Trustees Scholarship Award Gala
The Iona University Trustees Scholarship Award Gala celebrates Iona’s devotion to service and scholarship and pays tribute to those who embody our mission of transforming lives through the power of education. Proceeds provide scholarship support to deserving students.
Save the Date
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Cipriani 42nd Street
110 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017
Between Lexington & Park Avenues
6 p.m. | Cocktails
7 p.m. | Dinner
2026 Legacy Award Recipient
Timothy Murphy
Vice Chair, Mastercard
Tim Murphy is vice chair for Mastercard, serving as an ambassador for the company globally and focusing on strategic relationships with regulators and policymakers. He is also a member of Mastercard’s Executive Leadership Team and Management Committee.
Before this appointment, Tim was chief administrative officer, a role in which he drove alignment and execution across functions such as Law, Government Affairs and Policy, Franchise, People and Capabilities, Corporate Security and more to best position Mastercard to deliver for all stakeholders. He also previously served as general counsel, bringing a business mindset to advance Mastercard's legal and regulatory affairs, public policy, corporate governance and compliance.
Throughout his 25-plus year tenure at Mastercard, Tim has also served as chief product officer, president of the company’s U.S. region and executive vice president of customer business planning and analysis. Before joining Mastercard in 2000, he was an associate in the New York and London offices of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton.
Tim is chair of the Board of Trustees for the National Urban League and he co-chairs the Cyber Readiness Institute. He sits on the boards of Northwestern Mutual, the Mastercard Impact Fund, Community Solutions and is a trustee of the U.S. Council for International Business. He is also on the advisory boards of the Asia Society Policy Institute and the Tech for Good Institute, and is a member of the Aspen Cybersecurity Group, Legal Services Corporation’s Leaders Council, the Economic Club of New York, and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Tim was named a Legend in Law in 2018 by the Burton Foundation.
He earned a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Amherst College.
Past Honorees
1961 Francis Cardinal Spellman ’49H
1962 John A. Coleman
1963 The Hon. Owen P. McGivern
1964 Richard Cardinal Cushing
1965 James M. Slattery ’57H
1966 Most Rev. John J. Wright, DD
1967 Myles B. Amend ’56H
1968 His Excellency Frederick H. Boland ’57H
1969 The Hon. Erskine B. Childers, TD
1970 Senator Edward M. Kennedy
1972 Richard V. Guerin ’54
1973 The Hon. Peter J. Brennan
1974 The Hon. Malcolm Wilson ’70H
1975 Arthur J. Rooney
1976 Roy Wilkins ’65H
1977 Joseph P. Donelli
1978 Rear Admiral John J. Bergen, USNR (Ret.)
Arthur A. Loftus, CFC ’69H
1979 The Hon. Robert F. Wagner, Sr.
1980 John R. Torell III
1981 Stephen M. Blacker
Dr. Allen Hammond
Kathy Keeton
Charles Mandel
1982 Patrick Falvey ’48
1983 John G. Driscoll, CFC, PhD ’54, ’95H
1984 John W. Kluge
1985 Williard C. Butcher
1986 Richard Waters
1987 Joseph M. Murphy ’59, ’83H
1988 Edward F. Arrigoni ’56, ’91H
1989 John F. McGillicuddy ’94H
1990 Peter R. Scanlon ’52, ’92H
1991 The Congregation of Christian Brothers
1992 Alan E. Harazin
1993 Fred Lebow
Charles H. McCabe ’68MBA, ’88H
Jack Rudin ’86H
The Hon. Percy Sutton
1994 Edward J. Robinson ’62
1995 Stanley W. Hill ’59
John J. Sweeney ’55
1996 Allen J. Krowe
1997 William J. Flynn
1998 The Hon. Albert Reynolds
Kathryn and Kenneth Chenault
1999 Edward A. Riguardi
2000 Andrew Dolce ’57 & Thomas Hales ’58
The AACSB Accreditation of the School of Business
2001 George R. Lewis ’68MBA
2002 15 Iona Alumni lost in the World Trade Center
Tragedy on 9/11/01 (posthumously)
2003 Vincent D. Farrell, Jr. ’72MBA
2004 Catherine R. Kinney ’74
2005 J. Frank Brown
2006 Ronald M. DeFeo ’74, Philip D. DeFeo ’68
and Neil P. DeFeo
2007 Mr. & Mrs. Alfred F. Kelly, Jr.
(Al ’80, ’81MBA & Margaret ’81, ’84MBA)
2008 Charles W. Schoenherr ’82
2009 Roger Staubach
2010 Julia Considine Greifeld ’79 & Robert Greifeld ’79
2011 Br. James A. Liguori, CFC ’65EdD
2013 Patrick C. Dunican, Jr., Esq. ’88 & Mario J. Gabelli
2014 Robert V. LaPenta ’67, ’00H
2015 James P. Hynes ’69, ’01H
2016 Joseph J. DePaolo ’81
The Catherine H. McCabe ’71MA &
Hugh J. McCabe ’49 Family
2017 Albert J. Mellina ’63, ’68MBA
Eugene P. Conese SR. ’51, ’01H posthumously
2018 Armando C. Rodriguez Jr. ’86
Joseph A. Armentano ’88MBA
2019 Ronald DeCicco ’70
2020 JoAnn Mazella Murphy '98H
2022 Peter G. Riguardi ’83, ’16H
Karen D. Seitz ’84
2023 Jerome C. Cifarelli ’77
Daniel F. Doyle ’93, ’95MBA
2024 Robert J. Deluccia '67, '79MBA
Edward R. McNally Jr. '78
Monica L. '70 & John C. Judge '71
2025 Steven J. Corwin, M.D.
2013 The Honorable Raymond W. Kelly ’08H and the New York City Police Department
2014 Mr. & Mrs. Mariano Rivera P’15
2015 His Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Dolan ’14H
2016 Patrick Quinn ’06
2017 Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of New York
2018 David A. Pope ’07H and the Generoso Pope Foundation
2019 Thomas A. Davenport, MD, FACS, ’88
2022 Dr. Bill Magee and Kathy Magee, Operation Smile
2023 The V Foundation for Cancer Research and the Valvano Family
Linda M. Bruno '76, '79MSEd
Cathy L. Cogan-Kelly '81
Theresa A. Gottlieb, Esq., '78
Flory Netsch Hiatrides '83, '86MBA
Anna Filipkowski Houlihan, MD, '77
Eileen Ivers '87, '19H
Rita C. Mabli '74, '76MBA
Catherine A. Vitali Mayus, Esq., P.C. '72
Catherine R. McCabe '85
Amy Torigian Parise '03MST on behalf of Butterflies from Jodie, Jeanne Morris (posthumously) and Jeanne Torigian '74 (posthumously)
Caress A. Penelton '87
Ingrid N. Thompson-Sellers, Ph.D., '95MS
Margaret C. Timoney '89, '92MBA