Salutatorian is an academic title given in Armenia,the Philippines and the United States to the second-highest-ranked graduate of the entire graduating class of a specific discipline. Only the valedictorian is ranked higher. This honor is traditionally based on grade point average (GPA) and number of credits taken,but consideration may also be given to other factors such as co-curricular and extracurricular activities. The title comes from the salutatorian's traditional role as the first speaker at a graduation ceremony,delivering the salutation. In a high school setting,a salutatorian may also be asked to speak about the current graduating class or to deliver an invocation or benediction. In some instances,the salutatorian may even deliver an introduction for the valedictorian. The general themes of a salutation and valediction are usually of growth,outlook towards the future,and thankfulness.
Monsignor Farrell High School is an American Catholic high school for boys,located in the Oakwood section of Staten Island,New York.
Edmund Aloysius Walsh was an American Roman Catholic priest of the Society of Jesus and career diplomat from South Boston,Massachusetts. He was also a professor of geopolitics and founder of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service,the first school for international affairs in the United States. He founded the school in 1919,six years before the U.S. Foreign Service existed,and served as its first regent.
Healy Hall is a National Historic Landmark and the flagship building of the main campus of Georgetown University in Washington,D.C.,United States. Constructed between 1877 and 1879,the hall was designed by Paul J. Pelz and John L. Smithmeyer,both of whom also designed the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. The structure is named after Patrick Francis Healy,who was the President of Georgetown University at the time.
Morris Keith Hopkins,FBA,was a British historian and sociologist. He was professor of ancient history at the University of Cambridge from 1985 to 2000.
Ray Jayawardhana is provost and professor of physics and astronomy at Johns Hopkins University. Prior to this,from 2018 to 2023,he was the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and a Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University.
The Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts &Sciences (KSAS) is an academic division of the Johns Hopkins University,a private research university in Baltimore,Maryland. The school is located on the university's Homewood campus. It is the core of Johns Hopkins,offering comprehensive undergraduate education and graduate training in the humanities,natural sciences,and social sciences.
The Georgetown University College of Arts &Sciences (CAS) is a college of Georgetown University,a private Jesuit research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington,D.C.. It is the oldest and largest undergraduate school at Georgetown,and,until the founding of the School of Medicine in 1850,was the only higher education division of the university. In 1821,it granted its first graduate degrees,though the graduate portion has since been separated as the Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts &Sciences. From 1990 to 2022,it was named Georgetown College.
Chester L. Gillis is the former Dean of Georgetown College,Professor in the Department of Theology,and the founding Director of the Program on the Church and Interreligious Dialogue in the Berkley Center for Religion,Peace,and World Affairs at Georgetown University. In 2017,Gillis concluded as Dean of Georgetown College and returned to the faculty. In January 2019,he assumed the position of interim provost at Saint Louis University. He left his position as interim provost of Saint Louis University May 2020.
Adam Frederick Falk is the president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Earlier in his career,Falk was the president of Williams College,a university administrator at Johns Hopkins University,and a theoretical physicist.
Monsignor Joseph A. Farrell was an Irish-American Catholic priest. He held various positions in the Archdiocese of New York,and was instrumental in the construction of several new parishes in the New York City borough of Staten Island. He became a priest in 1900,and Staten Island's dean of clergy in 1933,and a monsignor in 1935. On Staten Island,he was an early principal of St. Peter's Boys High School.
Lloyd Brooks Minor is an American surgeon,researcher,educator,and academic administrator. Since December 2012,he has served as the Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean of Stanford University School of Medicine at Stanford University. Previously,he was the provost of Johns Hopkins University.
Impractical Jokers is an American hidden camera comedy and reality show with improvisational elements. Produced by NorthSouth Productions,Impractical Jokers premiered on truTV on December 15,2011,starring the members of The Tenderloins:James "Murr" Murray,Brian "Q" Quinn,Sal Vulcano,and formerly Joe Gatto. In March 2024,it was announced that the series will relocate to TBS,who originally simulcast the tenth season,due to a programing network overhaul at truTV. Despite this,truTV will continue to air reruns.
Robert C. Lieberman is an American political scientist and the former provost of the Johns Hopkins University. A scholar of American political development,Lieberman focuses primarily on race and politics and the American welfare state.
John Pollini is an American art historian,archeologist,and educator. A scholar of Ancient Rome,Pollini is the USC Associates Professor of Art History at the University of Southern California.
Beverly Wendland is the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Washington University in St. Louis.
Sabine Stanley is a Canadian physicist,currently at Johns Hopkins University in the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Morton K. Blaustein Department of Earth And Planetary Sciences and the Applied Physics Laboratory. She was awarded a Bloomberg Distinguished Professorship in 2017. She was previously a Canada Research Chair of Planetary Physics at University of Toronto. She was awarded the William Gilbert Award by the AGU in 2010 and was awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship in 2011.
Edmund James Whalen is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York since 2019.
James Stephen "Murr" Murray is an American improvisational comedian,author,and actor from New York. He is a member of The Tenderloins,a comedy troupe also consisting of Brian Quinn,Sal Vulcano,and formerly Joe Gatto. Along with the other members of The Tenderloins,he stars in the television series Impractical Jokers,which premiered in 2011,on TruTV.
Christopher Cannon is a medievalist at Johns Hopkins University. He is currently Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of English and Classics,previously Chair of Classics,and from 2020-2024 Vice Dean for the Humanities and Social Sciences in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. His research and writings have focused on the works of Geoffrey Chaucer,early Middle English,and elementary learning in the Middle Ages.
