From the Alumni Office...
IN MEMORIAM
November 30, 2009 - Ruth Whitcher passed away this morning. Ruth was the first true secretary at Brophy, having started not long after the school re-opened with Father Harrington in 1952, she served every President thereafter up to Father Mathewson. (Ruth's photograph was taken from the 1991 yearbook. She's pictured here with Jason Hawksworth,
Chris Herman, Jimmy Blondin and
Steve Butler.)
Father Mathewson spoke highly of Ruth today via phone saying,
"Ruth was more than a secretary, she was a close friend to everyone she worked with, and the whole community. She intended to work part-time but working at Brophy was not a job for Ruth...it was a vocation, it became her life. She was not only the secretary for the school but also took care of secretarial duties for the Rector of the Community. Every president Ruth worked with attended her retirement dinner including Fathers Harrington, Moore and Cobb, Fathers Thom, Sauer, Mitchell and myself. Ruth Whitcher was a Brophy legend."
Father Olivier commented this morning, "Ruth was the perfect secretary. She was a long-time resident of Phoenix and knew the community extremely well." Her husband Gene passed away a few years ago but served the Brophy Board of Trustees for many years before his passing. Ruth & Gene also had ties to Brophy alumni: their 2 sons, Bob '63 and
Bill '61 and a grandson, Jeffrey '84, who is part of the Brophy alum rock band who played at the Auction last year. Brophy's prayers are with the Whitcher family.
Funeral Mass for Ruth will take place on Friday, December 11th at 1:30 PM in the Brophy Chapel. Father Olivier will be the celebrant. |
November 17, 2009 - Father Mike Gilson was part of the Phoenix Jesuit community & taught at Brophy from 2002 -2007. Father Gilson remains a close & dear friend to the Brophy community and serves on the Brophy Board of Trustees.
This past weekend he took his final vows at Jesuit High School in Sacramento where he currently is a faculty member and the Rector of the Jesuit community. (photographed with former Brophy Bronco now California Provincial Father John McGarry, S.J.)
A quote from Father Gilson’s homily at his Mass for final vows. “I took my first vows as a Jesuit sixteen years ago. And the Jesuits who took those vows with me are here today; I’m very happy about that.
We ended our vows that day with these
words: “As you have given me the desire
to make this offering, so may you give
me the grace to fulfill it.”
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November 16, 2009 - Brophy Baseball Coach
Tom Succow was selected by USA Baseball to coach next summer's Infield & 3rd Base players. This is Tom's 9th year with USA Baseball. He assisted the 2003 16U team winning Gold at the World Championships; Head Coach of the 2004 16U winning Silver at the Pan Am games in Mexico; Head Coach of the 2007 14U winning Gold at Pan Am in Guatemala and Head Coach of the 2007 14U winning Gold in Puerto Rico at the World Championships. |
Brophy Alumni Directory
Unfortunately, the project is no longer open to updates but you can still purchase a book by contacting Harris Connect at 800.877.6554. You can still update your information with Brophy by emailing sstefani@brophyprep.org.
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Class Reunion News
1980 Reunion
Event date: October 22-24, 2010
Contact Lewis Brown for more information
E: lb@lewisbrown.com or
P:
503/843-2777
1994 Reunion
The class of
1994 had their 15 year Reunion this past weekend.
John Spannagel was kind of enough to send us a few of his snapshots from the gathering. Click here...
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Remember if you have news, send it to sstefani@brophyprep.org
December 3, 2009 - Bill Reilly '80 recently joined Yelp.com as attorney in San Francisco. He is expecting his second child with his wife Jenny in May 2010."
December 3, 2009 - Photographed left with NASA Astronauts Col. John Glenn and Capt. Jim Lovell, Capt. Robert Guyette '97 will be performing the Army Navy Game flyover in the F18 Fighter Jet on December 12, 2009 in Philadelphia, Penn.
Rob is currently stationed in Beaufort, South Carolina and a 2004 graduate of the United States Naval Academy.
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Rob will be pinning the wings on his brother 2nd Lt. Brian Guyette '04 the following weekend in Del Rio, Texas on 12/18/2009. He will complete Jet Pilot Flight training in the T -38. Brian is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy.
November 23, 2009 - Cameron Charness '06 was one of the stars of Brophy's 2005 National Science Bowl team, instructed by Brophy teacher Cheryl Lenox. Cameron recently presented his summer research project at the Carnegie Institute. The attached poster shows his findings in "Bar Properties as a Function of Wavelength", crucial components of galactic structure. Cameron is finishing up at Harvey Mudd College this year and plans to go on to Astrophysics in grad school. View project...
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November 23, 2009 - Joseph Kenny '70 was recently named Grand Prize Winner of the International Screenwriters Association's Exposurama Screenplay Contest. His photo, along with a number of other playwrights, also appears on the back cover of recent editions of The Dramatist, the Journal of the Dramatists Guild of America, Inc. Read more...
November 23, 2009 - Brandon Quinn's (2007) Blog from Peru was recently posted on the Boston Globe website. Read more...
November 20, 2009 - Marty Schwarzkopf '79 and John Propstra '90 launched a new business venture this year. Star Human Resources is an HR outsourcing company including employee benefits, payroll services, worker's comp, etc, serving small to mid-size businesses. Marty's son Chad is a Brophy freshman this year. Visit www.starhumanresources.com
November 19, 2009 - Thomas Vajda '84 is currently serving as Acting Charge d'Affaires of the US Embassy in Burma. In October, he, along the British ambassador & Australian diplomats, met with Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition National League Dem leader who has been on house arrest for 14 of the last 20 years and most recently since May 2003. They met over the lifting of sanctions on Burma. Another meeting is expected. After graduating from Brophy, Tom received a PolySci degree from Stanford and a Masters from Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy at Tufts. His first assignment for the State Department was in Berlin as Assistant to the US Ambassador. Since he has served at the US Embassies in South Korea and Albania. Before assuming his current position in Burma, Tom has been assigned to Pacific Rim Countries desk at the State Department and served as Assistant to former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at the Pacific Rim Conference.
November 4, 2009 - Doug Becker '63 FOUND! Doug swam with the 1960 Swim Team which was inducted into the Brophy Hall of Fame in 2001. He could not take part in the Hall of Fame that year because Brophy couldn't find him! Welcome back Doug :-)
November 6, 2009 - The Fadok family update: Capt. George Fadok '74 is recently retired from the Navy and is living in Helotes, Texas. Geoffrey Fadok '75 is retired and living in Scottsdale. David Fadok '78 is a General in the Air Force and living in Miramar, Florida and Christopher Fadok '86 will be ordained as a Dominican Brother in June 2010. He is current living at the St. Albert Priory in Oakland, California.
November 6, 2009 - Geoff Hays '05 graduated from Creighton this year with a BS in Chemistry. He was accepted to Creighton's medical school and is now working on his MD.
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November 6, 2009 - Daryl Nelson '07 is in his junior year at Texas Christian University majoring in Athletic Training. During the summer of 2008 & 2009, Daryl was an Athletic Training Intern for the Buffalo Bills during their pre-season training camps. This past April, Daryl was awarded Best Research Paper by a TCU organization for his work "From Bats to Basketballs: Decline of African Americans in Baseball". This fall he will be a student trainer for the nationally ranked Horned Frogs Football Team. |
November 5, 2009 - Matthew Giezsl '03 attended USC '04 before transferring to Annapolis, where he graduated with the 2008 class at USNA '08. Matt attended Naval Nuclear Power School in 2009 and is now stationed with the Submarine Fleet USS Jacksonville in Pearl Harbor.
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IN MEMORIAM
November 24, 2009 - Frank Monaghan '64, brother of Gary '66
November 19, 2009 - Edmund Bezdek, father of Joe '63, Jim '65, Patrick '66,
Terry '63 and William '60
October 16, 2009 - Ida Lutfy, sister of Federick '38 (dec.), aunt of Phillip '57 and great-aunt of Robert '78
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Lose your yearbook?
Between moving to college and starting a
family we sometimes lose track of precious things. Brophy has
found a treasure-trove of yearbooks for the following years:
1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2001
Price $20 per book, to benefit Brophy's new generation of students. Contact Stephanie Stefani at 602-264-5291 ext 6212
These books are available to ALUMNI ONLY. |
Need a transcript or diploma?
Fill out the order form and fax or
mail in payment. IF YOU ARE USING A CREDIT CARD AS PAYMENT: Our new security features require your your billing address with zip code, do not forget to include. Transcript orders
will not be taken with out payment & order form. Allow approximately 72 hours for delivery.
Diplomas re-orders can take up to three months to reproduce.
For more information
contact Donna
Nelson, Registrar at
602-264-5291 ext 6265 |
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ARCHIVES
September 2009
November 2009
ALUMNI EXTRAS
Brophy Hall of Fame
Noteworthy Alum
Reunion News
Yearbook replacements
Where are they now? News on your fellow alum
News around campus...
Brophy President Father Eddie Reese, SJ
reflects on this season of giving Read more...
Brophy Orchestra/Choir Concert
Dec 9th & 10th
-7P Brophy Chapel
Brophy Hockey Club: Arcadia Ice resurfaced their rink this passed September and honored Brophy by including our Bronco Logo. View...
Brophy Turkey Drive: With one more day to go, Brophy students have donated $15,674, collected during homeroom.
Brophy students commemorate 20th anniversary of the Jesuit Martyrs of
El Salvador. Read more..
Brophy focuses on Sustainability Read more..
The Brophy Roundup launches live game updates through Twitter. Read more...
Brophy Sports News Read more...
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BROPHY DAD'S CLUB STUDENT JOB REFERRAL PROGRAM
Each year the Brophy Dad's Club organizes a job referral program for Brophy students seeking employment opportunites. The program encourages further development as yong adults and provides Brophy students with valuable work experience. If you are able to provide employment on a part-time basis, or full-time during the summer, please visit the Brophy Job Referral Program.
Fill out the Job Description Form and mail it to studentjobs@brophyprep.org.
If you have any questions,
contact Mark Jones at mark.jones@levredgetech.com or 602/695-1959.
Special thank you to Michael Knickrehm, SJ for this work with Job Referral Program and workstudy students. |
News from the Province...
Catholic Sun Reviews Jesuit author's
"A History of the Popes" Read more...
Bellarmine College Preparatory student developed a music video to remind us all of the season of giving that is upon us. Father Dick Cobb, SJ remarked, "Here is reason to have hope in today's youth. Trust me -this is just an average kid who wanted to a little project for Bellarmine's Community Service drive." View... |
Mission Magazine /
Brophy Remembrances
Father Edward T. Burke, S.J., 27 Feb 2009
Father Burke was ordained in 1956 & taught religion and Latin. In 1978, he began work as Librarian at the Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, California.
Father Edward E. Callanan, S.J., 10 Jun 2009
Father Callanan was ordained in 1958. He served as Brophy Vice Principal & Principal from 1961-67 then moved on to Jesuit High in Sacramento serving as Principal, Development Director & Asst. to the President.
Father David Fitch, S.J., 30 Jan 2009
Father Fitch was ordained in 1954. He taught at Brophy, in Los Angeles & at the diocesan seminary in Fresno. Since 1980, he served as the provincial coordinator of the Christian Life Communities.
Mission magazine is published three times a year by the Jesuits of the California Province. To find out more, visit the Province website at www.jesuitscalifornia.org |
Jesuits across the country...
Jesuit Message Drives Detroit's Last Catholic School
Amy Sullivan for Time magazine
November 9, 2009
More.... |
Donate to the
Brophy Alumni Appeal
Brophy's financial aid budget for the 2009-2010 school year was $2.35 M. Thanks to the generosity of so many donors, young men were afforded a Jesuit education who otherwise did not have the means. Donating to the Brophy Financial Aid is easy.
Or make checks
payable to:
Brophy College Preparatory & mail to 4701 North Central
Ave,
Phoenix, Arizona 85012
Questions about donating?
Contact Patti Franz at
602.264.5291 ext.
6365 or pfranz@brophyprep.org |
Leaving a Legacy:
Planned Giving for
Brophy College Preparatory
Nearly 50 Brophy families and friends have pledged gifts to the Brophy Legacy Society. There are many different ways you can use planned giving: you can award a gift to Brophy by naming the school as a beneficiary in your will, your retirement planning, or life insurance program or consider an annuity or trust.
Click the Legacy Society link on the sidebar, you’ll find ideas, information and a calculator which will analyze the benefits based on the different giving packages. Brophy also has professional resources at your disposal. Consider a legacy gift to Brophy.
If you have any questions you can contact Joe Helm at 602-264-5291 ext. 6430 or email jhelm@brophyprep.org.
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