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Honoring Our Fathers
John Kriewall and Betsy Haehl recently established the Kriewall Haehl Family Endowed Faculty Chair, in Honor of Father Pius Horvath. The Chair will be awarded every two years to a full-time faculty member for distinguished service in a core academic discipline and for exemplifying the highest ideals and values of a Benedictine education.
Betsy Haehl, a sponsor of the Father Pius Faculty Chair, with recipient, Caitha Ambler
The Saint Benedict Society
The Priory’s first chair, the McGraw Family
Endowed Faculty Chair in Science in Honor of Father Maurus, established with a planned gift from Jack and Joan McGraw, was awarded to Gabe Tang. Gabe has been at the Priory for six years and teaches high school chemistry, honors chemistry and AP chemistry.
Planned gifts take the form of a donation to be realized in the future, in one’s estate plan. Because more and more of our friends are considering the Priory when making estate plans, the Priory has established the Saint Benedict Society to recognize these donors.
If you have included the Priory in your es- tate plan (in the form of a trust, a bequest, beneficiary to a life insurance or retirement plan), and would like to be recognized as a member of the Saint Benedict Society, please contact Siobhán Lawlor in the Development Office at 650-851-6116, or email her at slawlor@prioryca.org.
Alicia Kriewall, Class of 2007, developed a special relationship with Father Pius during her seven years at the Priory and played
a significant role in the creation of this endowment. “In his own humble way, Father Pius made our daughter’s time at the Priory the best it could possibly be,” said Betsy Haehl, a member of Priory’s Board of Trustees.
John, Betsy and Alicia wanted to honor the monks and their lifelong devotion to education. “We want all the monks to be remembered, and we want others to know what a difference an endoment can make,” Betsy said. She hopes the endowment will encourage others to participate and to create Endowed Chairs for Father Martin and Brother Edward.
Father Pius has been at the Priory for nearly 50 years, teaching Latin and German along with many other subjects. “I remember Alicia when she first started here in 6th grade. She was a quiet one, but she grew out of that. It was always a delight to see her,” said Father Pius. Alicia is currently attending Stanford University.
In fall of 2008, the Father Pius Chair was awarded to Middle School teacher Caitha Ambler. Caitha, who is also the Chair of our Social Studies Department, has been teaching Social Studies in the Middle School for seven years.
“In his own humble way, Father Pius made our daughter’s time at the Priory the best it could possibly be.” - Betsy Haehl
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