2004 Alumni Board Election
Candidates will be vying for seven seats on the Alumni Board.
They are: Region 1 -- Amy Hirsh Guarino '83, Danville, California,
and Ray Riehle '84, Orangevale, California; Region 6 -- Thomas
M. McCabe '87, Lake Bluff, Illinois, and J. Thomas McIntire '56,
Rockford, Illinois; Region 8 -- John G. Leicht '74, Indianapolis,
Indiana, and Richard Nussbaum '74, '77J.D., South Bend, Indiana;
Region 9 -- Lonnie L. Luna '78 Ph.D., Johnstown, Pennsylvania,
and Modesto Ruggiero '83, Cleveland, Ohio; Region 13 -- Robert
M. Bertino Jr. '85, Dallas, Texas, and Michael W. McDonald '97EMBA,
Mabank, Texas; Region 16 -- Thomas D. Lupo '82, '85J.D., Chicago,
Illinois, and John E. Scully '64, Riverside, Illinois; and Young
Alumni -- Robert Holcomb '99, San Jose, California, and Gabriel
J. Seaman '98, Oakdale, Pennsylvania.
The ballot and biographical information about the candidates will
be mailed to all alumni in January, and will also be available
at http://alumni.nd.edu. Alumni can also vote by calling toll
free 800-668-0764.
Alumni Awards
Adam
A. Milani '88 of Macon, Georgia, will receive
the Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, CSC, Award in April. Milani,
assistant professor of legal writing and analysis at Mercer University
School of Law, has distinguished himself in the area of disability
law and as an advocate for persons with disabilities.He
is co-author of The Law of Disability Discrimination and
Federal Disability Law in a Nutshell. Milani co-founded
Project Enable, which links persons with disabilities, government
officials and business leaders in order to facilitate opportunities
presented by the Americans with Disabilities Act. He also co-founded
Think First to educate youth about preventing spinal cord
and head injuries. Milani is a quadriplegic,
paralyzed by a hockey injury in high school.
Paul Wright, M.D., '72 of Brookfield, Ohio, will receive
the Dr. Thomas A. Dooley Award on January 23 at a dinner in his
honor, with the Alumni Board present. A cardiologist at the Ohio
Heart Institute, Wright founded the "Poorest of the Poor" project
with his father, S.P. Wright, to provide clothing, food and supplies
to residents in poverty-stricken areas of Appalachia, Utah, Colorado,
New Mexico and Arizona. The program has also conducted relief
airlifts to Rwanda, India, Guatemala and Honduras. Wright assisted
Mother Teresa's humanitarian efforts and was her cardiologist
and her friend.
John
P. Santos '79 of New York City will receive the Rev. Arthur
S. Harvey, CSC, Award on January 22. An award-winning writer,
producer and documentary film maker, Santos has worked both on
and off camera for CBS News and PBS, and directed and produced
programs on subjects relating to the arts and culture as well
as politics and religion. He is former director of the Media Projects
Fund of the Ford Foundation. Santos, a Rhodes Scholar, continued
his graduate studies at Yale University.
William Schickel '44 of Loveland, Ohio, will receive
the Rev. Anthony J. Lauck, CSC, Award on January 23. As
a creator of
religious art and architecture, Schickel is a painter,
sculptor, stained-glass maker and an architectural and furniture
designer. He won the American Institute of Architects' Gold Medal
Award for his design of the renovation of the Abbey of Gethsemani
in Kentucky. He also designed the renovation of the National Shrine
of Philippine Duchesne in Saint Charles, Missouri. At Notre Dame,
Schickel designed the triangular fountain at the Grotto.
Elaine V. DesRosiers, O.P., '66M.S. of Mishawaka, Indiana,
is recipient of the John Cardinal O'Hara Award to be given at
Reunion '04. A specialist in closed-circuit and broadcast television,
Sister Elaine was director of educational media at Notre Dame
from 1976 until her retirement 21 years later. She also assisted
faculty members in the use of new forms of teaching technology
and played an integral role in the development of DeBartolo Hall,
recognized as one of the most technologically advanced learning
centers in higher education.
Nicholas Sparks '88 of New Bern, North Carolina, is the
first recipient of the Rev. Robert F. Griffin, CSC, Award, to
be presented on January 23. The best-selling author of The
Notebook, The Rescue, A Bend in the Road,
Message in a Bottle and A Walk to Remember is
commended for establishing an initiative in the University's Creative
Writing Program that includes fellowships, internships and an
annual Sparks Prize to support a student writer-in-residence.
Donald Diebel, M.D., '89 was honored posthumously with a Distinguished
Alumnus Award on the field of Notre Dame Stadium during half time
of the Florida State football game, in the presence of his widow,
Karen Diebel '89, his sons and parents. Diebel was fatally
injured when he stopped to assist at an accident scene on the
Florida Turnpike in June 2002. The Notre Dame Club of Greater
Orlando has established a Good Samaritan fund in his name.
Robert J. Perry, M.D., '72 of Kingston, New York, will
be presented with a Distinguished Alumnus Award at April's Alumni
Senate in recognition of his kindness and generosity during two
decades of providing pro bono service to the students,
faculty and administrators of Notre Dame's International Studies
program in Angers, France. Perry took part in the Angers program
as a student, and attended medical school in France.
For more information on Alumni Association awards, visit http://alumni.nd.edu.
Alumni Travel
Italy's Po River Valley and
Switzerland's Valais Region are among more than 40 destinations
for alumni and friends who travel with the Notre Dame Alumni Association
in 2004. "The Art of Living -- Parma, Italy," May 27 to
June 4, takes participants to the heart of the province of Emilia Romagna in north central
Italy, an area credited with great cultural contributions to art,
music and cuisine. This adventure features Italian language and
cooking classes, a lecture on Verdi with a private concert at
the Parma Conservatory, and a gathering with local residents.
Carolyn Woo, dean of the Mendoza College of Business, along
with her husband and sons, will host the July 21-29 trip to Crans-Montana,
Switzerland. Woo will present two lectures: "Grace in a Competitive
World" and "Managing Across Cultures," and will join participants
in exploring several villages with views of some of Switzerland's
highest mountains. For more information, visit
alumni.nd.edu/travel or call 800-634-2631.
