{"id":776,"date":"2012-05-31T14:31:01","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T19:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/?p=776"},"modified":"2024-06-20T15:47:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T15:47:03","slug":"founders-dinner-turns-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/?p=776","title":{"rendered":"Founders&#8217; Dinner Turns 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/files\/2012\/05\/Founders-2011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-779\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/files\/2012\/05\/Founders-2011-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Loyola&#8217;s\u00a0Founders\u2019 Dinner, which benefits the University\u2019s Presidential Scholarship Fund, continues to be one of the major highlights of the year for members of the University community.\u00a0 Attendees will enjoy a cocktail reception in the Richard J. Klarchek Information Commons, dinner in the Joseph J. Gentile Arena, and a special chorus of Loyola students, staff, and alumni, who will perform with a live orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s celebration happens on\u00a0Saturday, June 2,\u00a0at the University\u2019s Lake Shore Campus. The event,\u00a0will recognize 14 award recipients as part of the celebration.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s award recipients include <strong>Dr. Kumiko Watanuki<\/strong> (BA \u201984, MA \u201987)\u2014Coffey Award, <strong>Leonard P. Slotkowski Jr.<\/strong>(JFRC \u201965\u2013\u201966, BA \u201969, MEd \u201972)\u2014Felice Award, and <strong>William Sherry<\/strong>\u2014Dux Mirabilis.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Loyola\u2019s schools and colleges also honor an alumnus(a) with the Damen Award. This year\u2019s winners include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>College of Arts &amp; Sciences \u2013 <strong>Colonel (IL) J. N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired) (BA <\/strong><strong>\u201979)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>School of Business Administration \u2013 <strong>Mary A. Tolan (BBA <\/strong><strong>\u201982)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>School of Communication \u2013 <strong>Judith C. Rice (BA <\/strong><strong>\u201981)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>School of Continuing &amp; Professional Studies \u2013 <strong>Thaddeus J. Wong (BBA <\/strong><strong>\u201996)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>School of Education \u2013 <strong>Mary A. Hicks (MEd <\/strong><strong>\u201999)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Graduate School \u2013 <strong>Woodrow W. Clark II (MA <\/strong><strong>\u201976)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>School of Law \u2013 <strong>Susan S. Sher (JD <\/strong><strong>\u201974)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Stritch School of Medicine \u2013 <strong>Dr. Patrick J. Stiff (MD <\/strong><strong>\u201975)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing \u2013 <strong>Dr. Carolyn Hope Smeltzer (MSN <\/strong><strong>\u201977, EdD <\/strong><strong>\u201983)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Institute of Pastoral Studies \u2013 <strong>Joseph Paprocki (BA <\/strong><strong>\u201981, MPS <\/strong><strong>\u201985)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>School of Social Work \u2013 <strong>Barbara J. Menard(MSW <\/strong><strong>\u201994)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For ticket information and more on the awards, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/luc.edu\/founders\/\">LUC.edu\/founders<\/a> or call 800.256.9652.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loyola&#8217;s\u00a0Founders\u2019 Dinner, which benefits the University\u2019s Presidential Scholarship Fund, continues to be one of the major highlights of the year for members of the University community.\u00a0 Attendees will enjoy a cocktail reception in the Richard J. 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