Canisius High School Today
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he Mr. Canisius Award is presented annually to the
graduating senior who, in the estimation of his peers,
epitomizes all for which Canisius stands. Typically, he is
a student who has used his heart, spirit, strength and mind
to an exceptional degree in service to others and love
for God. Mr. Canisius possesses and lives up to each of
these characteristics. The entire student body, with senior
votes carrying the most weight, votes for this award.
Congratulations to Our Graduation AwardWinners
A number of awards were presented during the Canisius High School graduation ceremonies on
Wednesday, May 22, 2013.
Jerome Best ’62
Thomas Haney ’63
Jeffrey Woeppel ’64
Thomas Lombardo, Jr. ’65
Robert Reger, Jr. ’66
Timothy Harmon ’67
Gregory Pratt ’68
Lawrence Chojecki ’69
Michael Connolly ’70
Peter Curtin ’71
Mark McNamara ’72
Scott Barry ’73
Gerald Pollock ’74
Kevin Curran ’75
Bryan Tenney ’76
Patrick Plunkett ’77
Paul Gregory ’78
Mark Fitzgerald ’79
Richard DiValerio, Jr. ’80
E. Lawrence Hokaj ’81
Michael O’Neill ’82
Kenneth Crosta ’83
John McCarthy, Jr. ’84
Michael Naughton ’85
Henry Nowak ’86
Salvatore LaDuca III ’87
Timothy Rine ’88
Benjamin Batory ’89
Thomas Enstice ’90
Brendan Malley ’91
James Swartz, Jr. ’92
Harvey Young, Jr. ’93
Carlos Perez ’94
Noel Sutton ’95
Thaddeus Kresse ’96
Paul Cumbo ’97
Brian Lysiak ’98
Martin LaFalce ’99
Timothy Leary, Jr. ’00
Timothy Short ’01
Joshua Birdsall ’02
Michael Fitzgerald ’03
Stanley Pietrak III ’04
Theophilus Ossei-Anto ’05
Timothy Keating ’06
Cosimo Polino III ’07
Stephen Brenner ’08
John Urschel ’09
CameronWalsh ’10
Gordon Lyons ’11
Russel Fiorella ’12
Jack Sardinia ’13
Mr. Canisius AwardWinners: 1962 to 2013
Mr. Canisius Award
Congratulations to
Mr. Canisius Award
Winner
John (Jack)
Sardinia ’13
Nominees were:
Massimo Capizzi
WilliamMcCauley
Jacob Dittenhauser
Alexander Pizzuto
W. Alexander Long
John Sardinia
In accepting the award, Sardinia addressed his fellow graduates from the class of 2013, saying,
“As we follow this path, let us allow faith and our values to be our guides. Wherever we go next, our
foremost responsibility is to be leaders. Leaders with humility to question the world, to benefit not
themselves, but others.”
