The Century Club was established in 1978 in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the University’s founding. Outside of an honorary degree, this award remains the highest honor any alumnus or alumna may receive from Duquesne. It is meant to recognize the exceptional achievements of our notable graduates. Any Duquesne graduate is eligible for membership. Members are selected, however, based on all of the following criteria:
- Demonstrated success and distinction in the graduate’s professional field of endeavor
- Significant contributions to humanity through public or humanitarian service
- Service to Duquesne University
Century Club Inductees Listing
View Century Club members by year of induction.
The Most Reverend Richard H. Ackerman, C.S.Sp.
Prep 1920, Arts 1925, Honorary, 1961
John G. Adams, Ph.D.
Pharmacy 1947
Nicholas S. Amatangelo
Education 1957
Catherine Balkey
Business 1937, Education 1939, Graduate Library Science 1963, Graduate Theology 1975
Joseph F. Barletta, Esq.
Law 1963
The Honorable Francis A. Barry
Arts 1941, Law, 1951
Eugene P. Beard
Business 1959, Graduate Business 1961
Murry P. Berger
Business 1948
William B. Billock, Esq.
Law 1938
Harold Y. Black
Arts 1970
Walter J. Blenko, Sr., Esq.
Law 1924, Honorary 1963
Albert Bloom
Arts 1940
The Honorable Hugh C. Boyle
Law 1928
T. Robert Brennan, Esq.
Prep 1927, Business 1931, Law 1934, Honorary 1962
Delphina B. Briscoe, Ph.D.
Education 1955, Graduate Education 1963
R. Donald Brockett
Arts 1952
Robert M. Brown, Esq.
Arts 1951, Law 1958
Thomas A. Brown
Business 1959
William J. Brown, Esq.
Arts 1963
The Reverend Edward A. Bushinski, C.S.Sp., Ph.D., S.T.L.
Graduate Arts 1952
Paul T. Cain
Education 1960
A. William Capone
Business 1942, Honorary 1972
The Honorable William F. Cercone
Law 1941, Honorary 1981
Sister M. Ferdinand Clark, R.S.M.
Arts 1933, Honorary 1956
Margaret Mary Hagerty Coleman
Music 1933, Graduate Music 1935
The Honorable Robert E. Colville
Arts 1964, Law 1969
The Most Reverend William G. Connare
Prep 1928, Arts 1932, Honorary, 1961
Charles H. Cooper
Education 1950
Leo M. Corbaci
Arts 1949, Education 1950
Leon J. Coslov
Business 1939
Robert dePalma
Business 1958, Graduate Business 1967
Francis A. Devlin, Esq.
Law 1951
The Honorable Gustave Diamond
Law 1956
Sister M. Gonzales Duffy
Pharmacy 1948, Honorary 1975
Edgar N. Duncan, Ph.D
Pharmacy 1954
Edward F. Eddy
Arts 1949, Honorary 1978
James B. Farley
Business 1953
The Rev. Charles J. Fenner, C.S.Sp., Ph.D.
Graduate Education 1961
Albert R. Fondy
Arts 1958
Claire M. Garrecht
Nursing 1948, Graduate Education 1950
Merle E. Gilliand
Business 1948, Honorary 1979
Edward I. Goldberg, Esq.
Law 1931, Honorary 1968
Richard Graciano, Sr.
Sciences 1942
Thomas E. Grealish
Business 1947
Carl G. Grefenstette
Business 1950, Honorary 1990
Edward J. Hanley
Honorary 1951
Samuel J. Hazo, Ph.D.
Graduate Arts 1955
Gilbert J. Helwig, Esq.
Arts 1938, Law 1948
The Honorable John P. Hester
Arts 1940
Robert E. Irr
Business 1947
Fletcher Johnson, Jr., M.D.
Education 1954
Joseph A. Katarincic, Esq.
Arts 1953
Edward J. Kelley
Honorary 1958
Helen M. Kleyle, Ph.D.
Music 1933, Graduate Education 1949
Bernard J. Kobosky, Ph.D.
Education 1953, Graduate Education 1958
Carl L. Kohlman
Arts 1968, Graduate Arts 1969
Daniel R. Lackner
Arts 1949
The Rev. Monsignor Paul M. Lackner, Ph.D.
Prep 1933, Arts 1938, Graduate Arts 1977, Doctorate 1995
David D. Lessenberry, L.L.D.
Business 1929
The Rev. Joseph P. Lucey, C.S.Sp.
Arts 1934
Sister De La Salle Mahler, C.D.P.
Education 1934, Graduate Education 1945
Colonel Walter J. Marm, Jr.
Business 1964
Sister M. Gabrille Maze, Ph.D., O.S.F.
Arts 1934
Henry S. Mazer
Music 1940
The Rev. Henry J. McAnulty, C.S.Sp.
Arts 1936, Honorary 1990
James A. McCulloch, Ph.D.
Arts 1946
David J. McDonald
Business 1924
James C. McDonough, Jr.
Education 1950
Arthur F. McGervey
Prep 1924, Business 1928
Marcella R. McNanamy, Esq.
Business 1924, Law 1929
Thomas P. Melady, Ph.D.
Arts 1950, Honorary 1970
Joseph F. Mulach, Jr.
Business 1933
Mother M. DeChantal Mulligan, O.S.U.
Arts 1926, Graduate Arts 1927, Honorary 1962
Raymond J. Mulligan
Education 1949
Maurice Murphy
Arts 1958
The Rev. Edward L. Murray, C.S.Sp., Ph.D.
Graduate Arts 1964, 1969
Norman Nixon
Arts 1977
Dorothy J. Novello, Ph.D.
Nursing 1949, Graduate Education 1957
The Honorable Henry X. O'Brien
Prep 1923, Business 1925, Law 1928, Honorary, 1956
James F. O'Day
Business 1952
Joseph A. Oddis, Sc.D.
Pharmacy 1950, Honorary 1989
Rosemarie Rizzo Parse, Ph.D., F.A.A.N.
Nursing 1960
John L. Propst, Esq.
Law 1940, Honorary 1970
The Honorable William S. Rahauser
Law 1932
Bernard J. Ransil, Pd.D., M.D.
Sciences 1951
The Honorable James A. Reilly
Arts 1923, Graduate Arts 1925, Law 1926
The Reverend Monsignor Charles Owen Rice
Arts 1930
Richard J. Ricketts
Education 1955
The Honorable Joseph H. Ridge
Business 1947, Law 1951
LaVerne Rodgers Rocereto, R.N., Ph.D.
Nursing 1955
John P. Roche, Esq.
Arts 1935, Honorary 1959
Colonel Willard F. Rockwell
Honorary 1953
Arthur J. Rooney
Prep 1922, Business 1924, Honorary 1975
Daniel M. Rooney
Business 1955
John S. Ruggiero, Ph.D.
Graduate Pharmacy 1954
Marianne Seibel-Neumann
Music 1966, Graduate Music 1968
William A. Seifert, Jr., Esq
Law 1940
Genevieve W. Settino, Esq.
Graduate Arts 1941, Law 1949
Joseph P. Short
Prep 1941, Arts 1950
James L. Snyder
Arts 1949
The Honorable Herbert P. Sorg
Law 1935
Richard A. Staub
Arts 1952
William J. Steinbach
Arts 1956
Paul G. Sullivan, Esq.
Prep 1921, Arts 1925, Graduate Arts 1927
Clayton A. Sweeney, Esq.
Business 1957, Law 1962
The Honorable Patrick R. Tamilia
Arts 1952, Law 1959
Bobby Vinton
Music 1956, Honorary 1978
The Most Reverend Cyril J. Vogel
Arts 1927, Honorary 1965
The Honorable Joseph F. Weis, Jr.
Arts 1947
The Honorable I. Martin Wekselman
Law 1958
Vaughn E. West
Business 1951
Robert C. Wholey
Business 1941
Kenneth W. Wilson
Business 1948
Charles L. Winek, Ph.D.
Pharmacy 1957, Graduate Science 1959
Helen E. Dorsch Zemeckas, Ph.D.
Nursing 1953, Graduate Education 1954
The Honorable Donald E. Ziegler
Arts 1958
Arts, 1965
The Reverend Charles P. Connors, C.S.Sp.
Prep., 1929; Arts, 1933
Charles R. "Chick" Davies
Education, 1934; Graduate Education, 1939
Edward E. Fagan, Esq.
Education, 1938; Law, 1950
James J. Ferry
Prep, 1922
Thomas V. Fritz, Esq.
Law, 1964
Raymond H. Kemp, Sr.
Business, 1931; Graduate Education, 1942
Eric D. Kloss
Arts, 1971
Albert C. Labriola, Ph.D
Education, 1961
James A. Matthews, Jr., Esq.
Arts, 1952
Sister M. Adele Mesier, O.S.F.
Arts, 1930; Graduate Arts, 1933
Donald W. "Dudey" Moore
Education, 1934
Robert G. Scanlon, Ed.D.
Education, 1954; Graduate Education, 1956
Sister M. Eugene Sisk, O.S.F.
Education, 1949; Graduate Arts, 1958
Madge Skelly-Hakason, Ph.D.
Arts, 1928
Norman F. Stanny, Esq.
Business, 1928; Law, 1931
Arts, 1952
Frederick N. Egler, Esq.
Arts, 1943
Charles D. Horne
Business, 1955
The Reverend Francis Le Ngoc Trieu, Ed.D.
Graduate Education, 1960
Music, 1970; Graduate Music, 1971
Joseph Cibulas
Education, 1946; Graduate Education, 1948
Sister Mary J. Coultas, C.D.P., Ph.D.
Education, 1961
Aldo T. "Buff" Donelli
Business, 1930; Graduate Business, 1931
Helen M. Gradisar
Business, 1944
Muriel A. Laughrey
Education, 1942
Philip C. Lauinger
Prep, 1948
The Honorable Carol Los Mansmann
Arts, 1964; Law, 1967
Raymond Merkel
Business, 1931
Mary Jo Reilly, Sc.D.
Pharmacy, 1959; Graduate Pharmacy, 1962; Honorary, 2000
The Honorable E. G. "Bud" Shuster
Graduate Business, 1960
William F. Smith, Jr.
Business, 1960
Sheila Burke Tate
Arts, 1964
Frederick I. Young
Arts, 1965
Arts, 1973
Joseph W. DeNardo
Arts, 1952
Regis J. Ebner
Arts, 1958
Regis P. McKenna
Arts, 1963
George C. Miller, Jr.
Business, 1943; Honorary Business, 1987
The Reverend Donald S. Nesti, C.S.Sp., S.T.D.
Honorary Member
George T. Pfifer
Business, 1941
Richard L. White, Ph.D.
Honorary, 1999
Arts, 1953
Sister Mary Isabel Concannon, C.S.J.
Education, 1943; Graduate Education, 1950
The Honorable Joseph A. Del Sole
Law, 1965
Frank P. DeMarco
Business, 1959
Kenneth J. Duffy, Ph.D.
Education, 1936
Ernest A. Falvo, M.D.
Arts, 1931; Honorary, 1985
John B. Ferguson
Business, 1948
James P. Gallagher, Ph.D.
Graduate Education, 1967
Charles R. Goetz
Education, 1955
Walter W. Kolar
Prep., 1941; Education, 1950; Graduate Education, 1960
Adam Cardinal Maida
Law, 1964
The Honorable Austin J. Murphy
Arts, 1949
Mary Rawson
Arts, 1964
John A. Staley IV
Business, 1965
Thomas J. Winschel
Business, 1954; Graduate Business, 1963
Mary Gibson Winter
Arts, 1955
Business, 1951
Patricia Olivo Lang
Arts, 1967
Robert J. Maguire
Arts, 1958
Andrew J. Parlantieri, Sr.
Business, 1951
Elizabeth M. Scheib, Esq.
Arts, 1932; Graduate Arts, 1935; Law, 1949
Music, 1962; Graduate Music, 1965; Ph.D., 1971
Charles R. Cubelic
Education, 1951; Graduate Education, 1955
Colonel (Ret.) Stuart A. Herrington
Arts, 1964; Honorary, 2000
John Michael "Red" Manning
Education, 1951; Graduate Education, 1956
Martin C. Mihm, Jr., M.D.
Arts, 1955
Edward G. O'Connor, Esq.
Arts, 1962; Law, 1965
Theodore J. Weismann, Ph.D.
Sciences, 1952; Graduate Sciences, 1954, 1956
Graduate Education, 1967
Robert Z. Gussin, Ph.D.
Pharmacy, 1959; Graduate Pharmacology, 1961; Honorary, 1996
Patrick M. Joyce
Arts, 1971
Rita Ferko Joyce, J.D., J.C.L.
Arts, 1971; Law, 1975
Thomas J. Ward, Esq.
Business, 1958
Business, 1966
John L. Doherty, Esq.
Arts, 1960; Law, 1966
I. N. Rendall Harper, Jr.
Arts, 1961
John E. Kunz, Esq.
Arts, 1957
Thomas J. Osborn
Business, 1965
Business, 1961
Patricia Doherty Yoder
Arts, 1961
The Honorable Stephen A. Zappala
Arts, 1954
Law, 1956
Edward G. Coll, Jr., L.H.D.
Arts, 1960; Honorary, 1983
Daniel J. Collins, Jr.
Business, 1956; Graduate Business, 1974
Thomas M. Reich, Esq.
Law, 1965
Arts, 1967; Graduate Education, 1969
I. Michael Coslov
Business, 1964
Thomas B. Grealish
Business, 1983
Marvin J. Lalli, Pharm.D.
Pharmacy, 1962; Graduate Pharmacy, 1987
Mary Louise "Mame" McDowell
Arts, 1950
Antonia L. Scarlata
Arts, 1965
Sister M. Sylvia Schuler, O.S.E.
Education, 1957
Business, 1967
Nicholas P. Cafardi, Esq.
Graduate Arts, 1972
M. Daniel Henry, J.D., Ph.D.
Graduate Education, 1965
Mary Catherine O'Brien, Ph.D.
Education, 1948
George R. Zambelli, Sr.
Business, 1947
Lawrence T. Zehfuss
Business, 1960
Law, 1969
Harry D. Clark, Ph.D.
Music Education, 1962; Graduate Music Education, 1965
Deno W. De Ciantis
Education, 1975; Graduate Education, 1977
Carla E. Lucente, Ph.D.
Arts, 1969; Graduate Arts, 1971
Sister Carole Riley, C.D.P., Ph.D.
Music, 1968; Graduate Music, 1970
Law, 1980
Jerome C. Keller
Education, 1965; Honorary, 1991
Cynthia M. Maleski, Esq.
Law, 1976
John W. McGonigle, Esq.
Business, 1960; Law, 1965
Arts, 1953
Lester D. Johnson
Business, 1958; Graduate Business, 1963
William M. Lowry
Business, 1971
Samuel Louis Nestico
Music, 1950; Honorary, 1983
Sister Liguori Rossner
Education, 1965
Arts, 1970; Law, 1973
George R. Puskar, Jr.
Arts, 1965
Herman L. Reid, Jr.
Education, 1962; Graduate Education, 1967
William C. Schultz
Music and Business, 1950
J. Ronald Wolfe, Esq.
Arts, 1954; Honorary, 1997
Pharmacy, 1978
Rita M. Carty, D.N.S.C., F.A.A.N.
Nursing, 1966
Toni G. Fay
Arts, 1968
John E. Murray, Jr., J.D., S.J.D.
Honorary Member
Janet C. Pappert
Pre-Med., 1959
P. David Pappert
Arts, 1960
Arts, 1969
The Reverend Sean M. Hogan, C.S.Sp.
Graduate Arts, 1976
Sylvan M. Holzer
Arts, 1970
Isadore R. Lenglet
Honorary, 2001, Honorary Member
E. Thomas Pappert
Business, 1961
E. Kears Pollock, Esq.
Law, 1970
Business, 1962
Anthony L. Bucci
Arts, 1969
John M. Devine
Business, 1967
Irene Qualters
Education, 1971
David R. Richard
Arts, 1963
Arts, 1969
Jon A. Boscia
Graduate Business, 1979
Linda A. Dickerson
Arts, 1997
Thomas W. Henderson, Esq.
Law, 1966
George Levitt, Ph.D.
Science, 1950; Graduate Arts, 1952
James F. McGuirk II
Arts, 1966
Thomas J. Meredith, Esq.
Law, 1975
Science, 1963
Anthony T. Dren, Ph.D.
Pharmacy, 1959; Science, 1961
Floyd R. "Chip" Ganassi, Jr.
Business, 1982
Gen. Michael V. Hayden
Arts, 1967; Graduate Arts, 1970
Francis J. Nowalk
Business, 1950
Ronald L. Swain, Ed.D.
Arts, 1970; Graduate Education, 1972
James F. Will
Business, 1972
Business, 1955
Vernon F. Gallagher, Ph.D., L.H.D.
Honorary, 1968
Mary R. Grealy
Law, 1978
Donald J. Hastings
Business, 1961
Lucille M. Stewart
Education, 1948
Law, 1975
Daniel A. Goetz
Education, 1955
John H. Kirkwood, Esq.
Graduate Business, 1964; Law, 1967
Anne Little Wedemeyer, M.D., J.D.
Law, 1988
Harry W. Witt, C.P.A.
Business, 1962
Pharmacy, 1992
James E. Bundschuh, Ph.D.
Science, 1968
Robert N. Peirce, Jr., Esq.
Law 1962
Robert Shankovich, D.A.
Music 1955; Graduate Music 1967
Arts, 1966
Cecelia Lauris Belasco
Education, 1970; Graduate Education 1973
Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F.
Arts, 1966; Graduate Arts 1984
John J. Connelly
Arts 1969; Graduate Arts 1971
Dr. Charles J. Dougherty
Honorary Member
Education, 1969
Robert D. Donno
Business, 1969
Linda S. Drago
Arts, 1972
Edward V. Fritzky
Arts, 1972; Honorary, 2004
Music, 1964
Samuel A. Costanzo
Arts, 1972
Robert I. Fragasso
Education, 1967
John R. McGinley, Jr., Esq.
Law, 1968
Music, 1962; Graduate Music, 1966; Graduate Arts 1990, 1995
James N. Crutchfield
Arts, 1992
Deborah A. Cunningham
Arts, 1981
Terrence S. Jacobs
Business, 1965
Maurice V. Peconi
Business, 1971; Graduate Business, 1978
Graduate Education 1997
Marie Milie Jones, Esq.
Arts 1985, Law 1987
John P. Krolikowski, Esq.
Business 1980, Law 1983
MaryAdele Krolikowski
Business 1984, Graduate Business 1988
Matthew J. Wyvratt, Ph.D.
Sciences 1970
Arts 1967, Law 1970
Arnold E. Burchianti II
Health Sciences 1993, Graduate Health Sciences 1994
Craig G. Cochenour
Pharmacy 1981, Law 1988
Scott M. Lammie
Business 1976
Michael R. Wiest
Graduate Arts 1970
Business 1973
Richard J. Grattan
Business 1968
The Hon. Maureen E. Lally-Green, Esq.
Education 1971, Law 1974
Arthur J. Rooney II, Esq.
Law 1982
The Most Rev. David A. Zubik, D.D.
Arts 1971, Graduate Education 1982
Law 1980
William J. Lyons
Business 1970, Graduate Business 1978
Diane L. Mead
Nursing 1989
James J. Schaming
Business 1955
Graduate Music 1991
The Honorable Kate Ford Elliott
Graduate Education 1973, Law 1978
Ted Senko
Business 1978
Arts 1974
Lisette M. "Mimi" McCormick, Esq.,
Law 1981
Robert T. Wanovich, Pharm.D.,
Pharmacy 1989, Graduate Pharmacy 1991
Sister Linda Yankoski, CSFN, Ed.D.,
Graduate Education 2003
Law 1989
Diane Schaming Hupp
Nursing 1987, Graduate Nursing 1995
Shelley L. Kobuck
Music 1980
Law 1975
Lois A. McGovern
Nursing 1968
Gilbert Zilner
Pharmacy 1960
Joan Zilner
Pharmacy 1960
Arts 1963, Law 1966, Arts 1974
The Honorable Maureen P. Kelly
Law 1987
Francis S. Marchilena
Arts 1967
Jeanine C. Hayden
Arts 1969
Brian L. Sullivan
Business 1982
Leonard A. Komoroski
Arts 1982
Honorable Terrence F. McVerry
Arts 1965, Law 1968
Arts 1980
Jeffrey S. Fisher
Pharmacy 1985
Don B. Gibson, Jr.
Music 1972, Graduate Music 1973
Charlotte S. Jefferies, Esq.
Law 1980
Law 1978
Catharine M. Ryan
Graduate Arts 1993
Robert L. Wintermyer, Ph.D.
Graduate Arts 1969
Business 1967
Thomas J. Herward
Arts 1967
Phoebe Haddon
Law 1977
Samuel Kamin
Law 1963
Matthew Costello
Arts 1995
Marianne Cornetti
Music 1988
David D'Eramo, Ph.D.
Pharmacy 1965
Samuel W. Spanos
Business 1980
James Anderson
Music 1973
Alan Braverman
Law, 1975
Benjamin A. Quamina, M.D.
Science 1960