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In This Issue Fall 2025

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Hall of Fame: Patrick Doherty, The New York Official Who Uses Investment Power to Promote Human Rights.

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
March / April 2020

March 1, 2020 by 1 Comment

New York Official Uses Investment Power to Promote Human Rights Patrick Doherty recalls one of many St. Patrick’s Day parties on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where his parents met, and his grandparents still lived when he was young.“The parade in those days ended at 96th Street. So, each year my grandmother basically invited the whole parade back to their apartment,” … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame: Patrick Doherty, The New York Official Who Uses Investment Power to Promote Human Rights.

Hall of Fame: Family, Faith, Fidelity, & Financial Independence Kathleen Murphy

March / April 2020 By Darina Molloy

March 1, 2020 by Leave a Comment

It may be an over-used chestnut at times, but that “there is no ‘I’ in team” is still a popular phrase in the worlds of sport and industry. And Kathleen Murphy, a team player to her fingertips, is the epitome of someone who believes in the importance of “we” rather than “I” when it comes to getting things done. Is this valuable characteristic something that harks back to her … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame: Family, Faith, Fidelity, & Financial Independence Kathleen Murphy

Hall of Fame: Powerful Business Leader Promoting Inclusion & Diversity, Eileen Murray

March / April 2020
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What does the next chapter hold for Eileen Murray, one of the most senior women in the financial services industry – someone who has made a career out of breaking barriers and redefining expectations? Last December, she announced that she would be leaving her position as co-CEO of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, at the end of March, a position she has … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame: Powerful Business Leader Promoting Inclusion & Diversity, Eileen Murray

Hall of Fame: An Honest Broker Congressman Richie Neal

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
March / April 2020

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Last April, U.S. Congressman Richard E. ­Neal had an extraordinary moment when he was able to pay tribute to his personal as well as political forebears – not in his native Massachusetts, but in Northern Ireland. “It is with no small amount of humility that I accept this honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Ulster University, and I accept in honor of my grandmother, Mary … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame: An Honest Broker Congressman Richie Neal

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St. Columcille was born on this day in Gartan, Co. Donegal. Columcille, who would also become known as Columba, Colum, Columbus and Columkill, was born to a royal family but given in fosterage to a priest at a young age. After studying under St. Finnian, he spent 15 years preaching and traveling through out Ireland. By 25, he had already founded about 27 monasteries, including Kells which would become famous for producing the Book of Kells. Columcille was also famous through out other celtic regions, including Scotland. He founded the monastery at Iona, a tiny Island off the coast of Scotland. Iona would become the center of Christianity for the Celtic world.

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