Posted 13 December 2013
UCD honours leaders in journalism, public service, business, law and medicine
Emmy award-winning war correspondent, Terence McCarthy awarded UCD Honorary Degree of Doctor of Literature
For about 30 years, Terence McCarthy, who was born and educated in Ireland, has travelled the world for television and print media covering politics, business, military, social and environmental issues across the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America.
Terence McCarthy awarded UCD Honorary Degree of Doctor of Literature
He has managed bureaus in the US and overseas, and set up two bureaus in war zones. He speaks six languages, has won four Emmys and an Edward R. Murrow award.
Post 9/11, McCarthy covered the war in Afghanistan, where he opened TIME’s Kabul office, and later went to Kuwait to follow the troops into Iraq in 2003. After the fall of Saddam Hussein, McCarthy set up TIME’s bureau in Baghdad. His first forays into television came in Iraq, where he was part of the ABC News/TIME team that reported the special series “Iraq, Where Things Stand”, which won two Emmy Awards in 2003 and 2004.
He covered the execution of Saddam Hussein, the battle for Baghdad and the U.S. troop surge under General Petraeus. He travelled throughout Iraq covering the war from the U.S. military and the Iraqi civilian perspectives, for which he won an Emmy Award in 2007. McCarthy also reported on Islamic radicals in Jordan, life along the Yangtze River in China, the North Korean nuclear threat, swine flu in Mexico and hurricanes in the Caribbean.
After completing his studies in Philosophy at University College Dublin, Terence moved to Paris to further pursue his studies before returning to Ireland to begin his reporting career working for the Irish Press in Dublin in 1984. He left Ireland to cover the civil wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua and the earthquake in Mexico City in 1985.
Terry McCarthy was appointed President and CEO of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council in July 2012.
The official citation at the conferring ceremony was delivered by Professor Ben Tonra, UCD School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin.
“Terry McCarthy has spent a professional lifetime asking "why" and then translating that answer to millions of viewers and readers around the world. His passion has been – in his own words – “to break down received stereotypes and preconceptions about foreign cultures and ways of life.” It is evident that his genius has been to do so in such a way as to engage, fascinate and to inform,” he said.
Former President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Eilis Mc Govern awarded UCD Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science
After completing her studies in medicine at University College Dublin and internship and basic surgical training, Eilis obtained her Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons.
In 1985, she was awarded a Council of Europe Fellowship to study in Paris, and after completing a fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, she was appointed a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon in Dublin in 1987.
Dr Eilis Mc Govern awarded UCD Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science
She worked initially at the Mater and in 1999 subsequently established a new and highly progressive cardiac surgery unit at St James Hospital. Eilis’ colleagues speak of her extraordinary courage and dedication as a surgeon and educator. Her generosity and support of junior colleagues is legendary.
In 2010 Eilis was elected President of The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. She is an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
The official citation at the conferring ceremony was delivered by Professor Colm O’Brien, UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science.
Former President of the American Transplant Society, Dr Barbara Murphy awarded UCD Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science
Barbara Murphy is Chair of the Department of Medicine at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai, NY, one of the top medical schools in the US. She is also Dean of Clinical Integration and Population- Based Health. Barbara has recently completed a term as President of the American Transplant Society.
Barbara was educated at second level at Alexandra College before attending The Royal College of Surgeons from which she graduated in 1989.
Dr Barbara Murphy awarded UCD Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science
On completing her clinical training specialising in nephrology at Beaumont Hospital she was awarded a fellowship to Harvard Medical School. Her research in the renal division at Harvard focused on the field of transplant immunology. She made several important discoveries on the immunomodulatory role of MHC-derived peptides. These are discoveries which will be translated into patient benefit to ensure improved outcomes from organ transplants by limiting rejection.
In 2000 Barbara was recruited as Director of Transplant Nephrology to the Renal Division at Mt Sinai. She lead the division of nephrology there from 2004. In 2005 she was named the Irene and Dr. Arthur M. Fishberg Professor of Medicine. In November of last year she was appointed Chair and Dean at the Department of Medicine, the first woman dean of an academic medical center in NY.
The official citation at the conferring ceremony was delivered by Professor Catherine Godson, UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science.
“UCD is delighted to honour Barbara Murphy’s exemplary leadership and contributions in translational medicine, education, advocacy and patient care,” she said.
Retired circuit court judge, Yvonne Murphy awarded UCD Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws
Yvonne Murphy is a retired circuit court judge and author of the transformative and historic Murphy Reports on the Dublin and Cloyne Roman Catholic Dioceses.
She was a news journalist in RTE before being appointed as a special adviser to the then Tánaiste, Michael O’Leary. After working as an editor of the specialist journal, Industrial Relations News, she entered the Law Library in the mid-80s. A founding co-editor of the Irish Times Law Reports she is co-author of Journalists and the Law now in its third edition, and of Insider Dealing.
Yvonne Murphy awarded UCD Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws
She was called to both the English Bar and the Northern Irish Bar. She was vice-chair of the Employment Appeals Tribunal and the Employment Equality Agency. She also acted as chair of the law clerks joint labour committee.
She was appointed to the Circuit Court Bench in the late 90s where she sat predominantly as a criminal trial judge while also hearing cases in Family Law in the civil court.
The official citation at the conferring ceremony was delivered by Professor Imelda Maher, UCD School of Law.
“Judge Murphy we honour you today as an exemplary role model for our graduates, someone who epitomises the need for lawyers to call to account, to remind the state and private bodies of their responsibilities to us and the need to give effect to the constitutional guarantee in A40.3.1 of the constitution that says: “The State guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate the personal rights of the citizen,” she said.
CEO of ICON, Ciaran Murray awarded UCD Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws
Since becoming CEO of ICON, Ciaran Murray, who is a graduate of University College Dublin, has led real growth in the business with net revenue for the year ended Dec 2012 increasing by 17.9% or €169 million. He is emblematic of a new generation of business leadership in Ireland.
ICON is a truly global company which derives more than half its revenues outside Europe. It is a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries.
Ciaran Murray awarded UCD Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws
The official citation at the conferring ceremony was delivered by Professor Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh, Dean of Business at University College Dublin.
“Ciarán is characterised by hard work, a commitment to quality and an innate modesty and lack of hubris. When you talk to him about his role as CEO, you quickly realise that he is not about him. His concern is for the development of his organisation and for the people around him. He wears his achievements lightly. He knows the fragility of success and that there are good days and bad days and that one should treat them all the same,” he said.
“For these reasons, for his international perspective, for his hard work and commitment to causes and people other than himself, Ciarán Murray is a very appropriate role model for our graduates in the world in which we live now.”
CEO of Enterprise Ireland, Frank Ryan awarded UCD Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws
Under the stewardship of Frank Ryan, over the past 10 years, Enterprise Ireland (EI) has helped Irish companies weather one of the worst recessions in the history of the state. It has also been successfully refocused as an innovation-intensive enterprise agency which strategically fosters university-industry partnerships, and expands and improves the university technology transfer system.
The official citation at the conferring ceremony was delivered by Professor Peter Clinch, Vice-President for Innovation at University College Dublin.
Frank Ryan awarded UCD Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws
“Over 35 years, Frank Ryan has given an outstanding commitment, demonstrating inspirational leadership, to both of Ireland’s industrial Development Agencies, IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland. He has helped to shape, and lead, the growth of multinational and indigenous industry. This near lifetime of public service culminated in the last ten years when Frank served as Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Ireland,” he said.
“Frank’s tenure at the helm of Enterprise Ireland could only be described as a great success. By the end of 2012, exports by Irish companies had grown from €9.6 billion in 2003 to €16.2 billion notwithstanding the greatest recession in the history of the State.”
(Produced by UCD University Relations)
