d'mensions D'Youville college Journal august 2o11

champagALUMNI ASSOCIATION’SResearch reveals a charming and well-ensconced tradition at the University ofLouvain, Belgium. There, each year, outstanding young scholars are fittedfor their academic gowns at a dinner the night before commencement.Three wines are served, the quality of which is determined by thelevel of academic achievement.A seemingly apocryphal story recounts that in the early 20th century,a brilliant young Fulton J. Sheen – future Bishop of New York City –was served “only the finest champagne.”It is an interesting conjecture that the D’Youville Alumni Association’sannual champagne luncheon, also held during commencementweek in honor of all graduating students, may well be a joyful andmore inclusive spinoff of those venerable European dinners!D’Youville now takes a particular pride and delight in theacknowledgment of multi-generational alumni families.In the College’s early years, alumni were limited to motherdaughterrelationships; however, since 1974, DYC alsoembraces mother-son relationships as well as those withmultiple siblings and grandchildren.Top left: Dorothy Deavers ’71 and Kathleen Deavers ’11Top right: Thomas Eber Hardy ’11 and Dr. Ruth Kelly ’89Bottom left: Karen Kanalley ’84 and Melissa Kanalley ’11Bottom right: Catherine Muth ’11 and Lynn Muth ’826