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Centennial 100

For a formal online display of the Centennial 100...

On Wednesday, May 25, the College honored the Centennial 100 - one hundred individuals, couples and families, whose work and contributions have had the most significant and lasting impact on bringing the College to its Centennial celebration as the largest and most comprehensive Catholic college for women in the United States. Those selected were nominated by alumnae, faculty, staff, students, trustees and friends of the College and selected by a committee of administrators, faculty, alumnae, trustees and Sisters of St. Joseph.

A formal display featuring pictures and biographies of each Centennial 100 member has been installed in the McGough Lounge on the third floor (east wing) of Coeur de Catherine. A reception was held for many of the living honorees and their families and friends.

The Centennial 100 include the College's founders, presidents, and many Board chairs, benefactors, Sisters of St. Joseph, prominent alumnae and volunteers, long-serving and distinguished faculty members and friends. Among current faculty, the Committee selected three long-term and distinguished professors, one each representing the liberal arts, the professional and graduate programs, and the healthcare programs. These honorees are Professor Charles Buzicky, Professor Julie Belle White Newman and Professor Alice Swan.

The Committee also selected three current administrators with long and distinguished service to the College: Tone Blechert, associate dean for two year programs; Colleen Hegranes, senior vice president; and June Noronha, associate dean for multicultural education.

Two other current employees, Patricia Hvidston, vice president for development and external relations and Marjorie Mathison Hance, director of corporate relations and assistant professor of business, were chosen in the "prominent and/or highly accomplished alumnae" category, as was Ruth Brombach, executive director of the Alumnae Association.

We are confident you will agree that every person selected for the Centennial 100 designation belongs on that list. We are equally sure we could have expanded the list significantly. Accordingly, the first among the Centennial 100 are the Sisters of St. Joseph, every one of them. The last on the Centennial 100 list are "Each and All" representing the hundreds and hundreds of people who, in addition to the Centennial 100 and in splendidly diverse ways, have made our College a place of pride and accomplishment today.

For a formal online display of the Centennial 100...