The 1989 Awardees

Hon. Julian A. Cook., Jr.
(1930-2017)

LLB 1957, Honorary degree 1992
Oak Park, MI

Julian A. Cook Jr., a former United States district judge, received the John Carroll Award in ceremonies held at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, Washington, DC, on April 15, 1989.

Born in 1930 in Washington, DC, Cook attended Penn State as an undergraduate and enrolled at Georgetown Law School after military service during the Korean War. An attorney in private practice for 20 years, he was named to the district court of Eastern Michigan by President Jimmy Carter in 1978, and was named chief judge of the court in 1989, serving in that role until he assumed senior status in 1996, serving until his death in 2017.

Charles R. Fazio
(1935-2006)

AB 1957
Delray Beach, FL

Charles R. ("Charlie") Fazio, a former president of the Georgetown University Alumni Association, received the John Carroll Award in ceremonies held at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, Washington, DC, on April 15, 1989.

Born in New York, NY, Fazio graduated from Brooklyn Prep in 1953 and arrived at Georgetown that fall, beginning a lifetime of service to alma mater. Following graduation in 1957 and military service thereafter, Fazio worked as a regional fundraiser for Georgetown before beginning a long career in non-profit fundraising, eventually forming his own company, Fazio International, Inc., in 1983.

A former member of the University's Board of Directors and Board Of Regents, Fazio spent 23 years as an active member of the Board of Governors of the Alumni Association, leading the efforts for establishing volunteer training and leadership planning among class, club, and affinity programs. He served as president of the Alumni Association from 1992 to 1994, setting into motion many of the programs and services that have established the modern Association, a model for college alumni associations nationwide.

On Feb. 3, 2006, while presenting the volunteer of the year award at the Alumni Association's service recognition awards, Fazio fell ill and died that evening at the age of 70. The award was subsequently renamed in his honor.

Joseph E. Jeffs
(1924-2023)

BSS 1949
Rockville, MD

Joseph Jeffs, University librarian from 1960 to 1990, received the John Carroll Award in ceremonies held at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, Washington, DC, on April 15, 1989.

Born in Philadelphia and graduated from Northeast Catholic High School in 1942, Jeffs served three years in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II, seeing action in the D-Day invasion and the liberation of western Europe. With the assistance of the GI Bill, Jeffs graduated from Georgetown College in 1949 and was named assistant librarian at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library. Following a graduate degree from Catholic University, Jeffs joined the staff at the Georgetown University Library in 1954 and was made its head librarian in 1960, serving for 30 years.

"Over the years, Joseph E. Jeffs built up Georgetown University's library," reads a bio on the Library's web site. "Under his direction, in 1970, Lauinger Library was constructed and the Special Collections and Archives Division of the library was established. In 1974, Jeffs was awarded the Vicennial medal for 20 years of service at Georgetown University. In 1983, on behalf of the library, he accepted the one millionth volume of Lauinger Library."

Retiring from the University in 1990, Jeffs enjoyed a long and vibrant retirement, including creating a rare books business, writing four self-published works, all after the age of 90, and enjoying frequent travel to visit his extended family. Married for 70 years at the time of his death in May, 2023, he was survived by his wife, eight children, 23 grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren. The oldest living recipient of the John Carroll Award at the time of his death, Joseph Jeffs died at the age of 98.

John W. Mannix
(1932-1993)

AB 1954, LLB 1960
Washington, DC

John W. Mannix, a Washington-based attorney, received the John Carroll Award in ceremonies held at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, Washington, DC, on April 15, 1989.

Born in Cincinnati, OH but raised in Washington, DC, Mannix graduated from Gonzaga College HS in 1950 and from the University in 1954. Following military service, he earned a degree from the law school in 1960, beginning a successful private practice in construction and labor law.

Mannix was an active alumnus across the local area, serving as a past president of the Georgetown Club of Metropolitan Washington, DC. As chairman of the athletic advisory committee of the Board of Governors of the Alumni Association, Mannix helped lead the effort for the University to create a fundraising organization to support intercollegiate athletics. The organization, known as Hoyas Unlimited, was founded in 1970 and Mannix served as its president from 1970 to 1972.

Mannix also was the alumni trustee of the Benjamin Banneker Scholarship Fund, a student-administered scholarship program in the 1970's that supported financial aid for inner-city students in the Washington area.

John Mannix died in 1993 at the age of 61.

Michael X. Morrell

AB 1965, JD 1968, MICL 1985
Washington, DC

Michael Morrell, a former Washington attorney, received the John Carroll Award in ceremonies held at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, Washington, DC, on April 15, 1989.

A past president of the Georgetown Club of Metropolitan Washington, DC, Morrell practiced law from 1969 to 1996 and served as the chairman of the development committee for the Board of Regents during the University's bicentennial capital campaign.

Carol H. Powers
(1919-2010)

Nursing diploma 1941, BSN 1983
Sterling, MA

Carol Hession Powers, the first woman to lead a regional Georgetown alumni club, received the John Carroll Award in ceremonies held at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, Washington, DC, on April 15, 1989.

Over a distinguished career in health care following her nursing diploma from Georgetown in 1941, Powers was elected president of the Georgetown Club of Worcester, MA, the first woman to lead a regional alumni club. As a member of the Board of Governors of the Alumni Association, she led a three year effort to revise the phrase "Sons of Georgetown" within the alma mater to reflect alumnae.

Having only received a nursing diploma due to the onset of World War II, Powers completed her degree requirements for a bachelor's in nursing in 1983.

Joseph J. Sussen Jr.
(1925-2002)

BS 1949
Larchmont, NY

Joseph Sussen, a former police commissioner and alumni volunteer, received the John Carroll Award in ceremonies held at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, Washington, DC, on April 15, 1989.

A business executive with U.S. Truck Lines for 35 years, Sussen was a active alumni volunteer from the start, as the awards program noted that he had contributed to every annual alumni fund campaign since it was formed in 1954.

A former president of the Georgetown Club of New York, he also served as a police commissioner in Mamaroneck, NY.

Joseph Sussen died in 2002 at the age of 77.