DeSales University ushered in a new era on April 4 with the inauguration of Fr. Greenfield, OSFS ’84, Ed.D. as its fourth president.
Inauguration Ceremony
Prelude - Selections for Brass Ensemble and Keyboard
Academic Procession - “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” by Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Chris Coletti Brass Ensemble; “God Bless America” by Irving Berlin DeSales University Chorale and Brass Ensemble
Master of Ceremonies - Gerard J. Joyce ’91, Ph.D. Executive Vice President
Invocation - Karrington Hamilton ’18 Psychology Major
Welcome - Denise Von Funk ’80 Board of Trustees
Greetings:
Representing Catholic Colleges and Universities - Rev. Peter M. Donohue, OSA, Ph.D. President, Villanova University
Representing Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges (LVAIC) - Alison R. Byerly, Ph.D. President, Lafayette College
Representing the Civic Community - The Honorable Joseph F. Leeson Jr. ’77, Hon. LL.D. United States District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Representing the Alumni - Timothy E. Nolan ’77, M.B.A., Hon. L.H.D. Executive Vice President, EmblemHealth
Representing the Undergraduate Student Body - Brendan Graham ’19 Mathematics Major
Representing the Faculty - Katherine Ramsland, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology
Representing the Professional Administrative Staff - Marian Gehringer ’81, M.B.A. Senior Accountant
Representing the Support Staff - Margaret Huber Mailroom Supervisor
Representing the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Staff - Patrick Mulcahy, M.F.A. Producing Artistic Director
Presentation of the President - Rev. Kevin M. Nadolski, OSFS, M.Div., M.A. Assistant Provincial, Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
Installation and Investiture of the President - W. Douglas Brown, Esquire Chair, Board of Trustees
Inauguration Address - Rev. James J. Greenfield, OSFS ’84, Ed.D. President
Reading “Poem Ending with Lines from Wendell Berry” — for the Inauguration of Rev. James J. Greenfield, OSFS composed and read by Stephen Myers, Ph.D., Professor of English
Anthem - “All You Works of the Lord, Bless the Lord” by Kenneth Jennings DeSales University Chorale • DeSales University Student Dancers Patricia O’Connell, piano
DeSales University Alma Mater - Music by Angela Curren Ryan Text by Rev. Bernard O’Connor, OSFS, performed by the DeSales University Chorale and Brass Ensemble
Benediction - Most Reverend Alfred A. Schlert, D.D., J.C.L. Bishop of the Diocese of Allentown
Recessional - “Triumphal March” from Aida, by Giuseppe Verdi, arr. Bill Holcombe Brass Ensemble