Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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The Board of Regents X REV. PATRICK J. MAHAN, S.J. CHARLES T. KOUNTZE .he board of regents, though little known to the student body, is in the background and is the impelling force of all of the accomplishments and progress of Creighton. Representatives on this board are the backing that the Uni- versity has in the outside world. Its membership is composed of some of the most prominent and successful business men of Omaha and the middle west, who consequently are an im- portant factor in the success of the University. They are the envoys of Creighton to the outside world. These men, although busy with their own interests, are always willing to make sacrifices and are painstaking in their efforts to establish the name of Creighton more firmly in the minds of the public. Through their many connections, they have done much to add to the progress of the University and make it a growing institution. Also on this board is the Rev. Patrick J. Mahan, S.J., presi- dent of the University, who is the real representative of the interests of the University and student body. He is the man who can present them to the Board better than anyone else. The members of this Board are: The Rev. Patrick J. Mahan, president of the University; William J. Coad, president of the Omaha Flour Mills Company; Charles T. Kountze, vice-presi- dent and chairman of the board of the First National Bank; Fred Hamilton, vice-president of the Omaha National Bank, and Frank J. Burkley, president of the Burkley Envelope and Printing Company. I RANK J. UURKI.EY ■ ■ I RED HAMILTON

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rYtSlCMlflT S zJ L6SSCl 6 J[ t has k een m y privilege to live and work with you for only a little more than two months, but during that brief space of time I have learned to appreciate your seriousness of purpose, your devotion to duty, and your earnest efforts to prepare for the life that lies before you. Your work of preparation has been long and tedious, but the results accomplished are a fitting reward. Go forth, therefore, firm in your determination to succeed. Success must be yours if you give yourself wholeheartedly to the task, if you are willing to make sacrifices, if you are willing to forget self in the best inter- ests of others, if you are willing to work for the greater and larger reward which the Giver of Gifts has prepared for you. May the success that is yours now be but a foretaste of that greater and more lasting success that will be yours if you spend your life as you have spent it during your time of preparation. Seniors, Godspeed. P. J. Mahan, S.J. XI

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The Board of Trustees T .he board of trustees, composed of some of the most promi- nent members of the faculty and administrative officers of the University, is the guiding hand in all of its connections and activities, both business and educational. These men are the real powers of the institution. The present success of the University is due to their efforts, and in their hands lies the future success of Creighton. Not once, in the past, have they failed to raise the name of Creighton higher among the great colleges and universities of the country. The members of this board represent all of the different de- partments of the school and each is a specialist in his work. As a result of their efforts a perfect harmony has been estab- lished between all of the departments. The leadership of the Board of Trustees was taken over by the Rev. Patrick J. Mahan, S. J., who became president of Creighton upon the death of the Rev. William H. Agnew, S.J. Under Father Mahan ' s direction the Board has made much progress in bringing the schools of the University more closely together and has also established the name of Creighton more firmly among the universities of the mid-west. The Board, headed by the Rev. Patrick J. Mahan, S. J., president of the University, consists of: The Rev. Thomas H. Murphy, S. J., treasurer of the University; the Rev. Eugene P. Mullaney, S.J., superintendent of grounds and buildings; the Rev. William J. Corboy, S. J., chairman of the athletic board; the Rev. Francis B. Cassilly, S.J., and Edward F. Leary, legal adviser of the board. REV. PATRICK J. MAHAN, S.J. REV.THOMASH. MURPHY, S.J. EDWARD F. LEARY, A. B. REV. W. J. CORBOY, S. J. REV. FRANCIS B. CASSILY REV. EUGENE P. MULLANEY, S.J . 2-3