Loyola University Maryland - Evergreen / Green and Gray Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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EDITORS: Marc Oken John Lombardo STAFF WRITER: Gerry Smith

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Mr. Steve McNierney — teacher, writer, philosopher, hus- band and father, department head, and ... of course, friend, in our introduction to this big man, we are greeted by a dis- arming smile, elfish eyes hidden behind slightly dirty glasses, and an uncanny sense of humour. He quickly becomes our ideal teacher . . . intelligent, amusing, and friendly. His casual yet serious class is a dialogue of valuable exchange, in which aesthetic abstractions are alway tempered by rele- vance. He plays softball in a manner Charlie Brown couldn’t match. He heads a philosophy department to which the cam- pus points with pride. His prominent theme in life is involve- ment — whether it be his family, his studies, his students, or his world. He serves as a proper response to the cry of apathy and the proper example of the students he influences. We grew to love this contemporary man — so involved in our world, so immersed in our times, so responsive to its chal- lenges, so intense a participant that he seems the very symbol of the vitality and exuberance that is the essence of life it- self. His first area of involvement is always at home — a beautiful wife and four monsters (his words). In like manner he opens himself with concern and sincerity to students and their hangups — Plato, politics, and the problems of sex. He never speaks to us, but rather with us. He shows us what it means to be a man, and he shows us that a man can cry. Fi- nally, he involves himself in his study of philosophy. He dedi- cated two years in France to study with Gabriel Marcel and he now spends countless hours in his office in Xavier Hall after the students have gone home. He is a good philosopher. He is a great teacher. But most important, he is our friend. We, the class of 1968, thus proudly DEDICATE the EVER- GREEN to the man who inspired us, taught us, and who will forever be a friend to us . . . Mr. Stephen McNierney. . . . AND A FRIEND INVOLVED IN OUR TIMES

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