Reverend Richard LaPata, a member of the Dominican Order who served as Fenwick's 14th president from 1998 to 2007, was a freshman Friar in 1946. As is customary for new students, he was assigned a locker to share with a student whose last name was in close proximity. On the first day of school, LaPata opened his locker for the first time, and all of Lattner's football equipment fell on top of him.