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Tom Moran Receives Honorary Doctorate from Manhattan College

By Irish America Staff
June / July 2017

May 24, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Tom Moran, a perennial figure on Irish America’s Business 100 list and a member of our Hall of Fame, received an honorary degree in humane letters from his alma mater, Manhattan College, and delivered the annual undergraduate commencement speech to the class of 2017 in May (right). Moran, who earned a B.S. in math in 1974 and was the first in his family to graduate college, has … [Read more...] about Tom Moran Receives Honorary Doctorate from Manhattan College

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