New York Assembly Member Jim Hayes to Address Daemen College Class of 2008
Western New York Assembly Member Jim Hayes (R-148th District) will address the Daemen College 2008 Commencement. Ceremonies will begin at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, May 17, in Kleinhans Music Hall, in Buffalo.
"Assemblyman Hayes is one of the outstanding governmental leaders of our community and a good friend to the College," said Daemen President Dr. Martin J. Anisman, who will present Hayes with an honorary doctor of laws. “We are very pleased for the opportunity to have him address the Daemen Class of 2008.”
"Daemen College is a vital part of Western New York, whose graduates are known for their professionalism and achievement," said Assemblyman Hayes, "I am proud to represent Daemen in the Assembly and am deeply honored to have been chosen to address this year's graduates."
Hayes represents all of the Towns of Amherst and Pendleton and part of the City of North Tonawanda. As Ranking Member of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, which deals with state fiscal issues, Hayes has focused on reducing state taxes and borrowing and reforming the budget process.
First elected to the Assembly in 1998, Hayes previously was twice elected to the Amherst Town Board, after serving as a Williamsville Village Trustee and Deputy Mayor.
Hayes, a licensed securities broker, is a registered representative and financial advisor at Wachovia Securities, LLC. Previously, he was director of development for Catholic Charities of Buffalo, where he helped found the Catholic Charities of Buffalo, NY Foundation, to help provide long-term support to the agency's mission of providing basic human services to Western New York families.
Hayes is 1986 graduate of Canisius College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. He is a member of the college's DiGamma Honor Society.
A lifelong resident of Erie County, Assemblyman Hayes lives in Amherst with his wife, Renee, and their three children.
Hayes' mother, Thelma Farley, is a 1961 graduate of Daemen, which was then known as Rosary Hill College.
Daemen will grant undergraduate and graduate degrees to students in 40 undergraduate and more than a dozen graduate programs, including Doctor of Physical Therapy. Daemen's distinctive core curriculum emphasizes critical thinking, creative problem solving, communication, and global perspective and information technology skills.
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