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Newest Inductees: Msgr. Joseph Marino Class of 1966 Monsignor Marino is a 1966 graduate of Cardinal O’Hara High School. Monsignor graduated from St. Pius X Elementary School in Broomall and attended Monsignor Bonner High School for ninth grade. With the opening of Cardinal O’Hara High School, he transferred to O’Hara in his sophomore year and became a member of the school’s first graduating class. In 1966, Monsignor entered St. Charles Borromeo Seminary and was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 1975 by John Cardinal Krol. He also attended St. Joseph’s University for undergraduate studies in sociology, and received a Masters Degree in sociology from Temple University. From 1975 to 1979, Monsignor served as assistant pastor at St. Monica Parish in South Philadelphia and also as a regional coordinator for the Cardinal’s Commission on Human Relations. As regional coordinator, he founded a neighborhood corporation, The Institute for Community Issues, which had as its primary program the South Philadelphia Employment Project. He was a faculty member of Lansdale Catholic High School from 1979 to 1988. During his tenure at Lansdale Catholic he taught theology, social studies and also served as Director of Guidance. In 1988, Monsignor was appointed principal of Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls. A position he held until 1990. After eleven years of service to the secondary school system of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Monsignor was appointed as the first Director of the newly created Office for the Renewal of Pastoral Life. In that position, his primary responsibility was the coordination of the nine year Spiritual Renewal efforts of Cardinal Bevilacqua. Monsignor has also served as Director of the Archdiocesan Family Life Office and administrator of St. Joseph’s Parish in Ambler. In 1997, he was appointed pastor of St. Denis Parish in Havertown. He then was appointed pastor of Our Lady of the Assumption Parish in Strafford, and also serves as Regional Vicar for Chester County. Monsignor is a member of the Archdiocesan School Board and the Board of Trustees for St. Charles Seminary. For his outstanding service as a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and his service to the faithful of the archdiocese, we proudly welcome Monsignor Joseph T. Marino into the Cardinal O’Hara High School Hall of Fame. Barbara Rolls McCaffrey Class of 1968 Barbara McCaffrey is a 1968 graduate of Cardinal O’Hara High School. She attended St. Joseph’s School in Collingdale and graduated from Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Morton. Barbara is a graduate of West Chester University with a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education. In addition, she has earned an associates degree in insurance. Barbara is married to Bob McCaffrey and she spent the early years of her married life as an Air Force wife. They were stationed at March Air Force Base in California and later McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas. As an Air Force wife during the difficult days of the Vietnam War, Barbara came to realize that education does not always come from books, and that life experiences are vital in developing who you become as a person. One of the happiest moments for Barbara and Bob was the birth of their daughter Michelle while in the Air Force. Returning to Glenolden after their Air Force duties, Bob and Barbara’s second daughter, Danielle, was born. Barbara now began her time as a stay at home mom. While her children attended Our Lady of Fatima School, she served two terms as President of the Home and School Association. During that time she also chaired the annual Christmas Bazaar. Barbara became a substitute teacher and eventually taught full-time at St. George’s in Glenolden, where she taught fifth and sixth grade. As the children got older, she made the decision to leave education and enter the corporate world. Initially she worked in the claims department at Aetna Property and Casualty Company. Currently Barbara is the Client Service Director for the state of Pennsylvania for the Principal Financial Group. Her duties include overseeing offices in King of Prussia and Pittsburgh. Her responsibilities include coordinating internal workflow, staff development and maintaining the customer service needs of Principal’s clients. During her years as a teacher and insurance professional, she has served as a volunteer at many levels, including fourteen years as secretary of the O’Hara Alumni Association. Barbara has served on or has chaired a number of committees for the Alumni Association and The Home and School Association, among them: The Golf Outing, All-Class Reunion, Four Class Reunion and Fashion Show. She fondly remembers her days as a student at O’Hara singing in the Glee Club, attending Future Teacher Meetings and watching Bob play football. Barbara’s education at O’Hara helped form the cornerstone of her faith today. Love of God, family, community and country are all part of Barbara’s life. For her service to Cardinal O’Hara High School, we proudly welcome Barbara Rolls McCaffrey into the Cardinal O’Hara High School Hall of Fame. Anthony Naab Class of 1971 Tony Naab is a 1971 graduate of Cardinal O’Hara High School. All of his seven siblings also graduated from O’Hara. While at O’Hara, Tony was a four year member of the football team. Tony’s senior year was a proud moment for the O’Hara football team when, for the first time, they defeated St. James High School and St. Joe’s on the gridiron. After graduating from high school, Tony served in the Air Force as a communication specialist. While in the Air Force he was stationed in Texas, Korea and Virginia. With the help of the G. I. Bill, he attended West Chester College and earned a Bachelors Degree. Tony has been in the insurance business for the past thirty years. For twenty-six of these years he has been a Nationwide Insurance Agent with ownership of his own agency in Drexel Hill. He was a CYO football official from 1978 to 1982. He also coached CYO football and track at St. Anastasia for four years. Tony was one of the founding members of the O’Hara Alumni Fun Fair to help raise scholarship funds for O’Hara students. Tony has organized and assisted at several football reunions for former players to return to O’Hara. Over the years, Tony has assisted the Cardinal O’Hara Community Service Corps (CSC) with transportation needs on their trips to City Team Ministries in the Cities of Chester and Philadelphia. As an assistant football coach for the past sixteen years at O’Hara, Tony has coached several positions during his tenure. He is presently the Associate Head Football Coach, along with his duties as Receivers’ Coach. In the 2000 and 2004 Championship seasons, he coached the special teams; he also served as assistant offensive line coach, and receivers’ coach. Tony and his wife Bernadette, who is a Special Education teacher at the Overbrook School for the Blind, have been married for twenty-six years and reside in Newtown Square. Their children are both O’Hara graduates. Kate is in graduate school at Columbia University and Chris is a student at Delaware County Community College. For his loyalty to O’Hara and his service to young people on and off the football field, we are proud to welcome Anthony G. (Tony) Naab into the Cardinal O’Hara High School Hall of Fame. Robert & MaryGene Woods Class of 1973 Bob Woods is a 1973 graduate of Cardinal O’Hara High School and Mary Gene Woods is a 1974 graduate of Cardinal O’Hara High School. Bob graduated from Our Lady of Fatima and Mary Gene graduated from St. Francis of Assisi in Springfield. While at O’Hara, Bob was a member of the Student Council and Mary Gene was an All-Catholic bowler on O’Hara’s Championship Bowling Team. After graduation, Bob attended Villanova University and became a Certified Public Accountant. Mary Gene attended St. Joseph’s University and raised four sons. Bob and Mary Gene and their sons have lived in both Mexico City and Tokyo. Today they reside in Wayne. Bob is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of IKON Office Solutions and Mary Gene works in the Admissions Office of Cabrini College. Bob and Mary Gene are known for the time and effort that they have put into a variety of charitable projects. Among these charitable projects is a new playground at CADES, a school for disabled children. They are also involved in various projects to help the homeless through Project Home, a Philadelphia based organization which helps the homeless. Additionally they help support St. John Soup Kitchen in Norristown which feeds over 250 people daily. Bob has served as chairman of the board and Mary Gene as Chairman of the Holiday Happening fund raiser for the American School in Japan. Support for the IKON annual bike-a-thon, an event that raises money for cancer research is another important project to Bob and Mary Gene. Support of the Special Olympics is done through their annual golf outing. The Woods have also aided in the restoration of the Augustinian Monastery at Villanova. Their support of St. Joseph’s University is done through the Magis Society. Finally, Bob and Mary Gene have also supported the Cardinal O’Hara High School Capital Campaign. Bob and Mary Gene do not seek recognition for their good works. They consider what they do as simply part of the upbringing instilled in them through their sixteen years of Catholic education, including their four outstanding years at Cardinal O’Hara. Bob and Mary Gene are the first husband and wife to be nominated to our Hall of Fame. For their outstanding generosity, their concern for the well-being of people from all walks of life and their loyalty to their Alma Mater, we are proud to welcome Bob and Mary Gene Woods to the Cardinal O’Hara High School Hall of Fame. Robert Adams Class of 1978 Bob is a 1978 graduate of Cardinal O’Hara High School. He attended Holy Child Academy and graduated from Sacred Heart School in Clifton Heights. While at O’Hara, he served as a volunteer in the Student Affairs Office assisting Father Thomas Corcoran. After graduating from O’Hara, Bob was hired by Delaware County as an emergency police and fire dispatcher. He was also hired by the Collingdale Police Department as a part-time police officer. In 1986 he was hired by Springfield Township Police Department as a dispatcher. In 1988 Bob was hired as a full time police officer by the Collingdale Police Department. He also served as Juvenile Officer for the Collingdale Police Department. Bob attended Delaware County Community College. He later graduated from Community College with an Associated Degree in Criminal Justice. While a student there, he joined the Collingdale Fire Company #1, becoming active in both the ambulance corps and as a fire-fighter. In 1998, he received his “Life Membership” with twenty years of service. During his time with the company, he has served as secretary, ambulance captain, engineer, chief engineer, and trustee. Bob and his wife Linda were married at St. Joseph’s Church. They have two beautiful daughters who attend archdiocesan high schools. Bob is the out-going president of the parish CYO and serves as an usher, Eucharistic Minister, and coach. In 2001, Bob received the Victim Rights Advocate of the Year Award from the Delaware County Women Against Rape. Bob received several awards including two medals for valor and two citations from the House of Representatives. He has attended the National FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, an opportunity given to only one-half of one percent of all the police officers in the world. He and his father, who also had attended the academy, were only the 78th father-son team to have received such an honor. Bob was appointed Chief of the Collingdale Police Department in May 2007. He serves as a DARE Instructor to the local schools in Collingdale. He is considered to be an expert in the field of juvenile law. Bob still holds true to the beliefs he was taught at Cardinal O’Hara, that is, to treat all people fairly and equally while holding his moral standards to those he learned at O’Hara. Bob has also volunteered in the O’Hara Health Center and leads demonstrations on life saving techniques for the O’Hara faculty. . For his service to his community, his loyalty and assistance to his Alma Mater, his desire to help people in need and his success in his chosen career, we are proud to welcome Robert W. Adams into the Cardinal O’Hara High School Hall of Fame. Donna Farrell Class of 1982 Donna Crilley Farrell is a 1982 graduate of Cardinal O’Hara High School. She attended The University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated with a Bachelors Degree from the Annenberg School of Communications. During her time at O’Hara, Donna was an athlete, a member of the National Honor Society, captain of the cheerleaders and class president for three years. Some of her fondest memories include cheering at a championship game at Veterans Stadium, participating in field day events at Don Guanella School, and playing for one of the first ever O’Hara field hockey teams. Writing and communications are the foundation of her career and she notes with pride, the lessons learned in an entertaining and memorable way from Mr. Kenig and Mr. McCarron. While these English teachers solidified a love of language, Mr. Fulcomer and Father Corkery brought history to life. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Donna worked for several years in New York City for NBC. During the mid 1980s, while many people her age were spending Saturday nights watching Saturday Night Live, Donna was an NBC page working on the show just off camera. She also helped produce and write for NBC News at Sunrise. In 1988, Donna moved from behind the camera to a job in front of it, when she became a television reporter and news anchor. Her career in TV news took her to Binghamton, New York, Scranton, Pennsylvania and eventually back home to the Philadelphia area. Her next challenge came in 1999 when she joined the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Office of Communications. In 2005, she accepted Cardinal Justin Rigali’s invitation to become the Director of Communications and spokesperson for the archdiocese. Since then, she has launched Gospel Reflections, featuring Cardinal Rigali, on the video-sharing web-site You Tube, and facilitated media coverage in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia following the death of Pope John Paul II. This included numerous press conferences and more than forty network interviews by the Cardinal in the week leading up to the election of Pope Benedict XVI. Donna lives in Springfield with her husband Michael and their three year old twins, Connor and Christina. For her outstanding service to the Church of Philadelphia, her professionalism, and her loyalty to her Alma Mater, we are proud to welcome Donna M. Farrell into the Cardinal O’Hara High School Hall of Fame. Existing Members: Art Condodina Class of 1985 Joseph Hackett Class of 1977 Mary Lou Galantino Class of 1978 Larry Mullin Class of 1980 Kathleen O’Donnell Pfeffer Class of 1973 Deborah Bieter-Schultz Class of 1976 Guy Nardella M.D. Class of 1966 Father Thomas Higgins Class of 1972 Michael Brown Class of 1975 Michael Galantino Class of 1978 Kathleen O'Leary Class of 1993 Robert Ewing Honorary Member John Caramanico Class of 1974 Michael Callahan Class of 1977 Michael Connor Class of 1985 Marcie (Homan) Heil Class of 1991 John Castle Honorary Member Stephen Finley Class of 1974 Joseph Crawford Class of 1969 Jane Rudolph Treacy Class of 1980 John Williamson Class of 1971 Christine Donahue Doogan Class of 1993 Rear Admiral Joseph Sestak Class of 1970 Jennifer Quigley Cipollone Class of 1990 Michael Caramanico Class of 1971 Constance M Cannon Class of 1976 Daniel J Curran Class of 1968 Rita E Spellman Honorary Member Roland D. Eavey, M.D. Class of 1967 Stephen L. DiPietro Class of 1966 Louis R. DiCocco, III Class of 1979 Sharon Hendricks Gallen Class of 1981 Lt. General Ronald T. Kadish Class of 1966 Bishop Joseph P. McFadden Honorary Member Joan Dawson McConnon Class of 1977 Richard D. Donze, D.O., M.P.H. Class of 1970 Robert E. McGowan Class of 1971 Raymond C. Offenheiser, Jr. Class of 1967 Diane M. Schnepp Class of 1985 Thomas Killion Class of 1975 Sr. M. Charlotte Michael Smolik Class of 1969 Steven M. Gillon Class of 1974 Dr. Rachelle M. Lanciano Class of 1976 Edward S. Dougherty Class of 1988 Dr. Corrinne Lowe Leach Class of 1972 Gerald Smith Class of 1973 Mark Cordes Class of 1974 Bishop Michael F. Burbidge Class of 1975 Robert Carroll Class of 1975 Mimi Coleman Devine Class of 1980 Robert M. McCaffrey Class of 1968 Dr. Francis Sutter Class of 1968 Alvin A. Clay, III Class of 1975 Robert A. Judge, Sr. Class of 1975 Marty Cull Class of 1981 Maryann Nespoli Honorary Member William F. Adolph, Jr. Class of 1967 Brian W. Melly Class of 1974 Virginia O'Donnell Cole Class of 1976 Albert Berardocco, Jr. Class of 1976 Sean Sullivan Class of 1982 Jennifer R. Rupnick Class of 1983 Martin Farrell Class of 1984 Thomas J. Murphy Class of 1968 Steven Jones Class of 1980 Joseph F. Hazinsky Class of 1968 Letita M. Huntzman Class of 1982 Carol M. Larkin Class of 1970 Helen Nicholas Class of 1973 Gerald J Feehery Class of 1978 Michael G. McCaffrey Class of 1971 Patrick Burke Class of 1967 Thomas Inglesby Class of 1969 Mark Bernadino Class of 1970 Donald Clune Class of 1970 Theresa Shank Class of 1970 Donna Farrell Honorary Member

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