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Speakers
Financial Executive Yields
Full House Audiences
Christopher M. “Kip” Condron ’70,
President and Chief Executive Officer of
AXA Financial, Inc., and a member of
the AXA Group Management Board, was
greeted by full-house audiences when he
returned to the University on 14 March
as an Executive-in-Residence.
While on campus, Mr. Condron spoke to
150 area business and civic leaders at the
Pre s i d e n ’s t Breakfast. He also participated in
two classroom sessions, met with faculty, and
held a public lecture. The lecture, entitled
“ Integrity in the Financial Ma rkets,” was
s p o n s o red by the Kania School of
Ma n a g e m e n ’s tBusiness Leadership Program.
Christopher M. “Kip” Condron ’70
speaks to a standing-room-only cro w d
at the Pre s i d e n t ’s Breakfast on 14
M a rc h .
Mayor Doherty Speaks
at President’s Breakfast
Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty was
the guest speaker at the President’s
Breakfast held in the University’s
Executive Center, Brennan Hall, on 12
Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty
speaks at the President’s Breakfast
held 12 February.
February. Mayor Doherty discussed
“Making Scranton’s City Government an
Agent of Change and Opportunity” with
area business and civic leaders.
“Economic development will be the
cornerstone of my administration,” said
Mayor Doherty. “Top among our priorities
are helping small businesses in the
city grow, attracting new industry, fostering
job growth and improving the quality
of life.”
The President’s Breakfast Series at The
University of Scranton periodically brings
together members of the civic and business
community to hear guest speakers
address topics of regional, national and
international interest.
Santa Clara President
Receives Arrupe Award
Paul L. Locatelli, S.J., President of
Santa Clara University, was presented the
seventh annual Pedro Arrupe, S.J., Award
for Distinguished Contributions to
Ignatian Mission and Ministries at the
University Assembly on 11 February.
The award citation presented to Fr.
Locatelli reads: “At Santa Clara the
President gives steady signals to highlight
the ethical dimension of every discipline
and professional program, particularly
through established four centers on campus
where questions of ethics, justice,
faith and service are woven into the life
of faculty and students.”
Paul L. Locatelli, S.J., President of
Santa Clara University, was pre s e n t e d
with the Arrupe Award at the
University Assembly on 11 Februar y.
The Arrupe Award is named in honor
of the late Very Rev. Pedro Arrupe, S.J.,
the Superior General of the Society of
Jesus from 1965 to 1983. The University
of Scranton instituted the award in 1996
to further its namesake’s vision by recognizing
men and women for outstanding
contributions in a wide variety of
Ignatian-inspired ministries.
The Faculty
Scranton Professor
Authors Reference Book
Teachers and students of Italian language
and culture have a new resource
available in the
recently published
book, The Regions
of Italy: A Reference
Guide to History and
Culture by Roy
Domenico, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor
of History at the
University.
The book is “t h e
only single general-re f-
Roy Domenico,
Ph.D.
e rence volume in English on It a l y’s re g i o n s , ”
a c c o rding to its publisher, Greenwood Press.
It is the publisher’s third in a series of books
on the history and culture of Eu ro p e a n
countries.
In his book, Dr. Domenico surveys
the geography, economies, history, recent
politics and cuisine for each of Italy’s 20
regions and then adds further sections on
the history and culture of each province.
National Academy
Publishes Scranton
Professor’s Research
Research at the University that
resulted in the completion of the first
DNA sequencing of a species of parasite
that afflicts livestock and humans was
published in the 8 January 2002, issue of
The Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences of the United States of America.
Vito G. DelVecchio, Ph.D., Professor
of Biology and Research Director of the
Institute of Molecular Biology and
Medicine (IMBM) at the University,
served as the lead researcher of the international
project which paves the way for
better detection systems and the possibility
of developing better vaccines.
The genetic sequencing of Brucella
melitensis, one of only about a dozen
organisms to be completely sequenced
worldwide, was completed at the IMBM
with the assistance of researchers based in
Chicago, Louisiana, Belgium and France.
Two University of Scranton undergraduate
students, two graduate students, and
numerous other institute researchers at
the University also participated in the
project.
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