The General Alumni Association (GAA) presented the annual In Hoc Signo Awards at the College’s reunion banquet this past June. This year’s recipients were Richard C. Browne ’60, Mary Ellen Eagan ’75 and John P. Glowik ’73.

Richard C. Browne ’60
Former president of the GAA, Browne chaired the association’s Study Committee. Twice the president of the Holy Cross Club of Greater Washington, D.C., he has been a Holy Cross class agent since 1960, as well as an alumni admissions counselor and an alumni career planning counselor. A member of the President’s Council at Holy Cross, he serves on the Regional Steering Committee of the “Lift High the Cross” campaign.

A member of the Air Force ROTC while at Holy Cross, Browne graduated with the rank of second lieutenant. After earning his juris doctor from the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., he served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force - working in the Judge Advocate General Corps. Over the course of his law career, Browne served as assistant director, hearing division, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and, as senior trial counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A retired partner in the law firm of Winston and Strawn, he is the author of several publications and a lecturer at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.

Browne and his wife, Pat, reside in Rockville, Md. They are the parents of five children - Richard, Catherine, Paulette ’88, Maureen ’89 and Colleen.

Mary Ellen Eagan ’75
Since her days as one of the College’s first female varsity letter winners, Eagan has displayed the drive and spirit of a true Crusader. A past president and active member of the Holy Cross Club of Boston, she now serves on the Bishop Healy Committee. Eagan is also a member of the President’s Council at Holy Cross; an admissions counselor and adviser with the Alumni Job Network; and a member of the Varsity Club.

An investment manager for NorthStar Capital, a Boston money management firm, Eagan holds a master’s degree in business administration from Boston University. She is a resident of Boston, where she volunteers as a 10 th-grade MCAS tutor. Eagan is the daughter of Connie and the late Bill Eagan ’49.

John P. Glowik ’73
As a child in Worcester’s Brosnihan Square, Glowik grew up in the shadow of Mount St. James. Each Saturday, laboring at his father’s Shell gas station, he listened to the echoes of the cheers from Fitton Field. Success as a student and athlete earned him a place on the Hill, and he has shown his love and devotion for the College ever since.

A President’s Council lifetime member, Glowik is also a founding member of the College’s Cornerstone Society. In addition, he is an alumni admissions counselor, a career planning counselor and an adviser with the Alumni Job Network; Glowik has served as well on the Bishop Healy Committee and the College athletic director search committee. He is a member of the Varsity Club and the Holy Cross Club of Worcester.

Glowik is the owner of the Prime Consulting Group, Inc. He and his wife, Maureen, reside in Paxton, Mass.; they are the parents of Jennifer ’05, John and Rory.