College To Honor Retired Verizon CFO at De La Salle Dinner

Manhattan College will present Frederic V. Salerno '65, retired vice chairman and chief financial officer of Verizon, with the De La Salle Medal at the College's annual fundraising dinner on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008. The ceremony will be held at The Waldorf=Astoria in New York City. A native New Yorker, Salerno joined New York Telephone in 1965 and served in the telecommunications industry for 37 years. For more information about the De La Salle Dinner, Click here.

 

 

 

Sesquicentennial Campaign Raises $160 Million

Manhattan College recently announced the completion of its Sesquicentennial Campaign, after having raised more than $160 million during six years in the largest capital campaign in the 154-year history of the College. Announced publicly in January 2003, the Sesquicentennial Capital Campaign, with an initial goal of $150 million, was the most ambitious development program in Manhattan College history. It began in July 2001 and was officially completed this past June, though promises of new money have continued, and several potential gifts are still being finalized. Read