Brian J. Donnelly, LLD honoris causa, 1993
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Jpeg
Title
Brian J. Donnelly, LLD honoris causa, 1993
Identifier
VHS0001
Depiction
Two men standing in academic garb, one holding a parchment, with a shrubbery background
Description
Brian J. Donnelly, of Boston, Mass., USA former member of the US Congress (1979-93) being congratulated by An tOllamh Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh, who had delivered the citation, following the conferral by the NUI, on the proposal of UCG, of the honorary degree of LLD on him in UCG in June 1993. The photograph was taken behind the southwest corner of the Quadrangle.
Brian Donnelly was largely responsible for the enactment of the so-called 'Donnelly Visa' programme, which authorised 5,000 visas annually for citizens of countries historically under-represented in the United States' immigration system, and whose primary beneficiaries were, as was intended, Irish nationals.
Brian Donnelly was largely responsible for the enactment of the so-called 'Donnelly Visa' programme, which authorised 5,000 visas annually for citizens of countries historically under-represented in the United States' immigration system, and whose primary beneficiaries were, as was intended, Irish nationals.
People
Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh and Brian J. Donnelly
References
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brian_J._Donnelly&oldid=1182652627, accessed on December 13, 2023
Contributor
event
Honorary Conferring
Bibliographic Citation
C. Walsh, S. Mac Mathúna, 'Brian J. Donnelly, LLD honoris causa, 1993', Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14411, Archival Record Id VHRS
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Temporal Coverage
Period
1990s
Category
Colour
Portrait
On-campus
Outdoors
Portrait
On-campus
Outdoors
Language
English
Publisher
University of Galway Library
Rights
This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Provenance
Image provided by Clare Walsh from the President's Office archives to Séamus Mac Mathúna for the Visual History Retired Staff Collection in 2023 and scanned by Séamus Mac Mathúna