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ncement006Presiding at his last Commencement as president,the Rev. Edmund J. Dobbin, O.S.A., ’58 A&Stells graduates that the world desperately needs them.BY MAUREEN MCKEWPHOTOGRAPHS BY BARBARA JOHNSTON, PAOLA NOGUERAS AND JOHN WELSHFor the 18th and final time, the Rev. Edmund J. Dobbin, O.S.A., ’58 A&Spresided as Villanova University’s president at Commencement Exercises.But this time, he was the invited keynote speaker as well. The ceremonytook place on Sunday morning, May 21, under bright sunshine and gentlebreezes—a picture-perfect spring day.A year ago, Father Dobbin announced he would be stepping down at the end of the2005-06 academic year. Villanova’s Board of Trustees has honored him with the designationof president emeritus, as of June 1. He did not use his time at Commencementto lead his audience down a lane of presidential memories. Instead, he began by speakingof the very recent past, calling to mind this season’s championship run of the men’sbasketball team, which advanced to the NCAA’s Elite Eight for the first time since1988. “In all my years following Villanova basketball, I have never witnessed a moreexciting team,” Father Dobbin stated. “What impressed meparticularly about the whole season was the way in whichthe team and the coaches represented the core and heart ofVillanova to the nation and to the world.... They passionatelyand lovingly dedicated their collective talent to the commongood. That’s what Villanova is all about.”What Villanova is all about proved to be a theme for bothFather Dobbin and Michelle I. Cifone ’06 A&S, the studentorator, as they addressed graduates and guests.Spring/Summer 2006 35
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