• Introduction
  • Biography
  • Calendar of Events
  • Inauguration Committee
  • Delegate Information
  • Faculty Information
  • Directions
  • Past Presidents
  • Who Will Be Attending
  • Inauguration Program
  • Inauguration Addresses
  • Inauguration Photos
Biography
   
 

 

Welcome
Weldon Jackson, Ph.D., Executive Vice President and Provost

The National Anthem

Invocation
Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J., Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Theology, Fordham University

Presentation of Greetings

The Archdiocese of New York
The Most Reverend Gerald T. Walsh, D.D., Rector and President, St. Joseph’s Seminary

The City of New York
Raymond W. Kelly ’63, Police Commissioner, City of New York

Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
Stephen J. Sweeny ’71 (M.A.), ’76 (M.A.), Ph.D., President, College of New Rochelle and Secretary, Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities

Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities
Laura L. Anglin, President, Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities

Learned Societies
Marlene Gottlieb, Ph.D., President, Upsilon of New York Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Manhattan College and Chair, Modern Foreign Languages

Lilly Fellows Program
Joseph Creech, Ph.D., Acting Director, Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts

Lasallian Educational Community
Br. Michael McGinniss, F.S.C., Ph.D., President, La Salle University and Trustee, Manhattan College

Musical Interlude
Choose Something Like a Star from Frostiana by Randall Tompson; text by Robert Frost
Manhattan College Singers

The Arch & the Star: Reflections on Lasallian Education
Jane Kelley Rodehefer, Ph.D., Brother J. Lane Professor of Humanities, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

Presentation of Greetings on behalf of the Manhattan College Community

Brothers of the Christian Schools
Br. Timothy Murphy, F.S.C., Director, Christian Brothers Community, Manhattan College

Faculty
Kathryn Weld, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, and Chair, Council for Faculty Afairs, Manhattan College

Administration & Staff
Grace Cabrera, Ofce Manager, School of Education

Students:
Daniel Johnson ’10, School of Arts, Student Body President
Dana Medica ’10, Master’s Degree Student, School of Education

The Alumni Society
William Harkins ’67, President, Manhattan College Alumni Society

Installation of the President
Thomas D. O’Malley ’63, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Manhattan College

Presentation of Presidential Regalia
Br. Thomas J. Scanlan, F.S.C., Ph.D., President Emeritus, Manhattan College

Entrusting of the Charter and the Sponsorship Covenant
Thomas O’Malley and Br. Dennis Malloy, F.S.C., Ph.D., Visitor, District of Eastern North America, and Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, Manhattan College

Presentation of the Presidential Medallion
Thomas O’Malley and Br. Dennis Malloy

Inaugural Address
Brennan O’Donnell, Ph.D., President, Manhattan College

Benediction
Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, D.D., Ph.D., Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, D.C.

Alma Mater

The Recessional
Hornpipe from Water Music Suite by George F. Handel
Manhattan College Orchestra and Jasper Band

 

Inaugural Week Videos

Rev. Gerald Blaszczak at Opening Mass

Dr. John Neuhauser at Fall Honors

Dr. Jane Kelley Rodeheffer at Lasallian Symposium

 

President O’Donnell Inauguration, 2009

 

Dr. O’Donnell at Opening Mass

Dr. O’Donnell at Fall Honors

 

 

 

 
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