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The ninth annual presentation of the Sanctae Crucis Awards took place at a campus dinner on May 5. The Awards are the highest non-degree recognition bestowed by the College on an alumnus or alumna. Awards are given in the categories: Distinguished Professional Achievement, Outstanding Community Service and Outstanding Young Alumnus/Alumna. This year’s recipients are: Joseph T. Coyle Jr., M.D., ’65; John J. Mulvihill, M.D., ’65; William O. Murphy ’56; and Joseph F. Cistone ’87.
The Eben S. Draper Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at Harvard Medical School, Joseph T. Coyle Jr., M.D., ’65 is at the forefront of research on treatments for such conditions as schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease. The author of more than 500 scientific articles and the editor of seven books, Coyle serves as editor in chief of the Archives of General Psychiatry. Following graduation from Holy Cross, he pursued his medical degree at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. After an internship in pediatrics, he spent three years at the National Institutes of Health as a research fellow. Returning to Johns Hopkins, Coyle completed his psychiatric residency and subsequently joined the faculty there. Named a professor of neuroscience and psychiatry in 1980, he became the director of the division of child and adolescent psychiatry in 1982; in 1985 he was named the Distinguished Service Professor. Coyle joined the staff of Harvard Medical School in 1991, assuming the chairmanship of the consolidated department of psychiatry, which included the nine hospital programs of psychiatry affiliated with the school. He is the recipient of the John Jacob Abel Award from the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; the Gold Medal Award from the Society for Biological Psychiatry; the Efron Award from the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology; the Foundation Fund Research Award from the American Psychiatric Association; the McAlpin Award from the National Mental Health Association; the Salmon Award from the New York Academy of Medicine; and the Pasarow Foundation Award for Neuroscience.
John J. Mulvihill, M.D., ’65 is one of the world’s leading experts in medical genetics, particularly in the area of the genetics of human cancer. Following graduation from Holy Cross, Mulvihill continued his studies, receiving a bachelor’s degree in medical science from Dartmouth Medical School in 1967 and his M.D. from the University of Washington Medical School in 1969. After completing an internship in medicine and pediatrics at the University of Washington Hospital, he spent two years as a research associate at the epidemiology branch of the National Cancer Institute; in 1972, he completed his residency training in pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. From 1974-1990, Mulvihill served as chief of the clinical genetics section of the National Cancer Institute. Concurrently, from 1983-1989, he had been the director of the National Institutes of Health’s Inter-institute Medical Genetics Training Program and director of the National Board Review Courses for Medical Genetics. In 1990, Dr. Mulvihill founded the department of human genetics in the graduate school of public health at the University of Pittsburgh; in 1998, he became the Kimberly V. Talley/Children’s Medical Research Institute Chair in Genetics and professor of pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center. The author of more than 270 papers and 150 scientific abstracts, Mulvihill was selected to revise and re-edit the definitive catalog of cancers known to genetic components, titled The Catalog of Human Cancer Genes. The recipient of the United States Public Health Service’s Distinguished Service Medal, he has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Advanced Study in China.
Following graduation from Holy Cross, William O. Murphy ’56 attended Columbia Law School, receiving his degree in 1960. During his 35-year career as a top attorney on Wall Street, Murphy worked on such historic cases as the corporate reorganization of R.H. Macy & Co., and the Hanover Trust/Donald Trump debt restructuring plan. At the pinnacle of his career as a senior partner with Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, Murphy made the decision to answer a lifelong calling. Taking a leave of absence from his firm, he enrolled in the Yale Divinity School to pursue studies in theology. Ordained a deacon of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn., in 1998, Murphy was assigned to St. Joseph’s, an inner-city parish in South Norwalk, Conn. Appointed deacon of religious education, he is a member of the boards of the Norwalk Food & Shelter Council; the Norwalk Clergy Association; and the Gregorian University Foundation. A director of the North American Mortgage Company and the Norwalk chapter of ACTION-Housing, Inc., Murphy also serves as a trustee of the Frank J. Scanlon Foundation, which provides scholarships to local area schools.
Joseph F. Cistone ’87 currently serves as the executive director of the International Partners in Mission (IPM), a worldwide, interfaith non-governmental organization that works for justice and peace—with offices in the United States, India, Italy, Kenya and El Salvador. At the start of his career, he had worked for the Greenpeace organization. Receiving his master of arts degree from Yale University, Cistone worked on refugee immigration and reception issues with Caritas Internationalis in Vatican City. In 1991, he became the director of Fondazione, Italy’s only independent and inter-religious full-service center for refugees and forced migrants. In 1995, Cistone assumed the position of associate director of the International Office for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation, where he served as a delegate to the United Nations’ World Food Summit. Returning to his native Cleveland in 1997, Cistone served four years as the vice president of capital, endowment and philanthropic programs for the Catholic diocese there, then accepted the position of executive director and chief executive officer of IPM; under his leadership, the organization has expanded greatly—with programs in 25 communities across five continents. Cistone is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Gregorian University in Rome.
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