Rose was presented the Charles Osgood Award for Excellence Broadcast Journalism, named for legendary broadcaster, WFUV alumnus, and 1954 Fordham graduate.

In his remarks, Osgood complimented Rose for his productivity and his recent inclusion by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

“I cannot imagine when he sleeps or where he keeps his Legion of Honor medal or all the Peabodys and Emmys and the other cups and plates,” said Osgood. “You deserve them all Charlie. With you accepting it, I feel honored.”

Rose returned the compliment to Osgood, a colleague at CBS.

“He understands that a picture is worth a thousand words, but a word can define a thousand pictures,” Rose said.

Emrick, a play-by-play announcer for NBC and NBCSN, and former voice of the New Jersey Devils for 21 seasons, was awarded the Vin Scully Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports Broadcasting, named after the Hall of Fame broadcaster, play-by-play voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and alumnus of WFUV.

Scully, who graduated from Fordham in 1949, lauded Emrick in a taped segment as “nice a guy as ever got into the profession, meticulous in his preparation, and able to effortlessly broadcast hockey matches.”  Bob Ahrens, executive sports producer at WFUV, presented Emrick with the award.

Emrick singled out Sam Flood, executive producer and NBC Sports, and Lou Oppenheim, CEO, Headline Media Management as key colleagues.

“For those of you who are students here tonight, 50 years from now I hope you have two people in your life who take as good care of you as Sam and Lou have done for me,” he said.

In a post-award discussion led by CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Jane Pauley, Rose said growing up as an only child in a tiny town in North Carolina had a profound effect on him.

“Conversation was the way you found your place—by asking questions, by being able to somehow figure out how curiosity would serve you well,” he said. “That’s where it all began for me.”

Emric, when asked how he manages to narrate the action of a game that moves at lightning speed, said that, ironically, it’s easier at the professional level than in amateur sports.

“When I was riding the bus leagues for several years, you’d have a 5-1 lead and it would become a 7-5 loss because there would be a lot of mistakes made and a lot of changes of possession. But at the level I get to work at now, its much more predictable,” he said.

The fundraising event, which replaced the annual gala that WFUV began celebrating in 2008, raised $200,000. On May 13, 2016, the station will celebrate its musical heritage with “The FUV High Line Bash: A Moveable Feast of Music and Food,” at Milk Studio in lower Manhattan.

Charlie Rose, anchor and executive editor of Charlie Rose, the nightly PBS program, and co-anchor of CBS This Morning, will receive the Charles Osgood Award for Excellence Broadcast Journalism, named for legendary broadcaster, WFUV alumnus, and 1954 Fordham alumnus.

Fordham welcomed Rose in 2008 as its commencement speaker and awarded him an honorary degree for his work profiling those on the cutting-edge of their fields, exploring fresh ideas, and illuminating difficult issues. In 2013, he won an Emmy Award and Peabody Prize for his interview that year with Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad. Just last year he was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.

Mike Emrick, a play-by-play announcer for NBC and NBCSN and former voice of the New Jersey Devils for 21 seasons, will receive the Vin Scully Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports Broadcasting. The award is named after the Hall of Fame broadcaster, play-by-play voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and alumnus of Fordham (1949) and of WFUV.

Emrick, now in his 39th year covering professional hockey, has called more than 3,000 hockey games and worked on 25 consecutive Stanley Cup playoffs in his broadcast career. He served as the lead announcer for NBC’s coverage of men’s and women’s ice hockey at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, marking his seventh Winter Olympics assignment for NBC.

He is a two-time Emmy Award winner for best sports play-by-play personality.

Television anchor and journalist Jane Pauley will moderate an armchair discussion as the awardees reflect on their extraordinary careers. Two Fordham students who have demonstrated a commitment to pursuing media careers in news and sports will also be spotlighted.

The gala supports WFUV (90.7 FM), New York’s source for music discovery, and a noncommercial, member-supported public media service of Fordham University for more than 65 years.

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Rose, who features the world’s best thinkers and newsmakers each night on his eponymous television program, is one of America’s premier broadcast journalists. He has achieved his reputation as a first-rate interviewer and commentator by fostering smart conversation and presenting it on the most minimal set in television history, consisting of a round oak table and black backdrop. Even the cameras are operated remotely to create an intimate atmosphere.

Guests on the program include key international political figures and a mixture of Nobel laureates in the fields of literature, science, medicine and leading voices from theatre, film, dance, fashion, sports and business. They have ranged from international statesman Mikhail Gorbachev to author Toni Morrison to Microsoft founder Bill Gates.

DATE:      SATURDAY, MAY 17
TIME:       10 A.M. (PROCESSION BEGINS)
PLACE:   EDWARDS PARADE
ROSE HILL CAMPUS
441 E. FORDHAM ROAD, BRONX, N.Y.

Rose was born in Henderson, N.C., and graduated from Duke University with a bachelor’s degree in history and a law degree. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has received the George Peabody Broadcasting Award, the Emmy Award and the CableACE Award.

In addition to Charlie Rose, his other television programs include an extended version called Charlie Rose Special Edition, one drawn from major exhibits at distinguished museums called Great Masters and an exploration of scientific advances called the Charlie Rose Science Series.

He has also recently agreed to be a contributor to CBS News’ 60 Minutes.

Rose delivered the keynote address to 4,300 graduates and more than 10,000 family members and friends under crystal blue skies at the University’s 163rd Commencement on Saturday, May 17, on the Rose Hill campus.

“At the same time, you must define and connect with your values,” Rose said. “Know what you stand for—the rock-hard place beyond which you don’t go because it will destroy you. Without a personal honor code, you will be without a rudder. With it, you will have an anchor no matter what the temptation.”

(Video clips of the Commencement addresses are available on the Commencement media page.)

Rose, who features the world’s best thinkers and newsmakers each night on his eponymous television program, received an honorary doctorate of humane letters, along with John P. Foley, S.J., chairman of the Cristo Rey Network; Mario J. Gabelli (CBA ’65), chairman and chief executive officer-value investments of GAMCO Investors, Inc.; Ann Mara, wife of the late New York Giants owner Wellington Mara (FCRH ’37); and Christina Seix Dow (TMC ’72), founder and chairwoman of Seix Investment Advisors and founder of the Seix Academy for at-risk youth. Richard Ross (LAW ’86), president of Disney Channels Worldwide, received an honorary doctorate of laws on May 18 at the Law School’s diploma ceremony.

Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of Fordham University, told the jubilant crowd at Commencement that the Class of 2008 could be forgiven if they found themselves torn between a desire to light out for the territories and a desire to squeeze in just a little more time at Fordham, given world events over the past four years.

“In the course of your time at Fordham, the world has been whipsawed back and forth by news of developments that have been by turns hilarious and terrifying,” Father McShane said. “The subprime crisis has shaken the financial services industry and sent the stock market reeling. Darfur continues to bleed. Paris Hilton gave youth a bad name. War has dragged on in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Pope John Paul II died and was mourned by millions around the world.”

Rose, one of America’s premier broadcast journalists, referred frequently to wisdom gleaned from guests at the signature roundtable set of the Charlie Rose show, and said he has been lucky to have had the chance to meet so many brilliant, creative people during the show’s 17-year run.

“In all of it, people matter; relationships matter; friends matter,” Rose said. “As impressive as the education that you have received over the years here, it is equally important the friends you have made—close friends that have shared hopes and dreams and fears—those people and those memories serve you.”