Novelist William Kennedy received the first Eugene O’Neill Award in 2009, and since then, such outstanding talents as Brian ...

John Lahey was appointed president of Quinnipiac College in Hamden, Connecticut, in 1987, after previously working at Marist College in New York. In the past ten years, Lahey has been an integral part ...

Bob Galvin started his career at Motorola in 1940, where he held the senior officer position in the company from 1959 until January 1990, when he became chairman of the Executive Committee. He also ...

One of the first things Carolyn McCarthy pledged to do after winning her bid to unseat her local Congressman, Daniel Frisa, was to give up cigarettes — as a public figure she didn’t want to be ...

When Bill Flynn assumed leadership of Mutual of America in 1971, it was a small struggling organization. Now, 16 years later, thanks to Flynn’s leadership and vision it is a giant in its field. Bill ...

A consummate actress, Fionnula Flanagan’s portfolio includes a litany of stage and screen performances, including the highly-acclaimed James Joyce’s Women, which she adapted for the stage and went on ...

Senator Connie Mack was sworn into office for his second term in January 1995, after becoming the first Republican in Florida history to be re-elected to the Senate with more than 70 percent of the ...

One of New York State’s most effective advocates and educators in the area of domestic violence and justice for people with disabilities, Mary Lynch takes fierce pride in her Irish heritage. Her ...

Three nights a week, Lauria Fitzgerald loads up a van on Ogden Avenue in the Bronx with 40 or 50 hot meals. Then she drives to the most desolate corners of the Bronx, working the shadows and eaves of ...

After the success of his Oscar-nominated screenplay for In the Name of the Father, Terry George is once more in the spotlight, this time for his directorial debut in Some Mother’s Son. George was born ...

A governor of the American College of Health Care Executives, Horan has held several positions with a number of institutions during his 25 years in the health-care field. Immediately prior to joining ...

Patricia Ireland is one of the most influential feminist leaders in America. Since assuming the presidency of the National Organization for Women in December 1991, she used her experience in corporate ...