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Felician
College to Hold its 37th Annual Commencement
Sunday, May 20, 2001
Felician College will hold its
37th annual commencement exercises on Sunday, May 20, 2001, at 3:00
pm in the Breslin Auditorium of the Main Campus Building on the Lodi campus (262
South Main Street). Approximately
200 students will receive their diplomas. The
Reverend Doctor Michael J. Himes, noted author and accomplished Professor of
Theology at Boston College, will deliver the commencement address.
Miles Lerman, Director Emeritus of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
will also address the graduates and guests.
Doctor of Humane Letters
degrees will be awarded to Michael Himes and Miles Lerman.
About
the Award Recipients. . .
The
Rev. Michael J. Himes, Ph.D.
An
accomplished theology professor at Boston College and an award-winning writer,
Himes has lectured widely in the United States and abroad. In 1971, he was ordained for the Diocese of Brooklyn, and he
was awarded, with distinction, a Ph.D. in History of Christianity from the
University of Chicago. After 10
years as dean of the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, he became associate
professor and director of the Collegiate Program in Theology at the University
of Notre Dame. Himes received the
1994 Catholic Press Association Book Award for Fullness of Faith:
The Public Significance of Theology, a work he co-authored with his
brother, Kenneth R. Himes. He also
received the 1992 Catholic Press Association Book Award for Ongoing
Incarnation: Johann Adam Mohler and the Beginnings of Modern Ecclesiology.
Himes is no stranger to Felician College.
In October of 1999, he was one of the keynote speakers at the Millennium
Convocation, held to commemorate the 2000th Anniversary of
Christianity. His many other honors
and awards include the Social Concerns Medal (Notre Dame) and the Sophia Award
for Contributions to Theology (Washington Theological Union).
Miles
Lerman
A
businessman in the petroleum industry and real estate, Lerman fought as a
partisan in the forests of southern Poland during the Holocaust of World War II.
In 1980, President Carter appointed him to the United States Holocaust
Memorial Council. In 1993,
President Clinton appointed him to the post of Chairman of that council, a post
he held until his retirement in January of 2000.
He served as the Chairman of the Council’s Committee of International
Relations and was instrumental in the negotiation of formal agreements with the
Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union, and
the governments of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and East Germany, to allow
the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to bring to Washington, DC authentic
artifacts such as a barracks from Birkenau, and a railroad car used to transport
Jews from Warsaw to the camp at Treblinka.
Lerman also served as National Chairman of the Campaign to Remember and
led the effort to raise $190 million to build and equip the Museum in Washington
DC. He served as the National Vice
Chairman of the Israel Bond Organization and in recognition for his
distinguished service, he was presented by the Prime Minister of the State of
Israel with the medal of achievement.
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