School Notes
Date posted: Apr 29, 2019
Patrick Byrne to Receive Bellarmine Award at Commencement Ceremony
In recognition of his exemplary, long-term dedication to the mission of the University, Pat Byrne will receive the 2019 Saint Robert Bellarmine, S.J., Award. The faculty honor will be presented to Byrne by BC President William P. Leahy, S.J., at the University Commencement Exercises on May 20.
A Philosophy Department faculty member since 1975, Byrne served as chairman from 2003-2010, and has directed BC’s Lonergan Institute since 2011. The associate director of the Jesuit Institute from 1997-2001, Byrne also was a member of the University Core Development and Core Renewal committees from 1991-2019, and a 10-year committee member for the Lilly Endowment Planning Grant on Undergraduate Student Vocations, which led to formation of BC’s Intersections program. Among many other campus roles, he served as co-chair of the Task Force on Undergraduate Student Formation (part of the University Academic Planning Council) from 1996-97, and since 1991 has served as the University’s representative to Lilly Fellows Program in Faith, Humanities and the Arts.