Houston Oilers: The Early Years
by Kevin Carroll ’72

Houston Oilers: The Early Years (Eakin Press, 2001) by Kevin Carroll ’72 is the story of one football team’s tumultuous early history. Tracing the Oilers’ story from the summer of 1960, when hundreds of young men arrived in Houston to try out for a new team in a new league, Carroll details the days when the players’ salaries averaged $9,500 a year and air-conditioned astrodomes were just a dream. Packed with stories of 5’7” running backs and 153-pound safeties, the book conveys how this colorful franchise won the first championship of the American Football League.

Carroll, a lifelong football fan, played for the Crusaders during his years at Holy Cross. A history teacher and football coach at Albuquerque Academy, he lives with his wife, Linda, and their two daughters in New Mexico.

What Will We Do: Preparing a School Community to Cope with Crises
Robert G. Stevenson ’67

Robert G. Stevenson ’67 is the editor of What Will We Do: Preparing a School Community to Cope with Crises (Baywood Publishing, 2002), a guidebook for educators and parents who wish to understand the importance of pre- and post-intervention programs in our schools. The book examines the scope and effect of programs that target such issues as loss, illness, death, grief, war and violence. Presenting specific steps that can help a school community cope with a variety of crisis situations, the book has been utilized by educators around the world to create crisis-response programs.

Stevenson holds graduate degrees from Montclair State University and Fairleigh Dickinson University. He has published over 60 articles on loss and grief in professional journals and texts and has edited several books, including Teaching Students about Death (Charles Press, 1966).

The Search for Knowledge: An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge; A General Introduction to the Philosophy of Nature; and The Search for Understanding: An Introduction to Philosophical Hermeneutics
by Rev. Robert F. Slesinski ’72

Rev. Robert F. Slesinski ’72 is the author of three new books, The Search for Knowledge: An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge; A General Introduction to the Philosophy of Nature; and The Search for Understanding: An Introduction to Philosophical Hermeneutics. All three books, published by the Salesian Center of Don Bosco Publishers, Gatchina, Russia, grew out of Fr. Slesinski’s experience teaching at the Russian Seminary and at Mary, Mother of the Church Seminary, Karaganda, Kazakhstan. The books provide a general overview of the philosophical issues involved in their respective areas.

Fr. Slesinski, who holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, specializes in Russian religious philosophical thought.