Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Board of Regents MORRIS E. JACOBS President, Bozell Jacobs, Inc. A. F. JACOBSON President, Northwestern Bell Telephone Company. MILTON S. LIVINGSTON RICHARD W. WALKER President, Mojor Appliance Compony. President, Byron Reed Co., Inc. JOHN F. DAVIS President, First Nationol Bonk of Omaha. W. B. MILLARD, JR. Chairman of the Board, The Omoha National Bank. DANIEL J. MONEN, SR. MAURICE C. HOWARD, M.D. Senior Vice-President, The Omaha Physicion, Professor Emeritus of Notional Bank. Medicine. The Creighton University Maintaining Creighton ' s integral position in Omoho and keeping the university abreast of the city ' s progress is largely the work of the Board of Regents. This eighteen man board is composed of some of Omaha ' s first rate executives and profes- sional men who bring to the university the benefit of their experience and advice concerning the problems facing a growing institution. The board, under Chairman Leo A. Daly, meets once a month but its counsel is always available through three standing committees whose specific fields cover the major aspects of the university. These committees and their chairman are: the Uni- versity Relations Committee, John F. Davis; the Financial Consultant Committee, W. B. Millard; LEO A. DALY Chairman of the Board of Regents. President, Leo A. Doly Co. 20

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Four Vice Presidents Claim Wide Experience Rev. Carl M. Reinert, S.J. Rev. Richard C. Harrington, S.J. Rev. John J. Halloran, S.J. Rev. Thomas H. Murphy, S.J. Assisting Father Linn through their specialization in specific areas of university administration are the four Vice Presidents of Creighton. These officers and their departments are: The Rev. C. M. Reinert, S.J., Vice President in charge of University Relations; The Rev. R. C. Harrington, SJ Vice President in charge of Academic Affairs; The Rev ' J J Halloran, S.J., Vice President in charge of Student Life; and The Rev. T. A. Murphy, S.J., Treasurer of the University These men meet the problems of their offices with wide backgrounds of preparation gained in their past service to the university. Father Reinert, just previous to his assumption of the duties as the president of The Creighton University Development Foundation, hod served the university for twelve f°L ?n P ' ' ' ' - Father Harrington was, until September of the 1963 school year, also the Dean of the Graduate School Father Halloran has served as Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; and Father Murphy has filled the treasurer ' s position for the last thirty-three years 19

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Spearheads Drive I. W. CARPENTER, JR. Former Choirman of the Board, Carpenter Paper Co. GEORGE B. BOLAND Attorney CLARENCE L. LANDEN Chairman of the Board, The Central Notional Insuronce Group of Omoho. GILBERT C. SWANSON Chairman of the Board President Butter-Nut Foods Co. JOHN F. MERRIAM Chairman of the Board, Northern Natural Gas Co. W. D. HOSFORD, JR. Vice-President and General Manager, John Deere Co. V. J. SKUTT Chairman of the Board Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co. WILLIAM F. FITZGERALD President, Commercial Savings Loon Assn. and the Campus Planning and Development Com- mittee, A. F. Jacobson. The regents ' interest in Creighton, however, is not confined to their position on the board. They are active in such fields as the recent development funds campaign which brought in four million dollars as seed money for the twenty-four million needed for the planned academic and physical ex- pansion program. Spearheading the drive as workers and chairmen they provided a unity which contri- buted much to the drive ' s success. National representatives to the Board are: Charles E, Becker, Springfield, Illinois; Frond Hand, M.D., San Francisco, California; Charles H. Juergens of New York, New York. IN MEMORIAM EDWARD F. PETTIS 21