Thomas More College - Triskele Yearbook (Crestview Hills, KY)

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THE MOST REVEREND RICHARD H. ACKERMAN S.T.D., CHANCELLOR BISHOP ACKERMAN, HAVING RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION AT DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY, PITTS- BURGH. AND THE UNIVERSITY OF FREIBOURG, SWITZERLAND, ASSUMED THE OFFICE OF BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE OF COVINGTON. OUR BISHOP IMMEDIATELY TOOK AN INTEREST IN VILLA MA- DONNA COLLEGE WHEN HE RELEASED A NUMBER OF CLERGY OF THE DIOCESE FOR FURTHER STUDIES AND APPOINTED SEVERAL PRIESTS AS FACULTY MEMBERS. SINCE ARRIVING IN COVINGTON, BISHOP ACKERMAN HAS FIGURED PROMINENTLY IN CAMPUS LIFE. HE SERVES AS DIRECTOR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, LEADS THE ANNUAL FUNDS DRIVE, HAS PRESIDED AT OPENING DAYS AND GRADUATIONS, AND HAS OCCASIONALLY LECTURED IN THE CLASSROOM. HIS INFORMAL AND CAPTIVATING MANNER OF SPEAKING, RESULTING FROM HIS EAR- LIER STUDIES AND EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF DRAMA, HAS MADE THESE OCCASIONS MEMOR- ABLE. OUR CHANCELLOR, THOUGH RELATIVELY NEW IN THIS POSITION, IS A HIGHLY RESPECTED AND WELL LOVED OFFICIAL OF VILLA MADONNA COLLEGE.

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C-XMPL'S SEEN FROM DEVOU PARK MADONNA COLLEGE

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RIGHT REVEREND MONSIGNOR JOHN F. MURPHY, S.T.D., A NATIVE 0F LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, WAS AP- POINTED PRESIDENT OF VILLA MA- DONNA COLLEGE IN 1953 AFTER SERVING AT THE COLLEGE IN THE VARIOUS CAPACITIES OF INSTRUC- TOR AND DEAN. IN KEEPING WITH THE CHARAC- TER OF A LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE, FATHER MURPHY ADVOCATES THE FORMATION OF THE WHOLE PERSON -THE WELL EDUCATED INDIVIDUAL POSSESSING PERSONAL INTEGRITY AND A SINCERE COMMITMENT TO UTILIZE HIS TALENTS IN SERVICE TO HIMSELF AND HIS FELLOW MEN. RIGHT REVEREND MSGR. JOHN F. MURPHY PRESIDENT