On Campus

President's Office

Maintaining a Community

jack neuhauserIt is that time of year in Vermont where the maple sap flows. Unpaved roads typify much of this rural state, but they are best not driven on in March. For a people steeped in a salvific tradition, mud season is the weather equivalent of purgatory-we are almost there!

This is also the time when families and especially high school seniors await the judgment of admission counselors. For many, this will be the first time that a stark binary decision will be conveyed to them, the thick, or dreaded thin, envelope. Although increasingly the decision will now be conveyed electronically this hardly lessens the angst. Fortunately for Saint Michael's, we have had the same steady hand on the admission tiller for two score - Jerry Flanagan's hand. There are few at this College, even few alums, who recall another Admission Director, attested to by the fact that Jerry has signed acceptance letters to over 80 percent of all the individuals who have ever attended Saint Michael's. And to each letter he penned a congratulatory note, one he seemingly remembers for decades. 

You will read more about Jerry in these pages, but one thing that is not easily conveyed is the sense of change that a community must come to terms with when a long-serving leader changes horses. Through all the vagaries of college admission over the years Jerry has been our person, the one who understood what families were 

Fortunately for Saint Michael's, we have had the same steady hand on the admission tiller for two score - Jerry Flanagan's hand.
experiencing, who could always lend an encouraging word, who would work tirelessly for each applicant. He was the perfect matchmaker for this College and now we are going to have to learn another's touch. We are grateful to Jerry for so much, but not the least is his utter devotion to the College and all its members, from the newest first-year student to the chair of the board of trustees. And while he will move on to another assignment at the College the Hoehl Welcome Center will never quite be the same.

It's a difficult time for applicants and their families too, with the slowly recovering economy restricting financial flexibility and pundits continuing to question the value of a liberal education. We continue to believe that the individual attention a small liberal arts college can provide, particularly in the personal connections between faculty members and young adults that are expected, not exceptional, provides the best setting for personal growth. Add a very real opportunity for spiritual growth and the sensitivity to others that a residential experience can foster and we present a model of higher education that is different from others. As Stan Hales once said, "(a liberal arts education is about...) preparing students for their last job which is likely to be far more complicated and demanding than the first".

In addition to a more fulsome description of Jerry Flanagan's time here, these pages provide two excellent examples of how campus responds to larger needs and how friendships formed on campus have a remarkable ability to maintain a community over decades.

John J. Neuhauser, 16th President of Saint Michael’s College

Dr. John J. Neuhauser was named president of Saint Michael’s College in 2007 after serving as University Professor of Boston College. Professor Neuhauser was academic vice president and dean of faculties at Boston College from 1999 to 2005 and, before that, dean and professor of Boston College’s Carroll School of Management from 1977 to 1999.

During his six years as academic vice president and dean of Boston College, Dr. Neuhauser was responsible for the leadership of 670 full-time faculty members in seven schools and colleges. As dean of the School of Management, he led a redesign of the MBA program to promote socially responsible, ethical management and to offer several joint degree programs: MBA-MSA, MBA-JD and MBA-PhD.

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Neuhauser earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from Manhattan College in 1964, a master’s in operations research and statistics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1965, and a doctorate in operations research and statistics: mathematics, also from Rensselaer, in 1968. He has an impressive record of publications in creative computing and business.

Dr. Neuhauser has been a member of the Saint Michael's College Board of Trustees since 2001. He is the father of three grown children and grandfather of six. He has completed the Boston Marathon seven times.

Saint Michael's Board of Trustees

Chair of the Board

Mr. William H. Gallagher
President & CEO
Atlantic Data Services, Inc.
Quincy, Massachusetts

Vice Chair of the Board

Dr. Peggy R. Williams
President Emerita
Ithaca College
Ithaca, New York

Dr. Sultan Ahamed
President and Chairman
Connecticut Medical Insurance Company
Glastonbury, Connecticut

Sr. Peg Albert, OP, PhD
President
Siena Heights University
Adrian, Michigan

Sr. Lorraine Aucoin, PM '91
Sisters of the Presentation of Mary
Methuen, Massachusetts

Mr. John J. Bergeron '70
Bergeron, Paradis & Fitzpatrick, LLP
Burlington, Vermont

Mr. Lawrence J. Blanford
President & CEO
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.
Waterbury, Vermont

Ms. Patricia A. Casey
Senior Vice President
Maguire Associates
Concord, Massachusetts

Mr. Philip C. Ciulla, Jr. '73
Vice President
BI Performance Services
Gardena, California

Rev. David G. Cray, SSE '68
Pastor
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Charlotte, Vermont

Very Rev. Michael P. Cronogue, SSE
Superior General
Society of Saint Edmund
Colchester, Vermont

Mr. Donald R. Dion, Jr. '76
President
Dion Money Management, Inc.
Williamstown, Massachusetts

Mr. Mark J. Doran '86
Taft Point Capital, LLC
Rye, New York

Ms. Michele S. Gatto
Executive VP-Corporate Services
& General Counsel (Retired)
National Life Group
Montpelier, Vermont

Mr. Gerard J. Gould
Immediate Past President - Alumni Association
Vice President, Investor Relations
Haemonetics Corporation
Braintree, Massachusetts

Rev. Thomas F.X. Hoar, SSE '73
President and CEO
Saint Edmund's Retreat, Inc.
Mystic, Connecticut

Mr. R. Alan Hunter, Jr.
President & COO (Retired)
The Stanley Works
New Britain, Connecticut

Rev. Michael P. Jacques, SSE
PastorSaint Peter Claver Parish
New Orleans, Louisiana

Ms. Noriko Kameda
Senior Lecturer (Retired)
Carroll School of Management
Boston College
Boston, Massachusetts

Sr. Jacqueline Marie Kieslich, RSM
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
Northeast Community
Burlington, Vermont

Rev. Msgr. John J. McDermott
Chancellor & Moderator of the Curia
Diocese of Burlington
South Burlington, Vermont

Mr. Michael E. McGrath
Executive Chairman and CEO
Thomas Group
Irving, Texas

Rev. Richard M. Myhalyk, SSE '66
Executive Director
Edmundite Southern Missions
Selma, Alabama

Dr. John J. Neuhauser
President
Saint Michael's College

Dr. Celine R. Paquette
President (Retired)
Paquette's Insurance Agency
Champlain, New York

Mr. Ernest A. Pomerleau '69
President
Pomerleau Real Estate
Burlington, Vermont

Rev. Marcel R. Rainville, SSE '67
Director of Formation
Society of Saint Edmund
Colchester, Vermont

Mr. Barry D. Roy '67
National Director for Tax Quality
Assurance and Risk (Retired)
Deloitte Touche
Washington, District of Columbia

Rev. David J. Théroux, SSE '70
Lecturer, Religious Studies
Saint Michael's College
Colchester, Vermont

Secretary of the Board

Ms. Marilyn E. Cormier

Emeritus Trustees

Mr. Paul P. Castrucci
Mr. James S. Dailey H'96
Mr. Gary N. Farrell '63, H'99
Dr. Raymund F. Kolowich '45, H'66
Dr. Robert E. O'Brien '42, H'73
Mr. Antonio B. Pomerleau H'94
Mr. Donald G. Walsh '55

President's Cabinet

Mr. William O. Anderson
Chief Information Officer

Ms. Tara Arcury, P’10
Assistant to the President

Ms. Marilyn E. Cormier P'11
Director of Government and Community Relations

Rev. Brian J. Cummings, SSE ’86
Director of Edmundite Campus Ministry

Dr. Dawn M. Ellinwood
Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students

Mr. Jerry E. Flanagan ’71, P’94, P’98, P’01, P'11
Vice President for Enrollment

Mr. Patrick J. Gallivan '89
Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Dr. Buff Lindau
Director of Marketing and Communications

Mr. Michael J. New P'07
Vice President for Human Resources

Mr. Neal E. Robinson P'05
Vice President for Finance

Dr. Karen A. Talentino
Vice President for Academic Affairs

Past Presidents of Saint Michael's College

Very Reverend Amand Prével, SSE
1904 – 1907

Very Reverend Ernest M. Salmon, SSE
1907 – 1913

Very Reverend Edmund M. Total, SSE
1913 – 1919

Very Reverend William Jeanmarie, SSE
1919 – 1931

Very Reverend Eugene Alliot, SSE
1931 – 1934

Very Reverend Leon E. Gosselin, SSE
1934 – 1940

Very Reverend James H. Petty, SSE
1940 – 1946

Very Reverend Daniel P. Lyons, SSE ’26, H’60
1946 – 1952

Very Reverend Francis E. Moriarty, SSE ’40, H’88
1952 – 1958
1974 – 1976

Very Reverend Gerald E. Dupont, SSE ‘35
1958 – 1969

Bernard Louis Boutin ’45, H’63
1969 – 1974

Edward L. Henry, Ph.D. H’87
1976 – 1985

Paul J. Reiss, Ph.D. H'05
1985 – 1996

Marc A. vanderHeyden, Ph.D.
1996 - 2007

President's Office Staff

Tara L. Arcury P'10
Assistant to the President
802.654.2212
tarcury@smcvt.edu

Tara serves as the interface between the President and all internal constituencies at Saint Michael's College, providing high-level support across a broad range of administrative tasks.  She is a member of the Cabinet and manages the President's Office.  Currently, Tara also serves as the institution's Accreditation Liaison Officer for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). Prior to joining the President’s staff in May 2012, Tara was Executive Assistant to the Dean of the College. She has served on the Staff Welfare Committee, the Staff Compensation Committee, the Web Redesign Team, Facilities Planning committee, and the Women's Center Committee. Currently she is serving on the Portal Implementation Committee. She was a 2011 recipient of the Distinguished Staff Award in Accomplishment.

Marilyn E. Cormier P'11
Director of Government and Community Relations
Secretary of the Board of Trustees
802.654.2215
mcormier@smcvt.edu

Marilyn is the liaison between the President and a wide range of external organizations, including various professional, government, charitable, business, arts, health care and religious groups at the local, regional and national levels.  In her role as Secretary of the Saint Michael's Board of Trustees, she serves as a link between the President and the Board.  In addition, she sits on the Board of Directors for Saint Michael's College Fire and Rescue, the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, Mercy Connections and Greater Burlington YMCA as well as serving as chair of the Vermont Council on World Affairs Board and secretary of the Merrill Cemetery Board.  In 2006, Governor Douglas appointed Marilyn to the Lake Champlain Quadricentennial Commission, where she chaired the Commemorative and Events Committee.  She is also a Past President of Colchester-Milton Rotary, which was Rotary Club of the Year in 2007-2008 and was named Colchester Rotarian of the Year in 2004 and 2011.  In 2006, she received the Vermont Women in Higher Education’s Sister Elizabeth Candon Distinguished Service Award.  Marilyn completed the Emily Post Institute's "Train the Trainer" Program in 2008 and Protocol Officer Training at the Protocol School of Washington in 2011.

A native of Sri Lanka and a naturalized American citizen, Marilyn has been with Saint Michael's since 1982, serving first as Executive Secretary to the Vice President for Academic Affairs and then as Assistant to the President before moving into her present position in 2000.  Through June 2005, she chaired Saint Michael's Centennial Committee and coordinated the College's centenary celebrations.  Before coming to Saint Michael's, Marilyn was Executive Secretary to the President of Lockheed Aircraft International A.G. in Saudi Arabia.

Louise H. Luchini
Administrative Assistant
802.654.2211
lluchini@smcvt.edu

Louise provides full-time administrative support in the Office of the President and has been a member of the President's Office staff since 1991. This represents a continuation of her professional experience in educational settings, including service as Administrative Assistant to the Public Relations Director at Champlain College as well as part-time and temporary positions in several other offices on their Burlington campus. Louise also received an associate's degree from Champlain in 1970. She is a native Vermonter and grew up in Shrewsbury.

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