Mark D’Arcy ’90, Senior Vice President, Relationship Manager, Fidelity Investments
When I look back on my career thus far, I see my time at Providence College as a foundational experience that positioned me for success in many ways. As a history major and with the added benefit of the Development of Western Civilization requirement, I gained an understanding of why things are the way they are and that you could apply the lessons of history in an attempt to engineer a certain outcome in the future.
It was this realization that drove me to seek out and talk to as many people as I could as I neared graduation in an attempt to understand the personal history of those I admired in an effort to plot my own career path. It was through this process that I realized the truth in the old Mark Twain quote, that although ‘history does not repeat itself, it does rhyme.’ By embracing this approach, I was able to pursue a course based on certain principles gleaned from these conversations that I knew would serve me well, even though I did not have a clear view of my destination. The history department and Professor Donna McCaffrey, specifically, provided my first push along the journey that eventually led me to a successful career in financial services. For this I will be forever grateful.
