Seton Hall University - Galleon Yearbook (South Orange, NJ)

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REVEREND EDWARD J. FLEMING, S.T.L.

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Historic Setonia . . . 1856 MOST REV. JAMES ROOSEVELT BAYLEY Scion of one of America’s great families and cousin of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Bayley was a convert to Catholo- cism. He was Bishop of Newark, 1853-1872, and Arch- bishop of Baltimore, 1872-1877, and was the founder of Seton Hall, which he named in honor of his saindy aunt. Mother Seton. RT. REV. BERNARD J. McQUAlD First president of the foundling Seton Hall Col- lege in 1856, Msgr. McQuaid headed the school during its most difficult days, and was responsible for the transferring of Seton Hall from Madison to South Orange in 1861. He was later appoint- ed the first Bishop of Rochester. • r» 5 hV Seton Hall College had its humble beginnings in this frame building at Madison, New Jersey, the present site of the College of St. Elizabeth. Starting out with only a few ‘‘selected gentlemen from the vicinity of New York City”, the college soon prospered and moved to larger quarters in South Orange.