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A Joyous Evening of Donor Appreciation Holy Family University honored its benefactors at an Evening of Donor Appreciation on November 18, 2011. The University presented Founders’ Awards to the Holy Redeemer Health System, Inc. and to Brenda M. Nadijcka-Higgins ’73 and Brian P. J. Higgins. The Founders’ Society was created to give grateful recognition to those who have invested $100,000 or more during their lifetimes.
A new award, The SisterPresident Onley Award was also unveiled at the dinner. This award recognizes those who have given $1 million or more in gifts-in-kind. Tantala Associates, LLC was the inaugural honoree for this award for its unmatched service to the University. University President S. Francesca Onley, CSFN, PhD, commended Dr. Roger Gee and Sister Julianna Tran, CSFN for their work with the English
Language project at St. Joseph Seminary, located in Xuan Loc, Vietnam (see the Spring 2011 issue of the Holy Family University Magazine). She also introduced the TeacherMate program in Tanzania (current issue, p. 22), in which Holy Family is partnering with Stanford University to bring technology and education to underdeveloped areas of Africa. Additionally, Dr. Robert Cordero, Dr. Dian He, and Dr. Stanley Mauldin presented their research as The Allelochemical Research Group (ARG), along with student researchers Javier Rivera ’12 and Victoria Wermuth ’12. Founded in 2011 by Dr. Cordero, the ARG is dedicated to research the isolation of the Hosta plant as a source of chemicals that can act as natural herbicides or pesticides. 1) Inaugural Honorees of The Sister-President Onley Award—Tantala Associates, LLC. L-R: Albert Tantala Jr., Albert M. Tantala Sr., Genevieve Tantala, Michael Tantala, and Peter Tantala.
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2) H onoree Holy Redeemer Health System, Inc., represented by S. Anne Marie Haas, CSR, Provincial of the Sisters of the Holy Redeemer (left), and Catherine Egan, senior VP and CAO of Holy Redeemer Health System, Inc (right). 3) H onorees Brenda M. Nadijcka-Higgins ’73 and Brian P. J. Higgins -R: Dr. Robert Cordero, Javier Rivera 4) L ’12, Dr. Dian He, Victoria Wermuth ’12, and Dr. Stanley Mauldin . Julianna Tran, CSFN 5) S 2
he Dinner was held in the Lower 6) T Lobby of the Campus Center.
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