Three of Bona’s best will be honored for their influential work May 18 during St. Bonaventure University’s Gaudete Medal Celebration at The National Press Club Ballroom in Washington, D.C.
The Gaudete (pronounced gow-DAY-tay) Medal is one of the university’s highest honors. Awarded every year since 1996, the recipients are chosen through their demonstration of joy and service that exemplify the life of St. Francis of Assisi.
This year’s honorees include Janet Bodnar, ’71, editor-at-large, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Kevin C. O’Connor, D.O., FAAFP, ’88, physician to the president of the United States, and Mark H. Tuohey III, ’68, senior counsel, BakerHostetler.
Bodnar, a nationally recognized expert in the field of finance, assumed the position of editor-at-Large after retiring as editor following eight years at the helm. While editor, she was honored by Folio, the magazine publishing organization, as one of its Top Women in Media.
She received her master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University, where she was also a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in Business and Economics Journalism. She served for nine years on St. Bonaventure’s Board of Trustees, and has been inducted into the Steel Valley Hall of Fame in her hometown outside of Pittsburgh.
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