United States Secretary of Energy Ernest J. Moniz, an alumnus of Boston College, returned to his alma mater to address the Class of 2016 at the University's 140th Commencement Exercises on May 23.

Boston College President William P. Leahy, S.J., presented Moniz with an honorary Doctor of Science degree at the ceremony, which took place in Alumni Stadium.

In addition, the University presented honorary degrees to: St. Boniface Haiti Foundation founding president Nannette Canniff; Deutsche Asset and Wealth Management Managing Director John (Jack) Joyce ’61, M.B.A. ’70, chairman of the Boston College Club; María Eugenia (Gena) McGowan, principal of St. Matthew Catholic School in Phoenix, Ariz.; and Father Emmanuel Mwerekande M.A. ’06, a priest at Our Lady of Fatima parish in Uganda.

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