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Joseph M. Healy, 75, Associate Director of International Programs at Loyola College in Maryland, and a longtime Loyola faculty member and administrator, died at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium on August 13. Joe was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus in 2004 but continued to work for Loyola until shortly before he entered the hospice center.
A former Jesuit priest, Joe previously worked as a community organizer in the city’s Reservoir Hill neighborhood. During his three-decade tenure at Loyola, Joe also served as Director of International Programs; Associate Director of Advising; Associate Academic Dean; Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies; and Director of Institutional Research while also teaching in the Theology and Philosophy departments. Starting 30 years ago with six students, Joe founded and developed Loyola’s study abroad program. Today, that program sends 550 junior year students annually to 30 different programs, exchanges and affiliations in 23 countries. In addition to indulging his own passion for travel, Joe relished sharing great meals with family and friends; sampling beers and wine; reading, writing and discussing religion and spirituality; losing himself for hours in nearby museums; and introducing newcomers to Baltimore’s many charms.
Joe was born in 1933 in Jersey City, N.J., the son of Alice (nee Bowne) and Joseph Bernard Healy. He attended St. Aloysius Elementary in Jersey City and graduated in 1951 from St. Peter’s Preparatory, a Jesuit high school where he was an honor roll student and played intramural basketball. He loved to listen to boxing matches on the radio with his dad, who worked as a copy editor. Joe had a reputation as a snazzy dresser who liked to emulate the dapper balladeer Billy Eckstine, famous for his “Mr. B roll collar,” loosened tie and casually draped jacket. After attending St. Peter’s College in Jersey City and earning a marketing degree in 1955, Joe entered the Jesuit novitiate at Bellarmine College, Plattsburgh, N.Y. to study for the priesthood. In 1961 he earned a Ph.L (Licentiate in Philosophy) from Fordham University. Between 1961 and 1964 he taught at Ateneo de Manila and Padre Faura Graduate School in the Philippines and conducted research for the Peace Corps. Following a sabbatical in Asia, Africa and Europe, Joe completed a master’s degree in sociology at Fordham University and a master’s in theology at Woodstock College in Maryland. He was ordained in the Society of Jesus in 1967. That same year he started working at St. Francis Neighborhood Center, a community outreach center in Reservoir Hill. He later taught at the Ralph Young Boys School in East Baltimore.
During this time he met Melody, another community activist. Joe left the priesthood in 1971. He and Melody married in 1972. Prior to Loyola, Joe taught at Bay College of Maryland. Joe was preceded in death by his parents and his only sister, Joan. He is survived by his devoted wife, Melody; daughters Candra Healy of Baltimore and Michelle (Sterling) Smoot, of Bowie; son Steven (Ilyndove) Healy, of Princeton, N.J.; grandchildren Lena, Justice, Aaron and Sage; mother-in-law Alice Ross; brothers-in-law Charles Gordon, of Baltimore, and Joseph Cooney of Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.; nephews Joseph, Brian, Terry, Kevin, and Sean Cooney; godchildren Kaejoo Ryu, Jai Ryu and Akira Fitzgerald; and a host of relatives and dear friends.
We are deeply saddened by the loss of Joe Healy who passed away on the evening of August 13th after a courageous battle with cancer. Please find information regarding memorial services below.
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Loyola College Testimony
Schedule of Services:
Public Viewing (Wake)
Monday, August 17. 3pm - 8pm.
Vaughn Greene Funeral Home, 4905 York Road, Baltimore, MD (Map Below)Public Memorial Mass
Tuesday, August 18, 11am.
Loyola College in Maryland Chapel (Map Below)
Donations in Lieu of Flowers to
Joseph M. Healy Scholarship Fund c/o Loyola College of Maryland
The Office of Advancement
Loyola College of Maryland
4501 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21210
Hotel Arrangements:
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5100 Falls Road, Baltimore Maryland 21210, USA
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Telephone: (410) 532-6900
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Steven & Ilyndove Healy
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Princeton, NJ 08540-3647Mrs. Melody Healy
2809 Guilford Ave
Baltimore, MD 21218
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Margolis, Healy and Associates helps a large, state university implement a behavioral threat assessment team.
The SITUATION: State University formed a multi-disciplinary threat assessment team to review reported incidents of threatening behavior to determine if the individual poses a credible threat to the safety of the university. The team consists of representatives from human resources and the office of general counsel, student affairs, law enforcement, and mental health professionals. State University required the services of a qualified firm to provide a training program to educate the team on the basic principles of threat assessment and to lay the foundation for the University’s threat assessment and response program.
The SOLUTION: State University engaged Margolis, Healy and Associates, LLC (MH&A) to provide threat assessment training for their multidisciplinary behavioral threat assessment team. The custom, multi-day program included basic statistics on the prevalence of different types of campus crime, including school shootings; case studies, major facts about violence on campus; implications for campus safety; basic principles of campus threat assessment; and strategies for enhancing safety in the campus climate. In addition, the curriculum addressed key components of effective campus threat assessment; recommended team composition, policies and procedures; how to investigate and evaluate threats and other concerning behavior; resources and strategies for managing individuals that may pose a threat of harm; establishing key community relationships; sharing information amid FERPA and HIPAA concerns; considerations for public information officers; understanding the process of becoming violent, and more.
TODAY: State University has deployed a trained, multidisciplinary threat assessment team to assess alarming and disruptive behavior. The University continues to rely on MH&A to provide counsel and advice on individual cases.
Margolis, Healy and Associates helps a small, elite private university transition to armed police officers.
The SITUATION: Stevens University (fictional name) recognized the threats facing university and college campuses after 9/11 and the tragedy at Virginia Tech, and decided that an armed, full-service police agency was in the best interests of the community. The University required a comprehensive review of the arming process for its sworn police agency, and related policy, training and organizational recommendations before firearms and related use of force tools were deployed.
The SOLUTION: Stevens University engaged Margolis, Healy and Associates, LLC (MH&A) to provide counsel to the Board of Trustees during the arming process, and perform a management review to ensure that the agency was prepared for the transition. MH&A reviewed policies and practices relating to use of force and psychological screening; delivered training for supervisory staff on the investigation of use of force actions by campus police officers; reviewed decisions relating to the choice of firearms, ammunition and the firearms qualification training program; and generated a detailed report outlining dozens of recommendations to ensure the University was meeting best and promising practices in campus public safety. Today, the 3,000 students and more than 1,000 employees at Stevens are safer and can be confident that the University’s public safety department is prepared to effectively respond to a full range of emergencies. The Board of Trustees and the President of the University continue to express their support for the department and the campus police chief.
TODAY: Stevens University continues to rely on MH&A for advice and counsel on the operation of their public safety organization, and on matters involving the use of force by their police officers.
Margolis, Healy and Associates helps Board of Regents establish guidelines for campus behavioral threat assessment and emergency preparedness and response.
The SITUATION: A state governing board with responsibility for overseeing six state universities and serving as the coordinating board for 19 community colleges, ten technical schools and colleges and one municipal university approached MH&A for assistance with ensuring the institutions were meeting best practices in the areas of emergency response and recovery and behavioral threat assessment. Shortly after the tragic shooting at Virginia Tech in April 2007 and the subsequent rampage shooting at Northern Illinois University in February 2008, the Board of Regents encouraged the public institutions of higher education to begin reviewing their campus safety and security plans in light of these tragedies. The Board also created a checklist for Crisis Management. Recognizing the need to address a broad range of lessons learned from critical incidents at other institutions of higher education, the Board asked MH&A to conduct a comprehensive review of all of the campuses plans, policies and procedures related to violence prevention.
The SOLUTION: MH&A’s highly regarded team of nationally recognized subject matter experts analyzed more than 40 policies covering violence prevention initiatives, emergency response and recovery, and Clery Act compliance from the six state universities and the medical school. This analysis included an assessment of the policies in place and recommendations for enhancing the institutions’ prevention strategies and response capacity. This process considered the degree to which the institutions had established policies that met nationwide best, promising, and emerging practices. Additionally, MH&A provided the Board with detailed checklists for all of the specified functional areas. MH&A Managing Partners presented their findings to a full meeting of the Board of Regents and the Presidents and General Counsels from the evaluated institutions.
TODAY: The MH&A report and extensive checklists are now the benchmark standard used by the Board and the seven campuses to create safer campuses for more than 40,000 students and nearly 18,000 employees.
Margolis, Healy and Associates helps a large, multi-campus community college refine their approach to campus safety.
The SITUATION: Mid-Western Community College (fictional name) was at a critical juncture – they were facing rapid growth of their student population and their facilities, but the Administration was unsure if they were prepared to provide a reasonable level of security for their campus community. The College needed a comprehensive safety and security assessment and recommendations for creating a “best-in-class” campus security strategy.
The SOLUTION: Mid-Western Community College partnered with Margolis, Healy and Associates, LLC (MH&A) to conduct a safety and security vulnerability assessment that considered the following factors: the response capacity of the campus police department; the security environment on the College’s five urban campuses; the use of electronic security systems as a lever in the College’s efforts to enhance safety for its students and employees; and the readiness of the College to respond to all-hazard critical situations. MH&A delivered a detailed report outlining more than 100 recommendations to ensure the College was meeting best and promising practices in campus safety and security. MH&A team members conducted training in behavioral threat assessment and emergency operations planning and incident command for senior administrators. MH&A facilitated the College’s selection of an emergency notification system and guided the institution through system implementation and policy development. Today, the 30,000 students and more than 2,500 employees at Mid-Western are safer and can be confident that the College is prepared to effectively respond to a full range of emergencies.
TODAY: The MH&A relationship with Mid-Western is not a typical consultant-client contract – it is a true partnership. MH&A continues to work with Mid-Western to further refine the campuses approach to safety and security and help with implementing a number of the longer-term strategic recommendations.
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Our team of professionals brings a diverse set of skills and expertise to client institutions ranging from large public universities to private institutions, community colleges and K-12 school districts, and across a wide range of campus safety and security needs. As active practitioners, our associates bring real world experiences to the firm’s resources and services.
In addition to considerable experience in campus safety and security policy, processes, and technology, Dr. Margolis, Mr. Healy and their team have personally managed or been intimately involved with scores of critical incidents on college campuses ranging from violent crime to natural disasters (including the 9/11 tragedy and its impact on the schools in NYC).
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Margolis Healy & Associates, LLC, is a professional services firm specializing in higher education safety and security. In January 2008, after more than 15 years each of providing consulting services to clients in the education, public and private sectors, Dr. Gary J. Margolis and Mr. Steven J. Healy merged their practices, Margolis & Associates, LLC and Strategic Security Consulting, LLC, into Margolis Healy & Associates, LLC. Their combined experience has quickly catapulted MH&A into one of the leading professional services firms for safety and security needs at universities and colleges.
Margolis Healy & Associates serves our clients through the development of a Risk Tolerance Profile that assists the institution with identifying the range of realistic threats and vulnerabilities it faces, and then implementing a decision making process to determine which require prevention, mitigation and/or response plans. Without such a process, universities and colleges face the daunting task of giving equal attention to all perceived and real threats. Our process recognizes the range between high impact/low probability and low impact/high probability events. The Active Shooter tragedy (high impact/low probability) and the iPod theft from the library (low impact/high probability) each require different strategies. Impact is defined through the institution and the individual.
Our team of professionals brings a diverse set of skills and expertise to client institutions ranging from large public universities to private institutions, community colleges and K-12 school districts. As active practitioners, we have on-going, first-hand experience in services we provide. Dr. Margolis, Mr. Healy and their team have personally managed or been intimately involved with scores of critical incidents on college campuses ranging from violent crime to natural disasters (including the 9/11 tragedy and its impact on the schools in NYC). We help institutions of higher education and K-12 school districts develop and implement a threat assessment capacity that fits within their unique cultures and that is effective in both preventing violence and helping persons in need. We ensure that strategic security plans are meeting the unique needs the campus’ community.
MH&A has developed a unique, proprietary methodology for evaluating safety and security needs at institutions of higher education and K-12 school systems based years of educational campus safety and security experience, reflection and evaluation.
Mr. Healy and Dr. Margolis are the lead authors of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrator’s Blueprint for Safer Campuses: An Overview of the Virginia Tech Tragedy and Implications for Campus Safety. This document, unveiled at a press conference sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University on April 18, 2008, is a roadmap for campus safety and security. The Blueprint for Safer Campuses outlines the guiding principles for campus safety and security worldwide.
Shortly after the Virginia Tech incident, the President of The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker, determined to establish an ad hoc Task Force on School and Campus Safety (Task Force) to consider what had transpired since the issuance of the previous NAAG report in 1999, including the incident at Virginia Tech, and issue a report making updated recommendations regarding the prevention of, and response to, violence in schools and on college campuses. Mr. Healy participated in the development of this report, The National Association of Attorneys General Task Force on School and Campus Safety.
MH&A is uniquely poised to exceed your expectations on our services outlined herein.