Linkedin<\/a>.<\/p>\nWilliam M. Mooney Jr. wrote an introduction for Dowling, but was unable to attend the event. Senior vice president of development at MU, Thomas Mauriello read Mooney\u2019s introduction, which praised Dowling\u2019s life journey and accomplishments.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe both come from Limerick, Ireland,\u201d Mooney wrote and Mauriello said. \u201cIf you know anything about Limerick, you know it is a place that builds character, sometimes out of necessity. It\u2019s a place that teaches you nothing is given and everything is earned. But while we share a hometown, Michael\u2019s journey is entirely his own and it is without exaggeration, one of the great American stories [of] today.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As an Irish-American immigrant, Dowling focused intrinsically on how his background and childhood experiences shaped the type of person he is today. Dowling\u2019s family was particularly poor during the time of his upbringing in Ireland, so much so that he used to constantly daydream about what came next in life. His biggest dream was to somehow go to college one day, even though he recalled not knowing what college really was.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe I had the love of learning,\u201d Dowling said. \u201cMy favorite pastime today, as it was when I was a kid, was reading. I read everything. I imagined what it would be like not to be where I was [and] to be someplace else.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dowling also credited a lot of his success to his mother, who instilled numerous positive qualities in him. A deaf woman, he described her as the kindest person he ever knew.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mother loved reading also,\u201d Dowling said. \u201cShe instilled a lot of learning in me. She had books [all] around the place. I never knew where she got them. We didn\u2019t have much money for anything other than books she found.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dowling was able to attend college despite his family\u2019s financial struggles, with his academic journey beginning at the University College Cork in Ireland and later Fordham University for his master\u2019s degree. He excelled in his studies to such an extent that he later went on to work at Fordham University as a professor and assistant dean.<\/p>\n
Freshman psychology major Elma Lamany, attended the event and expressed the positive impact Dowling left on her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought the event was really inspiring,\u201d Lamany said. \u201cI came because I wanted to learn from a leadership perspective about how [he was] able to endure such challenges and still become successful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dowling emphasized repeatedly how it took him 40 years to become CEO Emeritus of Northwell Health, providing advice to the students at the beginning of their careers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPersistence is key,\u201d Dowling said. \u201cYou don\u2019t fail when you lose, because you will lose. There will be loss\u2026.You fail when you quit.\u201d<\/p>\n
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