The Torch

Attendees pose with the president and his wife at the annual President’s Dinner. L to R: William Collins and Lesley Collins, dinner co-chairs; honoree Kevin Reed; University President Dr. Conrado “Bobby” Gempesaw; Clavel Gempesaw; honoree Anthony Butler; Peter D’Angelo, Chair of the Board of Trustees; and honoree James Riley, Jr.
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17th Annual President’s Dinner raises $2 million for scholarships

November 5, 2014

St. John’s prepares to celebrate historical presidential investiture

Fr. Harrington delivers the homily during the Mass at his investiture in 1989.
Photo: University Archives

Olivia Cunningham, Managing Editor

October 23, 2014

Conrado M. Gempesaw, the 17th President of St. John's. Photo: Courtesy of Marketing

St. John’s elects 17th President, Conrado M. Gempesaw

April 16, 2014

St. John’s Looks Forward – Members of University Community Talk New President

Shannon Luibrand, Features Editor

May 8, 2013

When Donald J. Harrington, C.M announced last Friday that he is retiring as President of the University, people immediately began speculating about who would replace him. Although the who and the when are still up in the air,...

Successor Must Restore Faith

Michael E. Cunniff, Editor-in-Chief, Emeritus

May 8, 2013

At the end of the Dark Age of the St. John’s men’s basketball team (the turbulent Mike Jarvis era), Rev. Donald J. Harrington, C.M., Still-President of the University found himself in hot water after bemoaning the “culture”...