And on the occasion of major anniversaries, history becomes more self conscious through us. George expressed his own gratitude to Catholic University, which awarded him a Master of Arts degree in 1965. Ellis announced last year he would step down from the presidency in August. Huang, a member of the board of trustees at Feng Chia University, Taiwan, received a Doctor of Laws. He recently has completed a film about Catholic social activist Dorothy Day.
Liberals call it doing good, conservatives call it enlightened self interest.
Unless we instill in our young the most basic social skills and social values and respect for every human being we will be a very different society in the next century. Catholic University's Columbus School of Law will confer 296 juris doctor degrees at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 23 in the National Shrine. Brendan V. Sullivan, a litigation attorney who represented Oliver North during the Iran-Contra congressional hearings in 1987, will speak. Catholic University is the nation's only university established by the U.S. Catholic bishops and is the national university of the Catholic Church. Don't miss our most recent News Releases or our on-line speech texts .