Seattle University - Aegis Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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New President Inaugurated (Left) Dr. J. F.. Wallace Sterling, president of Stanford University. delivers the Inaugural Address at formal inauguration ceremonies. October .?. 1965. (Below left) The Honorable Daniel J. Evans, governor of the State of Washington, delivers an address of greeting from the community. (Below) The Very Rev. John A. Fitlcrer, SJ.. listens as the notification of appointment from The Very Rev. I'edro Arrupe. S.J.. Superior General of the Society of Jesus, installing him as President and Religious Superior of Seattle University is read. 6 PeaTTLE UNIVERSITY’S students this past fall had the unique privilege of taking part in the color and pageantry that goes with the inauguration of a new president. The ceremonies on October 12 and 13 were the first formal installation of a president held at the University. Joining with the University’s students and faculty in observing the inauguration of the Very Rev. John A. Fittercr. S.J., as president, were an impressive array of educators, scholars, scientists, civic leaders and government officials. 11

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(Above) Spectators fill Pigott Auditorium to witness the academic session on Teilhard de Chardin, as part of the inaugural events. Guest lecturers included (Far left) Fr. Ernan McMullin, C.S.C., University of Notre Dame; (Left) Dr. Pierre Dan-sereau, New York Botanical Gardens; (Below left) Fr. Christopher Mooney, S.J., Ford ham University; (Below right) Michael Polanyi, Merton College, Oxford; and (Right) Fr. Robert O'Connell, S.J., Ford-ham University. 10

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Seattle University, renewing its emphasis on intellectual excellence, brought to the podium of the Inaugural Academic Sessions sonic of the world's leading theologians, philosophers and scientists to probe the doctrines of Pierre Teilhard dc Chardin. S.J., on evolution and the future of man. The sessions followed a role to which the University has long been committed, that of the development of the whole man. The academic sessions brought new stature to the intellectual life of Seattle University. Dr. J. E. Wallace Sterling, President of Stanford University, delivered the inaugural address at the formal inauguration in Campion Tower. At the conclusion of the ceremonies, the Very Rev. John J. Kelley, S.J., provincial of the Oregon Province, read the official notice of Fr. Fittercr’s appointment from Fr. Pedro Arrupe, S.J., Superior General of the Society of Jesus. 12