Cathryn Lavery, Ph.D., To Be Honored By Law Enforcement Group
Cathryn Lavery, Ph.D., will be honored at the fifth annual Detective Barney Ferguson Emerald Legacy Fund Annual 10-13 and May Day fundraiser this spring.
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - Iona College criminal justice professor Cathryn Lavery, Ph.D., will be honored at the fifth annual Detective Barney Ferguson Emerald Legacy Fund Annual 10-13 and May Day fundraiser this spring. Lavery has the distinction of being the first woman and first educator to be honored by the organization.
Over his distinguished career NYPD Detective Barney Ferguson received dozens of awards from several Police, Irish and Civic organizations. One of the greatest honors of his life, was when Det. Barney Ferguson was elected to serve as the "Grand Marshall" for the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade in 1978. Former Legacy Fund honorees include: U.S. Representative Peter King, the late Detective Stephen McDonald and New York State Senator Martin Golden.
Dr. Lavery was recently featured on iona.edu as part of our Engaged Faculty, Outstanding Students, and Accomplished Alumni series. Read more on Dr. Lavery and other stories.
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Founded in 1940, Iona University is a master's-granting private, Catholic, coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers. Iona's 45-acre New Rochelle campus and 28-acre Bronxville campus are just 20 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. With a total enrollment of nearly 4,000 students and an alumni base of more than 50,000 around the world, Iona is a diverse community of learners and scholars dedicated to academic excellence and the values of justice, peace and service. Iona is highly accredited, offering 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 advanced certificate programs. Iona students enjoy small class sizes, engaged professors and a wide array of academic programs across the School of Arts & Science; LaPenta School of Business; NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences; and Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Iona also continues to be recognized in prestigious national rankings. Most recently for 2025, Iona has been named one of the nation’s best colleges by The Princeton Review, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and others. Additionally, U.S. News & World Report recognized Iona as one of top for social mobility in the country, while Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) ranked an Iona degree in the top 5 percent nationally for long-term return on investment. Iona’s LaPenta School of Business, meanwhile, is also accredited by AACSB International, a recognition awarded to just 6 percent of business schools worldwide. In addition, The Princeton Review recognized Iona’s on-campus MBA program as a “Best Business School for 2024.” Iona also offers a fully online MBA program for even greater flexibility. In July 2021, Iona announced the establishment of the NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences, which is now principally located on Iona’s Bronxville campus in collaboration with one of the nation’s top hospitals. Connecting to its Irish heritage, Iona also opened a new campus in County Mayo, Ireland, located on the historic 400-acre Westport House Estate. A school on the rise, Iona officially changed its status from College to University on July 1, 2022, reflecting the growth of its academic programs and the prestige of an Iona education.