Four to be Honored with Gaudete Medals

Four people who’ve made Rochester a better place to live will be honored April 29 at St. Bonaventure University’s Gaudete Medal and Awards Ceremony at the Riverside Convention Center.

Being awarded the university’s highest honor are M&T Bank executive vice president Brian Hickey and Unity Health Systems therapist Jean Hickey (the Hickeys are married); medical pioneer Dr. Wende Logan-Young; and Saint’s Place founder and director Colleen Knauf.

St. Bonaventure’s Gaudete (gow-DAY-tay) Medal honors business and community leaders who exemplify the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi through their joy, hope, positive outlook on life, sincerely compassionate spirit and desire to serve humankind. Recipients of the Gaudete, which means “Rejoice!” in Latin, have inspired, encouraged and enlightened others through their personal and professional lives.

For more information on Gaudete event sponsorships and individual tickets, contact Anne George at agoergen@sbu.edu or 716-375-4085. Cocktails begin at 6 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m., followed by the medal presentations.

Brian E. Hickey is an executive vice president of M&T Bank Corp. He oversees Western New York; and central, western and northern Pennsylvania. He also has responsibility for M&T Bank’s Middle Market segment.

Brian Hickey serves as a director on the boards of numerous organizations, including Nazareth College, Rochester Business Alliance and the George Eastman House. He is a founder of Unshackle Upstate New York, a coalition of business, trade and other organizations whose sole purpose is to raise awareness of the economic issues facing Upstate New York.

Jean P. Hickey is a primary therapist in the Sexual Behaviors Clinic in Unity Health System’s Department of Behavioral Health. She works with people who have committed sex offenses and perpetrated domestic violence, as well as people addicted to Internet pornography and sex.

From 1991 to 2005, she held several positions at Wilson Commencement Park — executive committee chair from 1991-1995, board president from 1995-1997, and chair of the board advisory council from 1998-2005.

Jean Hickey also served from 2001-2003 on the board of directors of Pittsford Youth Services. She was a founding board member and board president (1995-1997) of Inward Bound Inc., a not-for-profit corporation offering programs utilizing individual guidance, group connection, and the peacefulness and beauty of nature to enhance personal growth and create experiences of community.

She recently joined the advisory committee at the Monroe County Reentry at Catholic Family Center.

The Hickeys, who graduated from St. Bonaventure in the 1970s, are chairs for Nazareth College Center for Interfaith Study and Dialogue’s Interfaith Conference, to be held April 10-13. It is the first national level conference focused on interfaith understanding, dialogue and the next generation.

In 1975, Dr. Wende Logan-Young established Elizabeth Wende Breast Care, LLC. (named after her mother.) It is internationally recognized as a leader in the field of breast imaging and breast cancer diagnosis. It is one of the largest freestanding breast imaging centers in the nation, and is the largest single-site breast imaging center in New York state.


Dr. Logan-Young began her career as an assistant professor in Diagnostic Radiology at the University of Rochester Medical School. She is considered a pioneer in mammographic imaging and is responsible for many of the technological improvements that we take for granted as a standard of care in modern-day mammography.

Dr. Logan-Young is known internationally as an expert in the fields of breast imaging and breast disease detection and diagnosis. She is a celebrated lecturer and author of numerous books, articles, and chapters on these subjects.

Colleen Knauf founded Saint’s Place, a joint ministry of St. Louis Church and the Catholic Family Center, in 1998.

“I canceled my plans for early retirement and turned my energy toward helping the needy,” Knauf said. “It’s really all about heart. Mine is not bigger than anyone else’s, but I listened to it.”

Saint’s Place is a volunteer organization based on Christian values that provides household goods, clothing, and education to legal refugees of all races and creeds who settle in the Rochester area to escape violence, discrimination and poverty.

Up to 750 refugees are settled per year in Rochester, said Knauf, who received the VITA award in 2004 from Rochester Catholic Charities.

Knauf is a past board member of Our Lady of Mercy High School; a member for many years on the St. Louis Church’s Consistant Life Ethic Committee; a Girl Scout leader for more than 10 years; board member of the Catholic Family Center’s Refugee and Immigration; and a member of the City of Rochester’s Refugee Symposium.

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