2005— GRADUATE EXERCISES

• John Roberts- SPEAKER

           CBS News Chief White House Correspondent

           Doctor of Humane Letters

• The Most Reverend Bishop Edward U. Kmiec, D.D., S.T.L.,

           Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y.

           Doctor of Sacred Theology 

• Brian P.Crosby

          Gibson, McAskill & Crosby LLP, Buffalo, N.Y.

          Doctor of Laws

• Ralph A. Boniello, Sr.

          Trustee Emeritus

          President's Medal

2005— UNDERGRADUATE EXERCISES

• Donna de Varona- SPEAKER

          Olympic Gold Medalist

          Doctor of Humane Letters

• Nerses H. Krikorian

          Lab fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, N.M.

          Doctor of Science

• Rev. Jacob C. Ledwon

          Pastor, St. Joseph University Church, Buffalo, N.Y.  

          Doctor of Fine Arts

• Moira Reddy Smith

          New York City Police Officer

          Caritas Medal (posthumous)

2004 – GRADUATE EXERCISES

• Jack L. Granatstein, OC, FRSC - SPEAKER
  Canadian Author, Educator and Media Consultant, Toronto, Ontario
  Doctor of Humane Letters
• Sharon K. Darling
  Founder and President, National Center for Family Literacy, Louisville, KY
  Doctor of Pedagogy
• Weldon Rougeau
  President, Congressional Black Caucus, Washington, DC
  Doctor of Humane Letters

2004 – UNDERGRADUATE EXERCISES

• Jack Ford – SPEAKER
  Award-Winning Journalist, Co-host of “Living it Up with Ali and Jack,” Spring Lake, NJ
  Doctor of Laws
• Jane Bryant Quinn
  Financial Columnist and Author, North Salem, NY
  Doctor of Humane Letters
• Daniel J. “Rusty” Staub
  Founder, The New York Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund,
  President, Rusty Staub Foundation, New York, NY
  Doctor of Humane Letters
• Rev. John T. Maher, C.M.
  Provincial Vocation Director, Eastern Province of the Congregation of the Mission, Princeton, NJ
  Doctor of Pedagogy

2003 – GRADUATE EXERCISES

• The Honorable Argeo Paul Cellucci – SPEAKER
  United States Ambassador to Canada, United States Embassy, Ottawa, Ontario
  Doctor of Pedagogy
• Daniel J. Patterson
  President, Niagara College – Welland Campus, Welland, Ontario
  Doctor of Pedagogy

2003 – UNDERGRADUATE EXERCISES

• Benjamin S. Carson Sr., M.D. – SPEAKER
  Professor and Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
  Doctor of Humane Letters
• Rev. Betsee Parker
  Head Chaplain, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York, New York, NY
  Doctor of Humane Letters
• Rev. Thomas P. McGourty, C.M.
  Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Niagara University, NY
  Medal of Honor

2002 – GRADUATE EXERCISES

• The Honorable Hilary M. Weston – SPEAKER
  Former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
  Doctor of Humane Letters
• Eric Carle
  Author and Illustrator of Children’s Book
  Doctor of Humane Letters
• John F. Riordan
  President and CEO, Gas Technology Institute
  Doctor of Commercial Science
• The Honorable Robert M. Bennett
  Chancellor of New York, State Board of Regents
  Doctor of Laws

2002 – UNDERGRADUATE EXERCISES

• Brother Rick Curry, S.J., Ph.D. – SPEAKER
  President, National Theatre, Workshop of the Handicapped, New York, NY
  Doctor of Humane Letters
• Curtis C. Nelson
  President and CEO, Carlson Hospitality Worldwide, Minneapolis, MN
  Doctor of Commercial Science
• Laura Duhan Kaplan, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
  Doctor of Pedagogy
• Rev. Louis P. Trotta, C.M.
  Assistant to the President for Alumni Relations, Niagara University, NY
  President’s Medal

2001 – GRADUATE EXERCISES

• Roger Wilkins – SPEAKER
  Professor of History and American Culture, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
  Doctor of Humane Letters
• Maestra JoAnn Falletta
  Music Director, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Buffalo, NY
  Doctor of Fine Arts
• Rev. John H. McKenna, C.M.
  Professor of Theology, St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY
  Doctor of Pedagogy

2001 – UNDERGRADUATE EXERCISES

• Christopher Matthews – SPEAKER
  Television Journalist and Newspaper Columnist, CNBC and San Francisco Chronicle, Washington, D.C.
  Doctor of Humane Letters
• Paul Beeston
  President, Major League Baseball, New York, NY
  Doctor of Commercial Science
• Rev. Francis X. Prior, C.M.
  Vice President Emeritus, Niagara University, NY
  President’s Medal
• Children of Armand and Eleanor Castellani
  Founders Award

2000 – GRADUATE EXERCISES

• Bobbie Gaunt – SPEAKER
  President and CEO, Ford Motor Company of Canada, Oakville, Ontario|
  Doctor of Commercial Science
• Bishop Edward M. Grosz, D.D.
  Auxiliary Bishop, Diocese of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
  Doctor of Sacred Theology
• Linda Yellow
  Volunteer Administrator for the Native American/St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry
  Caritas Medal

2000 – UNDERGRADUATE EXERCISES

• Tim Russert – SPEAKER
  Senior Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief, NBC News
  Doctor of Humane Letters
• Jeffrey R. Holzschuh
  Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Member, Board of Trustees
  Doctor of Commercial Science
• Rose Bonaro
  Retired Employee, Niagara University, NY
  Medal of Honor
• Brian McLane
  Assistant Commissioner,Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities, New York State Department of Education
  Caritas Medal

1999 – GRADUATE EXERCISES

• Hon. Lloyd Axworthy, P.C., M.P. – SPEAKER
  Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario
  Doctor of Laws
• Sister Margaret Ahl, D.C.
  Dean, School of Nursing, Sisters of Charity Hospital, Buffalo, NY
  Doctor of Pedagogy

1999 – UNDERGRADUATE EXERCISES

• Garry Wills, Ph.D. – SPEAKER
  Department of History, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Award and the Peabody Award
  Doctor of Humane Letters
• Wei Jingsheng
  Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University,
  New York, NY, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
  Doctor of Humane Letters
• Very Rev. Joseph L. Levesque, C.M.
  Provincial Eastern Province, Vincentian Fathers and Brothers, Philadelphia, PA
  President’s Medal

1998 – GRADUATE EXERCISES

• Diane Francis – SPEAKER
  Doctor of Humane Letters
• Elizabeth M. O’Donnell
  Doctor of Pedagogy
• Robert E. Rich, Jr.
  Doctor of Commercial Science

1998 – UNDERGRADUATE EXERCISES

• Christine Baranski – SPEAKER
  Doctor of Fine Arts
• David Halberstam
  Doctor of Humane Letters
• Rev. Kenneth F. Slattery, C.M.
  Doctor of Laws

1997 – GRADUATE EXERCISES

• Michael D. Duffy – SPEAKER
  Host and Editor-In-Chief “Sunday Edition” BBS and CTV Canadian Television
  Doctor of Letters
• Roberta L. Bondar, O.C., O.Ont., M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.P. (C)
  Canadian Astronaut “Discovery”, 1992
  Distinguished Professor – University of Western Ontario
  Doctor of Science
• Rev. Msgr. Henry J. Gugino, M.S.W.
  Director, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Buffalo
  Doctor of Humane Letters

1997 – UNDERGRADUATE EXERCISES

• William Julius Wilson, Ph.D. – SPEAKER
  Director, Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Center,
  Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy,
  John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  Doctor of Letters
• John R. MacMaster
  Founding member of Niagara Hospice and the Niagara Oncology Association,
  President, Health Association of Niagara County, Inc.,
  Member, Board of Directors, Niagara County Unit, American Cancer Society
  Caritas Medal
• Daniel P. Weadock
  Senior Vice President, ITT Corporation,
  President and Chief Executive Office, ITT Sheraton Corporation
  Doctor of Commercial Science

1996 – GRADUATE EXERCISES

• J. Roger Hirl – SPEAKER
  President/CEO, Occidental Chemical Corporation
  Doctor of Commercial Science
• Sr. Alice Gallin, O.S.U.
  Research Scholar, The Catholic University of America
  Doctor of Pedagogy
• Oscar Peterson
  Jazz Pianist, Composer
  Doctor of Fine Arts
• Herbert Hauptman, Ph.D.
  President, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute
  Doctor of Science

1996 – UNDERGRADUATE EXERCISES

• Arthur E. Levine, Ph.D. – SPEAKER
  President, Teachers College, Columbia University
  Doctor of Pedagogy
• Most. Rev. Henry J. Mansell, D.D.
  Bishop of Buffalo
  Doctor of Humane Letters
• Melvin B. Dyster, M.D.
  Physician
  Doctor of Humane Letters
• Howard S. Goldberg, Ph.D.
  Professor of Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Doctor of Pedagogy
• The Hon. M. Dolores Denman
  Presiding Justice, Appellate Division, Supreme Court, Fourth Judicial Department
  Doctor of Laws

• The Honorable Gilbert Parent, M.P. – SPEAKER
  Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada
  Doctor of Laws
• James P. Menzies
  President and CEO, Key Bank of New York
  Doctor of Commercial Sciences
• Joanne Weinholtz
  Cultural Education Teacher, Tuscarora Indian School
  Caritas Medal

1995 – UNDERGRADUATE EXERCISES

• The Honorable Hugh L. Carey – SPEAKER
  Former Governor of New York State,
  Executive Vice President and Director,
  Government Relations Division of W. R. Grace & Co.
  Doctor of Laws
• Thomas A. Constantine
  Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration
  Doctor of Laws
• Dr. Judith A. Willard
  Assistant to the President for Planning, Niagara University, NY
  Medal of Honor

1994 – GRADUATE EXERCISES

• Barbara A. Sizemore – SPEAKER
  Dean, School of Education, DePaul University
  Doctor of Pedagogy
• Jack A. Gellman, Esq.
  Attorney at Law
  Doctor of Humane Letters

1994 – UNDERGRADUTE EXERCISES

• Patricia Neal – SPEAKER
  Academy Award-Winning Actress
  Doctor of Fine Arts
• Barbara L. Laughlin
  Executive Vice President, Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co., Buffalo, NY
  Doctor of Commercial Science
• Rev. Thomas P. McGourty, C.M.
  Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Niagara University, NY
  President’s Medal

1993 – GRADUATE EXERCISES

• Paul Gibson Jr., Esq. – SPEAKER
  Counsel, Davidoff & Malito
  President’s Medal
• William J. Crerend
  Chairman and Founder, Evaluation Associates Capital Markets, Inc.
  Doctor of Commercial Science
• Sister Mary Jane Raeihle, C.S.J.
  Principal, St. John the Baptist School, Brooklyn, NY
  Doctor of Humane Letters

1993 – UNDERGRADUATE EXERCISES

• Frances Moore Lappe’
  Author and Co-Founder, Institute for the Arts of Democracy
  Doctor of Humane Letters
• Rev. Keith P. Lawlor, C.M.
  Coordinator, Hispanic Evangelization Project,
  Eastern Province, Congregation of the Mission
  Founders Award
• John B. Stranges, Ph.D.
  Academic Vice President, Niagara University, NY
  Medal of Honor

 1992 – GRADUATE EXERCISES

•  James P. Comer, M.D. - SPEAKER
  Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry, Yale University Child Study Center
  Doctor of Pedagogy
• Aubrey Blackwell
  Vice President-Western New York Operations, Occidental Chemical Corporation
  Doctor of Commercial Science
• John W. Vanderhoff, Ph.D.
  Co-Director of the Emulsion Polymers Institute, Lehigh University
  Doctor of Science

1992 – UNDERGRADUATE EXERCISES

• The Honorable Elaine L. Chao - SPEAKER
  Director, Peace Corps of the United States
  Doctor of Humane Letters
• Dr. James S. C. Chao
  Chairman and President, Foremost Group
  Doctor of Laws
• Mary A. Dineen, Ed.D.
  Dean Emeritus, Boston College School of Nursing
  Doctor of Pedagogy
• Very Rev. Joseph L. Levesque, C.M., S.T.D.
  Provincial/Visitor of the Eastern Province, Congregation of the Mission
  Doctor of Humane Letters

1991 – GRADUATE EXERCISES

• Ernest L. Boyer, Ph.D. – SPEAKER
  Doctor of Pedagogy
• Laura D. Blackburne
  Doctor of Laws
• J. David Dunn
  Doctor of Commercial Science

1991 – UNDERGRADUATE EXERCISES

• Sister Mary Rose McGeady, D.C. – SPEAKER
  Doctor of Humane Letters
• Rev. Msgr. Robert J. Cunningham, J.C.L., V.G.
  Doctor of Letters
• David Midland
  Doctor of Fine Arts
• Robert G. Wilmers
  Doctor of Commercial Science

1990 – GRADUATE EXERCISES

• Robert J. Dwyer – SPEAKER
  Doctor of Commercial Science
• Mary Frances Welch, O.S.F.
  Caritas Medal
• Reverend Monsignor Vincent J. Ferrando
  Doctor of Humane Letters

1990 – UNDERGRADUATE EXERCISES

• Peter P. Smith – SPEAKER
  Doctor of Humane Letters
• Paul W. Joy
  Doctor of Commercial Science
• Sister Eileen Kinnarney, D.C.
  Doctor of Humane Letters
• Reverend Edmund N. Leising, O.M.I.
  Doctor of Pedagogy

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