**HISTORY ALUMNI BARBEQUE,
a perennial highlight of the spring semester, founded in 1999
by PETE ROTOLO ''00, bringing together hundreds of
current students and alumni who share the love of History.

The 9th Annual History Alumni BBQ
is scheduled for Saturday, April 14th, 2007.

The  8TH ANNUAL HISTORY
ALUMNI BBQ took place on
SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2006.
This link leads to pictures

**READING, WRITING, AND ANALYSIS,
the hallmarks of all History courses
offered at Manhattanville, as all will attest.
Especially reading.

**ALUMNI CONNECTION
second to none among all Manhattanville academic
departments--ask anybody!  Check out our 2006 Alumni Update,
"Chronicle of the Old Guard" by clicking on  this line.

**"HISTORY NEWS,"
formerly an annual paper publication, now having made  the transition
to online status [click here], keeping everybody up-to-date.

** FIELD TRIPS
From Harper's Ferry to Gettysburg, to Mount Vernon, Newport,
Lexington & Concord, Manassas, Walden Pond...and beyond.
 APRIL, 2005:  QUEBEC CITY--Pictures: click here.
APRIL, 2006:  PHILADELPHIA.  Pictures: click here.

**HISTORY AND  VARSITY BASKETBALL
Nobody's exactly sure why, but since 1991, beginning with
STEVE DELUCA '91 and ROBERT KASMIRE '92,
(both honors graduates, Departmental Supplemental
Instructors, and recipients of the Howard Bloomquist Award),
some fifty-five men's varsity basketball student-athletes have
either majored or minored in the world's greatest subject.
Nearly a dozen have served the Department as
supplemental instructors, four have won our top academic awards, and three [Bob Kasmire, Chris Drosopoulos, & Ryan Pettit] have taught summer school for us after graduating.  



Pictured above: the 2004 Alumni Basketball game was, as usual, dominated by History guys.  Pictured above are 7 History BAs
(Pat Scanlon (MVILLE Varsity Head Coach), Ed Albano, John Danielski, Prof. Bowling, Tim Dooley, Ryan Pettit, Bob Kasmire) plus History minor Vic Scipioni.

History majors & minors on the 2006-07 team include
JOHN DIBETTA '07, MICHAEL PANELLA '08, BRIAN FINK '08,
JOVAN KANDIC '07, EDUARDO HUEZO '08, BEN SHAPIRO '07,
WILL LO '09, JASON WALSH '09, and BRENDAN FLYNN '08,
and the Head Coach is PAT SCANLON '03--himself a
BA History [with honors] & the recipient of the
Howard Bloomquist Award for the Best Achievement in
History by a Graduating Senior.

**THE BAT,
symbol of the "authority" of the President of the History Club,
from Cooperstown, N.Y., alleged birthplace of baseball,
given to the Department of History in 2002 by History majors
ALBERTO BOCUS '05 and DAN MANFRATES '05 [Click here]
and a few of their other friends who will be named when they
see the light & make History at least their minor
  [they finally have: Paul Kouba '05, Rich Battista '05]
 inscribed with the mysterious slogan,
"Please Don't Fail Us."

[above: A GATHERING OF PRESIDENTS enjoy the 2003 History BBQ.
Four former presidents of the History Club:
Ed Albano '03, Pete Rotolo '00, Loren Mayshark '04, 
Officer Michael McCann NYPD, '02.

[above:  The GIRLS IN BLACK return to Purchase to catch up with History.
Hey, COURTNEY & AMY, what's with the shades?.]

[above:  ARIANA MARRA, 1995 Co-Recipient of
the Howard Bloomquist Award for the
Best Achievement in History by a Graduating Senior,
at the May, 2003 Commencement.]

[above: JOHN GALGANO, 2000 Co-Recipient of the Howard Bloomquist Award for the Best Achievement in History by a Graduating Senior,
just before his graduation from Pace University School of Law, and between gigs for his band IZZ [ http://www.izznet.com ], May, 2003.]
John is currently the Alumni Director of Manhattanville as well as Associate General Counsel of the College.