Having done all of these other jobs at Gonzaga, there are rumors afoot that, since our sister institution, Georgetown University, is installing a non-Jesuit as its next President, John has gently suggested to some of the Trustees that perhaps our own President would be interested in a sabbatical, and that John himself might be persuaded to step into the breach for a year or two.  I personally give no credence to these rumors.  At least not yet!

John came to Gonzaga from Blessed Sacrament in Chevy Chase in 1946, and his association with the Dramatic Society dates almost from that time.John’s first year was devoted to learning to think in Latin, but in his second year he joined the “Players’ and Reveler’s Guild”, as the Society was then quaintly called, and was immediately immersed in the smash Swampoodle hit by Will Shakespeare – ‘Julius Caesar’ excitingly produced in modern military dress!  When John enrolled in the ROTC at Georgetown a few years later, he felt that his work on the play entitled him to raise his hand when the Seargent asked if anyone in the platoon had prior military experience.  Fortunately for Gonzaga, John chose not to make a career of the military.  It is probably not an exaggeration to say that John has been the closest we have had to an indispensable person in Gonzaga’s history.  I am proud to induct John Delaney of the class of ’50, as our newest member in the Gonzaga Theatre Hall of Fame.

IN ORATORIO AND EARLY MUSIC, HE PLAYED THE ARCHANGEL IN THE MEDIEVAL DRAMA, HEROD AND THE INNOCENTS WITH THE ENSEMBLE FOR EARLY MUSIC.  HE HAS SUNG IN MANY PERFORMANCES OF MESSIAH, AS WELL AS MOZART'S REQUIEM, BACH'S ST. JOHN PASSION, AND HANDEL'S ACIS AND GALATEA, AMONG OTHERS.  HIS SONG RECITALS HAVE BEEN HEARD AT THE TERRACE THEATRE OF THE KENNEDY CENTER, DUMBARTON OAKS, THE ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL, THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, AND THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION.

IN MUSICAL THEATRE HE HAS PLAYED LEADING ROLES IN OKLAHOMA, THE KING AND I, GODSPELL, THE APPLE TREE, GIRL CRAZY, THE FANTASTICKS, AND GILBERT AND SULLIVAN'S THE GONDOLIERS AND THE YEOMAN OF THE GUARD.  HE HAS OFFERED MANY PROGRAMS OF POPULAR AMERICAN SONG, WITH REPORTOIRE BY BERLIN, GERSHWIN, PORTERS, ROGERS, KERN, LOESSER, BERNSTEIN, SONDHEIM, AND MORE.

HE IS CURRENTLY IN HIS ELEVENTH YEAR ON THE VOICE FACULTY OF ADELPHI UNIVERSITY WHERE, IN ADDITION TO SINGING LESSONS, HE CONDUCTS THE ADELPHI CHORUS, AND HAS SERVED AS MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR MORE THAN A DOZEN PRODUCTIONS.  HE ALSO SPENT EIGHT YEARS AS VOICE AND PEDAGOGY INSTRUCTOR AT CANCORDIA COLLEGE IN BRONXVILLE, N.Y.  MR. HUME LIVES IN SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. WITH HIS WIFE, KARIN ADIR, AND HIS SONS, DYLAN, MAXWELL, AND CODY.

Graham Hunt, his two brothers and two sisters all, at one time, performed on the Gonzaga stage.  Stuart '75, the eldest, and, presumably, the inspiration for the others, was in all but one of eight musicals produced while he was at Gonzaga.  Graham one-upped him and appeared in every show from his freshman through his senior years.  His first appearance was as the dour draper's apprentice, Buggins, in Half a Sixpence, where he held down 42 lines of dialogue.  Next, if one looked carefully, he could be spotted among the horde of nameless Jets in West Side Story  '82.  The following autumn, he was part of the seamless sextet which led On The Town, which he describes as his most enjoyable experience on the Gonzaga stage.  In the next show, Graham portrayed Don Quixote, one of the great characters in the history of literature in the title role of Man Of La Mancha.  He completed his Gonzaga run in his senior year with the roles of Barnum in the production of the same name and Daddy Warbucks in Annie.

Through the Dramatics Society, Graham met Andrew Prosky.  Andrew showed him the ropes and was the nucleus of a group of friends that remains tight to this day.  In 1996, Graham took part in the Dramatics Society revue/reunion as part of Gonzaga's 175th Anniversary Celebration.  His powerful rendition of “The Impossible Dream” brought down the house.  During the preparations for the anniversary celebration, Graham met the beautiful Mary Vanmeter (Notre Dame Academy '87).  He had never more than wistfully eyed from afar the young woman who 12 years earlier had come on the scene as the first girl ever to join the Gonzaga band.  As Graham likes to say, "The rest is history."  The two of them currently live in Richmond, Virginia.  Mary teaches first grade at St. Benedict's School.  Graham works as a cardiac medical technician, while, simultaneously, pursuing his Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the Medical College of Virginia.

• REGISTRAR
• ASSISTANT DEAN OF STUDENTS
• MINISTER OF THE COMMUNITY
• DEAN OF STUDENTS
• DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL PLANT
• ENGLISH TEACHER
• DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EVENTS
• MANAGER OF THE BOOKSTORE
• ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF RETREAT
• MODERATOR THE STAGE CREW 

In 1992, the President and Board of Directors of Gonzaga College High School extended their deep gratitude to Brother Ritzman by calling him “A FRIEND AND COUNSELOR OF A GENERATION OF GONZAGA STUDENTS, A DOER, A MOVER AND PLANNER, A GIANT OF A MAN AND A SERVUS SERVORUM OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD.”

After serving as Chaplain of Scranton Preparatory School and Minister to the Scranton Jesuit Community, Bro was called to serve in his present capacity as Assistant Rector, Treasurer, and Business manager of the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, CA.

In 1999, Gonzaga conferred upon him the St. Aloysius Medal for outstanding service to the Gonzaga community.

Brother Ritzman will long be remembered in the Gonzaga community as a dedicated and generous man who ~ among many, many things ~ raised high school drama to the level of true theater in the world back stage.

He achieved this primarily by applying his own life’s motto: “If it’s worth doing… it’s worth over doing” to a series of unforgettable productions on the Gonzaga boards.

He served as the guiding force behind the stage, light, loft, and ground crews for no less than nine major Gonzaga musicals:  Take Me Along, South Pacific, The Pajama Game, Camelot (Celebrating Gonzaga’s Sesquicentennial), The Unsinkable Molly Brown, The 1972 production of Damn Yankees (Celebrating Joe Kozik’s first 30 years at Gonzaga), Barnum, Annie, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

For his role in the legendary production of The Wizard of Oz, Brother Ritzman still holds a singular distinction in the history of theater at Gonzaga. He is the only moderator of a specialized group of stage crew members charged with making monkeys fly.  He is the only person to have held the title of Flight Manager.

Although no one knew it a the time, Marybeth Rizio Rowan's singing career began when she was just a baby.  When attending church with her parents, Marybeth would often break into song whenever the organist began playing.  It was always with such enthusiasm, that the volume of her voice would fill her parents, Richard and Luisa Rizio, with the contradictory feelings of pride and embarrassment.  From those moments on, Marybeth showed a passion and considerable aptitude for music.  She also proved to be what the singing world calls a "Belter". 

Marybeth was born in Washington, DC.  At the tender age of four, her father was assigned to positions in South America:  Chile, her mother's native country, and Argentina.  It was during their five year stay in South America that Marybeth became acquainted with the first instrument she would study, the guitar, at age seven. 

In 1974, the Rizio family returned to the District where she and her sister Melissa Rizio attending St. Anne's School.  In the six years she spent there, Marybeth used her music skills to study the piano, play clarinet in the school band and continued singing while accompanying herself on guitar for school variety shows. 

In 1980 Marybeth began her first year at Immaculata Preparatory High School, but it wasn't until 1981 that she auditioned for her first show at Gonzaga.  She was cast in the chorus of Good News.  But little did Marybeth know what awaited her.  For the Spring, 1982 musical, Dr. Warman and Bro. King chose West Side Story; Marybeth went from chorus girl to leading lady as she was cast in the part of Maria, a role for which there was heavy competition.  Marybeth went on to play other roles on the Gonzaga stage:  Claire de Lune in On The Town, the Housekeeper in Man Of La Mancha, Cherry Barnum in Barnum and Ms. Hannigan in Annie, in which she played opposite her sister Melissa in the title role. 

After high school, Marybeth attended The Catholic University of America and received a Liberal Arts degree w/a concentration in Drama in 1988.  In 1991, tired of Washington, DC, she joined her sister in San Francisco, CA and stayed for 3 1/2 years.  While working as an administrative assistant, Marybeth studied voice with a member of the San Francisco Opera and sang at open mikes in different venues all over town.  In 1994, needing a change, Marybeth travelled to Las Vegas, NV and stayed for four years.  While working for Mirage Resorts, Incorporated, she continued singing as a cantor and choir member at St. Joseph's Catholic church, for friends weddings and Kareoke bars.

In the fall of 1998, Marybeth moved back to DC to plan her wedding; and on June 26, 1999 she married her best friend of 25 years and graduate of Gonzaga, Kevin Rowan. 

Marybeth has a busy schedule at the moment.  She is a cantor and choir member of Our Lady of Victory Church under the direction of Dr. Warman, a singer with the Bill Connell Band of Silver Spring, Maryland, works part time at ADP Payroll Services, and a full time student at Howard University to pursue a Bachelor's degree in Music Therapy with a minor in Jazz Vocal Studies.  Before graduating, she must complete a six month internship with a specific patient population, and her wish is to go to Bosnia to work with children who are suffering with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Because Marybeth never lost sight of and tried not to take her gift of music for granted, for her many contributions to the Gonzaga stage, and because the music world can always use another "Belter", Gonzaga is proud to welcome Marybeth Rizio Rowan into it's Hall of Fame.

IN 1970 HE LEFT GONZAGA FOR ST. JOSEPH'S PREPARATORY SCHOOL IN PHILADELPHIA TO ASSUME THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF GUIDANCE, FRENCH TEACHER, AND DRAMA DIRECTOR.  HE CONCLUDED THREE YEARS THERE WITH HIS FINAL PERFORMANCE OF "WEST SIDE STORY".

AFTER EIGHT YEARS AT THE SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL, MR. TETI STARTED A CAREER IN HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION THAT LASTED TWENTY-TWO YEARS.  HE SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS AT REGIS UNIVERSITY, DENVER, AT MT. ST. JOSEPH'S, CINCINNATI AND ST. MARY'S COLLEGE OF KANSAS.

IN 1995 MR. TETI ONCE AGAIN RETURNED TO SECONDARY EDUCATION AS COLLEGE COUNSELOR AND FRENCH TEACHER AT BISHOP MACHEBEUF HIGH SCHOOL IN DENVER.  HE IS CURRENTLY RETIRED AND IS LIVING IN WESTMINSTER, COLORADO.