A DLIS Alumna and a DLIS academic service-learning partner are both among the honorees of the 2015 Vincentian Convocation:
Vincentian Convocation Ceremony
Thursday, October 1, 2015
2 p.m.
St. Thomas More Church
Queens Campus
Please reply to the Office of University Events before Wednesday, September 23, by completing the online form.
Honorees
Presentation of the Vincentian Mission Award
to
Joan C. Vivian
Director of Training and Employee Development
Office of Human Resources
St. John’s University
Presentation of the Caritas Medal
to
Paul D. Lawless, Esq. ’92L
Attorney at Law
Hammill, O’Brien, Croutier, Dempsey, Pender & Koehler, PC
and
Marianne Lawless
Registered Nurse
Presentation of the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Medal
to
Marybeth Zeman
Transitional Counselor and Librarian
Nassau County Correctional Center
and
Author, Tales of a Jailhouse Librarian
Presentation of the St. Vincent de Paul Medal
to
John Joseph Eschmann
Past President, St. Barnabas Chapter of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Bellmore, New York
and
Past President, Life Center of Long Island
Posthumously
Presentation of the Frederic Ozanam Award
to the
Center for Migration Studies of New York
Conferral of the Degree of Doctor of Laws
upon
The Most Reverend Robert W. McElroy, S.T.D., Ph.D., S.T.L., D.D.
Bishop
Diocese of San Diego
Bishop McElroy will deliver the Catholic Lecture Series address following the conferral of the honorary degree at the Vincentian Convocation Ceremony.