The MHSAA has been busy. See what we have been doing.
November 9th 2015 we sponsored our first annual
holiday pasta-meatball supper
Organized and sponsored Homecoming events in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,
2014 and 2015.
Planning for eighth in fall of 2016. Want to help?
Held 2014 Homecoming 55th birthday party for MHS mascot Nedlam, and in 2015 celebrated
100th anniversary of the Blue and Gold school newspaper.
Presented $34,000 in academic awards of $1,000 each to graduating seniors in 2012,
2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Besides awarding scholarships, the MHSAA fund-raising
has provided resources to help Principal Dana Brown to meet the needs of students
struggling economically.
Inducted 22 members over three years into the MHSAA Hall of Fame.
MHS 2016 Hall of Fame
This year’s Malden High School Hallof Fame honorees include a female Air Force general,
a professional musician,an international banker, a life-long educator, the founder
of an Englishlanguage school for immigrants, a construction tycoon who twice becamegovernor,
and a former butter and egg store clerk who now gives back.
A banquet and induction ceremony forthe MHS Alumni Association’s Hall of Fame Class
of 2016 will be held Friday,April 29, at Anthony’s Function Hall in Malden to recognize
MHS alumni forexceptional achievement in their chosen careers and/or their outstandingcontributions
to the community and beyond.
The honorees and theircategories:
Community service -- John Boris. Business -- John McCarthy.
Arts -- Marc Phaneuf. Education – DianePortnoy.
Military – TheresaCiccolo Prince.
Education/CommunityService -- Virginia Shahbas Yardumian.
Government – John A.Volpe (posthumously).
For more information contact DianeLind at dlind420@verizon.net or Joanne Ioveno at
jli4671@yahoo.com. Also see www.maldenhighalumni.com.
Honoree Biographies
MILITARY -- THERESA (CICCOLO) PRINCE, Class of 1978– As the granddaughter of four
immigrants who settled in Malden, Theresa(Terri) is a self-made girl from the projects
and proud of her Malden roots where she learned the value of hard work and perseverance.
After finishing nursing school and working at the old Boston City Hospital, she joined
the Air Force for four years, earned college credits, used them to get a bachelor’s
degree in nursing, and went back into the Air Force in 1987, this time as an officer.
On Nov. 7, 2015, Terri was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General,the first female
in the history of the South Carolina Air National Guard to achieve that rank. A decorated
veteran of multiple overseas deployments, her work affects the military readiness
of the Air Force Nurse Corps worldwide and homeland security as military first responders.
When not fulfilling her military responsibilities, Terri is a licensed family nurse
practitioner at Lexington Medical Center in South Carolina.
ARTS -- MARC PHANEUF, Class of 1982 -- MarcPhaneuf is a professional freelance musician,
composer and arranger. His prowess with the saxophone, flute, clarinet and piano
has allowed him to play alongside some of the most famous names in the music business,
such as Ray Charles, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Lady Gaga and Iggy Pop. He’s appeared
in such original Broadway productions as the Little Mermaid, Fiddler on the Roof,Rocky
and Sister Act, and sat in with the Boston Pops, the Artie Shaw and Tommy Dorsey
orchestras. His movie soundtrack credits include Finding Forrester, The Aviator,
Chicken Little, and television’s Boardwalk Empire. He is the son of former MHS Superintendent
of Schools Paul Phaneuf.
BUSINESS -- JOHN T. McCARTHY, Class of 1964 –Majoring in German at Tufts University,
John T. McCarthy was president of his graduating class in 1968. Completing his master’s
degree program at Tufts in German in 1973, McCarthy began his four-decades-long international
banking career at State Street Bank in Munich, held executive positions at the American
Express Bank, and joined the Dutch ING Bank in 1991. He currently serves as chairman
of ING Bank Turkey and its subsidiaries in Turkey, Ireland, and Bahrain. He has served
as chairman of the Fulbright Commission for Turkey and was knighted by Queen Beatrix
of the Netherlands in 2013. A resident of Istanbul, McCarthy was recently elected
to the Tufts International Board of Advisors.
EDUCATION/COMMUNITY SERVICE -- VIRGINIA SHAHBAS YARDUMIAN,Class of 1946 – With a
lifelong passion to provide students the best educational opportunities possible,
Virginia Shahbas Yardumian served on her local parent teachers association and the
local and state League of Women Voters before running in 1968 for the Malden School
Committee. Ginny, as she is known, was elected for three terms, two as chair of the
committee. Her 12 years on the committee was a time of massive changes in educational
and societal philosophies. After she stepped aside, Ginny remained firm in her beliefs
thatall students deserve and need quality public education. To that end she continues
to be involved in political campaigns for those whose commitment to public education
reflects her own.
EDUCATION -- DIANE PORTNOY, Class of 1963 -- Brought to this country as a toddler,
the daughter of Polish immigrants who survived the Holocaust of World War II, Ms.
Diane Portnoy grew up seeing the unique language challenges immigrants and refugees
faced in their new land. Educated in Malden schools, Boston University and Cornell
University, Ms. Portnoy became a certified teacher and in 1992 co-founded in Malden
the Immigrant Learning Center, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides free,
year-round English classes to immigrant and refugee adults in Greater Boston. Under
her leadership as president and CEO,the Center has grown from three classrooms serving
60 students a year to some 900 students a year now with a staff of 31. And a long
waiting list. Ms.Portnoy and the school have received national recognition and numerous
awards.She remains active in community, educational and civic organizations as an
advocate for the positive impact immigrants have on the economy as entrepreneurs,
workers and consumers.
COMMUNITY SERVICE -- JOHN BORIS, Class of ’56, ’64 – John Boris left Malden High
School at age 17 to join the Army to help support his struggling mother and siblings,
but it was a meeting years later at his butter-and-egg store clerk job in Malden
Square with MHS Coach Arthur Boyle that convinced him, then 25, to return to school
to get his diploma in 1964. That decision launched him on a lifetime of successful
business ventures that allowed him to help fulfill his mother’s words to always give
back and help others. A three-time cancer survivor and heart by-pass surgery patient,
Boris advanced at his positions over six decades to become chairman of the Housing
Authority inSalem, Ma., where he is involved with the local food bank, helps homeless
families, those with autism, cancer and cardiac patients, and the elderly. He hopes
he has made his mother proud.
POLITICS (Posthumously)-- JOHN A. VOLPE, Class of 1926B –The son of Italian immigrant
parents, John A. Volpe rose from his construction industry background in Malden and
World War II service in the U.S. Navy to twice become governor of Massachusetts,
U.S. Secretary of Transportation,Ambassador to Italy and in 1968 nearly became Richard
Nixon’s vice presidential running mate. In 1960, Volpe successfully ran for governor,
but lost his bid for a second consecutive term in 1962 to Democrat Endicott Peabody.
He then defeated Francis X. Bellotti to win re-election 1964 and in 1966 won a landslide
victory for a four-year term. He left the governorship early in order to assume the
position of the United States Secretary of Transportation. During his administration
as secretary, Amtrak was created. Volpe was appointed Ambassador to Italy from 1972
- 1976, the first Italian American to hold that position.
Contact: David D. Haskell
Dhaskell2@verizon.net
781-324-2725
