Anthony M. Carlino, Esq. \u201977 and his alma mater have come a long way since the 1970s.<\/p>\n
The first in his family to graduate from high school, Carlino didn\u2019t have a lot of guidance when it came to choosing a college \u201cA friend\u2019s brother had graduated from Montclair State, so I put in an application here as well. The first time I saw the campus was the day I registered for my freshman classes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s students might have a hard time recognizing the campus Carlino attended. In those years Governor Brendan T. Byrne visited campus to promote voter registration, the SGA sponsored \u201cEvelyn Wood Reading Dynamics\u201d presentations, and efforts to widen the intersection of Valley Road at Normal Avenue were under way \u2013 with some concern about the $200,000 cost.<\/p>\n
But Montclair State was also moving toward becoming a higher education powerhouse devoted to diversity and opportunity. President David W.D. Dickson recently became the first African American to lead a four-year college in New Jersey, the cheerleading team welcomed its first male members, and the Black Student Union was organizing forums on affirmative action.<\/p>\n
For Carlino, Montclair State would change everything. \u201cMontclair State offered me the financial aid that I needed \u2013 which included part-time campus jobs working behind the desk at the game center, handing out equipment and working in the gas station that was on campus in those days,\u201d he says with a laugh.<\/p>\n
The undergraduate education he received at Montclair State led to acceptance into Seton Hall Law School. \u201cAt first I was so intimidated,\u201d he says. \u201cI was in classes with graduates from Princeton, Colgate, and Lafayette. But within a few weeks I realized that my Montclair State education had prepared me well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carlino has had an enormously successful career that included a judicial clerkship for The Honorable Fred C. Galda, A.A.J.S.C. and service as an Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor. He is now a Senior Partner at McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLC, a top firm with 250 lawyers in thirteen offices in nine states.\u00a0He is also a past President of the Bergen County Bar Association and a former member of the New Jersey State Bar Association Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n
Carlino, who played lacrosse as an undergrad, is still in touch with fellow athletes from his college years. \u201cA lot of my favorite memories are related to the team,\u201d he says. \u201cSince it was Division III play, most of us weren\u2019t too concerned about becoming professional athletes. Instead, we just really enjoyed our sports and had fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
An invitation from a neighbor, who is on the Feliciano School of Business Advisory Board, to attend a School get-together led Carlino back to campus and eventually to the Foundation board. He has been on the Foundation board for just over ten years and in 2021 became vice chair. He also is a founding member of the committee that started, and continues to run, the Red Hawk Open, which raises funds for the athletic department.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have always supported Montclair State,\u201d says the long-time President\u2019s Club member. \u201cBeing on the Foundation board is an opportunity to raise money to help students like me who otherwise couldn\u2019t afford to go to school.\u201d<\/p>\n
As vice chair Carlino plans to do all he can to support the chair, Greg Collins \u201979, which in turn will support the Foundation\u2019s mission. \u201cWe realize the life-changing impact Montclair State has for its students, many of whom are the first in their families to attend college.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although he has a front-row seat to new developments at the University he still marvels at how it has changed since he graduated, progress he attributes to President Cole\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n
\u201cEarning the Carnegie Classification of R2 was so exciting,\u201d he says of the University\u2019s designation as Ph.D. granting research institution. \u201cWhen I think back to the commuter school I attended, that now has thousands of residential students from around the country and the world, as well as an amazing number of areas of study and concentration, it\u2019s hard to believe.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMontclair State remains dedicated to first-generation college students,\u201d he assures us. \u201cAnd we are giving them world-class opportunities in just about every discipline, from nursing to communications and media. We are here for students who are ready to work hard.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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