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Loftus Award Celebration

Held annually during Heritage Week, the Loftus Award Celebration features the presentation of the Br. Arthur Austin Loftus Award to an outstanding Christian Brother. Long-serving faculty, administrators, and staff members are also honored.

Those who have worked at the University for 50 years receive the Facere et Docere Award; for 40 years, the Pro Multis Anni Award; for 30 years, the Bene Merenti Award; and for 20 years, the Pro Operis Award.

Both the celebration and award are named after Br. Arthur Austin Loftus, CFC (1904 - 1979). Br. Loftus was an extraordinary teacher, leader, and Brother who served as the University's second President, Provincial of the Congregation, and Superior General of the Congregation of Christian Brothers, the first non-Irish-born Brother elected to that post.

2024 BR. ARTHUR A. LOFTUS AWARD HONOREES

Br. Stephen Casey, CFC, ‘86

Immersions Coordinator
Mission Education
Edmund Rice Christian Brothers North America

MaryEllen Callaghan '05MBA

Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Board Secretary


2024 Service Awards

10 Years of Service

  • Mr. Shamar Anderson, Campus Security
  • Ms. Pamela Bottge, Advancement
  • Mr. Anthony LoPresti, Network Services
  • Dr. Namrata Mitra, English
  • Ms. Catherine Salch, Liberty Partnership Grant
  • Dr. Bhaswati Sengupta, Economics
  • Dr. Alison Suen, Philosophy
  • Mr. Michael Tanner, Administration - Plant
  • Dr. Rachana Umashankar, Religious Studies
  • Dr. Michelle Veyvoda, Speech

20 Years of Service

  • Mr. Paul Coschignano, Trades
  • Dr.  NyoNyo Kyaw, Finance, Business Economics & Legal Studies
  • Dr. Sunghee Lee, Chemistry
  • Dr. John Meyer, Management, Business Administration & Health Care
  • Dr. Amy Stackhouse, English
  • Ms. Elizabeth Olivieri-Lenahan, Division of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs
  • Ms. Natalka Sawchuk, Ryan Library

30 Years of Service

  • Dr. Nicholas Beutell, Management, Business Administration & Health Care
  • Dr. Paul O’Connell, Criminal Justice

40 Years of Service

  • Mr. Samuel DeRosa, Sports Medicine
  • Dr. Robert Richardson, Business Analytics & Information Systems

Past Loftus award Recipients

  • 2023:
    • Patrick Sean Moffett, CFC, Ph.D., ’63
    • Elena Procario-Foley, Ph.D.
  • 2022:
    • Br. Kevin Griffith, CFC ’83
    • Frances Bailie, Ph.D.
  • 2021: Dennis Gunn, CFC, Ph.D., ’93 Assistant Professor, Education
  • 2019: Br. Raymond J. Vercruysse, CFC, Ed.D., '77
  • 2018: Br. Kevin Cawley, CFC, Ph.D.
  • 2017: Br. Joseph Gerard Morgan, Ph.D. ’75
  • 2016: Br. Henry Dillemuth
  • 2015: Br. Eugene O’Brien, Ph.D.
  • 2014: Br. Joseph A. Cussen, '57
  • 2013: Br. Harry Dunkak, Ph.D., '51
  • 2012: Br. J. Kevin Devlin, Ed.D., '61
  • 2011: Br. James A. Liguori, Ed.D., '65
  • 2010: Br. Robert Novak, Ph.D., '72
  • 2009: Br. Kenneth Chapman, '56
  • 2008: The International Christian Brothers, accepted by Br. Alfred Banda
  • 2007: Br. Jack Mostyn
  • 2006: The Iona Community of Brothers, accepted by Br. Joseph Morgan, Ph.D., '75
  • 2005: Br. Brian Walsh
  • 2004: Br. Charles B. Quinn
  • 2003: The Bicentenary of the Congregation of Christian Brothers (1802 - 2002)

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