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Regis News & Notes
Regis Class of 2011
On January 6th, 2007 each of about 230 semi-finalists for admission
to Regis was interviewed by two members of the Regis community of
faculty, staff, alumni, and friends. From these 230 young men, around
150 were invited to join the Regis Class of 2011. This year’s class has
been hailed as a strong one- some 40 or more students than last year
scored in the 99th percentile on the entrance exam. The REACH
program also continued its tremendous success; nine students are set
to enter the Regis Class of 2011 and the remainder of the students are in
strong demand for scholarships at other Jesuit schools.
Regis Mentioned in National Catholic
Reporter 11/3/06
Quote from Free Tuition by Tom Beaudoin: “It is not as if there are no
examples today of the free Jesuit education in the United States. Regis
High School in New York offers free tuition to young men fortunate
enough to be accepted, combining the traditional Jesuit commitment
to education for all social classes with a special consideration for those
in need. Jesuit colleges and universities have much to learn from the
leadership and generosity that keeps the endowment going for this Jesuit,
Catholic school that, because its very existence appears to us so radical,
reminds us of what should in fact be “normal” for Jesuit education.”
Article on James Nobile ’80 in
Newark Star Ledger
In the January 15, 2007 issue of the Newark Star-Ledger, John P.
Martin, a staff writer, published an article entitled “Prosecutor shuns
the limelight”. The subject of the article is James Nobile ’80. Jim has
supervised the U.S. Attorney’s Special Prosecution’s Unit for nearly
a decade. This unit is charged with investigating public corruption in
New Jersey and under Jim, prosecutors have won scores of convictions
against politicians and businessmen. Nobile is a career prosecutor with
no political roots, party affiliation or palpable aspirations, someone
so respected he has kept his post under three U.S. attorneys but who
humbly runs from a spotlight that he insists belongs on the investigating
agents, his assistants or his boss. Nobile credits the Dominican nuns
at Saint Peter and Paul grammar school and the Jesuit priests at Regis
with instilling in him the discipline to learn. Those who know him say
Nobile works nights and weekends, raely takes vacation, and is known
for prosecuting the small, forgettable cases- like tax evasion or petty
bribes- so his line assistants can focus on the bigger ones. If Nobile
allows himself an indulgence, it might be sports, particularly the Mets
and Jets. Most weeknights, Nobile unwinds by running four or five miles
around a high school track and listening to sports talk radio.
Interested in the Regis Archives?
Find Out More Online
Although the newly-formed Regis Archives is not open to the general
public, the school does hope to gradually make some of its contents
available to alumni in digitized format. Currently available online at www.
regis-nyc.org are transcripts of the first four years of the Regis Diary, a
handwritten, official document detailing daily events of note during the
school year. An article regarding the contracts from the construction of
the school is also online. Make sure to check the website periodically
for more updates!
Regian Serves as 2006 Jersey City Pulaski
Day Parade Grand Marshall
Kenneth Jan Kwiatkowski ’69 was chosen as the 2006 Grand Marshall
for Jersey City . He proudly led the Jersey City contingent on Sunday,
October 1, 2006 down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan as his father, Gary,
did in 1990. Ken’s family has served the community in Jersey City for
many years. He is the fourth generation funeral director with Evergreen
Funeral Home and Plaza
Funeral Home. Chester
Kwiatkowski began the
family business in 1911,
succeeded by Frank and
Stacia Kwiatkowski who
opened a second office in
1944. Ken’s parents Gary
and Sue are currently active
in the family business and
are happy that Ken has
joined them. Ken graduated
from McAllister School of
Mortuary Science in 2000
and received his license
as a funeral director in
New Jersey. He is the vicepresident
of the Hudson
County Funeral Directors
Association and also serves
as President of St. Ann’s
Polish RC Church Council.
Salvatore Rand ’51 Honored with ASTM
International Lowrie B. Sargent Jr. Award
W. Conshohocken, Pa. – On January 18th, 2007, ASTM (American Society
for Testing and Materials) International Committee D02 on Petroleum
Products and Lubricants honored Salvatore Rand, Ph.D., a consultant
and principal of Rand Associates in Fort Myers, Fla., with the Lowrie B.
Sargent Jr. Award. The committee cited Rand for his outstanding and
dedicated leadership to standards development complemented by his
technical understanding and communications abilities particularly in
Subcommittee D02.A0 on Gasoline and Oxygenated Fuels.
An ASTM fellow and Award of Merit recipient, Rand serves on a number
of D02 technical standards-writing groups and has been involved with
the committee’s work since 1980 including a stint as vice-chairman. In
addition to D02, Rand is a member of the ASTM Committee on Technical
Committee Operations and a 50-year member of the American Chemical
Society.
A graduate of Fordham University with a B.S. in Chemistry, Rand earned
his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
For much of his career, Rand was a senior consultant with Texaco
Research Lab in Beacon, NY. Throughout his professional work, he has
focused on fuels research and fuels test laboratory management.
William P. Berlinghoff ’57 One of
Two Recipients of MAA’s Beckenbach
Book Prize
“Beckenbach winning authors
Fernando Gouvea and Regis’
William Berlinghoff ‘57
FARMINGTON, Maine – The
Mathematical Association of
America (MAA) announced that
Oxton House authors William
P. Berlinghoff ‘57 and Fernando
Gouvêa are the recipients of the
prestigious Beckenbach Book
Prize for their co-written book
Math through the Ages, A Gentle
History for Teachers and Others
(Expanded Edition). The prize,
established in 1986, is awarded
to an author or authors of a
distinguished, innovative book
published by the MAA. The Beckenbach Book Prize is not awarded on a
regular basis, but is given only when a book appears that is judged to be
truly outstanding. The citation notes:
Regis Faculty Member Fr. Anthony D.
Andreassi, C.O. Ordained by Bishop
Frank Caggiano ‘77
Father Anthony Andreassi, C.O. was ordained by Auxiliary Bishop
Frank Caggiano ’77 at the Oratory Church of St. Boniface in Brooklyn on
Saturday, January 13, 2007. This was Bishop Caggiano’s first ordination-
Regis clearly provided him with some good practice material. Father
Andreassi has been a teacher of religion and history at Regis since 2003.
He joined the Oratory as a brother in 2004.
Around 40 priests concelebrated the Mass with Bishop Caggiano
including President Philip Judge, S.J. ’80, Art Bender, S.J. ’67, Joe
Lienhard, S.J. ’58, and Fr. Bob Imbelli ’56. In attendance at the ordination
were Fr. Andreassi’s family, many longtime friends, parishioners from
St. Boniface, and a number of students from Regis some of whom were
the servers for the liturgy.
Fr. Andreassi’s order, the Oratorians, have always had a close connection
with the Jesuits. St. Philip Neri founded the Oratory in Rome in 1575, and
he and Ignatius were friends. Anthony now continues this tradition. In
his homily, Bishop Caggiano addressed Fr. Andreassi saying, “Through
your ministry at Regis you are touching many…you have revealed the
face of Christ. Teach courageously. Practice what you teach.”
Father Jim Carney, SJ, ‘43
Father Jim Carney, SJ, ‘43 has informed us that he has been assigned
to Murray-Weigel Hall located on the Rose Hill Campus of Fordham
University. Father Carney has been staying at Murray-Weigel for
the past few months and is in good health now. Our retired Alumni
“Math Through The Ages, A Gentle History for Teachers and Others
consists of twenty-five short historical sketches of important topics in
general mathematics and a 54-page mathematical ‘history in a nutshell’.
The graceful writing in William P. Berlinghoff and Fernando Q. Gouvêa’s
short expanded edition has the great advantage of being appealingly
readable to a wide audience ranging from secondary school and liberal
arts students through the mathematical community’s educators and
practitioners. For each of the important concepts it treats, a carefully
chosen sketch concisely brings together in a single unified chapter its
many centuries of development…The beautiful writing makes it difficult
for a reader to put the book down, and it is inviting to jump from one
historical sketch to another.”
After Regis, Mr. Berlinghoff was educated at Holy Cross, Boston College,
and Wesleyan University, where he received his Ph.D. in mathematics.
Now retired, he was recently a Visiting Professor at Colby College in
Maine. There he often taught a first-year course in mathematics for
liberal arts students. Bill is author or co-author of four college texts,
including A Mathematics Sampler (5th ed., Ardsley House, 2001) and
The Mathematics of the Elementary Grades (Ardsley House, 1990), and
was a Senior Writer of MATH Connections, a Standards-based secondary
core curriculum. He currently resides in Farmington, Maine.
Bishop Frank Caggiano ’77 and Fr. Anthony Andreassi surrounded
by Regians at Fr. Andreassi’s ordination
Moderator welcomes visitors and can arrange his schedule with
advance notice. Murray-Weigel Hall is located at 515 East Fordham
Road (near the Bathgate Avenue entrance to the campus), Bronx,
NY 10458. Please call Father Carney at 718-430-4936 at least one day
in advance if you plan to visit him.