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Endowed Faculty Chair Recipients
Every two years, a faculty member is selected by a committee to receive an endowment in a specific teaching field. The endowments are a way to acknowledge a teacher for his or her hard and scholarly work. It is a huge honor to receive the endowment.
The Kriewall-Haehl Family Endowed Faculty Chair is given to a teacher who teach- es one of the core curriculum classes. The Kriewall-Haehl family created the endowment in 2008 in honor of Father Pius to recognize the monks and their lifelong devotion to education. Father Pius holds a special place in the hearts of John Kriewall, Betsy Haehl, and Alicia Kriewall ’07.
The McGraw Family Endowed Faculty Chair is given to a teacher in the science or math field. Joan and Jack McGraw started the endowment in 2007 to honor Father Mau- rus. The McGraws created the endowment because they felt that their sons John ’80 and Michael ’83 had benefited from Father Maurus’ teaching and helped them to become suc- cessful in life.
Congratulations to our two newest recipients, Kindra Briggs and Steve Marsheck.
Kriewall-Haehl Family recipients: 2008/2009: Caitha Ambler 2009/2010: Ruth Benz
2011/2013: Nancy Newman 2014/2015: Reed Sullivan 2015/2016: Kindra Briggs
McGraw Family recipients: 2008/2009: Gabe Tang 2011/2013: Christine Muir Parker 2014/2015: Paul Trudelle 2015/2016: Steve Marsheck
40 Year Anniversary: Arrival of St. Anselm Monks
On September 10, 1976, Rome gave the final approval for the merger between Saint Anselm’s Abbey and Woodside Priory. Priory was not only blessed with the merger, but also with the arrival of four members from the Saint Anselm community. Broth- er Mark Cooper, Brother Daniel Dempski, Father Martin Mager, and Father Simon O’Donnell arrived for the 1975-76 school year.
Father Martin’s first year at Priory brought a lot of new experiences for him. “I grewuponfootballandhadneverseenasoccergameinmylife. Justtryingtofigure out the rules had me baffled.” He also fondly remembers an amusing moment be- tween him and Abbot Mark. “I recall sitting on a ski lift at Squaw Valley with Abbot Mark (then Brother Mark). We had driven a vanload of kids for a day on the slopes. We just looked at each other and wondered out loud, “How the heck did we ever wind up here?”
Saint Anselm sent the monks for what was supposed to be a one-to-three year pe- riod, but as Father Martin celebrates his 40th year at the Priory, he jokes, “I’m just here on temporary loan, they just forgot.” Father Martin shared a special message regard- ing his past, present and future time at the Priory. “The Priory is my home,” he says, “made rich by the students, faculty and staff who have passed this way for these past forty years. What started as a sort of an experiment four decades ago turned out to be a wonderfully successful venture which has enhanced the Benedictine community both in California and in New Hampshire.”
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