Fact Book 1997

              PREFACE
The Fairfield University FACT BOOK, in its twenty-third year of
pro,duction, is dedicated to serving frequent informa tion needs and
interests of administration, faculty and alumni. The design of the
publication attempts to offer concise, consistent, and relevant
information on principal characteristics and strengths of Fairfield
University.
Two new pages have been added:
Page 8. The University Fight Song by Brian Torff
Page 44. First-Time Freshmen Enrollment Trends
The information on the Media Center has been enhanced (pages 93 to
104).
You are encouraged to offer suggestions for improvement of future
issues.
My appreciation is extended to the many offices which assisted me
with the development of the information. I especially want to
acknowledge the assistance from Sharon Kelly, my secretary, in the
preparation of this document and to Michael Micinilio in the Media
Center who created the graphs.
Should additional copies be needed, please do not hesitate to
contact my office.
Phyllis A. Fitzpatrick. (email: PFitzpatrick)
Director of Management Information
Bellarmine 202 Ext. 2774
January, 1997
1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
Preface..................................................... i
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
INSTITUTION..........................................
University Seal ..................................... 7
Alma Mater ........................................... 8
Jesuit Colleges and Universities ..................... 9
History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Administration....................................... 11
Presidents.......................................... 12
Board of Trustees .................................. 13
Trustees Emeriti ..................................... 15
Accreditation and Memberships ........................ 16
Honorary Degrees Awarded . Commencement.............. 17
Honorary Degrees Awarded . Special Ceremonies ........ 23
Recipients of 50th Anniversary Medals ................ 26
University Organizational Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
I1. STUDENTS............................................. 29
Head Count by Division ............................... 31
Undergraduate and Graduate Head Count ................ 32
Enrollment Trend Graph ............................... 33
Undergraduate Head Count by School ................... 34
Graduate Head Count by School ........................ 36
Full-Time Enrollment by Year and Gender .............. 38
Full-Time Student Equivalent (FTE) ................... 39
Summer Session Enrollment ............................ 40
2000 Class profile ................................... 41
SAT Scores ........................................... 42
Undergraduate Admissions Trend ....................... 43
First-Time Freshman Enrollment Trends ................ 44
Freshmen Data Trend Graph ............................ 45
Upperclassmen by Majors .............................. 46
Freshmen by Majors ................................... 47
Full-Time Enrollment by Geographical Region .......... 48
Geographical Composite: Class of 2000 ................ 49
Transfer Admissions Trend ............................ 50
Full-Time Undergraduate Resident Status .............. 51
Cradiiatinn 2nd Withdrawal Statistirn . . . . 5 2
sll ......................................... '&NabIdO?3A3a ' I I I A
oOT .................................. 'qrun uorqanpoxd
96 .... """.............. -laqua3 erpaM 30 uorqezruebxo
56 ........................... .uoTssrM pue MarAxano
. . . a
E8 .... ...................... -a~npaqasaaa pue uoTqrn&
z8 ........................ 'qdex3 puax& spuna burqexado
T.8 ""' 'sa6ueq3 xaqqo 3 sasuadxz 'sanuanaa 30 quauaqeqs
8L ...."............" y2rM S l O q P J q S r U ~ ~ ~
LL "......"........""' 'yUPa A q ~ n a ~ d
- s ~ s A ~ e uTayu
uosxad Aq~sxanrun
9 L " " " " ' ~uorqesuaduo~~eqo&3 Axe~esa bexany A7~n~e.g
PL ..................................... 'rqyxauz A71n~e.g
ZELL " " " " " ' .yuea pue pame3 aaxbaa 2saqby~A q A q ~ n a e ~ """...... 'uoTqnq-rqsuI 6uyquex3 Aq saa~baa TeuTuuaL
T.L """""'xapua3 s yuea 'mexboxd Aq Aq~naea aqenpex3
OL . --xapua33 yuea 'quauqxedaa Aq Aq1nae.q aqenpexbxapun
69 ...."".. """. 'snqeqs axnua& pue ~ooyas Aq Aq~naea
89 ......................... 'ydex3 Aq~naea b u r q ~ e a ~
L9 ..""........ " " . . . . . . 'Aq~naea~ U ~ T P A Tau~T~L-RIT na
99 ................................ 'Aq~naed aqenpex3
* 9 ............................ .Aq~nae.ga qenpe~bxapun
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
MISSION STATEMENT
Fairfield University, founded by the Society of Jesus, is a
coeducational institution of higher learning whose primary
objectives' are to develop the creative intellectual potential of
its students and to foster in them ethical and religious values and
a sense of social responsibility. Jesuit Education, which began in
1547, is committed today to the service of faith, of which the
promotion of justice is an absolute requirement.
Fairfield is Catholic in both tradition and spirit. It celebrates
the God-given dignity of every human person. As a Catholic
university it welcomes those of all beliefs and traditions who
share its concerns for scholarship, justice, truth and freedom, and
it values the diversity which their membership bring to the
university community.
Fairfield educates its students through a variety of scholarly and
professional disciplines. All of its schools share a liberal and
humanistic perspective and a commitment to excellence. Fairfield
encourages a respect for all the disciplines - - their similarities,
their differences, and their interrelationships. In particular, in
its undergraduate schools it provides all students with a broadly
based general education curriculum with a special emphasis on the
traditional humanities as a complement to the more specialized
preparation in disciplines and professions provided by the major
programs. Fairfield is also committed to the needs of society for
liberally educated professionals. It meets the needs of its
students to assume positions in this society through its
undergraduate and graduate professional schools and programs.
A Fairfield education is a liberal education, characterized by its
breadth and depth. It offers opportunities for individual and
common reflection, and it provides training in such essential human
skills as analysis, synthesis, and communication. The liberally
educated person is able to assimilate and organize facts, to
evaluate knowledge, to identify issues, to use appropriate methods
of reasoning and to convey conclusions persuasively in written and
spoken word. Equally essential to liberal education is the
development of the esthetic dimension of human nature, the power to
imagine, to intuit, to create, and to appreciate. In its fullest
sense liberal education initiates students at a mature level into
their culture, its past, its present and its future.
Fairfield recognizes that learning is a life-long process and sees
the education which it provides as the foundation upon which its
students may continue to build within their chosen areas of
scholarly study or professional development. It also seeks to
foster in its students a continuing intellectual curiosity and a
desire for self-education which will extend to the broad range of
areas to which they have been introduced in their studies.
As a community of scholars, Fairfield gladly joins in the broader
task of expanding human knowledge and deepening human
understanding, and to this end it encourages and supports the
scholarly research and artistic production of its faculty and
students.
Fairfield has a further obligation to the wider community of which
it is a part, to share with its neighbors its resources and its
special expertise for the betterment of the community as a whole.
Faculty and students are encouraged to participate in the larger
community through service and academic activities. But most of
all, Fairfield serves the wider community by educating its students
to be socially aware and morally responsible persons.
Fairfield University values each of its students as an individual
with unique abilities and potentials, and it respects the personal
and academic freedom of all its members. At the same time it seeks
to develop a greater sense of community within itself, a sense that
all of its members belong to and are involved in the University,
sharing common goals and a common commitment to truth and justice,
and manifesting in their lives the common concern for others which
is the obligation of all educated, mature human beings.
,
March 4, 1983
Fairfield's seal combines elements of its several
traditions. The gold pine cones come from the Bellarmine
family coat of arms. Superimposed on them is the badge
of the Society of Jesus - the letters IHS surmounted by
the cross and surrounded by the instruments of Christ's
passion - to indicate that the University is in the care
of members of the same religious family. There are three
compartments in the upper portion of the shield, because
"the school is dedicated and exists in the Name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. " The
central compartment portrays a hart crossing a ford, a
part of the coat of arms of the Diocese of Hartford and
an example of "canting armsM wherein the pronunciation of
the symbol is the same as that of the bearer. Finally,
the two outer compartments show clusters of grapes,
charges taken from the town seal and symbolic of the
fertility of the verdant fields of the Town and County of
Fairfield.
Fairfield University's Motto "Per Fidem Ad Plenam
VeritatemM translates to "Through faith to full Truth."
ALMA MATER
Fairfield! See the stag with cross of Gold
Rears once more its undefeated head.
Fair out field, as any field of old,
Bids our banners, like our blood, be red.
"Through faith, unto total truth,^^ our cry
Swells from the sea to spire and sky;
Hear, Alma Mater, hear! Fairfield, hail!
Memlries fold away the thought of thee:
Autumn roses crimson on the bough,
Bright snow breaking to the dogwood tree
Keeps spring singing, then as now.
"Through faith, unto total truth," our cry
Swells from the sea to spire and sky;
Hear, Alma Mater, hear! Fairfield, hail!
FIGHT SONG
by Brian Q. Torff
Come catch the spirit Fairfield U.
For all to hear it Fairfield U.
Red and white will always conquer
Go for the winner 'till the end and so we'll
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight for Fairfield U.
Each day and night our hearts will be true
And all across the land we'll always stand by Fairfield U.
And all across the land we'll always stand by Fairfield U!
JESUIT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
IN THE UNlTED STATES
Founded
1789
1818
1830
1831
1841
1843
1851
1851
1852
1855
1863
1870
1870
1872
1877
1877
1878
1881
1886
1887
1891
1910
1911
1912
1923
Georgetown University
St. Louis University
Spring Hill College
Xavier University
Fordham University
College of the Holy. Cross
St. Joseph's University
Santa Clara University
Loyola College in Maryland
University of San Francisco
Boston College
Canisius College
Loyola University of Chicago
St. Peter's College
Regis University
University of Detroit Mercy
Creighton University
Marquette University
John Carroll University
Gonzaga University
Seattle University
Rockhurs t College
Loyola Maryrnount University
Loyola University
University of Scranton
Fairfield University
Le Moyne College
Wheeling Jesuit College
Washington, D.C.
St. Louis, Missouri
Mobile, Alabama
Cincinnati, Ohio
New York, New York
Worcester, Massachusetts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Santa Clara, California
Baltimore, Maryland
San Francisco, California
Boston, Massachusetts
Buffalo, New York
Chicago, Illinois
Jersey City, New Jersey
Denver, Colorado
Detroit, Michigan
Omaha, Nebraska
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Cleveland, Ohio
Spokane, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Kansas City, Missouri
Los Angeles, California
New Orleans, Louisiana
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Fairfield, Connecticut
Syracuse, New York
Wheeling, West Virginia
4
HISTORY
+ Fairfield College of St. Robert Bellarmine, Inc. purchased two
adjoining estates in Fairf ield. + Fairfield College-Preparatory School opened classes in a
four-year program. + Fairfield University was chartered by the State of Connecticut
giving it power to grant degrees. + First class of 303 male students was admitted to the College of
Arts and Sciences. + College of Arts and Sciences was accredited by the State of
connecticu t + First summer session of undergraduate courses was held.
+ First graduate classes in education were held on a coeducational
basis. + Education Program for teacher certification was accredited by the
State of Connecticut + First Graduation Class. + Fairf ield University was admitted to fully accredited membership
in the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
+ Graduate Department of Education became the Graduate School of
Education. + Graduate School of Corporate and Political Communication opened.
+ Women were admitted to all undergraduate programs. + Undergraduate School of Nursing admitted its first class. + Center for Lifetime Learning offered its first courses. + Graduated first class of women. + Connecticut Center for Continuing Education became part of the
University. + School of Business was established. ' + School of Continuing Education was established.
School of Business offered its first Master of Science degree
program in Financial Management.
+ Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions merged with
School of Continuing Education to form School of Graduate and
Continuing Education. + The School of Graduate and Continuing Education was separated
into two schools: the School of Continuing Education and the
Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions. + Acquired the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur property.
+ Graduate School of Communication closed.
+ Acquired Bridgeport Engineering Institute. Masters of Science in
Nursing and Masters in Business Administration Program offered.
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSKY ADMINISTRA DON
Rev. Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J. ..... President
Rev. Charles H. Allen, S.J. .... Executive Assistant to
the President
Rev. Paul E. Carrier, S.J. ..... University Chaplain
L. William Miles .................. Vice President for Administration
Stephen P. Jakab ............... Associate Vice President
George E. Diffley ................. Vice President for
University Advancement
Fredric C. Wheeler ............. Associate Vice President
for Development
William J. Lucas .................. Vice President for Finance
Michael S. Maccarone ........... Assistant Vice president for
Finance and Controller
William P. Schimpf ................ Vice President for Student
Services
Gwendolyn M. Vendley ........... Dean of Students
Dr. Robert E. Wall ................ Academic Vice President
Michael J. Crowley,\S.J. ....... Executive Assistant to the
Academic Vice President
Dr. Mary Frances Malone ........ Associate Academic Vice
President
Dr. Georgia F. Day ............. Assistant Academic Vice
President
Dr. Theresa M. Valiga .......... Dean of the School
of Nursing
Dr. Orin L. Grossman ........... Dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences
Dr. Russell P. Boisjoly ........ Dean of the School
of Business
Dr. Antonio Simoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dean of the Graduate
School of.Education
and Allied Professions
Dr. John M. Sweeney . . . . . . . . . . . . Dean of the School of
Continuing Education
Dr. Evangelos Hadjimichael ..... Dean, BE1 School of
Engineering
James A. Estrada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . University Librarian
PRESIDENTS OF FAIRFIELD UNIVERSrrY
1. 1942-1944
2. 1944-1951
3. 1951-1958
4. 1958-1964
5. 1964-1973
6. 1973-1979
7. 1979-
Rev. John J. McEleney, S.J.
Rev. James H. Dolan, S.J.
Rev. Joseph D. FitzGerald, S. J.
Rev. James E. FitzGerald, S.J.
,'
Rev. William C. McInnes, S.J.
Rev. Thomas R. Fitzgerald, S.J.
Rev. Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J.
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Mr. Joseph F. Berardino ' 7 2
Partner
Mr. James J. Bigham '59
Executive VP and CFO
Rev. Kenneth J. Boller, S.J.
President.
Dr. Antony E. Champ '59
President
Rev. Gregory C. Chisholm, S.J.
Assistant Professor of
Mechanical Engineering
Mr. William H . Connolly, Jr. '69
President
Dr. E. Gerald Corrigan '63
Partner and Managing Director
Mr. James M. Cotter '64
Attorney/Partner
Ms. Eileen M. Cullen
Mr. Dennis D. Damrnerman
Senior vice President - Finance
Rev. Daniel A. Degnan, S.J.
Jesuit Community
Mr. Joseph A. DiMenna, Jr. '80
Managing Director
Mr. Charles F. Dolan
Chairman
Mr. William P. Egan '67
Managing General Partner
Mr. Daniel R. Finn, Jr. '66
President
Mr. Vincent A. Gierer, Jr.
Chairman and CEO
Arthur Andersen and Company
New York, New York
Continental Grain Company
New York, New York
Xavier High School
New York, New York
Champ Associates Inc.
Crozet, Virginia
University of DetroitiMercy
Detroit, Michigan
William H. Connolly & Company
Montclair, New Jersey
Goldman Sachs & Company
New York, New York
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
New York, New York
Plandome, New York
General Electric Company
Fairfield, Connecticut
Fordham University
Bronx, New York
Zweig-DiMenna Associates LLC
New York, New York
Cablevision Systems Corp.
Woodbury, New York
Burr, Egan, Deleage & Company
Boston, Massachusetts
Louis Dreyfus Energy Corp.
Wilton, Connecticut
UST, Inc.
Greenwich, Connecticut
Mr. Charles E. Hanley
President and CEO
Ms. Marian L. Heard
President and CEO
Mr. George F. Keane '51
President Emeritus and
Senior Investment Adviser
Rev. Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J.
President
Rev. Charles F. Kelley, S.J.
President
Ms. Kathi P. Loughlin '80
President
Mr. Roger M. Lynch ' 6 3 "
Limited Partner
Rev. Arthur R. Madiqan, S.J.
Jesuit Community
Mr. John C. Meditz '70
Managing Director
Ms. Diane Oakley ' 7 5
Vice President
Mr. Leslie C. Quick, Jr.
Chairman and CEO
Ms. Mary D. Reynolds '79
Ms. Rosellen W. Schnurr '74
Teacher
Ms. Maive F. Scully '76
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. John G. Swanhaus, Jr. '67
Vice President
Mr. Francis T. inc cent, Jr.
* Chairman of the Board
Thomas C. Wilson, Incorporated
Long Island City, New York
United Way of Massachusetts Bay
Boston, Massachusetts
The Common Fund
Westport, Connecticut
Fairfield University
Fairfield, Connecticut
Canisius High School
Buffalo, New York
~oughlin Creative, Inc.
Washington, DC
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
New York, New York
John Carroll University
Cleveland, Ohio
Horizon Asset Management
New York, New York
Associations & Government Relations
TIAA- CREF
Washington, DC
The Quick & Reilly Group, Inc.
Palm Beach, Florida
New York, New York
The Salisbury School
Salisbury, Connecticut
Global Project and Structured
Finance Corporation
a unit of GE Capital Corporation
Stamford, Connecticut
Pepsi Cola Company
Purchase, New York
Vincent Enterprises
Stamford, Connecticut
TRUSTEES EMERlll
Mr. James W. Birkenstock
Mr. Alphonsus J. Donahue
Mr. David W.P. Jewitt
Rev. James J. McGinley, S.J.
Mr. Francis J. McNamara, Jr.
Mr. L. William Miles
ACCREDITATION AND MEMBERSHIPS OF THE UNIVERSITY
Accreditation
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
American Chemical Society
American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on
Accreditation
Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and
Related Educational Programs
National League for Nursing
New England Association of Schools and Colleges
State of Connecticut Department of Education
State of Connecticut Board of Examiners for Nursing
State of Connecticut Department of Higher Education
Memberships
American Society for Engineering Education
American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business
American Association for Higher Education
American Association of Colleges for Teacher
Education
American Council for Higher Education
American Council on Education
Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
Association of Continuing Higher Education
Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for
Teacher Education
Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
Connecticut Association of Colleges and Universities
for Teacher Education
Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges
Connecticut Council for Higher Education
Connecticut League for Nursing
Council for the Advancement and Support of Education
National Association of Independent Colleges and
Universities
National Catholic Educational Association
National League for Nursing
New England Business and Economic Association
New England Conference on Business Administration
North American Association of Summer Sessions
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
HONORARY DEGREES A WARDEO
COMMENCEMElvr 1951 - 1996
1951: Commencement, June 12
Most Reverend Henry J. OIBrien, D.D. - Doctor of Laws
Most Reverend William R. Arnold, D.D. - Doctor of Laws
Most Reverend John J. McEleney, S.J., D.D. - Doctor of Laws
The Honorable J. Howard McGrath - Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
1952: Commencement, June 10
Most Reverend Monsignor Joseph Francls Donnelly-Doctor of Laws
The Honorable Charles Malik - Doctor of Laws
Reverend Edward Bernard Rooney,. S.J. - Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Frank Daniel Whalen - Doctor of Laws
19 5 3: Commencement, June 9
Most Reverend John Francis Hackett, D.D. - Doctor of Laws
Raymond Earl Baldwin - Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Margaret Veronica Kiely - Doctor of Laws
James Milton O1Neil - Doctor of Humane Letters
1954: Commencement, June 8
Most Reverend Joseph Lawrence Shehan, D.D.
(Speaker)
1959: Commencement, June 9
Abraham Ribicoff - Doctor of Laws
Most Reverend Bernard J. Flanagan, D.D.
(Speaker)
Joseph Sullivan -'Doctor of Laws
John Peter Hagan - Doctor of Science
-
1960: Commencement, June 7
Henry Michael Hogan - Doctor of Laws
- Doctor of Laws
Doctor of Laws
Thomas Dresser White - Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Reverend John J. Collins, S.J. - Doctor of Humane Letters
Commencement, June 12
Herman William Steinkraus - Doctor of Laws
Right Reverend Monsignor Cornelius P. Tuelings - Doctor of
Humane Letters
Francis James Braceland - Doctor of Science (Speaker)
Commencement, June 11
Most Reverend Walter William Curtis, S.T.D. - Doctor of Laws
(Speaker)
Commencement, June 10
Right Reverend Monsignor John H. Anderson, D.D., P.A. -
Doctor of Laws
William Joseph Sanders - Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Sir Alexander Bustamante, K. B. - Doctor of Laws
Commencement, June 8
Paul Horgan - Doctor of Humane Letters (Speaker)
Commencement, June 14
William Conley - Doctor of Laws
Richard Cardinal Cushing - Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Thomas Dodd - Doctor of Laws
Henry W. Littlefield - Doctor of Laws
Commencement, June 15
John Dempsey - Doctor of Laws
James Vincent Joy - Doctor of Laws
John Courtney Murray - Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Marion Anderson - Doctor of Humane Letters
Igor Ivan Sikorsky - Doctor of Science
Commencement, June 14
Howard Thomas Owens - Doctor of. Laws p
Right Reverend Monsignor John Joseph Toomey - Doctor of Laws
Donald Henry McGannon - Doctor of Humane Letters
William Sumner Simpson - Doctor of Public Service
Edward John Steichen - Doctor of Fine Arts
Roger Tory Peterson - Doctor of Science
Commencement, June 9
Edward Bennett Williams - Doctor of Laws (Speaker')
Homer Daniels Babbidge, Jr. - Doctor of Humane Letters
Arsene Croteau - Doctor of Humane Letters
Peter Carl Goldmark - Doctor of Science
Commencement, June 8
Dana Lyda Farnsworth - Doctor of Science
J. Gerald Phelan - Doctor of Arts
Theodore Chaikin Sorensen - Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Robert Penn Warren - Doctor of Humane Letters
Amos Wiven Wilder - Doctor of Theology
1970: Commencement, June 17
Kenneth Burke - Doctor of Humane Letters
Most Reverend Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. - Doctor of Laws
Edmund Griffith Williamson - Doctor of Arts (Speaker)
Korczak Ziolkowski - Doctor of Arts
1971: Commencement, May 30
John Whittaker Christensen - Doctor of Science
Alvin Christian Eurich - Doctor of Humane Letters
Harrison Edward Farnsworth - Doctor of Science
Alexander Kipnis - Doctor of Fine Arts
Morris King Udall - Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
1972: Commencement, May 28
Joseph Hoffer Blatchford - Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Lawrence Warren Pierce - Doctor of Laws
Max Tishler - Doctor of Science
1973: Commencement, June 3
Sidney P. Marland, Jr. - Doctor of Humane Letters (Speaker)
Rene Jules Dubos - Doctor of Science
1974: Commencement, May 26
James Warren Birkenstock - Doctor of Laws
Samuel Dash - Doctor of Civil Law (Speaker)
William Styron - Doctor of Humane Letters
John Joseph Sullivan - Doctor of Public Service
1975: Commencement, May 25
Reverend William Charles McInnes, S.J. - Doctor of
Humane Letters
Richard Peter McKeon - Doctor of Humane Letters
Reverend Theodore Martin Hesburgh - Doctor of Public Service
John Joseph Sirica - Doctor of Civil Law (Speaker)
1976: Commencement, May 23
Samuel Waller Hawley - Doctor of Public Service
Rob'ert Paul Ramsey - Doctor of Humane Letters
Dean Rusk - Doctor of Civil Law (Speaker)
1977: Commencement, May 22
Vincent Albert Cianci, Jr. - Doctor of Public Service (Speaker)
William Homer Timbers - Doctor of Civil Law
1978: Commencement, May 28
Reverend James H. Coughlin, S.J. - Doctor of Humane Letters
Evelyn Kennedy - Doctor of Public Service
Stewart B. McKinney - Doctor of Public Service (speaker)
Arthur Miller - Doctor of Humane Letters
1979: Commencement, May 27
Ella Grasso - Doctor of Public Service
Reverend Bernard Joseph Francis Lonergan, S.J. -
Doctor of Humane Letters
George William Miller - Doctor of Public Administration
( Speaker)
1980: Commencement, May 25
William L. Hawkins - Doctor of Humane Letters
David W.P. Jewitt - Doctor of Laws
Reverend George Stirling Mahan, S.J. - Doctor of Humane Letters
Reverend Joseph A. OIHare, S.J. - Doctor of Humane Letters
( Speaker)
1981: Commencement, May 24
Reverend Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J. - Doctor of Humane Letters
Serena S. Merck - Doctor of Laws
Reverend Bruce Ritter, O.F.M. - Doctor of Laws
Alexander M. Haig, Jr. - Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
1982: Commencement, May 23
William Joseph Dorfer, Jr. - Doctor of Laws
Reverend Thomas R. Fitzgerald, S.J. - Doctor of Humane Letters
( Speaker)
Jason Nelson Robards - Doctor of Humane Letters
Andrew Clark Sigler - Doctor of Laws
Commencement, May 22
Margaret Ann Farley - Doctor of Humane Letters
Francis Joseph McNamara, Jr. - Doctor of Laws
Elie Wiesel - Doctor of Humane Letters (Speaker)
Commencement, May 20
Robert M. Hayes - Doctor of Laws
Ted Koppel - Doctor of Humane Letters (Speaker)
Martha Elizabeth Rogers - Doctor of Science
Lawrence Arthur Wien - Doctor of Laws
Commencement, May 19
Arvin Brown - Doctor of Humane Letters
Reverend George W. MacRae, S.J. - Doctor of Humane Letters
Governor William OINeill - Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Sister Mary Consolata OIConnor, R.S.M. - Doctor of Humane
Letters
Commencement, May 18
Dr. Robert Coles - Doctor of Humane Letters
Dith Pran - Doctor of Humane Letters (Speaker)
Reverend William Wallace, O.P. - Doctor of Humane Letters
Commencement, May 18
Reverend Lawrence A. Burke, S.J. - Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Alphonsus J. Donahue - Doctor of Laws
Lucille Lortel - Doctor of Humane Letters
Reverend David W. Tracy - Doctor of Humane Letters
Commencement, May 22
Reverend Timothy Healy, S.J. - Doctor of Humane Letters
( Speaker)
Geraldine W. Johnson - Doctor of Laws
Ernest M. Lorch - Doctor of Laws
George F. Taylor - Doctor of Laws
Commencement, May 21
Leonard Bernstein - Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Clara Mc~ride Hale - Doctor of Laws
L. William Miles - Doctor of Laws
Commencement, May 20
John J. Phelan - Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Fortune Pope - Doctor of Laws
Willie H. Ruff - Doctor of Humane Letters
19 9 1 : Commencement, May 19
William M. Joel - Doctor of Humane Letters (Speaker)
Judge Ellen Bree Burns - Doctor of Laws
Reverend Martin McCarthy, S.J. - Doctor of Science
Paul Volcker - Doctor of Laws
19 9 2: Commencement, May 17
John A. Barone - Doctor of Science
Thomas Edrnund Aquinas Carew - Doctor of Laws
Harold W. McGraw, Jr. - Doctor of Humane Letters
Carmen F. Donnarumrna - Speaker
1993: Commencement, May 23
Ann Woodruff Compton - Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Reverend J. Bryan Hehir - Doctor of Humane Letters
James Dewey Watson - Doctor of Science
1994: Commencement, May 22
E. Gerald Corrigan - Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
John J. Higgins, S.J. - Doctor of Laws
Robert Conover Macauley - Doctor of Laws
Archbishop Rernbert G. Weakland, O.S.B. - Doctor of Laws
1995: Commencement, May 21
Jean Kennedy Smith - Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Jacquelyn C. Durrell - Doctor of Laws
Marian L. Heard - Doctor of Laws
Alfred C. Kammer, S.J. - Doctor of Laws
1996: Commencement, May 19
Harris Wofford - Doctor of Laws (Speaker)
Milton J. Hinton - Doctor of Humane Letters
George W. Hunt, S.J. - Doctor of Humane Letters
Dorothy Bannow Larson - Doctor of Laws
HONORARY DEGREES A WARDED
SPECIAL CEREMONIES
1964: Shakespeare Convocation, Sprinq
Dame Judith Anderson - Shakespearean Actress
George Bagshawe Harrison - ~hakes~earean Scholar
Elliot Norton - Drama Critic
Joseph Verner Reed - Director, American Shakespeare Theater
Margaret Webster - Producer
1965: Dante Celebration, Fall
Eva LeGalliene - Actress
Thomas G. Bergin - Yale Dante Scholar
Dr. Sergio Fenoaltea - Italian Ambassador to the U.S.
1966: Spanish Festival, Fall
Jose Greco - Flamenco Dancer on. John D. Lodge - Former U.S. Ambassador to Spain
Juan Serrano - Flamenco Guitarist
Marquis de Merry del Val - Spanish Ambassador to the U.N.
1967: A Salute to Opera, Fall
Licia Albanese - Opera Singer
Dr. Denis Stevens - Opera Singer
Norman Treigle - Opera Singer
1968: American Music, Fall
David W. Brubeck - Pianist
Aaron Copland - Composer/Pianist/Conductor
Richard Rodgers - Composer -
Virgil Thomson - Music Critic
1969: Black American Culture, Fall
Gordon Parks - Photo-Journalist, Director
Billy Taylor - Jazz Pianist
James Earl Jones - Actor
1970: Beethoven Spring Festival, Sprinq
David Manning Keiser - Pianist
Joseph Wilfred Kennen - Musicologist
Tossy Spivakovsky - Violinist
1971: Outstanding Women, Fall
Sarah Caldwell - Opera Impressario
Ruby Dee - Actress
Anne Sexton - Poetess
Margaret Chase Smith - U.S. Senator
Political Humor, Fall
Pat Paulsen - Humorist
Jules Feiffer - Playwright
Oscar Brand - Musician
Herb Block - Cartoonist
Bellarmine Medal of Honor, November
Alexander Ginzburg - Soviet Dissident
Bellarmine Medal of Honor, November
John J. Sullivan - Past Selectman, Town of Fairfield
Year of the Humanities, November 8
John Brademas - President, New York University
Doctor of Humane Letters
Carmen F. Donnarumma - Department of Politics
Doctor of Humane Letters
Arthur J. Riel - Department of English
Doctor of Humane Letters
Chester J. Stuart - School of Graduate and Continuing
Education
Doctor of Humane Letters
Bellarmine Medal of Honor, October
Athol Fugard - South African Playwright
Bellarmine Medal of Honor, January
Benjamin Hooks - Executive Director National Association for
Advancement of Colored People
Ignatian Year, September 27
Thomas C. Cornell - Director of the Waterbury Council
of Churches Soup Kitchen
Doctor of Humane Letters
Howard J. Gray, S.J. - Director of Tertians, Detroit
Province of the Society of Jesus
Doctor of Humane Letters
Monica Hellwiq - Professor of Theology
Georgetown University
Doctor of Humane Letters
Russian-American Bankers Forum Opening Ceremony, Summer
Cyrus Vance - Former Secretary of State -
Doctor of Laws
r-
Yuli Vorontsov - Russian Diplomat
Doctor of Laws
Bennett Chair in Judaic Studies, October 18
Dr. Hanoch Gutfreund - President, Hebrew University
Doctor of Laws