Brothers, Sisters, and Teresian Association Members

Brothers, Sisters, and Teresian Association Members

Bethlehem University is a Catholic Christian co-educational institution of higher learning founded in 1973 in the Lasallian tradition, open to students of all faith traditions. It is administered by the Lasallian Brothers, Sisters, and laypeople. Bethlehem University, the first university established in the West Bank, and can trace its roots to 1893 when the De La Salle Christian Brothers opened schools in Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Jaffa, Nazareth, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt.

Brothers at Bethlehem University

The following is a list of all of the Brothers who served at Bethlehem University (updated 16 Jan 2025):

NAME	DISTRICT	ARRIVED	DEPARTED	Ministry	Deceased
Alonzo, Anthony Albert	Orient	Sep. ’80 Aug. ’86	Jun. ’85 Aug. ’87
Asperslag, Denis Jean	Belgium North	Aug. ’80	Jul. ’81
Bernabei, Austin	New York/District of Eastern North America	Jul. ’87	Aug. ’89	Teacher	Feb. 02, 2013
Boyle, Mark	Great Britain	Sep. ’99	Oct. ’02	English Teacher Accountant Officer	Aug. 10, 2009
Broyles, Paul	New York/District of Eastern North America	Oct. ’74	Mar. ’75	Acting President	Aug. 07, 1993
Bray, Peter	New Zealand	Nov. ’08	Dec. ’23	Vice Chancellor
Buckley, Cornelius	Ireland	Sep. ’82 Mar. ’90	Jul. ’85 Jun. ’93	English Teacher
Butler, James	Baltimore/District of Eastern North America	Jul. ’02	Jan ’03	English Teacher
Cardwell, Kenneth	San Francisco	Dec. ’99	Jul. ’02	English Teacher
Casey, Daniel	Long Island New England/ District of Eastern North America	Feb. ’05	Apr. ’08	Vice Chancellor	Jul. 30, 2008
Cerna, Alejandro González	Mexico	Aug. ’18		Dean of the Faculty of Education
Chaya, Henry	New York/District of Eastern North America	Aug. ’03 Aug. ’07	Jun. ’04 Jun. ’09	CAIS Teacher Chair CAIS Chemistry Teacher
Clayton, Carl	Baltimore/District of Eastern North America	Sep. ’99	Jun. ’00	English Teacher	Jan. 30, 2020
Collins, Myron	San Francisco	Aug. ’94	Jun. ’04	Chemistry Teacher	Dec. 03, 2014
Conforti, Gerard	New York/District of Eastern North America	Jan. ’96	Jul. ’97	Finance Officer
Connolly, James	Great Britain	Sep. ’82	Feb. ’92	Teacher Chair of English AVP	Jun. 13, 2020
Conroy, Bernard	Great Britain	Sep. ’00 Jan. ’03	Jul. ’02 Jun. ’05	Chemistry Teacher
Cooney, Thomas	Great Britain	Aug. ’87	Aug. ’97
Curran, Jack	New York/District of Eastern North America	Aug. ’03 Feb. ’24	Aug. ’13	Vice President for Advancement
Daszkiewicz, Robert	Long Island New England/ District of Eastern North America	Aug. ’79 Sep. ’85 Aug. ’95	Aug. ’83 Aug. ’87 Jun. ’01	AVP Education Teacher Hotel Management	Jan. 20, 2010
De Roeper, Anton	Great Britain	Jun. ’77 Sep. ’86	Jul. ’79 Dec. ’93	Biology Teacher Vice Chancellor	May 18, 2019
Dizon, Rolande	Philippines	Aug. ’07	May ’08	Director of Quality Assurance	Apr. 25, 2012
Everett, Edward	Midwest	Aug. ’97	Aug. ’98		Aug. 21, 2013
Fitzgerald, Brendan	New York/District of Eastern North America	Sep. ’73	Jul. ’78	2nd AVP	Jan. 11, 2006
Ford, Timothy	San Francisco	Aug. ’78	Jun. ’82	Biology Teacher	Jan. 27, 2008
French, Paul	Midwest	Aug. ’80	Jul. ’82	English Teacher	Dec. 10, 2015
Gallagher, Ronald	San Francisco	Aug. ’93	Mar. ’97	Vice Chancellor	Jan. 4, 2025
Gottwald, Vincent	Colombo	Feb. ’79	Sep. ’89	1st Development Officer	Feb. 19, 1996
Henderson, Peter	New York/District of Eastern North America	Sep. ’89	Jul. ’92	Chemistry Teacher	Feb. 27, 2021
Houde, Thomas	Midwest	Aug. ’95	Jun. ’00	Theatre	Oct. 15, 2024
Hynes, Christian	New York/District of Eastern North America	Aug. ’77	Jan. ’80	3rd AVP	May 28, 2004
Iorlano, Peter	New York/District of Eastern North America	Aug. ’04 Aug. ’04	Aug. ‘21 Aug. ‘21	English Teacher Coordinator of Institutional Values
Kevin Griffin	St. Louis	Sep. ’92	Jun. ’97	English Teacher	Oct. 02, 1998
Kieffe, Neil	Midwest	Sep. ’91	Nov. ’22	AVP
Kiley, Thomas	San Francisco	Aug. ’80	May ’82	English Teacher
Knezich, Bernard	New York/District of Eastern North America	Aug. ’83	Sep. ’88	Development	Jul. 07, 2013
Krotky, Etienne	Orient	Sep. ’75	Jun. ’77	Teacher	Apr 21, 2020
Lavin, Thomas	Ireland	Sep. ’05	July. ’06	Biology Teacher
Litecky, Cyril	Midwest	Jul. ’84 Aug. ’91 ’95	Jun. ’89 ’95 ’15	Academic Vice President Financial Vice President Assistant to Vice Chancellor	Apr. 04, 2015
Loehr, John	New York/District of Eastern North America	Nov. ’92	Sep. ’94	Maintenance Supervisor
Loewenstein, Joseph	New York/District of Eastern North America	Jan. ’75 Sep. ’85 Sep. ’99	Feb. ’82 Jun. ’92 August ’17	President/Vice Chancellor Dean of Education Special Project	Feb. 18, 2021
Malham, Vincent	Midwest	Aug. ’96	Sep. ’05	Vice Chancellor	May 02, 2008
Mansir, Donald	San Francisco	Sep. ’88	Nov. ’93	Teacher	Oct. 08,  2011
Manuel, Jean	Orient	Sep. ’76 Dec. ’82 Aug. ’94	Feb. ’78 Jul. ’93	English Teacher
Medhanit, Belayneh	Lwanga District, Africa	Nov. 19		VP Advancement
McArdle, Fergus	Ireland	Aug ’03	Jun.’06	Vice President for Academic Affairs	Dec. 13, 2007
Mckeon, Mark	Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Papua New Guinea	Oct. ’14 Oct. ‘22 Oct. ‘22	Jul. ‘17	VP HR and Administrative Affairs Coordinator for Institutional Affairs Instructor in the Department of English
McPhillips, Thomas	Baltimore/District of Eastern North America	Aug. ’94	Jun. ’95	Teacher	Jun. 06, 2013
Mulligan, Francis	Long Island	Sep. ’86	Aug. ’87	English Teacher	May 13, 2000
Murphy, Denis	Chicago	Sep. ’83	Jun. ’86	Sociology	Dec. 15, 2017
Murphy, Michael	California	Aug.’09	Aug. ’09 Aug. ’10	English Teacher Spring 2010 Study Leave
Neary, Boniface Joseph	Long Island	Sep. ’73	May ’74	1st President	Oct. 08, 1995
O’Connor, Anthony	Long Island	Sep. ’73	Jul. ’78	1st Vice President	Jan. 24, 2013
O’Neill, John	San Francisco	Aug. ’83	Jul. ’86	AVP
Santos González, Héctor Hernán	Paraguay	Dec. ’23		Vice Chancellor
Scanlan, Thomas	New York/District of Eastern North America	Aug. ’81	Jan. ’87	Vice Chancellor	Feb. 04, 2018
Scarpa, David	Great Britain	Jan. ’90	Sep. ’05	Biology Teacher Dean of Science Water & Soil Environment Research Unit
Smith, Dominic	Baltimore/District of Eastern North America	Aug. ’97 ’08	Jul. ’07 ’22	Library Director Development Associate at BUF	Jan. 29 , 2023
Smith, Robert	Midwest	Aug. ’07		Vice President for Academic Affairs
Sullivan, Jerome	New York/District of Eastern North America	Aug. ’97	Jul. ’03	VP for Development
Tuohy, Stephen	New York/District of Eastern North America	Sep. ’14 Aug. ’13 Aug. ’17 Aug. ’20	Aug. 2017 Aug. ’17 Aug. ’20	Executive Director of BUF VP for Development VP for Human Resources & Administrative Affairs He is still an active volunteer in the service of BU
Vogel, Eric	San Francisco	Jun. ’76	Nov. ’83	Chemistry Teacher	Jun. 24, 2000
White, Patrick	Great Britain	Sep. ’85	Jan. ’93	Chair of English Dept.
Winka, Andrew	New York/District of Eastern North America	Aug. ’88	Jul. ’94	Chemistry	Sept. 30, 2008

 Please send updated information to: info@bethlehem.edu

Sisters at Bethlehem University

The following is a list of all of the Sisters who served at BU ( updated 16 Jan 2025):

1974

• Sr. Anita Sibilia, MPF – Mathematics -1979 (Deceased: March 28, 2003)
• Sr. Elizabeth Parente, MPF   English- 1979 (Deceased: March 23, 2003)

1975

• Sr. Pia Powell, SJA- English – 1997 Return Fall ’99 (Deceased: July 19, 2012)

1976

• Sr. Regina Hansen, OSB – English – 1984 (Deceased: August 8, 2007)
• Sr. Jolene Wingert, OSF – English- 1977 (Deceased: January 31, 2022)
• Sr. Margaret Ahl, DC – Nursing – 1979 (Deceased: October 14, 2007)

1977

• Sr. Mary de Lourdes Daniels, OSF –Nursing – 1979 (Deceased: December 06, 1994)

1978

• Sr. Miriam Dolmovich, CDP – FVP – 1989 (Deceased: July 20, 2005)
• Sr. Ruth Kerrigan,CSA – Nursing – 1979 (Deceased: March 14, 2011)
• Sr. Ellen Springer, SSJ – Chemistry – 1979 (Deceased: July 16, 2015)

1979

• Sr. Peter Coyle, OLA – English – 1986 (Deceased: January 23, 2010)
• Sr. TheophaneWurzer, FSE – Nursing – 1991 (Deceased: May 4, 2016)
• Sr. Paula Howard, OSB – English, Registrar – 1988  (Deceased: October 24, 2021)
• Sr. Rita Meagher, SJA – English – 1994 (Deceased: September 24, 2017)
• Sr. Francita Bahr,ASC – Nursing – summer volunteer (Deceased: May 1, 1987)

1980

• Sr. Barbara Gfeller, SNJM – Bio, Registrar – 1983 (Deceased: November 28, 2018)
• Sr. Maria Petruska, OSBM – English – 1981 (Deceased: April 11, 2018)
• Sr. Judith Zoebelein, English – 1981

1981

• Sr. Caroline Agravante, SPC – Nursing 1987
• Sr. Pura Belmonte, SPC – English – 1983 (Deceased: April 27,2001)
• Sr. Mary Joyce de La Cruz, SPC – Finance – 1984 (Deceased: December 14, 2022)
• Sr. Margaret Mary Rzecoski, FSE – English – 1982
• Sr. Maria Homberg, MM – Nursing – 1992

1982

• Sr. Laura Haug, OSB – Education – 1983 (Deceased: January 22, 2020)
• Sr. Maria Reguera, SPC Math 1983 (Deceased: April 23,2002)
• Sr. Marie Jeanette Grabato, SPC – Nursing – 1983
• Sr. Elvira Prodan, NDS – French – 1983

1983

• Sr. Elizabeth Early, SC – English -1987 (Deceased: January 27, 2003)
• Sr. Rosette Naber, RS– Business- 1993 (Deceased: August 10, 1997)
• Sr. Rose Mesa, FSE – English- 1984
• Sr. Paula Jean Miller, FSE – English – 1984
• Sr. Janet Holzer, SCC- Business- 1984 (Deceased: July 3, 2020)
• Sr. Marie Clotilde Andes, SPC – English – 1986 (Deceased: December 26, 2018)
• Sr. Marie Goldstein, RSHM, -1984 (Deceased: September 11, 2011)
• Sr. Margaret Helen Hofstetter, OP –  English – 1988 (Deceased: January 27, 2019)

1984

• Sr. Katherine Teresa Byrne, MM – Nursing – 1985 (Deceased: June 28, 2017)
• Sr. Mary Agatha Diaz, SPC – Biology – 1991, Return 1998- 2002 Archivist
• Sr. Patricia Crockford, SJA- Humanities – 2020

1985

• Sr. Pauline Zeleznik, CSJ – Chemistry – 1986 (Deceased: October 7, 2022)
• Sr. Marcelle Theresa Bual, SPC – Business – 1991

1986

• Sr. Theresa Didonato, SFC – Arts – 1987
• Sr. Julia Tierney, OSF – English – 1987 (Deceased: February 15, 2019)
• Sr. Maire Smyth, OLA – English – 1987 (Deceased: December 19, 2011)
• Sr. Eleanor Lincoln, CSJ – English- Summer 1986 (Deceased: June 17, 2015)
• Sr. Catherine Litecky, CSJ –English –Summer1986 (Deceased: May 20, 2013)

1987

• Sr. Bernadita Quinon SPC – Nursing- Dec 1987 – May 1988 (5 mos) (Deceased: December 6, 2020)
• Sr. Florence Steichen, CSJ- Registrar -1992
• Sr. Dolores Waldoch, SSND – English – Summer – (Deceased: May 29, 1988)

1989

• Sr. Emilienne de Jesus Mendoza, SPC – Nursing – 1990 – (Deceased: Dec. 28, 2024)

1990

• Sr. Rosamond Abadesco, SPC – Nursing- Feb.1990 – June 1991 (Deceased: January 21, 2019)
• Sr. Jane Fischer, SSND – English – Summer 1990 (Deceased: July 30, 2009)

1991

• Sr. Mary BellarmineAristorenas, SPC – Nursing – 1999 (Deceased: August 6, 2009)
• Sr. Clare Garcillano, SPC – Finance – May 1998
• Sr. Mary Ellen Foster, CSJ – English 1993

1992

• Sr. Aida Velasco, SPC – Finance – July 2005 – (Deceased: September 11, 2017)

1993

• Sr. Catherine Mary Manley, IHM – English – 1994 (Deceased: January 19, 1996)

1996

• Sr. Stephanie Wilson, OSU Finance 2000 (Deceased: March 29, 2017)
• Sr. Marie Cruz Gomez -Hotel Mgt. – Fall ’96 – PT
• Sr. Mary Abdilla, SJA    – Supervisor Mar Andrea Hostel – 1998

1997

• Sr. Ann Avril, NDS – Tour Guide – 2018

1998

• Sr. Elaine Kelly, SFCC- Development – 2000

1999

• Sr. Violetta Ortega, SPC, Finance 2004 (Deceased: April 1, 2008)
• Sr. Raymonde Cobin, RS – Arabic – 2016 (Deceased: February 9, 2023)

2000

• Sr. Karen Kennelly, CSJ – English

2002

• Sr. Rosalinda C. Amacanin, SPC – Archivist – present

2003

• Sr. Cecilia Nioko, SPC- Finance – July to October (3 mos)

2004

• Sr. Corazon Hinlo, SPC , Finance  – present

2005

• Sr. Ruby Abellana, SPC – Finance/Development – June 2010

2006

• Sr. Fida/Virginie Habib – Religious Studies – 2020

2010

• Sr. Mary Yacoub, SJA – Nursing in Quobeibeh – present

Missing Dates of the following Sisters:

• Sr. Noel Dreska, OSF Math – summer volunteer (Deceased: Nov. 02, 2003)
• Sr. Frances Gussenhoven, RSHM- English- (Deceased: Jul. 14, 2024)

Teresian Association Members at Bethlehem University 

List of Teresian Association Members who served at BU:

1974

• Elisa Estrada – Library – 1980

1976

• Maria Asuncion Martin – Library – 1978

1978

• Piedad Fernandez – Spanish/Humanities Lecturer – 1992 – (Deceased: Mar. 1, 2015)
• Concepcion Pacia – Library – 1983 – (Deceased: Jan. 24, 2014)

1983

• Esmeralda Brotdeth – Library – 1991

Mar Andrea – 1998-2000

Development Office – 2000 – 2007

Library – 2007 – 2020

Volunteer –Development Office – 2020 – present

• Maria Dolores Gracian – Chemistry Professor – 1984

1991

• Rebecca Calaor – Library – 2019

1998

• Virginia Villegas – Mar Andrea – 1999 – (Deceased: Feb. 09, 2008)
• Mary Carmen Murtula – Mar Andrea – 1998

1999

• Maria  Luisa del Riego – Mar Andrea – 2000

2005

• Carmen Sayo – English Dept. – Fall 2005

2007

• Meliza Panes – Development – 2008

2020

• Elizabeth D’Souza – Library – present

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Please send updated information to: info@bethlehem.edu