Talk:McDonogh School
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I know the list of grads is far far from complete. Doesn't have to be limited to Wiki-only (but if they're famous they're probably in WP)--Rbeas 00:40, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
Dejuan Summers is not a notable graduate seeing as he is yet to do anything as a McDonogh Alum. Honestly, putting this kid right next to Bolton and Pam Shriver is laughable. Perhaps he put it there, himself!
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[edit] Dejuan Summers
Whoever keeps putting this kid up, listen here. I can name literally 50 McD athletes to go Div. I. They are not notable becuase it is not that rare an accomplishment. Pam Shriver, best female tennis player to ever live. John Bolton, UN diplomat. Someone who is only a Div. I athlete does not come close to these guys....
[edit] Major Alvin J. Levy
I think that this is an unnecessary addition to this page. It does not need to be the main focus of a school's page. If it was happening now and Mr. Levy was still headmaster, it would be one thing. But I think that adding a comment about pedastery after the school handled it and dismissed Mr. Levy is an unnecessary addition and seems to be an malicious attack on the school's reputation.
Who is Major Levy? What did he do? I went to McDonogh in the late 90's and I know the name but was too young to remember what actually happened.
OK what happened to the full discussion of Major Levy's pedophile history?
Suddenly it has disappeared from this page.
This was a dark period of school history of which I was a part of. In the past the school has been very reticent about acknowledging the serious transgressions made by Major Levy after he was entrusted with the care and discipline of the students at the school. Current day graduates likely are turned off by any references to this history, but they should understand that the physical and psychological damages to hundreds of students from decades ago can never be swept under the carpet. If students of that era are to come to peace with what happened to them, it must be openly acknowledged.
The school has begun this acknowledgement by finally, after several years of complaint, removing all the plaques at the school that referenced Major Levy as a distinguished member of the faculty. That is a good start. I am not sure if the distinguished service award has been removed from his legacy, but hopefully that has been done or is in progress.
To keep sweeping this under the rug only invites possibilities of legal suits against the school. Let's allow this dark cloud to be acknowledged before we move on, giving the abused some sense of closure on the subject.
There are other dark corners of the school in the 40s through 60s era that might also be opened up. Situations of physical abuse of students, corporal punishment, sexual affairs among married faculty, female sexual abuse of male students, embezzlement by faculty, and more.
This is a discussion page, and attempts to remove subject matter simply because you don't believe it or find it repugnant, will only generate even more reactions from those who truly suffered during this dark period.
Response:
Much of the material that was removed from this discussion represented my own contribution and resulted from my continuing efforts to have Levy completely disenfranchised by the school by virtue of the removal of any visible tributes to him remaining at the school. Another former McDonogh student, Steve Kluger, and I agreed that the present school administration should be provided an opportunity to do this, and that if it were done, we would remove our individual contributions from this page.
This effort began about a year and a half ago when I discovered Levy's name on the DSA list that was linked to an email solicitation by the school for nominees for this award. I immediately emailed the school requesting that his name be removed from the list because I believed that seeing Levy's name there would represent an endorsement of his criminal behavior in the minds of those Cadets who had been abused by him. When I received no reply from the alumni office I began to send copies of my email to schoolmates in graduating classes within several years from my own. Apparently, their efforts resulted in the eventual removal of Levy's name from the list.
However, late last summer a classmate reported back to me that there remained several tributes to Levy on the campus at which time I decided to investigate the matter further. From my investigation, that included locating Levy's obituary in the Sunpapers, it appears likely that Levy was a fraud in terms of his military record. That is, assuming that the facts contained within the obituary resulted from a material misrepresentation of his military background either to the school, his family, or to both. Knowing what has been uncovered so far about his homosexuality, it appears likely that Levy's departure from active service might have resulted from his being declared "unfit for military service."
Any questions from alumni concerning this matter may be sent to me via email. My address is located in the alumni online directory.72.69.180.244 (talk) 18:04, 12 March 2008 (UTC)Steve Valliant '59
Correction: Was Major Levy ever Headmaster? As far as I know, no. I might be wrong though. I was at McDonogh from 1963 til 1967. He was as I remember head of the Military Department of the school. Everything to do with the Corps of Cadets. His demise occured after I graduated. Bob Lamborn was Headmaster during my tenure. Harold A. Climer '67'
Response:
Major Alvin J. Levy came to McDonogh during the mid 1940's and succeeded Admiral Verge as the head of the school's military program. It is doubtful that Levy's military rank was ever legitimate in terms of his military service in the armed forces. In 1953, Levy was named the new Commandant with the consolidation of the Military Department and the Residence Department - the former dealing with delinquency and other military matters, the latter having jurisdiction over those cadets who boarded. With the headmaster of the school occupying a residence at the far end of the property Levy became the ranking on-site campus administrator during the evening hours.72.69.180.244 (talk) 18:04, 12 March 2008 (UTC) Steve Valliant '59
[edit] Athletics Content Updates
Hi, I would like to help build-out the athletics section, I could contribute scores, stats, stories - and could update this section weekly, if that would be valuable. If there is something else that you would like to see, instead, let me know. I have been following the MIAA for some time and would like to share some of my content. Thanks! Digitalsports (talk) 03:18, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Famous Alumni
Would like to see some focus on the early years. Let's not forget Henry Gantt (Gantt charts) - Class of 1878 - and his impact on business management! Roostersburg (talk) 05:36, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
