Brandy Schillace Receives Distinguished Author Award
The University of Scranton’s Friends of the Weinberg Memorial Library 2024 Royden B. Davis, S.J., Distinguished Author Award was presented to Brandy Schillace, Ph.D., at a dinner ceremony on campus in November. From left: Rosemary Shaver, Ed.D. ’12, president of the Friends of the Library; University alumnus Christopher Banks ’86, president and chief executive officer of the Autism Society of America, who served as Toastmaster at the event; Tracy M. Stewart, Ph.D., interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs; Charles Kratz, dean emeritus for the Weinberg Memorial Library and chair of the Distinguished Author Award Committee; Dr. Schillace, Distinguished Author Award recipient; University student Maria Stephen ’25, president of Student Government; George Aulisio, Ph.D., dean of the Weinberg Memorial Library; and Rev. Joseph Marina, S.J., president of The University of Scranton.Author, historian and medical humanities scholar Brandy Schillace, Ph.D., received The University of Scranton’s Friends of the Weinberg Memorial Library 2024 Royden B. Davis, S.J., Distinguished Author Award. University of Scranton alumnus Christopher Banks ’86, president and chief executive officer of the Autism Society of America, served as Toastmaster at the event, which included a cocktail reception, dinner, award presentation and Distinguished Author keynote address.
Proceeds from the event benefit the Friends of the Library Endowment Fund, which supports special gifts for the Weinberg Memorial Library collections and services.
Dr. Schillace’s novels include “The Framed Women of Ardemore House” (Hanover Square Press), “Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher” (Simon & Schuster), “Death’s Summer Coat” (Pegasus Books) and “Clockwork Futures” (Pegasus Books).
Named in honor of the late Rev. Royden B. Davis, S.J., who served in many roles at the University and as rector of the Jesuit Community, the Distinguished Author Award was established in 1997 as a way to honor notable fiction and non-fiction authors, and to give them the opportunity to share their literary pursuits and impressions with Northeastern Pennsylvanians.
