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Tim Russert to Address the Class of 2005 at Madison Square
Garden Theater May 22
Cardinal Egan and Russert to Receive Honorary Doctorates New Rochelle, NY - The 61st Annual Iona College Commencement exercises for undergraduate and graduate students will occur Sunday, May 22 at 6 pm in the theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Tim Russert, managing editor and moderator of NBC’s Meet the Press, will receive an honorary doctorate and address the 700 students receiving bachelor’s degrees and the 300 students receiving master’s degrees. Cardinal Edward Egan, archbishop of New York, will also receive an honorary doctorate at the ceremony. Named “America’s best interviewer” by Reader’s Digest in 2004, Meet the Press has become the most referenced news program in the world since Russert (pictured below) joined the show in 1991.
Pope John Paul II appointed Edward Egan archbishop of New York in 2000. Since that time, Cardinal Egan has joined the Boards of Trustees of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., and the Ratisbonne Institute in Jerusalem. Cardinal Egan was elevated to the College of Cardinals in 2001 and has been appointed to the following institutions of the Vatican: The Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the Pontifical Council for the Family, the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, the Council of Cardinals for the Study of the Organizational and Economic Concerns of the Holy See, and the Permanent Commission for the Protection of the Historic and Artistic Patrimony of the Holy See. Founded in 1940 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, Iona College is a private, coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of American Catholic higher education. Iona, currently listed in the US News and World Report's 18th annual "America's Best Colleges 2005" and The Princeton Review's Best Northeastern Colleges and Best 143 Business Schools 2005 editions, offers undergraduate degrees in liberal arts, science, and business administration, as well as master of arts, master of science and master of business administration degrees and numerous post-graduate certificate programs. (-30-)
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is also the political analyst for NBC Nightly News and the Today program,
anchor of The Tim Russert Show, and serves as senior vice president
and Washington bureau chief of NBC News. Author of the number one New
York Times Best Seller Big Russ & Me, Russert is also
a trustee of the Freedom Forum’s Newseum and a member of the Greater
Washington Boys and Girls Club and America’s Promise – Alliance
for Youth boards of directors.