Canisius history graduates pursue graduate work and a variety of professions. Seven history majors have won Fulbright Scholarships to universities in Germany, Belgium and Canada. Recent graduates are currently studying in graduate history programs at Brown University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Minnesota and University of California at Riverside. Others have gone on to graduate work in fields as diverse as education, urban planning, business, medicine and pharmacy. Our graduates hold such positions as: Paris Bureau chief, The New York Times; reporter, USA Today; Intelligence analyst, U.S. Navy Office of Naval Intelligence; senior planner, Architectural Resources; and chair of history and political science, Gannon University.
Here is a sample of what some of our graduates are doing:
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John LaFalce ’61, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (retired) |
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Elaine Sciolino ’70, Chief Diplomatic correspondent for the New York Times, Washington Bureau |
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Eric Brady ’76, Reporter for USA Today, Washington, D.C. |
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Larry Vilardo ’77, (JD Harvard) Partner in law firm of Connors and Vilardo |
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John Hurley ’78, (JD Notre Dame) Executive Vice President and Vice President for College Relations, Canisius College |
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Paul Diehl ’80, (PhD the University of Michigan) Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Illinois |
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Elizabeth Brick ’88, Director and Curator, Herchell Carousel Factory Museum |
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Molly McCarthy ’89, PhD candidate in history, Brandeis University |
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Kristen Ennis-Delvaux ’90, Consultant to European Union, ECIP-TAU (Fulbright Fellow 90-91) |
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Ian Sullivan ’94, Intelligence Analyst U.S. Navy Office of Naval Intelligence (Fulbright Fellow 94-95) |
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Michael Klier ’94, PhD candidate University of Indiana (Fulbright Fellow 94-95) |
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Jill Schmidle ’95 Senior Planner, Architectural Resources, Buffalo NY |
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Amy Whipple ’97 Javits Fellow, PhD candidate Northwestern |
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Michael O’Sullivan ’99 Fulbright Fellow for academic year 99-00 |
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John Shea ’99 Fulbright Fellow for academic year 99-00 |
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Steven Seegal ’99 Mellon Fellow and Javits Fellow, full scholarship for doctoral studies at Brown University |
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Edward Snyder '02 PhD candidate, University of Minnesota (Fulbright Scholar 2002-3) |
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Stephen Molvarec '04 PhD candidate, University of Notre Dame |
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Patrick McNally '05 Student, Harvard Law School |