 2011

alumni Weddings

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lifetime giving to ave Maria university (through June 30, 2011)

ThoMaS S. Monaghan CirCle ($1,000,000+)Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. CanizaroMrs. Judith A. Clancy and Mr. James R. Clancy*Ms. Mary L. DemetreeMrs. Sara N. Demetree and Mr. William C. Demetree, Jr.*Mr. & Mrs. John F. DonahueThe Donum Dei FoundationMr. Thomas GolisanoMrs. Barbara Henkels and Mr. Paul M. Henkels*Mr. & Mrs. Donald I. HoltonMr. & Mrs. Lawrence R. MeyerMr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Rooney, Sr.Mr. Robert Thomas*4 Anonymous donors

PreSidenT’S CirCle ($500,000—$999,999)Mr. & Mrs. Mark C. FollettMr. & Mrs. A. M. O’HareMrs. Phyllis M. Taylor and Mr. Patrick Taylor*7 Anonymous donors

TrUSTee’S CirCle ($100,000—$499,999)Ave Maria FoundationAve Maria Founders Club - NaplesB.J. and C.L. Cebelak FoundationMr. & Mrs. James L. BarrettMrs. Genevieve A. BerniusMr. & Mrs. Peter J. ByrneMiss Evelyn C. Carr*Mrs. Camille L. Cebelak

The Charles E. and Mary Elizabeth Scripps FoundationMr. Clement J. CodyMr. William M. Cousins, Jr.Rev. Richard T. Danhauer*Mr. James J. Davies*Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. EastonMsgr. James A. Fiore*Mr. & Mrs. Thomas GoldsworthyMr. David R. Golob*Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. HatcherDr. Marjorie M. HeinzerMr. & Mrs. Julio G. HernandezHolton Family FoundationMr. Myron Hrynczuk*Mr. & Mrs. William E. La MotheDr. & Mrs. Mario G. LoomisMr. & Mrs. Frank J. Lynch, IIIMr. & Mrs. William D. McIntyre, Jr.Mercy Works FoundationAmbassador Michael Novak and Mrs. Karen Novak*Otis Technology, Inc.Patricia A. LaMothe and William E. LaMothe FoundationMr. & Mrs. Fred PezeshkanRichard C. Stillman Foundation For AdoptionMr. & Mrs. Gerald A. SaraciniMr. & Mrs. George P. SchwartzMr. Henry Smogolski and Mrs. Isabel Smogolski*Southwest Florida Community Foundation, Inc.Suffolk/Kraft, a Joint VentureMr. & Mrs. Thomas F. P. SullivanMr. & Mrs. Donald J. SummersMr. & Mrs. Michael T. Timmis, Sr.Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. Timmis, Jr.University Village Realty, Inc.W.D. & Prudence McIntyre FoundationMr. & Mrs. Vincent M. Wolanin5 Anonymous donors

FoUnder’S CirCle ($25,000—$99,999)Mr. & Mrs. Patrick F. Adams, Esq.Ms. E. Teri AllenMr. Casey AskarThe Ayco Charitable FoundationBarron Collier PartnershipMr. & Mrs. Rudolph D. Bawel, Jr.Miss Mary Louise G. Blosser*Mrs. Constance S. BlumMr. Gilbert R. Boutin and Mrs. Loretta G. Boutin*Ms. Marie C. Brannigan*Dr. Michael J. BrennanMr. & Mrs. Emanuel BristleBroom Family FoundationMr. George BurnsCannon DesignMr. & Mrs. James J. CapazziMr. Vito A. Caprio and Mrs. Mary C. Caprio*Mr. & Mrs. John H. CarewCascone Family FoundationMr. Arnold Clark and Mrs. Marilyn Clark*Comerica BankMr. James J. ConnorsCornerstone DevelopersMr. Joe CuddyMrs. Patricia A. Daniel and Mr. Louis M. Daniel*Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. DeBesseMr. & Mrs. Marty DehnertMr. & Mrs. Louis R. DePriscoMr. & Mrs. Harry J. DonahueMrs. Evelyn H. Edwards and Mr. Jarlath O. Edwards*Mrs. Ione M. Engelland and Mr. William Engelland*Mr. & Mrs. Lee ErhardMr. Gilbert M. Erskine*Mr. & Mrs. Patrick FaheyMr. & Mrs. Charles R. FaustMr. & Mrs. Umberto P. Fedeli

honor roll of donorsIn this issue, Ave Maria University recognizes the generosity of those

individuals and organizations that have invested in our future.


Mr. & Mrs. Barry L. FeldpauschMr. & Mrs. James W. FennesseyMr. & Mrs. John J. FergusonMrs. Anna-Marie Ferraro and Mr. Salvatore A. Ferraro*Mrs. Verena M. Fleischer and Mr. Louis W. Fleisher*Mr. & Mrs. Armando J. Flocchini, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Terrance R. FlynnMr. & Mrs. Richard M. GabrysMrs. Genevieve GallifordMrs. Carol Gavazzi-Wright and Mr. Delbert Wright*GCI Capital, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. Jack M. GiambalvoDr. & Mrs. David W. GrambowThe Haskell CompanyMr. Robert E. HayesMrs. Jean Henrickson and Dr. William G. Hendrickson*Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. HermannMr. & Mrs. James F. HeyrmanMrs. Mary A. HibbsRev. Msgr. Carl D. HinrichsenHMA Foundation, Inc.Holton Company, LLCMr. Oscar M. Hudson*HyPower, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. JackoboiceJacob G. Schmidlapp TrustJarlath O. & Evelyn H. Edwards FoundationJohn J. Kirlin, Inc.The John Murray and Eleanor M. Stritter Foundation, Inc.Josephite FathersMr. Gerald J. KazmaMr. Paul E. KellyKent Technologies, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. John L. KerianVincent & Mary Ann KyleMr. & Mrs. James R. LongonMrs. Alberta M. LynchThe Lynde and Harry Brandley FoundationThe Marine Corps LeagueMary Cross Tippmann FoundationReverend Joseph V. MaynardMrs. Dian Jennings MayoMr. Todd T. MichaelsMrs. Jane R. Miller and Mr. Rollins W. MIller*

Mrs. Lois I. MillerMr. & Mrs. Joseph P. MoceriMr. & Mrs. Ronald R. MosteroMr. & Mrs. John J. MurphyMr. & Mrs. Pat M. MusumanoMr. & Mrs. James A. NealyMiss Sarah A. NeamMary Ann NovakMr. Albert Halprin & Mrs. Janice ObuchowskiOffice of the Commissioner of Major League BaseballMr. Steve O’KeefeMr. & Mrs. Patrick J. O’MearaPaul E. Kelly FoundationMr. Bernard Paul-HusThe Pittsburgh FoundationMr. & Mrs. Ramon E. PooMr. & Mrs. Thomas P. PrinceQuarles & Brady, LLPDr. & Mrs. David M. ReardonThe Robert J. Stransky FoundationMiss Angela P. RosaniaMr. Lawrence E. Ruf* and Mrs. Marian Ruf*Carol and John SaemanMr. & Mrs. Vincent A. SarniMr. Robert I. Sattler and Mrs. Ilene V. Sattler*Schaller CorporationMr. Jacob G. SchmidlappSchwartz Investment Counsel, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. SedlerMr. & Mrs. Francis J. SehnMr. & Mrs. John E. SeidelMr. & Mrs. Joseph F. ShaughnessyMr. & Mrs. Michael D. SoignetMr. & Mrs. Peter J. StrianoMrs. Eleanor M. StritterMr. & Mrs. Michael J. SzostakMary Agnes TholtMiss Susan D. ThomasMr. & Mrs. John V. Tippmann, Sr.Mr. & Mrs. James A. Tirrell, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. TriplettMr. & Mrs. Carlton TronvoldVillage Realty, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. VorpahlMr. Richard F. WeberMr. & Mrs. Stanley E. Wencley, Jr.William E. Simon Foundation, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. Gerald O. Williams

Wilson Miller Stantec, Inc.Yawkey Foundation9 Anonymous donors

gifts to ave Maria university 2010-2011 (July 1, 2010—June 30, 2011)

ThoMaS S. Monaghan CirCle ($1,000,000+)Mr. & Mrs. John F. DonahueMr. Thomas Golisano1 Anonymous donor

PreSidenT’S CirCle($500,000—$999,999)Ms. Mary L. DemetreeMrs. Sara N. Demetree and Mr. William C. Demetree, Jr.*1 Anonymous donor

TrUSTee’S CirCle($100,000—$499,999)Rev. Richard T. Danhauer*Mr. & Mrs. Julio G. HernandezMr. & Mrs. Frank J. Lynch, IIIMr. & Mrs. Gerald A. Saracini2 Anonymous donors

FoUnder’S CirCle($25,000—$99,999)Ms. E. Teri AllenMr. Casey AskarMr. & Mrs. Rudolph D. Bawel, Jr.Miss Mary Louise G. Blosser*Mr. Gilbert R. Boutin and Mrs. Loretta G. Boutin*Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. ByrneMr. & Mrs. Joseph C. CanizaroThe Charles E. and Mary Elizabeth Scripps FoundationMr. James J. ConnorsMr. James J. Davies*Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. EastonMr. Gilbert M. Erskine*Mr. & Mrs. Patrick FaheyMr. & Mrs. John J. Ferguson

*Deceased


Mr. & Mrs. Mark C. FollettThe Haskell CompanyMr. & Mrs. Charles W. HatcherMr. & Mrs. William E. La MotheMary Cross Tippmann FoundationMr. & Mrs. John J. MurphyAmbassador Michael Novak and Mrs. Karen Novak*Mr. Albert Halprin & Mrs. Janice ObuchowskiOffice of the Commissioner of Major League BaseballMr. & Mrs. A. M. O’HareThe Pittsburgh FoundationCarol and John SaemanMr. Henry Smogolski and Mrs. Isabel Smogolski*Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. SoignetMr. & Mrs. Thomas F. P. SullivanMr. & Mrs. Michael T. Timmis, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. John V. Tippmann, Sr.William E. Simon Foundation, Inc.5 Anonymous donors

PaTronS oF ave Maria ($5,000—$24,999)Mr. & Mrs. Patrick F. Adams, Esq.Mrs. Genevieve BakMr. & Mrs. Robert E. BarkeiDr. Martin C. Blum & Mrs. Constance S. BlumDr. Michael J. BrennanBroom Family FoundationAnonymousMr. & Mrs. Michael C. BrownMr. & Mrs. Eugene W. BuckleyC & C Distributors, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. James J. CapazziMr. Vito A. Caprio and Mrs. Mary C. Caprio*Miss Evelyn C. Carr*Cascone Family FoundationChiaroscuro FoundationMr. William M. Cousins, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Joseph DahlkemperMr. & Mrs. Robert F. DeBesseMs. Margaret C. DeLeonMr. & Mrs. Louis R. DePriscoMr. & Mrs. Charles V. DohertyMr. & Mrs. Harry J. DonahueMrs. Evelyn H. Edwards and Mr. Jarlath O. Edwards*

Esperanza FoundationMr. & Mrs. George A. EsseffMr. & Mrs. Thomas E. FaganMr. & Mrs. Charles R. FaustMr. & Mrs. Umberto P. FedeliMr. & Mrs. Barry L. FeldpauschMrs. Anna-Marie Ferraro and Mr. Salvatore A. Ferraro*Fifth Third BankMr. & Mrs. Armando J. Flocchini, Jr.Mr. Joseph C. FlowersRev. Thomas A. FlowersMr. & Mrs. George J. Forrest, IIIMr. & Mrs. James FreemanThe G.L. Connolly FoundationMr. & Mrs. Richard M. GabrysMrs. Carol Gavazzi-Wright and Mr. Delbert Wright*Dr. & Mrs. David W. GrambowMr. & Mrs. Walter Grote, Jr.Gunster Yoakley & Stewart P.A.Mr. & Mrs. Timothy G. HainsMr. & Mrs. Steve T. HalversonMr. & Mrs. Paul W. HermannHMA Foundation, Inc.Rev. Fr. Edward R. HorkanMr. Myron Hrynczuk*Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. JackoboiceJarlath O. & Evelyn H. Edwards FoundationThe John Murray and Eleanor M. Stritter Foundation, Inc.Johnson ControlsMr. Jeremiah JoyceMr. Gerald J. KazmaDr. Paige Kreegel, M.D.Mr. & Mrs. Kirk KvetkoVincent & Mary Ann KyleMr. & Mrs. Fernand LavalleeMr. & Mrs. James R. LongonMr. & Mrs. Robert L. LuddyMs. Alberta M. LynchMs. Mary E. LynchMonsignor Thaddeus F. MalanowskiMary E. Dooner Foundation, Inc.Brother Jerome L. Matz S.M.Mrs. Jane R. Miller and Mr. Rollins W. MIller*Rev. Thomas G. MorrowMr. & Mrs. Ronald R. MosteroMr. & Mrs. James A. NealyMary Ann Novak

Mr. & Mrs. John A. O’RourkeOur Sunday Visitor, Inc.Dr. & Mrs. Arun A. PatilPatricia A. LaMothe and William E. LaMothe FoundationMr. & Mrs. Timothy J. PattonMr. & Mrs. Jack O. PeifferMs. Joan M. PendergastMr. & Mrs. Ramon E. PooMr. & Mrs. Thomas P. PrinceMr. & Dr. Michael RaigerMr. Douglas ReevesMr. & Mrs. Ricardo J. RomanMiss Angela P. RosaniaMr. Lawrence E. Ruf* and Mrs. Marian Ruf*Mr. & Mrs. Denzil S. SamuelsMr. & Mrs. Vincent A. SarniMr. Robert I. Sattler and Mrs. Ilene V. Sattler*Mr. Mike SchlaterMr. & Mrs. John W. SchmiedingSchwartz Investment Counsel, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. George P. SchwartzMr. & Mrs. Thomas E. SedlerMr. & Mrs. John E. SeidelMr. & Mrs. Joseph F. ShaughnessyMr. & Mrs. David ShnaiderMr. & Mrs. Peter J. StrianoMrs. Eleanor M. StritterMs. Imelda B. Stroud-GarvinMr. & Mrs. Donald J. SummersMr. & Mrs. Irvin F. Swider, Sr.The Di Cerbo FoundationMr. Robert Thomas*Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. TriplettTulsa Community FoundationCol. Gabrielle V. Valenti USAR (Ret)Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramMr. Richard F. WeberMr. & Mrs. James R. WellensteinWilson Miller Stantec, Inc.6 Anonymous donors

FriendS oF ave Maria ($1,000—$4,999)Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. AbbateMr. & Mrs. Anthony M. AbbateMiss Gertrude L. AgogliaAhern FamilyMr. & Mrs. Paul Ahern


Mr. & Mrs. Ross AlaimoAlfredo and Ada Capitanini FoundationAllegra Network, LLCAve Maria School of LawB & I Contractors, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. BallMr. & Mrs. Matthew J. BarbourBarron Collier PartnershipMrs. Mary J. Bastian and Mr. Raphael M. Bastian*Mr. & Mrs. Jerome BaumannBeckner Jewelry & Repairs, LLC Ave MariaMiss Marion M. BellMr. & Mrs. Johnny BenchMrs. Delouries BertolottiFr. Douglas P. BinsfeldMr. & Mrs. Roger BissonDr. & Mrs. Joseph A. BlaesDr. George A. Blair & Dr. Elena BlairMr. Donald L. BlakeMr. James F. BoesenProf. & Mrs. Mark H. BonnerBonnie Zonas, M.D.Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey B. BordaDeacon & Mrs. Richard S. BordaMr. & Mrs. Gordon F. BoucherMr. & Mrs. Douglas A. BouwmanDr. & Mrs. George W. BragleMr. & Mrs. Ned C. BrandtMrs. Susan A. Brandt and Mr. James J. Brandt *Deacon & Mrs. Gerald D. Brennan, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Timothy BrennanMs. Theresa G. BrineDr. Michael BroomDr. & Mrs. Richard BrownMr. & Mrs. Christopher J. BuccheriMr. John Bufka & Mrs. Margaret K. Sophiea-BufkaDr. & Mrs. John M. BurnsMr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Button, Jr.Byrne Brothers ConstructionMr. & Mrs. Mark M. ByrneMr. & Mrs. Robert M. CampanaMr. Vincent C. CampanellaMr. Leonard V. CaninoMr. & Mrs. Charles R. CanniffMr. James A. CareyMr. & Mrs. William R. CarlsonMr. Reid Carpenter & Dr. Carole V. Carpenter

Carroll Air Systems, Inc.Dr. & Mrs. Joseph A. CarusoMrs. Margaret J. CecchiniCentury LinkCG Plastics, Inc.CH2M HILL Constructors, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. William E. ChristChristian Legacy FoundationMr. Leo CiesielskiMr. & Mrs. William E. Clarkson, Sr.Mr. James W. Clyde, Jr. and Mrs. Marilyn Clyde *Mr. & Mrs. Brian E. CobbMr. & Mrs. John E. ColemanMr. John M. ConnorsDr. & Mrs. Robert R. ConteMr. & Mrs. Daniel P. CookeDr. & Mrs. Kenneth H. CooperMr. & Mrs. Thomas J. CoteMr. Theodore J. Couch, Sr.Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. CousinoMr. & Mrs. Thomas A. CracchioloDr. & Mrs. Wayne L. CreelmanCrowe Horwath, LLPMr. John M. CrowleyCrowther RoofingMr. Joe CuddyMr. & Mrs. Robert A. Cunningham, Sr.Dr. & Mrs. Ronald J. CygnorCylco CorporationMr. Edward CzaporMr. & Mrs. Donato A. D’AndreaMr. & Mrs. William E. Danhauer, Jr.Mrs. Patricia A. Daniel and Mr. Louis M. Daniel *Mr. & Mrs. Glen A. DarrMs. Kim DavidsonMr. Timothy L. DechantMr. & Mrs. Lynn DeffenbaughMr. Frank J. Defino, Sr.Miss Janet L. DekenMr. Vincent T. DeLucaMr. & Mrs. Michael P. DentinoMr. Robert M. DerksDr. Candace U. deRussy & Dr. Cortes deRussyMr. & Mrs. Gerald DeSimoneMrs. Patricia M. DevineMr. & Mrs. James A. DickDr. & Mrs. Robert A. DolehideMr. Leonard DolezalMs. Agnes Dombrowski*

Mr. & Mrs. John P. DonovanMr. & Mrs. Paul DoppMr. Cristov DosevMr. & Mrs. Benjamin DoskocilMr. & Mrs. Terry DuffeyMr. Richard J. DunnMr. & Mrs. Robert T. DurossMiss Virginia E. DwyerFr. Patrick EganMrs. Mary Q. EllerMr. Troy H. EmersonMrs. Ione M. Engelland and Mr. William Engelland*Mr. & Mrs. Larry EricksonMr. & Mrs. James EvonFalls CommunicationsMr. Peter F. FaustoMr. & Mrs. Jay H. FeasterMr. & Mrs. James W. FennesseyMs. Deirdre FinnFlorida Service Paint, Inc.Food Services IncorporatedMr. & Mrs. John F. FosterMr. & Mrs. Robert A. Frantz, Jr.Dr. Elizabeth E. FrauenhofferG.H. Maley EnterprisesMr. & Mrs. Peter M. GandolfoThe Gannon Funeral Home, Inc.Mr. William P. GannonFr. Robert M. GarrityMr. Robert W. Garthwait, Sr.Mr. & Mrs. John R. GehringMr. & Mrs. Richard S. GentheMs. Sidney R. GeorgeDr. & Mrs. Anthony R. GeraciMr. & Mrs. Shaun M. GermainMr. & Mrs. Thomas GoldsworthyMr. & Mrs. John R. GoulartMrs. Eva E. GradyMr. & Mrs. Joseph A. GradyMr. William E. Griffin J.D.Mr. & Mrs. John P. Hale, Esq.Mrs. Therese L. HammerleMr. & Mrs. Patrick F. HanleyMr. Andrew HanlyMiss Margaret M. HannaMiss Barbara L. HarloeMrs. Barbara E. Hart and Mr. Charles E. Hart*

*Deceased


Mr. John B. Hart and Mrs. Deborah K. Hart*Mr. Thomas W. HaveyRev. Joseph M. HaydenMr. & Mrs. Nicholas J. HealyMr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. HegemannMrs. Robert S. Heidt and Dr. Robert S. Heidt*Mr. Greg R. HeilmanMrs. Mary T. Herlihy and Mr. Paul J. Herlihy*Mr. & Mrs. James M. HessMr. William B. HeubelMr. Terence HillRev. Msgr. Carl D. HinrichsenMrs. Mary C. Hohmann and Dr. Thomas C. Hohmann*Hunt Brothers PizzaDr. & Mrs. Arturo IbarraMr. & Mrs. Donald E. ImbusIntercollegiate Studies InstituteJ.L. Wallace, Inc.Mr. Walter T. JacksonMs. Diana L. JaegerMiss Mary L. JeffusMr. & Mrs. George D. Jennings, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Jorge JimenezMr. & Mrs. Curt G. JohnsonMrs. Mary R. Johnson and Mr. R. C. Johnson*Mr. & Mrs. William C. JonesJoseph A. and Janet G. Zembrodt Family FoundationMr. & Mrs. Kevin C. JoyceMr. & Mrs. Hans G. KaiserMr. Michael P. KaneDr. Thomas F. KellyMr. & Mrs. Leon W. KennebeckMr. & Mrs. Vince J. Kiernan, IIMr. & Mrs. Andrew KirschMr. & Mrs. John M. KishMr. & Mrs. John F. Kispert, Sr.Mrs. Helen G. Klapak and Mr. Andrew Klapak*Mr. Timothy J. KlarkMrs. Mary E. Klebans and Mr. Leo A. Klebans*Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth P. KleinrichertMr. & Mrs. Robert L. KlucikDr. & Mrs. Walter Knysz, Jr.Mr. Richard Kobdish

Mrs. Lucile C. Kraehling and Mr. Lyman G. Kraehling*Mr. Samuel A. KrempaskyMr. & Mrs. James KruegerMr. Robert P. KultMr. & Mrs. David B. LachariteRev. Raymond R. Lagace O.F.M.Mr. & Mrs. William D. LangeMr. & Mrs. Louis E. LataifMr. & Mrs. Raymond LeCattaMr. & Mrs. Leonard H. LeFevreMr. Edward A. LeonardDr. & Mrs. Daniel B. LestageMr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Linnen, Sr.Dr. & Mrs. Josep G. LlauradoMiss Catherine M. LloydMrs. Grace S. L’ManianMrs. Margaret M. Longto and Mr. Frank J. Longto*Dr. & Mrs. Mario G. LoomisMr. Ronald J. LorenceLou Holtz FoundationMiss Gloria F. LowereeDr. & Mrs. Luis G. LowereeMiss Norine LozonDr. & Mrs. Louis B. LukendaMr. James P. LundyMr. & Mrs. Fred H. LuxtonMr. & Mrs. Donald LynchMadonna FoundationMr. & Mrs. George H. MaleyDr. & Mrs. Alexander A. ManningMs. Miriam V. MannixMr. & Mrs. Eric Mansfield, Jr.The Marine Corps LeagueMrs. Catherine Mark and Mr. John J. Mark*MarshalI McMahon & Associates Law OfficesDr. & Mrs. Richard J. MartinDr. & Mrs. David J. MartiniMr. Michael MartucciMr. & Mrs. Michael MastandreaMr. & Mrs. Thomas W. MateyMr. & Mrs. Gilbert A. MathewsMrs. Dian Jennings MayoMr. Zygmunt MazanowskiMr. & Mrs. David C. McAleerMr. & Mrs. Gerald J. McCannCol. Francis Patrick McDermott, USA (Ret.)Dr. Timothy S. McDonnell

Mrs. Mildred R. McElligottDr. & Mrs. John F. McGowanMr. & Mrs. James A. McGrathRev. John D. McGrathMr. & Mrs. Andrew J. MckennaDr. Robert T. Means & Dr. Stacey W. McKenzieMr. & Mrs. Terry R. McLaughlinMr. & Mrs. Jeff McManusMost Reverend Carl F. MengelingMrs. Lois I. MillerMr. & Mrs. Donald MiloschMr. Ronald A. MinichilloMr. Alejandro Miranda TorresMr. & Mrs. Michael S. MobleyMiss Mary M. MoloneyMr. Jacques MondorMr. & Mrs. Carlyle N. Montanye, Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Juan A. MontelongoMr. & Mrs. Edward P. MooneyMr. & Mrs. Michael H. MooneyDr. & Mrs. Thomas S. MooreMr. & Mrs. Tom MoranMr. James F. MorrisMr. & Mrs. Richard MuellerMrs. April J. Murphy and Mr. William J. Murphy*Mr. David E. Murphy and Mrs. Star S. Murphy*My Jesus Mercy Ministries, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. MylerMaj. & Mrs. Francis A. Nealon USAF (Ret.)Dr. & Mrs. Fred Nerone Ph.D.Mr. & Mrs. Fred J. NesbitMiss Pearl NichollsMr. David J. Nolan and Mrs. Martha Nolan*Noster FoundationAmbassador & Mrs. Vincent ObsitnikMr. Joseph H. OdellRev. Daniel M. O’HareMr. & Mrs. William B. Oley, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Thomas V. O’NeillOwens-Ames-Kimball CompanyMr. & Mrs. Joseph A. PaigeMrs. Elizabeth R. Papiernik and Mr. Michael C. Papiernik*Paul E. & Beatrice A. Sebastian Family FoundationMr. William A. PauwelsRev. Raymond J. Pedretti


Ms. Dahlia N. PenachioMs. Mary C. PerkinsDr. & Mrs. Donald J. PerrellaMr. & Mrs. James J. Phelan, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. PieperMr. James H. PilkingtonMr. & Mrs. David S. PinceMr. Roger F. Place and Mrs. Merna P. Place*Mr. Thomas J. PosatkoDr. Henry J. Poterucha, M.D.Premier ElectricMr. Richard F. PrendergastMr. & Mrs. Rodney L. Preuit, Jr.Quarles & Brady, LLPMr. & Mrs. John P. Quinn, Jr.Mr. David RambaDr. & Mrs. Robert RankinMr. Roger L. RasmussenMrs. Teresa A. Regard and Mr. Edward J. Regard*Retail Contracting Service, Inc.Mr. Paul J. RiceMr. & Mrs. W T. RichardsMr. Williams R. RichardsMrs. Elizabeth R. RippeeDr. J. K. RoachRobert and Martha Trussell Family FoundationRopposcape, LLCMr. Danny RosboughMr. & Mrs. Jeff RosserMr. & Mrs. Rocco RucinskiMr. Walter H. Russell, Jr.Mr. Nicholas T. RussoMr. & Mrs. Edwin L. Ryan, Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Kevin A. RyanMr. & Mrs. Thomas F. RyanMr. & Mrs. James P. RytherMr. Robert S. SauersMr. Paul H. SchaefferMr. & Mrs. William R. Schlich, Sr.Mr. & Mrs. Chris SchmelzerMrs. Mary E. Schmitz and Mr. John Schmitz*Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. SchubergMr. & Mrs. Richard SchulzeMr. & Mrs. Carl M. SchwingMr. & Mrs. Robert H. SeabergMr. & Mrs. Paul E. SebastianThe Secret Ingredient, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. Francis J. Sehn

Dr. Eric W. Seif & Dr. Tanya M.P. SeifShamrock BankMr. Bill ShepherdMr. & Mrs. Robert T. ShircliffMr. Keith M. ShonnardMr. & Mrs. Ronald R. SibilaDr. & Mrs. Fred J. SigdaMr. & Mrs. John E. SitesMr. Thomas F. SkehanMr. Paul G. Skuben & Dr. Alice SkubenSociety of Saint Anthony of PaduaMr. Raphael A. SolomonMr. Richard J. Sontag, Jr.Mrs. Jill R. SpanbauerMr. Lewis A. SpearsMr. Robert N. Spinelli & Mrs. Christine A. CrawfordMr. & Mrs. John StewartMr. Robert S. StewartMr. & Mrs. Robert J. StrathmanMr. & Mrs. James C. StreackerMrs. Loretta H. SturgisMr. & Mrs. William D. SullivanMr. William R. SummaThe Sursum Corda FoundationMiss Alice R. SwankeCol. & Mrs. Charles T. SweeneyMr. & Mrs. Michael J. SzostakMr. James S. TakamiyaFr. Robert TatmanMrs. Phyllis M. Taylor and Mr. Patrick Taylor*Mr. & Mrs. Francis G. TenbuschThe Stonisch FoundationMr. & Mrs. Charles F. ThomasDr. & Mrs. Edwin M. ThomasMr. & Mrs. John P. TierneyMr. & Mrs. Robert P. TrainorMr. & Mrs. Carlton TronvoldMr. Robert TrussellMr. Francis A. Twomey and Mrs. Charlotte H. Twomey*Mr. & Mrs. Samuel D. UpdikeMr. John UrbanekMr. Craig G. UselmanMr. & Mrs. Jean Pierre Van RooyMr. & Mrs. Laurie P. VassalloMr. Francis A. VendittiMr. & Mrs. Paul T. VerstMsgr. Guy VinciMr. & Mrs. Nicholas Von GuggenbergWachovia Wells Fargo Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Richard WagnerMr. & Mrs. Jerald L. WallaceMrs. Jeanne A. Weber-RushDr. & Mrs. Jack J. Wehrly, D.D.S.Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. WeidertWells Fargo Advisors, LLCDr. Betty K. WhittedMrs. Eleanor WilkinsMr. & Mrs. Gerald O. WilliamsMrs. Mary E. Williamson*Willis of FloridaMr. & Mrs. Alphonse F. WunschMr. Michael YawMr. Harold J. ZabskyMr. & Mrs. Byron E. ZawaskiMr. Harold Ziegler, Jr.Dr. & Mrs. David ZinnMr. Anthony J. ZolloMr. & Mrs. Domenico F. Zuzzi13 Anonymous donors

While the University is profoundly grateful for gifts of all sizes, due to space limitations we are only able to list gifts of $1,000 or more.

legacy guildPersons who notified AMU of a planned or deferred gift to the University.

Paula E. BannisterMr. Edmund Barrett, Jr.*Mr. Joseph Bartolini * and Mrs. Jenny C. Bartolini*Dr. & Mrs. Milan T. BeresMrs. Genevieve A. BerniusMiss Mary Louise G. Blosser*Mrs. Constance S. BlumBob Thomas Revocable TrustMr. Dennis E. Keesee* and Mrs. Irma L. Bowen*Miss Margaret BoyarskiMiss Jean BuckalewMiss Catherine ByeMr. Reid Carpenter & Dr. Carole V. CarpenterMiss Evelyn C. Carr*Mrs. Concetta CastellanaMrs. Camille L. CebelakMrs. Margaret J. Cecchini

*Deceased


Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. ColeMr. & Mrs. John E. ColemanMr. & Mrs. George J. CollinsMr. William M. Cousins, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Cunningham, Sr.Mr. Joseph L. Czerniakowski and Mrs. Alma J. Czerniakowski*Mrs. Virginia D’Alessandro and Mr. Ken D’Alessandro*Rev. Richard T. Danhauer*Mrs. Patricia A. Daniel and Mr. Louis M. Daniel*Mr. James J. Davies*Ms. Margaret C. DeLeonMr. & Mrs. John E. DelhagenMr. & Mrs. Louis R. DepriscoMrs. Patricia M. DevineMr. Patrick J. Dundon* and Mrs. Anna Dundon*Miss Virginia E. DwyerMr. Gilbert M. Erskine*Ms. Maria J. EscamillaMsgr. James A. Fiore*Mr. Mario J. Frosali*Mrs. Violet Galasso*Mr. & Mrs. Dennis E. GeaseMr. & Mrs. John R. GehringMr. David R. Golob*

Rev. Msgr. Carl D. HinrichsenMr. Myron Hrynczuk*Ms. Olga Hrynczuk*Mr. & Mrs. John T. JarvisMr. Frank S. Jasen, Sr. and Mrs. Elizabeth G. Jasen*Mr. Eric N. JorgensenRosemary C. KeeganMr. John M. KellyKennith A. D’Alessandro Revocable TrustMr. & Mrs. William E. La MotheMs. Jean G. LaBar*Ms. Cathy A. LuceMs. Mary E. LynchMrs. Eleanor C. McMahonFather Eamon McManusDr. & Mrs. Thomas P. McTigueMrs. Dolores J. Molter and Mr. Joseph Molter*Mr. & Mrs. Kent A. MorganAmbassador Michael Novak and Mrs. Karen Novak*Mr. & Mrs. David J. ObernbergerDr. Patrick A. O’DoughertyMs. Berta Ostermann*Dr. & Mrs. Martin D. PallanteMr. George Paris

Mr. & Mrs. Alfredo PazminoMs. Susana E. PenaMiss Clara T. Pozniak*Mr. Raymond J. PreskiMr. Paul J. RiceMrs. Chris RoshdiehMr. Lawrence E. Ruf* and Mrs. Marian Ruf*Ms. Catherine A. SchoofsMrs. Mary O. Schroeder*Mrs. Harriet ShowahMrs. Marie J. SnapperMr. & Mrs. Michael D. SoignetMr. Fred St. Armand*Mr. Robert S. StewartMr. & Mrs. David A. StronginMr. Robert Thomas*Dr. & Mrs. Michael A. TilkaMsgr. Guy VinciRev. Frank A. WaserMr. & Mrs. Lee R. WebsterMr. Clarence A. WeinandyMrs. Mary E. Williamson*Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. WittstockFr. Francis X. Zammit3 Anonymous donors

*Deceased


Dr. Paula CastagnetIn Memoriam

Dr. Paula Castagnet (Associate Professor of Biology), beloved colleague and teacher at Ave Maria University passed away on August 30, 2011 after a long battle with cancer. She was 50 years old. She is

survived by her loving husband, Roberto; daughters, Florencia and Agustina; her mother, Carmen; brothers, Ernesto and Pablo. Dr. Castagnet graduated with a Ph.D. in 1995 from the Universidad Nacional del Sur in Argentina in the area of biochemistry. She then went on to perform postdoctoral research at the Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) and at the University of North Dakota. She was an active member of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) of Argentina. Her research interests involved studying the role of specific proteins involved in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease, and in the metabolism of brain lipids. She is the author of seventeen publications in peer reviewed journals and had presented her work at numerous conferences and universities. She was a valued mentor and classroom teacher, particularly for her expertise in the areas of drug metabolism and pharmacology. Paula joined the faculty of the Department of Biology and Chemistry in 2005. Below are the comments made by Dr. James Peliska, a department colleague, at her Mass of Christian Burial on September 3, 2011: “We are all here today because we know Paula in one way or another. Some of us knew her as a friend, or as a colleague, or as a teacher. Perhaps some of you never even met her, but you heard about her as she has been an important part of the Ave Maria community since 2005. If you casually chatted with Paula in the last few years, you might be struck by how a woman engaged in such a deep and prolonged struggle with cancer was so cheerful and happy. And this would, of course, be true. However, if you had the honor to get to know Paula even a bit deeper, you know that there was much, much more to her than a happy smile and a kind word. Paula was a truly joyful person, with a profound joy in her heart that she outwardly shared with all those around her, even in those times of great hardship and suffering. She lived her life as a gift, and she freely poured out this gift to others. This joyful love was rooted in her deep love for God, for she knew that ‘we love because He loved us first’ (1 John 4:19). She taught us all that even in weakness and infirmity, we are always called to be a gift lived out for others. Paula found life beautiful. “Beauty” is a word she used so often when we spoke. She chose to see the beautiful and the elegant in a well-done scientific experiment, in nature, in music, in her Argentinean heritage, and in teaching (which really was at the heart of who she was). Paula found beauty in her relationships with friends, her family, and most of all in her husband Roberto and her daughters Florencia and Agustina. Those who spent time with her at her bedside know that she found her strength by focusing on the beauty of Christ and His Blessed Mother to whom she had a special devotion. My first interaction with Paula was on February 5, 2005 and it was in the form of a written correspondence. She was applying for an open faculty position in the Department of Biology and Chemistry at Ave Maria University, the position that eventually brought her to our community. Within her application was a statement of her teaching philosophy. In one of the introductory paragraphs of that statement she wrote: ‘I believe that Jesus is the perfect example of what a teacher should be.’ How profoundly were these words lived out by her, not only in the classroom where she was a dedicated mentor, but in the very life she led. She taught us all the most important lessons in life and death—to seek true beauty found only in Jesus, and to love. The words of Blessed Theresa of Calcutta seem so fitting when reflecting on Paula’s life: ‘God has not called us to be successful; He has called us to be faithful.’ Through the example of Paula’s faithfulness to God and her deep love of family and friends, she continues to successfully teach us by revealing God’s grace at work in all of our lives. In truth she was right all along: Jesus is the perfect example of what a teacher should be. She not only wrote these words six years ago, she lived those words for all to share.”

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