Mercy College Annual Report 2009

“Believe in yourself.What you believe inwill become yourreality.”- Jim CraigOlympic Gold Medalist1980 U.S. Hockey TeamMercy College Celebrates its 74 th CommencementWith a full house of family, friends,and well wishers joining the celebration,Mercy College sent forth its newestalumni at its 74th CommencementExercises on May 27, 2009.Presiding over her first commencementexercises at Mercy College, PresidentCline congratulated the new graduates.“As the leaders of the future, you willneed to continually nurture the wisdomyou have gained, to not only enrich yourown lives, but also the lives of others.It is important for you to find greatmentors like you have experienced withthe Mercy College faculty and, in turn, tobe great mentors.”Mercy College proudly conferredhonorary doctoral degrees upon JimCraig, Olympic gold medalist, 1980United States Olympic hockey team;Sam Waterston, acclaimed Broadway,film and television actor; Francis G.Ronnenberg, former Vice Presidentof Data Processing at Reader’s Digest;Ambassador Ahmad Kamal, FoundingPresident of the Ambassador’s Club at theUnited Nations, and former Ambassadorand Permanent Representative ofPakistan to the United Nations; andAlberto Vitale, former Chairman,President and Chief Executive Officer ofRandom House, Inc., for their distinctiveservice and support of higher education.The College congratulates the Class of2009 and looks forward to a continuedrelationship with its newest alumni.Photos by: Joe VerickerValedictorian Julia Newton ’09 addressesfellow graduatesTop leftL. to R., Honorary Degree recipient SamWaterston, Board Chairman Richard French,Honorary Degree recipient Jim CraigTop rightPresident Cline confers one of the bachelor’sdegreesThe Class of 200912 • Mercy College Annual Report 2009