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Senior
Evaluations, 2004
Stacy Alessio, Propaganda
& Empire; Britain, France, & Imperialism.
Meredith Callinan, Ghettos in Poland: The Effects on
Polish Jews in the Holocaust.
Debbe Cordts, Reagan,
Gorbachev, and the Collapse of the U.S.S.R.
Karissa Cosentino, The
Emergence of the Modern Department Store: The Early History of
Bloomingdale's.
John Danielski, The History of the Ku Klux Klan,
1865-Present.
Michael DeSerio, Home Grown Soul; The History, Origins,
& Realities of Ebonics.
Jonathan Drew, Nat Turner; Motivations & Effects of the 1831
Southampton Slave Revolt.
Claudia Fortunato, The
Fate of the Gilded Age on Long Island's North Shore.
Courtney Fusz, Abraham
Lincoln: The Great Emancipator.
Jessica Gray, The Demise of the Black Panther Party; What
Happened to the Vanguard?
Chad Killam, History of United States Special Operations in
Modern Military Forces.
Jillian Kostora, The Legislation & Governmental Policies
Concerning African Americans During the Eras of Slavery, Emancipation
& Reconstruction in the United States, 1850-70
A. J. Kretschmer, Pete Rose; Integrity Matters.
Loren Mayshark, Cambodia & the Khmer Rouge.
Vivian Moy, Harmonious Fists: The Boxer Rebellion & the
Rise of Chinese Nationalism
Brian Nickels, Steinbrenner:
Baseball's Boss.
Greg O'Brien, History
& Significance of Global Intelligence Agencies
Shawna Oleyar, The Civil War in Maryland.
Suzana Pavisic, United States Policy toward Yugoslavia as a
Result of Tito's Break with Stalin.
Jessica Rickershauser, Title IX; Then & Now.
Kyle Roloson, The History of Las Vegas.
Steven Scharf, A History of United States Immigration Trends
& Policies.
Julie Wilson, The New York City Draft Riots.
Michael Camarinos'04, the pride of Jericho,
Long Island, shortly after graduating. He "almost" made
the History major, settling instead for a strong minor of NINE courses.
Stacey Alessio '04 of Garnerville, N.Y. celebrates the first of
what we hope will be several degrees in the world's greatest
subject. She graduated with departmental honors and magna cum laude.
John Baldini '06
of Yonkers, N.Y., another
happy History major.
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Senior
Profile:
JOHN DANIELSKI
The GREATEST PLAYER in MANHATTANVILLE BASKETBALL
HISTORY
as compiled by
L. Bowling
JOHN DANIELSKI
graduated with a B. A. in History in May,
2004. On June 7th, over lunch at Southside Johnny's, Rye
Beach, overlooking Long Island Sound, I interviewed the man sometimes
called John D. (and also "Hulk"). John is one of five
children raised by Frank and Eileen Danielski in Ansonia, Conn. Two
of his siblings have graduated from George Washington U. in D.C. and
another is currently studying there, while the fourth is at
Fairfield. John's father, a teacher, coached him beginning in the
2nd grade, and his two older brothers also played basketball. By
eighth grade, John had grown to 6', then reached 6'3" in 10th grade
and finally 6'5" by senior year at Notre Dame High School. At
ND he also played varsity soccer for four years. The Manhattanville
coaching staff was recruiting Tim Dooley '03
and thereby became acquainted with John, who visited campus during senior
year, staying with Tim & Steve Shevlin
'03. He began making his mark as a
Valiant during a freshman year trip to Arizona, and wound up being named
the Skyline Conference Rookie of the Year for 2001, in which he had five
double-doubles. As a sophomore
he was honorable mention, All-Skyline, and senior year he received many
honors, including 1st Team, All-Skyline,
2nd team, D3hoops.com All-Region, & honorable mention
ECAC All-Metro. His career
high of 36 points came vs. Mt. St. Mary's
at home, and his career high of 30
rebounds came at Stevens Tech, a MVILLE
record performance. His greatest
frustration as a player at MVILLE was being so close to getting a
conference title and NCAA tournament berth...but not quite.
John, a true
History man, often wore History T-shirts under his uniform during games: white, "The
Few, the Proud, the Literate,"
and red, as above,
"Simply
the Best."
John's first History course came during his second semester here, and was
his first college lecture style class, a format he preferred. He
took two more History courses in the fall of his sophomore year, including
his first independent study, and became a major, influenced by Loren
Mayshark '04, Tim Dooley '03, A. J. Kretschmer '04, Matt Curtis '05, Kyle
Roloson '04, & Ed Albano '03.
His independent study on Julius Caesar gave him the idea to suggest the
2004 History T-shirt, "VENI,
VIDI, VICI." John
served the History Department as a Supplemental Instructor both semesters
of his senior year. He is continuing his caddying career after
college, considering teaching and coaching, and investigating playing
basketball abroad. He participated in the 2004 Senior
Invitational Pro Basketball Camp held in Boston and is prominently &
positively featured on their
website, http://seniorcamp.tripod.com/.
His performance there was well-evaluated on the site: "Smart player,
and a very good attitude."
Ever since Bob
Kamire '92,
founder of the Manhattanville History/Basketball tradition, invited me in
the fall of 1989 to one of his games at Kennedy Gymnasium, I have seen the
vast majority of our home games, and many road games as well. Feb.
7, 2004, at Centenary College in New Jersey, I saw John truly turn a game
around with a dominating second half performance that took everyone's breath away.
.
JOHN DANIELSKI
now stands alone as the
ALL-TIME TOP
REBOUNDER IN
MANHATTANVILLE BASKETBALL HISTORY,
with
929, breaking a record that had stood for more than twenty
years. He also is now the
4TH
ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER (1,519
pts). And, as
everyone who knows John will attest, he
accomplished it all with his unassuming grace, modesty, &
sincere team attitude. The Department of History salutes this
stellar representative of Manhattanville's History/Basketball tradition:
JOHN DANIELSKI
The GREATEST PLAYER in
MANHATTANVILLE
BASKETBALL HISTORY.
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