<p>Holy Cross sophomore Organ Scholar Jeffrey Wood took home First Prize in the prestigious Augustana Arts/Reuter Undergraduate Organ Competition in Denver, Colorado on Saturday, March 13. He received a $5000 cash prize and was given the opportunity to perform with an orchestra on Sunday night. </p>
<p>A music major from Pepperell, Mass., Wood is one of two students studying organ under a full-tuition Organ Scholarship at Holy Cross. He came to Holy Cross after a year at Berklee College of Music in Boston. It was at Berklee that Wood met his mentor James David Christie, Distinguished Artist-in-Residence at Holy Cross and highly acclaimed organist.</p>
<p>Holy Cross offers merit-based scholarships to outstanding high school graduates who will major in the Classics at Holy Cross. Each year they award two Bean Scholarships, which are four-year, full-tuition, merit-based scholarships. Every four years they award one FitzGerald Scholarship, a four-year, full-tuition, merit-based scholarship (the FitzGerald Scholarship was awarded last year to a student in the Class of 2009).</p>
<p>Holy Cross Alumnus Joseph P. Kerwin , M.D. (Captain, MC, USN, Ret.) is a former NASA astronaut. Kerwin served as science-pilot for the Skylab 2 mission which launched on May 25 and terminated on June 22, 1973.</p>
<p>Astronaut</a> Bio: Joseph P. Kerwin 4/87</p>
<p>Holy Cross Alumnus John P. Donohue, M.D. has been the recipient of numerous awards for his accomplishments in the field of Urology including the Charles Huggins Medal given at N.I.H. in 2001, a Donohue Chair of Urology at Indiana University established in 2003, the first Distinguished Career Award given by the Society Internationale d'Urologie in 2004, and the Ramon Guiteras Award, the highest honor bestowed by the American Urological Association in 2005. In 2008, he received the Keyes medal, the major award for lifetime achievement in Urology, given by the American Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons.</p>
<p>John</a> P. Donohue</p>
<p>Worcester, MA is home to the College of the Holy Cross, a Jesuit-affiliated school and one of the oldest Roman Catholic institutions of higher education in the United States. Other important schools in Worcester include the University of Massachusetts Medical School, a highly-ranked research and education institution known for its top-flight primary care training, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Clark University and Worcester State University. All told, eleven institutions of higher learning are chartered in the city, while the nearby Boston metropolitan area, 40 miles to the east, is the nation's preeminent hub for postsecondary education, hosting such world-renowned institutions as Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston University.</p>
<p>With fifty majors studying both Greek and Latin, the Classics Department at Holy Cross is the largest undergraduate Classics program in the United States, and offers a wide range of courses.</p>
<p>In January 2008, Holy Cross Alumnus Dick Berardino '59 received the prestigious Emil Fuchs Memorial Award presented at the 69th Annual Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) Dinner. The award is presented by the Boston Chapter of the BBWAA for long and meritorious service to the game of baseball. Past winners of the Fuchs Award include Ernie Banks, Bob Gibson, Carl Yastrzemski, Hank Aaron and Willie Mays.</p>
<p>Holy Cross Alumnus Joe Shortsleeve '79 is chief correspondent for WBZ-TV News weekdays at 5:00PM, 6:00PM and 11:00PM on WBZ-TV. WBZ-TV is the Boston station for CBS Television Stations, a division of CBS Corporation.</p>
<p>Shortsleeve was named Best TV Reporter by Boston Magazine in 1994. He received the prestigious Ohio State Award in 1988 and the Gannett Corporation's General Assignment Reporter of the Year Award in 1987. In 1986 he received a United Press International Award and a New England Emmy Award.</p>
<p>wbztv.com</a> - Joe Shortsleeve</p>
<p>Holy Cross alumna and career actress Ann Dowd '78 was nominated for an Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series for: "Nothing Sacred" (1997). She has appeared in over 55 television and movie productions including House, Judging Amy, Touched by an Angel, NYPD Blue, Providence, Third Watch, Chicago Hope, and Law & Order, and frequently appears in films, most recently Clint Eastwood’s Flags of Our Fathers.</p>
<p>After graduating from Holy Cross, Dowd studied at The Theatre School at DePaul University and spent several years in Chicago before moving to New York. Her career began on the stage, and she made her Broadway debut as Shaw’s Candida, winning the 1993 Clarence Derwent Award for her performance.</p>
<p>On November 28th, 1942, the Boston College Eagles football team made a reservation for the entire squad to hold a victory party at the Terrace Room of the Cocoanut Grove nightclub that evening. Boston College, the year's best U.S. college football team with an 8-0 record, had outscored their opponents 249-19. They faced Holy Cross that afternoon, which should have been an easy win for Boston College. However, they lost, 55-12, in one of the biggest upsets of modern times. That night, at the Cocoanut Grove, some satin decorations ignited, causing the worst nightclub fire in U.S. history. 491 people died, including everyone in the Terrace Room. However, the Eagles, defeated and depressed, had cancelled their reservation at the Cocoanut Grove, saving the lives of everyone on the team.</p>
<p>Massachusetts is home to 65 public and private colleges and universities. Some of the well-known ones are Harvard, MIT, Holy Cross, Tufts, Boston College, Boston University, and the University of Massachusetts.</p>
<p>Holy Cross Alumnus James Keyes '77 is chairman and chief executive of Video rental chain Blockbuster Inc. Keyes was formerly president and CEO of convenience store chain 7-Eleven Inc.</p>
<p>Well over 300 Holy Cross sciences alumni have gone on to earn doctorates at 80 different graduate schools but the overhwelming bulk of the students have gone to the following 15 institutions: Berkeley, Brown, UNC-Chapel Hill, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Harvard, Illinois, Johns Hopkins, Michigan, MIT, Notre Dame, Princeton, Wisconsin, and Yale.</p>
<p>Source: Science Librarianship at America's Liberal Arts Colleges</p>
<p>In 2006, the Holy Cross women's lacrosse team made its first NCAA Tournament appearance, defeating Colgate in the Patriot League championship game prior to beating LeMoyne in the NCAA play-in game.</p>
<p>The Boston Globe clearly considers Holy Cross alumnus Dan Shaughnessy '75 the star of its sports department, putting the columnist front and center whenever a big sports event is catching the attention of even the most casual of sports fans. Shaughnessy gets the call for all the front page stories during the baseball postseason, and even now with football and basketball. He is used by the paper to be the voice of Boston sports.</p>
<p>Shaughnessy grew up in Groton, and is a graduate of Holy Cross. He started his professional career with the Baltimore Sun in the late 1970’s, serving as Orioles beat writer. He moved on to the Globe in 1981, where he covered the beat for the Red Sox and Celtics before moving to the columnist role. He is a seven time Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year, and eight times he has been selected as one of Americas top-ten sports columnists by Associated Press Sports Editors.
Approval</a> Ratings - Dan Shaughnessy | Boston Sports Media Watch</p>
<p>Holy Cross Alumna Maggie Wilderotter '77 is the current CEO of Citizen Communications (CZN). Citizen is an industry leader in rural telecommunication services with 2006 revenues of $2B. It offers ILEC services under the Frontier name in the United States. Maggie Wilderotter has received various awards from National Cable Television Association (NCTA) for her contributions to the television industry. She received the 1999 Outstanding Mentor Award from the Women in Cable and Telecommunications Foundation and its Top 10 Women in Cable & Telecommunications Award in 1989. She is still actively involved with the college and is also a member of the board of trustees.</p>
<p>Holy Cross Alumna Julie Halpin Anderson '84 is the founder and chief executive officer of The Geppetto Group, a marketing communications firm that targets the youth and teenage market, Halpin Anderson is considered one of the most powerful voices in her field. Geppetto employs 27 full-time staff and 25 part-time freelance consultants. Prior to opening Geppetto in 1997, she earned respect throughout the industry as a founder and general manager of Saatchi & Saatchi’s Kid Connection.</p>
<p>Holy Cross Alumnus John Gannon '66 served as Staff Director of the House Homeland Security Committee, the first new committee established by Congress in more than thirty years. In 2002-2003, he was a team leader in the White House's Transitional Planning Office for the Department of Homeland Security. He served previously in the senior-most analytic positions in the Intelligence Community, including CIA's Director of European Analysis, Deputy Director for Intelligence, Chairman of the National Intelligence Council, and Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production. </p>
<p>Gannon holds a bachelor's degree from Holy Cross and a doctorate degree from Washington University in St. Louis. He is an adjunct professor in the National Security Studies Program at Georgetown University.</p>
<p>Holy Cross Alumnus Clark Booth '61 has been an iconic presence in the world of Boston sports journalism for decades. For 35 years, he has been associated with WCVB-TV in Boston as a correspondent specializing in sports, religion, politics and international affairs. He has been a reporter and writer on 30 sports documentaries. For 28 years, he was a sports columnist for The Pilot (the Boston archiocesan newspaper). He has regularly written for such publications as The Boston Globe, Boston Magazine and New England Magazine.</p>
<p>Joyce Ann O'Shaughnessy, M.D. '78 served as Special Assistant to the National Cancer Institute director from 1988 to 1990 and coordinated the development of new cancer drug approval guidelines for the National Cancer Institute and Food and Drug Administration. Dr. O'Shaughnessy then served as a Senior Investigator in the Medical Breast Cancer Section of the National Cancer Institute from 1990 through 1995. She graduated cum laude from Yale University Medical School in 1982. Dr. O'Shaughnessy is presently a breast cancer researcher and practitioner in Texas Oncology, P.A</p>