Alumni, students, and benefactors who have displayed exemplary involvement with PC will be recognized at two alumni chapter awards ceremonies this spring. Proceeds from both events will benefit scholarship funds for students with financial need.

On Thursday, April 19, the Greater Providence Chapter of the Providence College Alumni Association, the Mal Brown Club, will host the 2007 Mal Brown Awards Night in the Smith Center for the Arts.

On Thursday, May 3, the 48th annual Veritas Awards Dinner, sponsored by the New Haven Club of the PC Alumni Association, will be held at Anthony’s Ocean View restaurant in New Haven, Conn.

“Funds from these events help students attend PC who, because of financial considerations, might not otherwise be able to attend, even though they qualify academically,” said Richard Del Sesto ’83, assistant director of alumni relations in the Office of Institutional Advancement.

The Mal Brown Awards Night will begin with a cocktail reception from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m., followed by the awards program until 8:00 p.m. and coffee and dessert until 9:00 p.m. Tickets are $40 per person, which includes drinks, hors d'oeuvres, dessert, and coffee.

The organization’s highest accolade, the Mal Brown Award, is given to alumni whose lives have exemplified the love and loyalty for Providence College that was characteristic of the late beloved athletics trainer, Mal Brown. This year’s award goes to Joseph F. Amaral, M.D. `77, president and CEO of Rhode Island Hospital and a member of PC’s Board of Trustees and Providence President’s Council. 

Other award winners are:

• Dr. Paul F. O’Malley `60, PC assistant professor of history, the Very Reverend Vincent C. Dore, O.P. Award;
• Everett Gabriel `71, tax manager with Gilbane, Inc. of Providence, the Dr. William P. McDonnell Award;
• Joseph W. Weill ’07, men’s soccer student-athlete, the Joseph V. MacAndrew Award; and
• Melissa M. McGow ’07, field hockey student-athlete, the Helen Bert Award.

The Veritas Awards Dinner, which has contributed over $400,000 in scholarships to New Haven-area students attending PC, commences with a reception at 6:30 p.m. It will be followed by the dinner program, which starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $45 per person and include the reception and dinner.   

The recipients of the 2007 Veritas Awards are:

• Dr. Mark DeNegre `56 and Rita DeNegre, College benefactors who are longtime active volunteers in their community;
• Michael Mauro, president of Mauro Motors; and
• Christopher Vigilante, proprietor of Christopher Martins Restaurant.

For more information about either event, including sponsorship opportunities, contact Richard Del Sesto at (401) 865-2088 or rdelses1@providence.edu.