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

Tom Atkins
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
Derrick A. Bell, Jr.
Arts, 1952

Frederick N. Egler, Esq.
Arts, 1943

Charles D. Horne
Business, 1955

The Reverend Francis Le Ngoc Trieu, Ed.D.
Graduate Education, 1960
Marianna Christos
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
Thomas J. Burgunder, Esq.
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
Regis D. Bobonis, Sr.
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
Arthur B. DeConciliis
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
James A. Brooks, Jr., Ph.D.
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
William A. G. Fisher
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
Michael Aranson
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
Donald W. Weber
Business, 1961

Patricia Doherty Yoder
Arts, 1961

The Honorable Stephen A. Zappala
Arts, 1954
David J. Armstrong, Esq.
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
Ronald T. Bowes, Ph.D.
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
Frank R. Bakos
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
Thomas D. Arbogast, Esq.
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
Gretchen R. Haggerty, Esq.
Law, 1980

Jerome C. Keller
Education, 1965; Honorary, 1991

Cynthia M. Maleski, Esq.
Law, 1976

John W. McGonigle, Esq.
Business, 1960; Law, 1965
The Honorable John P. Flaherty, Jr.
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
The Honorable Joy Flowers Conti, Esq.
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
F. Kevin Browett
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
Nancy A. Boxill, Ph.D.
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
John J. Bongiorno
Business, 1962

Anthony L. Bucci
Arts, 1969

John M. Devine
Business, 1967

Irene Qualters
Education, 1971

David R. Richard
Arts, 1963
George J. Agich, Ph.D.
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
Frank T. Deverse
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
Joseph T. Bilich
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
Sr. Melanie DiPietro, S.C., J.D., J.C.L.
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
Michele A. Belsey, R.Ph.
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
Anthony W. Accamando, Jr.
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
Barbara Cangelosi Donno
Education, 1969

Robert D. Donno
Business, 1969

Linda S. Drago
Arts, 1972

Edward V. Fritzky
Arts, 1972; Honorary, 2004
Sharon K. Brooks-Bruzzeze
Music, 1964

Samuel A. Costanzo
Arts, 1972

Robert I. Fragasso
Education, 1967

John R. McGinley, Jr., Esq.
Law, 1968
Sister Donna Marie Beck
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
Linda B. Hippert, Ed.D.
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
The Honorable Donetta W. Ambrose
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
Anthony J. Carfang
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
The Hon. Cynthia A. Baldwin
Law 1980

William J. Lyons
Business 1970, Graduate Business 1978

Diane L. Mead
Nursing 1989

James J. Schaming
Business 1955
Marty Ashby
Graduate Music 1991

The Honorable Kate Ford Elliott
Graduate Education 1973, Law 1978

Ted Senko
Business 1978
Rev. James P. McCloskey, C.S.Sp., Ph.D.,
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
The Honorable Jay Costa
Law 1989

Diane Schaming Hupp
Nursing 1987, Graduate Nursing 1995

Shelley L. Kobuck
Music 1980
The Honorable Max Baer
Law 1975

Lois A. McGovern
Nursing 1968

Gilbert Zilner
Pharmacy 1960

Joan Zilner
Pharmacy 1960
Robert S. Barker, Esq.
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

Very Rev. Jeffrey T. Duaime, C.S.Sp.
Arts 1980

Jeffrey S. Fisher
Pharmacy 1985

Don B. Gibson, Jr.
Music 1972, Graduate Music 1973

Charlotte S. Jefferies, Esq.
Law 1980
Thomas R. Kline, Esq.
Law 1978

Catharine M. Ryan
Graduate Arts 1993

Robert L. Wintermyer, Ph.D.
Graduate Arts 1969
Dennis P. Brenckle
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