DWYER: I don't remember interviewing her, I just remember giving her the job.

DONAHUE: I remember coming in. I had some reservations about whether I had the type of experience to work in the president's office. I remember thinking to myself, "Gee, I wonder if I can do this," and saying to Peg, "Well, I'll try hard."

DWYER: Because it's a small office, everybody is scrambling to get done what absolutely has to get done. You come in with one agenda for your day, but you have no idea what may come up. You work very closely together.

DONAHUE: I was diagnosed with breast cancer a couple of years ago and had to go through a couple of rounds of chemo and radiation. And Peg said, "Well, what can I do, can I take you to chemo, can I do this, can I do that?" I worked while I was going through treatment and some nights I'd come home and there'd be a frozen container of chicken casserole or something. She'd drop it off just before I came home so it wouldn't sit out there too long.

DWYER: She's certainly been there for me many a time. Our friendship is not a single event, or one thing. . . .

DONAHUE: We have season tickets for BC men's basketball. We've had tickets for a while--since before Peg's retirement. And we try to get together every so often to go to the movies, but we haven't been very successful. That was one of the nice things about working together, that your paths do cross. You know, if you think about all the stuff that we've been through over the years, it's hard not to develop a friendship. There's so much mutual respect.

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