TERRIER
Fall 2015 Vol. 79, Number 1
Terrier, the magazine of St. Francis College,
is published by the Office of College Relations
for alumni and friends of St. Francis College.
Linda Werbel Dashefsky
Vice President for
Government and Community Relations
Dennis J. McDermott ’74
Director of Alumni Relations
Thomas F. Flood
Vice President for Development
EDITOR
Richard Relkin
Director of Media Relations
PHOTO EDITOR
Edwin Mathieu
Webmaster
COPY EDITOR
Anne Silverstein
CONTRIBUTORS
Charlene Culler
Director of Annual Giving
Vanessa O. De Almeida ’00
Assistant Director of Alumni Relations
David Gansell
Director of Sports Information
Kareem Cooper ’14
Writer
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHAIRMAN
PRESIDENT
John F. Tully, Esq. ’67
Sarah M. Bratton Hughes ’07
TRUSTEES
VICE PRESIDENT
Hector Batista ’8 4
Brother William A. Boslet, OSF ’70
Monsignor John J. Bracken
John J. Clark, Ed.D.
Edward N. Constantino ’6 8
Brother Leonard Conway, OSF ’71
Orville W. Dale
Kenneth Daly ’8 8
Mary Beth Dawson, Ph.D.
William Dawson ’8 6
Jean Desravines ’ 94
Gene Donnelly ’79
Brendan J. Dugan ’6 8**
Catherine Greene
Leslie S. Jacobson, Ph.D.
Barbara G. Koster ’76
Jesus F. Linares ’8 4
Michael C. Macchiarola
J. Christopher Mangan, ’8 3
Lawrence A. Marsiello ’72
Victor J. Masi, DO ’8 9
Gino P. Menchini
Denis J. Salamone ’75
Thomas J. Volpe*
Patrick J. Dugan ’01
DIRECTORS
James Bozart ’8 6
John J. Casey ’70
Kevin T. Conlon ’11
Salvatore Demma ’0 9
Joseph Hemway ’8 4
Dorothy Henigman-Gurreri ’79
Mary Anne Killeen ’78
Josephine B. Leone ’0 8
Alfonso Lopez ’0 6
Lorraine M. Lynch ’ 91
Michael A. MacIntyre ’ 97
James H. McDonald ’69
Patricia Moffatt Lesser ’77
Kevin M. Nash ’78
Jonathan K. Ng ’07
Antonevia Ocho-Coultes ’0 4
Dyanne Marie Rosado ’ 95
Danielle Rouchon ’ 92
Robert Smith ’72
Theresa Spelman-Huzinec ’8 8
Joseph Szkutnik ’71
* Emeritus and Non-Voting
** Not elected
Alexandria Egler
Writer
Alison Lowenstein
Writer
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ON THE COVER
St. Francis College President Brendan J. Dugan
’68 offers congratulations to Tvrtko Vrdoljac ’15
after he delivered the Valedictory Speech.
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