Mary Ann Ahern
Bergerson ’76 is a
household name
and face in Chicago
because of her
longtime service as
a reporter for NBC5,
the Windy City’s
NBC affiliate.
Jerry Burke ’59 is a
retired probation
officer and an
alumni sparkplug.
Jack Carey ’83 runs
AllState Arena, which hosts 150, mostly musical, events per year and attracts a collective audience of 1.5 million.
Chicago native Bill
Edwards ’68, seen here shaking hands with President Clinton, is a vice president for Hilton Hotels in charge of most of the East Coast. He is also the chairman of the Greater Washington Board of Trade.
Paul Hulseman ’82 is a senior vice president of Solo Cup, a member of the JCU Hall of Fame and the president of the
National Alumni Association.
After a strong law career, Colleen Hyland-Robertson ’83, was elevated to being the Honorable Colleen as judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County.
Mike Faems ’72 had a great career in the creative end of advertising with highpowered shops such as Young Rubicam
and Burrell Communications. Now, he and Nancy ’73 are planning on leaving the Windy City to relocate in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
The Farrell brothers William ’77, Brian ’78 and Richard ’79 – are Chicago area physicians.
Tim Freeman ’78 is the development director for the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus. He is also a former JCU staff member and a current class columnist.
J. Patrick Herald ’69
of Baker & McKenzie is the immediate past
chairman of Baker &
McKenzie’s North
American Litigation
Practice Group and
heads the firm’s Chicago litigation practice.
Thomas M. Tully ’59 of Thomas M. Tully & Associates is also a leading Chicago attorney and a presence on the boards of diocesan, educational and other non-profit
organizations. He holds the Alumni Medal.
John Boler ’56 is the founder and chairman of The Boler Company, a leading international supplier of truck
parts. Boler has long been a major donor
and leader of John Carroll, from which he received the Alumni Medal and an honorary
doctorate.
James Purcell ’80 was born and raised in Chicago but emigrated to N.Y. where he became, in turn, a stockbroker and a high-profile fashion designer.
Jim Trainor ’55 is the president of Trainor Glass, currently ranked fifth in sales volume in the U.S.
John Gilmore ’62
has been one of the world’s premier traders in futures; in the ’80s, he led Goldman Sachs to be the number one
institutional broker
of futures and options in the world.
Dr. Karen Judy ’86
is the director of the Pediatric Residency Program at Rush
Presbyterian St.
Luke’s Medical
Center.
John Rooney ’64 is
the president and
CEO of U.S. Cellular,
the wireless communications company.
James McDonough ’55 is the founder of
McDonough & Associates, an engineering firm that has played a major role in building contemporary Chicago. He is also
a generous benefactor of his alma mater.
He is an Alumni Medalist.
P.J. Kissane ’86 is the vice president and advertising director of U.S. News & World
Report, overseeing the ad sales and marketing efforts of the weekly news magazine.
Molly Lynch ’01 is an
account supervisor with Manning Selvage & Lee office of the Publicis Groupe. Her responsibilities include strategic planning, media relations. Her primary focus is on the public affairs efforts for the U.S. Army and the
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
Donna Bowen
Brown ’72 has won
the university’s Alumni Medal and she and her
classmate/ husband Don Brown have been two of the magnetic centers of
the John Carroll alumni community for more than three decades.
Sheila Bigane
Bauschelt ’83 leads a
company that provides fuel to ships on Lake Michigan, directing the tanker M/V Joseph F. Bigane – “You can think of it, basically, as a
floating gas station” – as it delivers its vital liquid to wherever the ships
may be.
Dr. Mark Talamonti
’78 is the chief of the
Division of Oncology at Northwestern University Medical School.
Terry O’Brien ’78 is
the elected commissioner and
the president of the board of the
Metropolitan Water
Reclamation
District of Greater
Chicago, a position
of great importance
in which O’Brien
administers a
billion dollar
budget.
Bob Ytsen, SJ ’72 is
a teacher of English at Loyola Academy and a spiritual presence in the
Chicago alumni community.
Dennis Casey ‘87 is
a strategic account manager for General Binding Corporation (GBC), who works with
Fortune 500 companies to help them develop
consistent master programs for
their sales and communication efforts.
Edward Cooper ’84
is a senior vice president at Cole
Taylor Bank and a
central figure in the
Illinois Center for
Violence Prevention.
Dr. Jerry
Schweickert ’60
came to John Carroll as a stellar scholastic
quarterback and stayed on to be a multi-sport coach, an influential
professor and one of the stalwarts of the university over the past four decades.
Dick Murphy ’57 has
won both the Alumni
Medal and the Alumni Service Medal. He has been one of the anchors of the Chicago John
Carroll alumni community for
almost half a century.
SCHOLARSHIP
WINNER
WINNER
Since 1983, the Chicago Club has awarded a scholarship to an area high school senior. The scholarship is $5,000 per year and is renewable.
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Bridget Fitzgerald
2006 Recipient
Bridget graduated from Fenwick High School, where she was active in her school's Christian retreat program and founded a student athletic training program. She also participated in track and was captain of her cross country team. She plans to continue her role as a leader at JCU.
Maura Reilly
2005 Recipient
Maura is from Mother McAuley High School in Chicago. She hopes to play golf for the Blue Streaks and get involved in Campus
Ministry.