Sound Shore

Dr. Joseph Nyre has begun work as president of Iona College, but he hasn’t had the pomp and circumstance of a formal inauguration ceremony. That will change Oct. 27-28, and in preparation, the college has formed a committee to plan the festivities.

The co-chairs of the committee are Ronald M. DeFeo of Westport, Conn., a member of the class of 1974 and President and CEO of Terex Corporation, and trustee and Sister Patricia McGinley, Special Executive Assistant to the President.

The other members of the committee are Dr. Paul M. Beaudin, Assistant Professor and Graduate Coordinator; Ms. Kathleen A. Hurlie, a trustee; John Manley, a professor of Finance, Business Economics and Legal Studies; Penelope Moore, Associate Professor and chair of Social Work; Tricia Mulligan, Associate Professor and chair of Political Science; Jessica Nealon, a student and the president of the Student Government Association; Brother Robert Novak, Professor and Chair of Physics; Marie Pace, Executive Assistant to the Dean of Arts and Science; Amy Parise, Director of Alumni Relations; Monica L. Judge, president of the Alumni Association; and Michael Petre, a student and President of the Edmund Rice Society.