2008 Commencement Press Release
May 08, 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Molly Honan 617-293-5086
Bryan Mahoney 617-966-7082
ALUMNA PATTERSON '67 TO PROVIDE EMMANUEL COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS ON MAY 10TH
College Will Also Honor C. Michael Daley and Rev. David Gill, S.J.
BOSTON - Associate Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center and 1967 graduate Elizabeth Hayes Patterson will deliver the keynote address at Emmanuel College's 86th Commencement on Saturday, May 10, 2008. The ceremony begins at 11:00 a.m. on the Emmanuel campus. The College will confer nearly 600 degrees to bachelor's and master's candidates.
Patterson will receive an Honorary Doctor of Laws. The College will also present an Honorary Doctor of Laws to past Chair of Emmanuel's Board of Trustees C. Michael Daley, as well as a Doctor of Humane Letters to Rev. David Gill, S.J., a scholar, teacher and committed advocate for social justice in the city of Boston.
Elizabeth Hayes Patterson has been a faculty member at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. since 1980 and has held the role of Associate Dean for the J.D. and Graduate Programs there. From 2005-2007 she served as the Deputy Director of the Association of American Law Schools. Her early career included private practice as well as public service as Commissioner and then Chair of the District of Columbia Public Service (Utilities) Commission. As an Emmanuel student, she was honored with a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship and studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. Following graduation, she pursued doctoral studies in French at Stanford University and later earned her J.D. at the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University in Washington, D.C.
C. Michael Daley served as Chair of the Emmanuel College Board of Trustees during a time of transformative growth in the College's history. He has extensive experience in business having spent more than two decades as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Daley Care Management, which operated long-term care facilities throughout Massachusetts. He then devoted over 20 years to LoJack Corporation, retiring in 2001 from his role as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Daley gave 16 years of outstanding service to Emmanuel's Board of Trustees, concluding in June of 2007. He remains a steadfast supporter of the College and its mission, and is the proud parent of alumna Mary Beth Grey '90. Mr. Daley is a graduate of Boston College.
Rev. David Gill, S.J. is a Jesuit priest and Classics scholar at Boston College. He has been a respected and familiar face at Boston College since 1969, both in the classroom and through the various retreats, study trips, and external ministry opportunities he has led there. Since August of 2003 he has also been pastor at St. Mary of the Angels, a multi-cultural inner-city parish in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He has engaged its dynamic and diverse community to ensure its continued vitality, even in the face of possible closure by the Archdiocese in 2004. Fr. Gill received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Boston College, his Ph.D. in classical philology from Harvard University, and his Licenciate in Theology from Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology in Germany.
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About Emmanuel College
Emmanuel College, founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1919, is a coed, residential, Catholic liberal arts and sciences college located in the heart of the city of Boston. Its beautiful 17-acre campus is neighbored by a world-class medical center, two major art museums and Fenway Park. Its unique location allows students and faculty opportunities to explore real world experiences through internships, research and strategic partnerships within the Longwood Medical area and the city of Boston. Emmanuel is a community with a lifelong passion for teaching and learning rooted in the commitment to rigorous intellectual inquiry and the pursuit of social justice. Today, Emmanuel College continues to embrace its founding mission to transform lives and make a better world.