University of Detroit - Tower Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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SELES The Rev. J. A. Foley, S. J., student counselor and T. R. Pixley, commerce sophomore — The Rev. A. H. Poetker, S. J., executive dean The Board of Trustees and the Council of Deans and Regents are policy-forming groups. The Council is em- powered to determine degree requirements and coordin- ate curricula among the University’s several schools and departments. Members are: the Rev. Albert H. Poetker S.J., executive dean and chairman of the Council; the Rev. John F. Quinn, S.J., dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; Dr. Lloyd E. Fitzgerald, dean of the Col- lege of Commerce and Finance ; Clement J. Freund, dean of the College of Engineering; Jasper Gerardi, assistant dean of the College of Engineering ; Daniel ]. McKenna, dean of the School of Law; Dr. Rene Rochan, dean of the School of Dentistry ; the Rev. Charles E. Schrader, S.J., director of the Graduate Division; the Rev. George A. Kmieck, S.J., dean of freshmen; the Rev. Edward J. O’Connor, S.J., dean of men; Helen Kean, dean of women; the Rev. Samuel K. Wilson, S.J., director of Board of Admissions, and member of Board of Review of the North Central Accrediting Association; the Rey Henry J. Wirtenberger, S.J., regent of the School of Law and the College of Commerce and Finance ; the Rev George J. Shiple, S.J., regent of the College of Engineer ing; William B. O’Regan, assistant Commerce dean and director of the Evening Division of the College of Com- merce and Finance; Dr. Francis J. Donahue, director of the Evening Division and the Summer Session and the Rev. Hugh F. Smith, S.J., registrar. To foster community support of the University and to maintain its sound financial structure are primary duties of the Administrative Council. Members of the Council include the following; Walter O. Briggs, president, Br ies Manufacturing Company; Leo M. Butzel of Butzel, Eaman, Long, Gust and Bills; E. F. Connely, ein nt, First of Michigan Corporation ; Lt. Col. Frank Couzens, chairman, Wabeek State Bank of Detroit; M. FE. Coyle, vice-president, General Motors Corporation ; James E. Danaher, of the R. E. Danaher Company ; William M. Dillon, vice-president, Scotten-Dillon Com- pany; Charles T. Fisher, Sr., president, Fisher and Company; Leonard L. Healy, president, D. J. Healy Shops; James S. Holden, president, James S. Holden Company ; Dr. William E. Keane, physician and surgeon ; V. Ledyard Mitchell, vice- president, Chrysler Corpora- tion; the Hon. Ernest A. O’Brien, judge, Federal Court ot Michigan. Helen Kean, dean of women and Jane Devey, Arts junior — The Rev E. J. O’Connor, S. J., dean of men

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Trustees The Rev. G.L. Reno, S. J. Supt. of Buildings and Grounds Administration In seventy vears the University of Detroit has shown an amazing aptitude for growth. In this, it is keeping step with its environment. As dynamic Detroit advanced from a pleasant town by a river to the manufacturing center of the world, its need for a university, which would embody both cultural and industrial aspects in its curric- ulum and train executives of the future in the arts and industry, was met by the Jesuit Fathers in their university. The first unit of the now complex educational plant was the establishment of a Liberal Arts college in 1877 and its Incorporation as Detroit College in 1881. To meet the industrial needs of the future, far-seeing Jesuit educators founded the College of Engineering in 1911. The two colleges were then incorporated into the Univer- sity of Detroit. One year later the School of Law was inaugurated. In 1916 the Evening Division of the College of Commerce and Finance was established, in 1922 the Day Division. Organization of the Graduate Division, Trustees The Rev. N.J.Preusser,S. J. Treasurer, Comptroller The Rev. J. F. Quinn, S. J. Dean -—— Arts and Science which first awarded degrees in 1885, was completed in 1927. The School of Dentistry, completely modern, was established in 1932. Night divisions were added to the Arts and Engineering colleges in 1938 The result of all this expansion was a need for a new campus. In 1922, the Very Rev. John P. McNichols, S.J., then president, realizing the need, negotiated the arrange- ments for the Uptown Campus which was fittingly named in his honor. As president of the University the Very Rev. William J. Millor, S.J., officially heads the three major councils responsible for its administration. The Board of Trustees, a corporate body, legally possesses all property and directs business relations as well as academic policy. 3esides Fr. Millor the Board includes: the Rev. George J. Shiple, S.J., secretary ; the Rev. Norbert J. Preusser, S.J., treasurer; the Rev. John F. Quinn, S.J., and the Rey. George ie, Reno, Sp The Rev. G. J: Shiple, s2 J: Secy., Regent — Engineering ae SR as aa my CP ST EA NRE cat i oy a

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The Rev. S. K. Wilson, S. J. Director of Board of Admissions Registrar Member Board of Review North Central Association of moe The Rev. H. F. Smith, S. J. Colleges The Rev. O. C. Snitgen, S. J. Assistant Treasurer University Administrators The Office of Alumni Affairs, which keeps the gradu- ate members of the University in touch with one another as wellas with the campus, is headed by the Rev. Bernard A. Reddy, S.J... . Truman Stacey is director of the Department of Public Relations; his main duty is to keep the general public informed of campus activities . . . In the Engineering Building is located the Student Placement Bureau, where Jane Stephanus aides students in procuring employment ... The Rev. Joseph Loftus, S.J., as the moderator of student publications, supervises both The Varsity News and The Tower. The University of Detroit is a Catholic institution conducted by the Jesuit Fathers. As such, the Univer- sity adheres to the definite philosophy embodied in the Encyclical of Pope Pius XI “On the Christian Education of Youth” (1929) : “The proper and immediate en d of Christian Edu- cation is to cooperate with Divine Grace in forming the true and perfect Christian. ... For precisely this reason, Christian education takes in the whole aggre- gate of human life, physical and spiritual, intellectual and moral, individual, domestic and social, not with a view of reducing it in any way, but in order to ele- vate, regulate and perfect it, in accordance with the example and teaching of Christ.” The University of Detroit is one of a group of twenty-five Jesuit colleges and universities in this country. From the Jesuit Order the University re- ceives a permanent contribution of educational an d religious service, the appointment of its chief admin- istrative officials, the advice and supervision of the leading Jesuit educators—regional and national and a rich heritage of four centuries of educational experience. The Rev. D. M. O’Connel, S. J. Librarian The Rev. C. E. Schrader, S. J. Director of Graduate Division The Rev. B. A. Reddy, S. J. Acting Director of Alumni Relations