Merrimack College - Merrimackan Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

Page 26 text:

PRESIDENT The Very Reverend Vincent A. McQuade, O.S.A., Ph.D., President of Merrimack College. From the moment at which he was singled out to direct the establishment of a new college, Father McQuade has demonstrated the imagi- native resources of greatness. The phenomenal growth of Merrimack with its beautiful build- ings is only the external manifestation of his untiring zeal, which encompasses a thousand ad- ministrative details that are inherent in the building and direction of a higher intsitution of learning. DEAN The Reverend Joseph J. Gildea, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty and Director of the Division of Arts and Sciences. Father Gildea attended Villanova, the Augustinian College at Washington, Catho- lic University, and the University of Pennsyl- vania before his appointment to the Deanship of Merrimack College. Under his capable ad- ministration, aided by a personal cordiality and an unfailing smile of understanding and en- couragement, the academic status of the col- lege has been elevated to its present height. 22

Page 25 text:

of Merrimack s welfare REV. MICHAEL A. HOPKINS, O.S.A. i I i I I I The Very Reverend Joseph M. Dough- erty, O.S.A., S.T.L., Ph.D., Prior Pro- vincial of the Province of Saint Thomas of Villanova and President of the Board of Trustees of Merrimack College. The continued growth and progress of Merrimack is a primary concern of Father Dougherty. I TRUSTEES REV. VINCENT A. McQUADE, O.S.A. REV. PATRICK J. CAMPBELL, O.S.A. REV. JAMES M. HURLEY, O.S.A.

Page 27 text:

Edward J. Burns, O.S.A., Ph.D., Di- rector of the Division of Business Administration. Trained in the Grad- uate School of Economics at Catholic University, Father Burns presides over the largest Division at Merrimack. Norman W. Galloway, O.S.A., M.A., assumed the duties of Chaplain when Father Fiannan was granted a leave of absence to go on active duty as an Air Force chaplain. Joseph A. Flaherty, O.S.A., Ph.D., Director of the Part-Time Sessions. The growth of the adult classes in the Evening, Saturday, and Summer Ses- sions necessitated the appointment of Father Flaherty in 1951. Francis X. Smith, O.S.A., M.A., Reg- istrar and Veterans’ Advisor. Fiis is the tremendous task of handling the voluminous correspondence of the col- lege and keeping all the academic records. John Ff. Crawford, O.S.A., D.Sc., Dean of the Division of Engineering. Father Crawford came to Merrimack in the fall of 1951 to establish and direct the newly organized engineering department. William J. Wynne, O.S.A., B.S. in Library Science, Librarian. With the sure touch of an expert Father Wynne has assembled and organized an ade- quate collection of books, classic and modern, for all departments.