An internationally known author and lecturer, Cardinal Dulles, is currently a consultor to the Committee on Doctrine of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and an associate fellow of the Woodstock Theological Center in Washington, D.C. He was created a Cardinal of the Catholic Church on Feb. 21, 2001, by Pope John Paul II, thus becoming the first U.S. theologian named to the College of Cardinals.

Cardinal Dulles has an impressive collection of awards, including Phi Beta Kappa, the Croix de Guerre, the Cardinal Spellman Award for distinguished achievement in theology and the Boston College Presidential Bicentennial Award.

He will receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from The University of Scranton.

Sr. Munley is one of two delegates from the United States to the International Union of Superiors General (UISG). She served as the facilitator of the UISG 2001 Plenary and as chairperson of the plenary planning committee which represents nearly one million women religious from five continents. She has also served for three years as President of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.

Sr. Munley will be presented an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters.

Ms. Myers, who is a senior member of NBC's award-winning political team, reports on the nation's government for all of NBC News broadcasts, including "The Nightly News with Tom Brokaw," "Dateline NBC" and "Today." She is a regular contributor to NBC's "Fleecing of America" news segment and routinely participates as a member of the roundtable discussion group of "Meet the Press."

Critically praised for her work as a reporter, Ms. Myers received a Hess Report Award for campaign coverage in 2000 and was a contributor to the Nightly News broadcast given the Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Newscast for its broadcast the day following the November 2000 election.

The University will present Ms. Myers with an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters at the undergraduate commencement ceremony.

In his role as President of UNIVA, headquartered in Guadalajara, Mexico, Monsignor Méndez Bravo, directs a university with whom The University of Scranton has a formal agreement to promote the exchange of faculty and students. He is currently and has been an advisor for numerous organizations and associations, including the InterAmerican Universities Organization, the Federation of Mexican Private Institutes of Higher Education and the Mexican Association of Christian Further Education Institutes. He was ordained a priest by the Diocesan Seminary in Guadalajara in 1952 and was appointed Monsignor by Pope John Paul II in 2001.

Monsignor Méndez Bravo will receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Pedagogy.

In 1974, John Murtha became the first combat Vietnam veteran elected to the United States Congress. Over his nearly thirty years representing Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District, Congressman Murtha has become a national leader on defense, health care and social issues. He holds a senior position on the Appropriations Committee and is a ranking member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. He has received numerous awards, including the Panetta Institute's Jefferson Lincoln Award for Bipartisan Leadership and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry's Government Leader of the Year.

Congressman Murtha will receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Law.