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Staten Island Campus BACCALAUREATE MASS SATURDAY, . JUNE 2, 1973
PRINCIPAL CELEBRANT ACT OF RE-CONSECRATION OF THE UNIVERSITY TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY VERY REVEREND JOSEPH T. CAHILL, C.M. President Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, Help of Christians, Refuge of Mankind, Victress in all God's battles, we humbly prostrate ourselves before thy throne, confident that we CONCELEBRANTS shall obtain mercy, grace, bountiful assistance and protection in this present life, not VERY REVEREND JOHN J. TRAINOR, C.M. through our own inadequate merits upon which we do not rely, but solely through the great goodness of thy Maternal Heart. REVEREND JOAQUIM F. GARCIA, C.M.
REVEREND JOHN V. NEWMAN, C.M. Assembled in thy name, on the occasion of this Commencement, we the adminis REVEREND JOSEPH M. KEEFE, C.M. trators, faculties and students of St. John's University, choose this solemn occasion REVEREND JOSEPH I. DIRVIN, C.M. to recall the memory of thy many favors in the past, and to offer to thee the solemn homage of our deep and abiding love. To thee and to thy Immaculate Heart we desire REVEREND WALTER F . GRAHAM, C.M. to re-dedicate and re-consecrate our entire University. More than that, we re-consecrate REVEREND JOSEPH P. GANLEY, C.M. our minds, our wills, our hearts, our whole beings, all that we have, all that we are, our REVEREND ROBERT SWAIN, C.M. benefactors--living and deceased, our friends and neighbors. We ask you to obtain REVEREND ROBERT CAWLEY, C.M. for us the light 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 REVEREND WILLIAM BRAITMEYER, C.M. fulfillment of the sublime objectives of our University. REVEREND GEORGE Q. FRIEL, O.P. REVEREND EDWARD P. FARRELL, O.P. Inspire our faculty with a love of thy Son that He may be the center of their lives. 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. IN CHARGE OF CEREMONIES REVEREND PETER D. GOLDBACH, C.M. As the Church and the entire human race were consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, so that, in reposing all hope in them, REVEREND FRANCIS X. KEYES, C.M. they 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 BACCALAUREATE SERMON Heart, our Mother and Queen, that thy love and patronage may hasten the triumph REVEREND JOSEPH P. GANLEY, C.M. of the Kingdom of God and that all nations, at peace with one another and with thee. Administrative Vice President and Director of Student Affairs, Staten Island may raise their voices to resound fro~ pole to pole the chant of the everlasting Magni ficat of glory, love and gratitude to the Heart of Jesus, where alone they can find truth and peace. Amen. ACT OF RE-CONSECRATION OF THE UNIVERSITY TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY VERY REVEREND JOSEPH T. CAHILL, C.M. President ORDER OF ACADEMIC PROCESSION
Faculty Marshal
JULIUS S. LOMBARDI, Ph.D .
NOTRE DAME COLLEGE
Schools and Colleges - Staten Island Campus
NOTRE DAME COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
ST. VINCENT'S COLLEGE
FACULTY- STATEN ISLAND CAMPUS
ALUMNI REPRESENTATIVES
OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION
HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS
THE VERY REVEREND PRESIDENT COMMENCEMENT-STATEN ISLAND CAMPUS AWARDING OF THE PRESIDENT'S MEDAL
SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1973 Awarded to: William P. Tavoulareas President of Mobil Oil Corporation, and member of the Board of Trustees of St. John's University Presiding: VERY REVEREND JOSEPH T. CAHILL, C.M., M.A., LL.D., Litt.D. COMMISSIONING OF OFFICERS President IN THE U.S. ARMY RESERVE
HENRY G. MOSELEY Colonel, U.S. Army PROCESSIONAL~ PRESENTATION OF MEMBERS OF THE THE NATIONAL ANTHEM PRESIDENT'S SOCIETY
PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES IN COURSE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
C. CARL ROBUSTO, Ph.D. VERY REVEREND JOSEPH T. CAHILL, C.M. Academic Vice President, Staten Island and Dean, Notre Dame College President of the University
PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR HONORARY DEGREES BENEDICTION
REVEREND JOHN V. NEWMAN, C.M. His EMINENCE TERENCE CARDINAL CooKE, D.D. Special Assistant to the President Archbishop of New York
DOCTOR OF COMMERCIAL SCIENCE ALMA MATER
THOMAS CARVEL RECESSIONAL FRANCIS C. RooNEY, JR.
ALMA MATER DOCTOR OF LAWS Thy sons are here today, galore, Old St. John's! Our dear St. John's! THE MosT REVEHEND JAMES E. WALSH, M.M. 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 'til night, CONFERRING OF DEGREES Victorious, we'll show our might, Old St. John's! Our dear St. John's! VEHY REVEHEND JOSEPH T. CAHILL, C.M. President of the University 0 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. DEGREES IN COURSE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Class of June 1973 NOTRE DAME COLLEGE THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS Genevieve Mary Sangiorgio, cum laucle Class of June 1973 COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS Class of June 1973 Anthony Joseph Allutto, cum laude Valerie Fernandes Ann Carroll O'Halloran, THE DEGREE OF BAG_HELOR OF SCIENCE Barbara M. Ayoub Carolyn Marie Fetter, summa cum laude Joseph Anthony Baione cum laude Thomas William O'Neill Tajudeen Adebisi Adeyemo Robert Walter Decker Karen Mary Martino, Joseph M. Bandille Patricia Mary Fitzpatrick Calogero Pantano William Robert Allan Robert Joseph DeVito magna cum laude William Bartlett Patrick Bannon William Francis Flynn Andrew Gerard Partheymueller Oreste G. Baffi Thomas Paul Joyce Karl E. Nicosia Christine Cecelia Benedict, Felix Michael Fomino Christine Ann Perrini Paul Anthony Caruselle John Andrew Kuch Kevin Anthony Ross summa cum laude Richard Keith George Louis Joseph Petrillo Nicholas A. Castaldo, Anthony Edward Lagatta James P. Slattery Edward M. Brady John R. Graziano Owen Carl Powell summa cum laude James Leonard LaRubio Marianne Theresa Stegeland Thomas M. Canarelli Gertrudis Robina Heiliger Thomas Henry Putko John J. Ciulla Dominic John Losquadro Deborah Lin ST. VINCENT'S COLLEGE CITATIONS FOR HONORARY DEGREES Class of January 1973 THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN ARTS THOMAS CARVEL Mary Jane Frances Strazza The ancient city of Athens in Greece has prodnced rnore than its shares of the world's philosophers ;ind philanthropists NOTRE DAME COLLEGE but in giving us Thomas Carvel, Athens has also pleasantly enriched the taste buds of millions of Americans. His notable success in the ice cream merchandising business suggests a Horatio Alger theme and appropriately in 1957 he received the Class of September 1972 coveted award named after the famous American author. His immigrant parents brought him to the United States at the age of five and he ended his formal education at the high school level. Today, Mr. Carvel is President and Chairman THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS of the Board of the Carvel Corporation, a national chain of 500 franchised retail ice cream supermarkets gainfully employing Patrick Edward Brown Walter John Doolan Mary Annette Pecorale thousands of people. There is no secret formula to his prospering venture other than ingenuity blended with plain hard work. I vianne Amelia Carter Salvatore Anthony Mannine Kevin F. Purcell Almost forty years ago he began a one man operation by selling frozen custard from a homemade house trailer in Hartsdale, Salvatore Robert Cervasio John Salvatore Mazzocchi Thomas J. Scroppo New York. Within four years he opened the first Carvel ice cream parlor. In 1940, he designed and patented a revolutionary Joseph C. Ciannella Frank Robert Miola Christopher Traficante fast freezer which was to become the heart of his enterprise. After World War II, he branched into manufacturing ice cream Rosario Cutrupi, Jr. Susan Laura Palmieri Kenneth Joseph Warnock freezers for independent operators, and despite initial disappoinhnents he personally showed them how to market ice cream at a profit. Franchising was his next move and in 1950 the Carvel Corporation opened 21 stores. His personal inventive talent has procured for him 16 United States Patent Registrations ranging from mechanical and technical developments of THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE food equipment to building construction designs as well as 150 Federal Trademark Registrations and Copyrights, all of which are currently in use throughout Carvel's distribution complex. Recent enterprises include: the Carvel Inn, a modern motel and Deborah Ann Casley James Patrick Savage Maria Anna Steinheber Kathryn Ann Moore Cassandra M. Senko commercial facility in Yonkers; the Dugan's Bakeries, another franchise operation in embryo stage; and All-American Sports Maria Louise Walby City, a 780 acre sports and residential development near Poughkeepsie, New York. He has been married for the past 36 years to the former Agnes Burnett Stewart. With admiration and esteem, St. John's University confers upon this talented SCHOOL OF EDUCATION man of industry, Thomas Carvel, honoris causa, the degree of Doctor of Commercial Science. Class of September 1972 THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS Margaret T. Flynn THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION Stephen Brendan Carroll FRANCIS C. ROONEY, JR. "Commerce can never be at a stop while one man COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION wants what another can supply.... " Class of September 1972 Dr. Johnson THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Francis C. Rooney possesses a keen awareness of man's "wants" and his eminent success as a businessman testifies to his constant aim at "supply." With meteoric speed he has risen in the world of industry. A native of North Brookfield, James Michael Bernard Edward Joseph Myzwinski Joseph William Reilly Massachusetts, he earned his B.S. degree in Economics in 1943 from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of George Joseph Maltese Pennsylvania. Originally a shoe salesman for the John Foote Shoe Company and Florsheim Shoe Company, Mr. Rooney is currently President and Chief Executive of the Melville Shoe Corporation and Thom McAn, Incorporated. Nine years ago, TENTATIVE SEPTE:MBER 1973 GRADUATES Melville Shoe conducted an intense search for its chief executive officer. The retiring proprietors had appraised forty-four year old Francis Rooney as too young for the challenging position. The year-long talent hunt proved unsuccessful when the possible nominees were measured against the potential of the young but promisingly astute Francis C. Rooney. In 1965 he NOTRE DAME COLLEGE stepped into the shoes of leadership and Melville has since become one of the most profitable, fastest-growing companies in THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS American industry. Under his expert direction, this shoe manufacturing and retail firm with 10,000 employees shows an annual sales range of over three hundred million dollars. Two years ago the Business Administration Society of St. John's Rosemary E. Barry Theresa A. Feijo Kathryn Murtha University named him the "Young Businessman of the Year." He serves as a Trustee of both Fordham University and John J. Basciano Daniel R. Hall Clifford F. Thies Worcester Polytechnic Institute as well as Associate Trustee of Holy Cross College. He is also a member of the Board of Stephen Vincent Carollo James A. Landi Lorraine A. Stovall Thomas Directors of the Phoenix of London Assurance Company, Bankers Trust Company and the United Cerebral Palsy Association. Charles A. Chesnowsky Kevin M. Lindroth Michael Thompson He resides in Larchmont with his wife, the former Frances Heffernan, and their eight children. St. John's University happily John R. Colberg Alexander McGowan John R. Vecchiarelli confers upon this singularly gifted gentleman of business leadership, Francis C. Rooney, honoris causa, the degree of Doctor of Commercial Science. THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE John Butterly Edith J. Ortado Paul P. Suplicki John Iannone Dennis Sedita Kathleen Venezia Robert A. Lane THE MOST REVEREND JAMES EDWARD WALSH, M.M. "I love the Chinese people. . . ." Letter from Bishop Walsh written after his release in 1970 The late renowned Cardinal Cushing of Boston once aptly remarked that Bishop Walsh was the best missionary he had ever met and he had met them in countless numbers. All the world bows in agreement. Born eighty-two years ago in Cumberland, Maryland, he has adorned the priesthood as a Maryknoll Father for fifty-eight years. Consecrated a bishop forty-six years ago on Sancian Island where the great missionary St. Francis Xavier died, Bishop Walsh thus became the HONORARY DEGREES CONFERRED DURING THE YEAR first American to be elevated to the Church's hierarchy on Chinese soil. He had been among the first group of Maryknoll missionaries assigned to South China in 1918. For seventeen years he was to be entrusted as superior with the responsibilities Joseph Genovese, Doctor of Commercial Science of the Kongmoon Mission. Devoting his full energies to the task, he supervised the construction of a hospital and homes Conferred - October 16, 1972 for the aged and blind, ten dispensaries, six orphanages, thirty-three schools as well as a special industrial school. His priests and Sisters staffed one hundred nineteen stations, twelve churches, forty-two chapels, forty-nine oratories, a minor seminary, James J. Needham, Doctor of Laws and a novitiate. Named Superior-General of Maryknoll in 1936, he reluctantly left China to assume his ten-year post in the Conferred - October 16, 1972 United States. It was to be a decade of great trial for the society as World War II seriously hindered its efforts but it was also a time of significant expansion as Bishop Walsh spread the work from the Orient to Latin America and Africa. When The Most Rev. Edward T. O'Meara, S.T.D., Doctor of Laws he eagerly returned to his beloved China in 1948, it was to Shanghai in the capacity of Executive Secretary of the Conferred - December 4, 1972 Catholic Central Bureau. He steadfastly remained at his post even during the Communist victory and consequently suffered Sister Mary Basil Roarke, D.C., Doctor of Humane Letters harassment, indignities, and house arrest. Convicted on false espionage charges in 1960, he served twelve years in prison during which he was unable to offer Mass, obtain books of prayer or spiritual reading. Released unexpectedly three years Conferred - December 4, 1972 ago, tl1is indefatigable successor of the Apostles travelled first to Rome where tl1e celebrated picture of his embrace by Pope Patrick E. McGee, Doctor of Commercial Science Paul captured the imagination of the world. He has shared much in common with our own Vincentian missionaries in China Conferred - April 16, 1973 and counted the American Vincentian Bishop John A. O'Shea, C.M. among his most cherished associates. St. John's University is highly honored in paying tribute to the United States missionary pioneer of the Orient, mission superior, bishop, superior Chia Theng Shen, Doctor of Humane Letters general, scholar, and prolific writer as she confers upon His Excellency, Most Reverend James Edward Walsh, honoris causa, Conferred - April 16, 1973 the degree of Doctor of Laws. Albert V. Maniscalco, Doctor of Laws Conferred - April 30, 1973 Les Trautmann, Doctor of Humane Letters Conferred - April 30, 1973 CITATION FOR THE PRESIDENT'S MEDAL WILLIAM P. TAVOULAREAS That the president of the Mobil Oil Corporation, one of the ten largest corporations in the world, is an extremely involved and busy man no one can possibly deny. No matter how hard pressed he is for time, however, his ever eager willingness to serve his Alma Mater in a wide variety of tasks as a member of the Board of Trustees at St. John's University never ceases to elicit genuine admiration. When he was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Commercial Science at the Commencement Exercises of 1969, the citation happily recalled the progressive and rapid stages of advancement which has identified his career with Mobil ever since he entered the Corporation as an accountant 28 years ago. President during the past six years of this world-spanning, multi-billion dollar company, this astute and personable executive enjoys nothing more than to recall with sincere fondness his student days in the College of Business Administration then located in the Brooklyn Center, a plot of land devoid of all semblance of natural greenery but rich in the true spirit of St. John's. What the earlier citation aptly noted can be repeated with added intensity: " ... he took what Alma Mater taught him and used it to fashion a brilliant career." With pride and affection, St. John's University confers upon her loyal and dedicated son, William P. Tavoulareas, The President's Medal. AWARDS MEDALS AND AWARDS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE ~ GOLD KEYS BUSINESS ...... Nicholas Castaldo THE PRESIDENT'S MEDAL EDUCATION ...... Carolyn Stracquadanio Awarded to: James J. McCormack ENGLISH ...... Linda Calendrillo Irving G. Williams HISTORY ...... Thomas McCarthy Presented - October 16, 1972 MATHEMATICS ...... Patricia Maietta Rev. Donald G. Knox, C.M. POLITICAL SCIENCE ...... Nancy Smith Presented - December 4, 1972 PSYCHOLOGY ...... Eileen Raffaniello SOCIAL STUDIES ...... Sylvia Fabriani Katherine C. Cusack SOCIOLOGY ...... Christine Benedict Walter T. McLaughlin SPEECH ...... :...... Joseph Bandille Gaetano L. Vincitorio Pn:!sented - April 16, 1973 LAMBDA KAPPA PHI HONOR SOCIETY Marion F. Muchow Marguerite L. Sullivan Joseph Bandille Patricia Maietta Lois Brick Karen Martino Louis F. Tolle Christine Benedict Martin Matragano Presented - April 30, 1973 Linda Calendrillo James McCarrick Nicholas Castaldo Veronica Althea Modzelewski THE PIETAS MEDAL Anne Catinella Marie Pappone Anthony Cavaliere Veronica Piccolo Awarded to: Mario M. Cuomo, '53SJC; '56L Theresa Cavaliere Eileen Raffaniello Joseph P. McCaffrey, '16SJC Michael Cusack Catherine Ruggieri Presented - October 16, 1972 Theresa Feijo Diane Russo Rosemary Hetherington Anderson Nancy Smith Rev. Joaquin F. Garcia, C.M., '15SJC Margaret Longhi Carolyn Stracquadanio Presented - December 4, 1972 Aldina Lorenzoni Clifford Thies Robert W. Hinck, '58CBA; '64GBA Susan Watt Presented - April 16, 1973 Richard A. McManus, '48CBA KAPPA GAMMA PI Presented - April 30, 1973 Christine Benedict Patricia Maietta Deborah Carr Veronica Althea Modzelewski ST. VINCENT DE PAUL MEDAL Theresa Cavaliere Genevieve Sangiorgio Mary Jelley Nancy Smith Awarded to: Luke J. Smith Margaret Longhi Carolyn Stracquadanio Presented - December 4, 1972 GOLDEN JUBILEE MEDAL STAGER (DRAMATIC) SOCIETY Awarded to: Rev. Alphonse J. Cizmowski, '22SJC OUTSTANDING SERVICE IN ORGANIZATION Rev. Arthur P. Herold, '22SJC AND GROWTH OF STAGERS John J. Nolan, '22SJC Joseph Bandille Marianne Stegeland Presented - October 28, 1972 TWENTY-FIVE YEAR AWARD ROWLEY BEBATE COUNCIL OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN Awarded to: Dr. Edward T. Fagan, Jr. Prof. Eugene J. Germino INTERCOLLEGIATE DEBATE Prof. John J. Hurley Sylvia Fabriani Clifford Thies Rev. Lawrence A. Lonergan, C.M. Dr. Paul T. Medici MILITARY SCIENCE AWARDS Dr. Attilio M. Salerno Presented - May 9, 1973 RESERVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AWARD Gold - Raymond Gonia Silver - Thomas Petrillo Bronze - Gerard Collins CANDIDATES FOR COM~1ISSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES ARNIY RESERVE GONIA, RAYMOND ...... CROSS-ENROLLED FROM RICHMOND COLLEGE ' POWELL, OWEN ...... NOTRE DAME COLLEGE WALL, JOSEPH ...... NOTRE DAME COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT COMMITTEE DR. THOMAS D. HOUCHIN, Chairman DR. MICHAEL F. CAPOBIANCO REV. JOSEPH P. GANLEY, C.M. DR. ELIZABETH J. MALLON REV. ROBERT J. SWAIN, C.M. FACULTY MARSHAL DR. JULIUS S. LOMBARDI STUDENT MARSHAL ANNE MARIE CA TINELLO DIRECTOR OF STUDENT LIFE JOHN M. B. CRAIG ACADEMIC HERALDRY The caps, gowns, and hoods worn at college and university functions date back to the Middle Ages. Monks and students of those days wore them to keep warm in the damp and drafty 12th cent;uy castles and halls of learning. The gown for the bachelor's degree has a semi-stiff yoke, long pleated front, and intricate shirring across the shoulders and back. It is primarily distinguished by its long pointed sleeves. The holder of a master's degree wears a gown with the same yoke effect as the bachelor's. The gown however, is worn open, and the very long sleeve is squared and closed at the end, the forearm coming through a slit near the elbow. The gown for the doctor's degree is also worn open, it has broad velvet panels down the front and three velvet bars on the large, bell-like sleeves. This velvet trim ming may be either black or the color distinctive of the field of learning to which the degree pertains. Generally, all caps may be of serge or broadcloth. In addition, doctor's caps may be of velvet and adorned by a gold tassel. The hood gives color and distinction to the academic costume. The hood-a black shell-like affair of varying size for the three degrees and a material to match the gown-is silk-lined stressing the colors of the institution conferring the degree. The hood is then bordered with velvet of the color signifying the respective fields of learning. The colors indicative of the various fields of learning are as follows: Arts and Letters ______White Library Science ______Lemon Laws ______purple Education.. I jght Blue Philosophy____ Blue Science Golden Yellow Fine Arts ______Brown Business Administration...... Light Brown Pharmacy··············--····-----······· Green It is important to note that the field of learning having prior mention in the confer ment of the degree, and not the department governing the major work, determines the color that is proper for the velvet of the hood. The doctor of philosophy degree requires blue velvet irrespective of the major field. If more than one degree is held, the gown and hood of the highest degree are worn. Some of the institutional colors to be seen at an academic ceremony are as follows: Catholic University, lemon yellow with white chevron; Columbia, light blue with white chevron; Fordham, maroon; Harvard, crimson; Manhattan, white with emerald green chevron; New York University, violet; St. John's University, bright red with white chevron.