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Alumni Welcomed Home
 More than 900 CUA alumni celebrated Homecoming 2004 in a variety of ways this past November.
The festivities began with the annual “Evening of Celebration,” featuring the alumni awards program. To honor exemplary service to the nation, the CUA Alumni Association awarded its James Cardinal Gibbons Medal to retired Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, former director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.
In addition, Alumni Achievement Awards went to three distinguished graduates:
- Patricia Bransford, B.A. 1961, founder of the National Urban Technology Center, which provides computer technology and training to low-income communities;
- Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, B.A. 1965, J.D. 1968, U.S. District Court judge for the District of Columbia and presiding judge of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; and
- Brother Ignatius Perkins, O.P., M.S.N. 1976, D.N.Sc. 1987, dean of the College of Health and Natural Sciences and chair of the School of Nursing at Spalding University in Louisville, Ky.
This year’s Young Alumni Merit Award went to Sean Tuohey, B.A. 1999, founder and director of Playing for Peace, which seeks to unite people of
different races and backgrounds through basketball clinics and tournaments in South Africa and Northern Ireland.
Receiving the Edward J. Pryzbyla Award for the Support of Athletics was Frederick Favo, B.Arch.E. 1955, university trustee and longstanding member of the Hardwood Club and Cardinal Club, organizations that support CUA athletics.
On Saturday, the CUA community cheered the new Homecoming king and queen, Katie McEvoy and Jimmy Viscanti, as well as 17 former Homecoming kings and queens during a coronation ceremony that took place during halftime of the football game.
Alumni, family and friends enjoyed themselves on this Homecoming weekend at events ranging from the semi-annual luncheon of the Senators Club to the huge pre-game tent party, where the children
of alumni played in the brilliant red and blue moonbounce. Back to top |
