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QUESTION-BELIEVE-BUILD TOMORROW St.John's University NEW YORK ji BACCALAUREATE MASS AND THE NINETY-NINTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT 1969 ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK Graduate School of Arts and Sciences School of Law Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences School of Education C allege of Business Administration College of Pharmacy School of General Studies BACCALAUREATE MASS SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1969 ACT OF RE-CONSECRATION OF THE UNIVERSITY TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY PRINCIPAL CELEBRANT Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, Help of Christians, Refuge of Mankind, Victress VERY REVEREND JOSEPH T. CAHILL, C.M. in all God's battles, we humbly prostrate ourselves before thy throne, confident that we President shall obtain mercy, grace, bountiful assistance and protection in this present life, not through our own inadequate merits upon which we do not rely, but solely through the great goodness of thy Maternal Heart. CoNCELEBRANTS REVEREND WILLIAM J. CASEY, C.M. Assembled in thy name, on the occasion of this Commencement, we the adminis Vice President for Student Personnel Services trators, faculties and students of St. John's University, choose this solemn occasion to REVEREND RICHARD J. DEVINE, C.M. recall the memory of thy many favors in the past, and to offer to thee the solemn homage Dean, Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences of our deep and abiding love. To thee and to thy Immaculate Heart we desire to re-dedi REVEREND WALTER F. GRAHAM, C.M. cate and re-consecrate our entire University. More than that, we re-consecrate our minds, Assistant Treasurer our wills, our hearts, our whole beings, all that we have, all that we are, our benefactors REVEREND JOSEPH P. GANLEY, C.M. living and deceased, our friends and neighbors. We ask you to obtain for us the light Director, Brooklyn Center to know and the love to do God's Will. We beg your maternal help in the noble apostolate of Catholic education. We solicit your powerful aid in the fulfillment of the sublime objectives of our University. DIALOGUE LEADER DOCTOR BLAISE J. OPULENTE Inspire our faculty with a love of thy Son that He may be the center of their lives. Administrative Vice President Enkindle within our students a spirit of scholarship, a love of purity, the practice of the Christian life and an apostolic zeal capable of renewing the face of the earth. BACCALAUREATE SERMON As the Church and the entire human race were consecrated to the Sacred Heart of REVEREND JOSEPH I. DIRVIN, C.M. Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, so that, in reposing all hope in them, they Assistant to the President might become for us the sign and pledge of victory and salvation, so we in like manner re-consecrate St. John's University forever also to thee and to thy Immaculate Heart, our ACT OF RE-CONSECRATION OF THE UNIVERSITY Mother and Queen, that thy love and patronage may hasten the triumph of the kingdom TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY of God and that all nations, at peace \Vith one another and with thee, may raise their VERY REVEREND JOSEPH T. CAHILL, C.M. voices to resound from pole to pole the chant of the everlasting Magnificat of glory, love President and gratitude to the Heart of Jesus, where alone they can find truth and peace. Amen. ORDER OF ACADEMIC PROCESSION Grand Marshal PROFESSOR JoHN R. NORTON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE A PROCLAMATION THE COLORS OF THE UNITED STATES To the Administration, the Faculty, the Staff, the Student Body, the Alumni, and Friends of St. John's University, Greetings. · THE u NIVERSITY COLORS I, The Very Reverend Joseph T. Cahill, C.M., President of St. John's University, Schools and Colleges New York, on the occasion of these Ninety-Ninth Annual Commencement Exercises, in the presence of God, of the University Patroness Mary Immaculate, of its Patron GRADUATE SCHOOL St. John the Baptist, and of St. Vincent de Paul, Father of The Congregation of the Mission which founded and continues to sponsor it, do hereby solemnly proclaim the SCHOOL OF LAW official opening of the Centennial Year of this St. John's University, established in Brooklyn, COLLEGES OF ARTS AND SCIENCES New York, on the 5th Day of September in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy and chartered by the sovereign State of New York as a college on SCHOOL OF EDUCATION the 29th Day of September in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-One COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION and as a university on the 13th Day of December in the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Six-the said Centennial Year to extend throughout the remainder of the COLLEGE OF PHARMACY present Year and throughout the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventy, and SCHOOL OF GENERAL STUDIES to be fittingly observed by a continuing series of academic convocations and symposia and special events of a religious, cultural, and social nature. Marshal of Faculties Given from the President's Office, this 8th Day of June in the Year of Our FACULTIES OF THE UNIVERSITY Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and ALUMNI REPRESENTATIVES Sixty-Nine. VERY REV, JOSEPH T. CAHILL, C.M. President Corporation Marshal BOARD OF TRUSTEES DEANS OF THE UNIVERSITY HONORARY DEGREE RE<;IPIENTS THE VERY REVEREND PRESIDENT His EXCELLENCY, THE MosT REVEREND FRANCIS J. MuGAVERo, D.D., LL. D. BISHOP OF BROOKLYN CONFERRING OF DEGREES VERY REV. JosEPH T. CAHILL, C.M. President of the University 99TH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT SUNDAY, TUNE 8, 1969 COMMISSIONING OF U.S.M.C. OFFICERS R.H. EsAu, JR., Major, U.S.M.C. Presiding: PRESENT ATION OF MEMBERS OF THE fHE MosT REVEREND FRANCIS J. MuGAVERO, D.D., LL.D. PRESIDENT'S SOCIETY BISHOP OF BROOKLYN COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS His EMINENCE TERENCE CARDINAL CooKE, D.D. PROCESSIONAL"' The Prophet-Meyerbeer Archbishop of New York THE NATIONAL ANTHEM CENTENNIAL PROCLAMATION The President of the University PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES IN COURSE The Deans of the Schools of the University MESSAGE AND BENEDICTION HIS EXCELLENCY, BISHOP M UGA VERO PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR HONORARY DEGREES HENRY C. MILLS, PH.D. ALMA MATER"' Vice President and Provost RECESSIONAL DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS CHANG KIA-NGAU Tannhauser March-Wagner THE HONORABLE ROBERT J. MANGUM ALMA MATER DOCTOR OF MUSIC Thy sons are here today galore, Old St. John's, our dear St. John's RICHARD TUCKER And true will they be evermore, Old St.John's, our dear St. John's Thy colors bright, the Red and White, We'll wave aloft, from morn 'till night; DOCTOR OF COMMERCIAL SCIENCE Victorious they will show our might, WILLIAM P. TAVOULAREAS Old St. J olm's, our dear St. John's. DOCTOR OF LAWS Music by Jeno Bartal Orchestra Jeno Bartal, Conductor THE HONORABLE JOHN w. MACY, JR. Hrn EMINENCE TERENCE CARDINAL CooKE, D.D. *The audience is requested to stand during the Academic Procession, the Alma Mater, and the Benediction, and to remain in place until all participants in the Academic Recession have left the area. Louis Anthony Panico Paul Henry Saccoccio Herbert William Stupp Gilda Joan Papa Barbara Penelope Sainsbury Richard James Sullivan DEGREES IN COURSE Cathleen Ann Pearl David Joseph Salustri Nancy Ann Talbot Barbara Lee Pendola Yolanda Samaniego Joseph Peter Torina SCHOOL OF GENERAL STUDIES William Gregory Perret Richard Jeffery Sanna Ruth Infanta Tracy Geraldine Perrone Nicholas John Scalzo Rose Linda Turano C. CARL RoBUSTo, Dean Susan Ellen Ponte Michael Arthur Scheckenback Claire Joan Venneri RoseJ. Roy Louis Jerome Schilt J oAnn Vernazza THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN ARTS James Francis Procaccini Steven Lawrence Schweitzer Mary V. Vinciprova Lynn M. Ptasnik Barbara Lynn Seglie Mary V. Alessandrelli MariaJ. Webb Roy Joseph DiGirolamo Brigita Maruta Liden Manuel Robert Puello William Francis Sellman James Charles Webber .John T. Aliquo Paul Joseph Dobosz Jo Ann Viola Lips John Edward Raggi Kathleen Regina Shannon Michael John Amrick Daria Romana W enhrynowycz Paul Vincent Donofrio Margaret Josephine Lo Bello Constance Grace Ragone Kenneth Michael Shannon Catherine Mary Anselmo Edward Joseph Winnicki Anne E. Duff Toan E. Lockie Gerard Michael Ragone Anthony Guy Siano Arlene Louise Wirth Linda Marie Ardini Rosemary J. Dunlop Vincent John Lofano Dolores Rosa Ramos Felisa Maria Ares John Gerard Silk Edward John Wocher Richarcl Thomas Ellenwood Marianne Lolli Denise Anne Reicherter Candice Ann Slosberg Theresa Ann Assante Johanna Stephanie W orgul William Ellen Essig Ralph Giacomo Lomando Jo-Ann Rizzo Ronald Michael Smith Janet Elizabeth Yeager Barbara Joan Bailey Ann Feerick Anna Julia Lukasik Linda Susan Roberti Lorraine Anne Sopko Arthur Raymond Baltrym James John Yorio Ronald George Ferrigno Theresa Ann Maffei John Anthony Russo .T oan.Spezzacatena Gary John Barbagallo Marc Lawrence Zoldessy Timothy Michael Finnegan Martin Salvatore Maiorana Josephine Bernadette Russo Sandra Marie Sternesky Gregory Francis Barber Richard Thomas Flood Marie Teresa Manzullo .T anet Loretta Saccaro Keith Gerard Barclay Michele Charlene Forlenza Phyllis Ann Margillo William G. Bates George Howard Frank Patricia Ann Marin J\1ichael Albert Becker THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE- Linda Patricia Fritch Hobert Warren Martinell Timothy Lee Becker Robert Michael Fullam Marie Filomena Martino Vincenzina V. Alamia Raymond Joseph Groll Keith John Pflug Paula Ann Beltrone Dennis Joseph Gallagher Karen Ann Mashamesh Philip Peter Altavilla John Silvio Guzzardi George Richard Pignataro Kathleen A. Benson Joseph Pasquale Giordano Patricia Jean Masto Michael John Amrick William Joseph Hart Laura Mary Reale Margaret Ann Blasy J\farleen Giordano Thomas McCloskey John Anthony Aprile Stephen William Hayes Kevin William Reilly Robert Joseph Bombace Patrick Michael Giordano James Anthony Meadows Joseph William Audiino Roger Joseph Hayslip Ronald Albert Rogan ti Ralph Joseph Bova Elaine Regina Girasole Richard Howard Mellen Anthony Joseph Balut Lester W.