Some Concordia history. It concerns two of their dorms, and the location of the College:
1. Two of their dorms at the most northern end of the campus sit almost directly across from each other on the east side and west side of the White Plains Post Rd. (Rte 22). On the east side sits the Ward's House, which I believe is designated as an Historic Landmark. During the mid 1700's it was a tavern and during the Revolutionary War it housed Washington's army. That structure burned down and the present building was built in 1790. It was part of the 50 acre Ward estate and the Ward family were on opposite sides during the War. There is a VG account of this in the history of the town of Eastchester (Out of the Wilderness). And this section of the history book was written by an Iona brother, Harry Dunkak.
2. Right across Rte. 22 on the west side is a dorm which back in the 1920's or thirties was the home of Arthur Flegenheimer. Of course you knew him as "Dutch Schultz". PBS had a recent story on Dutch Schultz and his missing gold, which noted that the house was now part of Concordia College.
3. And of interest to us who post here, that a mile or two south of Concordia, down Rte. 22 is the Nursing Home where one OT resides. And we all know the saying, "If you can't bring OT to Iona, then you bring Iona to OT".
You mention Br. Harry Dunkak. Great teacher. I took one of his American history courses as a student. Br. Dunkak was also Iona's tennis coach and a frequent fan at basketball games.
You mention Br. Harry Dunkak. Great teacher. I took one of his American history courses as a student. Br. Dunkak was also Iona's tennis coach and a frequent fan at basketball games.
Cjb, thanks. Of interest is that Brother Dunkak's neice, MaryBeth (??) is married to former Iona SID, Jim Marchioney. I believe that Jim still works for the NCAA, in Kansas.
Some Concordia history. It concerns two of their dorms, and the location of the College:
1. Two of their dorms at the most northern end of the campus sit almost directly across from each other on the east side and west side of the White Plains Post Rd. (Rte 22). On the east side sits the Ward's House, which I believe is designated as an Historic Landmark. During the mid 1700's it was a tavern and during the Revolutionary War it housed Washington's army. That structure burned down and the present building was built in 1790. It was part of the 50 acre Ward estate and the Ward family were on opposite sides during the War. There is a VG account of this in the history of the town of Eastchester (Out of the Wilderness). And this section of the history book was written by an Iona brother, Harry Dunkak.
2. Right across Rte. 22 on the west side is a dorm which back in the 1920's or thirties was the home of Arthur Flegenheimer. Of course you knew him as "Dutch Schultz". PBS had a recent story on Dutch Schultz and his missing gold, which noted that the house was now part of Concordia College.
3. And of interest to us who post here, that a mile or two south of Concordia, down Rte. 22 is the Nursing Home where one OT resides. And we all know the saying, "If you can't bring OT to Iona, then you bring Iona to OT".
And now you know the rest of the story.
Great stuff 59. Feels good to learn something new!
Little more connection between Concordia’s ward house and iona. In 1989 my wife was a freshman dormer at iona. Her and other female frosh were housed in Ward house at Concordia college, and iona ran a shuttle bus to new ro campus. Her sophmore year the dorm on north ave (loftus hall) was opened.
Some Concordia history. It concerns two of their dorms, and the location of the College:
1. Two of their dorms at the most northern end of the campus sit almost directly across from each other on the east side and west side of the White Plains Post Rd. (Rte 22). On the east side sits the Ward's House, which I believe is designated as an Historic Landmark. During the mid 1700's it was a tavern and during the Revolutionary War it housed Washington's army. That structure burned down and the present building was built in 1790. It was part of the 50 acre Ward estate and the Ward family were on opposite sides during the War. There is a VG account of this in the history of the town of Eastchester (Out of the Wilderness). And this section of the history book was written by an Iona brother, Harry Dunkak.
2. Right across Rte. 22 on the west side is a dorm which back in the 1920's or thirties was the home of Arthur Flegenheimer. Of course you knew him as "Dutch Schultz". PBS had a recent story on Dutch Schultz and his missing gold, which noted that the house was now part of Concordia College.
3. And of interest to us who post here, that a mile or two south of Concordia, down Rte. 22 is the Nursing Home where one OT resides. And we all know the saying, "If you can't bring OT to Iona, then you bring Iona to OT".
And now you know the rest of the story.
Great stuff, somebody should do a biography/autobiography with OT. I dont know him, but from just his posts, he seems like he lived a great life.
thehat, great idea and I hope that one of his kids, or grand kids would consider doing it. Consider:
1. His life in the day when we rode trolleys, and went to baseball games at the Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field. A bygone era. 2. He's one of a dwindling number of the military who fought in WW!!, as a teenager. 3. Before there was Bumper's Traveling Circus, OT and his friends followed the Gaels on the road (at least as far as Albany). 4. The arrival of JV and the advent of modern BB to New Ro. 5. Walking The Beat.
Thanks, ic59, for the history lesson and the mention of Br. Dunkak.
I believe that in the past I mentioned that I transferred to Iona in my sophomore year as I believed I may have had a vocation to be a Christian Brother. I went to Msgr. Farrell HS on Staten Island and explored the issue of a vocation in my senior year. I decided not to enter the congregation after HS and go to college at a small college in Canton, Ohio. While there I thought I needed to see if I had a vocation, and transferred to Iona.
While in my postulant year I lived at St. Joseph’s Hall, which is now a retirement home for the brothers located at 30 Montgomery Circle. During my time at St. Joe’s I helped build an apartment over the garage on the property that the community intended to rent to Iona students. I left the brothers after my sophomore year but decided that I wanted to complete my college degree at Iona. Interestingly enough, I ended up living in that apartment in my senior year with a couple of guys who were on the tennis team. Indeed, Cjb, Br. Dunkak was the tennis coach and was at our place often. And, since I was a history major, I had a good number of history classes with Br. Dunkak as well as with Dr. Stafford and Dr. Guidorizzi.
When I was last on campus, which I think in 2005 to watch us play Siena (and sat with Mr. Doom), I stopped by the chapel after the game. As I was reading the necrology book and the stories of some of the brothers I knew, in walked Br. Dunkak. He recognized me and I couldn’t believe how great he looked. I had not seen him since 1973 and I asked if he had a picture of Dorian Gray in his closet because it looked as though he hadn’t aged in all of that time. He told me that he was sacristan that day and asked if I would like to stay for mass. I did and saw some of the monks I had not seen in years – including Hermano Cussen, who is a big basketball fan - I often saw him in the stands (actually more like at the scorer’s table) when I watched games on line over the years. I went back to the house afterwards for drinks and then went over to St. Joseph’s Hall where I got to see a number of retired brothers that I knew.
Many of you may have also known/been taught by Br. Paul K. Hennessy. He was the superior at St. Joe’s when I was a postulant. He later became the Provincial of the Order and was a long-time theology professor at Iona. I read that he passed away last June. I have the greatest respect for these men. Along with my parents, these men had an enormous impact on what I have made of my life.
Z, you mention Dr. Stafford. The course I remember with Br. Dunkak about the American Revolution was co-taught with Dr. Stafford. Dunkak and Stafford alternated classes. Dunkak presented from a colonists perspective and Stafford from a loyalist perspective. Each teacher role played presenting their arguments as if they were actually living in that moment in time. It was fascinating and probably one of the most interesting courses I ever experienced.
Cjb, I wish that the class you described was offered when I was there, it sounded great.
Indeed, Dr. Stafford specialized in British history. I took a number of his classes. I took a number of early American, American Revolution, and American Civil War classes taught by Brother Dunkak. Dr. Guidorizi taught more modern American history.
I love living in Virginia which is so rich in history, I am saddened by the fact that we are erasing much of it. Outside the courthouse in Fairfax was a historical marker which showed the approximate location of where the first Confederate Officer killed in the Civil War. That, and a Civil War cannon, were recently removed. Erasing or censoring history does no good - if we cannot know and learn from our past mistakes, we are bound to repeat them.
Post by St. Louis Gael on Feb 5, 2021 11:27:23 GMT -5
AS I await my covid vaccination next Wednesday morning followed by Iona Basketball in the afternoon, the mind wanders with possibilities in looking at the Campus Maps.
The obvious one stated by Iona is the Health Sciences College. My daughter just graduated from MIZZOU with her degree in Health Sciences. She gave the Iona Health Science facilities a WOW. "WE had nothing like this (facility consolidation) at MIZZOU."
Wandering to my real interests, I see an opportunity for our nationally ranked tracksters to finally get a track - indoor and outdoor. The baseball team can now have a home, including dorm, nutrition, weight rooms, and a diamond - all within steps of each other. The same is true for softball, soccer, and lacrosse. There are excellent practice and workout facilities for basketball and volleyball, freeing up Hynes for eventual conversion to State Of The Art on campus facility.
There are excellent tennis facilities, but I question whether Iona is interested in adding another non-revenue sport, at least in the short term.
This will be exciting watching the consolidation roll out, whatever options mapped by Iona, Bronxville, and NewRo.