Duquesne President Dougherty to Give
St. Bonaventure Commencement Address
Charles J. Dougherty, Ph.D., president of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pa., and a nationally recognized scholar and expert in health care ethics, will be the keynote speaker at St. Bonaventure University’s 152nd annual Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 13. Dougherty, a 1971 St. Bonaventure graduate, will be one of three people receiving honorary degrees, along with Sr. Mary Jean Ryan, F.S.M., chair of the board of SSM Health Care in St. Louis, Mo., and John R. McGinley Jr., an attorney with Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC in Pittsburgh, Pa., and outgoing chair of St. Bonaventure’s Board of Trustees. “Given St. Bonaventure University’s distinction in preparing students for medical school through our Franciscan Health Care program, it is fitting that we honor three individuals who have made such significant contributions to our nation’s Catholic health care systems,” said Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., university president. Born in New York City and educated in Catholic ...