George Magovern ’45, Retired Chairman Of The Department Of Surgery At Allegheny General Hospital, To Deliver Keynote Address At Manhattan College’s Spring (Graduate) Commencement

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Manhattan College will award master’s degrees to students in the graduate programs of education and engineering, as well as bachelor’s degrees in organization management to students in the adult degree completion program, at its Spring (Graduate) Commencement on Wednesday, May 21. The ceremony will be held in the College’s Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers at 4:30 p.m.

During the ceremony, an honorary Doctor of Science will be presented to George Magovern ’45, M.D., retired chairman of the department of surgery at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa.

After graduating from Manhattan College and Union University, Magovern completed his medical education at Marquette University. He did his surgical residency at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York and at New York Medical Center (Downstate), followed by his residency in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at George Washington University. He joined Allegheny General Hospital’s medical staff in 1959 and quickly earned a reputation as an innovator in medicine.

In 1961, Magovern made medical history by performing the first heart valve replacement in Pittsburgh. The recipient of many awards, he was recently named by Pittsburgh Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Pittsburghers of the Century.

Members of the media who would like to cover the Spring (Graduate) Commencement should contact Scott Silversten, communications manager, at (718) 862-7232 or e-mail scott.silversten@manhattan.edu. Manhattan College is located at West 242nd Street near Broadway in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, one mile from the Westchester County line, and accessible by MTA subway line 1. For directions to the campus, visit www.manhattan.edu. 

Founded in 1853, Manhattan College is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning offering more than 40 major programs of undergraduate study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science, along with graduate programs in education and engineering. For more information about Manhattan College, visit www.manhattan.edu.