Alumni Awards
The Rev. William Corby, CSC, Award will be presented to Brigadier
General Francis X. Taylor '70, '74MA, USAF (ret.), at
halftime of the Purdue football game on October 2. Taylor is assistant
secretary for diplomatic security at the U.S. State Department.
Previously he served as ambassador at large for the coordinator
of U.S. counterterrorism. He also served as director of the Office
of Foreign Missions, deputy commander of the 487th Combat Support
Group in Comiso, Italy, director of mission guidance in the Office
of Special Investigations at Bolling Air Force Base, director
of special investigations for the Air Force Inspector General,
and commander of Air Force special investigations. During 31 years
of service in the Air Force, Taylor was awarded the Distinguished
Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit
and National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal. He assisted
in establishing the Notre Dame Air Force ROTC "Flyin' Irish" Hall
of Fame.
The Harvey G. Foster Award will be presented to Stephen
L. Pavela Jr. '48 during halftime of the Michigan game on
September 11. Pavela earned three monograms in baseball and was
team captain his senior year but turned down a professional baseball
offer for a career in high school athletic administration. He
worked to form the Wisconsin Catholic Interscholastic Athletic
Association and served as its first executive director from 1959
to 1968. As executive director of the Wisconsin Independent Schools
Athletic Association from 1968 until his retirement in 1988, Pavela
was responsible for statewide inter-scholastic athletic programs.
He has held leadership positions in such organizations as the
La Crosse Parks and Recreation Board, the Aquinas Area Schools
Endowment Trust Campaign and the Saint Francis Medical Center
Elder Care Board.
The 2004 Distinguished Alumna Award will be presented in the
fall to Ruth Riley '01. As a member of the WNBA Detroit
Shock basketball team, Riley has continued her active support
of such educational programs as Head Start, Read to Achieve and
Read Like a Champion. Riley was awarded the 2000-01 Christopher
Zorich Citizenship Award, presented annually to a Notre Dame student
athlete who exemplifies a commitment to volunteerism. After leading
the Irish women's basketball team to a national championship in
2001, Riley was named the Naismith Women's College Player of the
Year, Sports Illustrated Player of the Year, NCAA Final
Four Most Outstanding Player, Big East Player of the Year, Big
East Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Big East
Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Alumni Ticket Resale
The Alumni Association has again teamed with the Athletic Department
to offer an alumni ticket resale. The ticket resale will take
place on each of the 2004 home football Saturdays at the Gate
3 Box Office of the Joyce Center, adjacent to the Alumni Association
hospitality area. Beginning at 8 a.m. tickets may be left with
Alumni Association staff members on a consignment basis to be
resold at face value. From 8 to 10 a.m. tickets will be sold to
alumni on a first-come, first-served basis. From 10 a.m. until
one-half hour prior to kickoff tickets will be sold to the general
public.
Purchasers must show identification and sign a statement prohibiting
scalping. The alumni ticket resale and the Stadium Ticket Office
window sale of tickets that may have been returned by the visiting
team the morning of each home game are the only authorized programs
of ticket resale.
It's On Your Mailing Label
Alumni who received this magazine in the mail will find an eight-digit
number on the mailing label. It's their ticket to register for
Irish Online at https://irishonline.nd.edu/ and take advantage
of the electronic alumni directory, career networking and e-mail
forwarding.
Brady Elected
Timothy Brady, M.D., '77 was voted president-elect of the Alumni
Association by the alumni board at its April meeting. He will
assume the position of president on July 1, 2005, at the end of
his three-year term on the board as director for Region 5.
New Alumni Board Members
On July 1, the following alumni began three-year terms on the
Alumni Board of Directors: Region 1 - Amy Hirsh Guarino '83, Danville,
California; Region 6 - J. Thomas McIntire '56, Rockford, Illinois;
Region 8 - Richard Nussbaum '74, '77J.D., South Bend, Indiana;
Region 9 - Modesto "Moe" Ruggiero '83, Cleveland, Ohio; Region
13 - Rob Bertino '85, Dallas, Texas; Region 16 - John Scully '64,
Riverside, Illinois; and Young Alumni - Gabriel Seaman '98, Oakdale,
Pennsylvania.
The alumni board also welcomes Trung Tu '95, Portland, Oregon,
director of the Asian Pacific Alumni of Notre Dame; and Nancy
Ross Petty '95 of South Bend, director of the newly formed Native
American Alumni of Notre Dame. Tu and Petty were elected by their
respective boards of directors to serve three-year terms as representatives
on the alumni board.
Alumni Travel
"Ireland: A Spirited Journey through the Land of St. Patrick,"
"A Journey to Assisi, Florence and Rome," and "A Spiritual Journey
in Spain" are among the travel programs offered to alumni and
friends in 2005. Program itineraries are also being developed
for trips to South Africa, Iceland and Egypt as well as "Essential
Europe," the annual post-graduation tour for the Class of '05.
The 2005 Notre Dame Travel Catalog will be mailed in early September
to past Alumni Association travelers. Others can request a catalog
by calling 800-634-2631.
(July 2004)
