Syracuse is a city in,and the county seat of,Onondaga County,New York,United States. With a population of 148,620 and a metropolitan area of 662,057,it is the fifth-most populated city and 13th-most populated municipality in the state of New York.
Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill,Massachusetts. Founded in 1863,the university has more than 15,000 total students. Although Boston College is classified as a research university,it still uses the word "college" in its name to reflect its historical position as a small liberal arts college.
Le Moyne College is a private Jesuit college in DeWitt,New York. It was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1946 and named after Jesuit missionary Simon Le Moyne. Le Moyne was the first co-educational Jesuit college in the United States.
John Joseph DeGioia is an American academic administrator and philosopher who has been the president of Georgetown University since 2001. He is the first lay president of the school and is currently its longest-serving president. Upon his appointment,he also became the first lay president of any Jesuit university in the United States. Having spent his entire career at Georgetown,where he received his undergraduate and graduate degrees,DeGioia was the dean of student affairs and held various vice presidential positions before becoming president.
James Thomas Walsh is an American Republican politician from Syracuse,New York. Currently a government affairs counselor for K &L Gates in Washington,DC,Walsh retired from the United States House of Representatives in 2009 after serving for twenty years. Walsh represented a portion of Central New York,that is now known as the state's 24th Congressional District.
George Vincent Coyne,S.J. was an American Jesuit priest and astronomer who directed the Vatican Observatory and headed its research group at the University of Arizona from 1978 to 2020.
Joseph Michael McShane is an American Jesuit priest,who served as President of Fordham University from 2003 until his retirement in 2022. Before becoming President of Fordham University,McShane was the President of the University of Scranton and Dean of Fordham College at Rose Hill. In addition to his role as President of Fordham,McShane was appointed to the Commission on Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Financing by New York Governor David A. Paterson in 2008. On July 1,2009,McShane threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Yankee Stadium to commemorate the 150th anniversary of baseball at Fordham. In September 2021,he announced his resignation in June 2022. Soon after his resignation,he was unanimously named President Emeritus of the university by Fordham's Board of Trustees.
Nancy Ellen Cantor is an American academic administrator,the chancellor of Rutgers University-Newark,in Newark,New Jersey,and incoming President of Hunter College. A social psychologist,Cantor is recognized for her scholarly contributions to the understanding of how individuals perceive and think about their social worlds,pursue personal goals,and how they regulate their behavior to adapt to life's most challenging social environments. Previously,Cantor was the first woman chancellor at Syracuse University. Prior to that she was the first woman chancellor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Earlier,she had been provost at the University of Michigan.
Father Simon Le Moyne,sometimes spelled Simon Le Moine,was a French Jesuit priest who became involved with the mission to the Hurons and Iroquois in the Americas. Le Moyne had acquired sixteen years of education and experience through priesthood in France before his arrival in New France in 1638. During that same year,he headed out to his mission in Huron country. The destruction of the Huron nation by the Iroquois brought him back east to what is modern day Quebec in 1650.
Kent D. Syverud is the 12th Chancellor and President of Syracuse University. He began his term of office on January 13,2014. He was previously the dean at Washington University School of Law and Vanderbilt University Law School.
Jean Burnett Daugherty wrote,produced,and acted in more than 6,000 episodes of the pioneering children's television program "Magic Toy Shop" spanning nearly 30 years. She is the sister of former Michigan State University football coach Duffy Daugherty.
The Le Moyne Dolphins are the athletic teams that represent Le Moyne College,located in DeWitt,New York,in NCAA Division I intercollegiate sporting competitions. The Dolphins compete as members of Northeast Conference. Le Moyne had been a member of the NCAA Division II Northeast-10 Conference since 1996. At the end of the 2022–23 academic year,Le Moyne began the transition to NCAA Division I as a new member of the NEC.
Fred P. Pestello is an American sociologist and administrator in higher education. He currently serves as the 33rd President of Saint Louis University (SLU) in St. Louis,Missouri. Prior to this,he was the 13th President of Le Moyne College,a post he had held since July 1,2008.
William L. Reilly,S.J.,was an American Jesuit and academic. He was the longest-serving president of Le Moyne College in Syracuse,New York. His twelve-year term lasted from 1964 to 1976.
Frank Rawle Haig,S.J. was an American Jesuit priest,physicist and academic administrator. He served as the third President of Wheeling Jesuit University from 1966 to 1972 and the seventh president of Le Moyne College from 1981 until 1987.
Charles J. Beirne,S.J. was an American Jesuit and academic administrator. Beirne served as the 11th President of Le Moyne College in Syracuse,New York,from 2000 until 2007. During his seven-year tenure,Beirne oversaw the drafting of a new mission statement,launched in the largest capital campaign in Le Moyne's history,grossing $91 million by June 2010 when the campaign ended,and adopted a twenty-year architectural plan for the campus.
Ruth Johnson Colvin is the founder of the non-profit organization Literacy Volunteers of America,now called ProLiteracy Worldwide in Syracuse,New York,in 1962. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush in December 2006. She turned 100 in December 2016.
Edmund G. Ryan was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who was the president of Seattle University for less than a year in 1975 and 1976. He was also a senior administrator at Saint Peter's College,Georgetown University,Canisius College,and Le Moyne College.
Joseph G. Marina is an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who is currently the president of the University of Scranton.
Lorrie Ann Clemo is an American political scientist who is the 15th president of D'Youville University,serving since January 2017. She also sits on the Board of Directors at Kaleida Health the Buffalo Niagara Partnership,the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities in New York (CICU),and the Western New York Higher Education Consortium. Previously she served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the State University of New York at Oswego since 2012.
