In Hoc Signo Awards Presented to Alumni

WORCESTER, Mass. – The General Alumni Association (GAA) presented the annual In Hoc Signo Awards at the College’s reunion banquet held this past June. This year’s recipients were Richard B. Fisher ’47, Paul T. McEnery, M.D., ’60 and Martha M. McGuane ’77. First presented in 1960, the award is an expression of respect and admiration for those alumni who have given generously of their time and talents to the College. Richard B. Fisher ’47 Dick Fisher is the founder of Federated Investors, long one of the largest and most successful mutual fund companies in the nation. Today, he is chairman of Federated Securities Corp., where he works with another Crusader - his son John, of the Class of 1979. A lifetime member of the President’s Council, Fisher is also a member of the Cornerstone Society. He has served as both a class agent and as a member of the alumni board senate. A former member of the College’s investment committee, he has held the office of president of the Western Pennsylvania Regional Club. Fisher resides in Pittsburgh, Pa., with his wife, Barbara; they are the parents of seven children.

Paul T. McEnery, M.D., ’60 Paul McEnery earned his medical degree at the Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University in Chicago, Ill. After pursuing a pediatric residency and a fellowship in pediatric nephrology at the Cincinnati (Ohio) Children’s Hospital Medical Center, he joined the hospital faculty in 1971. Appointed a professor of pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine in 1988, McEnery is the author of more than 80 publications; he is an authority on chronic kidney disease in children. A longtime admissions advisor, McEnery also has worked with the Alumni Job Network and the Career Advisors Network. A former president of his regional club, he has served as a board member of the General Alumni Association. McEnery lives in Cincinnati with his wife, Charlotte; they are the parents of three Crusaders - Christina Dumont ’92, Jennifer ’94 and Emily ’00.

Martha M. McGuane ’77 Martha McGuane earned her Master of Arts degree in public communications from Fordham University, New York City, in 1983. For the last two decades, she has taught at Malden (Mass.) Catholic, an Xaverian Brothers high school, where she serves as the chair of the English department. A member of the President’s Council at Holy Cross and a class agent, McGuane has served as president of the General Alumni Association. She has also been active in the Merrimack Valley Regional Club, holding the posts of president, vice president and secretary. A prominent alumni interviewer of prospective students, McGuane has logged countless hours as an alumni representative at college fairs; a member of the Bishop Healy Committee, she has served on the Alumni Admissions and the Book Prize committees. McGuane is a resident of Lowell, Mass.