{"id":22521,"date":"2019-11-18T10:13:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T10:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/?p=22521"},"modified":"2019-11-18T10:13:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T10:13:21","slug":"loretta-glucksman-honoured-with-doctorate-in-new-york-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/index.php\/loretta-glucksman-honoured-with-doctorate-in-new-york-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Loretta Glucksman honoured with doctorate in New York ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish-American philanthropist Loretta Brennan Glucksman, namesake for the University of Limerick’s library, donned cap and gown in New York City on Sunday as she was conferred with an honorary doctorate of letters by University of Limerick.<\/p>\n

At an event in Glucksman Ireland House at New York University on Fifth Avenue, UL chancellor Mary Harney conferred the degree on Ms. Glucksman who has sat as chair of the board of UL Foundation since 2014.<\/p>\n

At the\u00a0 New York event, University of Limerick President Dr. Des Fitzgerald said that; \u201cUniversity of Limerick has benefitted from the work and support of Loretta and her family.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThe vision, advocacy and leadership of Loretta, and her late husband Lew, allowed UL to build upon the work of our founders.<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether with their generosity and access to extensive networks, the Glucksman\u2019s have allowed UL to grow and prosper throughout the institutions first half century.<\/p>\n

\u201cLoretta\u2019s level of engagement on the ground is very real and applied. When she engages in a project, she fully commits to it and we have witnessed that first hand in Limerick.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the most fitting way possible through this honorary doctorate, we have added the capstone to Loretta\u2019s membership of the UL family,\u201d Dr Fitzgerald said.\u201cHer affiliation with, loyalty to and unstinting advocacy for the University, along with her determination that its development be sustainable and progressive, makes us very fortunate to count her as a friend, Dr Fitzgerald said.<\/p>\n

On receiving her honorary doctorate, Mrs. Brennan Glucksman, whose associations with UL date back to the 1990s, said that \u201cLew and I began our Amazing Irish Adventure in Limerick.\u00a0 It is a joy to have maintained so many of those precious friendships through three decades.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am endlessly grateful to Limerick. The culmination of that friendship and those years of UL flourishing now has a wonderful capstone in the form of this honorary degree which I accept with deep humility and gratitude,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The granddaughter of four Irish immigrants, Loretta Brennan Glucksman was raised in an Irish neighbourhood in Allentown, Pennsylvania and now lives in New York City.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Fitzgerald added “The vast majority of students will visit the University\u2019s library many times during the course of their studies. As they enter the library, they will pass a framed plaque that commemorates the opening of the Lewis L. and Loretta Brennan Glucksman Library and Information Services Building on May 15th, 1998.”\"Image<\/p>\n

\u201cIn encapsulating the role the Glucksmans played in the task of bringing the library to that point on that landmark day, the message under the official statement says it all: \u201cLewis and Loretta Glucksman provided the leadership that united the support of private donors and the State in building this facility\u201d.<\/p>\n

Spanning more than 20 years, Mrs Glucksman and her late husband Lewis have made major contributions to the university, funding key projects such as the Frank McCourt Chair in Creative Writing; Brennan Court Residence; the Glucksman Library; the Glucksman Chair in Contemporary Writing; the Glucksman Reading Room and the University Concert Hall.<\/p>\n

Dr. Fitzgerald concluded that \u201cas well as enriching the imaginations and careers of our current and future learners and researchers, the legacy of her generosity will extend well beyond our own campus \u2013 it will enrich the lives of generations of Irish people living at home and abroad for many, many years to come.”<\/p>\n

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Irish-American philanthropist Loretta Brennan Glucksman, namesake for the University of Limerick’s library, donned cap and gown in New York City on Sunday as she was conferred with an honorary doctorate of letters by University of Limerick. At an event in Glucksman Ireland House at New York University on Fifth Avenue, UL chancellor Mary Harney conferred […]<\/p>\n

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