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 Trinity
University
President Honored by District of Columbia Hall of Fame Society
By
Seyi Oduyela
Trinity
University President, Patricia McGuire will be inducted into the Washington,
District of Columbia Hall of Fame Society on Sunday, April 15. According to the
Press Release, she will receive the Regional Award for her many contributions to
the Washington, D.C. region. The awards honor exceptional leaders and
contributors to the growth of the city.
President
McGuire has focused Trinity University's mission on meeting the educational
needs of the city of Washington and, in particular, the city's women of color.
Trinity enrolls more District of Columbia residents than any other private
university in the city; 45% of the students are District of Columbia residents.
Under her leadership, President McGuire is opening the doors to new populations
of women, once largely excluded from higher education, who are discovering the
empowerment of a women's college: 85% of Trinity's students are African
American or Latina.
President
McGuire's achievements extend far beyond Trinity's campus and extend into the
business community, the Washington region and the national higher education
arena. In the Washington community and education arena, she recently completed
her tenure on the board of the Eugene and Agnes Meyer Foundation, and she serves
on the boards of the Washington Metropolitan Consortium of Universities,
Goodwill of Washington and the Joint Military Intelligence College. She serves
on committees of the American Council on Education, the Girl Scout Council of
the Nation's Capital, and other civic and educational organizations. She was
appointed by D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams and the D.C. Financial Control Board in
2000 to a special term on the Education Advisory Committee overseeing the D.C.
Public Schools. In 2006, she was appointed by the American Red Cross Board of
Governor to serve on a 7-member Independent Governance Advisory Panel.
About
President McGuire
Patricia McGuire has been
President of Trinity since 1989. Before coming to Trinity, Ms. McGuire was the
Assistant Dean for Development and External Affairs for Georgetown University
Law Center, where she was also an adjunct professor of law. Earlier, she was
project director for Georgetown’s D.C. Street Law Project. She was also a legal
affairs commentator for the award-winning CBS children's newsmagazine "30
Minutes" and the Fox Television program "Panorama" in Washington.
President McGuire earned
her Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude
from Trinity College and her law degree from the Georgetown
University Law Center. She is currently a member of the boards of directors of
the Greater Washington Board of Trade, the Washington Hospital Center, the
Women's College Coalition, the Washington Metropolitan Consortium of
Universities, the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, Goodwill of Greater
Washington, the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative, the Joint Military
Intelligence College, and the UNIFI Mutual Holding Company and its subsidiary
the Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company. She is a member of the Independent
Governance Advisory Panel for the American Red Cross. She serves on committees
of the American Council on Education, the Girl Scouts of the Nation's Capital,
and other civic and educational organizations.
In 2000, President McGuire
was appointed by D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams and the D.C. Financial Control
Board to a special term on the Education Advisory Committee overseeing the D.C.
Public Schools. In June 1998, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin appointed
President McGuire to serve as a member of the first-ever citizens' advisory
panel on coinage, the 8-member Dollar Coin Design Advisory Committee, which
recommended the image of Sacagawea for the new dollar coin.
President McGuire has
received honorary degrees from Georgetown University, the College of New
Rochelle, and the College of St. Elizabeth.
Washingtonian magazine has
named her among the "100 Most Powerful Women of Washington" on several
occasions, most recently in 2006. She has also received honors and awards from
the Washington Business Journal, D.C.College Access Program, Gallaudet
University, Georgetown University Law Center, and other civic and educational
organizations. President McGuire writes and speaks on a wide variety of topics
concerning higher education, women and Catholic education, and her articles have
appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun,
Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education, and a wide variety of other
publications.
Founded in 1897 by the
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Trinity enrolls more than 1,700 students in
degree programs. Another 3,000 students participate in Trinity's continuing
education programs, including professional workshops for teachers. In February
2003, Trinity opened the
Trinity Center for Women
and Girls in Sports, a $20 million
state-of-the-art athletic complex that is the largest facility in the nation
with a particular focus on women and girls in sports.
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