The Honors Program at La Salle University

Program Graduates

The Honors Program has produced graduates who have had success in many different disciplines and fields. Below are what some of the program's graduates are doing today and how the program has impacted their lives.

Here is a sample of what some of our recent graduates are currently involved with:

Completing a Fulbright fellowship in Vienna
Starting graduate school studying philosophy at Tufts University
Studying medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University, and other prestigious universities
Studying law at the University of Notre Dame, the University of Virginia, and other nationally recognized schools
Directing Georgetown University's Nursing Center
Completing a doctorate in chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco
Practicing accounting with a Big 4 firm
Serving as deputy mayor for the City of Baltimore
Working as managing editor of Philadelphia Magazine

Thomas Curley, '70 CEO and President Associated Press Formerly President and Publisher of USA Today:
"La Salle is an extraordinary place where people are rewarded for their willingness to take risks in pursuit of academic success…and, importantly, given all the help they need. The Honors Program faculty were extraordinary teachers, providing personal attention and inspiration and a lifetime bridge to learning. The program is a gem!"

"I'll always remember the Arms Control course because of General Burns (Maj. Gen. William F. Burns). People at Harvard and Princeton would have killed to take this class, because he's so well known and respected around the world. He retired from the Army and was director of U.S. arms control negotiations, a specialist on Russia. The man commanded an incredible presence in the classroom; I was awestruck. When he said 'Boris,' we was talking about Boris Yeltsin."
John McGrath, '96 Contract Analyst and Negotiator for General Electric Capital Corp.

Dan Rakowski, M.D., '95 Physician, U.S. Navy "If you come to the Honors Program at La Salle, you can do great things with it. You're going to work hard - you may occasionally stay up until a ridiculous hour to study - but you're going to enjoy yourself for four years and reap incredible benefits."

"The Honors Program provided me a great start and a well-rounded education. I felt fully prepared for the rigors of graduate school, and it gave me the freedom to explore my many interests."
Christine Springer Vellicer, Ph.D. '88 (Univ. of Washington) Researcher, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center