Faculty Awards Presented at Holy Cross

WORCESTER, Mass. – The annual Fall Convocation was held at Holy Cross on Tuesday, Sept. 17. The event honored the recipient of the 2002 Holy Cross Distinguished Teaching Award and the recipients of the Rev. Raymond J. Swords, S.J., Faculty Medal.

Worcester resident Rev. Anthony J. Kuzniewski, S.J., of the history department was this year's distinguished teacher.

A member of the Holy Cross faculty since 1974, Fr. Kuzniewski served as the chair of the history department from 1990 - 1992. He earned a bachelor's degree from Marquette University, a master's and a Ph.D. from Harvard, and a master's of divinity from the Jesuit School of Theology in Chicago (Loyola University).

The first Jesuit to receive this award, Fr. Kuzniewski is the author of The College of the Holy Cross: One Hundred Fifty Years (1993) and Thy Honored Name: A History of The College of the Holy Cross, 1843 - 1994 (1999). He is also the author of Faith and Fatherland: The Polish Church War in Wisconsin, 1896 - 1918 (1981).

The Distinguished Teaching Award was established to recognize the dedicated faculty members at the College and carries with it a $1,000 honorarium.

The Rev. Raymond J. Swords, S.J., Faculty Medal, named after the 28th president of the College, was designed to honor members of the faculty who have served at Holy Cross for 25 years. Nine members of the Holy Cross faculty were recognized: Robert Cording of the English department, Robert Garvey of the physics department, Shirish Korde of the music department, Richard Matlak of the Center for Interdisciplinary and Special Studies, Rev. William Reiser, S.J., of the religious studies department, William Rynders of the theatre department, Nicolas Sanchez of the economics department, and Royce Singleton and Edward Thompson, both of the sociology and anthropology department.